Chapter 23: Another one

A small petite looking teen that has curly pink hair and wide gray eyes landed on a beautiful young princess with skunk design hair. The young princess tilted her head in confusion "Who are you?" she asked confused about the strange teenage boy being in her study.

He stood up from the couch and bowed down "This lowly noble apologize for coming to your highness pavilion without permission" his voice sounded as sweet as honey, the only thing that bother me was the lack of emotions on his adorable features.

I walked past him to go sit down in my comfortable chair "You haven't answered my question, who are you?" Asking again hoping this time he won't avoid my questions. He turned around and resume his bowing position "I am Feng Qiling the heir of the baron Feng family" he introduced himself.

"You may raise, heir of the baron Feng" he rose and took a seat in the chair in front of my desk "I would like to ask your highness when you will be free?" he spoke softly, he has the aura of an imperial scholar about him.

His appearance screams adorable but his clothes suggest he is quite the serious young master "Cheng Chin!" I called for my maid since she has my schedule memorized. She opened up a small door and enter "what does your ladyship need?" she asked politely.

"Do I have any free time this month?" I asked her without batting an eye, Cheng Chin remained quite a moment shifting a bit uncomfortably under Feng Qiling's intense gaze "No my lady but you would be free in four weeks" she replied humbly lowing her head and leaving out the same servant door she enters from.

"There's your answer" replying I began doing paperwork that I pulled out from my desk drawers, along with the ink and my quill. I started up on my paper zoning everything out including my suitor later when I decided to take a break I immediately notice the pink hair suitor.

"What are you still doing here?" I asked with a raised eyebrow "You are quite different from the rumors" he stated with a hidden glint in his gray eyes. A light chuckle escapes from my lips "There's a time and place to act nice and forgiving but right is now I need to take things seriously. Especially if I end up with some fucker I can't tolerate" disdain laced the second half.

He narrows his eyes at my sudden vulgar use of language "I see if you don't mind your highness I must take my leave and readjust our date" He left my study room swiftly with a click. Doing my paperwork time slowly ticked by, Cheng Chin enter through the secret servant's entrance with her eyes towards the ground.

"Let's go meet that cauldron craftsman" I stood up and neatly put my stuff away "As you wish my lady" Cheng Chin complied and brought me to my drawing room where the cauldron craftsman waited patiently.

A scrawny old man with a hunched back bowed his head and introduce himself "This old man's name is Chai Pin, I am honored to meet your highness" forcing myself to smile I began speaking "thank you for coming Chai Pin" waving my hand towards the sofa he took looked quite please and sat back down.

I brought myself to sit down on the other sofa "What is it do you plan on doing with the large cauldron your highness?" he got straight to the point, a more genuine smile replacing my previous fake one.

"I like how straightforward you are sir so I will tell you my secret!" giggling childishly I started my explanations "I have found a way to make healings medications" speaking lowly to make it sound more convincing the old man furrow his gray eyes brows in confusion.

"My lady everyone knows the only way to make vitality pills is to have cultivation" he murmured a bit unsure, keeping my smile up I replied "or that's what they want everyone to think! I can't explain in detail since I have yet to test my theory" Chai Pin expressions kept on changing.

"Will you give me one of the vitality pills that you make?" he asked still feeling somewhat unsure, nodding my head eagerly I agreed "I will give you one" he looked quiet, please. After that, we went down to business talking about what kind of materials should be used; once our negotiation are finished I gave him some bones from the magical beasts I had hunted before, he left with a skip.

"My lady old man Chai looks extremely pleased with your meeting" Cheng Chin spoke out her mind like usual; stretching my limbs again I leave the drawing-room and head to my chambers to do some refining of my moon essence.

Planting my bottom onto my bed I closed my eyes and sit in a lotus position the floating grayish orb floated with a few streaks of pure white light streaming through, taking strands of the unrefined moon essence I slowly began peeling the impurities away.

An unknown amount of time passed when I felt a sudden boil raise from my chest 'finally I am breaking into essence refinement stage 6' thinking happily I focus on that raging force; beads of sweat pour down from my temples leaving my clothes wet and stinky when I came to be I saw Cheng Chin watching me from a distance.

"Congratulations my lady you have made a breakthrough" she stated with slight envy in her eyes "Cheng Chin after I get that cauldron I will make you something that can help boost your potential in cultivation" proclaiming this all the previous envy vanished from her plain eyes.

"Cheng Chin is thankful for my lady kind thoughts, if you excuse me I'll go and prepare your bath" bringing herself to a low bow before scurrying off I watched her fleeting form with dead golden and blue eyes "I will need to train Cheng Chin so she won't ever betray me. That look in her eyes told me everything that I needed to know" a soft chuckle escaped my lips.

"Now what's the best way to ensure her loyalty? Angel do you have any ideas?" Angel had a bemused expression on his facial features "you're the witch my child" he replied sharply. That's when an idea struck me "I have thought of a way, at least this will be the gruesome way" muttering under my breath Angel glanced at me curiously.

Ten days passed by slowly my siblings kept on their relentless bullying meanwhile I just smiled at them and offer kind words making them uncomfortable. My items have been packed up in a few carriages that I owned and my seamstresses shop has a few employees inside working their asses off to make my clothing brand.

Rumors have spread over about my seamstress shop many curious noble women kept their hawk likes eyes on my small establishment. Today I enter inside to see how the brand is coming along before I am sent off to my new home in a small village called Naxvar village.

Its land conditions are terrible a few explorations have been sent to Naxvar but to no avail nothing useful for the kingdom to be used but fortunately the housing there is dirt cheap so a lot of poor families lived there barely scraping by.

After checking up on my establishment I left for my long journey to Naxvar Village, once again my carriage have been stopped by some force sticking my head out of my curtain "Lai Shufen what's the hold-up?" I asked, Lai Shufen walked over to the carriage.

"My lady a man is in the middle of the road blocking our path" Lai Shufen explains stoically, raising an eyebrow I jumped out of my carriage to go and inspect the so-called man in the middle of the road.

The person is a large muscular man that has short raven color hair he has tanned skin and wore filthy clothes that are torn in certain places. Overall he looked to be a farmer or some type of commoner who does demand tasks "Lai Shufen use one of our low-grade pills and give him some water" ordering my knight around I left to go back into my carriage for some rest.

"My lady, what do you plan for this poor sod?" Lai Shufen asked after he finished full filling my request "Bring him with us, he might be useful in the future" I replied coyly Lai Shufen could only obey me knowing any argument would be pointless.

A ghost of a smile made its way to my lips but a dangerous glint filled my eyes as a memory of his stats enter my mind.

Name: ???

Age: 17

Job: ???

Cultivation potential: 83

Cultivation level: Qi gathering stage 3 (Bone marrow regiment stage 9)

Body Type: Raccoon golden psychic

For this reason, I had decided to bring him with us from the looks of it his cultivation has been suppressed by some greater power, but I think I should be able to break that seal that place on his detain. My carriage started to move once again for the tiresome long journey.