Ji Fuling knew that Hong Lie had previously conflicted with Chu Yuan, and had been making sarcastic comments ever since.
How could the dignity of a sovereign tolerate such blatant disrespect?
She said, "Hong Lie, it seems that my Dawu division can't bear to have a deity like you here. I will appeal to the headquarters and ask Bai Hua to temporarily take over your position as captain of the guard. You should leave at once, and vanish from my sight."
"Ji Fuling, you want to drive me away?"
Hong Lie's face changed dramatically upon hearing this, but he quickly sneered, "That's impossible. You don't have the right to drive me away. Although you're the branch president, the position of the captain is appointed by other elders, which are two separate entities. My staying here and not leaving, there's nothing you can do. You have people behind you, but I also have people behind me!"
Ji Fuling's face also turned ugly.
There were indeed many factions within the Infinite Trading Company, and since Hong Lie came here, he had repeatedly restrained her and didn't follow her instructions, making her feel quite uncomfortable.
"It's not that she can't keep you, but I can't."
In a flash, Chu Yuan rose, emitting an emperor's aura. His body seemed to grow taller as his fist, filled with the force of battle, aimed right at Hong Lie. The air seemed drained in an instant, creating a vacuum reminiscent of space.
"You want to kill me?"
Facing Chu Yuan's unexpected onslaught, Hong Lie's face drastically changed. The sovereign power dominating all life made him feel the fear of death. However, he roared fiercely, displaying all his strength, facing the onslaught from Chu Yuan.
However, it was of no use.
The power of this punch was indescribable. It locked up all the surrounding voids, leaving no escape for Hong Lie. When it landed on Hong Lie's body, it was like a star exploding, making his whole body seem like rotten meat, bloody and blurred.
"Ah!" Hong Lie struggled, pleading for help: "President save me! The Emperor of Dawu wants to kill me. I will report to the headquarters and send countless masters to kill him!"
But Ji Fuling showed no reaction, her eyes were only filled with icy coldness. She opened and closed her mouth - although there was no sound, but it seemed like she said, 'You should have died a long time ago.'
In the next moment, Chu Yuan appeared in front of Hong Lie, his hand grasping Hong Lie's neck casually. With a gentle twist, an overwhelming destructive force emerged, sending Hong Lie to the afterlife.
A cloud of blood mist exploded, and Chu Yuan didn't even bother to use the Great Devouring Technique to absorb his energy.
"Finally, some peace and quiet," Chu Yuan muttered indifferently.
"As for Hong Lie, I had been fed up with him for a long time. He was just a guard, wielding his little authority as if it's everything. What does the death of another captain of the guard matter? As long as I break through the Observing Deity Realm, who would dare to hold me accountable for a mere Ninefold Divine Realm?"
Although Ji Fuling was not fond of Hong Lie, seeing him die before her eyes made her secretly frightened by the ruthless nature of Emperor Dawu. It was as though there was no room for a speck of dust in his eyes.
This Emperor was too dominant!
But even though she seemed like a dignified and sensible lady, to have cultivated to the Observing Deity Realm and hold the position of branch president was not something an ordinary person could achieve.
"We can continue our trade," Chu Yuan said, "If President Fuling can trust me, you can gather more medicinal herbs. When the time comes..."
"Of course, if Your Majesty can consistently provide enough elixirs for me, I can use my authority to gather more medicinal herbs. However, if I can breakthrough to the Observing Deity Realm as soon as possible, I can get a lot of herbs for producing Divine Elixirs."
Ji Fuling was obsessed with primary healing potions.
Chu Yuan casually tossed a vial of potion over.
Ji Fuling carefully caught it, dipping her head to listen as Chu Yuan continued, "We will have many more dealings in the future."
At this time, Bai Hua, who had left earlier, returned, bringing many storage rings.
Chu Yuan casually scanned them. In addition to Meteorite Fine Gold, there were a lot of medicinal herbs. The materials for refining Divine Elixer were only enough for ten times. It seemed that the Divine Elixer materials were too precious, Ji Fuling dared not take too many for trial.
If the others were lost, even if it was all wasted, Ji Fuling wouldn't feel too hurt.
"We're going to have a pleasant trade. Five days later, President Fuling, you can have someone pick up the pills at the Royal Palace."
Chu Yuan collected the materials and left the Infinite Trading Company with Lu Qianfu.
As soon as he returned to the Imperial City, Chu Yuan immediately invested all the materials into the crafting blueprints for the Divine Mechanism Cannon and the Taiyi Pill Furnace.
The rest of the work didn't require his attention, as it was all one-click alchemy.
All he had to do was to collect the materials.
The Divine Mechanism Cannon crafting was underway.
The speed of the Taiyi Pill Furnace was also very fast, except for the Divine Elixir, the rest only took a few days' time.
Although they agreed to wait five days, Chu Yuan actually finished all the refining in two days.
Five days later, Ji Fuling personally came to the palace to receive the first batch of elixirs.
After seeing the Divine Elixers flickering in her hand, her facial expression changed. The quality of the pills was even better than those produced by the alchemists of the Infinite Trading Company. Every pill was full and voluminous, and there were three tenths of the other pills.
For the other pills, it did not matter, but this Divine Elixir, even if they were to refine it themselves, they would be lucky to have one successful refining out of ten attempts.
She received the first batch of elixirs and felt even more confident. She quickly called for more herbs to be delivered to the Imperial City.
Especially the materials for Divine Elixer, even with the protection of healing potion, she wouldn't lose out any bit.
No matter how much she sent, Chu Yuan took them all without complaint. He didn't need to refine them himself. Once they were sent into the Taiyi Pill Furnace, they were automatically refined and he didn't have to worry about anything.
Ji Fuling would earn quite a bit, but Chu Yuan would really make the most of it.
He didn't have to pay anything, the Taiyi Pill Furnace was a system reward, allowing him to collect a large amount of elixirs, so why wouldn't he?
With a large number of elixirs and a myriad of resources at his disposal, the strength of Chu Yuan's godly martial army had increased drastically. In just a short time, dozens of Divine Realm masters appeared.
Another twenty days passed, and it was the third day of the eleventh month of the Great Martial Calendar.
"Your Majesty, after these twenty days of expansion, our Godly Martial Army has recruited one hundred thousand warriors. The lowest cultivation level is Duel Soul Triple, we have over five thousand Original Spirit Realm masters, and hundreds of Divine Realm masters!"
Lu Qianfu, dressed in military uniform, reported to Chu Yuan the fruits of his latest efforts.
Chu Yuan nodded. The War Army Chessboard was already bound to a hundred thousand people, reaching its limit. Even though his Godly Martial Army has only a hundred thousand soldiers, all of them possess the strength above Dual Soul Triple.
Know that the Godly Martial Army established by the previous Emperor only had Meridian Flushing Realm warriors, and they were still able to sweep all before them.
All of this was because the Taiyi Pill Furnace could provide Chu Yuan with a large number of elixirs.
After Ji Fuling tasted the benefits, she would run to the palace every second or third day, wishing she could stay in the palace and not leave, because she wanted to see how Chu Yuan refined the elixir.
But all of Chu Yuan's alchemy was done within the system space, so how could she see?
"Loyal and Brave Marquis, you've worked hard. Take this pill."
In Chu Yuan's hand appeared a pure white elixir as big as an eyeball. It had ten stripes, and released an extremely profound medicinal power!