Chapter 3: A Hundredfold Reward!

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

In the days that followed, Li Yuanqing signed in repeatedly and received all sorts of rewards.

[Today, the host will be awarded 100 Marrow Cleansing Pills for signing in under the ginkgo tree in the Wilderness Valley!]

[Today, the host will be rewarded with a set of Nine Dragons Fiery Armor after successfully signing in under the strange rocks of the Barbarian Mountain!]

[Today, the host has successfully signed in beside the exotic flower. Reward: 100 Restore Origin Pills!]

[Today, the host has been rewarded with a good luck ring since you signed in successfully at the Wilderness Second Gate!]

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In just a month, Li Yuanqing had received a lot of good stuff from signing in. He had hundreds of Marrow Cleansing Pills that were regarded as treasures and ate them like candy every day!

It was already a tremendous opportunity for others to undergo marrow cleansing once. He had cleansed himself hundreds of times. Even though the effects were getting worse and worse, Li Yuanqing discovered a problem. His aura and appearance had undergone a tremendous change.

He was the crown prince of the kingdom to begin with, so his appearance was naturally not bad. However, after consuming a few hundred Marrow Cleansing Pills, Li Yuanqing looked like a fairy who had just walked out of a painting even though he was wearing plain clothes.

That aura, that magnificence, and that appearance were unforgettable.

Zhang Quan, who followed Wang Shun to thank Li Yuanqing for the first time, had called him Fairy. Wang Shun was stunned and did not know what to say.

Zhang Quan was Wang Shun’s colleague in the first place. After he was saved by Wang Shun with half a Replenishment Pill after being severely injured, he came to pay his respects to Li Yuanqing after knowing that the pill was given to him by the crippled Crown Prince Li Yuanqing.

He took the initiative to clean up the dilapidated house in the valley and repair the various courtyards.

“You don’t have to send me food every day in the future. You can come once every three days…”

Li Yuanqing looked at the four dishes and one soup in the lunchbox and said calmly. He had already eaten the Marrow Cleansing Pill like candy. Moreover, it was because he was cultivating the first level of the Clear Sky Swordsmanship. He was no longer in a hurry to eat. He could eat one meal every ten days or half a month.

However, Wang Shun was an interesting and lively person. He liked to tell Li Yuanqing about the recent happenings while delivering meals. This made Li Yuanqing feel less stuffy even though he was in a desolate place.

“Yes, Your Highness. You have no idea what happened recently. The current Second Prince, the prince who was conferred the title of Crown Prince a month ago, fell off his horse on his way to Myriad City Kingdom and died…”

The Crown Prince’s death was a huge matter. No wonder Wang Shun, who was in the Wilderness, knew about it.

“Oh, did the Second Prince die in the Northern Kingdom, or did he die in the Myriad City Kingdom?”

“He seemed to have fallen off his horse at the border of the Northern Kingdom. The soldiers who were with him were punished by His Majesty for failing to protect him! There were thousands of them, and they might even be sent to the Wilderness!”

Wang Shun still had lingering fears. Those soldiers who followed the crown prince were too unlucky.

The Second Prince was the son of the Empress and was only one year younger than Li Yuanqing. When he was stripped of his position as the Crown Prince, the Third Prince and the Second Prince had been fighting against each other for the position of the Crown Prince. In the end, the Second Prince got the position of the Crown Prince.

Unfortunately, it was only for a month, and in the end, he fell off the horse and died.

Li Yuanqing sighed. The Second Prince, who was already a fifth-grade martial artist at such a young age, was gone just like that. Furthermore, it was within the borders of the Northern Kingdom. It seemed like he was really too smart to have angered his father to have his meridians crippled and exiled to this desolate land.

After packing up the food box, Wang Quan left respectfully with Zhang Quan. Before he left, he brought a new set of furniture to Li Yuanqing’s courtyard. It was probably the garrison general’s idea.

After all, the furniture was a rare thousand-year-old sandalwood. Two guards definitely did not have such authority.

This was also a gesture of goodwill from the garrison general stationed here. However, Li Yuanqing did not say anything and pretended not to see anything. He was still busy cultivating.

Although he is at the Rudimentary Understanding level of the Clear Sky Sword Art, he felt that he was much stronger than his previous third-grade martial artist.

He had already eaten enough Marrow Cleansing Pills. He planned to eat some more Restore Origin Pills to widen his meridians while using the Clear Sky Sword Art to cultivate, eliminating the time when Wang Shun came to deliver food.

Li Yuanqing kept practicing his swordsmanship, practicing breathing exercises and looking for opportunities to sign in.

The Second Prince’s death served as a wake-up call for him, and that was because he had guessed correctly that anyone who was involved with the princess of the Myriad City Kingdom would die within three months.

Back then, the reason why he had angered his father was because he had refused the imperial decree and was unwilling to marry the princess as a hostage.

The Second Prince was an example. Even if he was on his way to the Myriad City Kingdom, even if he was at the borders of the Northern Kingdom, a dignified fifth-grade martial artist could still fall off a horse and die. However, their father could only vent his anger on the soldiers escorting them.

It was better to stay in the Wilderness. Time passed peacefully, and he could only focus on cultivating. No one would remember that he, the former crown prince, had been crippled in the Wilderness. Because in the eyes of everyone, his meridians were severed and he was a cripple, almost like a dead person.

Next up would probably be the fight for the crown prince position. He still had two younger brothers. One was two years younger than him and was Pure Consort Ning’s son. The other was eight years younger than him and was the youngest son of Noble Consort Gao.

He didn’t care who the crown prince of the Northern Kingdom was. Compared to scheming against each other and risking his life at any moment, his life in the Wilderness was much more comfortable!

This was the peaceful life he wanted!

After consuming ten Restore Origin Pills, Li Yuanqing wandered around the valley as usual.

This valley was really too big. One could not even see the end of it. There were many old residences in the empty valley. It was said that this place used to be the residence of the generals of the Wilderness garrison. However, due to the number of wild beasts that were hunted later on, the encampment was pushed another two hundred miles into the Wilderness.

Thirty years ago, the general’s residence had been relocated to a place a hundred miles away. This place had been abandoned since then. A few important criminals had been detained here for some time. Later on, it became the place to detain Li Yuanqing when he was sent here.

Li Yuanqing’s footsteps landed on the snow. There were only faint traces that could barely be seen, but he deliberately left heavy footprints so that he could remember that he had been to places with footprints.

Based on his past month’s experience, he had a higher chance of signing in to places he had not been to.

Therefore, he looked at the footprints and tried his best to go to places that he had never been to before. For example, the courtyard in front of him was clean. Not only were there no footprints, but there were even traces of birds flying past.

The moment Li Yuanqing entered the courtyard and saw the empty mansion and a long row of houses not far away, he heard a voice in his head.

[System detected a hot spring underground. Host, do you sign in beside the hot spring?]

Hot springs? Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment when he saw the whiteness before him. He looked down at the snow that was half a foot deep beneath his feet!