Chapter 130: Meeting the Potion Again

Tixiang smiled lightly and shook his head. “An hour ago, I raised the price to two million Gold Coins! Whoever helps me get them, I’m willing to pay two million Gold Coins. Not only that, I can also promise… Yulian, your family currently holds the title of Baron? I can elevate it to Viscount, and arrange several official positions for your family members—all with just a word from me.”

Yulian’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked toward Lin Qi.

Lin Qi’s eyes shone even brighter than Yulian’s. In them flickered a golden light that Yulian knew all too well—a greedy, hellish flame that seemed ready to devour all the Gold Coins in the world. This greed made Tixiang instinctively shrink back. Despite his high status and powerful family background, Tixiang still felt that Lin Qi was extremely dangerous at that moment.

Lin Qi took a deep breath. “Two million Gold Coins, making Yulian’s family a hereditary Viscount family, and granting his family members official positions in the Empire. Hmm, these terms are fair and reasonable. Those two women, Ya and Ling, are worth that price!”

Tixiang looked at Lin Qi in shock. He suddenly opened the carriage door and said with a smile, “This is truly unexpected. I had to pay ten thousand Gold Coins to bribe their servants just to find out the names of those two beauties. I never imagined that Mr. Lin Qi already knew them. Well, please come in and sit down!”

Without any hesitation, Lin Qi stepped into Tixiang’s carriage. Because of Lin Qi, Tixiang generously allowed Yulian to enter as well.

After feeling the soft and comfortable seats, Lin Qi pointed at the young man riding a silver-white magical beast tiger, who was arrogantly challenging everyone. “First, we need to solve one problem, Lord Tixiang. You have a very strong competitor.”

It was easy to imagine that in the Imperial Capital, if a high-level magical beast could openly appear on the street, the young man’s family background must be extraordinary. Moreover, his willingness to challenge all the young nobles present by himself further proved his powerful backing.

Tixiang’s face darkened. He glanced disdainfully at the young man on the magical beast tiger and muttered a few curses under his breath.

That young man was Beya, the only grandson of Marshal Beian, one of the Empire’s three Marshals. Marshal Beian was the overall commander of the Northern Sea Border Defense Army, stationed year-round at the Norman Fortress, and held the title of ‘North Wind Duke.’ Marshal Beian had three sons, all serving in the military. The youngest son held the rank of Lieutenant General and was currently in charge of the Imperial Capital Garrison.

Although he had three sons, Marshal Beian had only one grandson, Beya, but more than a dozen granddaughters! Naturally, Beya became the Marshal’s most beloved descendant, with all the family’s resources poured into him. Only two years older than Lin Qi and Yulian, Beya had already reached the Earth Rank High Stage in strength. Among the young nobles of the Imperial Capital, no one could match Beya’s combat prowess.

What frustrated Tixiang even more was that, although young nobles like him held the title of Earl, they had no official positions. In other words, while they were Nobles, they held no real power.

Beya, despite his youth, had achieved the Earth Rank High Stage in strength and had earned the favor of the Imperial Emperor. A year earlier, he had been appointed as the commander of the Dragoons unit in the Imperial Capital Guard Department, with fifteen hundred elite Dragoons under his command, ready for action at any time.

Tixiang and other young Nobles had clashed with Beya many times. But Beya had the audacity to deploy his Dragoons to fight on his behalf. Tixiang and his peers usually had only a dozen or so family guards, while Beya often led hundreds of Dragoons into conflicts. The Dragoons, charging as a group, would easily scatter Tixiang’s guards in a single assault. As a result, Beya had a fearsome reputation among the Imperial Capital’s spoiled young elites, much like Lin Qi’s notoriety back in Dun Er Ke.

“I see!” Lin Qi looked thoughtfully at Beya.

Tixiang picked up a small teapot and personally poured a cup of tea for Lin Qi. He complained, “That’s exactly it. I’m willing to spend two million Gold Coins to spend one night with those two lovely, delicate ladies. But that guy Beya wants to use force!”

Snorting coldly, Tixiang gnashed his teeth and said, “Using force? That muscle-brained idiot is a disgrace to the Empire’s Nobles. But if he actually succeeds… Oh, I can’t imagine how awful it would be for those delicate ladies to be used by him, to be pinned beneath him!”

Lin Qi took a sip of the tea. It was clear and refreshing, a top-quality tea from The East. Truly worthy of the nephew of the Minister of Finance and the son of the Empire’s deputy prime minister—this pot of tea alone would have cost hundreds of Gold Coins at some auctions in the Imperial Capital!

After a moment of thought, Lin Qi smiled and said to Tixiang, “Lord Tixiang, if I can help you achieve your wish, will you fulfill the conditions you mentioned?”

Tixiang’s face flushed with excitement. He laughed loudly and said, “Oh, I always keep my promises. A few Gold Coins, a couple of official positions—what are those? If you want more, I can give you even more!”

Lin Qi looked at Beya, who was still showing off on his magical beast tiger, and sighed softly. “Well then, how about we start with him?”

Tixiang looked at Lin Qi curiously. Beya was a High-Rank Earth Rider with formidable strength. Combined with his magical beast tiger, no one among the Imperial Capital’s young Nobles could handle him. Moreover, Beya was followed by several dozen Dragoons in black uniforms and short cloaks—he never went anywhere without his loyal subordinates.

Lin Qi smiled. He took out a thumb-sized bottle, which contained the beast frenzy potion refined by Master Kocha.

Lin Qi lowered his voice and whispered a few words to Tixiang. Tixiang’s eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned out the window to summon a family guard. Lin Qi handed the small bottle to the guard and gave him some quiet instructions. The guard nodded and immediately blended into the group of young Nobles who were shouting curses at Beya.

Before Lin Qi could finish his cup of tea, an angry roar from the magical beast sent the young Nobles fleeing in panic.

Beya, caught off guard on the back of the magical beast tiger, was thrown to the ground as the tiger leaped. Being the closest person to the tiger, he became the target of its storm-like attacks. Claws, teeth, tail—in the blink of an eye, the tiger struck Beya dozens of times.

The faint golden armor on Beya emitted a soft glow, blocking the tiger’s attacks. But the tiger was not to be outdone. It suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a silver energy blast the size of a human head, smashing heavily into Beya’s chest.

The glow from the armor shattered with a loud crash. Beya let out a painful scream as more than a dozen fine cracks appeared on the chest plate of his armor.