Chapter 557: Chapter 551: Strategic Position

“Hemorrhagic Fever is both a shackle and a boost to his highness! Now that the chronic illness within his body has been fully purged, like a dragon ascending to the heavens, I believe it won’t take ten years for another Ghost Emperor to emerge in the great Umbral, shining brightly like the sun at midday!” David Jones said, congratulating with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Theodore Lindwood’s expression barely changed, but Lornaa Lindwood felt a surge of joy, her gaze towards David Jones growing increasingly amiable. Even the suspicions that had been accumulating in her heart dissipated quite a bit.

The reason Lornaa believed that the mysterious healer within Silver-Abyssal City possessed the means to cure her brother was that, according to the intelligence she received, the Blood Dragon Emperor-Promoting Elixir, a high-level elixir formula that could cure Hemorrhagic Fever, required either an ice or fire-type Imperial Holy Dragon’s Dragon Ball to serve as the catalyst for its refinement.

The energy within an Imperial Dragon Ball is so vast and boundless that only a healer with profound medical mastery could suppress the Dragon Force within the Dragon Ball and fuse it with the Golden Jade Spirit Medicine to create an elixir.

Therefore, upon seeing the high-level elixir formula, Lornaa subconsciously assumed David Jones was at least an Imperial Healer, or even a Venerable Healer as elusive as the Divine Dragon as seen but not caught, like her master. Otherwise, how could he possibly handle an Imperial Dragon Ball?

This was also the reason why Lornaa was extremely disappointed when she first met David Jones and even harbored murderous intent.

After all, with David Jones’s capabilities, he could not possibly refine a Venerable-tier or even a less advanced Imperial external alchemy.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Lornaa thought for a moment and decided to let go of her rumination, her red lips slightly parting as she spoke.

“Sir, my talents are limited. Despite decades of dedicated study of the jade sutra, I am but an unremarkable King Healer. I would like to discuss medical knowledge with you, sir. Would you be willing to resolve some of my confusions?”

Having said that, Lornaa’s slender figure subtly bent forward, adopting an attitude of earnest inquiry that was impeccable in its courtesy.

Theodore Lindwood looked at his sister, who seemed somewhat unfamiliar in this moment, and was taken aback.

With his limited understanding of medical knowledge, even though he had no idea to what unfathomable level David Jones’s medical skills had reached, the fact that his own proud sister was willing to bow and learn from him was enough to make him realize David Jones’s uniqueness.

“His Highness can speak freely about any doubts. If I am capable of resolving them, I will do my utmost to provide answers.” David Jones said, nodding.

It was clear from what David Jones implied—if Lornaa’s questions did not touch upon secretive knowledge, he would naturally be able to answer, but if they did, his hands were tied.

Hearing this, Lornaa smiled confidently.

She chose not to inquire into David Jones’s mystic arts in depth but sought only some surface-level understanding of medical knowledge, which David Jones was most likely not going to refuse.

“Imperial Dragon Balls cannot be used for alchemy by healers below the Imperial level. I would like to ask how you managed to break this convention and used great power to refine it into an elixir?”

“Does His Highness think that I conjured extra Spirit Medicines and used the elixir formula to swindle the Dragon Balls?” David Jones responded with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Lornaa shook her head quickly and explained, “I did not mean to question you, sir. Sir rejected both the Emperor’s Veneration Pill and the Vajra Sutra, let alone a couple of Dragon Balls.”

As she spoke, Lornaa paused, her eyes filled with a measure of reverence, “I simply believe that sir has pioneered a new theoretical system in the field of external alchemy with jade, transforming the impossible into the possible, refining a flawless elixir with the power of the Dragon Ball!”

David Jones looked at her deeply.

Indeed, even though he instructed Lornaa and the guards to wait midway up Mountain Silver Abyss and not to disturb him without permission, Lornaa, who was anxious for her brother’s wellbeing, still chose to employ her powerful Psychic Power to sense everything.

Otherwise, Lornaa Lindwood would not have known that the elixir she fed to Theodore Lindwood was of perfect quality, a flawless external alixir that only existed as a miracle within the vast Umbral.

Realizing the playful look in David Jones’s eyes, Lornaa Lindwood couldn’t help but think of her master and, feeling somewhat guilty, slightly lowered her head, losing the domineering aura she had when they first met and inadvertently revealing her true character.

“I am merely a Monarch Healer, not some pioneer. The Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method was established by predecessors tens of thousands of years ago. At the end of the day, my ability to nourish flawless external elixir with Dragon Balls is simply standing on the shoulders of those before me,” David Jones said indifferently.

“The Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method can enhance the quality of the elixir and reduce elixir toxicity, while Dragon Balls are the highest-quality crystal cores within a Holy Dragon’s body. Coupled with the strong anomalous ability of Dragon Force, they possess the capacity to penetrate deep into the bloodline.

Using Dragon Balls to nourish elixirs can naturally push the quality of the elixir to its limit, enabling the Monarch-class SS tier elixir produced to attain flawlessness without having to withstand elixir thunder, possessing medicinal properties comparable to King-class or even Imperial-class top-grade elixirs.”

Because the intuition of the powerful is overwhelmingly strong, David Jones seldom lies in front of such strong beings like Lornaa Lindwood, to avoid having his falsehoods seen through by their sharp instincts. Therefore, he resorts to a bit of linguistic artistry.

For example, the Blood-Stabilizing Elixir and the Blood Dragon Emperor-Promoting Elixir, though modified from his teacher’s Class VII SS tier elixir formula by David Jones, inherently required a Class VII Dragon Ball, so he wasn’t lying.

He spoke the truth when he said that using one ice and one fire Dragon Ball in harmony could optimally remove chronic, deep-rooted ills from the Prince’s body.

Whether it is the original Blood Fusion Elixir or the top-grade Blood-Stabilizing Elixir cultivated using part of the Dragon Force of the Dragon Balls with the Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method, both could enable Theodore Lindwood to break boundaries on the spot and attain the Ghost King Level. But David Jones was unwilling to do so!

He chose to refine the Blood-Stabilizing Elixir with perfect quality using the Creation Eye and then added a few strands of Dragon Ball energy using the Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method. The elixir thus refined could still cure Prince Theodore Lindwood’s Hemorrhagic Fever.

However, the Prince’s strength could only advance from Ghost Soldier to Ghost Warlord, rather than soaring to the Ghost King.

This was the reason David Jones only added True Dragon Dragon Balls to the elixir formula, rather than the True Dragon’s heart.

Because True Dragon Dragon Balls indeed played a certain role in both the Blood-Stabilizing Elixir and the Blood Dragon Emperor-Promoting Elixir. Still, to ensure Rainbow’s perfect Evolution quality, David Jones would only extract a few insignificant strands of Dragon Force from the Dragon Ball that could automatically regenerate.

“Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method!” A glint of fervor flashed in Lornaa Lindwood’s eyes.

She knew a vast range of ancient knowledge and understood thousands of alchemy scriptures, but she had never heard of such a peculiar alchemy secret technique.

Her intuition told her that the Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method mentioned by David Jones was entirely different from the mainstream healing secret techniques of present-day Umbral. It might even be a new type of alchemy concealed in the depths of history.

However, to avoid giving David Jones the impression that she coveted his Crystal Core Transform into Elixir Method, Lornaa Lindwood refrained from asking further questions. Instead, she closed her mouth and signaled to her imperial brother with her eyes.

“This man possesses great talent; if we can successfully recruit him, he could be of greater benefit to the royal household than thousands of troops and horses!”

The tacit understanding from years of interaction allowed Theodore Lindwood to instantly grasp his sister’s intentions, and the tranquility within his heart immediately ignited with zeal.

In the courts of the Umbral, there were not many noble geniuses like himself of such high status who were reduced to decadence due to Hemorrhagic Fever – only seven or eight. However, if the count included the family side branches suffering from the fever, the number of crippled geniuses labeled as useless was quite considerable.

Whichever power could obtain David Jones could gain the loyalty of that group of crippled geniuses and even influence their family lineages behind them.

Unlike Lornaa’s thoughts, this was the strategic importance of David Jones in Theodore Lindwood’s eyes.