Chapter 15: The Lucky Prodigal Son

  "What? The Alchemist's Notes of Ben?" Everyone in the room who knew what this thing was were shocked, and they now also understood why the Emperor would be so shocked, anyone would be.

  Ban is a legendary alchemist from over a thousand years ago, whose mastery of alchemy has surpassed human understanding. If his techniques were to be obtained, it would make a country stronger.

  This is similar to modern technology on Earth, where countries with the most advanced technology become powerful.

  Many people have offered countless tempting conditions in order to obtain his skills, but he has never agreed. Some people want to rob him, but they find that it is almost impossible to do so.

  Alchemists originally had their own special way of fighting, they would use alchemy arrays to summon magical elements, and could also change some things in the surrounding environment, some just changed shape, while others even transformed their material structure.

  A powerful alchemist can absolutely rival their corresponding mage or warrior, and they usually also bring a certain amount of alchemical items, making it even harder for others to deal with them.

  However, alchemists need to calculate various factors while fighting and accurately draw alchemy arrays, so the conditions are extremely harsh. Generally, alchemists can only learn self-defense, and it is very difficult to advance to a higher level, with perhaps only one master emerging in a hundred years.

  However, if alchemists are given enough time to prepare beforehand, they can easily blast a master into smithereens.

  "Hmm, yes, the message says so, it's right here in our imperial capital." The Emperor nodded and said.

  "What? Now that thing is in someone's hands, no matter the cost, we must get it." A military general who looked very brave said, the general was not young, and he seemed to be the Grand Marshal of the Empire.

  As the commander-in-chief of a country, he naturally knew that Ban's alchemy notes would be beneficial to the army. If they could create one or two powerful alchemical magical instruments in between, they would be invincible.

  "This, what was just said about this person, makes me feel very surprised." The emperor's expression was a bit strange as he looked at Ye Chengtian on the side.

  "What?!" Ye Chengtian didn't understand what this strange expression meant, and others who didn't know thought that thing had fallen into the Ye family.

  "For goodness' sake, you Ye family have obtained this thing, just take it out. This can't be hidden away for personal gain. At most, I'll let you have a bit of it later. As the head of the household, I will definitely support you to the end." The Grand Marshal said directly.

  "Uncle Li, if our Ye family had this, with my dad's personality, wouldn't he have taken it out and shown it to you already?" Ye Chengtian said helplessly.

  This General Li Dà and Ye Yīng's relationship can be described in three words: Iron Brothers. The two grew up together, caused trouble for people together, chased girls together, and traveled the world together...

  Although they are both grandfathers now, every time they get together, they will bicker and quarrel over trivial matters, of course, this is just a manifestation of their good relationship.

  "It's true, if you got this, he would have come here immediately today and wouldn't be hiding at home being affectionate with Ruan Lian'er." Even without anyone saying it, General Li knew that Ye Yi must be stuck together with Ruan Lian'er. He couldn't understand why these two old couples could always maintain such a state, while he and his wife had become so distant.

  However, General Li would not think that his love for his wife is weaker than Ye Yi's, it's just the way of showing it that's different.

  "It's been a long time, the person who got this thing is indeed your Ye family, it's just that you don't know, maybe he himself doesn't even know." At this time, the emperor said something that made people puzzled.

  Ye Chengtian looked at the emperor with confusion, wanting to hear his next words.

  "Xiao Ye Lang, come here for a moment, I have a question to ask you." The emperor beckoned to the young master who was still chatting with Ye Lan Yu on the side, but the young master didn't hear him at all, leaving him frustrated for a while.

  However, as soon as the emperor called him "Little Defeat", everyone seemed to understand a little, could it be...

  "Your Majesty, what's going on?" Little Defeat asked directly after being pulled over by Hu Niao.

  "Xiao Ye Lang, didn't you buy a strange box at the auction house today?" The Emperor asked with a faint smile.

  "Yes, I bought it with 100,000 gold coins." Little Spendthrift replied.

  "Do you know what's inside?" the emperor asked tentatively.

  "I don't know." Little Defeat's son shook his head and said.

  "It's indeed like that. If you didn't know, then why did you buy it?" The emperor asked with some puzzlement.

  "I'm going to bankrupt the family." Little Defeat said with a straight face.

  “……”

  The people of Ye's family, regardless of whether they were from the older or younger generation, all covered their foreheads, expressing extreme helplessness. They had all guessed that this would be the answer.

  "He's squandering the family fortune like this, and none of you are stopping him. Does the Ye family have so much money to spare?" General Li said, he had heard about the young master of the Ye family being a spendthrift, but only today did he realize the extent of it.

  "He thinks we don't want to, but he likes it this way and there's nothing we can do about it. Moreover, among the things he buys, there are often strange and bizarre items whose value is unimaginable." Ye Chengtian said somewhat strangely.

  It's true, if it weren't for this little spendthrift occasionally buying extremely rare treasures, the Ye family would probably not let him squander money recklessly, at least they would control it a bit, and at most let him spend around 100,000 gold coins.

  Is this also called control?

  "That's right, I also know about this matter. He seems to have been blessed by the goddess of fortune since he was young. Just take this time, for example. The box he bought with 100,000 gold coins is already worth far more than what he spent before. Even if he spent 10 million, it would be a bargain."

  "Could it be that the alchemy notes are in the box? Xiao Ye, quickly let Grandpa Li take a look at the box you bought." said General Li.

  "Okay, then... who is Grandpa Li?" Little Defeat's son nodded, and then realized that he didn't seem to know who Grandpa Li was.

  “……”

  "Hmph..."

  The people around him let out a faint laugh, and then immediately pretended to be serious, their expressions completely denying that they had just laughed, and among them, there seemed to be the emperor.

  "Son, that's your Grandpa Li, you met him when you were little." Long Anqi suppressed a smile and knocked Xiao Baijiazi lightly.

  "When?" Little Defeat still couldn't remember.

  "When you were one month old."

  "Oh..."

  “……”