The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly

Chapter 717 - 290 This Time It’s Swindler Again (6)

"Tiantian, Tiantian!"

Student Xiao D sneakily spied on others while eagerly sharing gossip with He Tiantian, "Today our male lead took the opportunity to fiercely punish that troublesome slave!"

He Tiantian continued to maintain the original character’s persona.

Every day, apart from reciting scriptures, she would only refine elixirs.

However, after the unbearable reaction Jia Jing had from consuming an elixir, the Taoists from Xuanzhen Temple, along with Jia Jing’s children and grandchildren, all treated the elixirs she refined as if they were deadly poison.

Whenever He Tiantian showed even a slight "eager to try" expression, these people would desperately prevent her as if someone had murdered their parents.

For the Taoists, they were concerned about being implicated; if anything happened to this ancestor of the Jia family at Xuanzhen Temple, they would be the first to be held accountable.

As for Jia Jing’s descendants, it was because of his stern caution before he left: "Take good care of Grand Master, and don’t let him take those elixirs before I return!"

Actually, even without Jia Jing’s instructions, his descendants wouldn’t dare let Grand Master casually consume medicine.

They had already endured enough hardship sitting on the cold bench at Ningguo’s Mansion and had finally managed to cling to Grand Master’s coattails, only wanting to serve well and carve out a future for themselves.

Now that they hadn’t secured their future yet, they dared not risk Grand Master’s safety.

He Tiantian: ...My elixirs can’t be that awful, can they?

At most, they just have "side effects" that are a bit more significant, but their actual efficacy is quite excellent.

Regarding this, Student Xiao D had once confusedly asked, "Tiantian, your alchemy skills are already very high. Why don’t you refine some good elixirs without side effects?"

"Good elixirs? Eat one to wash hair and marrow, rejuvenating someone? Haha."

He Tiantian laughed and countered.

"Yeah, it’s not hard, just the basic Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill. You could easily refine a perfect level one. After taking it, it wouldn’t cause diarrhea or embarrass anyone, yet it could achieve the effects of cleansing hair and marrow, repairing internal organ channels."

Student Xiao D continued to express confusion.

He Tiantian slightly shook her head, "Student Xiao D, Jia Jing’s character is that of a fool obsessed with immortality tales, barely qualifying as a swindler, not a leap into becoming an immortal!"

Directly producing an elixir with remarkable effects would shift the traditional novel with mythological flavors directly into the Cultivation World.

This... this feels like switching channels spontaneously.

Why would this fanfiction crash?

Isn’t it because the author wrote too enthusiastically, directly moving the novel from the ancient channel to a fantasy channel?!

A lesson from the past, dear!

"Furthermore, during the feudal dynasty era, although many people were superstitious about ghosts and gods, the power holders would never really allow a ’Land Immortal’ to appear right under their noses."

He Tiantian continued, "If it’s just a slightly capable swindler, the nobles in the palace might turn a blind eye, perhaps even joining in for the fun."

"But if a real god descended, showering an endless stream of miracles, would the one on the Dragon Throne, self-proclaimed as ’Son of Heaven,’ tolerate it? Or not harbor any dread?"

Let’s take a similar example—

When Jia Baoyu was born, he had a piece of beautiful jade in his mouth.

Far from discreetly concealing it, the Jia family broadcast it far and wide.

This behavior, frankly, was like seeking death.

A person born with a jade mouth, according to reason, should only be born in the Royal Family.

Jia Baoyu, a young master from a declining Duke Mansion, had such an opportunity, and the Jia family even intentionally publicized it—what exactly were they trying to do?!

However, over ten years passed, and while the news of a son born with jade in the Jia family spread all these years, the Royal Family didn’t condemn it.

Why?

Obviously, because the Jia family had already declined, military power had long been surrendered, and there was no ambitious man in the family.

The entire family was already presenting the senility of the setting sun—such a trivial character, even if blessed, wouldn’t be a concern for those in power.

However, if it was not Jia Mansion’s young master, but instead the child of a military commander with heavy troops or a child of a prince with a different surname.

Ha, see if the Royal Family would care then!

To put it bluntly, petty actions and sneaky developments, as long as they do not threaten the imperial rule, the power holders would turn a blind eye.

But once a person or a family poses a threat to the authority of the imperial power—oh, you Jia Jing turns out to be a god who can revive the dead, control the elements, and create soldiers from beans, what is the Emperor then?