Volume 1, Chapter 40: Healing the Princess

Nitroglycerin had been created.

Deep within a small manor in the Great Qian Empire, Li Xian, the man who invented it, did not feel much surprise. The chemical equation was precise, the steps were virtually flawless, and the successful preparation of liquid nitroglycerin was entirely logical.

This was not merely a life-saving medicine; it was a potent high explosive.

Li Xian felt a sense of melancholy. He had never expected to successfully synthesize such a volatile explosive. Even this tiny vial before him was enough to kill him if it detonated. Furthermore, the substance was notoriously unstable. If Li Xian were to drop this vial right now, what would be the result? The only outcome would be...

Locke walked slowly toward the ruins of the stone platform. Behind him, his companions stared in astonishment at Doris, who was gazing at the wind-blade sword in her hands with a dazed, infatuated expression, as if looking at a lover.

Seeing his sluggishness, Madam Li felt both angry and worried. If only one of her three sons were capable, she would not have to fret day and night.

"This..." The police officer accompanying Hong Sheng looked toward Su Xue's direction and asked Hong Sheng for guidance.

Pushing open the door, he saw that Huancai had fallen asleep on the sofa, clutching a half-eaten piece of yellow honey candy, her mouth sticky with sweetness.

In contrast, Bai Fuling was much more composed. Her memory of Hai Fushi was somewhat hazy, but as for handsome men, she was always willing to meet them.

The thin, withered old man who had administered the test to Lin Wei earlier sat in his chair, his eyes half-closed, appearing to be dozing off.

A clever man is always a clever man. Even when feigning madness, he did not resort to crude tactics like eating or drinking filth. Instead, he ran naked through the streets, giggling at every young woman he saw and claiming to be a distinguished guest of Prince Ning. He turned the entire city of Nanchang upside down, thoroughly humiliating the Prince.

Many of the bandits fled in panic, but a portion of them, eyes glinting with malice, charged toward Chu Zhiwu’s group. They hoped to distract Jiang Wei and seize some supplies, unwilling to leave empty-handed.

Gu Jiahua immediately dismissed the thought. He had seen clearly how Zhao Tianming acquired the brocade box; the input was simply not worth the output.

Furthermore, there was a major difference between humans and exotic beasts: exotic beasts would trade for pills the moment they saw them, rarely haggling or checking if the pills were actually useful to them—even though some pills had no effect on them at all.

She had previously wondered if Lu Shu was immune to the temptations of beauty. Yet, even now, Lu Shu maintained a distance from Carol, despite the fact that Carol was truly far more beautiful than Meng Jingchan was at the time.

The young apprentice was glared at by the old man and quickly shut his mouth. However, once the old man had finished taking Carl's measurements and confirming the necessary alterations, he couldn't help but whisper to Carl during the moment he returned to the inner room.

Originally, Nie Ting had suggested making Carol a special faculty member. On one hand, it would make use of her resources; on the other, he considered that Carol held high status and was an A-grade expert, so it was somewhat inappropriate for her to be a student.

Xie Yaqin watched the two of them from afar, locked in a passionate kiss. Her lips pressed tight, her eyes filled with disappointment, she swallowed her burning anger and turned to leave.

Clearly, this was the roar of the old man, Chen Yanlong. The girl had experienced such scenes countless times, so she could only bow and retreat.

"According to my intelligence, those assassins all bore a sunflower-like mark on their shoulders