Hidden genius: Black belly snake

Chapter 135: Breakthroughs left and right Part2

"Hey. Is that consort Yue? Wasn't she expelled from the alchemy association?"

"Shut up. Don't talk so loudly. Don't you know anything at all? She is now the Crown Prince's personal disciple!"

"What???"

"Yup." 

The two gossiping elves simultaneously sighed in jealously. They watched in awe as Tang Yue confidently strutted into the alchemy association gates.

She didn't bother with the numerous pairs of eyes curiously staring at her and went straight ahead to the pill division of the alchemy association.

The association disciples and trainees were typically able to purchase pills and potions from this pill division in order to train and improve themselves.

They were even sold at discounted prices for fellow alchemy practitioners.

However, this was only for the current members of the alchemy association.

Since Tang Yue was already expelled, everyone couldn't help but wonder what she was doing here.

Tang Yue couldn't care less about this attention and continued on with her task. 

She approached the elf sitting at the pill division counter and rapped her fingers on the counter surface with a confident and arrogant demeanor.

"Greetings, your highness." The elf awkwardly greeted her. He didn't have the guts to ask what she was doing here, even though she was expelled.

Tang Yue casually played with her fingers, blowing on them one by one, and flickered her long forked tongue in and out.

"Bring me this set of pills." She threw down a parchment on the counter, not minding the surprised elf. 

"But But your highness" The elf stammered. He was not sure what to do.

Marvin had already issued a hit list with Tang Yue's name on it and the entire association is supposed to shun her and ignore her.

But this was before she was officially announced as the Crown Prince's personal disciple.

Marvin might be a grandmaster alchemist's only son but Tang Yue was also a grandmaster alchemist's personal disciple now.

And to a certain extent, a personal disciple was viewed with even higher status compared to a filial son.

So the elf nervously fidgeted for a while, but he eventually made up his mind and started working on Tang Yue's order.

He was just a mere trainee alchemist and he didn't want to unnecessarily get caught in this fight between big shots.

So he decided to do simply whatever was asked of him.

Tang Yue grinned and nodded in satisfaction. Finally, things were going her way!

"This personal disciple thing might not be too bad after all!" 

The snake chuckled and as she waited, she rapped her fingers again on the countertop making a rhythmic tune.

A few minutes later, the elf returned and handed over all the pills that Tang Yue had asked for.

She patiently picked up each vial and inspected the pills one by one.

"Low-grade Soul searing pills - 10"

"Low-grade Body tempering pills - 10"

Tang Yue nodded in satisfaction. 

She then quickly shoved the vials into her space pearl and proceeded to roll up the parchment and leave.

"Umm your highness payment?" The elf hesitantly mumbled.

"Ah~" Tang Yue turned around and blinked innocently. 

Her mouth formed a big O shape, as she covered it with her hand in surprise. "You are asking his highness, my husband, to pay for pills?"

"Ah. Umm." The elf as well scratched his head in confusion. 

The Crown Prince had never ever personally purchased anything from the pill division! So he was also not sure how to answer this question. 

But once again he simply decided to err on the side of caution and absent-mindedly nodded. 

"No need. No need, your highness. Anything you want is yours. I apologize for my earlier stupid remark." The elf hurriedly bowed and mumbled.

Tang Yue smirked and continued to walk away, shamelessly humming a cheerful tune.

Just a few yards behind her, a tall figure silently observed Tang Yue. 

Elf Herman was one of Xander's personal troop guards and he had been instructed to follow Tang Yue's every movement and action.

Xander was sure that Tang Yue did not possess any ill intention towards the royal family or even himself in particular, but at the same time, his intuition told him that she was special.

More importantly, she was definitely hiding something from him!

So Xander had placed this tail on her to follow her every step outside the palace.

Not to mention, when she was inside the palace, his clone alone would be sufficient to keep an eye on her.

Herman had closely and meticulously followed Tang Yue all the way from the palace to the alchemy association.

He didn't notice anything unusual except for one thing.

The princess was a huge glutton!

She constantly kept snacking all throughout her walk. One thing or the other was always being chewed in her mouth.

And more importantly, the snacks were all roasted meat pieces! What a strange fetish! Herman wiped his forehead.

For the life of him, he couldn't understand why the prince would be interested in someone so weird, even if she was a staggeringly beautiful lady.

As Herman silently watched, Tang Yue bullied the poor pill division elf and made him bring out all the pills she needed.

The snake didn't hesitate at all to throw around the Crown's name and pilfered everything she needed.

Even the Ten Generals wouldn't dare to use his highness name like a gold coin. What audacity!

Herman gaped in awe and he started developing a strange respect for the lady he was following.

Though she appeared very meek and humble in front of the Crown Prince, the snake was oddly was very gutsy and strong-willed otherwise!

He waited for a few minutes and then continued following the busy snake.

After bullying the pill division elf, it looked like she was now headed to the practice rooms in the east.

Herman suddenly stopped and quickly hid as he heard a flurry of footsteps walking towards them from the opposite side.

Tang Yue as well stopped. The smile on her face widened as she instantly recognized the voice of the fatty walking towards her.