The crown prince eyed him for a second before letting out a smile.

"Well, except fighting you that is. It might be the only thing more entertaining to him than the sword," the crown prince said. "Not that I'm one to talk."

Yun Ling just smirked at him.

"You and Yu Shan... you two are really something."

The crown prince gave him a dull stare.

"You are also not one to talk..."

"Ugh... I feel sick... what are... you guys doing?" Yu Shan groaned out as he looked at Yun Ling and the crown prince with a pained expression on his face.

His head was aching so much. He couldn't remember what happened in the past few minutes. In fact, he was confused at that very moment on why they were in some room when the last thing he remembered, they were in drinking in the lobby with so many people around them.

"Oh, you finally recovered?" the crown prince said while raising a brow.

Yun Ling used his divine eyes as he inspected Yu Shan's body and answered the crown prince, "There are still traces of alcohol left in his system but it is a lot lower now unlike before."

"You sure your eyes for useless things," the crown prince said with an unamused voice to which, Yun Ling merely shrugged his shoulders.

"I feel like shit... ugh," Yu Shan said. "Damn it. I don't understand... how you two can even stomach.... this poisonous thing? It's not good for the body... It... doesn't even taste good."

Yun Ling smiled at him.

"Well, there are drinks like this that can provide lots of benefits for the body. It's just that the one that we ordered isn't something like that."

"Ah, shit... I feel sick... so disgusting. Give me a second... let me remove the alcohol from my system," Yu Shan said with a tired voice as he closed his eyes.

The two could feel some spiritual energy going inside and outside of Yu Shan's body as he tried to purify himself from the alcohol.

A few seconds later, the redness of Yu Shan's face went away as he finally recovered.

"Good to have you back," Yun Ling said sarcastically.

Yu Shan felt ashamed of himself for letting the two people he respected the most among his generation see that side of him. However, there was no way he could've known he wouldn't be able to handle just a few shots. He had never drunk alcohol after all. Drinking with them was the first time in his life.

"Mortals also drink this shit right? I can't believe I can't handle this when they can," Yu Shan said with a frown.

Yun Ling looked at him and hesitated whether to tell him that their drink was on one of the most extreme sides or not. What they drank was something meant for cultivators with a fairly high cultivation realm. It wasn't meant for mortals for if they tried to drink it, they would explode on the spot.

In the end, Yun Ling decided not to tell him. It was fun letting Yu Shan think that he couldn't even compare to a mortal and beat himself over it. It might be an asshole thing to do but Yun Ling never considered himself as a good person so...

The crown prince looked at Yun Ling and raised a brow. Seeing that he didn't tell Yu Shan, he decided to do the same. He might be formal all the time but he did have some times where he was in a mood for a prank.

"That's right, Yun Ling," the crown prince said, gathering the said person's attention. "In the banquet, you said that you were chasing after the Core Formation Slayer, right?"

Yun Ling thought over it and remembered that he did tell Yu Shan and the crown prince about that in the banquet hosted by the fourth prince. He told them that he was chasing after the Core Formation Slayer for several months as a mission given to him by his father to no avail. He was forced to give up chasing after the Core Formation Slayer since he had to return to the capital to take part in the Golden Dragon Election that was soon going to take place. It was also a good thing that he stopped chasing after him since apparently, the Core Formation Cultivator might have some connection to the Pure Heart Demon Sect— the biggest sect of the demonic path in the entire Jin Empire.

"What about it?" he asked.

The crown prince drew a type of formation mid-air and showed it to Yun Ling.

Yun Ling and Yu Shan's eyes narrowed after seeing what it was that he drew.

"That is..."

"A formation from the Pure Heart Demon Sect," the crown prince said after he finished his drawing. "I tried to draw it as best as I could remember but it's still a bit off. Overall, however, it looks like this."

"How did you know this formation?" Yu Shan asked.

"I came across a scroll with a formation like that when I assassinated the general of the Tong Empire. I found it inside his mansion," the crown prince said. "I suspect he has some connection with the Pure Heart Demon Sect. Maybe that's the reason why he grew so courageous and tried to cause an uprising in the Tong Empire."

"I see..." Yu Shan muttered to himself.

"You also recognize this formation, Yu Shan?" Yun Ling asked, but it was more of a statement. He was expecting Yu Shan to tell him how he knew.

Yu Shan smiled at him and responded, "Like what the emperor said before starting the Golden Dragon Election, my task was to eliminate three demonic cultivators from the Pure Heart Demon Sect. I found a scroll with that formation inside of their leader's belongings. I gave it to my father of course and he later gave it to His Majesty."

"So, how is this related to the Core Formation Slayer?" Yun Ling asked the crown prince.

"Nothing... I was just trying to confirm whether the scroll you found when you chased after the Core Formation Slayer was something like this..."

Yun Ling nodded.

"It is off by a bit but it's the same."