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Chapter 1329: Martial Arts Competition, Qinglong Temple, Ignore

This time, the birthday gift Zhou Chen prepared for Shiyi was not very grand. It was some precious books, which he had obtained during his battles in various places.

After being back for such a long time, he had already sorted out all the books and was waiting to give them to Shiyi on her birthday.

After hearing what Zhou Chen said about the birthday gift, Shiyi's face suddenly broke into a bright smile.

In fact, no matter what Zhou Chen gave her, she would feel happy, but she was even happier when Zhou Chen gave her a book, because the master remembered what she liked.

"Thank you, Master."

Zhou Chen just looked at him and smiled, and said softly: "I know you must be very lonely when you are alone in the palace. It is difficult for me to take care of you in this regard."

Shi Yi shook his head and said, "It's okay. Master takes the world as his responsibility, defends the country, and protects the people. I can't help you, but I don't want to drag you down."

Zhou Chen whispered: "But days like this won't last long."

"what?"

Shi Yi didn't hear clearly and looked at Zhou Chen in confusion.

"nothing."

There was silence in the tent for a while. After a while, Shiyi couldn't help but speak again.

"Master."

"Well, what happened?"

"I heard from my senior sister that you have spent a lot of time in the past two years suppressing rebellions in the Six Towns. Where are the Six Towns?" Li Shiyi asked Zhou Chen with a sharp look in his eyes.

"Six Towns, the Six Towns are in the north, north of Zhongzhou and northeast of Xizhou."

"Oh."

Zhou Chen smiled and touched her head, saying, "Don't think too much. Just sleep in my tent tonight."

"No way."

Li Shiyi waved her hands in panic.

"It's okay. My tent is the best here. You can sleep peacefully while I meditate and practice martial arts nearby. Call me if you need anything."

"I……"

Shiyi saw Zhou Chen walk aside and start meditating. He opened his mouth but said nothing.

She hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to lie down on the bed to rest, because Zhou Chen was still in the room. She couldn't calm down at all, and her mind was full of random thoughts.

She didn't know how long it had been, but she finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and slowly fell asleep.

Hearing that Shiyi's breathing had become steady, Zhou Chen, who was meditating, slowly opened his eyes.

He slowly stood up, stood there for a while, and then walked out of the tent.

He asked someone to call Hong Xiaoyu over, and then asked Hong Xiaoyu to go into the tent to accompany Shiyi, while he went to the place where he usually meditated and practiced.

Not long after Hong Xiaoyu entered the tent, Shiyi woke up from her sleep. She was a little disappointed that she did not see the familiar master, but when she saw the senior sister, she happily chatted with Hong Xiaoyu and asked about the master's past.

The night passed quickly, the sun rose in the east, Zhou Chen slowly finished his training and let out a breath.

It has been more than two years since I cultivated my internal strength. The quality of my internal strength is good, but the quantity is really too little.

His talent is already excellent now, but the amount of internal strength he has cultivated in the past two years is not as much as the amount he gained in the Lotus Tower world in three months.

Although he had only experienced the low-level martial arts world a few times so far, and the Lotus Tower could be considered a medium-level martial arts world, he really discovered that the gap between the ordinary world and the martial arts world was particularly large, at least in terms of martial arts training.

Since he acquired the inner strength skills, he has experienced many modern urban worlds and ancient costume worlds, but he has lived in the modern urban world for many years and has not developed any inner strength. It is also difficult to develop inner strength in the ordinary ancient world. Even if he has developed inner strength, it is far inferior to that in the low-level martial arts world, let alone the world with higher martial arts values.

As soon as he returned to the camp, Shiyi came over after hearing the news, and followed Zhou Chen closely like a follower.

When they were touring the military camp, Feng Qiao suddenly ran over and reported to Zhou Chen, insisting that Zhou Chen agree to let her compete with Xiao Yan.

Zhou Chen also found it interesting, so he followed along.

After leaving the Galan Temple, Xiao Yan was taken to the military camp. Later, when Zhou Chen and others returned to the palace, they brought him back to the palace for custody. Now he was taken back to the military camp again.

Xiao Yan was very self-aware and knew that he was a prisoner, so he didn't care about being driven around at all. He would go wherever he was told to go.

During this period, he had drunk and chatted with Zhou Chen many times. Apart from that, he was the most familiar with Feng Qiao among the Nanchen King's army.

Zhou Chen followed Feng Qiao to the place where Xiao Yan was imprisoned. After a few words, Xiao Yan agreed to compete with Feng Qiao.

The group came to the martial arts arena in the military camp. Xiao Yan and Feng Qiao walked onto the arena. Feng Qiao was determined to defeat Xiao Yan, so she took the lead in attacking with an extremely fierce attack.

In front of the ring, Zhou Chen watched calmly, while Li Shiyi looked nervous, worried about his fourth senior sister. Zhou Tianxing and Xie Yun also came to ask questions.

The fight between the two was very interesting to watch. It looked like Feng Qiao was the one attacking the whole time, but in fact, Xiao Yan was always calm and composed, easily resolving Feng Qiao's attacks.

In less than half an incense stick of time, Xiao Yan seized a flaw in Feng Qiao, suddenly attacked, and quickly subdued Feng Qiao.

Feng Qiao was very dissatisfied and wanted to fight again, but Zhou Chen spoke up.

"Feng Qiao, people from Nanchen Palace must be able to afford to lose."

Feng Qiao turned to look at her master, gritted her teeth, and gave up the idea of ​​continuing. She glared at Xiao Yan unhappily, but still bowed her hands in admission of defeat.

"I lost."

I thought it was over, but Xiao Yan didn't come down from the ring. Instead, he looked at Zhou Chen.

"Your Highness, can we have a sparring match?"

He had seen Zhou Chen take action last time in the Galan Temple and had always remembered it. Although he became a monk, he could not be considered a real monk and still had his old style in his heart.

Zhou Chen asked: "Do you want to fight with me?"

Xiao Yan said, "Back then at the Huai River, our armies faced each other on the water and almost came to blows. Do you remember, Your Highness?"

"of course I remember."

"At that time, I was still fighting for Emperor Nan Xiao. What a joke."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "We had different positions at the beginning, but it is different now. However, since you want to compete, I will do as you wish."

As he said that, he walked onto the ring.

One was wearing a coarse monk's robe, and the other was wearing brocade clothes, which formed a sharp contrast. Unlike Zhou Chen's ease, Xiao Yan's face was full of seriousness and solemnity.

As for the people below the ring, except for Shi Yi who looked worried, the others including Zhou Tianxing, Xie Yun and others all had calm expressions without any fluctuation, and it was obvious that they were full of confidence in Zhou Chen.

During the past two years of fighting and suppressing rebellions, they witnessed with their own eyes the improvement of Zhou Chen's martial arts. In their eyes, their master was the most invincible general in the world.

When fighting with Xiao Yan, Zhou Chen naturally didn't need to use his internal strength. He just fought him with his bare hands.

The two men fought back and forth, punching and kicking each other, and the fight was very fierce in the ring.

Xie Shiyi in front of the ring looked nervous. Xie Yun said gently, "Shiyi, don't worry. Master is invincible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chen's moves on the ring suddenly changed. He started to move vigorously and used his powerful strength to force Xiao Yan to retreat step by step. Only when Xiao Yan retreated to the edge of the ring did Zhou Chen step back.

Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and praised sincerely: "I lose, Your Highness has great skills."

Zhou Chen laughed and said, "I just rely on my strength. If we really compete with fists and kicks, I'm afraid I will be at a disadvantage."

"Your Highness is too modest."

Xiao Yan himself was very clear about how big the gap between the two of them was. He had just used all his skills, but Zhou Chen was able to handle it with ease. It was obvious that the two of them were not on the same level, and Zhou Chen had already given him enough face.

The two walked down from the ring, and Zhou Tianxing suddenly reported to Zhou Chen: "Master, I found a good place..."

After hearing this, Zhou Chen said, "Okay, go check it out and prepare the horses."

After saying that, he looked at Shi Yi and asked, "Eleven, did you bring Bai Long with you?"

"Brought it."

"Then you can come with us."

"Yes, Master."

After walking two steps, Zhou Chen suddenly stopped again and saw that Xiao Yan was about to return to the place where he was being detained.

"Your Highness, we found a great place. Would you like to go with us?"

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Can you?"

"will not."

"That's it, Tianxing, bring him a horse as well, and let's go."

Zhou Chen, along with several of his disciples, Xiao Yan, and Li Feng, quickly left the military camp.

Led by Zhou Tianxing, the group soon arrived at a yard that had been abandoned for a long time.

You can tell at first glance that this place has been abandoned for a long time, and many buildings have collapsed. However, although the location is remote, it is large and secluded. If it is properly tidied up and repaired, there will be absolutely no problem turning it into a temple.

Walking behind the crowd, Zhou Chen asked Shiyi, "Have you decided on the name of the temple I asked you to think of?"

Shi Yi replied: "I've made up my mind, Qinglong Temple."

"Okay, then let's call it Qinglong Temple."

Seeing that Zhou Chen decided without saying anything, Shi Yi looked a little surprised: "Master, you don't even ask me why I chose this name?"

"Then will you tell me?"

Shiyi was silent for a moment, then said, "My mother said that my father had seen through the world and left me and her to become a monk. She also said that the place where he practiced was called Qinglong Temple. Over the years, I have asked General Yu and my brother to help me keep an eye out, but I have never found a temple called Qinglong Temple."

Zhou Chen remained silent. He understood that Shi Yi herself knew that her father had passed away a long time ago. Sanniang said this just to give her hope.

The group walked around the place, and Hong Xiaoyu and the others began to discuss how to build the Qinglong Temple.

Zhou Chen and Xiao Yan walked aside, and Xiao Yan asked, "Your Highness really wants to build a temple, Qinglong Temple?"

Zhou Chen said: "Of course, what do you think of this place?"

"Very good. If it can be built, it will definitely be a good place. Your Highness, if the Qinglong Temple is really built, can you let me practice here?"

"If you don't mind, of course you can."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Actually, I'm a little confused. Even if you don't want to be the Second Prince of Nanxiao, there's no need for you to become a monk. I don't think you've seen through the mundane world."

Xiao Yan said self-deprecatingly: "Seeing through the world? How can I have such enlightenment? In fact, I don't know what to do myself. I hope my Buddha can calm me down."

From the way he spoke, I could tell that he was actually a bit self-avoidant.

"You and I get along quite well. If possible, I really hope you can join my Nanchen Royal Army."

Xiao Yan stared at Zhou Chen for a moment, then bowed and said, "It is my honor to be valued by Your Highness."

After Zhou Chen and others took a stroll here, they rode back on horseback.

Although Shiyi had never been on the battlefield, he had Zhou Chen's guidance, so his horse riding skills were not bad and he could keep up with everyone else.

As soon as he returned to the military camp, military advisor Xie Chong came to report that Prince Guangling was already waiting in his tent, and he brought four guards with him.

When Hong Xiaoyu and the others heard this, they immediately became angry and shouted, "The commander's tent, we need Master's approval if we want to go in. If he dares to bring guards with him, I will go in and chase him out."

Zhou Chen held Hong Xiaoyu back. Hong Xiaoyu was truly loyal to him and would not allow anyone to look down on him.

"Okay, Xiaoyu, follow me in first."

As he said that, he walked into the big tent first, and the others followed immediately. Only Shi Yi had a strange expression on his face.

As soon as he walked into the tent, he saw King Guangling and others standing in front of the sand table watching. When he heard the voice, Liu Zixing turned around.

"Uncle Emperor."

Zhou Chen nodded coldly. He didn't have the time to waste time talking to Liu Zixing. He asked directly, "Prince Guangling brought so many people to see me. It seems that there is something very important?"

Liu Zixing's expression changed slightly. He didn't expect Zhou Chen to not say a single polite word and had a cold attitude, going straight to the point.

"This prince would like to ask the uncle to interrogate Prince Nan Xiao together."

Zhou Chen naturally knew that Liu Zixing wanted to use him to drive away the four guards who were monitoring him, but this was also in line with his plan.

"Prince Guangling wants to discuss serious matters here?"

As he spoke, his eyes swept over the eunuchs and four guards behind Liu Zixing.

Zhou Tianxing, who had been holding back for a long time, walked to the side very attentively, picked up the sword in the tent, unsheathed it in an instant, glared at King Guangling and others, and shouted.

"In the tent of King Nanchen, all soldiers must report in advance before entering. Anyone who enters the tent without permission will be killed without mercy."

The eunuch and four guards behind Liu Zixing all looked nervous. If Zhou Chen really ordered them to be killed, they would not even have a chance to resist.

Liu Zixing took the opportunity to apologize to Zhou Chen.

"My nephew is being rude."

Then he ordered the guards behind him: "Get out now."

Faced with this scene, the four guards did not dare to hesitate and immediately went out in shame. Hong Xiaoyu took people out to keep an eye on them.

Liu Zixing showed a triumphant smile, but when Zhou Chen saw the smile on his face, he snorted in his heart, glanced past him and looked at the eunuch Meng Luan behind him.

Zhou Tianxing naturally understood what his master meant, and looked at Meng Luan with eyes as sharp as a knife.

Meng Luan was just a eunuch, and when he saw the gazes of Zhou Chen and Zhou Tianxing, his body began to tremble immediately.

"Your Highness."

The smile on Liu Zixing's face disappeared instantly, but he was also a shrewd man.

"Uncle, Meng Luan is my attendant. He can be trusted."

But Zhou Chen didn't say anything, which made his face look a little ugly, but he still suppressed his dissatisfaction and turned to Meng Luan and ordered: "You also go out and wait."

Meng Luan did not dare to hesitate and could only agree, then he left the tent in small steps.

After everyone had left, Zhou Chen walked to the coach's seat and sat down, then pointed at Xiao Yan who came in with them.

"He is the Second Prince of Nanxiao whom you want to see. Xiao Yan, you can start the interrogation however you want."

Liu Zixing looked at Xiao Yan, who was dressed in monk's robes and had a bald head, in astonishment, full of doubts.

Didn't they say Xiao Yan was detained? Why did he come to the big tent with them? And he seemed to be very familiar with Zhou Chen and the others.

Is he really a prisoner?

(End of this chapter)