Imperial Cultivation

Chu Zhiyuan returned to Yujing ahead of everyone else.

As the sun set, he appeared outside Yujing City, looking at the towering city before him, and suddenly felt a sense of closeness and peace.

Staying in Yujing City, he hadn't felt much, but now returning to Yujing City, he felt particularly affectionate.

He couldn't wait to enter the city and return to the Qing King's Mansion, where a flurry of activity immediately erupted.

Mo Yi and the four maids served him well, allowing him to wash and refresh himself thoroughly.

Because he had Extrasensory Perception, he was able to maintain godlike calmness.

Now, retracting his Extrasensory Perception and recalling the scene at that time, he couldn't help but feel a burst of palpitations.

If there had been even a slight mistake during this period, when attacking the first camp, the other three camps would have come to support, and even the Phoenix Camp wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

It was like walking a tightrope of adventure.

Fortunately, he had been lucky enough to succeed, and the four Grand Masters had also made contributions.

Among the four camps, only one was guarded by a Grand Master. Fortunately, there were four Grand Masters to hold them back. While the five Grand Supreme Masters were entangled in battle, he brazenly shot out his two strongest flying knives, assisting the four Grand Masters in killing the Grand Master.

In this battle, he felt that he had almost scattered the spirit and energy of the Great Lie, so in the end, he didn't hide his tracks and swaggered back to the Eastern Territory.

They were wearing the Great Lie's armor and riding the Great Lie's warships, so the Great Lie's people didn't know what was going on.

But the upper echelons of the Great Lie must be able to see who did it.

Will they announce it directly, or suffer a silent loss and pretend nothing happened?

Or will they push it onto the Great Guang Dynasty?

Chu Zhiyuan felt that if the Great Lie Emperor was smart, he would choose the latter (vent his anger on the Great Guang Dynasty).

Otherwise, if there was this surprise attack, there would be another one.

The Great Jing Dynasty had demonstrated its formidable strength, and the courage of the Great Lie Dynasty and the Great Guang Dynasty would dissipate like foam.

In the evening, Chu Zhiyuan came to the front yard and had just sat down when Chu Yi appeared.

"Big brother, you're finally back!" Chu Yi rushed over happily. Chu Zhiyuan held her shoulders, not letting her fall into his arms, and said with a smile, "You're a big girl now, pay attention to propriety."

Chu Yi slapped his hand away in dissatisfaction, stepped back, and said with a humph, "You've married a wife and are neglecting your sister!"

Bai Ning霜 arrived gracefully, accompanied by Chu Minghou.

"Sit down and talk," Bai Ning霜 said, "Have you rested?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I'll rest for another day tomorrow, don't tell anyone I'm back."

"Okay, I won't," Bai Ning霜 said quickly, "You won't be going out for a forced march training again, will you?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Probably not in the short term."

"Sigh, you guys are really too much, you have to run out to train, wouldn't it be good to train in the camp?"

Bai Ning霜 shook her head, disapproving.

Chu Minghou smiled and said, "Have a good rest for a few days, when will your uncle and the others be back?"

Bai Ning霜 looked over.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Their return journey will be slower, they won't be back too early, at least ten days."

This was already considered fast.

Unlike the forced march when they went, the main task on the return journey was training.

Training in the camp every day was not as effective as training on the road.

Moreover, taking advantage of the opportunity to train when the blood was still boiling after the recent battle was even more effective.

"Going back and forth, it will take more than half a month,... it's really not easy to be a soldier," Bai Ning霜 said.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "The salary is not for nothing, and the merits are not for nothing, how could it be easy?"

"Did your uncle take too much?" Bai Ning霜 said, "Do you want me to scold him?"

"Uncle is very good," Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, "He can be said to be my right-hand man, 'brothers in a tiger hunt, father and son in battle,' there's nothing wrong with that saying, family members are just different."

Bai Ning霜 smiled.

Chu Yi said, "Big brother, did anything fun happen on the way? How is the Eastern Territory, are there any exotic flowers and herbs?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head.

He had never mentioned the purpose of this march, and had declared to the outside world that it was all training.

Training the Phoenix Camp's marching ability, training how to build camps and settlements on the road, how to march quickly, and how to deal with sneak attacks.

He also swept away some bandits and mountain strongholds along the way to practice.

Bai Ning霜, Chu Minghou, and Chu Yi only thought he was working hard, traveling in a dusty manner.

But they didn't know the danger involved.

Chu Zhiyuan didn't plan to tell them.

The entire Phoenix Camp had been given a gag order, and this operation was not to be spread outside.

They all said it was training to outsiders.

The family of four reunited for dinner, and before they had finished eating, Feng Xi sent over a post.

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at it and shook his head. "Whose post is it?" Bai Ning霜 asked.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "An old friend, it's not too late to meet tomorrow." "Who is the old friend?" Chu Yi said, "It's not a woman, is it? Big brother, you have a princess."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Ruoling sent you good things again?"

"Hehe, elixirs and spiritual flowers," Chu Yi said with a smile, "Sister-in-law thinks of me more than you do. You're good, you ran around outside for a big circle and didn't bring back any gifts."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not some messy woman, it's serious business."

"Where is the woman from?" "The Saintess of the Worry-Free Sect."

"Saintess?" Chu Yi said in surprise, "Another Saintess?"

Bai Ning霜 frowned. "The Worry-Free Sect? We have to stay away from them."

She still had lingering fears about the Ning Consort in the palace.

She had already been thrown into the Cold Palace, but her power was still undiminished, and no one dared to offend her.

It was because she was the Saintess of the Worry-Free Sect.

In the woods outside the South City, in a small pavilion in the forest, Chu Zhiyuan saw Meng Canglan, the Saintess of the Worry-Free Sect.

Song Yichun and Li Yilong were following Meng Canglan.

"Congratulations, Prince, for your extraordinary achievements!" Meng Canglan cupped her fists and smiled, gentle and pleasant.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and cupped his fists. "The Saintess has received the news?... The batch of armor will be returned later."

Meng Canglan exclaimed! "The Prince's actions are truly extraordinary and unexpected."

She originally thought that Chu Zhiyuan would wear the Great Lie's armor and ambush small groups of the Great Guang Dynasty's army.

In order to provoke the old grudges and deep hatred between the two dynasties, and let the two dynasties reignite the war, and have no time to take care of Great Jing.

However, Chu Zhiyuan did the opposite.

Wearing the Great Lie's armor, he actually raided Nan Yun Island of the Great Lie Dynasty, the most prosperous Nan Yun Island of the Great Lie Dynasty.

This Nan Yun Island is the southernmost of the Great Lie Dynasty, but it is unusually prosperous because the island is rich in pearls.

And the garrison on Nan Yun Island is also the most elite. The Great Lie Dynasty prepared for war, selecting the elite troops from the reserve land, and all the elite troops gathered on Nan Yun Island, preparing to rush towards the Eastern Territory of Great Jing in one go.

Although in the eyes of the Great Lie Dynasty, the Eastern Territory of Great Jing was already rotten and the military preparations were slack, Great Jing was after all one of the three major dynasties, with a mighty and imposing presence, making them dare not be careless.

Therefore, they gathered the elite of the entire Great Lie, preparing to make a contribution in one fell swoop and severely damage the border troops of the Eastern Territory of Great Jing.

Then they would withdraw, which would be considered as fulfilling the agreement with Great Meng.

As long as Great Meng could hold back the Western Territory army of Great Jing, then the border troops of the Eastern Territory would not be able to do anything to Great Lie and Great Guang.

No one expected that Chu Zhiyuan would be so bold as to lead more than a thousand elite troops straight to Nan Yun Island.

Overnight, he leveled the four major camps of Nan Yun Island. This battle can be described as extremely amazing.

The Great Lie Dynasty's court has not yet received accurate news, but it is conceivable how shocked they will be after knowing this news.

And the one who established this amazing record was actually a newly established military camp, and the commander was a prince who had never commanded troops before.

How could it not be shocking to the world? ....…

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "What is the reaction from the Great Guang Dynasty?"

Meng Canglan said, "The Great Guang Dynasty has not yet reacted, and is still speculating on who did it, suspecting that it is Great Jing, but it doesn't seem like it, guessing that it may be Great Meng, or that the Great Lie Dynasty is fickle, causing Great Meng to be furious and take ruthless action."

"The imagination is really rich enough!" Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

Meng Canglan said, "Prince, do you want to release the news? Let Great Guang know the truth?"

"What does the Saintess think?" Chu Zhiyuan asked. Meng Canglan said softly, "This little girl thinks it would be better to spread the news."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Won't it arouse the common hatred of the two dynasties?"

Meng Canglan smiled and said, "The Great Lie Dynasty and the Great Guang Dynasty have always been enemies. This joint action, even with Great Meng coordinating in the middle, is still acting separately, and the kings do not see each other."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Meng Canglan said, "The Great Guang Dynasty will definitely kick them when they are down,... after all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them, and they will never let it go!"