Imperial Cultivation

The sword pierced the brow bone as easily as piercing tofu.

This was definitely a precious sword capable of cutting iron like mud.

Shao Feng took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve, slowly wiped the tip of the sword, then discarded the handkerchief and returned the sword to its scabbard.

Chu Zhiyuan praised, "Fine sword."

Shao Feng clasped his fist: "Greetings, Fourth Prince."

Chu Zhiyuan returned the gesture and looked at the six middle-aged men lying on the ground: "To be able to last this long against six Grandmasters is truly commendable."

Shao Feng was unimpressed: "Your Highness overpraises us. We are far from it. If not for Your Highness, the two of us would have been unable to escape death."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head: "This is also because the two of you are blessed by good fortune."

Qu Ying said, "Your Highness, I was ordered to deliver the saber. Should I send it to your residence, or give it to Your Highness now?"

Chu Zhiyuan took off the long saber with the emerald green scabbard and handed it to her: "Let's exchange them now."

"This…" Qu Ying hesitated, not taking the emerald green long saber: "If Your Highness hasn't had enough fun, you can continue to play with it."

"Since I said it, I must abide by it." Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "If I said one saber for one saber, then it will be one saber for one saber."

He pushed the emerald green scabbard forward.

"…Yes." Qu Ying took it and fastened it to her waist.

With two long sabers hanging on her slender waist, she looked unusually burdened.

She took off the azure long saber from her back and handed it over with both hands.

Zou Fang stepped forward to receive it.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Very good. Thank you, Miss Qu. Please give my regards to Sect Leader Lu."

"Yes." Qu Ying respectfully agreed.

Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fist: "I still have to walk a few steps further. The two of you should enter the city first. There will be no more heretical sect demons within fifty miles, so you can rest assured."

"Your Highness, please proceed. This little girl will not disturb you any longer." Qu Ying understood the meaning in his words, clasped her fist, and bid farewell.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and nodded.

He also nodded to Shao Feng, and then floated away.

Zou Fang followed behind him, carrying the azure long saber, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The six corpses had already turned into six skeletons.

Shao Feng slumped weakly onto the tree stump next to him.

It was the pine tree that Qu Ying had unintentionally cut down, and the fragrance of pine resin wafted from the cut.

Shao Feng sat on the pine stump, exhaled a long breath, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

These words earned him a strange look from Qu Ying.

Shao Feng immediately felt that he had been foolish, that he shouldn't have said those words just now, but there was no way to take them back, so he quickly said, "I wonder what kind of martial arts Your Highness used, to be able to assassinate six people without anyone noticing."

Qu Ying remained silent, still staring in the direction where Chu Zhiyuan disappeared.

Shao Feng felt that he couldn't help but say something bitter again, and tried his best to restrain himself.

After a moment, he couldn't help but say, "Miss Qu, do you know the Holy Maiden Xiao of the Moon Invitation Palace?"

Qu Ying glared at him and said unhappily, "I don't know her!"

"It is said that Holy Maiden Xiao was once the number one beauty in Jade Capital, with unparalleled beauty."

"Have you seen her?"

"I haven't seen her either."

"Then what is there to say!" Qu Ying was a little impatient: "Don't you find it strange?"

If he hadn't taken the initiative to jump out and help her, she would have turned around and left long ago, too lazy to say another word to this idiot.

"What's strange?"

"Don't you think they died very strangely?"

"Strange…"

"It is a bit strange."

"What kind of martial arts did the Fourth Prince use?"

"Do you think this doesn't look like the legendary Son of Heaven Sword killing heretical sect demons?"

"Hmm…? ? !"

Shao Feng was suddenly startled, then frowned and nodded: "It does look quite similar, just dying so silently, without any wounds."

He then said: "Could it be that the Fourth Prince has mastered the Son of Heaven Sword? Impossible."

Qu Ying stroked her fair forehead, looking defeated.

Shao Feng looked at her in confusion.

Qu Ying said helplessly: "Isn't it possible that this matter is just a rumor and that these heretical sect demons were not killed by the Son of Heaven Sword?"

"Then who killed them?"

"The Fourth Prince."

"…- That's right!" Shao Feng suddenly realized, and then praised: "Miss Qu, you are truly intelligent, I admire you."

Qu Ying waved her hand: "What kind of intelligence is this? It seems that those heretical sect demons were all killed by the Fourth Prince. He killed a bunch of heretical sect demons in the Eastern Border, and he is completely against the heretical sect!"

"What kind of secret technique is this of the Fourth Prince? Even a Grandmaster isn't this powerful, right?"

"The Fourth Prince, after all, has unparalleled talent. It's not surprising that he has mastered some kind of miraculous skill or secret technique."

"…- That's true." Shao Feng nodded slowly.

He was extremely impressed with Chu Zhiyuan's talent. Not to mention him, the entire White Cloud Sword Palace praised Chu Zhiyuan's talent and envied him.

He only hated that he wasn't Chu Zhiyuan.

Qu Ying's eyes lit up, and she praised: "This is the demeanor of a Grandmaster. Killing people doesn't require lifting a finger, resolving opponents without a sound."

"Grandmaster ah…"

Shao Feng shook his head: "Not everyone can become a Grandmaster. I don't even know if I can become one."

He had entered the Grandmaster realm at a young age, but in today's Great Jing, young Grandmasters were no longer rare.

If it were before the establishment of the Martial Arts Academy and the Phoenix Camp, his young Grandmaster status would still be a treasure.

Now, however, he had been reduced to the ordinary.

Qu Ying said: "Young Master Shao, you have also been cultivating diligently in the sect, right?"

"Yes."

"Coming to the Town Guard Division to train?"

"That's right." Shao Feng quickly said: "What about you, Miss Qu?"

"I was ordered to go down the mountain to deliver the saber to the Fourth Prince, and I have to go back to continue my hard training."

Shao Feng quickly said: "Once you become a Grandmaster, it's useless to bury yourself in hard training. You need to experience the world."

Qu Ying said: "It's not yet time for me to come out and train. Young Master Shao, then let's say goodbye here. We'll meet again someday."

"When will you come again, Miss Qu?"

"That's hard to say," Qu Ying said: "I may be cultivating in the sect all the time and will not come again."

"It's not good to bury yourself in hard training all the time. You have to temper yourself in the mortal world. It's best to join the Town Guard Division." Shao Feng said:

"This is a shortcut."

"I have to listen to the orders of the Sect Leader and the Elders, goodbye." Qu Ying clasped her fist, turned around, and floated away.

Shao Feng reached out and waved, but eventually stopped, watching Qu Ying's slender figure disappear.

He immediately felt lost, sighed despondently, and slumped back on the pine stump.

Chu Zhiyuan turned around and looked at Qu Ying, who had followed, and smiled: "Miss Qu, do you still have something to say?"

"Your Highness, I also want to kill heretical sect demons." Qu Ying said slowly.

In the past, when I heard the phrase 'heretical sect demons, everyone should kill them' in the sect.

At that time, I only regarded it as an ordinary slogan, but now I have truly experienced the deep-seated hatred of this sentence.

She hated the heretical sect demons to the extreme and could not tolerate them continuing to harm people.

If there was an opportunity to kill heretical sect demons, she would never let it go, otherwise her mind would not be clear.

"Let's practice hard first," Chu Zhiyuan said: "Miss Qu, you are only at the first level of the Grandmaster realm. If you want to kill heretical sect demons, you are still far from it. If you encounter them, you will only become nourishment to strengthen them."

"I am proficient in saber techniques. Although I am only at the first level of the Grandmaster realm, I can kill experts at the sixth level of the Grandmaster realm," Qu Ying said: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to hold them off for so long."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Your saber techniques cannot make up for the gap in realm. You still have to find a way to improve your realm."

"I haven't neglected my realm either." Qu Ying quickly said.