Thinking of this, his handsome face became even more gloomy.
Fortunately, his current identity is Xu Jingren, the Twelfth Prince of Da Lie, so the Da Jing Dynasty doesn't dare to act recklessly. If something were to happen to the Twelfth Prince of Da Lie, Da Lie wouldn't let it go, no matter how much they respected Da Jing.
Even if the Da Lie royal family let it go, the people and populace of Da Lie would never give up and would not allow anyone to kill a prince of Da Lie. Since they don't dare to kill him, Da Jing wouldn't detain him either.
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That would cause dissatisfaction, thereby affecting the relationship between Da Lie and Da Jing.
A sneer appeared on his lips: The current Da Jing simply doesn't dare to act recklessly anymore. Suddenly, a report came from outside that Chu Zhiyuan, the Fourth Prince of Da Jing, had come to visit.
He frowned.
The Da Meng now values this Fourth Prince and is thinking of ways to eliminate him. The Wuxiang Sect is also collecting the Fourth Prince's weaknesses, looking for flaws.
It is impossible for the Wuxiang Sect to personally kill the Fourth Prince; they want to find a way to reveal his weaknesses.
Some evil sects are eyeing the princes and sons of Da Jing covetously. Once they hear about these weaknesses, they will definitely not hesitate. This trick of using a borrowed knife to kill is guaranteed to be seamless.
While thinking, he walked forward, arrived at the front yard, and saw Chu Zhiyuan and Li Hongzhao standing side by side. One was handsome and compelling, the other beautiful and unparalleled. The two standing together were truly a perfect match.
He quickly shook off this absurd thought, stepped forward with a smile, clasped his fist and said: "Fourth Prince, Ninth Princess, this humble one has failed to greet you from afar." Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fist, sized him up, and said with a smile: "I heard that Your Highness was injured. Is it serious?"
Xu Jingren smiled and said: "It's just a minor injury, but the Zhenwu Division has been slow to catch the culprit. Is it because my dynasty is too weak and this humble one is insignificant, so they can't be bothered to put in the effort?" Chu Zhiyuan said: "The Zhenwu Division has indeed tried its best, but those experts are a bit strange."
"What's so strange?"
"It seems they were specifically targeting Your Highness." Chu Zhiyuan frowned and said: "The Zhenwu Division suspects they are experts from Da Lie."
"Impossible!" Xu Jingren blurted out.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Your Highness also has enemies in Da Lie, right? Are you vying for the throne?"
Xu Jingren slowly shook his head and said: "This humble one is only ranked twelfth and my cultivation is weak, so I can't pose a threat to the throne."
"Then it's because Your Highness has sided with a certain faction, and the other party wants to weaken your faction."
Xu Jingren quickly looked at her.
Li Hongzhao glanced at Chu Zhiyuan: "These people have been silenced, of course, you won't be able to find anything."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Is the Princess's consideration thorough? Could it be that you often do such things?... What the Princess said is correct, it is really possible that they were silenced, but unfortunately, the Zhenwu Division is not a god, and it is difficult to find them after they die. I am truly powerless, Your Highness, please forgive me."
Xu Jingren's expression was not good.
Li Hongzhao glanced at Chu Zhiyuan: "Could it be that your Zhenwu Division is stealing from within?" She strongly suspected that the Zhenwu Division did it.
The purpose was to test whether Xu Jingren was real or fake, whether he was an expert from the Wuxiang Sect. Chu Zhiyuan was surprised: "What do you mean by that?"
"... Forget it." Li Hongzhao stopped talking, not wanting to lead in this direction. I'm afraid it would fall right into Chu Zhiyuan's trap.
Chu Zhiyuan's face darkened, and he slowly said: "Princess, the reputation of the Zhenwu Division cannot be insulted!"
"How did I insult it?" Li Hongzhao glanced at him.
Chu Zhiyuan's expression became even more solemn: "As the Left Vice Minister, having heard that the Princess has insulted the name of the Zhenwu Division, I cannot turn a deaf ear!"
"Puchi!" Li Hongzhao was amused by his serious appearance, chuckled and said: "You heard it and smelled it, so what are you going to do?"
"Then I will ask the Princess for a few tricks!" Chu Zhiyuan pressed his hand on the hilt of the Qingying Sword and slowly pulled it out of its scabbard.
The bright sword body trembled slightly, like a pool of autumn water under the sunlight, revealing a faint and clear aura. Li Hongzhao scolded: "Chu Zhiyuan, are you deliberately looking for trouble?!"
"Princess, please—!" Chu Zhiyuan snorted with a sullen face: "Could it be that you are afraid?" Li Hongzhao was indeed a little afraid.
She knew that Chu Zhiyuan would definitely strike hard, he wouldn't kill her, but he would definitely not let her feel good. He would definitely take the opportunity to give her a fierce blow, making her ache for a while.
However, seeing the corner of Chu Zhiyuan's mouth raised, she really couldn't hold back the anger in her heart.
Under great anger, she disregarded the consequences, drew her sword out of its scabbard, snorted and said: "Then I'll show you some color!"
Her sword body quickly turned red, and finally turned into a crimson long sword. The sword energy was like a jumping flame, and the scorching heat was overwhelming. Chu Zhiyuan shook the Qingying Sword, making a "buzzing" sound, and a cloud of clear light swayed.
The clear aura spread out, dispelling the heat.
"Take the sword!" Chu Zhiyuan thrust out a sword, and a ray of cold light instantly reached Li Hongzhao.
Xu Jingren was a little stunned.
He didn't expect Chu Zhiyuan to turn hostile so quickly, and start fighting so quickly, without any buffer. Chu Zhiyuan and Li Hongzhao are both important figures, can they really fight so casually?
The Princess won't suffer, will she?
He was nervous and faintly excited.
The Princess has just improved by another level, she is not what she used to be, and there is hope to win against Chu Zhiyuan! "Chi chi chi chi..."
The clear whistling sound and red light spread out, enveloping Chu Zhiyuan in it. Chu Zhiyuan turned into a ray of clear light, shuttling through the red light, which seemed to be swallowed by the red light at any time, but it was weak but not scattered. Li Hongzhao's sword light was like a flame.
Her eyes gradually brightened, her aura became smoother and smoother, and her swordsmanship reached its peak again, and it was constantly advancing. She felt that today's swordsmanship was particularly smooth, and the more it went on, the smoother it became, and every move was as she wished.
In the end, she found that her swordsmanship had reached its peak, which was several times stronger than her usual practice. She couldn't help but let out a soft whistle, and an illusion of a phoenix flying faintly appeared in the sword light.
This is the illusion of the Phoenix Sword Art reaching its peak.
"Chi!" Chu Zhiyuan floated back and returned his sword to its scabbard. Li Hongzhao looked down at the position of her heart.
There was a faint white dot on the high bulge of her heart. Even the outermost peach palace dress was not broken, only a shallow sword mark. However, a wisp of invisible sword energy had already penetrated into her heart, condensing and not dissipating, causing her heart to ache faintly.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Good swordsmanship."
"Hmph!" Li Hongzhao bit her shell teeth and sneered: "You are showing off your good swordsmanship."
Her heart was heavy.
These days, under the pressure of Chu Zhiyuan, her swordsmanship has improved too much, it can be called a rebirth. But Chu Zhiyuan's swordsmanship has also improved, still pressing on her, even more ruthlessly than last time. This guy is really annoying.
"Uh..." A moan sounded.
Li Hongzhao turned her head and saw Xu Jingren covering his lower abdomen, his face greatly changed. Chu Zhiyuan said in confusion: "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Xu Jingren stared wide-eyed, glaring at Chu Zhiyuan.
Li Hongzhao also glared at Chu Zhiyuan: "What good thing did you do?"
Chu Zhiyuan looked blank: "Your Highness is injured?... But the distance is quite far, it doesn't seem like he would be affected, right?" The combination of the Nourishing Sword Art and the Controlling Sword Art is truly wonderful, secretive and unpredictable, which the Asking Heart Saber Art cannot match.
Xu Jingren turned around and staggered into the house.
Chu Zhiyuan blocked him sideways: "Your Highness, what exactly is wrong?"
"Get out of the way!" Xu Jingren said in a low voice.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at Li Hongzhao: "Princess, you ask him, see what's going on." Xu Jingren turned his direction to bypass Chu Zhiyuan.
Li Hongzhao hesitated.
Chu Zhiyuan suddenly said in surprise: "Eh? Your Highness, wait!"
"Get! Out! Of! The! Way!" Xu Jingren hissed.
Chu Zhiyuan said in surprise: "Your Highness, you are... who exactly are you?!" But seeing Xu Jingren's appearance at this moment, it has changed.
The original handsome face gradually turned into another face, and his figure was also slowly rushing upwards, growing taller.
