Li Hongzhao glared at him hatefully.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled back.
Su Qiuyan watched from the side, shaking her head, and disappeared without a trace, leaving only the two of them in the courtyard.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Your Highness, I've won another round."
"Hmph, it's just evening the score," Li Hongzhao said disdainfully. "So what if you bring him back?"
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"Bringing him back can break the Great Meng's scheme and make Great Lie pull back from the brink."
"How laughable!" Li Hongzhao curled her red lips.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "This Twelfth Prince is a prodigy of the Great Lie Dynasty, and his words carry weight with the Emperor."
"Matters of the court are still beyond the say of a mere prince, let alone just the Twelfth Prince!"
"Your Highness is the Ninth Princess of Great Meng, ranked ninth, and still a princess, yet doesn't she interfere deeply in the affairs of Great Meng?"
"How can I be compared to him!"
"Is it because of the Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Art?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "The Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Art leads directly to the Grandmaster realm, so they treat you like a Grandmaster?"
"... ... ... ... More or less," Li Hongzhao grunted.
He spoke the mystery in one word.
She was enjoying the power and status of a Grandmaster in advance because of the Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Art.
Among the princes and princesses, she was the only one certain to step onto the Grandmaster path, so how could her status be the same as other princes and princesses?
Chu Zhiyuan said, "This Twelfth Prince is the most talented among the princes."
"You persuaded him?"
"Rescuing him is enough!" Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "You kidnapped him and impersonated him, if he doesn't hold a grudge, then he'd truly be a saint!"
"How can personal grievances interfere with matters of the court?"
"Haha..." Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Your Highness is really good at talking big, wouldn't you let matters between the court interfere with your personal grievances?"
"Just like the two of us, if it weren't for the hostility between Great Meng and Great Jing, could we become true friends?"
"No!" Li Hongzhao snorted without hesitation.
Seeing him just annoyed her, made her teeth itch.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Not telling the truth."
Li Hongzhao sneered.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "This time, Great Lie Dynasty will no longer dance to your tune, will no longer act recklessly."
"What about Great Guang Dynasty?" Li Hongzhao snorted.
"There's also Great Guang Dynasty?" Chu Zhiyuan looked at her in surprise.
Li Hongzhao glanced at him, wanting to see clearly if he truly didn't know or was pretending.
"Haha... ... ... ..." Chu Zhiyuan clapped and laughed: "Does Your Highness really think I don't know that Great Guang is also with you?"
Li Hongzhao frowned and glared at him, wishing she could draw her sword and strike him, his appearance was simply too hateful.
In the world, he was the only one who dared to tease her like this.
Chu Zhiyuan said, "Great Lie Dynasty and Great Guang Dynasty have always been arch-enemies, for you Great Meng to be able to bring them together is quite a feat."
"My Great Meng's abilities are naturally very great."
"It must have come at a very high price, right?"
"You want to know?"
"Forget it, now these costs will all be in vain, it's truly a pity."
"Faking it, Chu Zhiyuan, you're really hypocritical!"
The fruit borne by the Immortal Tree is called the Immortal Fruit, and after consuming it, it can extend one's life by ten years.
Even the Phoenix Immortality Pill only extends life by one year.
This Immortal Tree only exists in the Forbidden Garden of the Great Meng Imperial Family; there is no other place in the world where it exists.
The Immortal Tree had already been sent over, what hadn't been handed over was the method of nurturing the Immortal Tree, how to make it thrive and bear fruit, all required unique methods.
Therefore, there was no fear of Great Lie Dynasty and Great Guang Dynasty changing their minds.
Their emperors were not like those of Great Jing and Great Meng, not all of them were Grandmasters, and their lifespans were not that long. The more one is an emperor, the more one fears death.
Ten years of lifespan was enough for them to take the risk.
Moreover, if Great Jing really counterattacked, Great Meng would be blocking in front, so they wouldn't have to be too afraid.
Great Meng had clearly explained the situation of Great Jing being strong in the north and weak in the south, strong in the west and weak in the east, dispelling their awe of Great Jing. Great Jing was now just an empty shell, especially the Eastern Territory, which had no combat power, and even if it really attacked, it couldn't do anything to Great Lie and Great Guang.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at her intently, and after discovering her expression, frowned, knowing that this matter was somewhat troublesome.
It seemed he had to first find out what exactly Great Meng had given Great Lie and Great Guang before he could prescribe the right medicine. That would depend on the Twelfth Prince.
He was now standing on Great Jing's side, extremely resentful of Great Meng, and couldn't wait to go back and reverse Great Lie's position. Li Hongzhao snorted: "Alright, now that he has been rescued, this matter will come to an end."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. This was definitely saying one thing and meaning another.
How could it come to an end? She must be trying to find flaws in him, looking for opportunities to counterattack. "Chu Zhiyuan, do you know of this person, Lu Yaofeng?"
"Lu Yaofeng... Haven't heard of him." Chu Zhiyuan's heart trembled, and a strange feeling arose.
"Then forget it," Li Hongzhao said. "I'll ask someone who knows about it later, you're young, it's normal not to know." "Who is this Lu Yaofeng?"
"One of our Great Meng's Grandmasters."
"How would I know him?"
"More than a thousand years ago, he came from Great Meng to the Great Jing Dynasty, fell in love with a girl, but in the end, that girl died unexpectedly, he lived a lonely life, he was a tragic figure, a Grandmaster... I'm afraid the longer one lives, the more torment one suffers."
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Lu Yaofeng..."
The more he chewed on this name, the more frightened he felt. He had finally found the source of the danger.
He had always felt uneasy, felt that there was a fatal danger in the east, and had been looking for who or what force it was. It turned out, it actually fell on this person, a Grandmaster from a thousand years ago, he should be long dead now.
Then why, as soon as his name was mentioned, did he feel frightened, uneasy, and his intuition constantly warning him? He smiled calmly: "Could it be that you're looking for this Lu Yaofeng's remains? Or his cave dwelling?"
Li Hongzhao said: "If you help, we can explore this cave dwelling together."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Then how will we divide the spoils?"
"You talk about profit first, your face is really hateful!... How about half each?" Li Hongzhao snorted: "If we get secret manuals, we'll both read them, if we get anything else, we'll split it in half."
"Alright," Chu Zhiyuan readily agreed: "Then tell me, the approximate location of this Lu Yaofeng's cave dwelling."
"I have a map, I don't know how much it deviates," Li Hongzhao took out an old map from her sleeve. Slowly and carefully opened it, and spread it on the stone table.
Chu Zhiyuan stepped forward to observe.
Although this map was old and different from the current ones, the direction was not a problem. The location of the cave dwelling was indeed in the due east direction.
He raised his head to look at Li Hongzhao.
Li Hongzhao smiled and said: "How is it?"
Chu Zhiyuan sighed and said: "Who exactly is this Lu Yaofeng, why not tell me in detail?"
"He shook Great Meng with his Qiankun Six Absolute Palms, hailed as the number one palm in the world, later, if he hadn't been troubled by love, he wouldn't have left Great Meng to come to Great Jing, thus dying in a foreign land." "After that woman died, why didn't he return to Great Meng?"
"Maybe he wanted to accompany that woman,"
"What was that woman's identity?"
"... I don't know."
"It's better to find out," Chu Zhiyuan smiled. But in his heart, he was extremely solemn and excited.
Solemn because this Lu Yaofeng was too dangerous, excited because he had finally found the source of the danger, and no longer had to spend effort searching. Now he could completely rest assured.
"Then we'll all go and inquire about it," Li Hongzhao said. "Actually, it's not that necessary, what we're looking for is Lu Yaofeng's cave dwelling, not that woman's, she's been dead for too many years."
Chu Zhiyuan insisted: "It's better to investigate clearly."
"Alright, alright, as you wish," Li Hongzhao snorted.
