"Tch!" Li Hongzhao laughed, glancing at him with mockery.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "If Your Highness won't give it, then I'll take a trip to Da Meng and practice my troops!"
"How ridiculous!" Li Hongzhao scoffed: "Do you think you can scare me?"
"Then Your Highness, just wait and see." Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "When the time comes, I hope you'll be interested in spreading tales of my victories."
Li Hongzhao narrowed her phoenix eyes, staring intently at him. Chu Zhiyuan smiled back.
Their gazes collided in the air, as if sparks were flying. The air in the room seemed to solidify.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "If I hadn't been lucky this time, I would have already fallen into the hands of the Youming Secret Guards. Do you know their methods?"
"What methods?"
"Twenty Phoenix Blood Pills."
Li Hongzhao scoffed: "Do you even know what the Phoenix Blood Pill is?"
Chu Zhiyuan said: "No matter how rare, it certainly can't compare to the Phoenix Undying Pill, right?"
He had already given Chu Minghou and Bai Ning Shuang the Phoenix Undying Pill, making them look a bit younger.
"It's about the same as the Phoenix Undying Pill." Li Hongzhao scoffed: "Phoenix blood isn't just any blood."
"The Phoenix Sect shouldn't be lacking in phoenix blood." Chu Zhiyuan said: "You have true phoenixes, don't you?"
"No," Li Hongzhao said.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Your Phoenix Sect also has secret realms, and within those realms are strange birds. Even if they aren't phoenixes, they're not far off."
Li Hongzhao snorted: "Twenty Phoenix Blood Pills is impossible."
"The Phoenix Camp has grown tremendously through this trial. This kind of practical combat is indeed the best way to improve." Chu Zhiyuan said calmly: "After a period of rest, they can go out again for more training."
"Then let them come, and see how many die!" Li Hongzhao scoffed: "See if you feel the pain!"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "There are countless martial arts disciples from various sects waiting outside, eager to join the Phoenix Camp."
Li Hongzhao gritted her teeth: "Only ten!"
"Fifteen!" Chu Zhiyuan said.
Li Hongzhao said: "Impossible!" Chu Zhiyuan frowned and stared at her.
Li Hongzhao scoffed: "Ten is already the limit. Otherwise, do as you please. See if your Phoenix Camp dares to go!"
"...Alright, ten it is. It's just that I'm soft-hearted," Chu Zhiyuan scoffed: "I want to see them tomorrow."
"Ten days from now." Li Hongzhao said unhappily: "Do you think I carry so many Phoenix Blood Pills with me?"
"Alright, alright, ten days." Chu Zhiyuan didn't press further.
A release followed by pressure, and pressure followed by release, that was the way to control. It wasn't good to push too hard. Li Hongzhao suppressed her annoyance and said angrily: "What are the Youming Secret Guards' methods?"
Phoenix Blood Pills were indeed precious, but not that precious. Disciples in the sect used them to enhance their aptitude.
But one pill was enough. The second pill had no effect.
Chu Zhiyuan still treated them like treasures, thinking that the more you used, the stronger the effect. How ridiculous!
"They don't appear to know martial arts, leaving no openings." Chu Zhiyuan said: "Walking on the street, you would never suspect them."
"Hiding their aura?"
"...It shouldn't be considered hiding. It's that they truly have no cultivation." Chu Zhiyuan said: "Once they attack, they directly mobilize divine power, relying entirely on the infusion of divine power."
"Divine power?"
"Enough to withstand the power of a Grandmaster, and possibly even kill a Grandmaster."
Chu Zhiyuan said: "I had several Grandmasters secretly protecting me, and they killed them."
"Several Grandmasters?" Li Hongzhao looked at him playfully, her face full of sarcasm: "One or two?"
Clearly, she thought Chu Zhiyuan was bragging.
One Grandmaster was already enough. It was impossible to have several Grandmasters. At a crucial moment, the Grandmaster would just take him and leave. Every Grandmaster was very busy. Not to mention him, even a prince couldn't have several Grandmasters.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled faintly: "Whether I'm bragging or not, Mr. Su knows, right, Mr. Su?"
He had suddenly withdrawn his sword intent earlier because he had noticed Su Qiuyan's arrival. She had been standing in the shadows for a while.
The room blurred, and Su Qiuyan appeared.
She wore a light green silk robe and said softly: "There are four Grandmasters following the Heir."
Li Hongzhao frowned and stared at him.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: "I also have to thank Your Highness for making the Phoenix Camp affair known to the world. To guard against the Youming Secret Guards, it's only natural to have a few more Grandmasters."
"Hmph." Li Hongzhao sneered.
These Youming Secret Guards weren't very powerful, so how could they be so incompetent? Why didn't they attack before the Grandmaster guards arrived?
She only blamed Chu Zhiyuan for being alert and cunning. As soon as he sensed something was wrong, he immediately requested Grandmaster guards. His reaction was too fast.
She secretly regretted it.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Therefore, Your Highness must be careful of these Youming Secret Guards. If they attack, Your Highness may not be able to escape their clutches."
"Why would they kill me!"
"That's hard to say." Chu Zhiyuan smiled meaningfully.
Li Hongzhao frowned slightly and scoffed: "You want to impersonate the Youming Secret Guards and kill me?"
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "If I were the Emperor of Da Lie and wanted to retaliate against Da Jing, I would send the Youming Secret Guards to kill Your Highness."
"My imperial father would naturally be able to find out who killed me!" Li Hongzhao scoffed. The Son of Heaven Sword had its own senses.
"After the Youming Secret Guards kill you, they will commit suicide directly. How can you find out who did it?" Chu Zhiyuan said: "Your father won't be able to find the culprit and will naturally vent his anger on Da Jing, even directly judging the culprit to be Da Jing."
Li Hongzhao frowned her slender eyebrows.
What Chu Zhiyuan said was not impossible.
If Da Lie really went crazy in the end, they might not be able to do such a thing. Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: "So, it's better to increase the number of Grandmasters."
"You're really kind." Li Hongzhao scoffed.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Naturally, I care about Your Highness. If Your Highness were to die in my Da Jing, the unlucky one would still be our Da Jing."
"No need to worry!" Li Hongzhao said triumphantly: "Others may fear these Divine Guards and Divine Envoys, but I don't!"
Chu Zhiyuan was thoughtful: "Phoenix Cry Soaring to the Ninth Heaven Technique?"
"That's right!" Li Hongzhao scoffed: "I am naturally able to restrain them!"
She was triumphant: "What's the use of your strong cultivation? When you encounter Divine Guards and Divine Envoys, you can only run for your life, or even lose it!"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "The Phoenix Cry Soaring to the Ninth Heaven Technique is truly extraordinary."
Li Hongzhao was even more proud.
The Phoenix Cry Soaring to the Ninth Heaven Technique was truly an unparalleled miraculous skill, directly pointing to the Grandmaster realm.
So she didn't have to worry like others, getting stuck after cultivating to the peak of the Grandmaster realm.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "By the way, does Your Highness know the purpose of the Eighteenth Princess of Da Zhen's visit?"
Li Hongzhao glanced at him: "Isn't she here to become your Heir Consort? Are you proud?"
Chu Zhiyuan said: "To be my concubine with the status of a princess? Doesn't Your Highness think this is too absurd?"
"Absurd?" Li Hongzhao scoffed: "As long as you can become emperor, even the most absurd things are possible!"
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "What about Gao Jiuqu?"
"To break through to the Grandmaster realm, of course." Li Hongzhao curled her lips: "Using you as a whetstone."
Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.
Li Hongzhao scoffed: "This Gao Jiuqu's strength is no less than yours."
"Is he that strong?"
"He's just stuck at the peak of the Grandmaster realm. He entered the peak of the Grandmaster realm at twenty-five years old and is now thirty years old."
"Stuck for five years..." Chu Zhiyuan pondered.
He already knew this from the Surveillance Division's information.
But even such a genius was stuck at the peak of the Grandmaster realm for five years. The Grandmaster realm was indeed difficult to achieve.
