Gao Jiuqu was born into a distinguished family.
His grandfather, Gao He, once served as the Minister of Personnel in the Great Zhen Dynasty and retired to his hometown when the new emperor ascended the throne. His father, Gao Yuan, although far inferior to his grandfather, was also a prominent figure in the Great Zhen Dynasty, with a great reputation. The Gao family can be described as a family of scholars.
From a young age, Gao Jiuqu was known as a child prodigy. He began to speak at the age of one, was enlightened at the age of three, and could recite all the children's enlightenment books fluently at the age of five.
At the age of eight, he followed the disciples of Wentian Cliff to practice martial arts.
At the age of twelve, he officially joined Wentian Cliff and became a true disciple, cultivating diligently within the cliff until he reached the Great Master realm.
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During this period, he almost never went down the mountain and never roamed the martial world.
He only returned home twice a year to visit relatives, and spent the rest of his time cultivating diligently within Wentian Cliff. He entered the Great Master realm at the age of twenty-five.
He was destined to become a Grandmaster, sooner or later, which was the consensus of everyone. This bottleneck lasted for five years.
At the age of thirty, his mind was completely mature, which was the best time to step into the Grandmaster realm. So he came to the Great Jing.
Chu Zhiyuan felt a wave of genius aura when he read this.
But he also vaguely understood why Gao Jiuqu had been stuck at the peak of the Grandmaster realm for five years.
Because he had been too smooth, with a high family background, high aptitude, and a high-ranking sect, he had been sailing smoothly all the way.
At the age of thirty, he had developed enough solid confidence and belief, so even if he suffered setbacks, he would only become more motivated and would not collapse.
Even if he suffered setbacks here, it would not make him collapse, but would make him stronger, so as to step into the Grandmaster realm in one fell swoop.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. This is indeed interesting.
He then put aside these views.
After all, he had not personally met Gao Jiuqu, these were just speculations based on the news. Everything should be based on a personal meeting.
Through his super-sensory insight, it was far more accurate than other people's news.
It is possible that Gao Jiuqu only came to the Great Jing to increase his knowledge and had no special purpose.
It is unwise to presuppose a position and push Gao Jiuqu to the opposite side first.
Outside the south gate of Yujing City's outer city, a group of court officials stood quietly under the protection of many guards, their aura solemn and dignified.
Chu Zhiyuan stood at the forefront.
He led a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites, standing in the bright sunshine waiting quietly. He had been warming the two sword energies in the Tianchi acupoint.
The sword energy became more and more solid, like a real sword.
But every time it hit the copper building, it would collapse, and then re-condense, so that it could show that it was not a real sword.
Collapsing again and again, condensing again and again.
In this process, the copper building was damaged, and the sword energy was strengthened, rising and falling. But this process of change was very slow.
Chu Zhiyuan estimated that it would take a month to break this copper building.
The Glazed Blade Sutra made him stronger, especially since he began to practice the fourth realm of Spiritual Transformation, his spirit quickly became pure and firm, which had a great impact on the sword energy.
The sword energy quickly became stronger, thus shortening the progress and time of breaking the copper building. He even felt that it would not take a month.
With the advancement of the Spiritual Transformation realm, the sword energy would advance by leaps and bounds, quickly shortening the time to break the copper building.
While he was thinking, the sound of horseshoes sounded, and a soldier of the Imperial Guard jumped off his horse and ran quickly to Chu Zhiyuan: "Lord Zuo Shilang, the envoy has arrived one mile away."
"Okay, thank you." Chu Zhiyuan nodded and looked into the distance of the official road. The wide and straight official road was lined with dense forests on both sides, and some pine forests were still covered with snow.
The heavy snow the night before yesterday left remnants of snow in the shady areas. The air was still filled with the freshness and coldness of melting snow.
The end of the official road was a forest, already three hundred meters away.
After a while, the sound of horseshoes sounded, followed by tall flags and canopies, all kinds of colors, fluttering in the wind.
Behind the honor guard was a large sandalwood carriage pulled by four white steeds. The carriage was wide and large enough to accommodate a dozen people.
The carriage was engraved with patterns of hundreds of birds and flowers, and the gold decorations shone brightly. On both sides of the carriage were eunuchs and maids holding ruyi scepters.
The outer perimeter was surrounded by layers of guards.
Among them, a middle-aged man was particularly eye-catching.
With delicate eyebrows and bright eyes, a face like jade, a slender figure, as straight as a pine tree, a gentle and refined temperament came to the fore.
Like a jade tree standing in the wind, people can not help but think of the four words: handsome and elegant. Chu Zhiyuan could tell at a glance that he was Gao Jiuqu.
Gao Jiuqu was followed by an acquaintance of Chu Zhiyuan, Mo Chunyu, Grandmaster Mo. Under the insight, the situation inside the carriage was clear.
There were four women sitting in the carriage.
In the middle was a stunning woman with a delicate oval face, full cherry lips, a plump and straight nose, and slender eyes.
She was holding a scroll and reading quietly, her expression focused, as if she was in her own world, unaffected by external things.
Opposite her sat a beautiful middle-aged woman, with her eyes closed and motionless. Two beautiful maids gathered the carriage curtains and looked curiously at both sides, their eyes flashing with excitement.
Chu Zhiyuan withdrew his insight.
This beautiful middle-aged woman is a Grandmaster.
He thought to himself that there was more than one female Grandmaster in the Great Zhen Dynasty, and he didn't know who this one was. Her visualization map was a mountain peak standing majestically in the clouds, half-covered and half-hidden like a heavenly peak. Above the mountain peak was a dark sky, and on the sky were densely packed stars, forming patterns.
These patterns seemed to have a pattern in them, and together they seemed to be explaining something. As soon as he saw this visualization map, he knew it was a Grandmaster from Wentian Cliff.
Mo Chunyu is a Grandmaster from Wentian Cliff, and this woman is also from Wentian Cliff. The strength of Wentian Cliff is indeed amazing.
He found that when he looked at the Grandmaster, he no longer felt dizzy and nauseous as before.
It was only slightly uncomfortable, and he could continue to look at it.
Unfortunately, he could not look inside the Grandmaster's body, the Grandmaster's body was covered with aura, blocking the insight.
It was okay to look inside other people's bodies, such as Gao Jiuqu's body, and the Eighteenth Princess Cheng Miaozhen in the carriage.
Not to mention Gao Jiuqu, this Cheng Miaozhen was also a Grandmaster, just reaching the first level.
This was not mentioned in any of the news.
The mental technique she practiced was strange, and on the surface, there was no abnormality, no flow of breath.
In fact, there were two kinds of Gang Qi flowing in her body at the same time, and when the two kinds of Gang Qi fluctuations combined, they disappeared without a trace.
Like a positive and a negative cancel each other out, as if yin and yang combine to form a whole. Chu Zhiyuan was surprised.
It was the first time he had encountered such a wonderful mental technique, this Eighteenth Princess actually possessed a strange skill and was hiding it deeply.
In addition to the two Grandmasters, the Eighteenth Princess and Gao Jiuqu, there were also four Grandmasters and eighteen Innate masters among the other experts.
This time the guards were not the Frostscale Iron Cavalry, they should just be ordinary guards from the Princess's mansion.
It was easy to know that with two Grandmasters, one Grandmaster at the peak, plus four Grandmasters, there was no need to use the Frostscale Iron Cavalry to guard them.
Cheng Tianfeng brought the Frostscale Iron Cavalry to show the strength of the Frostscale Iron Cavalry.
Chu Zhiyuan led the officials to meet them and began to exchange greetings.
First he exchanged greetings with the officials of the delegation, and then he went forward to meet the Eighteenth Princess.
The carriage door opened, and the Eighteenth Princess Cheng Miaozhen, supported by two maids, got out of the carriage lightly and gracefully.
Wearing a dark green palace dress, with skin like snow, and a stunning appearance.
Chu Zhiyuan cupped his fists and saluted, smiling and saying: "Your Highness has worked hard all the way, the Emperor's grandfather has prepared a banquet in the palace, and will hold a welcome dinner for Your Highness and your party tomorrow night."
His eyes were clear and upright, and he regarded Cheng Miaozhen's beauty as ordinary, with an appropriate smile on his face.
Cheng Miaozhen was elegant and calm, with a faint expression: "The Emperor's kindness, Miaozhen should attend the banquet."
"Your Highness, please!" Chu Zhiyuan stepped aside and respectfully invited.
He clearly felt Cheng Miaozhen's coldness and alienation, as well as a bit of resistance. "Lord Zuo Shilang, please." Cheng Miaozhen said lightly.
