Yang Tianluo smiled and said, "Your Highness is too kind. There are even more outstanding young talents in Da Jing."
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Compared to Da Meng, Da Jing's young talents lack some simplicity."
Yang Tianluo laughed: "The young experts of our Da Meng are too innocent, aren't they a bit silly?"
This was his true feeling.
The disciples of the Four Great Sects of Da Meng were too well protected. Under the shelter of their sects, no one dared to provoke them.
Therefore, they seemed too naive, and their actions were more unrestrained.
This was different from the young experts of Da Jing that he had learned about.
Almost all the young experts of the Four Great Sects of Da Jing had entered the Town Guard Office.
Within the Town Guard Office, cooperation and competition were everywhere. Everyone was doing their best for merit.
They also had to face the dangers brought by the scum of the martial world, and constantly experience life-and-death struggles.
Compared to them, the young experts of the Four Great Sects of Da Meng were like flowers in a greenhouse, without experiencing wind and rain.
He was very worried.
In the future, if they really faced off, the experts of the Four Great Sects of Da Meng might not be a match for Da Jing's experts.
At that time, the unlucky ones would definitely be the Four Great Sects.
Chu Zhiyuan, the Prince of Da Jing, mingled with the disciples of the Four Grandmasters. What was his purpose?
He absolutely did not believe it was out of good intentions, teaching saber techniques and studying sword techniques, but merely to figure out the details of the young experts of the Four Great Sects.
Moreover, the Martial Arts Academy and Phoenix Camp opened by Chu Zhiyuan had produced a constant stream of Grandmaster experts in Da Jing.
Da Jing's martial world surpassing Da Meng seemed to be right in front of him, and the culprit was Chu Zhiyuan before him.
He tried his best to suppress and conceal his vigilance and hostility towards Chu Zhiyuan.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Being silly may not be a bad thing."
"Oh?" Yang Tianluo and Lei Zhengyang looked at him in surprise.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Rather than saying they are silly, it should be said they are purer, more focused on martial arts cultivation, and not on worldly affairs."
Yang Tianluo shook his head: "They don't understand worldly affairs, and their interpersonal skills are not good either."
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Being too worldly is detrimental to cultivation. If one can always maintain a child's heart, it will be easier to enter the Grandmaster realm."
Yang Tianluo was stunned.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Da Meng has more Grandmasters, right? It's not that the mental cultivation methods of the Four Great Sects of Da Meng are more profound."
Yang Tianluo was thoughtful.
Lei Zhengyang smiled and said, "Is this a good thing instead?"
"Everything is like this, every entity always has two sides, with advantages and disadvantages intertwined," Chu Zhiyuan said.
Yang Tianluo revealed a smile.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "I prefer this pure pursuit of martial arts. I really like the young talents of your Four Great Sects."
Yang Tianluo smiled and said, "It is also their blessing to receive guidance from Your Highness."
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "Let's promote each other. I have also benefited a lot. I'm just afraid you suspect that I have ulterior motives and am trying to win people's hearts."
"Hehe... Your Highness is overthinking it," Yang Tianluo said with a smile, shaking his head. "I have never thought of it that way."
What he was thinking was not that Chu Zhiyuan was trying to win people's hearts, but that he was probing the strengths and weaknesses of the Four Great Sects.
As for winning people's hearts, he might have done so in the beginning to promote the Three Dynasties Agreement, but now that the Three Dynasties Agreement had been settled, there was no need to do so.
Moreover, the hearts of the disciples of the Four Great Sects were not so easy to win over.
Da Jing was Da Jing, Da Meng was Da Meng, and the interests of the imperial court were above personal friendship.
Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "Then let's find the main altars of these evil sects as soon as possible, thoroughly wipe them out, and restore a bright and clear world!"
"Yes," the two solemnly clasped their fists.
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In the evening, Chu Zhiyuan was practicing the Ziyang True Scripture in the small courtyard when Xu Haode appeared, covered in dust from his journey.
He sat down in the pavilion, gulped down the tea in one go, wiped his mouth, and exclaimed, "I finally found it!"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "You found the main altar of the Heavenly Heart Sect?"
"Found it!" Xu Haode chuckled: "Just as I expected, it's there!"
Chu Zhiyuan clapped his hands in admiration: "Good!"
Xu Haode smiled and said, "But I think the main altar of the Heavenly Heart Sect here seems to be larger than the one in Da Jing, and there are more demons coming in and out."
Chu Zhiyuan asked: "About how much more?"
"At least twice as big as the one in Da Jing," Xu Haode thought for a moment and said, "It's likely that it also occupies a larger area... that will be even harder to break."
At that time, they used a slow method, gradually wearing down the power of the formation.
If there were more people and the area was larger, it meant that the power of the formation would also be stronger.
This would be even more difficult to break.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "This time we have the Cloud Stepping Iron Cavalry, it won't be that difficult."
"But..." Xu Haode was still not optimistic that the Cloud Stepping Iron Cavalry could break the formation.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head: "Brother Xu, you don't understand the power of the army enough. You will see it soon. Would you like to come with me to see it?"
"Nothing could be better," Xu Haode said.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Then rest for one night, and we will set off tomorrow!"
"Okay," Xu Haode readily agreed.
"Zou Fang, has the wine and food been brought over yet?"
"Your Highness, I'll go urge them," Zou Fang floated away to urge the experts who had gone to the restaurant to buy wine and food.
...
The next morning, Chu Zhiyuan and Xu Haode set off together.
Xu Haode was also riding a precious horse. Although it was not as good as the Heavenly Dragon Divine Horse, it was still incredibly fast.
In addition, Xu Haode had a special technique to lend strength to the steed under his crotch.
As long as Chu Zhiyuan slowed down a little, Xu Haode's horse could keep up.
Zou Fang was riding another Heavenly Dragon Divine Horse.
It was very reluctant, but under Chu Zhiyuan's comfort, it still allowed Zou Fang to sit on it.
As for Guo Chi and the other four, they stayed in Tianjing to be responsible for the defense of the Da Jing Pavilion.
Although Chu Zhiyuan had cleaned up a batch of evil sect experts last night, there would still be evil sect experts coming to Tianjing one after another.
As far as he knew, the Four Great Sects had already begun to jointly study how to break the evil sect experts' concealment techniques.
Since he had not been able to see through the fundamental mental cultivation methods of the Four Great Sects, it was difficult for him to judge whether they would succeed.
In the evening of the second day, Chu Zhiyuan, Zou Fang, and Xu Haode appeared in front of a thousand Cloud Stepping Iron Cavalry soldiers. They were lurking in a bamboo forest between a large river and a mountain.
Qin Guanghe and Seventh Prince Li Biyang came to greet them together.
Chu Zhiyuan sized up the two.
Qin Guanghe was wearing emerald green armor, blending in with the color of the forest, and did not look disheveled.
Although it was still winter, this bamboo forest was still lush and green.
The surrounding climate was also warm and humid, unlike the dry and cold north.
Seventh Prince Li Biyang, however, looked a bit haggard, obviously not used to it.
He had always lived a life of luxury and fine food, staying in Tianjing City. How could he have ever been to such a desolate place?
Staying in this uninhabited mountain forest for several days was a torment.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Sir Qin, Your Highness, have you made any discoveries?"
Qin Guanghe looked at Li Biyang.
Li Biyang nodded: "Our people have discovered the location of the main altar."
Chu Zhiyuan asked: "Where is it?"
"By the river ten miles away," Li Biyang said. "There is a mountain there. It should be there. Evil sect demons are constantly going in and out."
The guards brought this time were the best of the best. Their cultivation levels were not weak, and there were also some geniuses who were proficient in tracking.
Chu Zhiyuan nodded in satisfaction and looked at Qin Guanghe.
Qin Guanghe slowly said: "The scouts have also discovered their location, but..."
Chu Zhiyuan said: "Just attack directly. Is the terrain conducive to a charge?"
Qin Guanghe shook his head: "It should be a valley there, surrounded by dense bamboo forests, making it difficult to charge."
Chu Zhiyuan said: "First, cut down all the bamboo forests to create an environment suitable for charging."
"Won't they watch us do that?"
"I will protect the surroundings," Chu Zhiyuan said. "Let the imperial guards do this. You Cloud Stepping Iron Cavalry soldiers should conserve your energy."
Li Biyang solemnly said: "Leave it to us!"
Cutting bamboo was not the same as cutting people. Compared to the Cloud Stepping Iron Cavalry, this kind of work was indeed safer.
Five hundred imperial guards, divided into ten groups, quietly left and rushed towards the bamboo forest five miles away.
The bamboo forest was located at the foot of a steep mountain, next to a turbulent river twenty meters wide.
They entered the bamboo forest and began to cut down the bamboo.
Some used knives, some used swords, and some used their palms directly.
Two hundred people cut, and three hundred people transported the bamboo out.
They carried the bamboo directly to the riverbank and threw it into the turbulent river, letting the bamboo flow downstream.
After a while, a group of experts rushed out and charged towards the imperial guards.
Before the imperial guards, who were cutting bamboo with great enthusiasm, could react, these rushing experts fell to the ground one after another, their corpses rapidly shrinking.
"Don't pay attention to them, keep cutting!" Li Biyang saw this scene, his spirits lifted, and he hurriedly shouted.
The imperial guards, while speeding up the cutting of bamboo, looked absentmindedly at the corpses on the ground, watching them rapidly turn into white bones.
Then, another batch of evil sect experts rushed out and fell again next to the pile of white bones.
This made the imperial guards feel relieved.
Their eyes searched the surroundings, wanting to know how these demons were killed.
Li Biyang looked at Chu Zhiyuan beside him.
The two were standing on the treetop of a bamboo, overlooking the busy imperial guards.
Chu Zhiyuan nodded slightly: "It's me."
Li Biyang asked: "This is...?"
"It's also the flying knife technique," Chu Zhiyuan said.
"Formless Knife!" Li Biyang said.
As a prince, he had learned some news about Chu Zhiyuan before meeting him.
He knew how Chu Zhiyuan had wreaked havoc in Yujing, killing people silently.
After arriving in Tianjing, he had restrained himself and had not demonstrated this amazing technique, only killing people with flying knives.
Now he was finally no longer hiding it.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled.
The bright moon in his mind became even brighter, causing the knife soul to grow significantly.
Among the first wave of evil sect experts who rushed out, there were only five Grandmasters. The later wave of experts who rushed out were all Grandmasters.
The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the soul.
Today, destroying this Jade Cauldron Sect's main altar might directly allow the knife soul to fully mature.
That would be the true incarnation outside the body.
He couldn't wait.
"Will they still rush out?" Li Biyang asked curiously.
Chu Zhiyuan said: "These guys are very fierce. They will definitely continue to rush out."
The Jade Cauldron Sect was one of the most reckless sects, comparable to the Fearless Sect in its actions.
They were not afraid of death at all. No matter how many waves of people died, they would continue to rush out.
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of evil sect experts rushed out, twenty-three in total, including ten Grandmasters.
As soon as they rushed out, they split into three groups and charged in different directions.
Before they could get close to the imperial guards, they fell silently to the ground.
Wave after wave.
After a total of six waves of evil sect experts rushed out, they completely stopped.
At this time, the cleared area of the bamboo forest continued to expand outward, expanding towards the mountain.
Eventually, it expanded to two hundred meters long and one hundred meters wide.
The Cloud Stepping Iron Cavalry had silently gathered by the turbulent river, solemn and heavy.
