Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 471: Chapter 468 Lover

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”I’ve met a young lady,” Cheng Yifeng admitted frankly.

Cheng Miaozhen’s spirit lifted, revealing an excited expression, and she hurriedly asked, ”Which young lady? Where is she from?”

”A disciple of Yao Yue Palace.”

”...Yao Yue Palace?!”

”Yes, Yao Yue Palace,” Cheng Yifeng nodded.

Cheng Miaozhen looked at him helplessly, shook her head and said, ”Big brother, you better give up. Yao Yue Palace disciples are beyond our reach.”

”How are they beyond our reach?” Cheng Yifeng retorted, ”She and I are in love with each other. Can Yao Yue Palace possibly break us apart?”

”Yao Yue Palace disciples won’t get married,” Cheng Miaozhen sighed, ”Big brother, don’t you know these things?”

”Why can’t they marry?”

”Before coming down the mountain, didn’t big brother read any introductions of the various Martial Arts sects?”

”I was in a hurry and didn’t read them, nor did I think it was necessary.”

As a prince and a disciple of Wentian Cliff, he was already invincible in the world.

Others always avoided him, and he had never needed to avoid anyone else.

Thus, there was no need to pay extra attention to introductions or fears of the Martial Arts sects.

He was utterly fearless.

”Oh, brother...” Cheng Miaozhen sighed helplessly, ”Being so careless won’t do.”

”Why can’t Yao Yue Palace disciples marry? Is there some sect rule?” Cheng Yifeng snorted, ”If there really is such a rule, then it must be questioned why such a harmful rule exists!”

Cheng Miaozhen said, ”If a Yao Yue Palace disciple wants to marry, she must abandon her cultivation. If it were you, big brother, if marrying her meant losing your cultivation, would you be willing?”

”No problem,” Cheng Yifeng said.

Cheng Miaozhen looked at him.

Cheng Yifeng said, ”There’s always give and take. If I can only choose between the two, of course, I’d choose her. Anyway, I’m a prince. If I lose my martial arts, so be it. Isn’t it fine to live like King Qing?”

”...” Cheng Miaozhen was at a loss and said helplessly, ”Weren’t you obsessed with cultivation?”

”There’s nothing I can do. Compared to other boring things, cultivation is more interesting.”

”...Without the Fourth Prince, King Qing’s family would live quite poorly.”

”They’re not worried about food or clothing. What’s so poor about that? Just put up with some grievances and ignore them.”

”...But that Yao Yue Palace disciple isn’t like you, big brother. Once she loses her martial arts, she would have nothing left.”

”She still has me.”

”Won’t you take a concubine in the future?”

”...I won’t. I’ll only marry her.”

”Even if you won’t, Mother will force you to.”

”Mother definitely won’t,” Cheng Yifeng shook his head, ”Mother understands that kind of suffering the best.”

”You don’t understand Mother,” Cheng Miaozhen gently shook her head.

As they walked and talked, they endlessly chatted along the way.

Cheng Yifeng occasionally stopped in front of a shop or stall to buy something.

Cheng Miaozhen noticed that most of what he bought were women’s items, like small jewelry and such.

”Big brother,” Cheng Miaozhen smiled, ”Mother doesn’t like these things.”

”Oh, they’re not for Mother.”

”I don’t like them either. I don’t like wearing things,”

”...They’re not for you either.”

”For that young lady?!” Cheng Miaozhen snorted.

Cheng Yifeng chuckled and nodded, showing an expression of serene longing.

As if he could see her delighted face upon receiving these trinkets.

He couldn’t help but smile.

”Ah...” Cheng Miaozhen shook her head, her emotions inexplicably complex.

After meeting this woman, her brother’s heart had completely shifted over to her.

Mother and herself were pushed to the back. Is this a man’s nature?

Seeing the indulgence and joy on Cheng Yifeng’s rugged face was particularly dazzling to her.

Thinking all men are like this, she just endured it and said, ”Big brother, you haven’t mentioned the young lady’s name yet.”

”Xiao Qiuya.”

”Xiao Qiuya...” Cheng Miaozhen chewed on the name for a moment and shook her head.

She hadn’t heard of this name.

Yao Yue Palace disciples were usually low-key and rarely traveled the world under their real names.

Aside from the Holy Daughter and Palace Master, few knew other disciples.

”This matter is very troublesome,” Cheng Miaozhen shook her head, ”It’s best to calm down and think clearly before speaking.”

”I’ve thought it through very clearly. I must marry her.”

”...”

”Oh right, the future Heir’s Wife of the Fourth Prince is the Holy Daughter of Yao Yue Palace. How about asking him to mediate?” Cheng Yifeng said, ”So Xiao Qiuya doesn’t have to abandon her martial arts.”

Cheng Miaozhen rolled her eyes.

Cheng Yifeng smiled and said, ”I see you have a good relationship with him. Can’t you help with this favor?”

”I don’t have the face to ask,” Cheng Miaozhen snorted.

”Little sister, do you regret it?”

”Regret what?”

”Not being able to marry him. He might become the future Emperor.”

”Do you think Mother regrets it?” Cheng Miaozhen snorted.

”...True,” Cheng Yifeng said helplessly, ”Marrying the Emperor really isn’t a good thing.”

For those yearning for wealth and status, becoming Empress or an Imperial Concubine might be desirable.

Little sister, who had no longing for wealth and status, actually avoided them as if they were a frightful threat.

The fact that the Fourth Prince might become Emperor was the key reason little sister didn’t want to marry him.

Thinking of this, he shook his head, ”Actually, the Fourth Prince is quite pitiable.”

Cheng Miaozhen frowned and looked at him.

”The woman originally meant to marry him would rather die than marry. That’s a substantial blow to a man.”

”Big—bro—ther!” Cheng Miaozhen glared at him.

”Alright, alright, I won’t say it,” Cheng Yifeng saw her gaze turning cold. Even though her face was covered, he could tell she was looking somber and hurriedly waved his hand.

Cheng Miaozhen scoffed, ”Mother is waiting anxiously, let’s not dawdle!”

With that, she quickened her pace.

Cheng Yifeng swiftly tossed a silver ingot to the stall owner, picked up the hairpin, and hurried after her, ”Little sister, wait for me.”

Cheng Miaozhen quickened her pace, letting him scramble to keep up.

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Chu Zhiyuan leisurely strolled down the street, eavesdropping on the conversation between the two.

He shook his head.

In the eyes of others, he had indeed lost face to Cheng Miaozhen.

Even Cheng Miaozhen felt a sense of guilt.

This matter was truly inexplicable.

There’s no way to explain to others that he actually didn’t want to marry Cheng Miaozhen.

It would just sound like an excuse.

Were it not for the Yin Yang Du E Secret Scripture and the Yin Yang Return to Void Technique, he truly wouldn’t want to meet Cheng Miaozhen again.

There was no need to showcase his magnanimity.

But the Miracle Technique of the Yin Yang Sect was profoundly mysterious, beyond his imagination.

So he wished to understand its mysteries, which would be greatly beneficial for his cultivation.

The current Super Sense could already perceive the Yin Yang Return to Void Technique more clearly.

The yin energy and yang energy intertwined, forming a strange aura.

This aura goes undetected, but under the current Super Sensing Illumination, it truly existed.

Before reaching the level of Great Grandmaster, the Super Sense couldn’t perceive this aura.

This aura must be the so-called ”void,” placing Cheng Miaozhen in a peculiar state.

This state was akin to time stopping, with the body ceasing to age, instead continually enhancing.

But the key is how to master this technique, merely knowing the operating route is useless.

He had tried, but couldn’t truly generate yin and yang energies.

There was one crucial threshold he hadn’t grasped, the most essential secret.

This secret was the most critical.

He very much wanted to unravel this secret, so he agreed to the invitation readily.

Suddenly, his eyebrows arched, and his gaze swept across two young men walking by.

The Evil Sect’s fiends had come quickly!

Two young men walked a hundred meters away before suddenly collapsing limply to the ground, their bodies rapidly shrinking, leaving only two skeletons.

This all happened in broad daylight, terrifying the surrounding pedestrians into screams.

Soon someone shouted, ”Evil Sect’s fiends!”

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