"No matter how good he is, he's still a Priest of the Holy Church of Light. He's not a disciple of the Plain Maiden Palace. Don't get your hopes up." Xia Xiao shook his head and said, "However, his talent in swordsmanship is indeed amazing. It makes people sigh at their inferiority. He shouldn't have come to the Holy Church of Light. He should've gone to the Ultimate Temple."
"Sigh … If only I knew him earlier." Xia Rou looked regretful.
The Holy Church of Light was the leader of the Li Dynasty's four major sects. As a Priest, he could be said to be extremely powerful, and the attraction of power to a man was endless. It was extremely difficult for him to leave the Holy Church of Light.
"How could there be such a wonderful thing in this world? Just give up." Xia Xiao said.
Xia Rou nodded and said, "But I benefited a lot from sparring with him."
"Then let's have a good exchange and improve each other," Xia Xiao said. "I think he likes sword techniques very much too."
For the next few days, Chu Li stayed at the Xiaochun Yang Peak and practiced swordsmanship with the ladies.
He had already learned the Plain Girl Swordsmanship and was incorporating its subtleties into his original swordsmanship. Currently, he had integrated ten swordsmanship moves. Some were hard, some were soft, some were fast, some were slow, some were exquisite, some were simple. Each had its own subtlety and its power was astonishing.
Right now, these ten sword techniques still had the shadow of other sword techniques. He needed to purify them even more, until the shadow was completely erased, and then he would be able to establish a unique sect.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. He and Xia Rou were practicing the Agile Ape Swordsmanship when Du Ying appeared again and asked them to go to the Divine Hall.
It was already evening. The setting sun illuminated the [Light Palace] with a red glow.
Li Xinghe sat on the armchair to the right of Sun Mingyue with a solemn expression. Sun Mingyue, who was dressed in snow-white clothes and had her face covered with a white veil, was also sitting behind the table with a cold expression in her eyes.
Xia Rou came in and chuckled. "What's wrong?"
"Senior Xia." Sun Mingyue gracefully sat behind the desk, cupped her fists, and said lightly, "It's better for Young Master Li to say it himself."
Li Xinghe clasped his fists and bowed. "Senior Xia, I observed the sky at night and predicted the movements of the Divine Blood Church."
"Oh? What did you divine? "Xia Rou smiled.
She knew how powerful the disciples of the Stargazing Pavilion were. Their greatest strength was not their martial arts, but their ability to predict the enemy's movements. They were able to predict the opponent's movements through the stars, and thus make arrangements in advance. They could wait for the fish to take the bait, or they could escape, or even hit someone when they were down.
Li Xinghe said, "The Church of the Divine Blood won't send any more experts over. They're already prepared to deal with the joint attack from the Stargazing Pavilion and the Plain Maiden Palace."
"That's inevitable. They're not blind." Xia Xiao frowned and said coldly, "How can we hide it from them?"
"Blame me for being incompetent!" Li Xinghe revealed an enraged expression and snorted, "If I hadn't let that fellow escape, we wouldn't have alerted him!"
The Stargazing Pavilion had planned everything out. They would keep their composure and let the Church of the Divine Blood and the Holy Church of Light fight each other. The Holy Church of Light's abilities were not as weak as the Fu Dynasty's martial arts world thought. They were shockingly powerful. If they were to fight the Church of the Divine Blood, they would be able to draw away a large portion of the Church's strength.
When the Church of the Divine Blood's attention was fully focused on the Holy Church of Light and sent out a large portion of their experts, the Stargazing Pavilion would seize the opportunity to raid the Church of the Divine Blood's lair.
Unfortunately, it was difficult to carry out one's wishful thinking in this world. He did not expect the Plain Maiden Palace to interfere and help the Holy Church of Light. He also did not expect that he would fail to capture the six Church of the Divine Blood's experts and leak the news.
The Church of the Divine Blood had made enemies everywhere. Those who were not smart would have been eliminated long ago. When they saw that the Stargazing Pavilion and the Plain Maiden Palace were at the Holy Church of Light, they would immediately think that the two sects were working together to deal with him.
Compared to this, taking care of the Holy Church of Light was obviously a trivial matter. They could do it anytime in the future. However, they had to guard against the two sects now, so they would not send any more experts to teach the Holy Church of Light a lesson.
Chu Li asked, "Young Master Li, how do you know that they won't send more people over?"
"I deduced it by observing the sky." Li Xinghe frowned.
Chu Li shook his head and said, "Predicting the sky isn't a hundred percent accurate, right?"
"Most likely." Li Xinghe's tone was cold as he glared at Chu Li.
He could not tolerate people doubting the antique study of the Stargazing Pavilion. Chu Li's tone was filled with distrust, which made him feel disgusted.
Chu Li said indifferently, "We'd rather believe it's true than not. What if they come? Wouldn't it be terrible if they're defenseless? "
Li Xinghe stared at him with a dark expression. "Even if they come, the Holy Church of Light shouldn't be powerless to fight back!"
He was annoyed that Chu Li's words had blocked his mouth and prevented him from saying anything else.
Chu Li shook his head and said, "Young Master Li, you must be thinking of sending our experts over, right?"
"… It'd be best if they can go. The Stargazing Pavilion will be eternally grateful." Li Xinghe suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice.
Chu Li shook his head. "We had an agreement back then. The Holy Church is only responsible for the Church of the Divine Blood's experts in the Li Dynasty. They won't go to the Fu Dynasty!"
The martial arts world in the Fu Dynasty viewed the other countries as slaves. They could cause trouble in other countries, but the other countries could not cause trouble in the Fu Dynasty. If the Holy Church of Light's experts were to participate in the battle in the Fu Dynasty, they would become the public enemy of the martial arts world in the Fu Dynasty.
Li Xinghe frowned and stared at him coldly.
Chu Li said, "If we dare to help you in the Fu Dynasty, even the Stargazing Pavilion won't be able to protect us!"
Li Xinghe's expression was uncertain.
Xia Rou frowned and said, "Young Master Li, since the Church of the Divine Blood is prepared, I think we should forget about it. Let's just pretend this never happened. It's not worth fighting recklessly."
Even if the two sects did not take action, the Church of the Divine Blood would restrain themselves and not provoke the Plain Maiden Palace.
Li Xinghe shook his head slowly. "Since things have come to this, it's like an arrow nocked on a bowstring. There's no choice but to release it."
"If that's the case, won't we have to fight recklessly? That'll be troublesome!" Xia Rou frowned and shook her head. "It's not a good idea."
The Church of the Divine Blood was powerful. If they did not disperse their forces, the Plain Maiden Palace and the Stargazing Pavilion might not be able to break into the headquarters even if they joined forces. Even if they managed to break into the headquarters, their vitality would be greatly damaged. The other sects would definitely take advantage of the situation.
Li Xinghe said, "How can we let go of such a rare opportunity? We've deduced that the bishop of the Church of the Divine Blood has gone astray in his cultivation."
"I see …" Xia Rou muttered.
Li Xinghe said in a deep voice, "Once the bishop of the Church of the Divine Blood recovers, you'll miss a great opportunity. Is the Plain Maiden Palace willing to let that happen?"
Chu Li said, "Young Master Li, you guys keep thinking about breaking into the Church of the Divine Blood's headquarters. Do you guys have a request? Is there something in the headquarters that you guys want? "
Li Xinghe shook his head. "We just want to teach the Church of the Divine Blood a lesson. They're searching for martial arts from all sects in the world. They're fearless. We should teach them a lesson!"
Sun Mingyue suddenly said, "How about this? Let Priest Zhao go to the Fu Dynasty! Young Master Li, this is the greatest sincerity we can offer. "
Li Xinghe looked at Chu Li. When he saw that Chu Li was about to speak, he quickly sighed and stopped him. He said helplessly, "Alright then, Brother Zhao will go. Thank you, Saint!"
Sun Mingyue said, "Young Master Li, you can go first. Priest Zhao will leave in three days!"
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