"Your Highness truly has a discerning eye," Lu Qingshan praised sincerely.
"So you're saying that you're willing to submit to this princess?" Xia Daojing stared straight at Lu Qingshan.
"Your Highness must have misunderstood," Lu Qingshan replied sincerely again.
"What, are you scared that I'll mistreat you?" Xia Daojing raised her eyebrows in dissatisfaction. "As long as you're willing to submit to me, I can give you whatever Xia Daoyun can give you, and even double."
"In terms of status and authority, Xia Daoyun is inferior to this princess." Xia Daojing raised her head slightly, revealing her snow-white and slender neck. She was incomparably confident.
"So that's how it is …"
Lu Qingshan muttered to himself for a moment, and then he reached out his right hand. With a flash, an extremely condensed strand of sword energy appeared at his fingertips.
Xia Daojing shot a glance at the sword energy in Lu Qingshan's hand. At first, she didn't understand what Lu Qingshan meant, but then she seemed to have understood.
She hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she decided to treat him with respect. As such, she praised him in a carefree manner. "This strand of sword energy of yours is far more condensed than an ordinary person's. As expected of a Sword Absolute."
Lu Qingshan sized up Her Highness Taiping with a strange and confused expression. Only then did he slowly ask, "Your Highness, do you know how to make this strand of sword energy reach a length of sixty thousand li?"
"How would I know?" Xia Daojing's brows furrowed slightly. She had never heard of such a divine ability. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "How can a strand of sword energy reach a length of sixty thousand li?"
This brat actually knew of this kind of technique?
Xia Daojing found it hard to believe!
Lu Qingshan withdrew his hand, and the sword energy scattered.
Then, he replied matter-of-factly, "I don't know either."
When Her Highness Taiping heard this, her charming red phoenix eyes immediately widened. She sneered and said angrily, "Hm? Are you toying with this princess? "
"I naturally wouldn't dare be disrespectful to Your Highness, but …" Lu Qingshan shook his head and explained, "My master knows how to 'traverse thirty thousand li with sword energy'. Moreover, she will teach me."
Her Highness Taiping was at a loss for words. The feeling of being slapped in the face made her feel a little awkward.
However, this majesty's reaction was extremely quick. She immediately came up with a new idea. The corners of her eyes curled up slightly, and she looked at Lu Qingshan with a smile. "You can secretly join me. This way, while joining me, you can continue to be Xia Daoyun's good disciple. What do you think?"
Are you trying to make me a traitor?
Lu Qingshan looked at Xia Daojing a few more times in bewilderment before shaking his head and saying, "I can't betray Master.
This goes against my heart. Once a sword cultivator's heart is blocked, the path of the sword will be obstructed. "
"You are actually quite loyal to Xia Daoyun." Xia Daojing gave a cold snort. Seeing that she couldn't persuade Lu Qingshan to defect with just a few words, she turned her head and began to attack him verbally. "Could it be that this younger sister of mine is beautiful and has hooked your heart?"
"Master is indeed good-looking." Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.
Xia Daoyun was extremely beautiful, this was a fact that was publicly acknowledged in the world of cultivation.
However, compared to her gorgeous appearance, her talent in the path of the sword was even more outstanding. It was to the extent that when others mentioned her, they would talk more about her sword than her appearance.
However, this was precisely what was most outstanding.
It was because there were very few women who had enough talent to make others forget about their beauty.
"So you like her a lot?" Xia Daojing didn't let this matter go.
"En."
"If you don't like her, then why …" Xia Daojing sneered. Then, she stared blankly. Her eyes suddenly circled around Lu Qingshan several times, and she asked with uncertainty, "You admit to it?"
"Master is so beautiful, and her attainments in the path of the sword are so high. Why wouldn't I like her?" Lu Qingshan asked in confusion.
Xia Daojing was momentarily at a loss for words. She was caught off guard by Lu Qingshan's unexpected question.
In this world, not just anyone dared to say these words. In the worst case, it was disgraceful. That was why she could only keep it to herself.
What should she do next?
She originally wanted to use this topic to pressure Lu Qingshan. Who would have thought that this brat would be so audacious as to directly admit to it?
Xia Daojing suddenly felt a little lost.
…
"Your Highness summoned me. If there's nothing else, then …" Lu Qingshan hinted.
"Oh, there's nothing else. You may leave." Xia Daojing thought for a while, and realized that there was indeed nothing else to say. Hence, she said this.
Lu Qingshan knew that Xia Daojing was certain that he was too embarrassed to speak frankly, and was prepared to act shamelessly.
Otherwise, how could a great cultivator not remember something like this?
However, it was a pity that Xia Daojing really couldn't swallow him.
"Your Highness, the Enlightened Heart Bodhi. Have you forgotten what you said earlier?" Lu Qingshan said directly.
"The Enlightened Heart Bodhi?"
"You've already rejected my offer, and you still want my Enlightened Heart Bodhi?" Xia Daojing lowered her brows slightly. Her curled eyelashes trembled in astonishment.
Lu Qingshan raised his brows.
He understood that this Highness was prepared to disregard her status and act shamelessly in front of him.
Needless to say, Lu Qingshan really couldn't do anything about Xia Daojing's actions.
… Xia Daojing was a level-eight Dharma cultivator. He definitely couldn't defeat her.
As for reasoning with her? You want to reason with a level-eight Dharma cultivator?
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After a long battle of wits and courage, he didn't gain anything. It was a huge loss.
Seeing Lu Qingshan's gloomy expression, Xia Daojing didn't let him off easily. She decided to rub salt into his wound. "What are you thinking about?"
"I want to be alone." Lu Qingshan had no choice. He could only cup his hands and say, "Your Highness, then Lu Qingshan will take his leave first."
Then, Lu Qingshan turned and left.
However, he didn't notice that after he said that, an indecipherable abnormality suddenly flashed across Xia Daojing's face.
"Wait a moment." He'd only taken a few steps when Xia Daojing's voice resounded from behind him.
Lu Qingshan turned around in confusion. He saw Xia Daojing roll up her sleeves and reveal a snow-white wrist.
His eyes instinctively glanced towards Xia Daojing's wrist, and his pupils couldn't help but constrict.
There was a bracelet made of round, white, and hard, enamel-like beads on her wrist.
The Enlightened Heart Bodhi.
Lu Qingshan recognized the origin of these beads at a glance.
Xia Daojing removed the bracelet and tossed it to Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan's eyes lit up. Even though he was puzzled by Xia Daojing's sudden generosity, he accepted the bracelet without hesitation and said sincerely, "Thank you, Your Highness."
"I'm just lending it to you. Remember to return it to me after you leave the Origin Realm," Xia Daojing said indifferently.
Lu Qingshan nodded.
He was already satisfied that Xia Daojing was willing to lend him the bracelet for a period of time.
After all, it was such a precious item. Even if he really relied on her, Her Highness would not directly give this bracelet to him.
"Also …" Xia Daojing glanced coldly at Lu Qingshan and said, "In the future, you're not allowed to think about Jingjing."
"Huh?"
Lu Qingshan left the villa in confusion.
.....
"Young Master, do you really love your master, or … is it just to deal with that woman?" Qin Yitian's soft, gentle, and curious voice rang out in Lu Qingshan's mind.
"Yitian, do you know …" Lu Qingshan looked up slightly and saw a middle-aged cultivator leading an old woman to the backyard in a nearby corridor.
The middle-aged cultivator had a respectful expression on his face. The old woman's identity was clearly not simple to be treated so respectfully by a servant of the Taiping Palace.
Lu Qingshan pondered in his heart.
"What do you know?" Qin Yitian asked.
"Women will only affect the speed of a sword cultivator's sword." Lu Qingshan chuckled softly.
"Huh?!"
.....
After Lu Qingshan left, Xia Daojing suddenly tossed all the bait into the lake.
When the hundreds of spirit fish in the lake saw that there was food to eat, they immediately wriggled to the surface and fought fiercely for the food.
Xia Daojing looked at the spirit fish. No one knew what she was thinking. She muttered to herself, "Those who are willing to take the bait, heh …"
She wanted Lu Qingshan to betray her master with just a few words? She wasn't that naive.
She had summoned Lu Qingshan because she had heard about Lu Qingshan's performance in the competition. Moreover, Lu Qingshan was Xia Daoyun's first disciple. She was really curious about what kind of person Lu Qingshan was. That was why she had asked her subordinates to invite Lu Qingshan over.
The second reason was to give this pair of master and disciple some trouble.
It wasn't important whether Lu Qingshan had accepted her invitation or not. If he had, then it would have been a pleasant surprise. If he hadn't, then it was within reason.
The important thing was, what would Xia Daoyun think when she found out that her disciple had met with her in private? What would she think when she found out that she had lent the Mindfulness Bodhi Bracelet to Lu Qingshan?
Even if Lu Qingshan hadn't agreed to anything, who would believe that she would lend such a precious item to him for free?
Women understood women the best. Xia Daojing didn't believe that her younger sister wouldn't feel any resentment towards this kind of thing.
Perhaps this resentment wouldn't affect her too much, but as long as it existed, it was enough.
.....
"Jingjing." An aged but gentle voice sounded, waking Xia Daojing from her daze.
She raised her head. A white-haired old woman had appeared at the lakeside at some point.
"Grandma." A hint of pleasant surprise flashed past Xia Daojing's enchanting face. She hurriedly walked up and grabbed the old woman's arm. With a sweet voice that no one had ever heard before, she asked, "When did you arrive?"
"I've been here for a while now. I saw that you were in a daze, so I didn't call you." The old woman smiled and asked, "What are you thinking about? Why are you so engrossed? "
"I'm just imagining things."
"When I just arrived, I saw a handsome man walk past you. Who was that?" The old woman asked.
Xia Daojing's hazy eyebrows unconsciously jumped. She lowered her voice a bit. "That was Xia Daoyun's disciple."
"Daoyun took in a disciple?" The old woman was astonished. She asked with great interest, "When did this happen?"
"It happened a few years ago when grandma was in seclusion," Xia Daojing explained.
"That's strange. Come, tell me the details …"
Xia Daojing said unhappily, "Grandma, why are you only concerned about her when I'm the one you see? I'm clearly your disciple, unlike her, who ran off to learn the sword."
The old woman was one of the most powerful cultivators in the Da Xia Kingdom. She had once been responsible for guiding the cultivation of the princes of the Da Xia Kingdom's imperial family.
The old woman had taught both Xia Daojing and Xia Daoyun.
However, Xia Daoyun had only been under the old woman's tutelage for a short period of time before she ran off to the Sword Sect to become a disciple.
Xia Daojing, on the other hand, was the old woman's last disciple.
"Grandma was wrong. Jingjing, don't be angry." The old woman couldn't help but smile. She patted Xia Daojing's hand and comforted her.
"I'm already so old. Grandma, why are you still calling me by my childhood name …" Xia Daojing seemed to have thought of something, and protested again.
.....
'Just what kind of special secret realm is the Origin Realm?' After leaving Xia Daojing's courtyard, Lu Qingshan's thoughts stirred. He was filled with anticipation.
The Origin Realm was one of the Da Xia Kingdom's most precious secret realms. Apart from the Seven Regions Dao Discussion, this secret realm was only open to the Da Xia Kingdom's imperial family.
Hence, he only knew that the Origin Realm was a secret realm that greatly improved one's Concept. As for the real situation, he was completely clueless.
However, he knew that many cultivators of the Da Xia Kingdom who were stuck between the Nascent Soul realm and the Void Refinement realm because of their Concept had successfully broken through through the Origin Realm.
He was in such a situation now. Everything was ready except for the crucial element. He was only one step away from the Void Refinement realm.
Truth be told, his Concept had improved consecutively in less than three years. If it were anyone else, they would definitely be beyond satisfied.
There was still plenty of time left. He could just take his time. There was no need to rush.
However, Lu Qingshan was extremely ambitious. He couldn't accept this painstaking effort.
However, his Concept wasn't something that could be improved just because he wanted to.
When he was still a player in his previous life, he only had to pass a test to improve his Concept.
Now, there was naturally no such thing. So, he was very firm in his decision. He had to utilize this opportunity to cultivate in the Origin Realm to improve his Concept to perfection.
This was also the reason why he'd gladly accepted Xia Daojing's invitation even though he knew that she harbored ill intentions.
She'd truly given him too much!
… …
Chang 'an City was extremely vast, and the Origin Realm was located in a remote area of Chang' an City.
Lu Qingshan moved forward according to the location he'd scouted out. In next to no time, a simple and desolate stone tablet that occupied an area of a few tens of acres entered his vision.
The stone tablet was over 1km tall, and it emerged from the ground. A vast aura that seemed to have come from the primordial times coiled around this stone tablet.
As he stood before the stone tablet, Lu Qingshan felt as tiny as an ant.
The Origin Realm was hidden within this stone tablet.
A cultivator that was completely enveloped in black armor suddenly appeared before Lu Qingshan.
The black armored cultivator's aura was long, powerful, and incomparably terrifying.
The black armored cultivator looked at Lu Qingshan coldly and said, "If you want to enter the Origin Realm, you'll need to show me your Spiritual Seal of Approval."
This was the Stele Guardian that guarded the Origin Realm.
Lu Qingshan's heart shook, and he retrieved the Spiritual Seal of Approval that Xia Yuan had given him from his storage ring.
"There's no mistake." The black armored cultivator took the seal and scanned it with his Divine Sense. Then, his tone became slightly gentler. "There's no one in the Origin Realm right now. You can enter directly."
He stretched out his hand and waved it. A medium-sized entrance that allowed one person to pass through appeared on the huge stone tablet.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly. He first took out the Enlightened Heart Bodhi Bracelet that Xia Daojing had lent him and put it on his wrist.
At this moment, a strand of green light suddenly seeped out from the seemingly ordinary Enlightened Heart Bracelet.
However, this strand of green light vanished into thin air two inches away from the Enlightened Heart Bodhi Bracelet. However, an indescribable zen aura suddenly arose in Lu Qingshan's mind, and it made his mind clear and his thoughts flow smoothly.
This was the Enlightened Heart Bodhi Bracelet's miraculous effect of awakening a person's divinity and allowing them to gain enlightenment and wisdom.
When he sensed the effects of the Enlightened Heart Bodhi Bracelet, Lu Qingshan's confidence skyrocketed. He felt good, and he didn't hesitate any longer. He leapt up and entered the Origin Realm through the entrance that the black armored cultivator had opened.
… …
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