Practicing Swordsmanship, Practicing Shamelessness

Practicing Swordsmanship, Practicing Shamelessness

Taishi Ming felt utterly terrible and speechless.

The king wanted to destroy Snake Manor. What could he, a pathetic six-year-old kid, possibly do about it?

You must be an idiot!

Sigh.

But knowing full well that the king wanted to destroy Snake Manor, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

Though he wasn't really Taishi Ming.

Still, Snake Princess and Snake Manor had truly treated him well these past few days.

But what could he do?

If he were strong enough, he could just take out a few members of the royal family. That would surely throw the royal family into chaos for a while, leaving them unable to bother Snake Manor.

But Taishi Ming was far too weak right now.

So weak that those big shots could wipe out a whole crowd of people with a wave of their hands.

Right, the king wanted to destroy Snake Manor because it hadn't taken either side.

But if he gave people the impression that Snake Manor was about to choose a side, wouldn't this danger pass?

That was exactly it!

Taishi Ming had an idea, and with it came a solution.

His mood immediately improved, and he leisurely headed toward the first-year training grounds.

The moment he entered, Si Tingxuan, Hua Qingluo, Xing Xiyang, and Feifei all turned to look at him in unison.

Their eyes burned with fire.

Taishi Ming chose to ignore them and went to his usual spot to begin practicing his punches.

The other students all looked at him with admiration.

Because none of them could train like Taishi Ming, punching day and night without ever stopping.

They had tried it too, but after just one day, they couldn't even get back up. Their whole bodies ached terribly, leaving them utterly miserable.

They truly didn't know how Taishi Ming managed to keep it up.

After a while, Situ Yulu entered. Seeing Taishi Ming already practicing on his own, she couldn't help revealing an approving expression.

"Today, I have an announcement. There are only two months left until the kingdom's annual Three-Academy Competition. The first years will also select their five best students to form a team and participate in the Three-Academy Competition. Oh, right, there will also be two reserve members, making seven people in total."

"The academy has decided that an internal competition will be held one month from now to select the seven-person team. They will then undergo another month of special training before participating in the Three-Academy Competition."

"So, if you want to make a name for yourself across the kingdom and bring glory to your family, train hard this month. Strive to improve your strength further and become one of the seven members of the first-year team. Then your name will resound throughout the kingdom."

Even Taishi Ming stopped punching.

He was quite interested in this. Of course, he truly had no interest in the first-years.

What he looked forward to was watching the third- and fourth-years fight.

After all, third- and fourth-years possessed three or four soul rings. Those battles were worth watching. Here, students advanced based on strength rather than age. Most third- and fourth-years were already in their twenties. Snake Princess and Bai Jing had reached the fourth year at fifteen or sixteen, which was exceedingly rare.

All first-years had only one soul skill, so their matches felt like children playing house.

Unlike Taishi Ming, the other students were all extremely excited.

Si Tingxuan, Hua Qingluo, and Xing Xiyang all wore excited expressions.

They even waved at Taishi Ming, as if saying that those spots were theirs for sure.

Taishi Ming thought, I wasn't even planning to play with you guys, okay? Rather than waste time on you, I'd be better off training more. That said, it was about time I started practicing swordsmanship, wasn't it?

Meanwhile, Feifei looked utterly dejected and muttered to herself, "When will these days ever end? Why is my family's martial soul so bizarre? I'm too embarrassed to even summon it. I want to participate too... boohoohoo!"

That night, at the Second Prince's Mansion.

The Second Prince stared at the gift in his hands with a look of surprise.

He asked An Yi, "You said Taishi Xing's younger brother sent this over?"

"Yes, Your Highness. He sent it in Snake Manor's name. However, Snake Manor's attitude had been extremely tough before, so I was suspicious. I secretly followed the person delivering the gift, only to discover that it was actually sent by Taishi Xing, who is currently at the academy."

"Hah, what does that little brat mean by this?"

An Yi thought for a moment. "Perhaps he knows about Your Highness's relationship with his brother, Taishi Xing, and is making a gesture."

The Second Prince shook his head. "Impossible. If he knew, he would have come to visit directly. Why would he send a gift like this, and even use Snake Manor's name?"

"No, something is wrong here! An Yi, investigate it!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

An Yi flashed away and vanished from the spot in an instant.

The Second Prince furrowed his brows, his fingers unconsciously tapping against the armrest of his chair.

"An Er!"

Another figure appeared. "Your Highness!"

"From now on, secretly protect that little brat. Don't let anything happen to him."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

An Er then vanished as well.

At that moment, within the academy, a man dressed as a guard stood before Taishi Ming and reported.

"Young Master, your gift has been delivered!"

"Good!"

As he spoke, Taishi Ming took out a bulging money pouch from his robes and handed it to the guard. "This is my allowance from the past few months. You don't need to come back here these next few days. Use this money to buy good things, then leave Snake Manor every three days on schedule and deliver gifts directly to the Second Prince."

The guard accepted the money pouch, then hesitantly said, "Young Master, Snake Manor is at odds with the Second Prince, yet you're asking me to deliver him gifts. Once or twice would be one thing, but every three days... isn't that inappropriate?"

"If Elder Snake finds out, won't he skin me alive?"

Taishi Ming waved a hand, looking unconcerned. "It's fine. If Elder Snake finds out, just put all the blame on me."

"Th-then... all right!"

After the guard left, Taishi Ming took out a book titled Fundamentals of Swordsmanship.

He began studying it.

Not long after, Snake Princess entered from outside.

Taishi Ming was delighted. "Wife, are you and Bai Jingjing done training?"

"Yes! Because of the Three-Academy Competition, we'll be returning this late for the next two months."

Taishi Ming looked concerned. "Look at you, all sweaty. Come on, hurry up and take off your clothes and bathe, or you'll catch a cold."

Snake Princess blushed. Although she had grown used to her cheeky, shameless, lustful little husband, what he said was still far too...

Snake Princess rolled her eyes at him, ignored him, and silently walked into the bathroom.

Taishi Ming followed without hesitation.

Snake Princess was so angry that she turned and pushed Taishi Ming back a step. "Go away!"

Taishi Ming wore a righteous expression. "We're already an old married couple, so why are you still shy? If we don't bathe together, who will scrub your back? And who will scrub mine?"

"Scrub backs?"

Snake Princess was completely dumbfounded.

While Snake Princess was lost in thought, Taishi Ming slipped straight into the bathroom and stripped himself clean in just a few moves. That speed was truly something!

Snake Princess fell silent for a moment. "I heard you want to practice swordsmanship!"

Taishi Ming didn't understand why she brought it up, but he still nodded. "Yeah!"

"You don't need to practice. When it comes to being shameless, you're already invincible under heaven."

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