At that moment, the lead guard shuddered violently at the sound and hurriedly sheathed his saber.
He turned and bowed. "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince! Reporting to Your Highness, this woman tore down His Majesty's imperial notice seeking treatment!"
Great Yan's Crown Prince, Yan Yunxiao, raised a brow slightly, a trace of weariness and urgency showing on his face. "Since someone has answered the notice, that is a good thing. Why are you making such a commotion here and drawing your blade?"
The captain of the guards wiped the cold sweat from his brow and said in a somewhat aggrieved low voice, "Your Highness, please judge wisely. This subordinate questioned her just now. This young lady is neither a renowned healer of the cultivation world nor some great immortal sect expert who has mastered secret arts. She does not even..."
"She does not even possess the slightest fluctuation of Spiritual Power. She is merely a mundane martial artist! This subordinate feared that she had come to make sport of us, so I dared to drive her away..."
"A martial artist?"
Yan Yunxiao's gaze sharpened as his eyes fell upon Su Yueli.
At that look, he could not help inwardly praising her. What a stunning woman!
Even with the discerning eye of Great Yan's crown prince, he had rarely seen such a peerlessly beautiful woman with such cool, transcendent grace.
Yet when he focused and sensed her aura, there truly was not the slightest trace of heaven-and-earth Spiritual Power on her. The young girl beside her was merely a Third Realm martial artist as well.
Yan Yunxiao suppressed his amazement, and his expression darkened, his tone taking on the majesty of one in power. "Miss, this imperial notice concerns my imperial father's safety. If you lack genuine ability yet toy