Fifth Turn

Li Yuzhen quietly watched Chu Zhiyuan. "What does the Imperial Son-in-Law think?"

Chu Zhiyuan snorted. "Is that something I can decide? If I say she can't go, can she simply not go?"

"...She cannot."

"Then that's that. Did she encounter some fortuitous opportunity?"

"...Yes." Li Yuzhen nodded gently. "This time, Her Highness obtained an opportunity within the Cave Heaven, comprehended the crucial key, and stepped into the Nascent Soul Stage."

"She really has had good luck."

"By the original estimate, Her Highness would only have stepped into the Nascent Soul Stage two years from now."

By then, nothing would have been delayed. They would already be married, and whether she went or not would make no difference.

Who would have thought matters would change? Her Highness had suddenly been blessed with an opportunity and broken through into the Nascent Soul Stage.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "No one else knows about this, right?"

"Other than the Imperial Son-in-Law and His Majesty, no one else knows."

"Can this be concealed from the Spirit Guard?"

"The Spirit Guard will keep it confidential for a while. It will be announced after the wedding is over."

"Once princes and princesses enter the Nascent Soul Stage, they must join the Spirit Guard without delay?"

"Her Highness's Phoenix Divine Sword reached the Spirit Transformation level long ago. Once she entered the Nascent Soul Stage, she directly met the requirements for enrollment in the Spirit Guard."

"Doesn't joining the Spirit Guard require an application? Don't people fight until their heads are bloody to get in? How has it become mandatory here?"

"To others, the Spirit Guard is a place they would fight until their heads split open to enter, but..." Li Yuzhen fell silent halfway through.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed. "That is true. How many princes and princesses dare go