First Meeting

This body was merely an incarnation after all, not his true body.

Thus, he did not take life, death, safety, or danger so seriously. Without realizing it, he carried an air of standing apart from the world, treating life and death as nothing.

Seeing him like this, Fu Zheng said softly, "Your Highness, what if the Twelfth Princess..."

"She would not make me accompany her to the grave," Chu Zhiyuan said.

Fu Zheng hesitated. "I heard that the Phoenix Dynasty's emperor dotes on the Twelfth Princess beyond measure, cherishing her like a pearl in his palm."

"Even so, he would not make me accompany her to the grave." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

If they truly intended to bury him alongside her, he could only find a way to escape with his life.

Fu Zheng said softly, "Then I'll look for someone and find a good route of retreat."

Thousand Mechanisms Tower had quite an intelligence network in Phoenix Imperial City. They should be able to find a way to leave the city unnoticed.

Once the situation turned bad, His Highness could immediately use that route to slip out of the imperial city.

Once outside the imperial city, the world was vast and he could go anywhere, escaping danger.

"Don't rush," Chu Zhiyuan said. "Take it slowly."

"Yes." Fu Zheng nodded.

Chu Zhiyuan quietly drank his tea while circulating the Immeasurable Light Sutra.

The Haoyang Demon Subduing Mirror had deepened his comprehension of the Immeasurable Light Sutra, making his cultivation more efficient and his progress faster.

At his current pace, he could enter the ninth revolution within a month.

Had it not been for this accident, he could have reached the ninth revolution before the wedding.

After the ninth revolution, he would need to temper it until it was flawless