" Yushuang Frost, please don't leave, okay?"
"Sister Wanrou, take me with you! I want to go to the capital!"
"Don't leave me, I'll really die without you!"
A touching scene of parting and reluctance is unfolding at a port on the Yangtze River north of Jinling.
However, Wang Hao and the others standing at the bow of the ship twitched at the sight, clearly unable to accept it.
After resting for three days at the Jinling Imperial Palace, they set off again to return to the capital. However, the same young men in brocade robes reappeared, pestering Eunuch Chen and his companions, which led to this scene.
"Hmph! I'll have those old eunuchs' identities revealed in a moment!"
Princess Shaoyang Zhu Yunlu of Shaoyang, her face full of displeasure, stared through gritted teeth at the touching scene below. She had almost been driven to her death by anger these past few days in Jinling City.
She was, after all, a stunningly beautiful woman, but from beginning to end, those young men in brocade robes were all focused on Eunuch Chen and the other cross-dressers, completely ignoring her.
How could she, with her ever-proud nature, possibly tolerate this?
"Let's not do it! Otherwise, scaring those guys to death would be very bad for our country's situation!"
Swallowing hard, Zhu Yijun tentatively offered her opinion.
There was no other way; her sister's move was simply too ruthless. If the true identities of Eunuch Chen and the others were revealed, those young men in brocade robes would likely collapse, inevitably causing the important officials of Jinling City to completely sever ties with the Da Ming's royal family.
It could even reignite war across the land, which would be extremely disastrous.
"Do I need you to remind me?"
She glared fiercely at her brainless younger brother, Zhu Yunlu stormed out of her room on the boat, determined to avoid seeing him again – the scene was just too infuriating!
Wang Hao and Zhu Yijun, two grown men, shrugged helplessly and eventually stepped into the cabin to rest briefly.
This northward journey by boat is unlike the previous southward journey; it's against the wind and much slower, taking at least twenty days to reach the capital.
They certainly wouldn't waste such a long time; the huge ships behind them were loaded with precious medicinal herbs brought from Jinling City, which would be very beneficial to their cultivation.
Fortunately, Eunuch Chen and the others knew their place. Before long, they boarded the ships separately from the young men in brocade robes. The fleet then set sail eastward down the river and then turned northward along the Grand Canal.
Wang Hao didn't need to worry about these things; Emperor Mingde had sent people to take care of them. At this moment, Wang Hao was teaching his cousin Zhu Yijun how to cultivate.
" The Blood Sacrifice Instruction was created by an elder in the overseas martial arts world from the remnants of the Blood Essence Martial Path. Its effects are smaller in the early stages, and you have to put in effort to make up for it later, but it is safe and painless."
The most primitive method in the fragmented chapters of Blood Essence Martial Path, which involves fusing Awakening Bloodline Power, is half good and half bad. Its advantage is that the Awakening Bloodline Power is the most complete, and it almost always immediately Awakening the corresponding Bloodline Divine Ability. Its disadvantage is that it requires enduring great pain and risk.
Wang Hao once again presented two methods for fusing Awakening Bloodline Power, awaiting Zhu Yijun's decision.
After explaining the origins, advantages, and disadvantages of the Blood Essence Martial Path that day, he went back and wrote down the method of the Blood Sacrifice Instruction from memory. He also wrote down the most original method, which was the method he used when he fused with dog blood.
After all, Zhu Yijun's physical body was well-tempered, reaching the level of the Grandmaster Realm, and he could withstand the impact and risks of the original method.
However, the pain involved was too great, so after explaining both options in detail that day, he told his younger cousin to go back and decide for himself which one to choose.
He learned about the Blood Sacrifice Instruction's flaws from Dingzhen last time. It turned out that because the Blood Sacrifice Instruction was a weakened version of the Fusion Awakening, it was difficult to immediately Awakening the corresponding Bloodline Divine Ability.
The last time he saw Dingzhen, she was only about to Awakening her Bloodline Divine Ability, and Awakening Awakening Bloodline Divine Ability seemed to be weaker than the original version. It would take a lot of effort to improve and complete it later.
This is a significant flaw, though it's not a major issue, but it still needs to be clarified.
Faced with Wang Hao's question, Zhu Yijun was still hesitant.
Before he could hesitate any longer, Zhu Yunlu, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer and spoke up Haki: "I'll make the decision for him. After I, Your Highness, raise my external martial arts cultivation to the Super-First-Rate level, we will use the original method to fuse and Awakening our Bloodline Power and Bloodline Divine Ability together."
"..."
Zhu Yijun, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, but after opening her mouth, she ultimately couldn't say anything.
There's no way around it. If a woman can so Haki decide to use the original version of the technique for fusion Awakening, how could a grown man possibly choose the weakened version of the Blood Sacrifice Instruction?
So this is the only way to settle things!
"I just hope the Awakening process is less painful, and I don't get killed!"
Zhu Yijun could only pray silently that he wouldn't end up tragically being played to death.
Having made their decision, Zhu Yijun and her brother Zhu Yunlu began to cultivate themselves in a targeted manner.
Zhu Yunlu devoted herself to cultivating the Inner Force Body Tempering True Scripture given to her by Wang Hao, consuming her internal energy to temper her physical body. At the same time, she completely exhausted her internal energy to prepare for the next step of fusing with the Bloodline Power Awakening bloodline and to nurture Innate Qi.
On the other side, Zhu Yijun also dared not relax. While swallowing medicinal soup to improve her Innate Qi cultivation, she also practiced a Body Refinement technique given to her by Wang Hao to continue tempering her physical body.
Although his current physical body has exceeded the standard for undergoing the original version of fusion Awakening Bloodline Power, that is only the minimum standard. The stronger the physical body, the less pain and risk there will be during the fusion Awakening.
Therefore, improving physical strength at this time is the right thing to do!
Apart from Wang Hao and the other two, the others did not slack off in their cultivation either. Eunuch Chen and the others were diligently practicing the Foundation Establishment series of cultivation techniques.
They weren't simply practicing one type of foundation-building external skill; each of them had mastered the entire set, with one being their primary focus.
Their cultivation of the Ten Strong Martial Arts Foundation Establishment Chapter External Techniques was primarily to serve the Ten Strong Certain-Kill Great Formation. However, to maximize the power of the Ten Strong Certain-Kill Great Formation, it was impossible for each of them to cultivate only one technique, as that would prevent them from working together perfectly.
Therefore, cultivation of all these methods is the right path. Fortunately, they are all powerful experts at the level of Xiantian Grandmaster. Although the Foundation Establishment series of cultivation methods are profound, they are not too difficult for them. They can cultivate to the Transformation Realm in two or three years at most and integrate them into one.
The group continued their arduous training and traveled by boat. After more than half a month, they finally returned to the Da Ming. Even Emperor Mingde invited the Wheel-Turning King to personally lead the welcoming party.
Congratulations, Imperial Grand Uncle, on achieving the Innate!
As soon as he stepped off the ship, Wang Hao's gaze fell on Wheel-Turning King. He could clearly sense that the other party's cultivation had increased to the Early-stage Innate Realm, and it seemed that he had not broken through by using any secret method, but rather through his own normal breakthrough.
That's quite something!
"It is also thanks to the secret technique you brought, Yanzu. Otherwise, I would not have been able to comprehend the mysteries of advancing to the Innate Realm!"
Wheel-Turning King spoke very humbly, and his gratitude was very sincere, but he couldn't hide the smugness on his face.
After all, he broke through to the Innate through his own efforts, which not only grants him several times more lifespan than those who take shortcuts, but also gives him greater potential and the possibility of further improvement.
That alone would make him laugh in his dreams!
And all of this was indeed thanks to this imperial nephew; otherwise, he would never have had this opportunity in his entire life.
"This is mainly due to the profound knowledge accumulated by our Imperial Uncle; that secret technique merely served as a catalyst!"
Wang Hao also humbly replied with the same response, but this was not a false compliment; it was the truth.
His secret technique was, after all, a shortcut, and it had many limitations. Although it involved some of the mysteries of breaking through to the Innate Realm, it was not something that just anyone could comprehend.
Wheel-Turning King's breakthrough was truly due to his own profound accumulation of knowledge and the formidable foundation of the Da Ming Dynasty's imperial family.
To know anything about the Da Ming Dynasty royal family, there are quite a few Grandmaster Realm and even Innate martial arts techniques alone. Although Wheel-Turning King cannot practice all of these techniques, he can study them to enrich his martial arts foundation and lay a solid foundation for future breakthroughs.
Without such a profound foundation in martial arts, even if one thoroughly comprehends that secret technique, there's no way to break through.
"Haha... Yanzu, introduce those ten fairies to me!"
With a hearty laugh, Wheel-Turning King turned his gaze to the ten "peerless beauties" following closely behind Wang Hao.
He also received the battle records of these ten beauties in the duel in Jiangnan. Putting aside everything else, their cultivation at the Innate Realm was enough to make him take them seriously.
"Oh, we'll talk about that when we meet the Imperial Uncle and the Ancestor later!"
Glancing at the ten stunning beauties behind him, Wang Hao's eye twitched again, but he didn't intend to reveal it on the spot.
Because of the sensitive nature of Eunuch Chen and the others' identities, he never revealed their true identities from beginning to end, not even to the Da Ming's royal family, waiting to return and tell Emperor Mingde in person.
After all, this matter is quite complicated, even unbelievable, and it's really hard to explain based on just the letters.
"Still keeping it a secret from me!"
Amused, Wheel-Turning King shook his head, stepped aside, gestured towards the luxurious carriage behind him, and said, " Yanzu, come with me. You two little ones, come on up too. Ten fairies, please wait a moment; I have prepared carriages for you all."
"This servant would not dare trouble Your Highness. We will suffice to escort you on horseback!"
Eunuch Chen and the others smiled shyly. Although they had broken through to the Innate Realm, they had not forgotten their duty and would not overstep the rules.
"This..."
With his graying brows furrowed slightly, Wheel-Turning King was momentarily puzzled, but then seemed to understand something and nodded knowingly.
"These people must have been brought here by that kid Yanzu from the overseas martial arts world. Although Xiantian Grandmaster hold a high position in our Central Plains martial arts world, they are nothing special in the overseas martial arts world, which is why they are behaving so humbly!"
After automatically filling in the blanks in his mind, Wheel-Turning King said nothing more and followed Wang Hao and the other two into the carriage. Eunuch Chen and the others also mounted their horses and escorted the carriage forward.