In Yu Kingdom, a Phoenix Rested in the King's Court, Neither Flying nor Crying for Twenty-Eight Years

And besides...

I never heard any rumors that Qi Zhaoyue, the eldest princess of the Great Yu Dynasty, possessed any special physique. I only ever heard that she had an innate sword heart.

But now it seems!

That so-called innate sword heart was nothing but a smoke bomb Her Highness threw out to confuse outsiders.

The Sun and Moon Shining Together Innate Dao Physique was Her Highness's true trump card!

Xu Changsheng gently stroked Qi Zhaoyue's exquisite cheek: in Yu Kingdom, a phoenix rested in the king's court, neither flying nor crying for twenty-eight years.

If it did not fly, so be it; once it flew, it would soar to the heavens. If it did not cry, so be it; once it cried, it would stun the world!

Her Highness is even more ruthless, even more forbearing than I thought... Xu Changsheng was filled with emotion.

She had hidden an SSS-grade supreme Dao physique for twenty-eight whole years, concealing it without the slightest leak even from him, who spent every night with her. Such scheming and patience were truly terrifying.

If he did not have the Lying Low to Become a Sage System, which could directly inspect her talent panel.

He probably would never have known, even at his death, that the eldest princess before him, submitting to him with hazy eyes and serving him with her bewitching red lips, harbored such an earth-shattering secret.

But soon, those feelings turned into excitement.

Such powerful traits...

After all, with the "Accumulation over Days and Months" talent in hand, the stronger Qi Zhaoyue's talents were, the more advantageous it was for Xu Changsheng.

As long as he could maintain more intimate contact with her, one day Xu Changsheng would be able to copy all of Qi Zhaoyue's talents.

At the thought that Qi Zhaoyue could break through three realms in just ten short years and become the youngest Celestial Person Realm expert in the Great Yu Dynasty's thirty-thousand-year history merely by stacking her Sun and Moon Shining Together Innate Dao Physique with his Divine Yang Sacred Physique...

In the future, I can likewise stack the Divine Yang Sacred Physique with the Sun and Moon Shining Together Innate Dao Physique, and even stack more special physiques...

How strong would my aptitude be then?

Even that legendary master of the Star-Picking Tower, Qianji Wuchen, who is said to be a reincarnated true immortal and knows everything, would probably have to sigh that he could not even catch the dust in my wake!

For a moment, Xu Changsheng could barely contain his excitement.

It's just a pity that I have no idea what these talents actually do before copying them. This damn system isn't intelligent at all...

Oh well!

In that case, let it accumulate over days and months!

With that thought, Xu Changsheng's large hand gently supported the back of Qi Zhaoyue's head.

Attention, time began to accelerate.

Half an hour later.

Gulp, gulp~

Qi Zhaoyue stood up, sensing how much the spiritual power within her had increased.

Her slender, fair, jade-like fingers, their nails painted red, lightly wiped her red lips and the corner of her mouth before slipping into her mouth, where she gently licked her fingertips.

This method...

It really was a wanton waste of a heavenly treasure. The efficiency of her spiritual power increase was far too low.

Hmm?!

As Qi Zhaoyue pondered, she suddenly felt her body grow light. Xu Changsheng had picked her up and placed her on the broad red sandalwood table before them.

"Stop!"

"Stop?!"

Xu Changsheng looked down at her lying on the table, her inky tresses spilling down and spreading over its smooth surface, her red lips moist, her long black dress bunched around her waist...

His eyes were full of surprise as he looked at the fair-skinned, breathtakingly beautiful Qi Zhaoyue.

After all, this was the first time in ten years that Qi Zhaoyue had asked him to stop.

Before, whether Xu Changsheng was willing or not, Qi Zhaoyue had never taken his thoughts into account.

Sometimes, Xu Changsheng also "hated" his own body.

Faced with a peerless beauty like Qi Zhaoyue, no matter how much he resisted inwardly or wanted to keep a clear head, his body was very honest...

"It isn't me today."

Qi Zhaoyue looked at Xu Changsheng with a complicated expression and shook her head slightly, the blush still lingering on her cheeks. "I was only giving a demonstration."

"A demonstration?"

"What do you mean?"

Xu Changsheng looked at Qi Zhaoyue, his eyes full of bewilderment.

He could not figure out what medicine this gluttonous eldest princess was selling in her gourd today.

Qi Zhaoyue did not answer Xu Changsheng's question. Instead, she turned toward the hall doors and spoke in her cool, alluring voice, tinged with authority:

"Come in."

"There's someone else today?"

Xu Changsheng's eyes filled with astonishment. After all, he had not seen a single person besides Qi Zhaoyue for ten years.

Clack, clack, clack~!

Footsteps rang out on the white jade floor again, still the sound of high heels.

But they were different from the alluring clicks of Qi Zhaoyue's high heels.

These footsteps had a crisp rhythm, each step landing on the tail end of the previous sound, involuntarily making one feel a sense of oppression.

Who is it? Xu Changsheng wondered.

Just then, a tall, straight-backed figure appeared inside the hall.

It was an exceptionally valiant, beautiful woman, dressed in close-fitting black battle armor that outlined her perfectly proportioned figure.

She was probably over 1.8 meters tall, her incredibly long, straight legs encased in fitted black battle boots.

Her features did not possess Qi Zhaoyue's aloof, bewitching beauty that could topple cities and kingdoms, but rather a sharp, icy loveliness.

Sword-like brows swept toward her temples, and her dark eyes were as keen as a hawk's. Her gaze was bone-chillingly cold, as though it concealed endless killing intent, making others afraid to meet it.

A black Tang-style straight saber hung at her waist, its scabbard devoid of any decorative patterns.

Merely standing there quietly, she was like a drawn sword, radiating fearsome killing intent and a general's iron-blooded bearing, utterly out of place in this luxurious Hall of Longevity.

The newcomer was none other than Ye Luoxue.

Commander of the eldest princess's residence and the eighth-ranked prodigy on the Star-Picking Tower's Great Yu Earth Ranking, she had once honed herself on the northern frontier's battlefields. Wielding her family's ancestral Tang-style straight saber, Weeping Blood, she had slain countless enemies, her ruthless methods making her enemies pale at the mere mention of her.

She was honored as-the Blood Princess General.

Apart from Qi Zhaoyue's own younger sister, she was also the only person Qi Zhaoyue trusted.

"She is..."

Xu Changsheng looked questioningly at Qi Zhaoyue.

Qi Zhaoyue did not answer. Instead, she looked calmly at Ye Luoxue. "Do you understand?"

At her words, Ye Luoxue's gaze first fell on Xu Changsheng.

Her gaze was bone-chillingly cold. Her killing intent condensed into substance, turning into strands of dark, blood-colored threads behind her, while her right hand unconsciously tightened around the hilt of the Tang-style straight saber at her waist.

But in the end...

Ye Luoxue still looked away. With a complicated expression, she looked at her eldest princess, seated on the table with her clothes half removed and her red lips particularly moist, and nodded with difficulty.

At first, Ye Luoxue had been completely unable to understand why her eldest princess would debase herself like this, serving Xu Changsheng, who had once been nothing more than a lowly servant in the eldest princess's residence, in such a manner.

She had instinctively assumed that Xu Changsheng was forcing Qi Zhaoyue.

At the time, her killing intent had nearly made her lose control. Had it not been for Qi Zhaoyue's absolute orders, she would certainly have rushed out immediately, drawn her saber, and slain Xu Changsheng.

But...

Ye Luoxue was not a she-devil who knew only how to kill.

She had noticed something amiss.

After all, Xu Changsheng was merely a mortal without the slightest cultivation, while her eldest princess was an expert of the eleventh realm, the Celestial Person Realm.

As long as her Highness wished.

There was no telling how many mortals like Xu Changsheng Qi Zhaoyue could erase with a single thought.

How could someone as feeble as Xu Changsheng possibly threaten her eldest princess?

So...