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Seeing Lu Chen swing his sword, Zhao Yu's lips twitched slightly, and then he said, "I feel that the young master doesn't need to learn swordsmanship."

If Lu Chen were an ordinary human-realm spiritual martial artist, even if he had learned the sword techniques and martial skills they taught him, it would have been difficult for him to unleash that sword aura just now.

Given Lu Chen's speed of absorbing spiritual energy, as long as there is spiritual energy around him, he can wear down enemies of similar strength.

Upon hearing Zhao Yu's words, Fu Li said, "That's not entirely true. If the young master were to learn martial arts and swordsmanship, his strength would be even greater than it is now, and that sword strike would have been even more ferocious."

Zhao Yu said, "As you all saw just now, after the young master used his sword technique, even the skeleton monster laughed when he swung his sword."

Upon hearing Zhao Yu's words, Lu Xun raised his hand, stroked his chin, and pondered what exactly was going on.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Xun said, "Logically, this shouldn't be the case. How come the power of the sword aura has decreased after using sword techniques?"

Fu Li said, "Perhaps it's because the young master has a special physique. This talent is too terrifying, so there will always be some limitations in other aspects."

After hearing what Fu Li said, Zhao Yu and Lu Xun both felt that there was some truth to it. Such heaven-defying talent would be abnormal if it had no limitations or flaws.

Just as the three were distracted, the bones of the skeleton that had been split in two on the training ground flew into the air and quickly reassembled itself. In just a moment, the skeleton was restored to its original state.

Seeing that the Skeleton Ghost's body had fully recovered, Lu Chen was not surprised. He had clearly felt that the spiritual energy on the Skeleton Ghost's body had not dissipated. Even though he had activated the Netherworld Spirit Control Body, he was unable to extract much spiritual energy from the Skeleton Ghost, which meant that the Skeleton Ghost was not dead.

Lu Chen gripped his sword tighter again and said calmly, "As expected of a malevolent spirit from the Spirit Realm, it's still alive. Since one sword strike isn't enough to kill it, then let's try a few more."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen gathered spiritual energy into his sword again and then slashed out with his sword. This time, the skeleton monster did not resist as hard as before. Its body turned into a white afterimage and fled to the other side of the training ground.

Lu Chen did not stop, continuing to swing the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand. Powerful sword energy continuously slashed towards the direction in which the skeleton monster was fleeing. However, the skeleton monster was very fast, and it did not flee in a straight line. Lu Chen's sword energy always passed by the skeleton.

Lu Chen realized that the distance between himself and the Skeleton Ghost was too great, giving the Skeleton Ghost time to react. This allowed the Skeleton Ghost to dodge his sword strikes. Lu Chen then pushed off with both legs and leaped forward, heading straight for the Skeleton Ghost.

The distance between Lu Chen and the Skeleton Ghost instantly closed. Then, Lu Chen unleashed another sword strike. This time, even if the Skeleton Ghost wanted to dodge, it didn't have enough time to react. The next moment, a sword strike slashed across the Skeleton Ghost's neck, and its head fell directly to the ground. The Skeleton Ghost's body also collapsed instantly.

Lu Chen activated the power of the Netherworld Fiend Body, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged into his body. However, the spiritual energy inside the fallen Skeleton Ghost's body did not flow to him, which proved that the Skeleton Ghost was still alive.

Lu Chen then swung his sword more than a dozen times in succession. The sword energy he unleashed cleaved the training ground into large craters. The skeleton monster fared even worse, its bones flying everywhere and scattering across the training ground.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu and the other two fell silent. They couldn't help but marvel at how terrifying Lu Chen's physique was, as he didn't have to worry about the consumption of spiritual energy and could continuously mobilize it.

After the dust settled on the training ground, Lu Chen glanced at the bones of the skeleton monsters on the training ground. At this moment, he could clearly feel the spiritual energy within those bones surging towards his body. This time, Lu Chen confirmed that the skeleton monsters were dead.

Soon, Lu Chen's gaze fell on a corner of the training ground, where there was a strange bead emitting a green light. It was obviously the strange bead of the skeleton monster from earlier.

Lu Chen approached the strange bead, bent down to pick it up, and then continuously absorbed the spiritual energy within it.

At this moment, Zhao Yu and the other two approached Lu Chen. Zhao Yu said with a smile, "As expected of Your Highness, you easily slew the evil spirit from the Spirit Realm!" Lu Xun said, "With Your Highness's talent and strength, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion will surely prosper once again!"

As Lu Chen absorbed the spiritual energy from the strange pearl, he said, "But I fought a battle and still haven't shown any signs of breaking through. What's going on?"

Zhao Yu replied, "Your Highness, you won too easily."

Although the Skeleton Demon was able to fight back at first, Lu Chen kept suppressing the Skeleton Demon after activating his physical power. How could such a battle serve as a training exercise?

Hearing Zhao Yu's words, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment. Was it not good to win too easily?

How can I break through this barrier?

Do we have to find an even more powerful evil spirit and then go through a life-or-death battle?

Just then, Lu Xun said, "Young Master, you don't need to worry too much. As long as you fight against evil spirits more, with your talent, you will break through sooner or later."

Even without experiencing life-or-death battles, as long as you fight evil spirits enough times, you can temper your physical body and break through to a higher realm.

Upon hearing Lu Xun's words, Lu Chen was about to say something when suddenly a servant came to Lu Chen's side, "Your Highness, there is an imperial decree."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen hurriedly went to the council hall.

When Lu Chen arrived at the council hall, the Prince of Zhennan was already waiting there. At that moment, a eunuch's voice came from the doorway, "The imperial edict has arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial eunuch carrying the imperial edict entered the council hall. Upon seeing the Prince of Zhennan, the eunuch did not read the edict aloud, but instead handed it directly to the prince, saying with a smile, "Prince of Zhennan, Her Majesty has asked me to convey a message to you: the royal family has given you everything it should. Now it is up to your Zhennan Prince's Mansion. I hope you can find those five strange beings of the Earth Realm as soon as possible."

After receiving the imperial edict, the Prince of Zhennan said to the eunuch who delivered it, "Please tell Her Majesty that the Prince of Zhennan's mansion will do everything in its power to find and seal those five strange beings as soon as possible."

The eunuch delivering the imperial decree said, "I will certainly convey your message. If there is nothing else, I will return to the palace now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch delivering the decree turned and left, seemingly unwilling to stay in the Prince of Zhennan's residence for even a moment longer.

After the eunuch left, Lu Chen approached the Prince of Zhennan and, looking at the imperial edict in the prince's hand, asked, "Could it be that the Empress Dowager has truly agreed?"

The Prince of Zhennan opened the imperial edict and said, "Seeing that the eunuch is unwilling to even read the edict, he must have agreed."

The eunuch's attitude when delivering the imperial edict showed that he was unwilling to even read it aloud, which proved that the Empress Dowager was not willing to issue the edict.

After opening the imperial edict, the Prince of Zhennan glanced at it and found that it clearly stated the restoration of the Prince of Zhennan's fiefdom and that the Prince of Zhennan would temporarily serve as the commander of the Zhengui Division. (End of Chapter)