Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

"What do you mean?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head without speaking. Old Huang had already used his light footwork to lightly tap the water's surface a few times and appeared on the small boat.

"Young master, I told you, learning martial arts is never a loss, and you won't be fooled. Today you've seen the benefits of learning martial arts."

"Even so, it's too late for me to start learning martial arts at this age. All those masters started learning martial arts from a young age. I'm far behind."

Old Huang chuckled, "Young Master, don't worry. As long as you want to learn martial arts, the Prince will definitely find a way."

Xu Fengnian nodded, but he didn't care. If Xu Xiao had a way, would he still be a second-grade minor grandmaster at this age?

After landing, Xu Fengnian, having nothing to do, decided to meet Li Yishan. Lin Tanhua's actions confirmed to Xu Fengnian who was behind his assassination attempt, but Xu Fengnian was unsure of Xu Xiao's role and needed some guidance from Li Yishan.

Xu Fengnian went up to the top floor, where Li Yishan was studying chess scores. "Fengnian, you're here again."

“Master, just now, Lin Tanhua from the Lin family of Qingzhou tried to assassinate me, which made me realize who the mastermind is. However, I still can’t figure out Xu Xiao’s role in it.”

"Oh? Tell me your judgment about the mastermind first."

"The mastermind behind this should be Prince Jing'an. Yu Youwei told me that she was imprisoned in a place where scriptures were chanted day and night. Lin Tanhua is from the Lin family of Qingzhou. If I'm not mistaken, Prince Jing'an wants to control the finances of Qingzhou, so he wants to use the Chu halberdiers to connect with the Lin family of Qingzhou, pin the crime of treason on the Lin family, and thus gain control of Qingzhou's finances. Of course, if he can kill me, he wouldn't mind."

"You've only seen the surface. Of course, it's good that you realize your father might be involved. But I'll say it again: your father is more terrifying than you think."

Xu Fengnian seemed to understand but not quite. When he went downstairs, he noticed that Hinata Hoshino was not at Tingchao Pavilion today, and that Nangong Pushe and Xuanyuan Qingfeng seemed to be reading the same book, completely engrossed.

Xu Fengnian shook his head and left. He knew nothing about martial arts and had no interest in it.

After hearing that Xu Fengnian wanted to learn martial arts, Old Huang quickly approached Xu Xiao and said, "Your Highness, this is good news."

"What good news? Why are you in such a panic? What kind of behavior is this?"

"Young Master was just assassinated."

"Can this be called a good thing?"

"The key point is that after the assassination was over, the young master saw me make a move and said he wanted to learn martial arts."

"Really?"

"of course it's true."

"Hehehe." Xu Xiao was very happy, but then he realized that Xu Fengnian might just be saying it casually. "What exactly did Fengnian say?"

"Young Master said..."

Xu Xiao nodded. "I understand. You stay with Feng Nian and protect him well. I'll think of a way to help Feng Nian with his martial arts training."

Xu Xiao chased away Lao Huang and began to think about how to get Xu Fengnian to officially make up his mind to learn martial arts. No one knows a son better than his father. Xu Xiao thought for a long time but still couldn't come up with a solution.

Helpless, Xu Xiao could only go to Tingchao Pavilion to discuss with Li Yishan. When Li Yishan looked up and saw that Xu Xiao had come again after Xu Fengnian left, he couldn't help but laugh, "What's wrong with you two today? You take turns coming to see me."

"Feng Nian came before too?"

“That’s right, he guessed it was Prince Jing’an. He truly is my disciple.”

"Hahaha, not bad, as expected of my son."

"Don't get too excited yet. You wouldn't come here without a reason. So, what is it this time?"

"Feng Nian suddenly told Jian Jiu Huang today that he wanted to learn martial arts. I don't know how to be sure of Feng Nian's determination, so I came to ask you."

"Let me think, perhaps we can use Xu Longxiang as a starting point."

"Huang Man'er? Let me think about it."

"Then take your time thinking about it, don't bother me."

"Forget it, just tell me what to do."

Li Yishan smiled. He hadn't expected it. Chun Chun wanted him to take the blame, but he didn't want to.

"You already have an idea, you just need someone to take the blame, and I'm not stupid."