Ten years of dormancy: Starting as a martial arts master at the pinnacle

"My grandson is doing very well."

"My father has arranged everything very carefully. I am going into seclusion and have no plans to move to the Qinghe Prince's Mansion for the time being."

Li Zheng nodded as he squinted at his grandson.

No wonder he's that rebellious son's own flesh and blood.

Li Changqing's appearance combines the best features of both Li Yuanhao and Nangong Ya.

Good-looking, and not too aggressive.

This means that no matter what kind of person Li Changqing wants to be.

His appearance is definitely a plus.

"I've heard you're very diligent in your martial arts training. Our royal family has a secluded training room in the armory. No one else entering the armory will disturb us. I myself used to train there. If you can be patient, why don't you go and stay there for a few days?"

Without Li Changqing having to speak, Li Zheng himself brought up the topic of the Great Zhou Armory.

Just as Li Yuanhao guessed.

Although His Majesty has never publicly acknowledged it, he was clearly aware of it.

"Thank you for your concern, Grandfather. I was just thinking of doing that."

Li Zheng nodded, "Then go ahead!"

The two only met for about fifteen minutes in total.

But they both left a very deep impression on each other.

In Li Changqing's eyes, this emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was an elder who loved his grandson.

Of course, he knew it in his heart.

The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty could not possibly be entirely an elder figure.

He certainly has many other facets, but at this stage, he doesn't need to reveal them.

Li Zheng watched Li Changqing's disappearing figure, a strange smile playing on his lips.

"Old Liu, what do you think of my grandson?"

There was originally no one in the Hall of Mental Cultivation except for His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

But as Li Zheng asked the question, a person dressed in bright red with a white face and no beard suddenly appeared beside him.

The person's voice was high-pitched and sounded different from that of ordinary people.

"This old servant finds our young prince utterly unfathomable!"

"Isn't he just that old monster who just drove away the Heavenly Demon? How come he's so unfathomable?"

Li Zheng's words sounded humble, but were actually boastful.

The red-clad eunuch surnamed Liu nodded with a broad smile and echoed his sentiments.

"My underlings haven't found any trace of His Highness. The Golden Guards haven't found a single clue either."

"To say that the Golden Dragon Hero is the young prince is merely a guess by us servants; other possibilities cannot be ruled out."

Li Zheng chuckled, "There aren't that many coincidences in the world. Do you really think Da Xiaoyao is as common as cabbage? It's one thing for Qing'er to be a peerless genius, but how could two of them appear in the capital in such a short time?"

"I don't know what that idiot was thinking. He actually believed that the Beggars' Sect leader was Qing'er's friend?"

The eunuch in red smiled but offered no comment.

If he said that His Highness the Prince of Qin was blinded by a leaf, thinking that the young prince at this time was just an ordinary cultivator in the Free and Unfettered Realm.

I never imagined that the young prince possessed the strength of the Great Freedom Peak, or even stronger.

The King of Qin would naturally not confuse the Beggar Clan leader with the young prince.

Once the eunuch in red speaks, the emperor before him will be displeased again.

His sons, whether the Crown Prince or His Highness the Prince of Qin.

He can curse however he wants, but if someone else says a single thing, he deserves to die.

Led by the eunuch, Li Changqing arrived at the back mountain of the palace.

The imperial palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty was built against a small hill.

The entire hill was surrounded by the palace.

The hill is surrounded by fences, which look ordinary, but it is not easy to force your way through.

Li Changqing didn't understand formations.

But with his abilities, he could see that there was air on those fences.

If these signals are disrupted, it will definitely trigger traps and alarms...

There is only one entrance to the back mountain.

Above the imposing gate at the entrance, four large characters are written in a majestic manner.

"The Great Zhou Armory!"

Who would have thought that the Great Zhou Armory was actually an entire mountain?

This back mountain occupies one-third of the palace's area, or even more.

The entire mountain was divided into different areas.

After Li Changqing stepped inside, he immediately discovered that almost every area in the different zones was inhabited.

"Besides the people of the imperial court and the masters of the royal family, there are also some elders of sects and masters of martial arts who are cultivating here in seclusion."

The young eunuch who was leading the way introduced the place to Li Changqing at the right moment.

There are at least several hundred, if not a thousand, people practicing cultivation on this mountain.

It can accommodate so many people to cultivate at the same time, and it also has to be allocated according to quotas.

Li Changqing understood why the Great Zhou Armory was called the number one martial arts holy land of the Great Zhou.

There are far too many martial arts masters born here.

"Most of them are on the west side of the back mountain; the east side is a forbidden area. Officially, only two people can cultivate on the east side. One spot is open to the public. The other spot is reserved specifically for His Majesty the Emperor to cultivate in seclusion."

Next, Li Changqing was going to the training room that was specially reserved for the emperor.

Of course, before that, he also enjoyed a privilege that a martial artist outside the royal family could never enjoy.

Blood pool bathing.

On the east side of Houshan, there are only two people on the surface, but there are certainly more than that in reality.

This is the greatest foundation of the royal family. The essence that Li Yuanhao stole was stolen from here.

The blood essence pool was inaccessible to the young eunuch.

He led Li Changqing to the door, and Li Changqing went in alone.

Inside the door, an elderly man with gray hair squinted and looked Li Changqing up and down.

"Who is it?"

"Li Changqing, the eldest son of the King of Qin and the thirteenth grandson of the emperor."

Facing the Prince of Qinghe, the old man didn't even lift his eyelids, but simply turned his head to the side.

"Go in! There's only one spot every two years. If His Majesty needs one next time, it'll be scheduled for three years from now. It's all that damned Li Yuanhao's fault. If it weren't for him..."

The old man muttered under his breath.

He does not mean that.

Li Changqing roughly understood that the essence of the blood pool was probably related to the essence his father had stolen.

However, given his current status, he cannot access it.

As Li Changqing entered, the elderly man with gray hair left, leaving Li Changqing alone in the bathroom.

The pool is about five meters square and a little over one meter deep.

Li Changqing took off his robe and admired the bulging muscles in his abdomen. In his previous life, he would have been quite popular with girls.

Pity.

Li Changqing stepped forward, merging his body into the blood pool.

Li Changqing originally thought that his potential had been almost fully developed.

The baptism of blood had little effect on him.

But in fact, that's not the case at all.

The moment Li Changqing's body entered the blood pool, he felt the surrounding water suddenly boil.

Along with it, the blood and qi within Li Changqing's body also boiled.

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