Transforming into a stunningly beautiful fox spirit, leaving a scar on the heart of a prodigy.

The lobby was so quiet that the only sound could be Gu Xiang swallowing.

The fine steel dagger shattered on the ground, along with the courage of those men.

The leader's legs trembled as he stared at Su Qing's white finger, as if he were seeing the Grim Reaper's soul-reaping pen.

Su Qing took a bite of the chicken leg and asked, her words muffled, "Do I still need to buy my life?"

"No...I wouldn't dare..." The man knelt down with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly, "I was blind to your greatness, I deserve to die!"

Su Qing threw the bone on the table, wiped the oil off her hands, and said, "Get lost."

The men, as if granted a pardon, scrambled out, wishing their parents had given them two fewer legs.

Township Head Gu breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into his chair: "You scared me to death, Sister Su... thank goodness you're so capable."

"You're hopeless." Su Qing rolled her eyes at him, and was about to say something when a series of neat footsteps suddenly came from the doorway, the sound of armor clashing was enough to make one's teeth ache.

"Shallow this area!"

With a loud shout, dozens of Divine Capital Guards clad in black armor rushed in, their long spears gleaming coldly, completely surrounding the hall.

The leader was a burly captain with a menacing face and a ghost-headed saber hanging at his waist. He entered with a haughty air, looking down at everyone: "Who was it that started this fight right under the nose of the capital? Is there no law left?"

Gu Xiang's heart, which had just settled, jumped into his throat again. He quickly stood up, wanting to explain, "Sir, it was those people who went first..."

"Shut up!" The captain ignored him, pointing at Su Qing and Gu Xiang. "Someone reported you for committing a crime in the street. Come with us!"

Su Qing sat in the chair without moving, even crossing her legs, her bare foot swinging back and forth, making the captain's eyes widen.

"Murder?" Su Qing laughed. "Which eye of yours saw me commit murder? The knife broke on its own, what does it have to do with me?"

The captain's face darkened: "Enough nonsense! Once you're in jail, let's see if you're still so stubborn! Take him away!"

Several guards were about to step forward and arrest the man.

"Wait!"

A delicate shout came from the doorway.

Everyone turned around and saw the Fifth Princess, Li Qingge, running in, lifting her skirt, followed by several panting maids.

Li Qingge spotted Su Qing at a glance.

Just now at the poetry gathering, Su Qing was a dashing young man, but now he has become a stunningly beautiful woman who could bring ruin to the country.

Li Qingge was stunned, her eyes wide open and her mouth forming an "O" shape.

"Young Master Su...?" Li Qingge called out tentatively, then realized something was amiss, "Miss Su?"

Su Qingchong raised an eyebrow at her: "What, you don't recognize me just because I changed my clothes?"

Li Qingge's face flushed red instantly. Although the little flame of girlish infatuation in her heart was extinguished, her "face-value" attribute instantly took over.

This is so beautiful! Much better than that so-called number one beauty in the capital!

"Stop!" Li Qingge stood in front of Su Qing and shouted at the captain, "This is my friend, who dares to touch her?"

Upon seeing that it was the Fifth Princess, the captain's arrogance immediately diminished, and he clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Your Highness, this humble officer is only acting under orders..."

"Whose orders are you on? I have no idea that the Imperial Guards have been meddling in such matters." Li Qingge put her hands on her hips, adopting a protective stance.

"By order of the King."

A sinister voice came from outside the door.

The crowd parted, and a young man dressed in a purple and gold python robe walked in.

This man was decent-looking, but there was a sinister air about him in his eyes and brows. He was twirling two walnuts in his hand, and he looked like the kind of person you shouldn't mess with.

The second prince, Li Xuan.

Li Qingge's expression changed: "Second Brother, what do you mean by this?"

Li Xuan gave Li Qingge a forced smile, then glanced at Su Qing, a hint of amazement flashing in his eyes before turning into greed.

"Fifth Sister, this is where you're wrong," Li Xuan said slowly. "There are rules in the capital. No matter whose friend you are, starting a fight in the street is disturbing the peace. Third Brother asked you to take care of them, not to protect criminals."

He emphasized the words "third brother," clearly targeting Li Yu.

Gu Xiang was inwardly groaning. The waters of this capital city were too deep; even eating roast chicken could drag him into a power struggle among princes.

Li Qingge stomped her foot in anger: "Someone was clearly trying to cause trouble just now, Miss Su... Miss Su was only defending herself!"

"Self-defense?" Li Xuan sneered. "Those aggrieved parties just went to the Shuntian Prefecture to file a complaint, saying this young lady used sorcery to harm people. The evidence is overwhelming; Fifth Sister, do you still want to deny it?"

This is blatant bullying.

Those thugs had barely left when they were able to file a complaint; it was clearly a pre-arranged scheme.

Li Qingge wanted to argue, but Su Qing stood up.

The moment she stood there, all her previous languid air vanished, replaced by a chilling aura of danger.

Su Qing walked over to Gu Xiang and patted him on the shoulder.

"Gu Xiang, take out that copy of the Analects from the book box."

Gu Xiang was taken aback and subconsciously reached into her book box: "Huh? Reading at this time? Isn't that a bit inappropriate...?"

"Take it if I tell you to."

Gu Xiang shakily pulled out a well-worn copy of the Analects.

Su Qing took the book, rolled it into a tube, and tapped it in her palm.

She looked at Li Xuan and suddenly asked a completely unrelated question: "Do you eat beef?"

Li Xuan was taken aback by the question and subconsciously frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about, I..."

"I don't eat beef."

Su Qing interrupted him, a wicked smile playing on her lips.

"Because I have a bad temper, I don't care about the day I meet someone I don't like."

Before he finished speaking, the scroll in Su Qing's hand suddenly emitted a golden light.

"Gu Xiang, watch closely, today I'm going to teach you the first lesson of 'Lunyu'."

Su Qing took a step forward, and her aura suddenly exploded.

What was originally the body of a frail woman now seemed to conceal an ancient, ferocious beast.

A terrifying spiritual pressure emanated from her, surging outwards like a tsunami.

Click!Click!

The surrounding tables, chairs, and benches were instantly reduced to dust.

The Divine Capital Guards didn't even utter a sound before being blown away by the shockwave, crashing to the ground like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

The captain was even more unlucky; he was slammed into the wall and couldn't be pried off.

Li Xuan's cold smile froze, and the walnut in his hand was crushed into powder with a "snap".

What the hell is this?!

The aura emanating from this woman was so overwhelming that it made him, a cultivator in the late stage of the Casting Cauldron Realm, feel suffocated!

The Realm of Transformation?!

This woman looks to be no more than twenty years old, yet she's a master cultivator at the Transformation Realm?!

Su Qing gave them no time to react, and in a flash, she appeared directly in front of Li Xuan.

Confucius said: "A gentleman who is not dignified will not command respect."

Su Qing slapped the scroll in her hand hard across Li Xuan's face.

Snapped!

With a crisp sound, Li Xuan was sent flying like a spinning top, half of his face instantly swollen into a pig's head, and several bloody teeth flew high into the air.

"It means that a gentleman cannot establish authority if he doesn't strike hard!"

The entire room fell silent.

Gu Xiang's mouth dropped open, her jaw almost falling to the ground.

Is this... the word of a sage?

So this is how sages teach people?!

Li Qingge was also dumbfounded. Watching her usually arrogant second brother being beaten like a dog, she just felt...it was so satisfying!

Li Xuan fell to the ground, his head buzzing, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

His guards wanted to go up but dared not, their hands trembling as they gripped their knives.

Su Qing toyed with the scroll in her hand, looking down at Li Xuan: "Are you still going to arrest me?"

Li Xuan covered his face and shouted incoherently, "You...you dare hit me! I am a prince! Kill her! Kill her!"

The two elderly men in black behind him finally moved.

These were his personal retainers, all of whom were experts at the peak of the Casting Cauldron Realm.

The two men, one on the left and one on the right, brandished their magical weapons and charged towards Su Qing with an aura of certain death.

Su Qing didn't even lift her eyelids.

Confucius said: "Time flows on like this river, never ceasing day or night."

She raised her hand and pressed it into the air towards the two old men.

"It means that the dead are like this river; whether it's day or night, I can send them away whenever I want."

boom!

An invisible force descended from the sky, slamming the two old men directly onto the floor.

The floor shattered, and the two peak-stage Casting Cauldron Realm experts were forced to the ground, unable to move, before they could even scream.

This is the overwhelming power of the Transformation Realm!

The air behind Su Qing distorted, and a huge phantom of a nine-tailed fox vaguely appeared, its vertical pupils coldly gazing at all living beings.

Li Xuan was utterly terrified.

He felt as if he were facing not a human being, but a demon god who had crawled out of hell.

"You...you stay away..." Li Xuan shrank back, feeling a warm sensation in his crotch.

I peed.

Su Qing wrinkled her nose in disgust: "So dirty."

She raised the scroll in her hand, ready to deliver the final blow and teach him a lesson he would never forget.

Just then, a strange fluctuation suddenly enveloped the entire Drunken Immortal Abode.

This fluctuation was not violent; in fact, it was quite gentle, like a spring breeze.

But Su Qing's violent spiritual pressure, in the face of this spring breeze, was like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, instantly melting away without a trace.

The nine-tailed fox phantom behind Su Qing flickered and then vanished.

She frowned and abruptly turned her head to look at the doorway.

There was another person at the entrance of the lobby.

The man was dressed in a loose black robe and wore a bronze mask, revealing only a pair of deep, unfathomable eyes.

She stood there quietly, without any spiritual energy fluctuations, yet she seemed to be the center of the world.

Everyone's attention was involuntarily drawn to her.

"The Imperial Advisor!"

Li Xuan, as if grasping at a straw, scrambled forward, crying out, "Imperial Preceptor, save me! This witch is trying to kill me!"

The visitor was none other than the Grand Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

That legendary mysterious figure who assisted five emperors, wielding immense power and even surpassing imperial authority.

The Imperial Advisor didn't even glance at Li Xuan, simply uttering a single word: "Noisy."

The voice was soft and indistinguishable in gender, yet it struck Li Xuan's heart like a heavy hammer.

Li Xuan's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

The world is quiet now.

The Imperial Preceptor strode into the main hall, and with each step he took, the surrounding Imperial Guards automatically knelt on the ground, not daring to even raise their heads.

Su Qing narrowed her eyes and looked the mysterious person up and down.

This person doesn't have the aura of a living person.

There was no sign of death.

Like a piece of dead wood or a stone, it blends completely into its environment.

Master.

An absolute master.

Su Qing gripped the book in her hand tighter, her spiritual energy surging wildly within her body, preparing to fight desperately.

Although she was an avatar, so her death was no big deal, if this body were destroyed, the original body would definitely curse her to death.

The Imperial Advisor stopped three steps away from Su Qing.

Those eyes hidden behind the mask quietly looked at Su Qing, then glanced at Gu Xiang, who was terrified beside her.

"Righteous spirit, celestial fox form."

The Imperial Advisor's voice was devoid of emotion; "Indeed, it's a variable."

Su Qing sneered, "What, you hit the kid and now you're bringing on the older one? You want to throw me in jail too?"

The Imperial Advisor shook his head.

"The Second Prince has been rude and offended our distinguished guest. I will discipline him accordingly."

He raised his hand and tapped it lightly with his fingertips.

Li Xuan, who had fainted, and the two retainers vanished into thin air, their whereabouts unknown.

This spatial teleportation made Su Qing's pupils shrink.

This person uses spatial laws that only those at the Dongxuan Realm can master more easily than drinking water.

After dealing with the trash, the Imperial Advisor turned around and nodded slightly to Su Qing and Gu Xiang.

"Now that you two have come to the capital, why don't you come to my residence for a chat?"

"The tea at my place is far better than the wine at this Drunken Immortal Abode."

Gu Xiang finally came to her senses and, looking at the black-robed man with an aura that was ridiculously strong, stammered, "You are... the Imperial Advisor?"

The corner of the Grand Preceptor's mouth seemed to curl slightly beneath his mask.

"If the heart is exquisite, there is no need to dig it out."

She took a deep look at Gu Xiang's chest, then turned and walked away.

"If there's nothing else, please move over."

After he finished speaking, his figure gradually faded away, like a drop of ink dissolving into water and disappearing.

Only a black invitation card remained, floating lightly onto the table.

Su Qing looked at the invitation, then at the pitch-black night outside, and tossed the tattered book in her hand back to Gu Xiang.

"Looks like we won't be able to have this meal."

She picked up the invitation, her fingertips tracing its intricate patterns.

"Let's go, Mr. Gu."

"Since they've already set the stage, wouldn't it be disrespectful if we didn't go and put on this show?"

Gu Xiang held the Analects of Confucius, looked at Su Qing's stunning profile, and swallowed hard.

"Miss Su, are we really going? Could it be a trap?"

Su Qing turned around and smiled, her beauty captivating.

"So what if it was a Feast at Hongmen?"

"Don't forget, I don't eat beef."

"If that Imperial Preceptor dares to be unreasonable, I'll teach her what the real 'Lunyu' is."