The Immortal Empress, Unrivaled Through Eternity

"Yunqing, how's it going with practicing martial arts?"

At the dining table, Li Yansong spoke softly, his eyes secretly glancing at the quiet Li Yunqing, seemingly lacking confidence.

Sending his daughter to Mingyu Martial Arts School to meet Jiang Yu of the Jiang family was somewhat calculated.

If it were an outsider, it wouldn't matter, but this is his most beloved daughter.

"Is that even a question? Father, you know perfectly well that my sister is a genius in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting!"

"I don't think this martial arts training is very effective."

Before Li Yunqing could respond, Li Shuo spoke up with a smile on his face, explaining, "If you've made progress in your martial arts, you'll definitely be smiling, not so quiet."

"Don't speak, I'm asking about your sister!"

Li Yansong turned and glared at Li Shuo, then gently comforted Li Yunqing, "It's okay if you don't make progress in martial arts; just treat it as a way to relax."

Seeing his father's noticeably different attitude, Li Shuo's lips twitched: "So, at this dinner table, I'm the only one who isn't his biological son?"

Li Yunqing raised her head slightly, glanced at her father and elder brother, and said softly, "It's alright."

"Hmm!" Li Yansong nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment before speaking again, "Have you met anyone interesting?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shuo, who was standing to the side, suddenly realized that his father's question was the key point, and he couldn't help but look at Li Yunqing as well.

"Could it be that the Jiang family's visit to propose marriage is true?" The thought flashed through Li Shuo's mind.

Looking at her younger sister's pretty face, she felt a little resentful: "My sister is so beautiful, and that Jiang family boy got her for free."

Li Yunqing paused, her hand still holding the food in her chopsticks, before replying calmly, "Father, do you want to ask about Jiang Yu?"

After a moment's thought, she said with utmost objectivity, "It's alright!"

Putting aside my own prejudices, Jiang Yu is indeed a good person; she is polite, sensible, and has a good temper.

She has both good looks and a good family background.

If he doesn't awaken memories of his past life, such a man would indeed be a good match.

Unfortunately, once her memories were awakened, even the best men became no different from strangers in her eyes.

"That's good, that's good!"

Hearing his daughter's response, Li Yansong breathed a slight sigh of relief and said, "Then, Father, shall we inform the Jiang family to prepare an auspicious day for the betrothal?"

"Father can decide for himself," Li Yunqing said noncommittally.

She objected, and her father was unlikely to agree, so naturally he didn't want to say anything more.

The entire process of betrothal, name inquiry, and auspicious date selection would definitely take several months to complete.

In particular, the "asking the name" and "appointing the auspicious one" rituals require the woman's name and birth date and time (based on the Chinese zodiac) to be provided to the man and placed under the ancestral hall.

If nothing bad or ominous happens during this period, whether it's three days or three months, then it can be considered a blessing from the ancestors.

The man then provides his birth date and time, which are placed in the woman's ancestral shrine. It will take time for the man to come to terms with this and observe the situation.

After the auspicious date is chosen, the birth charts of the two people need to be exchanged and matched. Similarly, the birth charts of the two people need to be placed together in the ancestral hall so that the ancestors can grant their blessing.

It is also necessary to consult a fortune teller to see if the birth charts are compatible.

If everything goes smoothly, then the final preparations can be made for betrothal, exchanging marriage certificates, and arranging the marriage.

The laws of the Great Yu Dynasty stipulated that men should marry at the age of twenty and women at the age of sixteen. Even if a marriage date was set, a woman could not leave her home until she turned sixteen.

The larger the family, the more they care about these rules, unlike ordinary people where girls are married off at the age of twelve or thirteen.

Therefore, she was not in a hurry. In this year, she only needed to focus on improving her strength.

If she is strong enough, no one will dare to force her if she is unwilling.

"I've finished eating. Father, elder brother, please continue eating. I'll head back now."

After finishing her meal, Li Yunqing got up and headed straight for Ziyun Pavilion.

Watching Li Yunqing leave, Li Yansong sighed softly.

He still couldn't understand why his daughter would be so resistant to Jiang Yu, who was outstanding in character, appearance, and family background.

"Father, my sister is still young. There's no need to rush her into marriage, is there?"

Li Shuo also sensed his sister's resistance and couldn't help but try to dissuade her.

"You know nothing!" Li Yansong roared. "Eat your food!"

Li Shuo shrank back, buried his head in his rice, and dared not utter another word.

If he angers his father, he'll really get a beating.

On the contrary, the younger sister, because of her mother's death, was pampered by her father from childhood. He always granted her every request and never said anything harsh to her.

When he was a child, he was resentful and felt that his father was unfair. But as he grew up, he realized that he loved his gentle and quiet younger sister just as much.

Thinking back to when I was little, with my brother following behind me, calling me sweetly, all my bad moods disappeared.

Ziyun Pavilion.

"Within a year, one must at least reach the Qi Realm before having the confidence to refuse."

There was a hint of melancholy in Li Yunqing's eyes.

A high-level martial artist in the initial stage is considered a master in Qingzhou, while a martial artist in the Qi stage is already a big shot.

Placed in the Demon Suppression Division or the army, anyone with the strength of the Qi Realm could become a general who commands a region.

Without the strength of the Qi Realm, refusing would inevitably cause turmoil within the family.

She understood perfectly well that even if they reached the Qi Realm, exchanging marriage certificates meant that the engagement was already considered settled.

To outsiders, they appeared to be a real engaged couple.

She also needs a reasonable reason that won't damage the relationship between the two families to cancel the marriage.

Just thinking about it gives me a headache.

"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time."

Li Yunqing sat cross-legged on the soft couch, the contents of the "Frost Sword Technique" floating in her mind.

"Form and spirit in harmony, embracing the original unity, thoughts arising and laws following, using the spirit to control the form..."

"Is law magical power? Is spirit a mind? Or is it divine consciousness?"

"Perfect harmony of form and spirit... Is this the unity of spirit and flying sword?"

"The legendary refining? Or perhaps the magical refinement?"

Looking at the contents of the Frost Sword Manual, she frowned deeply.

This is completely different from martial arts; it is profound and mysterious, and extremely difficult to comprehend.

In particular, she had no magic power, no flying sword, and couldn't even use her own spirit, let alone achieve harmony between body and spirit or control her body with her spirit.

Without these things, trying to understand these sword techniques is like trying to see flowers through a fog; it's impossible to see them clearly at all.

"Since the panel shows it, I must be able to cultivate."

"Try these handprints."

Nine peculiar hand seals appeared in her mind. Li Yunqing raised her hands, pinched her fingers, and imitated them in front of her.

Once!

Twice!

Ten times!

Twenty times!

She didn't know how many times she had made the hand seals, but just when she was about to give up, nine hand seals were made in succession.

She only felt a slight swelling between her eyebrows, and an invisible force surged from there, flowing towards her fingertips.

In that instant, her mind went blank, as if she had been hit by a heavy hammer, and she felt dizzy.

But then a sudden coolness washed over me, and my mind cleared again.

"This is?"

Feeling the invisible power at her fingertips, Li Yunqing blinked slightly, thought for a moment, and then pointed to the papers on the table next to her.

"Buzz!"

The paper trembled slightly, floated up briefly, and then fell back onto the table.

"Is this my spiritual power?"

Li Yunqing paused slightly, thinking about how she had just felt. When she felt dizzy, it must have been because her mental energy had been depleted.

After her subsequent return to clarity, likely due to the boost from her vibrant spirit, her mental energy recovered rapidly.

"Frost Sword Technique Experience +1"

Just as she was lost in thought, a line of words flashed before her eyes.

She glanced at the panel instinctively.

"Frost Sword Technique (Beginner Level 1/50)"

She blinked, then moved her hands, forming nine hand seals once more.

"Buzz!"

Her brow twitched slightly, and then an invisible force surged toward her fingertips again. Her mind was momentarily muddled, but then cleared up again.

Feeling the spiritual power at her fingertips, a sudden realization flashed through her mind.

"These nine hand seals must be techniques for controlling objects!"

"The art of controlling flying swords!"