Steam-powered martial arts: My virginity cultivation technique has been broken.

In cabin 709, High Priestess Honoka of the White Wave Kingdom angrily reprimanded two third-rank sorcerers who knew her identity.

Her soft hands lashed out, slapping them hard across the face: "Bastards! Idiots! Who told you to kidnap me! Didn't I tell you you weren't allowed to interfere with what I do?"

One of the sorcerers kept bowing and apologizing: "I'm sorry, High Priest, this was Noda's order. He gave the order without consulting us. His men don't know you either. We weren't paying attention when they attacked. They only noticed you were in contact with outsiders and were afraid you would betray Mr. Zhou."

Sui Xiang shook her throbbing hand and gritted her teeth fiercely, saying, "Any further explanation is superfluous! I brought you two along to oversee and restrain that crude brute, so that he would take the blame for us and make the Jinchuan faction face the wrath of the Great Chen. Because of what he did, I can't show my face anymore. At the next dock, I'm going to disembark, and you two can pretend to deal with me."

"This is a bit troublesome. The Imperial Guards are very strict in their control. It's easy to get in, but difficult to get out. Perhaps we should wait until we reach Fuzhou before making any further plans."

"Shut up! Zhou Gongwei doesn't know my identity either. If I disappear, he'll come looking for me, and that could expose me. Anyway, we already have the secrets, so he's useless to us now."

"Yes, for the honor of the Shrine Faction, we will certainly do our best."

"You'd better not mess this up!"

Before she could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door, and the people inside became alert. This was steerage, with no room service, and their subordinates dared not disturb them.

As time passed, the person outside did not leave, and the knocking became more urgent, making them uncertain again. Could it be that some emergency had occurred?

"Go open the door."

Honoka ordered her subordinates to step forward, but she herself slowly retreated to the corner of the wall, pretending to be weak and unable to take care of herself.

The two sorcerers cursed, "Damn it! If it weren't for something urgent, I would have skinned them alive."

The door opened, revealing Song Qianhu's kind face. The two sorcerers were immediately startled, and a talisman slipped from their sleeves into their palms—a Divine Thunder Talisman—which they slapped away, flashing with lightning.

Commander Song was a second-rank martial artist with mastery of the Great Freedom Palm Technique. He unleashed a powerful palm strike, accompanied by a tidal wave of lightning, causing the narrow cabin door to crack and shatter.

Honoka screamed, "Help! Murder!" She was still trying to pretend.

The moment Song Qianhu opened the door, he knew something was wrong with this woman. She was with two enemy sorcerers, completely unharmed, and the sorcerers even had slap marks on their faces. It would be strange if she wasn't suspicious.

Despite all her careful planning, Sui Xiang never expected that she would expose her identity due to a moment of anger.

A second-rank cultivator against two third-rank cultivators, and it was close combat against sorcerers. The Great Freedom Palm was a Heaven-level martial art, focusing on agility, speed, and a wide attack range, known as the Thousand Hands Palm Technique. Faced with a barrage of palm shadows, the two sorcerers were unable to react in time and were knocked down, clutching their chests as all their ribs were broken and embedded in their internal organs, coughing up blood.

Commander Song entered the cabin and coldly stared at Sui Xiang: "Stop pretending, you've given yourself away."

Sui Xiang's eyes hardened as she turned to look at Commander Song. Their eyes met, and a burst of mental energy shot straight into his brain, attempting to shatter his consciousness.

"A petty trick! A crooked path!"

Song Qianhu remained motionless, gathering his true energy in his eyes. A flash of white light appeared, and Sui Xiang screamed as black blood seeped from her eyes.

He grabbed Sui Xiang by the collar like an eagle snatching a chick and dragged her out of the cabin. Outside, the Imperial Guards were also detaining an old man.

He threw Sui Xiang in front of the old man: "This is your beloved woman. A spy from the White Wave Kingdom. I think the secrets you possess have already been obtained by her."

Old man Zhou Gongwei glared angrily at Suixiang: "Why did you lie to me!"

Honoka replied dismissively, "What did I lie to you about? Did I tell you to steal the mechanical heart designs of the Twelve Golden Men of the Gongshu family? Or did I tell you to defect? ​​Weren't those all your own choices?"

Zhou Gongwei said regretfully, "I redeemed you from the brothel. You always wanted this and that, and spent money extravagantly. To satisfy you, I kept embezzling public funds, and in the end, I didn't hesitate to betray the country and take you far away."

Honoka spat, "Oh? You did all this for me? Why don't you tell me you have over a dozen lovers outside? A pickled radish always trying to be the main course, is it even presentable?"

The double entendre pointed out Zhou Gongwei's ambition, but also implied his incompetence, causing him to blush, feel a rush of blood to his head, tilt his head to the side, drool, roll his eyes, and lose consciousness.

Commander Song ignored their dogfighting accusations: "There are two more accomplices inside; take them with you."

When the imperial guards entered to check, they saw the two men in such a terrible state and dared not make a move.

Commander Song said, "A third-rank sorcerer isn't that easy to kill."

Meanwhile, Commander Zhang's attack on the White Wave Kingdom warrior named Noda was not going well. Both were of the upper second rank, and neither could subdue the other. On the other hand, the Four Heroes of Hedong displayed their might, working alongside the Imperial Guards to deal with the White Wave Kingdom warriors as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Ke Moxiong's Dragon Whip and Ouyang Xi's Free and Easy Fan are considered unusual weapons, with tricky attacks. Bai Laomao and Jiang Xiaoya used their fist and foot skills to defend in front, while they assisted in the sneak attacks, taking down their opponents one by one.

Ku Ning was quite lazy. Since the Zhanma Dao (a type of sword) was too valuable to be displayed in front of the Imperial Guards, he seized a standard long sword and used it to cut down martial artists of the seventh or eighth rank. With the help of his mastery of lightness skill, he strolled leisurely from the bow to the stern of the ship.

Wang Sanpao discovered that Ku Ning and his group were wreaking havoc and wanted to join them, but Ku Ning stopped him. The enemy was not weak, and if Wang Sanpao and his group joined in, there would definitely be casualties.

Noda was locked in a stalemate with Commander Zhang, and seeing the heavy casualties among his men, he knew that once reinforcements arrived, his fate would be tragic.

Running away was his only thought. Once he was captured by the Imperial Guards, the White Wave Kingdom would not stand up for him; they might even exterminate his entire family to appease the Celestial Empire's anger.

The Kingdom of Bailang is located in the northeast of the Great Chen Empire. Its people are fearful of power but lack virtue, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and harboring wolfish ambitions. Since the Great Chen Empire began its mechanical revolution, they have followed suit, sending students to study in the Great Chen for a long time, and behaving obsequiously. However, due to their lack of access to cutting-edge technology, driven by their ambition, they often engage in petty theft and thievery.

This country is also a threat to the Great Chen Empire. It is located near the sea route from the Qian Yuan Continent to the Northern Ice Continent, and its people often disguise themselves as pirates to rob merchant ships. The imperial fleet has repeatedly launched raids against them, but they disperse when they leave and regroup when they return, showing their cunning.

A hundred years ago, this country worshipped a heretical sect called the Unlawful Immortal Sect, known as the Unlawful Guild. The Unlawful Guild migrated from the Great Chen Dynasty and was active in the early days of the Great Chen's founding, its influence spreading throughout the northeastern coast. After repeated orders from the founding emperors, it was eventually forced to relocate overseas and disappear. However, in recent years, it has shown signs of resurgence in the Great Chen. Ten years ago, the White Wave Kingdom openly established the Unlawful Guild as its state religion, renaming it the Five Elders Immortal Sect to mislead the Great Chen.

If the Great Chen Empire weren't currently beset by internal and external troubles and unable to spare the resources, it would certainly have sent troops to destroy it.