Ten Thousand Sword Masters

Upon hearing Tan Bibo's words, a hint of disappointment flashed across Yao Xinran's face, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Uncle Tan, thank you for coming to save me. I will repay you when we return to the capital." Yao Xinran smiled warmly.

Hearing this, Tan Bibo sighed slightly. He knew that Yao Xinran had refused to accept the Imperial Clan Court's suggestion and wanted to continue traveling the world.

"Princess, you still haven't traveled to Yazhou, Yuezhou, and Dongzhou, right?" Tan Bibo asked.

"Only these three states remain." Yao Xinran nodded.

Seeing Yao Xinran's calm and composed demeanor, Tan Bibo took out a talisman from his storage ring.

"This is an Earth Escape Talisman. After use, it will allow you to burrow underground to a place thousands of miles away. It might save your life in a critical moment," Tan Bibo said.

"Uncle Tan, I can't accept your things." Yao Xinran waved her hand in refusal. She knew that Tan Bibo's rescue of her this time was in accordance with the rules of the Imperial Clan Court, but giving away the Earth Escape Talisman was a personal act, and doing so would incur the hostility of the other princesses.

"Princess, please accept this without worry. I don't need to worry about anyone's opinion when I do things," Tan Bibo said.

"This..." Yao Xinran hesitated.

"Princess, please accept it. Master Tan means well," Liu Dong advised.

"Princess, please accept it."

"Princess, having the Earth-遁符 (Earth-遁符) provides an extra layer of protection and reduces everyone's stress, allowing for a better travel experience."

The other guards also tried to persuade him.

"Xinran, please accept it." At this moment, Tan Bibo called Yao Xinran's name affectionately, just as he had when she was a child.

Instantly, tears welled up in Yao Xinran's eyes. Controlling her emotions and stopping her tears, Yao Xinran accepted the Earth Escape Talisman.

"I'll see you off from Kaiyang County," Tan Bibo said.

"Thank you, Uncle Tan, but I'm still traveling and can't break the rules," Yao Xinran said with a smile.

Infected by Yao Xinran's smile, Tan Bibo also smiled, "Then I'll wait for you to come back to repay me in the capital."

"I will definitely return to the capital to repay you." Yao Xinran smiled even more happily.

"I believe you. You can go ahead and leave. I'll watch you go, okay?" Tan Bibo said.

"Of course," Yao Xinran said happily.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Xinran bid farewell to Tan Bibo and headed towards Kaiyang City with Zhang Jianyun and six guards.

Yao Xinran first returned to Cangxi Town to retrieve the horses she had previously left at the inn, then bought a good horse for Zhang Jianyun, before heading to Kaiyang City.

The journey was uneventful, and we arrived in Kaiyang City without incident.

Yao Xinran had a good attitude and showed no fear despite having been attacked by a powerful person. She wandered around like an ordinary person and even bought some small things on the street to give to her friends in the capital.

Zhang Jianyun was somewhat surprised to see Yao Xinran put these things directly into her storage ring.

"Princess, by using your storage ring in public like this, aren't you just revealing that you're not an ordinary person?" Zhang Jianyun whispered.

"It's already been exposed, so it doesn't matter anymore," Yao Xinran said.

"Princess, everyone should still be careful. Even if some people know your identity, not everyone does. It would be better for you to be cautious, which would reduce or delay some troubles from coming," Zhang Jianyun said.

Upon hearing this, Yao Xinran calmed down a bit. She stopped putting the remaining small gifts into her storage ring and went straight to the inn.

"Jianyun, let's hide in your divine realm for three days," Yao Xinran said.

"Sure, but we'll need to buy three days' worth of food and water," Zhang Jianyun said.

"Liu Dong, go and buy enough for several days. Then secretly find six adults who are about our size and have them stay in our room for three days," Yao Xinran instructed.

"I understand," Liu Dong said, and then left the room.

Before long, Liu Dong returned with the purchases.

"Those six people will come to the inn at night with a group of people, and then they will check into our rooms one by one," Liu Dong said.

"Alright, then let's hide in the divine realm."

Immediately, Zhang Jianyun took Yao Xinran and the others into the Divine Realm.

"Jianyun, I have a human skin mask here. Wear it in a moment, then change your clothes. Three days later, leave the Divine Realm and head to Spring Rice City. Once you arrive in Spring Rice City, find a house and release us. After that, we'll go on a journey. Just blend into the crowd and follow behind us," Yao Xinran said.

"Okay." Zhang Jianyun nodded.

"Princess, aren't we cheating by doing this? We should have just brought Master Tan into the Divine Realm earlier, so we could have just summoned him out if we encountered any danger," Liu Dong reminded her.

"Bringing Uncle Tan along changes everything. At most, we're just being clever, and the Imperial Clan Court will turn a blind eye. But if we bring Uncle Tan along, even if the Imperial Clan Court doesn't react, the other princesses will seize on this and deny that I've traveled here," Yao Xinran explained.

"Princess, you're gambling. What if the Imperial Clan Court also seizes you and won't let you go?" Liu Dong asked, frowning.

"No, as long as the whole world doesn't know," Yao Xinran said.

After a moment of silence, Liu Dong said, "Then how do you explain our sudden appearance in a town?"

"I still have many human skin masks. With so many people coming and going, who knows which one is me? Even those powerful supernatural beings only found me by chance," Yao Xinran said.

"What if Uncle Zhu can't find us either?" The Uncle Zhu that Liu Dong mentioned was Zhu Song, an Eight-Phase Realm expert who secretly protected the Third Princess.

"If even Uncle Zhu can't find us, doesn't that prove we're safe?" Yao Xinran said.

Seeing Yao Xinran regain her confidence, Liu Dong said no more and could only pray that things would not be exposed.

Three days later, Yao Xinran decided to hide for another three days.

Six days later, Zhang Jianyun left the Divine Realm and reappeared in the inn. He then found a caravan and followed it to Spring Rice City.

Zhang Jianyun asked for a carriage from the caravan. When the caravan leader saw that Zhang Jianyun, a grown man, actually wanted to ride in a carriage, he looked at him strangely. However, unable to resist the temptation of money, he still arranged a carriage for Zhang Jianyun.

After arriving in Chundao City by carriage, Zhang Jianyun bought the carriage and then found a vacant courtyard for rent. Of course, he asked Yao Xinran to reimburse him for all the expenses.

Zhang Jianyun released Yao Xinran and the others from the divine realm and placed them in the carriage. The group pretended to be tired as they got off the carriage.

"Jianyun, you go shopping with Liu Dong," Yao Xinran suddenly said.

"Public~"

"Call me Zhang Xu," Yao Xinran said.

"Xu~ Brother Xu, Jianyun has gone out. Are you safe?" Liu Dong asked worriedly.

"My luck won't be that bad," Yao Xinran said, looking at the sky.

"Don't gamble now. Let the others go out with Liu Dong," Zhang Jianyun said.

"I'm going out with Liu Dong," said the guard Yuan Wu.

"Alright, you two get out," Yao Xinran said.

"You have the aura of a dynasty descending upon you, which is easily noticeable to people within the system. Is there any way to conceal it?" Zhang Jianyun asked.

"The Dragon Balls can mask the aura of luck on my body, but I don't have any Dragon Balls," Yao Xinran said.

"We need to find a way to get a Dragon Ball," Zhang Jianyun said. "Come with me. I know someone in Chundao City. I'll ask him if he knows if we can get a Dragon Ball around here."

"No need to ask. There is a Sishui River outside Chundao City, and there is a dragon in the river. If you kill the dragon, you can get the dragon pearl, but we don't have the power to kill the dragon," Yao Xinran said.

I like the Ten Thousand Swords Master.