Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

Qin Han nodded.

"Yes, I'm going to Lingjiu Palace for seclusion."

Li Canghai smoothed out his slightly disheveled clothes.

"Things in Lin'an have been getting faster lately. How many days will you need to go?"

Qin Han glanced at the fine lines that were constantly appearing on the back of his hand.

"Three to five days, please cover for my mother and don't let her get involved in these things."

After saying that, he didn't stay to give any further explanation and disappeared as if he had vanished into thin air.

Li Canghai watched him suddenly disappear and uttered a leisurely remark.

"Your lightness skill is truly superb."

She then turned and walked towards the main hall, wondering how to bring it up with her mother-in-law without seeming abrupt.

You can't just say that the groom went to practice martial arts right after the wedding night.

Mei Jian walked over carrying a copper basin and saw that only the First Madam was in the courtyard.

"Madam, you're up so early? Where is the Prince?"

Li Canghai gave the order casually.

"The prince has some urgent business to attend to and has gone out. Go to the back and wake up all the sisters in each household to wash up. In a little while, go to the main hall to serve tea to the mother-in-law."

Although Mei Jian had some doubts, he didn't say anything and turned around to run back to the backyard to knock on the doors of each house to pass on the message.

After more than half an hour, the newly married women from each household gradually arrived at the main hall and gathered together.

Liao Fang sat in the central seat, looking at her daughters-in-law standing in a row in bright red wedding dresses, her smile so wide that the lines around her eyes were squeezed together.

"Where did the Han people go? Why are only you here?"

Li Canghai picked up the prepared tea and took two steps forward, then began to serve tea in front of the wooden chair.

"Mother, my husband said last night that he suddenly had something urgent to attend to and had to go, so he asked me to apologize to you on his behalf."

Liao Fanggang didn't blame him at all after hearing this; on the contrary, the smile on her face was even more obvious than before.

"It's alright, it's alright, we don't stand on ceremony. He has important business to attend to first. Come on, all of you, don't just stand there, come over here."

Lin Daiyu glanced at Xue Baochai beside her, and their eyes met. Neither of them spoke.

Little Dragon Girl stood behind, listening expressionlessly, occasionally turning her head to glance towards the direction of Tianshan Mountain.

Li Mochou curled her lip in disapproval.

"I really don't know how he practices his skills. How could he even break through a barrier while doing that kind of thing?"

Shi Qingxuan covered her mouth and let out a laugh.

Qin Keqing held the teacup in both hands, recalling the strange scent that had washed over her body the night before.

Azhu and Cheng Ying stood side by side in the last row, looking at each other with worry in their eyes, wondering if Qin Han's seclusion would go smoothly.

......

Tianshan Mountains, Lingjiu Palace.

Qin Han stopped at the Jietian Bridge, and the mountain wind blew over, carrying a little bit of snow, which hit his clothes.

Upon seeing the King of Qin, Cheng Qingshuang, who was on duty on the opposite side, immediately bowed.

"Your Highness, what brings you here so suddenly?"

Qin Han didn't stop, heading straight towards the direction where he and Li Canghai had previously secluded themselves for cultivation.

"I'm going into seclusion later. Leave a hundred paces of space outside the stone chamber at the back of the mountain. No one is allowed to take a single step closer."

This was the first time Cheng Qingshuang had seen the prince's serious expression, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions and lowered her head, clenching her fists tightly.

"Yes, I'll immediately lead men to block the road up the mountain."

After entering the training stone chamber, Qin Han sat cross-legged on the futon, his hands folded and resting on his thighs.

After the grand wedding last night, the fortune of all the ladies was transferred into his body through physical intimacy.

Previously, being the female lead only increased one's luck; now, welcoming her in with three coal mines, six betrothal gifts, and eight sedan chairs allows one to share in the female lead's fortune.

A faint buzzing sound came from the closed stone chamber. Several beams of light of different colors appeared around Qin Han's Baihui acupoint on his head, floating around the wall little by little.

He pushed his true energy to its limit to suppress the light, and began to rapidly circulate the Dragon God Technique in his dantian below his navel.

The dragon pattern pasted on the skin below the collar deformed with each breath, and sounds emanated from deep within the bones of the body.

This is the phenomenon of transforming true qi into true essence, perceiving the natural world, and understanding the unity of heaven and man.

The noise traveled along the stone slab to the outside, and only those with extremely profound skills could detect the unusual fluctuations in the air.

Xie Xiaofeng, who was lying halfway up the mountain, suddenly opened his eyes, got up and looked at the peak of Lingjiu Palace.

"Didn't that Venerable Li break through? Could it be that he's in seclusion this time because of the King of Qin? He actually reached that threshold right after his wedding."

Xie Xiaodi was squatting in the yard practicing horse stance when he saw his own father looking at him with envy.

He looked completely bewildered.

"Dad, there's nobody around here. What are you envious of?"

Xie Xiaofeng glanced at his son outside practicing his basic skills.

"You don't understand now, but you will when you reach your father's age and level of understanding."

He gave a perfunctory reply, but the long-standing resentment in his heart was stirred up by the atmosphere outside.

He himself has been stuck at that juncture for who knows how many years.

When he retired from the martial world, besides not wanting to continue killing for the Divine Sword Manor, he also wanted to live a carefree life and appreciate the world and nature.

Now that we see the Qin and Han dynasties about to surpass us and cross that threshold, it would be pure self-deception to say that we have absolutely no thoughts about it.

But when he turned around and saw Xie Xiaodi practicing his skills so earnestly, he suppressed the impulse that had just arisen.

"I'll ask them for guidance once Xiao Di has mastered all my sword techniques."

......

Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the stone chamber, Qin Han continued to circulate the Great Heavenly Cycle, transforming all the true energy in his meridians into true essence, which flowed back and forth along the various acupoints.

This caused his skin to alternate between being bright red and completely bloodless.

The invisible barrier that was preventing the breakthrough began to loosen slowly after a short time under the impact of the true essence energy at a higher level.

The spirit of Qin and Han suddenly entered a state of ethereal tranquility, and the bottleneck was gradually being broken through.

The rapid flow of true energy inside the room created a gust of wind, causing the heavy stone door to creak and groan, with a faint light peeking through the cracks.

Even the guards outside were having trouble breathing.

Cheng Qingshuang stood guard a hundred meters away as instructed, and a gust of wind just now almost cut her.

"Why is the commotion surrounding the Prince's seclusion even greater than that of the First Madam?"

He continued to stand guard there for several days, during which time other disciples would bring him food.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The strong wind in the room subsided, and Qin Han slowly opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed.

The true energy that had been surging under the skin all gathered together, and finally, they overcame this hurdle.

He straightened his legs from the futon, raised his hands and moved his fingers and joints slightly. Even the most inconspicuous movement made him feel the power flowing through his muscles and bones.

"We've finally made it through."

If Xie Xiaofeng had heard these words, he would have been so angry that he would have drawn his sword on the spot.

What does it mean to have "endured" or "made it"?

I've been working hard for decades, why haven't I succeeded yet!