Chapter 16 Concubine Duan's Suspicion

"Your Majesty was helpless back then, so he proposed the marriage."

As if she had noticed something, Tan Qingyun comforted him, "The dynasty was plagued by internal and external troubles back then, and was completely unable to deal with the invasion of the mountain barbarians. If it weren't for your majesty's proposal, I'm afraid the entire dynasty would have been in crisis."

"And no one thought that the old mountain king would die so early. This was unpredictable."

Knowing that Tan Qingyun was trying to comfort him, Ning Zhongyu's actions were really too embarrassing to watch.

Embracing Tan Qingyun, Lu Changjing sighed, "Don't worry, things will get better in the future. When my magical power is perfected, I will make those who bullied me die."

The figures of Cao Wenzhen and Ning Zhongyu appeared in his mind, but in Tan Qingyun's mind, the figures of the mountain barbarians, the State of Song, the State of Zhao... appeared. She couldn't help but admire Your Majesty's grand ambitions.

After chatting about private matters for a while, Tan Qingyun was ready to leave.

Holding Lu Changjing's neck, she was reluctant to leave: "Your Majesty, the last time I went back, I met Concubine Duan. She seemed to be suspicious and has been asking the palace maids to inquire about my situation during this period of time."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to come as often in the future. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

"Concubine Duan didn't notice that you came to my place, right?" Lu Changjing frowned.

Tan Qingyun shook her head: "No, I met her in the Imperial Garden, which is quite a distance from the Imperial Study."

"That's good. If Concubine Duan knew about our closeness, she would definitely make a fuss given her personality." Lu Changjing breathed a sigh of relief.

Tan Qingyun smiled and said, "I want to spend more time alone with Your Majesty so that the other concubines won't know."

Pinching her little face, Lu Changjing sent her out of the imperial study.

Watching the girl's figure disappear like a civet cat, Lu Changjing reluctantly returned to the dragon-carved wooden table.

It was his first time tasting the loveliness of a young girl, and a girl so beautiful and charming that he wished he could be with her all the time.

Upon learning that Tan Qingyun would come less frequently in the future, Lu Changjing naturally felt a little uncomfortable.

However, I can take advantage of this time to practice well. In addition to the realm of cultivation, I am also about to master the Imperial Dragon Step, so I must intensify my practice.

When practicing these imperial combat skills, Lu Changjing discovered why these imperial combat skills were based on imperial body-building exercises.

The reason is simple. Although these imperial fighting skills are incredibly powerful, when they are practiced, they are not taken into consideration at all and will bring great pressure and damage to the human body.

Without the powerful recovery ability of the Imperial Body Tempering Technique as a foundation, it would not be possible to practice it for very long before various parts of the body would be damaged.

For example, when practicing the Huangji Youlongbu, the feet and legs are the most oppressed and damaged, followed by other parts of the body.

There is also the Imperial Sword Technique, which causes astonishing pressure and damage to the wrists and arms during practice, far exceeding the normal sword technique by ten or a hundred times. Secondly, it also causes considerable pressure and damage to the upper body and legs.

Other techniques such as the Imperial Supreme World Secret, the Imperial Dragon Soul Sutra, the Imperial Four Tribulations... will also compress and damage different parts of the body when practicing and performing them.

The so-called Supreme Emperor is the most powerful one, possessing ultimate power. Whether it is combat effectiveness or improvement speed, it far exceeds other martial arts and fighting skills.

But there is a corresponding price to pay, and that price is your own body and even your life.

Only the extremely strong defense, recovery and endurance of the Imperial Body Tempering Skill... can make one not afraid of such oppression and damage.

Even so, tens of thousands of years ago, when practicing the Imperial Divine Art system, the Ning royal family also needed to practice the Imperial Body Strengthening Art to a certain level before they dared to practice other martial arts. If Lu Changjing had not practiced the Five Elements Golden Body Art and had the physical strengthening and recovery effects brought by the Immortal Demon Body, he would not dare to practice the Imperial Dragon Step now.

To be honest, the difficulty of comprehending and practicing the Huangji Divine Art system is not too great. The main problem is that the damage to oneself is too alarming.

However, Lu Changjing's current talent and aptitude are limited, and he has to spend a lot of time on improving his cultivation level. Apart from the Five Elements Golden Body Technique, only the Imperial Dragon Step is close to entry.

"Whoosh..."

A few days later, Lu Changjing moved his feet, and his body flew like a dragon, easily leaping dozens of meters away.

The posture is graceful, the movements are agile and silent.

It's only an entry-level skill, but its power exceeds that of most mortal-level physical skills that have been fully cultivated. It is truly a top-level magical skill.

However, feeling the slightly soreness in his right foot and leg, Lu Changjing was also somewhat surprised by the oppression and backlash of the Huangji Youlong Bu.

You should know that his physical fitness has reached more than fifty times that of ordinary people. Even so, he can still feel the oppression and backlash brought by the Emperor's Wandering Dragon Step.

If it were an ordinary sixth-level warrior, this blow would be enough to break the opponent's legs.

No wonder even those who were members of the Ning royal family had to practice the Huangji Divine Art system first to the extremely high level of Huangji Body Tempering Art.

As for today, the requirements are even more stringent. Ning Zhongyu also practiced the Five Elements Golden Body Technique for many years before he began to practice the Imperial Dragon Steps, Imperial Swordsmanship, Imperial Dragon Soul Sutra, etc.

With the entry of Huangji Youlongbu, Lu Changjing's ability to protect his life has greatly increased. From then on, he can practice step by step until the day of perfection.

However, according to Lu Changjing's speculation, without a physical fitness that is a hundred times better than that of an ordinary person and extremely strong recovery ability, it would be difficult to achieve even a small success, let alone the subsequent great success and perfection.

The road is long and far away, and I will search up and down.

After Huangji Youlongbu entered the door, he planned to practice Huangji Dragon Soul Sutra to the first level first, so that he could better sense the movements around him.

With the perception ability brought by a strong physique, Cao Wenzhen's whereabouts can be discovered earlier, so that he will not approach silently later.

After these days of contemplation and practice, the Imperial Dragon Soul Sutra is very close to completing the first level.

This spiritual practice is very powerful. The cultivated imperial spiritual power is extremely sharp, and both its lethality and detection capabilities are extremely strong, but the corresponding oppression to the spiritual sea is also terrible.

If you are not careful, you may hurt your spiritual sea.

As everyone knows, once the spiritual sea is damaged, it is very difficult to repair it. Therefore, the royal family of Daning in the past would generally start practicing the Imperial Dragon Soul Sutra after they had trained to become a master.

However, Lu Changjing has an immortal demonic body, so he can practice the Imperial Dragon Soul Sutra in advance.

Even with Lu Changjing's current physical condition, he would feel tired after practicing the Imperial Dragon Steps for more than an hour every day, and could only switch to the Five Elements Golden Body Technique or the Imperial Dragon Soul Sutra.

He also did not give up the Imperial Sword Technique and was able to cultivate the first level very quickly.

However, before that, the speed of practicing the Five Elements Golden Body Technique was much faster, and it seemed that he was approaching the realm of internal cultivation.

(End of this chapter)