In the royal palace, there was a royal training ground, built under Jun Mountain.
Before the sky was even light, the sound of “popping” resounded in the martial arts field, and every prince and princess was practising their martial arts skills in the martial arts field.
Yunwu County King had a total of nine sons and thirteen daughters, and as long as they had opened their Divine Martial Mark, they would definitely go to the martial arts training ground every morning. This was a mandatory lesson every day!
Zhang Ruochen had never been to the martial arts training ground before, but today, he was dragged to the martial arts training ground by the Nine County Lord, asking him to make sure he accompanied her to train together.
As expected of a royal family martial arts practice ground, it was seven or eight times bigger than the Lin family’s martial arts practice ground, all of which was paved with one-metre thick white stone slabs.
In the martial arts arena, princes and county lords could spar with each other, and they could also have guards with comparable cultivation levels to accompany them. The
Moreover, every day, there would be an Earth Extreme Realm general patrolling the martial field while instructing the princes and county lords in their cultivation.
“Little County Lord, to cultivate the Wind Chasing Sword Technique, the most important thing is to have a steady pace and a smooth sword technique …… Your left hand is raised a little bit, like me, the sword is like a swift wind, as fast as lightning.”
That one Earth Extreme Realm general was instructing the little county princess to cultivate a human level lower grade sword technique, and while instructing, he was also giving her a demonstration.
The little county princess, who was only six years old and had a delicate and cute face, cupped a small sword in her hand and had already learnt the Wind Chasing Sword Technique in a decent manner.
Seeing the Ninth County Lord and Zhang Ruochen, the Little County Lord’s eyes instantly lit up and ran towards Zhang Ruochen with her sword in hand, her voice a little childish as she said, “You’re Ninth Brother?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the Nine County Lord and nodded, saying, “You know me?”
“Of course! Number one in the end of the year examination, number one in the yellow list, martial arts prodigy. Master said that Ninth Brother’s attainments in the Way of the Sword have reached the high level realm where the sword follows the heart, and that even he can’t compare to Ninth Brother, so I must follow Ninth Brother’s example and cultivate well. Ninth Brother, can you teach me how to practise with the sword? Teach me how to cultivate to the realm where the sword follows the heart?”
Although the little county princess was small in age, she spoke clearly and organisedly, not like a little child in the slightest.
Zhang Ruochen smiled, thinking that the little county princess was cute and said, “Who is your master?”
The Little County Lord pointed towards a general in battle armour not far away and said, “My master is one of the top ten masters of the Forbidden Army, General Hoss.”
As Zhang Ruochen looked towards General Huo Si, Huo Si had already walked over and slightly arched his hand to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “My General Huo Si, I pay my respects to Your Highness, the Ninth Prince.”
Huo Si was an Earth Extremity Realm powerhouse who held an extremely high status in the Forbidden Army. The fact that he was able to bow and salute Zhang Ruochen showed that he valued Zhang Ruochen very highly and did not dare to neglect him.
Those other princes and county lords, who had to treat him like a master, would not get such treatment at all.
“Worthy of being an Earth Extreme Realm powerhouse, the aura on his body is like a mountain or an ocean, giving off a feeling of being unattainable and unfathomable.” Zhang Ruochen nodded gently.
Although it was just a glance, Zhang Ruochen had already guessed Huo Si’s general cultivation level.
Because of Zhang Ruochen’s arrival, the entire martial arts training ground became very lively, and all the princes and county lords stopped their cultivation and curiously walked over.
The Fifth Prince said in a somewhat conspiratorial manner, ”It is said that your cultivation has reached the Great Perfection of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and that you have consecutively defeated ten Yellow Ranked Martial Artists, making you the number one Yellow Ranked Martial Artist in the Yunwu County Kingdom. Fifth Brother is curious, what level of power have you reached? I wonder, can Ninth Brother open our eyes?”
The Sixth Prince sneered, “It is said that even Shui Wenxin, who was the third on the Yellow Ranking, was defeated in Ninth Brother’s hands. Now, everyone says that Ninth Brother has the courage of a million enemies. I wonder with Ninth Brother’s formidable strength, who would be stronger compared to a Xuanji Realm martial artist?”
The young princess and those other princesses all revealed looks of anticipation, in recent times, they had heard a lot of legends about the Ninth Prince, and they all wanted to know if the Ninth Prince was really as powerful as the legends?
“Ninth brother, let third brother come to learn from your mastery, and by the way, let all of your brothers and sisters see your supreme elegance.” The Third Prince walked out from the crowd with a faint smile on his face.
The Third Prince, who was already twenty-eight years old this year, wore a silver robe trimmed with gold, his hands behind his back as he stared at Zhang Ruochen, who stood opposite him, with a smile on his face.
Among the nine sons and thirteen county lords of the Yunwu County King, the Seventh Prince had the highest talent, followed by the Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fifth County Lord, and the Ninth County Lord.
The Seventh Prince, being less than twenty years old, was now an Inner House Disciple of the Yuntai Sect House.
The Second Prince and the Fifth County Lord all worshipped in the Cloud Platform Sect Mansion. Among them, the second prince, who was slightly older, was also already an inner house disciple of the Cloud Platform Sect House, and the fifth county lord was an outer house disciple of the Cloud Platform Sect House.
The Fourth Prince was worshipped in the Martial City Academy Palace last year and became an outer palace disciple of the Martial City Academy Palace.
The Third Prince, who stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, had gone to take the Cloud Terrace Sect House’s Outer House Examination three times, and without exception, each time ended in failure.
Hearing the crowd say that the Ninth Prince was a martial arts prodigy and was able to be able to test into the Yuntai Zongfu, the Third Prince was naturally very unconvinced, which was why he planned to defeat Zhang Ruochen himself as a way to prove his strength.
The Ninth County Lord said with some displeasure, “Third brother, your martial cultivation has already reached the middle stage of the Xuanji Realm, and the Ninth Brother is only at the cultivation of the Great Circle of the Yellow Extremity Realm, so what can you do even if you defeat the Ninth Brother?”
The third prince snorted coldly, “Ninth sister, what do you mean by that? This prince was afraid that ninth brother would become complacent after becoming number one in the Yellow Ranking, which is why he planned to spar with him in martial arts. Besides, even if Ninth Brother were to lose at the hands of this prince, it would be nothing to be ashamed of. After all, this prince is his elder brother, and losing to his own elder brother would be a kind of training for him.”
“Pah-pah!”
Outside the martial arts training ground, a series of applause rang out.
“Your Highness, the Third Prince, well said!”
Lin Chenyu and Lin Mishan came from the distance and entered the martial arts practice ground.
“Greetings to all the princes and county lords.” Lin Chenyu bowed and bowed to the princes and county lords in the martial arts arena, however, there was not the slightest hint of respect on his face, instead, he carried a few sneers.
The Ninth County Lord frowned slightly and said, “Lin Chenyu, Lin Mishan, this is the royal family’s martial arts practice ground, how can you come here?”
Lin Chenyu took out a waist plate and said, “By the Queen Mother’s order, in the future, Muddy Shan and I can also come to the royal family’s martial arts training ground to train our martial arts skills, and in the meantime, we can also spar with all the princes and county lords.”
Afterwards, Lin Chenyu put away his waist plate and revealed a hint of a smile as he said, “Just now, when I heard His Highness the Third Prince’s words, I felt that they made sense. Cousin, could it be that you are afraid that you will lose, if that’s why you don’t dare to spar with His Highness the Third Prince? Or is it that you simply despise His Highness the Third Prince?”
Hearing Lin Chenyu’s words, the Third Prince’s face spiralled into a somewhat cold expression as he said, “Ninth brother, are you afraid to fight this prince or not? Or are you really looking down on me as your third brother?”
Zhang Ruochen looked at the crowd around him and said, “Since, the words have been spoken to this point, then I will spar with Third Brother!”
The Ninth County Lord shook her head at Zhang Ruochen and said, “Ninth Brother, don’t be impulsive, Third Brother is just repeatedly unable to get into the Yuntai Zongfu, so that’s why he wants to defeat you as a way to find a sense of accomplishment.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “Ninth sister, you don’t have to worry, I have my measure.”
After the last few days of cultivation, Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation had progressed again, with the strongest burst of strength reaching ninety-two oxen force.
Even if the Third Prince was at the middle Xuanji Realm, Zhang Ruochen was not without a chance to defeat him.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen agreeing to come down, a hint of a conspiratorial smile appeared at the corner of Lin Chenyu’s mouth. He also felt that the Ninth Prince was just too sharp, and it wouldn’t be fun to use the prince’s hand to thwart him.
A hint of a smile surfaced on the third prince’s face as he said, “Ninth brother, you have to be careful, don’t lose to me in the first move, when that happens, the face of being the number one in the Yellow Ranking will be greatly disgraced.”
“Barbarian Bull Battle Fist.”
What the third prince had unleashed was a human-grade mid-grade military martial skill, Barbarian Bull Battle Fist.
The Barbarian Bull Battle Fist was divided into ten layers.
Cultivating into the first layer, one could strike with the strength of a savage bull.
Cultivating into the second layer, one could strike the power of four savage bulls.
Cultivating into the third layer, one could strike the power of nine savage bulls.
And so on, cultivating into the tenth layer, one could strike the power of a hundred savage oxen.
In the army, many soldiers cultivated the Barbarian Bull Battle Fist, but no one had ever been able to cultivate to the tenth layer before the Xuanji Realm.
The Third Prince had only cultivated into the ninth layer until now, and could burst out with the power of eighty-one bulls.
Although Zhang Ruochen was only at the Great Circle of the Yellow Extremity Realm, his power was far beyond that of a martial artist of the same realm, and even if he didn’t use the Dragon Elephant Like Palm, he could still erupt with the power of eighty-one oxen.
Zhang Ruochen struck out a palm and collided with the Savage Bull Battle Fist struck by the Third Prince.
“Boom!”
A strike was exchanged, and it was evenly split.
Zhang Ruochen flung his sleeves and said, “Is this the strength of a mid Xuanji Realm martial artist?”
“It’s only just begun.”
The Divine Martial Seal at the centre of the Third Prince’s brow lit up as his True Qi infused into his blood. A light red blood qi, escaping from his body, surrounded the Third Prince’s body as if it was a rainbow.
The blood qi was like a rainbow.
Only a martial artist in the middle Xuanji realm could achieve blood qi like a rainbow, forming a red rainbow ring behind them. The darker the colour of the rainbow ring, the stronger the cultivation of the martial artist.
The rainbow ring inspired by the Third Prince was very light, indicating that he had only just reached the middle Xuanji Realm.
The sign of the early Xuanji Realm was a boiling blood qi.
The sign of the middle Xuanji realm was blood qi like a rainbow.
The mark of the late Xuanji realm was blood qi rushing to the sky.
Stimulating the power of blood qi, the Third Prince’s power skyrocketed by a large margin, surprisingly erupting the power of the tenth layer of the Barbarian Bull Battle Fist, each punch was the power of a hundred bulls.
“Boom!”
With just one punch, the Third Prince sent Zhang Ruochen flying.
“This is the strength of the number one martial arts prodigy in the Yellow Ranking? It’s nothing more than that.”
The Third Prince let out a maniacal laugh and stomped his legs like a brute bull, attacking Zhang Ruochen again, throwing eighteen punches in a row.
Zhang Ruochen would take a step back with every punch he received.
