Chapter 8: Watching the Dark Battle at Night Daqian, Beichang Street. It is close to the imperial palace and government offices, and is where most of the court ministers live. In a two-entrance courtyard. "Eunuch Li, have you made any progress on the matter I asked you to investigate last time?" Qin Baijun stared at the eunuch in front of him. "Originally, we shouldn't spread the palace's affairs, but Master Qin and Her Royal Highness the Princess are fellow disciples, Lingxu Sect and the court have always been on good terms, and your father has also taken on the position of a priest in my palace, so he is also considered a family member, so we will speak frankly and not hide it." At this point, Li Haiming paused for a moment. "There was indeed a strange thing eight months ago. That night, His Majesty was furious and smashed his favorite Songhua Imperial Inkstone into pieces. The next day, Prince Gu was demoted by one rank. Prince Gu Yuanxuan was abolished and sent to the frontier because of the incident of robbing a woman six months ago. He was killed by bandits less than 300 miles away from Kyoto. Ha, it's strange that there would be bandits near the imperial capital. Isn't this taking a nap under the tiger's mouth?" "You mean, the baby in Miaoxuan's belly is the grandson of Prince Gu? He died eight months ago?" Qin Baijun's expression was grim. Even though he had known about this for several months, he still couldn't remain calm. "I never said that Her Royal Highness the Princess was pregnant. Mr. Qin, please don't talk nonsense about such things. I just mentioned that such a strange thing happened September ago." Li Haiming's tone was a little sharp. Qin Baijun ignored Li Haiming's words, which were just an attempt to cover up his mistake. He took out a box from his sleeve, put it on the table and pushed it over, saying, "Thank you for this matter, Eunuch Li. This box contains a Leopard Embryo Muscle-Cleaning Pill made exclusively by my Lingxu Sect. It's a small token of my appreciation." Li Haiming was overjoyed. He took it with both hands, opened it and took a look, then carefully put it into his waist pocket. He then stood up with a smile on his face and bowed: "I thank Mr. Qin on behalf of my nephew."
"You're welcome. I wish your nephew success in his training soon." "Thank you very much, thank you very much. I wish you good luck. By the way, Mr. Qin, there is one more thing. I don't know whether it is true or not. I heard that Prince Gu has a bastard named... Gu Yuanqing. He was also taken away by the guards during those days. I heard that he was sent to Beiquan Mountain and imprisoned." Qin Baijun stood up suddenly after hearing this: "What does Eunuch Li mean by this?" "I have only heard about it, maybe it's just a rumor. As for whether it's true or not, Master Qin will naturally make the judgment. You can't leave the palace for too long, so I won't bother you anymore. Goodbye!" Li Haimingdao bowed while holding the whisk, took three steps back and turned to leave. "Gu Yuanqing? How dare he, a mere bastard of the Gu family, do this?" Qin Baijun had a gloomy expression. He left in grief and anger that day. After a month, he still felt unwilling to give in, and even his spiritual practice was affected by it. After inquiring, it turned out that there was no news about the wedding of Princess Li Miaoxuan of Daqian, so it was speculated that she was secretly pregnant. If it was a formal marriage, it would be fine, but how could he tolerate it now? He returned to the capital, but he couldn't even see Li Miaoxuan. He secretly investigated the matter and thought that the boy was from a famous noble family and a favored child of heaven. But now he learned that he was actually a bastard. He was extremely angry and all his emotions turned into murderous intent. "In Beiquan Mountain?" Qin Baijun's voice was low and murderous. …… On Beiquan Mountain, Gu Yuanqing was in a very good mood. With a breakthrough in spiritual practice, the road ahead will be smooth. Apart from some unhappiness about having no one to talk to, everything was fine. In the morning, he gathered the Heavenly Gang, in the evening, he gathered the Earthly Evils, and at midnight, he used the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice his skills. His practice improved with each passing day. Once he became a master, he could go anywhere in the world. His swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds, and the Seven Swords of the Big Dipper had already entered the realm of the master, and the embryonic form of sword intent was quietly growing. He didn't know how strong he was at the moment, but he expected that ordinary low-level Zhenwu were no match for him. At night, after practicing, he lay on the bed and began to watch the mountains. He merged with Beiquan Mountain and felt the communication between the mountain and the world. His spiritual consciousness was nourished and grew in this state of half-sleep. All the methods of refining the spirit in the secret books were not as good as watching the mountains. Suddenly, he woke up from the mysterious state and saw two figures breaking into the territory of Beiquan Mountain from the western cliff.
Both of them were dressed in black, with black cloth covering their faces and long swords on their backs, standard nightwear. Their cultivation was also quite good, and they walked on the steep cliffs as if they were on flat ground, and in the blink of an eye they reached the middle of the mountain. "Is he also after the Beiquan Mountain treasure? Is he an accomplice of that old man?" While Gu Yuanqing was thinking, he saw the two men bump into an old man who came out of the cave. All three of them were doing shameful things. They were all shocked when they looked at each other, and almost naturally reacted by taking action. The old man had already drawn the hatchet from his waist, and the sword light swept towards the two people opposite him. The two men also drew the long swords on their backs, and their swords were like swimming dragons. Clank, clang, clang, a series of sounds of weapons clashing were heard. "Hey, it looks like a sword technique, but it actually has the shadow of Beidou sword technique! Could it be that this old man was a disciple of Beiquan Sword School?" Gu Yuanqing had extraordinary sword skills and had practiced Beidou sword technique. He could "see" the charm of it at just one glance. "It's interesting that they are not accomplices." Gu Yuanqing watched with great interest. In the past, his cultivation was too low, so he mostly saw ordinary Yuanshi fighting. Occasionally, he saw masters of the Zhenwu realm fighting, but he couldn't see it clearly. Now, of course, things are different. This battle is much more interesting than the previous fights I watched on TV. "Tsk tsk, the speed is really fast. However, the swordsmanship is just ordinary. I can see at least two or three flaws in every sword strike." Gu Yuanqing shook his head repeatedly. "This old man is not that good either. Didn't he see that? If the move just now was changed to Pan Gen Zhi Yan, and then changed to Bo Yun Jian Ri, it would immediately be possible... Oh, no, when Bo Yun Jian Ri was lifted up, it would just reveal a flaw that could be sold to another person." Gu Yuanqing was gradually brought into it, and some insights into swordsmanship that he had never had before came to his mind. After all, although his swordsmanship was good, he had no experience in actual combat, and practicing swordsmanship was completely different from fighting. Just as I was watching with fascination, suddenly the old man's moves changed, and the hatchet in his hand emitted a three-inch long sword light, and the seemingly false sword technique was replaced by the real Beidou sword technique. The two men in black were caught off guard, and two sword lights broke through their swords almost at the same time and landed on them. A flash of blood spurted out, and both of them fell down from halfway up the mountain with a groan. The old man looked down and did not chase after him. Instead, he quickly went up the mountain and returned to his residence. "It ended so suddenly? This is such a bad ending." Gu Yuanqing was stunned. He hadn't seen enough yet. It was like watching a movie and suddenly the power went out at the exciting part. However, he immediately understood the reason. A figure wearing helmet and armor came from a distance. Above his body, the shadow of a goshawk appeared. With every step he took, the wings of the goshawk would flap, making his movements as fast as lightning! (End of this chapter)
