Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 553 Is it so hard for her?
On the stage, the performance match between the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess was going on, but Princess Ankang and Li Xuan in the audience started to make a fuss.

"Hey, hey, hey, you two, calm down."

The eighth prince said on the side.

But Li Xuan and Princess Ankang had no intention of listening to him as they were already in a mess.

Princess Yuanan sat nearby, staring at him with eyes full of envy.

Suddenly, Li Xuan's tail accidentally rubbed the back of her hand, which made Princess Yuanan blush and her heart beat wildly.

"Xuan's tail is so soft."

Princess Yuanan stroked the back of her hand, recalling the previous touch.

The Seventh Princess was sleeping on the table. Li Xuan accidentally hit her head. She looked around in a daze, then lay down again in a daze and went back to sleep.

The Fifth Prince looked at this small table, which had so many talented people sitting on it, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

“They are all talented!”

Originally, the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess on the arena were concentrating on their own competition.

But as the noise from the audience grew louder, their attention was inevitably distracted.

When they noticed that they were competing seriously on the stage, the people below just started having fun on their own, showing no respect for them at all.

Veins on the heads of the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess popped up almost at the same time, and they both became angry.

The two exchanged a few more moves, then stopped fighting.

"Hey, what do you mean by that table?"

"Do you look down on my and Third Brother's cultivation?"

"In that case, why don't you come up and compete with me?"

"You were afraid of Third Brother just now, but you are not afraid of me too, right?"

The Ninth Princess spoke to Princess Ankang and the others at the table in a hostile tone.

The Ninth Princess had a cold look in her eyes and her head slightly tilted up. She looked down at them on the arena, with no disguising the contempt in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Sister Nine."

"My Ah Xuan is so naughty. I'm really sorry."

"We didn't mean to be rude, please forgive us, brothers and sisters."

Seeing that the Ninth Princess was angry, Princess Ankang immediately held Li Xuan in her arms and politely apologized to the two people on the stage.

Li Xuan was held down by Princess Ankang and also apologized.

The expressions on the faces of the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess suddenly became strange.

Especially for the Ninth Princess, this was quite different from what she had expected.

"you you……"

Princess Ankang's sudden respectful apology left the Ninth Princess speechless.

Faced with the Ninth Princess's arrogant words, the Eighth Prince was the first to quit.

"Hmph, why don't you dare?"

The eighth prince stood up with great ambition, as if he was going to compete on stage.

When the third prince came to him just now, he was timid.

Now that the Ninth Princess has challenged him, he strikes back with a powerful punch.

The Ninth Princess and the Eighth Prince both have an eighth-grade cultivation level. They are of similar age, except that the Ninth Princess has more experience in military training.

If a real fight breaks out, it's hard to say who will win or lose.

Seeing the Eighth Prince getting arrogant, the Third Prince on the stage glared at the Eighth Prince and said, "Huh?"

The Eighth Prince immediately lowered his head and sat back down, muttering:
"She challenged me, not me challenging her, so why should she be so fierce?"

The Fifth Prince, who was standing by, looked at the Ninth Princess and seemed eager to try.

They all had cultivation at the eighth level, and there wasn't a huge difference between them, so they were all very confident in themselves.

The Third Prince asked the Ninth Princess a few questions in a low voice. When she nodded, he immediately stepped down from the arena and handed it over to her.

Anyway, no one responded to his previous challenge, so standing there would only embarrass himself.

A duel requires the consent of both parties, which prevents the Third Prince from fully displaying his skills.

He actually wanted to call up those people whom he disliked and teach them a lesson one by one.

But the restrictions of the rules only allowed him to think about it at most.

The others are not fools, so why would they use them as punching bags for the Third Prince?

However, after the Third Prince went down, many people began to have some ideas when they saw the Ninth Princess left alone on the stage.

Among the princes and princesses, only the older ones have good cultivation.

Among them, there are some like the Seventh Princess and Princess Yuanan who are unwilling to practice martial arts.

Generally speaking, regardless of whether the princes and princesses have talent or not, they will practice to a certain level.

This will be of great benefit to future life, as a warrior's strong physique can also prevent most common diseases and is very helpful for enjoying wealth and glory.

But there are many people who are unwilling to accept such benefits.

Some people think that practicing martial arts is too hard. Even if the royal family has prepared all the necessary resources to make the process extremely easy, there are still people who don't want to endure even this little bit of hardship.

Others have no interest in practicing martial arts at all and are very averse to it for various reasons.

The Seventh Princess and Princess Yuanan are typical examples.

The Seventh Princess is obsessed with stargazing and spends her days catching up on sleep, so she has no time to practice martial arts.

Princess Yuanan was a little special, and she had mentioned this to her friends.

The biggest reason why Princess Yuan An doesn't practice martial arts is because of her evil sister.

No matter how Princess Yuanan practiced, she could never be as good as her sister, and she would always be compared with her sister, so she simply gave up the idea.

Princess Yuan An herself said that she has always been compared to her sister since she was a child, from the way she eats and walks to her personality and cultivation, as if Princess Yuan An was born to be the negative example of Princess Chao.

In addition, Empress Wu did not care much about her youngest daughter, which made Princess Yuan'an even more rebellious. She spent her days doing nothing but having fun, and never did anything that might be related to Princess Yanzhao. Coincidentally, those things were considered "serious business" by the adults.

In fact, many people in the palace already regarded Princess Yuanan as "Little Eighth".

However, because Princess Yuanan had a mother who was the queen, she didn’t have as many friends as the Eighth Prince and could only play with her own attendants.

When Li Xuan first met Princess Yuan'an, she was flying a kite with her attendants in a remote and deserted bamboo forest.

After all, when others see her, they can't help but point fingers at her.

"Look, that's Princess Yan Zhao's biological sister."

"Why is there such a big difference between a father and a mother?"

Naturally, no one dared to say these words in front of Princess Yuan An, but she could feel it.

Those scrutinizing looks, surprised expressions, unexpected reactions...

All of them hurt Princess Yuanan's sensitive heart.

In short, there were many princes and princesses who did not practice martial arts for various reasons.

But the Ninth Princess seemed to have not noticed the eagerness of others, and just said to Princess Ankang:

"Ankang, do you dare to come up and spar with me?" "Don't worry, I know you have no skills, I will definitely show mercy."

The Ninth Princess said in a condescending tone.

In her opinion, Princess Ankang was able to win so many games throughout the year just because of luck.

She had long heard how ridiculous the previous competitions were. Some of the competitions did not even assess individuals, but instead let the pet cats and dogs compete.

The Ninth Princess believed that it was these competitions that gave Princess Ankang the opportunity to take advantage of. Otherwise, based on her real ability, how could Princess Ankang have won?

Among all the princes and princesses present, the ones who were most dissatisfied with Princess Ankang were naturally the Third Prince and the Ninth Princess who joined the Imperial Garden Competition later.

They all thought that the matches they participated in were unfair, and if they had to fight with real swords and guns, there would be no room for others to take care of them.

Looking at the Ninth Princess's attitude, Li Xuan just shook his head slightly.

"Innocent!"

"cute!"

Li Xuan made two comments about the Ninth Princess.

When the gap is wide enough, even being provoked will just be funny.

Li Xuan was certain that no one below the third rank could defeat Princess Ankang.

He, the destined one who has cultivated the yin and yang energies, said this!
Seeing that the Ninth Princess was interested in Princess Ankang, the Eighth Prince and others couldn't help but look at Princess Ankang.

As long as Princess Ankang feels embarrassed, the Eighth Prince and the Fifth Prince will naturally step forward to deal with it. Anyway, they both need to perform in today's competition, and the Ninth Princess is indeed a very suitable opponent.

As a result, Princess Ankang was not annoyed at all by the Ninth Princess's aggressive pressure, and she responded with a smile.

"Since the Ninth Princess has invited me so kindly, Ankang will not refuse."

Seeing Princess Ankang agreed, the Ninth Princess couldn't help but show surprise.

Then she saw Princess Ankang hand the black cat in her arms to the care of her attendant, and then she walked up the steps and onto the arena.

The Ninth Princess looked at Princess Ankang who was standing opposite her and couldn't help but praise her:
"You are more straightforward than some losers."

Offstage, someone immediately said indignantly: "Hey, who are you calling a loser?"

The Fifth Prince hastily comforted the Eighth Prince who was standing beside him, and said, "Don't get excited. If you have done something wrong, correct it. If you have not done anything wrong, try to improve yourself."

The Eighth Prince immediately looked at him, feeling that this was a bit strange.

But at this time, Princess Ankang and the Ninth Princess on the stage were ready to start the competition.

"Ankang, be careful!"

The Ninth Princess gave a reminder and then raised her hand and moved forward, quickly approaching Princess Ankang with her graceful figure.

The distance between the two was shortened in a blink of an eye, and the Ninth Princess had already approached to a dangerous distance, but at this time Princess Ankang was still standing there motionless, as if she had not reacted.

From the moment Princess Ankang accepted the challenge, the Ninth Princess had already decided how to resolve the battle.

She wanted to imitate the Third Prince and knock Princess Ankang off the stage cleanly and efficiently, so that everyone could see how fragile the true strength of this person at the top of the standings was.

The Ninth Princess pushed with her palm, intending to push Princess Ankang directly off the stage.

At this time, the Ninth Princess discovered that Princess Ankang's eyes didn't even have time to catch her figure, and she was still staring blankly in the direction where she had just stood.

"The response was too slow."

"This is the gap between warriors and ordinary people."

The Ninth Princess thought to herself that victory was within her grasp.

But just as the Ninth Princess had this thought, when she came to her senses, she discovered that Princess Ankang's eyes had been fixed on her, but they were full of confusion and curiosity, without any sign of vigilance at all.

The next moment, the Ninth Princess's palm strike that was sure to win actually missed.

Princess Ankang simply moved to the side, allowing the Ninth Princess' attack to brush past her sleeve and hit the empty space.

The Ninth Princess opened her eyes wide in shock, unable to hide her shock.

Then, the Ninth Princess heard the voice of Princess Ankang:

"My dear sister, you are so polite."

"Actually, you don't have to ask me to do so much."

The two of them were now almost close to each other. Princess Ankang leaned forward slightly and whispered close to the Ninth Princess' ear.

There was not a trace of affectation in Princess Ankang's words; they were extremely sincere.

But to the Ninth Princess' ears, it sounded extremely harsh.

The Ninth Princess didn't say much. She bit her lip and launched an attack.

In order to knock Princess Ankang off the arena in one fell swoop, she used a push but did not hold back. She attacked at the maximum speed, hoping to make Princess Ankang realize the gap between them.

But when Princess Ankang dodged the attack earlier, even the Ninth Princess couldn't figure out what was going on.

Father, like son.

However, many people in the audience saw some clues.

The eldest prince and the fourth prince looked at each other silently, their expressions somewhat solemn.

Up to now, they have never had a direct confrontation with Princess Ankang.

In the autumn hunting competition where they had the best chance of winning, the two also encountered Dabai, and finally had to let the Fourth Prince cover the First Prince's evacuation.

The Sixth Princess did fight with Princess Ankang and Yu'er, but after they bumped heads, she forgot a lot of details.

Among the princes and princesses, the Third Prince, who had the highest cultivation, reacted the most excitedly. He stood up immediately and looked at the stage in shock.

On the side, his mother asked curiously, "Zhan'er, is there anything unusual?"

The Third Prince was silent for a moment, watching the Ninth Princess on the stage, who created an impenetrable palm shadow but was unable to touch the corner of Princess Ankang's clothes at all.

"This Ankang certainly doesn't look like someone who has never practiced martial arts." Concubine Zhao Shu said lightly from the side.

But if he just hid his strength, it would not be enough to surprise Concubine Zhao Shufei.

To her, this was perfectly normal.

In particular, there have been many rumors recently that Emperor Yongyuan secretly cultivated Princess Ankang.

Given the status of the Four Concubines, even if this was the truth, it would not be enough to surprise them. It could even be said to be perfectly normal.

But the third prince's next answer made Concubine Zhao Shu's face change.

"Ankang really has no cultivation."

"Hmm?" Concubine Zhao frowned slightly.

The third prince stood aside, his brows tightly knitted, and continued:
"Although she has traces of martial arts skills, she doesn't have the slightest bit of Qi and blood power. She is just a show-off."

"But this fancy outfit, coupled with a strong physique..."

The third prince himself didn't know what to say next.

During the Cuju game, he even suspected that Princess Ankang had actually practiced martial arts.

But now it seems...

This kind of speed and strength, which can be achieved without the help of qi and blood, is something that even the third prince himself cannot achieve.

But when he saw Princess Ankang easily dealing with the attack of the Ninth Princess on the stage, the Third Prince couldn't help but feel a little stuffy in his chest.

“Is she also a genius?”

(End of this chapter)