Huangxiu

Chapter 48 Obtaining the Pearl
The sun sets and the lights come on.

Chu Zhiyuan was wearing a crimson official robe and walking slowly on the bustling street.

The pedestrians around were like flowing water, and a few guards separated the flow of people like reefs, forming an area for Chu Zhiyuan to stroll leisurely.

He was thinking in his mind while observing his surroundings with his extrasensory perception.

Should I go back to the new house next to Houtu Hall to practice martial arts first, and condense nine dragon-binding ropes to break through the seventh level of the Jade Tower in one fell swoop, or should I go back to the palace first?

Finally decided to go back to the palace first.

The lanterns on both sides of Qingwang Street were all lit, completely driving away the twilight, and the entire street was bright and clear, just like daytime.

Two teams of palace guards are conducting cross patrols.

When they saw Chu Zhiyuan, they saluted from a distance.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded, but kept walking.

Guo Chi had already notified people in advance, and when he arrived at the palace gate, the doorman had already opened it to welcome him.

He returned to Tingtao Courtyard unhindered.

The four Mo Yi girls came forward, some took off their hats, some changed their clothes, some took off their boots, and some brought in a basin of clean water.

Chu Zhiyuan changed his clothes, washed up, and went to the back garden.

As soon as you enter the back garden, you can hear the sound of a piano from afar.

The melodious sound of the piano drifted over from the lake, passed through the lush woods, and floated into his ears. It was lofty, peaceful, and refreshing to hear.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled.

My mother is no longer in a depressed mood. She has become calm and composed, and has finally regained the graceful and elegant demeanor of a prince's wife.

This is the real Bai Ningshuang.

He turned around the dense woods and came to the lake.

Strings of carved lanterns have been lit up on the lake, illuminating the five pavilions and five waterside pavilions as bright as day.

The reflection of the lanterns in the water swayed gently, like a dream.

He stepped onto the corridor on the lake and came to a water pavilion. A beautiful middle-aged woman and a beautiful girl standing in front of the pavilion bowed to him.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slightly, lifted the curtain and walked into the water pavilion.

There are several silver candles in the water pavilion, the light is soft yet bright.

Bai Ningshuang, dressed in a plain white palace dress, was playing the zither with her head down. The golden hairpin on her head swayed slightly, reflecting the faintly flashing golden thread on the corners of her sleeves.

The beautiful girl moved over the embroidery cushion.

Chu Zhiyuan sat on the embroidered cushion and looked at Bai Ningshuang opposite him.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Bai Ningshuang looked up and waved.

The middle-aged maid presented a small cold jade box, which was emerald green and warm.

"Yuan'er, the dragon ball you want." Bai Ningshuang said: "Flying Dragon Ball."

Chu Zhiyuan took the cold jade box with a smile and slowly opened it.

On the golden silk in the center of the jade box, a purple gold bead the size of a baby's fist exudes a dark luster, giving people an unusually heavy feeling.

The Dragon Transformation Technique started to run wildly in an instant.

Chu Zhiyuan closed the cold jade box, and the Dragon Transformation Art came to an abrupt end.

really!

He smiled.

Bai Ningshuang said: "The Queen said that Dragon Ball is not a good thing and it is unlucky."

Chu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Bai Ningshuang said: "In short, the queen will never harm you."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

He asked the emperor for his dragon ball.

I haven't heard much about the saying that dragon balls are unlucky, but no matter whether it was said by the Emperor or Concubine Rou, it cannot be regarded as a perfunctory statement.

Concubine Rou was not an ordinary woman. If she was a favored imperial concubine, it would be fine. But even when she was not favored, she could still live safely in the palace, which shows that Concubine Rou had an extraordinary mind and skills.

Dragon Ball is unlucky, there are secrets in it that you don't understand.

"Yuan'er, tomorrow is King Xuan's birthday. I have prepared the clothes. I will ask Mo Yi and the others to try them on for you and pick out a good one."

"Well, mother, I'll go check on my little sister. Did she practice in the afternoon?"

"I've been practicing all the time." Bai Ningshuang said dissatisfiedly: "Yier has never liked practicing martial arts since she was a child, why force her!"

The Qing Palace is not so obsessed with practicing martial arts. After all, Prince Qing doesn't practice martial arts.

Prince Qing and his wife did not force their children to practice martial arts.

Chu Zhiyuan showed amazing aptitude for martial arts since he was a child and he also liked to practice martial arts, but Chu Yi did not show any talent at all, did not like to practice martial arts, and only liked to grow flowers and plants.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It never hurts to practice." "I don't see any benefit from it, and it hurts your body." Bai Ningshuang snorted.

Unless you can reach the innate realm, you will not harm your body. Before the innate realm, you will always be harming your body.

Chu Yi's aptitude is average, not because of bad physical endowment, on the contrary, he has good physical endowment, but poor comprehension of martial arts, and he does not like practicing martial arts. Even if he practices martial arts, he may not be able to reach the innate realm, so there is no need for him to practice martial arts.

"Mom, I won't harm my little sister." Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"You..." Bai Ningshuang said helplessly: "She really doesn't want to practice, don't force her too much."

"Okay." Chu Zhiyuan agreed, clasped his fists, stood up and left.

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The Wanqing Courtyard where Chu Yi was located was brightly lit.

Four beautiful maids were standing beside the flower bed in amazement, their eyes wide open.

In the center of the six flower beds in Wanqing Courtyard, on the flat blue bricks, sixteen footprints seemed to be branded on the blue bricks.

Each footprint is in a different position with the toes in different directions, eventually forming a closed circle.

After walking sixteen steps, it turned around and returned to the original position.

Under the bright light, Chu Yi, dressed in white, was skillfully stepping on the sixteen footprints, lightly and gracefully, floating like a fairy, with her beautiful face full of smiles under the light.

The steps she took were extremely strange.

With every step I took, a warm breath would flow into my body from the soles of my feet, and surge through my body, making my entire body feel warm as if I were soaking in a hot spring.

She walked for the whole afternoon and not only did she not feel tired, but she became more and more energetic the more she walked. Her body felt more and more relaxed, as if she was about to float.

Floating like riding the wind and lightly walking on water.

When Chu Zhiyuan appeared, the four maids noticed him and hurriedly bowed to him.

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand and stood aside.

Chu Yi slid up to him quickly, stretched out her little hand and patted his chest: "Big brother, look at my palm!"

Chu Zhiyuan slipped and barely avoided it.

“Watch my palm again!” Chu Yi chased after him and slapped him again.

Chu Zhiyuan continued to slide and dodge.

Both of them performed this set of small return steps.

After more than ten palm strikes, Chu Yi's steps became disordered and he staggered forward, but his feet retreated and his body froze.

Chu Zhiyuan flicked his sleeves.

She stood straight and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother!" Her rosy little face was full of excitement: "If this was what I practiced, I would have become a martial arts master long ago!"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed: "Don't flatter yourself."

I practice now because I want to find it new and interesting. However, no matter how interesting something is, if you do it every day, it will no longer be interesting.

Based on his understanding of Chu Yi, this sense of novelty would not last more than five days, and he would start to be lazy and not want to practice anymore.

Chu Yi said: "Brother, I can practice this."

"Okay, let's practice first." Chu Zhiyuan put his hand on her wrist, feeling the internal energy still surging in her meridians, and nodded with satisfaction.

This Xiaoguiyuan Step is a martial art learned in Mingwu Palace and is only the third level.

But for Chu Yi, it is the best way to get started.

It is most suitable for someone like her who has poor comprehension of martial arts but good physical endowment.

If you like to practice, after practicing for a year or so you can reach about the fourth level of the acquired realm, and then change to the more complicated Da Gui Yuan Bu.

With the Great Return to Origin Step, you can almost reach perfection in the acquired realm, and then find a way to break through the three levels and enter the innate realm.

When he reaches the innate realm, he can live to be one hundred and twenty years old, and he has the strength to protect himself. He can hide at critical moments and he can feel more at ease.

"Oh, right, I found a mental method that can keep you young forever." Chu Zhiyuan said, "If you practice it well, you can stay young forever."

Chu Yi asked hurriedly: "What kind of mind method?"

"Qiong Yu Chang Chun Jue is a secret mental method that I saw in Ming Wu Palace, but it requires the Xiantian realm to practice."

"Qiong Yu Changchun Jue..." Chu Yi chewed on these five words, staring at him with bright eyes: "Brother, can this method really keep your youth?"

"It was originally a secret teaching of the Qiong Yu Sect. Later, the Qiong Yu Sect was destroyed overnight, and the world thought it was lost. Who knew there was a disciple of the Qiong Yu Sect in the Imperial Palace who left behind the Qiong Yu Changchun Jue before his death."

"I must practice to the innate realm!" Chu Yi's eyes sparkled, and he was filled with endless motivation.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with satisfaction: "The sooner the better. The Qiongyu Changchun Jue can only make your appearance last forever at the moment you master it. Don't wait until you are fifty or sixty to master it."

"Okay!" Chu Yi nodded vigorously.

She suddenly felt endless motivation.

(End of this chapter)