The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 186 Xia Yao
After Li Yan returned to the palace, he stayed in Ningxin Palace to practice.

In the palace, above him, only the Seventh Princess and the Eighth Prince still stayed in the palace.

The other princes and princesses have all been sent out of the palace.

Some of them hold important positions, while others have moved away from the imperial city to become local vassal kings.

She would only return to the palace when summoned by Emperor Xia.

Among them, the eldest prince, the third prince and the fifth prince were all highly regarded by Emperor Xia.

He now holds an important position in the Great Xia Dynasty.

Some people with good intentions say that the crown prince should be born among these three princes.

However, Emperor Xia was at the peak of his power during the Spring and Autumn Period, and many people believed that Emperor Xia would not choose the crown prince from this generation of princes.

No matter how these rumors spread in the outside world, Emperor Xia remained unmoved and did not reveal his inner thoughts at all.

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"Ninth brother, don't you feel bored staying in this courtyard all day long?"

The third day after Li Yan returned to the palace.

He was sitting quietly in a pavilion in a courtyard of the Ningxin Palace, trying to comprehend the spiritual energy of this world.

Suddenly, a woman in red with a bright smile stepped into the yard.

I walked alone along the bluestone path and entered the pavilion.

"I've met the Seventh Princess."

The palace maids on both sides of the pavilion saluted the woman in red.

The woman in red is Li Yan’s seventh sister, named Xia Yao.

In a short while, I will be twenty years old.

At that time, he will leave the palace and set up his own residence.

She walked over to Li Yan and sat down. She reached out and took a grape from the white jade plate on the stone table in the pavilion and put it into her mouth.

"There are mysteries between heaven and earth, so how can you feel bored?"

Li Yan opened his eyes and smiled at Xia Yao.

As the princess of Da Xia, Xia Yao also practices martial arts, and has now entered the eighth level of martial arts, the realm of refining internal organs.

So her personality is naturally different from that of ordinary women and she is extremely extroverted.

On the first day that Li Yan returned to the palace, Xia Yao gave him a gift as his adopted brother.

"Are you really going to practice warlock?"

A strange look appeared in Xia Yao's eyes.

Although she didn't know it yet, Li Yan was already at the ninth level of sorcerer and had entered the realm of Taoism.

But from the conversations with Li Yan in the past two days, he also sensed that Li Yan was interested in practicing sorcery.

All descendants of the Great Xia royal family must follow their ancestors' teachings and practice martial arts.

If Li Yan decides to practice the path of sorcery, he will be the only sorcerer in the current royal family of Daxia.

"My martial veins are destroyed, so what if I don't practice sorcery?"

Li Yan's words were naturally an excuse.

The reason why he decided to practice the way of sorcery was because the way of sorcery could sense the spiritual inspiration of heaven and earth.

Compared to martial arts, reaching the pinnacle in the future should make it easier for him to be in harmony with the Way of Heaven.

The so-called destruction of his martial vein was just his excuse.

After all, Ruan Meng had told him a long time ago that he could hire someone to continue his martial arts lineage.

Xia Yao smiled and said, "You don't have to worry. I got the news that my father has arranged for Taoist Qingyun from Taiqing Palace to come to the palace to help you continue your martial arts lineage."

"Master Qingyun?"

Li Yan looked surprised.

"That's right, this Taoist Qingyun is a true disciple of Taiqing Palace and a fourth-grade golden elixir sorcerer."

"Now, I have been invited by my father to serve as the deputy head of the Star Observation Pavilion. It is said that I will most likely replace Tai Xuanzi and become the new Great Xia Imperial Master in the future."

"Thank you, Seventh Sister, for telling me."

Li Yan nodded, his eyes flashing slightly.

Ruan Meng told him that behind her was the Taiqing Palace, which could help him continue his martial arts lineage.

Now Taoist Qingyun has entered the palace precisely for this reason.

If you say it was just a coincidence, he doesn't believe it in his heart.

After a few days of reasoning, he was convinced that Ruan Meng must have come from the Xiangzhu Society. Then the identity of this Taoist Qingyun was very suspicious.

"Could it be that the power of the Xiangzhu Society has already infiltrated the Taiqing Palace? Is this Taoist Qingyun a high-ranking member of the Xiangzhu Society?"

Li Yan thought in his heart.

If this is true, then the power of Xiangzhuhui is indeed extraordinary.

He was able to hide so well in front of Emperor Xia.

“But this is not a good thing for me now.”

He didn't want to have too much contact with Xiang Zhu, but now it seems that it is unavoidable.

His identity is indeed somewhat sensitive.

Once he came into contact with the people from Xiangzhu Society, it would certainly arouse the suspicion of Emperor Xia.

It is hard to say how Emperor Xia will treat him at that time.

"For now, we can only hope that Taoist Qingyun can continue to hide his identity."

Li Yan had a myriad of thoughts in his mind, but the expression in his eyes remained unchanged.

Xia Yao smiled slightly and asked Li Yan, "How is it? Ninth brother, do you want to change your mind now?"

Li Yan shook his head: "I still want to practice warlock."

Xia Yao looked surprised. She had thought that after telling Li Yan about Taoist Qingyun entering the palace, Li Yan would change his mind.

But he never expected that Li Yan still hadn't given up his plan to practice sorcery.

"Well... since you have made up your mind, I can't persuade you. But you want to become a sorcerer, which goes against the ancestral rules. Father may not agree."

Xia Yao sighed.

In her opinion, the reason why Li Yan wanted to practice sorcery might be to protest against Emperor Xia.

After all, the order to abolish Li Yan's martial arts training and martial veins had its reasons, but it was indeed authorized by Emperor Xia.

"maybe."

Li Yan naturally wouldn't care about Emperor Xia's attitude.

No matter what, he was determined to become a sorcerer.

This concerns his own path, so how could he be influenced by others?

Xia Yao continued, "Next month, we will catch up with the royal hunting trip, and then all the brothers and sisters will come and head to Xuanyi Mountain."

"You don't have any cultivation skills right now, so you can go out with me later, which is better than returning empty-handed."

She felt very sympathetic towards her brother whose biological mother had died two years ago.

That's why after Li Yan returned to the palace these days, he would often come to talk to Li Yan.

The royal hunting is held every year.

All royal descendants over the age of sixteen must participate.

Xuanyi Mountain is the place where the royal family specially raised monsters.

Although Li Yan's martial arts meridians were destroyed and he had just returned to the palace and had no skills at all, he still had to participate in the hunt.

So another reason why she came here was to help Li Yan and hunt some prey.

Otherwise, if you gain nothing, you will definitely be laughed at.

"Thank you, Seventh Sister."

Li Yan nodded.

In the past few days, he also knew the temperament of the seventh sister in front of him. Although she was in the palace, she was kind-hearted, so he did not refuse.

Although after a month, he should have made some achievements as a sorcerer and would not need Xia Yao's help.

But it would be hard to reject Xia Yao's kindness.

"Then it's settled."

Xia Yao smiled, and when she saw Li Yan nodded in agreement, she did not stay in the yard any longer and left.

Li Yan closed his eyes again and continued to feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"It's almost done. I have entered the realm of Taoism. I have reached the peak in the true sense."

"You can start condensing your Qi sea tomorrow."

"They say that the Qi Sea is the foundation of the Great Dao. I want to see what the difference is."

Li Yan was deep in thought, continuing to comprehend the world and maintaining his current peak state.

(End of this chapter)