Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

Chapter 319 Tasting the Femme Fatale
After Zhao Shuang's engagement with Huang Yanchen and his sister, the Thirteenth Princess, was completed, he stayed in Qianshui County for about a month before leaving Qianshui County with Huang Yanchen and returning to Yunwu County.

Although the Yunwu County and State were already completely under Zhao Shuang's control, Huang Yanchen was different from other women, so she naturally needed to pretend.

Therefore, even the Prince of Yunwu, who had been in seclusion for a long time, came out and personally entertained Huang Yanchen and the Thirteenth Princess.

Of course, Zhao Shuang did not forget Qin Ya from Qingxuan Pavilion, this stunning and enchanting beauty.

After all, Duanmu Xingling has a close relationship with her.

"Your Highness, Eighth Prince, when do you plan to attack the four counties and then gradually annex the thirty-six counties of Tianmo Ridge? By then, Yunwu County will be the only superior county in Tianmo Ridge. This will be of great benefit to Your Highness in the future."

In the palace, Qin Ya asked while lying in Zhao Shuang's arms.

Now, under her governance and the secret help of the Moon Worshiping Demon Cult, the entire Yunwu County has greatly increased in strength and is no longer inferior to the Sifang County.

"No rush. Let's wait until I find evidence of Sifang Commandery colluding with the black market and hand it over to Wushi Academy. By then, Wushi Academy will be able to destroy Sifang Commandery without us having to do anything. We just need to prepare and take advantage of the opportunity."

Zhao Shuang chuckled.

Obviously, everything was planned.

"I see. Your Highness's plan was a good one. However, Your Highness is truly lucky this time, being engaged to the two most outstanding princesses of Qianshui Commandery. How enviable!"

Qin Ya said in a deep voice.

"Hahaha, don't worry! Those two sisters can't replace you. I just want to temporarily borrow the power of Qianshui County!"

Hearing this, Zhao Shuang laughed.

Afterwards, he continued to compensate Qin Ya, the stunningly beautiful and enchanting beauty.

As for the many princesses in the Yunwu County Palace, he did not let them go and comforted them one by one. He was not worried about being discovered by Huang Yanchen at all.

Especially Zhang Ruoji's mother, Concubine Lin, and the mother of the fourth prince, Zhang Tiangui, the Queen. As for the Imperial Preceptor, he is now Qin Ya of Qingxuan Pavilion.

The original national master has disappeared, and if the Xue family did not have a queen, it would have fallen into decline long ago.

No one in the entire Yunwu County had any objection to this matter, and those who had objections disappeared.

After all, Yunwu County only needs to obey Zhao Shuang's orders, nothing else is needed.

As for Zhao Shuang's comfort and favor, neither the Queen Mother nor Concubine Lin, nor the other concubines in the palace naturally had any objection.

If the time wasn't a little short, Zhao Shuang would even want to control the entire Qianshui County.

After all, the many famous ladies and beauties at the sword-fighting conference are really exciting.

During the one month in Qianshui County, Zhao Shuang also visited them many times. Although it was always at night, they both got what they wanted and did not feel uncomfortable at all.

Huang Yanchen naturally had no idea what Zhao Shuang had done. Instead, he had a very pleasant conversation with Zhao Shuang's current mother, Concubine Xiao, and even gave Concubine Xiao a protective treasure for self-defense.

Although it is of no use to Concubine Xiao who is in the palace, it is still a thoughtful gesture.

In this way, Zhao Shuang and Huang Yanchen stayed in the Yunwu County Palace for a while, and then left and returned to the Wu City Academy.

After all, there are more important things to do, and he can't stay in the Yunwu County Palace all the time.

……

The first thing Zhao Shuang did after returning to Wu City Academy was to look for Duanmu Xingling.

At this moment, Duanmu Xingling still looked like she was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a petite figure, a surging mountain body, a slender waist, delicate facial features, a pair of beautiful round eyes, and long and curled eyelashes, as if she was always a young girl in her twenties.

Therefore, it has more flavor, and this green and astringent taste is completely different from the moist taste of yellow smoke.

However, after Zhao Shuang and Duanmu Xingling had a deep understanding and communication, they got down to business.

"Currently, within the territories of the thirty-six counties of the Demonic Ridge, there are only two intermediate-level ruins. One is the 'Red Sky Secret Mansion.' This Red Sky Secret Mansion is located deep underground and was once the sacred residence of the Four-Winged Earth Dragon, the master of the Demonic Ridge."

"The Four-Winged Earth Dragon's cultivation level is equivalent to that of a Saint. Therefore, when alive, it was extremely rampant, dominating a territory of 100,000 miles. Every time it ate, it would devour the entire human race city."

"However, it ultimately aroused the wrath of Empress Chi Yao, who issued an order..."

Duanmu Xingling lay in Zhao Shuang's arms and talked about business slowly.

That is their next task, which is not a problem at all for Zhao Shuang.

His goal was the dragon horn. If he could get everything from the golden dragon, his strength would definitely be restored a lot, which would be of great benefit to what was to come.

At least it can kill ordinary saints, and in today's Kunlun world, saints are almost the top existences.

The Holy King and the Great Sage will not appear for the time being, and will not act rashly.

And Zhao Shuang can also do more things.

Just like that, within a few days, Zhao Shuang, Luo Shuihan, Zhang Ruoji, Duanmu Xingling, Huang Yanchen, Ziqian, Mutuozi, the Lord of the Nine Commanderies Zhang Yuxi, Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family and others rode on the mount of Qinghua, the deputy dean of the West Court, and headed for the Chikong Secret Mansion.

The depths of Tianmo Ridge are filled with dangers. Naturally, the deeper you fly into the ridge, the higher and steeper the peaks become, and the thicker the trees become. Some thick ancient vines entwine the entire mountain, like a real dragon.

Of course, there are also some areas covered by miasma. If ordinary wild birds fly over the miasma, they will be poisoned to death in a moment and fall to the ground and be smashed to pieces.

Among the mountains and hills, there are huge rivers flowing.

There are also powerful water beasts in the turbulent river below.

Just as it flew over one of the big rivers, a long, earth-shaking roar came from the river below.

The river was shaken to the point of stopping its flow.

Suddenly, everyone on the griffin except Zhao Shuang felt their blood boiling, but the impact was not significant.

The deputy dean of the West Court, Qinghua, also had a gloomy expression and his eyes fell on the wild beast that appeared to stop them.

This is a black dragon that flew up from the river. Its body is more than 60 meters long, its neck is as thick as a water tank, and it has a pair of fleshy wings on its back. It stares at the people on the griffin as if it is looking at delicious food.

However, it was simply overthinking it. How could Qinghua, the vice-president of the West Academy, allow a mere black dragon to harm the top ten talented students of the West Academy?

So, he attacked without hesitation and killed the black dragon in no time.

Except for Zhao Shuang and Luo Shuihan, everyone else was extremely impressed and envious of the powerful strength of the Vice Dean of the West Court.

It took half a day for everyone to reach their destination.

Looking around, it was a barren area.

As for the reason, it was because of a battle with a four-winged earth dragon, which directly turned this place into ruins and no grass grew.

The most eye-catching thing is the canyon underground that is thousands of meters long, two hundred meters wide and bottomless, like a black hole that can swallow everything.

In addition to this, there are wisps of miasma rising from the underground canyon. As for how to enter, there is a narrow stone staircase carved at the edge of the canyon, leading down to the depths of the earth.

And this underground place is their destination, the Chikong Secret Mansion.

As they landed, an untimely voice rang out.

"West Court is too late. We have been waiting for you for a long time."

"We encountered a black dragon on the way and wasted time."

Qinghua, the Vice Dean of the West Court, explained. "If that's the case, then according to previous rules, the order of entry into the intermediate ruins must follow the order in which we arrived. Therefore, this year, the students from the West Court will be the fourth to enter."

"OK, no problem."

Naturally, Qinghua would have no objection to this Vice President of the West Court.

The situation is similar anyway.

The first students to arrive at the canyon entrance were from the East Academy, so the tenth-ranked student from the East Academy was the first to enter the intermediate ruins.

The tenth-ranked student in the East Court was Dugu Lin. He stepped onto the stone staircase leading underground and, using his agility, rushed swiftly towards the ground.

Afterwards, the tenth place in the North Courtyard, the tenth place in the South Courtyard, and the tenth place in the West Courtyard were Mu Tuozi. Originally, Zi Qian should have been ranked tenth, but with Zhao Shuang's help, Zi Qian naturally could not be ranked tenth.

In order to avoid killing each other, all students entering the intermediate ruins exploration exam must go underground one by one.

Moreover, students with lower rankings enter first, and students with higher rankings enter later.

After the students of lower realm enter first, they can immediately go to the depths of the Chikong Secret Mansion, or hide.

If a student of a higher level were to enter first, he might wait at a certain entrance underground and kill the students of a lower level behind him.

After all, the higher the ranking of students in Wu City Academy, the more conflicts they have.

Compared with each other, it is normal to become enemies.

As the last one to enter, Zhao Shuang was also the object of fear among all the students.

Of course, in addition to Huang Yanchen, Duanmu Xingling, Luo Shuihan, Ziqian, the Lord of the Nine Counties Zhang Yuxi, and Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family.

Everyone else was extremely wary of Zhao Shuang, especially the students from the other three academies.

After all, the Qianshui County Sword Competition was not kept secret, and Zhao Shuang's record really shocked them. They knew that Zhao Shuang was a master who must not be provoked.

It is almost comparable to the existence of the Holy Body.

Zhao Shuang soon arrived in front of a stone door.

This stone gate is 130 meters high and 27 meters thick. The surface of the stone is inlaid with black iron, forming the shape of an iron dragon.

The two huge stone doors, weighing an unknown number of pounds, now had a two-meter-wide gap opened.

But for Zhao Shuang, the stone door opened with just a push of his hand.

There was no assassination afterwards, which allowed him to enter the Chikong Secret Mansion very smoothly.

For Zhao Shuang, the most important thing is the dragon horn.
This is the most important thing, nothing else matters.

The trouble with the Chikong Secret Mansion is not only the lack of water and food, but also the large number of exiles.

However, Zhao Shuang did not encounter those cruel and inhumane exiles along the way, but the white skeletons on the ground and the weapons stuck in the white skeletons meant that this was not only a treasure land with countless treasures, but also a dangerous place.

Good and bad fortune go hand in hand everywhere, and this place is no exception.

……

This is a big mountain, and the whole mountain is surrounded by miasma that lingers all year round, but in the cracks of the mountain rocks grow small three-leaf grasses as white as jade.

Each three-leaf grass emits a faint white light and is filled with a rich fragrance, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding miasma.

"Three-leaf holy energy grass."

Zhao Shuang whispered to himself.

However, where there are treasures and elixirs, there is naturally no shortage of guardians, and the guardian of this three-leaf holy grass is a monster with black tentacles.

He is almost invincible in the Chikong Secret Palace, but to Zhao Shuang, he can be killed with one hand.

So, Zhao Shuang didn't hesitate and slapped the monster with black tentacles to death.

Afterwards, the spiritual flesh in its body was dug out. It weighed more than ten pounds, was crystal clear, had a strong fragrance, and was without a trace of impurities.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuang naturally would not be polite. After putting the spirit meat away, he picked the "Three-Leaf Holy Energy Grass" one by one.

This kind of elixir can only be found in the place where the semi-saints and saints have fallen.

It just so happened that more than one half-saint had fallen in the Chikong Secret Mansion, so the appearance of this "Three-Leaf Holy Energy Grass" was perfectly normal.

Compared with other spiritual medicines, the three-leaf holy grass is more precious because it can be taken directly to improve the warrior's cultivation and enhance the warrior's physical strength.

Zhao Shuang had picked all the "Three-Leaf Holy Energy Grass" here and had no intention of leaving. When he was about to taste the spiritual meat, two uninvited guests came, a man and a woman.

The man's name was Yue Linchong, the seventh-ranked student in the North Court. He had thick black eyebrows and a powerfully built body. At that moment, he was holding a map and explaining the secrets of the nearby "Three-Leaf Holy Qi Grass" to the woman next to him.

The woman next to him was named Lu Han, also a student of the North Academy, ranked tenth. She had fair skin and a standard oval face. Although she was not as good as Huang Yanchen, Duanmu Xingling, or even the Lord of the Nine Counties Zhang Yuxi and Miss Lin Ningshan of the Lin family, there were still many talented students pursuing her in the North Academy.

Yue Linchong is one of them.

"What a coincidence! You two are here to pick the Three-Leaf Holy Energy Grass too, but unfortunately, I've already picked them all."

When the two arrived here, they saw Zhao Shuang tasting the spiritual meat and greeting them with a smile.

"Zhang Ji, the eighth prince of Yunwu County, the first in the West Academy."

Seeing this, Lu Han stared at Zhao Shuang with shining eyes.

"Oh! I didn't expect you guys knew me."

Zhao Shuang took a mouthful of spiritual meat and drank a sip of spiritual wine and said.

"Excuse me, we're leaving now."

Facing Zhao Shuang, the number one person in the outer courtyard of the Wushi Academy, Yue Linchong naturally knew that the two of them were no match for him, so he chose to leave.

"You can go, but she has to stay."

Zhao Shuang pointed at Lu Han and smiled.

"why?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Linchong's face changed drastically and he said in a cold voice.

"Nothing much, soul and body, fine wine, and a beautiful woman. Isn't that a perfect match?"

Zhao Shuang winked at Lu Han, then smiled.

Before he could finish his words, “Puff!”

The blood-red sword blade pierced through the front of Yue Linchong's chest.

……

Soon, Zhao Shuang tasted the taste of the femme fatale.

(End of this chapter)