You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

Good morning... Miss Qingyan.

On the surface, as Lu Qingyan's follower, Lu Heng naturally stepped forward and greeted her.

"Those who offer unsolicited kindness are either up to no good or are thieves. I've already taken care of your business."

I'll send someone to find you tomorrow.

The girl lowered her head slightly, rolled her eyes at him, and then spoke in an annoyed tone.

"Thank you." Lu Heng smiled, as if he didn't understand the unspoken message.

"I need a sparring partner today," Lu Qingyan said calmly.

"No problem." Since there was no way to start cultivating directly in the training ground anyway, Lu Heng was naturally indifferent.

Afterwards, Lu Guhong arrived at the scene, and the ten-day outer courtyard martial arts competition officially began.

After a brief exchange, Lu Qingyan was slightly out of breath, her pretty face flushed.

"Has your 'Basic Sword Techniques' improved again?" she asked directly.

As a sparring partner, Lu Qingyan had previously had Lu Heng as her training partner.

But compared to before, it wasn't just the sense of oppression that was greater; this time, she could clearly feel...

Lu Heng was less sparring with her and more feeding her his sword.

Every move, every technique, targeted her weakest point.

While it made her uncomfortable, she made rapid progress.

This is no longer swordsmanship at the proficient level!

Lu Qingyan was shocked, but she did not ask directly.

"There has been some progress," Lu Heng nodded in response.

The girl had some idea of ​​his talent in combat, and now that he was demonstrating his swordsmanship as a sparring partner, he was only confirming her prediction.

"A little progress..." Lu Qingyan was speechless for a moment.

"You'd better not show this kind of instruction-level swordsmanship sparring, as it means your swordsmanship is at least two levels higher than the opponent you're instructing."

Don't treat people like fools.

Furthermore, even if you need to demonstrate this kind of swordsmanship, you should say that as a genius of combat, I have had someone guide you, which is why you have made this progress.

But she still gave a helpless reminder afterwards.

"This is troublesome." As Lu Heng replied, his mind stirred slightly, and he subconsciously looked in the direction where Lu Guhong was.

The middle-aged man with blue eyes is not far away now.

For a cultivator in the Qi Refining Secret Realm, hearing what the two were saying would be a piece of cake.

Although it is only a talent for combat techniques, as a branch family member of the Lu clan, one is not free to do as one pleases, and there will still be more or less trouble.

"It's okay, he won't listen, and he can't hear you."

Lu Qingyan looked at Lu Heng, who seemed somewhat worried, and answered with a light laugh.

"Why?" Lu Heng asked without hesitation.

"Except during trials, I always carry a jade pendant that isolates divine sense with me."

Around me, at least those at the early stage of Qi Refining cannot perceive anything.

There is...

Lu Guhong has some connection to my grandfather.

Lu Qingyan picked up the jade pendant from her waist and showed it to the young man.

The young girl wore a moon-white ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with a jade hairpin slanted at her temple. Her eyebrows and eyes held a gentle smile, and her slender fingers twirled the white jade pendant at her waist, her gaze soft and tender.

Lu Heng naturally chose to keep quiet; he had nothing to say.

To worry about such things is to invite humiliation.

"And tell me the truth, how many matches do you plan to fight in underground boxing?"

Lu Qingyan recalled the boy's swordsmanship level and his physical body, which he had previously displayed in the Changyun Mountains, was comparable to the late stage of the Body Refinement Secret Realm.

And today, he demonstrated his cultivation level at the sixth level of the Body Refinement Secret Realm, which he achieved in one go through the proficient-level "Basic Body Refinement Method".

A sense of foreboding washed over me.

"Full capacity," Lu Heng replied casually.

"Do you think the people in the underground boxing ring will let you take away the money from your ten-win streak so easily?" The girl's brows furrowed instantly.

"Isn't this what you're here for?" Lu Heng looked at Lu Qingyan with complete trust.

"You bastard!" Although Lu Qingyan was not familiar with Lu Heng's good friend Lu Jinnian at all, she said the exact same thing at this moment.

"If that doesn't work, we can play fewer matches," Lu Heng asked her in a consultative tone.

"No need." Lu Qingyan gave him a disgruntled look.

………………

After the martial arts demonstration ended, Lu Heng did not go directly back to his room in the outer courtyard to cultivate as usual.

Instead, she chose to leave the outer courtyard and went to find Lu Jinnian, whom she had arranged to meet in advance.

The purpose was nothing other than to order three daily newspapers.

The reason he is so engrossed in reading about the world is precisely to supplement his understanding of it.

Now that we know there are daily newspapers that publish current events, we certainly won't miss them easily.

Moreover, to facilitate its implementation, the price of the daily newspaper is not particularly expensive.

Even for ordinary families who can live a normal life in the city, it wouldn't be unbearable, let alone for Lu Heng, who is already a cultivator in the Body Refinement Secret Realm.

I didn't realize it before because I was only focused on spiritual practice.

However, subscribing to the daily newspaper was only one of the reasons he went out. Apart from that, the reason he sought out Lu Jinnian was not because he needed the other party to lead the way.

The location of the newspaper office was actually easy for him to find if he was willing to inquire.

Therefore, there was an even more important reason for seeking out Lu Jinnian: his family had kept the daily newspapers from the past year.

Lu Heng was able to find some help from it.

Even if you travel to a more distant place, due to the time-sensitive nature of the information, you can only gain some knowledge and experience, and it doesn't have much practical effect.

After all, according to Lu Jinnian, the Daily News only appeared in the Great Qi Dynasty in the last two or three years, and its arrival in Qinghe City was only in the last year or two.

His family subscribed to the newspaper almost as soon as it appeared.

Currently, there is only one newspaper in Qinghe City. It has no name and is simply called "Newspaper," claiming to publish all major current events of the Great Qi Dynasty.

But does this world's newspaper, which claims to publish everything, really dare to publish everything?

That's not necessarily true. If that were the case, it's not impossible for it to evaporate on the spot the next day.

Lu Heng subconsciously pursed his lips.

In order to establish itself and publish in the Great Qi Dynasty, the newspaper's compromises were inevitable.

Even the daily newspapers were probably inspected by court officials before they were allowed to be published.

It is not impossible that someone with ulterior motives could manipulate and control public opinion.

However, it seems sufficient for his current level.

"Do you really need those daily newspapers?"

At my parents' insistence, I read it every day, but the things published in the daily newspaper seemed to have nothing to do with us at all.

I really don't know what the point of spending time looking at this stuff is; I'd be better off using it for spiritual practice.

If it weren't for the gossip in the daily newspapers, I probably would have fallen asleep while reading them.

On the way to Lu Jinnian's house.

Lu Jinnian muttered to himself.

"Perhaps."

Lu Heng smiled but didn't say anything more.

He just felt that the current events recorded in the daily newspaper might be helpful to him, but the actual situation was still unknown and he dared not make any guarantees.