Body Refinement for Longevity: From Health Cultivation Exercises to Overcoming All Techniques

"First-rate martial arts."

Chen Han spoke frankly.

"Then you've come to the wrong place. Top-tier martial arts are not here, and only members of the royal family in high positions can access them."

Zhuge Rushuang kindly reminded her.

Chen Han was slightly disappointed; it seemed that all his efforts tonight had been in vain.

Where is it?

"Tell me your name and where you're from first."

The more Zhuge Rushuang looked at Chen Han, the more suspicious she felt. Why was he out here in the middle of the night instead of resting, looking for some top-notch martial arts technique? That was something even royalty coveted, how could it be left here?

"This person is clearly not a member of the royal family; there's something fishy about him."

Chen Han wasn't foolish enough to reveal his name so easily, so he got up and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, a sudden uproar broke out all around, with the sound of heavily armored soldiers marching in unison, and the entire palace seemed to be on full alert in an instant.

Chen Han's heart sank, somewhat bewildered. "Have I been discovered? Surely not? I just came to the library for a stroll, how could they notice?"

Next, a group of people entered Hongwen Hall through the main gate and walked straight toward Chen Han and Zhuge Rushuang.

The leader was a eunuch, holding a golden booklet embroidered with several five-clawed golden dragons that looked lifelike.

Clearly, this was the emperor's personal order.

The eunuch led a group of heavily armored soldiers to Zhuge Rushuang, which relieved Chen Han; it wasn't what he had thought.

Although Chen Han now possesses the magical artifact Wind and Cloud Boots, it would still be troublesome if he were ambushed in the palace, of course, that is, if the opposing camp has no cultivators.

Upon seeing this, Zhuge Rushuang knelt down without hesitation and bowed her head to wait.

"Zhuge Divine Constable, the Emperor has ordered you to take all your men from the Six Doors and proceed to the palace immediately. You must be swift."

"Yes, Zhuge Rushuang will take care of it immediately."

Six Doors?

Chen Han's gaze was subtle. So he had just been chatting with the head of the Six Doors, and he was now the target of the Six Doors, yet he had entered the palace in broad daylight and even talked with the head of the investigation agency. It was quite a strange experience.

"Um?"

At this moment, the eunuch finally noticed Chen Han. He saw that this dark-faced man actually did not kneel down when he saw the imperial edict. He was simply audacious!

This is a grave disrespect to the sage, a capital offense punishable by death!

"You! Why don't you kneel upon seeing the imperial edict!"

The eunuch frowned slightly, looked at Chen Han, and shouted in a harsh, unpleasant voice.

"Kneel? Sorry, I'm just too stiff to kneel..."

Chen Han's gaze was calm, and his voice was indifferent, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

"Hmm? You can't kneel down?"

This eunuch was clearly encountering something like this for the first time. He was stunned for a moment, looked the man up and down, and after confirming that the man was definitely not a member of the royal family, or even a member of the royal family, he snorted coldly, "He won't kneel down, fine, someone, go help this lowly commoner."

"If you can't kneel down, that's easy, just break your legs."

At this moment, Zhuge Rushuang also looked at Chen Han with great surprise, not understanding what he meant. At the same time, she was surprised and curious, wanting to see what fate awaited him.

It was obvious that this icy beauty was becoming increasingly curious about the dark-faced man.

"I make around 100,000 a minute, I don't have time to play with you guys."

Chen Han's gaze remained unchanged, without any ripples, and with a swift movement, he leaped out of the window.

"So fast!"

Zhuge Rushuang thought to herself.

Given this situation, the dark-faced man was clearly opposing the people of the palace, and he was on her side. How could she possibly let him escape when he was so close by?

Almost at the same time, she also moved, intending to capture him on the spot.

But the next moment she went to the window, she found that the person's figure seemed to have vanished into thin air in an instant.

"How is that possible..."

She couldn't help but mutter to herself that she had never seen such speed in her life.

"Just who is this person...?"

The eunuch was so angry that his face turned red, and he rushed towards his attendant and gave orders.

"This person dares to disrespect His Majesty! Issue a warrant for his arrest and apprehend him throughout the city!"

Then he asked Zhuge Rushuang, "Miss Zhuge, what were you doing with this person just now? Do you know who he is?"

"I don't know this person. I just happened to run into him and chatted with him for a while."

After finishing their conversation, the two checked Chen Han's facial features for a while before leaving the area.

Zhuge Rushuang acted very quickly, gathering all the people from the Six Doors in less than half an hour and arriving inside the palace, except for her cheap apprentice, whose whereabouts were unknown.

"Zhuge Rushuang, Lu Youwei, Zhang... go in."

"Yes."

Zhuge Rushuang obeyed the order and entered the imperial court with several other detectives.

They all felt a little uneasy. It was rare to see someone so anxious to call them over in the middle of the night, and with such fanfare.

Could it be that there is some extremely vicious person who needs to be captured, or that some important figure was assassinated just now?

Several people had a vague suspicion.

The imperial court was brightly lit, as bright as day, and the emperor sat high on the dragon throne.

Beside him stood a middle-aged man with a solemn expression; he was the Imperial Advisor.

Below the emperor were only two people, who stood upright with serious expressions, showing no intention of kneeling at all, which puzzled the others.

"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

The group spoke in unison, while secretly glancing at the two out of the corner of their eyes.

A man and a woman. The man was of average appearance, with a fair complexion and slightly delicate features, while the woman was as beautiful as a fairy, in the prime of her life, with an ethereal and otherworldly aura that was rare in the world.

That's right, these two are the cultivators who were almost killed by Chen Han—Lu Tianren and Su Zhenyue.

To make cultivators kneel before mortals is an utter joke. Cultivators seize the creation of heaven and earth, fight against the heavens, the earth, demons and beasts, and their own kind, pursuing the Great Dao. A mere emperor is simply not worth their attention.

In fact, Chen Han had the same idea just now.

Meanwhile, Lu Tianren and Su Zhenyue were fortunate enough to survive Eagle Falcon Mountain and formed a temporary alliance to find Chen Han.

The two did not immediately seek out Chen Han, who had stolen their inheritance, after leaving Eagle Falcon Mountain. Instead, they returned to the cultivation world to replenish their mana, recover their condition, and replenish their talismans.

Which cultivator isn't shrewd, calculating, and cautious, valuing their life above all else? After the incident at Eagle Falcon Mountain, the two of them realized one thing at the same time: this mortal named Chen Yan should not be underestimated, or he might cause a great disaster.

When a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full strength. Both of them were people who sought the path to immortality, and they adhered to this principle to the end.

Now that they've recovered and are in top form, dealing with a mortal at their peak would be a piece of cake. No, even if Chen Yan is exceptionally talented and successfully cultivates Qi into his body, becoming a half-cultivator, he still wouldn't be their match.

Body cultivators are weak and their methods are limited. They don't even consider the experienced body cultivators in the cultivation world as worthy of their attention, so what is this greenhorn?

"Your Majesty, are these the detectives of Chu? Not bad, they seem quite capable. I hope they won't disappoint me."