Demon, come and cultivate for me.

The Illusionary Array causes all who enter it to lose their senses and see only illusions.

The timid will see what they fear upon entering the formation; the lustful will see beautiful women; the greedy will see gold, jewels, and jade—and so on.

To Zhou Chu's surprise, this woman was a lecherous devil, staging these live sex acts in the midst of the battle.

What Zhou Chu didn't expect was that the man she had stripped naked inside was actually himself...

Even though he had appreciated the works of many teachers in his previous life, Zhou Chu still couldn't imagine the scenes inside.

Chen Xiangzi shook Zhou Chu, whose face was flushed red to the roots of his neck, and asked:

"Are you alright?"

Zhou Chu regained his senses, steadied himself, and said:

"It's alright, it's alright. This woman is no ordinary person. Why don't we tie her up and interrogate her first? After all, it's impolite to kill someone indiscriminately."

After saying this, he took out the Spirit-Binding Rope, tied the woman up, and then removed the formation.

"This is..." The woman regained her senses, opened her alluring eyes, her face flushed, completely losing the fierce look she had just had.

"What are you two doing? Let me go!" The woman struggled violently, and the binding rope tightened automatically until she could no longer move.

The scene from the formation flashed through Zhou Chu's mind again: in the illusionary formation, he was bound to the bed, at the mercy of the woman...

Zhou Chu picked up the slender sword and pressed it against the woman's pale face: "I'll ask you one last time, what is your identity!"

The woman's expression changed incredibly quickly; she suddenly began to sob and cry.

"My name is Zhao Ji. I was harmed by a demon and am trapped here..."

Zhao Ji recounted the entire incident in detail.

It turns out that Zhao Ji is the eldest daughter of the current King of Yan. She is over eighty years old this year. The martial art she practices is the Turtle Breathing Technique. She reached the True Body Realm at the age of thirty, and her appearance has remained at the age of thirty.

Years ago, a powerful demon from the four realms attempted to assassinate the Prince of Yan. Zhao Ji discovered the plot and risked her life to save her father, but was instead kidnapped by the demon.

The great demon wanted to kill Zhao Ji, but Zhao Ji protected herself with her tortoise-breathing technique and was unable to harm him in the slightest.

In the end, the great demon ordered his henchmen to set up a restrictive spell, trapping Zhaoji in a wooden cabinet and burying her beneath the pond.

During her imprisonment, Zhao Ji also relied on the art of tortoise breathing to endure for decades until she was rescued by Zhou Chu.

After listening to her story, Zhou Chu questioned, "Why did you repay our kindness with enmity?"

Instead of admitting her mistake, Zhao Ji feigned grievance: "I was afraid you would leak the news and attract that great demon again..."

"So you want to kill us to silence us?" Even the usually composed Chen Xiangzi couldn't help but feel genuinely angry at this moment.

He went to great lengths to save the woman, only to be met with this tragic end.

I should have just not saved her.

Now we're in a real bind. Killing him is out of the question, and letting him go is also out of the question. We're caught in a dilemma.

"What should we do with him?" Chen Xiangzi turned to ask Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu thought for a moment and said, "Hand her over to the Crown Prince, or trap her in the Illusionary Array until she dies. What do you think, Brother Chen?"

Zhou Chu always felt that letting her enter the illusion array wouldn't just trap her to death, but rather...

Why should this kind of woman be rewarded?

Before Chen Xiangzi could speak, Zhao Ji hurriedly said, "No, don't let anyone know I'm alive."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu looked at Zhao Ji with suspicion.

You don't even dare to see the Crown Prince, who is your brother? What kind of person are you...?

Zhao Ji explained, "You might not believe it, but the royal family of Yan may have been infiltrated by a powerful demon."

The King of Yan in the palace is no longer my real father.

Everyone in the royal family, including my brother, is unreliable now.

I pondered for a long time in the cupboard before I finally understood: that great demon not only wanted to assassinate my father, but also wanted to seize his throne.

This woman must have been imprisoned for years and gone insane, Zhou Chu said, neither confirming nor denying her statement.

After discussing it with Chen Xiangzi for a few minutes, he decided to use a formation to temporarily trap the woman here, and then tell the Crown Prince about the situation so that the Crown Prince could make a decision.

Ignoring Zhao Ji's desperate pleas for mercy, Zhou Chu once again set up an illusionary formation, trapping her inside.

After finishing the tasks assigned by Zhou Chu, the flower fairy sisters came to the garden.

Zhou Chu said to the two of them, "The restrictions here have been lifted, you are now free."

After expressing their deepest gratitude, the flower fairy sisters gracefully departed.

After a long night of commotion, Zhou Chu and Chen Xiangzi were both exhausted and went back to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, Xu Yuan drove over in a carriage and said that the Crown Prince had instructed Zhou Chu and the other two to go to the military training ground outside the city.

Zhou Chu then remembered that three days ago, he had met Liu Dashan and others in the East City who had mentioned that the Crown Prince was selecting soldiers at the military camp outside the city today.

Xu Yuan also challenged the three to a duel.

There was no time for breakfast; they boarded the carriage and headed out of the city.

Three battalions of soldiers were stationed outside the city; these were the Crown Prince's personal troops.

The training ground covers an area of ​​about two li in circumference, with a command platform two or three zhang high built on the north side.

At this time, a lot of people had gathered in the training ground, most of them in groups of three, five, seven or eight.

Zhou Chu jumped off the carriage and looked into the distance. He saw that there was no Crown Prince's entourage on the command platform, which meant that the Crown Prince had not yet arrived.

Xu Yuan and Chen Xiangzi got off the carriage together, and the three of them walked towards the training ground.

Liu Dashan and his gang were gathered together, laughing and bragging. When they saw Xu Yuan and his two companions coming over, they all became incredibly excited, standing tall and glaring at the three men.

Zhou Chu walked ahead of the two, ignoring the fighting cock-like youths in front of him, and passed straight through them.

Liu Dashan wanted to stop him, but as soon as Zhou Chu got close, an invisible pressure pressed down on him as if it were a physical force.

Liu Dashan had the highest cultivation level among these people. Even he couldn't withstand Zhou Chu's pressure, so the others naturally made way for Zhou Chu and his group.

As Xu Yuan passed by Liu Dashan, he lowered his head and whispered to him, "When the fight breaks out later, don't beg for mercy."

Sensing that Xu Yuan's aura was completely different from that of the previous few days, Liu Dashan's expression hardened.

In less than three days, Xu Yuan actually broke through from the middle realm to the peak. He's got some skills.

However, having just broken through to the peak realm, his strength is not yet stable, which does not prevent me from controlling him.

Liu Dashan fantasized that in the upcoming match, he would defeat Xu Yuan in just a few rounds and make him kneel down and beg for mercy.

Then, he would act magnanimous and let Xu Yuan off the hook.

After all, they were childhood friends, and it's not right to kill them.

"The Crown Prince has arrived!"

A deep shout pulled Liu Dashan back to reality.

Looking in the direction of the sound, the Crown Prince's entourage had arrived at the gate of the martial arts arena.

The crown prince sat under a canopy, with a procession of flag bearers in front of him and hundreds of soldiers following behind.

The disciples in the training ground consciously stood on both sides, making way for the prince's entourage.

"How impressive!" Zhou Chu sighed inwardly, his eyes filled with undisguised envy.

A man should act like this, only then can he say he has lived a worthwhile life.

Surrounded by his entourage, the crown prince strode towards the command platform without glancing to the side.

Following closely behind were Mr. Cheng and the red-clad martial artist.

The two men kept a step's distance from the Crown Prince, following him up to the command platform, one on the left and one on the right.