After Wan Ce left, Ren Yongfeng approached and said respectfully, "Your Highness, it's been a long time. Are you free tomorrow? I'd like to ask you some questions."

Ling Luo nodded: "Yes."

Although she was still quite busy, she still had time to answer Ren Yongfeng's questions.

Ren Yongfeng was overjoyed: "Great, you can set the time, I'm always available."

Ling Luo: "...Okay."

After not seeing each other for several years, in addition to Ren Yongfeng, Guan Li, Yu Danqing and the others also took the initiative to come over and greet Ling Luo.

Ling Luo responded to each of them: "Hello."

While Ye Xingxue and Ling Luo were attending the palace banquet, news that she and Ye Xingxue were also attending this year's palace banquet spread online.

The people of the empire had not heard from them for a long time, and they were all very happy to receive the news.

"Wow, it really is the Crown Princess and His Highness the Crown Prince! Ahhh, I haven't seen them for five years. I'm so happy to see them on the first day of the new year."

"Me too, me too!!"

"The Crown Princess and His Highness the Crown Prince are still so good-looking. They seem to be a perfect match for each other."

Amidst the cheerful comments, someone suddenly remarked: "When His Highness the Crown Prince returned to the military to resume his post five years ago, didn't the Crown Princess go with him? Wasn't there news that the Crown Princess had been researching training methods shortly after arriving at the base? I just heard that she has been working hard on training methods for five years, but so far, it seems there hasn't been any progress."

The people of the Lingliu Empire already knew that Ye Xingxue had been reinstated to the military five years ago, and that Ling Luo had gone with her.

They also heard that not long after Ling Luo arrived at the base, she began to seriously continue researching training methods.

In previous years, Ling Luo had said in interviews that she had stopped researching training methods. Now that people in the empire have learned that she has started researching training methods again, they are happy and full of anticipation.

However, five years have passed, and there has been no news of any progress on this matter.

Upon seeing this point raised, netizens responded, "It's normal that there's been no progress, right? After all, experts at other Imperial Research Institutes have been researching for so many years, and they're still basically at the level they were five years ago."

"Yes, no matter what, the Crown Princess has already tried her best, and she has a clear conscience."

"The Crown Princess has already made enough contributions for us, and everyone should be grateful."

"That's right, that's right."

"I was just sharing the news with everyone, it's nothing serious, please don't be angry."

"We're not angry, and we don't suspect you of anything. We're just worried that someone might stir up trouble. Happy New Year everyone! Sending love to everyone~"

Regarding Ling Luo's lack of progress in training over the past five years, the atmosphere online within the Ling Luo Empire remains quite harmonious.

Its influence in interstellar space is extremely high.

Some netizens from other empires also learned about this.

Other netizens in the Empire also knew that Ling Luo had gone to the military headquarters with Ye Xingxue.

Many people had already predicted that despite years of research by numerous experts from various empires, Ling Luo, who had been researching alone for five years, would also fail to make a breakthrough.

Other netizens from the Empire didn't say anything about this.

This matter did not cause a particularly big reaction.

However, half an hour later, the Niflü Empire Training Method Research Institute released a message saying that by the middle of the year, their institute had developed two training methods that were a quarter better than Ling Luo's training methods.

However, these two training methods are not suitable for everyone, and they are currently being tested to determine who they are suitable for.

It should be noted that the training methods developed by various empires based on ancient martial arts five years ago were only 60-70% as effective as those used by Lingluo.

Over the past five years, the various empires have made little progress in this regard.

The Niflü Empire has now leaped from achieving less than 70% of the effectiveness of Ling Luo's training method to developing a training method that is a quarter better than hers—this is a tremendous advancement.

A quarter might not seem like a lot, but considering how much better Ling Luo's training methods are, it's quite remarkable in everyone's eyes.

The news immediately caused a huge stir online.

The Niflü Empire's website was filled with jubilation, with everyone eagerly anticipating the day they could use these two training methods.

Not long ago, netizens of the Lingliu Empire learned that Lingluo had made no progress in training methods, but now they have discovered that other empires have made a qualitative leap in their research on this topic. Upon seeing the news, the Lingliu Empire's social media platforms instantly became much quieter.

Netizens from other empires were watching the spectacle.

Some netizens in other empires also knew that Ling Luo had made no progress after five years of hard work.

Some people, eager for a good show, said, "The integration of ancient martial arts into martial arts training methods was first discovered and developed by the Crown Princess of the Lingliu Empire. To be fair, the Lingliu Empire originally had an absolute advantage in this matter, but now the Nifus Empire has overtaken it. From the Lingliu Empire's perspective, the Crown Princess of the Lingliu Empire should actually bear some responsibility for this, right?"

"Of course. It's said that she has been working hard to research training methods for the past five years. However, I just saw the news and heard that there hasn't been much progress. But from another perspective, if she really wants to research training methods, staying on their empire's main planet and joining their empire's training methods research institute would actually be the best choice."

"Even a pig could understand such a simple principle. But when the people of their empire heard the news just now, they were trying to make excuses for her and covering each other's mouths. I don't deny her contributions to our martial arts, but to be honest, I really can't stand her behavior of covering her mouths to prevent people from talking after she has made contributions and done something unreasonable."

"Me too, hahaha~"

Many netizens in the Lingliu Empire have remained silent about this matter.

In fact, they all knew that what netizens from other empires said made sense.

When they first learned that Ling Luo and Ye Xingxue had gone to the military headquarters together, many people in the Lingliu Empire felt that she was not taking good care of her reputation.

Many netizens are also worried that if she causes trouble after going to the military, it will directly destroy everyone's affection for her.

But her life was short. She would go to the military headquarters at night and could only return once every two or three years. Everyone could understand her feelings when she went to the military headquarters with the Crown Prince.

When they learned that in order to stay in the military legitimately, Ling Luo had been staying in his room all day, focusing on researching training methods, many people breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Ling Luo had finally stayed grounded and knew how to do his job.

They were somewhat disappointed to learn that she had made no progress, but seeing that the other empires had also made no progress, they didn't feel anything was amiss.

In terms of training methods, they have truly benefited from Ling Luo's influence. Even if Ling Luo is not making progress now, it is not their place to criticize him.

Therefore, even though people from other empires mocked Ling Luo, netizens from the Lingliu Empire didn't say anything.

However, while many people felt uncomfortable, they were also quite angry: "The Crown Princess just released the relevant news, and Niffort immediately followed suit. It was clearly intentional."

"I think so too. They clearly want to climb to the top by stepping on the Crown Princess. If we had known that the people of their empire were this disgusting, we shouldn't have sold the training methods to them in the first place!"

"Exactly! I've never seen such a disgusting person!"

Many netizens of the Lingliu Empire were furious.

The netizens of the Niflü Empire, however, thought differently: "We understand the frustration you feel because your Crown Princess has been surpassed and you've lost your sense of superiority, and you can't even criticize her. But don't take yourselves too seriously. Our research institute has made progress. At the end of last year, Academician Katiefen had already hinted at it. Now that it's the New Year, it's normal for the experts at the research institute to release the news while everyone is in a good mood, okay?"

"Whether it's true or not, these messages can be verified. However, the people of the Lingliu Empire are still stuck in their past sense of superiority and can't get out of it. There's no point in talking to them about these things, hehe."

Other netizens who were watching the drama unfold commented fairly: "The Nifos Research Institute did mention this matter in a veiled manner, and I am indeed somewhat angry at the Crown Princess of the Lingliu Empire for her lack of self-control. However, who would believe that the Nifos Empire released this information at this time without any intentional intent?"

"That's right. It's probably because back in the Dibuken Empire, the Crown Princess of the Lingliu Empire pretended to be stupid and refused to talk to them about ancient martial arts, which made Academician Katiefen of their Empire's Training Methods Research Institute hold a grudge. So... you all understand, right?"

"I understand, who wouldn't? Hahaha~"