Chapter 21

Ji Tang was silent for a moment, looking at him with a questioning look in his eyes: "How do you know this is a medicine for curing impotence?"

Jitang reached out to grab it, but Su Jinzhou stood up, and Jitang grabbed nothing.

Su Jinzhou tossed the medicine bottle up and down and said, "This medicine is in the alchemy book my master gave me."

Jitang stood up immediately after, his eyes following the medicine bottle up and down, "It seems that you haven't learned nothing..."

She reached out to grab again, but still missed. Meeting Su Jinzhou's playful gaze, she simply grabbed his arm.

Su Jinzhou was pulled so hard that he couldn't move, and the medicine bottle fell into his hand and was taken away by Ji Tang.

Ji Tang shook the medicine bottle and said, "What a coincidence, I am also making pills. Do you think this is the one?"

As she spoke, she took out a book on alchemy from her storage bag.

Su Jinzhou flipped it open and took a look. It was filled with annotations, showing that he had read it carefully. It did indeed contain the method for refining the Jiuchun Pill.

His eyes continued to move downwards. After the Jiuchun Pill, there were various kinds of pills for treating different diseases. They were written in great detail, even more so than the one that Master Wushu had given him.

Ji Tang dragged out an "oh" and said, "You're really interested? Is it because you haven't been staying in the palace to be a prince these past few years and have been playing too much that you have a hidden illness?"

Su Jinzhou closed the book abruptly and handed it back to Jitang, "Not interested."

Jitang put the book away with a smile, "Come to me anytime if you need anything."

The sides of Su Jinzhou's face were slightly bulging, and it was obvious that he was gritting his teeth.

Ji Tang cleared his throat, pretending not to notice, and turned around to point at the dance studio that was still burning, "What should we do?"

Su Jinzhou: "I have ordered people to come and put out the fire, they should be here soon."

"When did you..."

Ji Tang suddenly remembered that after she and Su Jinzhou came out of the dance studio, several people appeared from the darkness. She didn't pay much attention at the time, but now she thinks that Su Jinzhou should have waved or nodded to them.

"Those are your people?"

After staying at the boat for a while, he nodded.

Ji Tang couldn't help but clap his hands, "As expected of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Given Su Jinzhou's identity, even if he wanted to, the palace would not let him leave alone. There must be secret guards protecting him.

After another half an hour, the fire in the dance studio was completely extinguished. The dancers followed the manager to the inn to stay first. Tan Qingyue and Su Qianchen also returned.

Tan Qingyue smiled at Jitang, "Let's go to the palace!"

Ji Tang looked between Tan Qingyue and Su Qianchen. Seeing that they looked pretty good, it seemed like they had reached an agreement. "Are you not going to reopen the dance studio?"

Tan Qingyue: "We can do both. The site selection and renovation of the new dance hall building will not be completed overnight."

She pulled Jitang over and whispered, "I can't stop eating. The dance studio is run by the Seventh Prince, so he has to be responsible for my food during this period. I think the palace is good."

Ji Tang laughed, "Are you not afraid of Master Wu Shu anymore?"

Tan Qingyue: "Well, didn't the Seventh Prince go to discuss this with the Crown Prince?"

They looked at the two princes, and the two princes looked at them one after another.

Jitang and Tan Qingyue smiled back.

Su Qianchen spoke a few more words to Su Jinzhou, then a smile quickly appeared on his face and he bowed to Su Jinzhou.

Tan Qingyue tugged at Jitang's sleeve and said happily, "It's done!"

*

This is Jitang's second time entering the palace.

Apart from some new signs of renovation, the palace has not changed much since I first arrived.

When several people arrived at the Prince's Palace, Master Wu Shu had already received the message and was waiting in the palace.

After the night is over, the boat will proceed to pay its respects first.

When Jitang saw this, he followed.

"Master."

“Master!”

Two voices, one low and one high, appeared at the same time.

Ji Tang and Su Jinzhou both performed the ceremony and stood up.

Su Jinzhou had a hint of smile in his eyes, "What kind of disciple are you?"

Ji Tang quickly changed his words: "Master Wu Shu."

Master Wu Shu stroked his beard. It was rare to see sincerity in Su Jinzhou's smile. He was surprised and also felt a little more fond of Ji Tang.

He had gotten to know Ji Tang eight years ago, and he had an idea: "It's fine, if you want to become my disciple, that's fine. But since you practice the Nightmare Clan, I can't teach you the Nightmare Clan's techniques, nor do I have the right to accept you as a disciple of my Su Xuan Sect."

Ji Tang smiled and offered tea to Master Wu Shu. "I can practice the Nightmare Clan's techniques on my own. It doesn't matter whether I join the Suxuan Sect or not. Master, would you like to teach me something else?"

Master Wu Shu took the tea and gently skimmed the tea leaves over the tea lid.

Seeing this, Jitang knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Master Wu Shu muttered "sly creature" but drank the tea.

Su Qianchen was stunned, "You're going to take it now?"

Tan Qingyue whispered, "What's so strange?"

Su Qianchen smiled bitterly: "I have come back and forth many times, but Master Wushu still refuses. Asking my father and brother to intercede is useless."

Seeing that he had not called himself the King in front of her after entering the palace, Tan Qingyue said in a good mood, "That's because you haven't cultivated your spiritual roots. Only one mortal who can embark on the path of cultivation is chosen from among ten thousand. Even if Master Wu Shu accepted you as his disciple and taught you how to wield a sword, you would still fall from the sky if you couldn't learn it."

Su Qianchen shuddered when he heard that. "I'm afraid of heights, but I can't learn to fly a sword! Forget it, forget it."

Tan Qingyue glared at him, "Look at your character. Ji Tang is extremely talented in my Nightmare Clan. Not to mention people of the same generation, even those who are a generation older than her may not be able to compare to her. If she is accepted by Master Wu Shu, who will get the advantage?"

Su Qianchen quickly silenced her.

He had seen Master Wu Shu teaching his royal brother, and the magic he cast was so powerful that he could summon wind and rain.

Tan Qingyue only talked about it with Su Qianchen, but she didn't dare to do it in front of Master Wu Shu.

She looked up quietly and saw Master Wu Shu smiling at her. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

After cultivating to the level of Master Wu Shu, how could he not hear any noise in the house?

Tan Qingyue stuck out her tongue and bowed slightly to Master Wu Shu.

Seeing this, Su Qianchen also bowed.

Ji Tang asked Liu Wushu, "Master, I am your disciple, and my cultivation is higher than Su Jinzhou's. Does that mean I will be Su Jinzhou's senior sister from now on?"

Liu Wushu raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Jinzhou. Seeing his rather helpless expression, he smiled and said, "We have always divided the ranks into senior brothers and sisters based on the order in which they joined the sect. Please don't break the rules. Call someone."

Ji Tang's smile froze slightly.

Su Jinzhou actually laughed.

He stepped forward and bowed to Jitang, "Junior sister."

"..." Ji Tang struggled, "Why don't we each call our own?"

Liu Wushu: "What do you want to learn from me?"

"Learn alchemy." Ji Tang had books but no master, so she could never get the hang of alchemy. She knew what Liu Wushu meant by asking this, and returned Su Jinzhou's greeting, "Senior Brother."

"You're so quick, and you're still afraid to watch me salute?" Liu Wushu said with a smile, "Jinzhou, you really need to practice hard. Look at your junior sister, she's much more powerful than you."

Su Jinzhou knew that Liu Wushu was taking this opportunity to sound the alarm for him, so he said meekly, "Yes, Master."

After Liu Wushu left, Tan Qingyue sat for a while and then left with Su Qianchen.

Jitang toured the Prince's Palace and finally sat on the couch.

"Your place is really unchanging." She just sat down and turned around in surprise. "It's not unchanging either. The couch and cushions have changed?"

Su Jinzhou sat next to her.

The two of them were separated by a kang table, and he couldn't help but recall that they used to sit on either side like this.

He saw Jitang leaning back, sinking into the cushion as if he had no bones.

He smiled and said, "I changed it a long time ago."

"That's a good change! This is much more comfortable than the hard and thin one before!" Ji Tang tried it, then climbed up and leaned on the table to talk to him, "What are we going to do tomorrow? Do you still have to go to court early in the morning?"

Su Jinzhou lowered his eyes and said, "I haven't been to court for a long time, so I won't be there tomorrow either."

Ji Tang didn't ask any more questions, "Then what are you doing, sleeping in?"

Su Jinzhou: "Get up early."

Ji Tang: "I understand. Let's go find Master to learn!"

Su Jinzhou looked at her and said, "Let's go hunting."

Jitang: "Ah?"

*

The next morning, Ji Tang yawned and followed Su Jinzhou to the royal hunting ground.

The same as her is Tan Qingyue.

Seeing Jitang, Tan Qingyue complained, "I haven't gotten up so early since I left the Nightmare Clan."

Although Jitang was not as exaggerated as her, he also looked sleepy.

Not far away, Su Jinzhou and Su Qianchen came over, each leading two horses, looking very energetic.

"Try it?" Su Jinzhou handed the reins to Jitang.

Jitang looked at the horse and saw it snort, then he took two steps back.

Su Jinzhou noticed it and smiled even deeper, "Are you scared?"

Ji Tang glared: "Are you afraid of it?"

"Then try it."

Jitang: "...I've never ridden one before, and I don't want to try."

Su Jinzhou: "So you only took a carriage when you went out in the past?"

Ji Tang patted his shoulder, looking like a child who was beyond teaching. "Why would I need those when I go out? A flying sword is enough."

Now it was Su Jinzhou's turn to be speechless.

Ji Tang smiled: "Just say that you should practice well! At least change your mindset first, and don't always think with a mortal brain."

Su Jinzhou put the reins in her hand and said, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Riding a horse is different from flying a sword."

"What's the difference? Is it higher or faster than flying a sword? You've never flown a sword before..." As she said this, she grabbed the reins and walked to the side of the horse.

You can tell at first glance that this horse is extraordinary, but compared with Tan Qingyue's horse, it is a little too extraordinary.

Tan Qingyue's is a pony with pure white mane. It looks harmless and cute.

But Jitang's horse is different. It is an adult horse, tall, muscular, and has jet-black hair. When standing next to Su Jinzhou's horse, it is hard to tell which is which.

Su Jinzhou: "I know Junior Sister definitely doesn't like riding that kind of pony."

Ji Tang thought to himself, you know nothing, but he remained calm and composed, "Then I'll give it a try."

She stepped on the stirrups, and the horse immediately let out a high and drawn-out neigh, its four hooves churning continuously.

“Hey hey hey!!”

Ji Tang's body was unstable, and a nightmare aura appeared on his hands.

It was at this moment that she felt her body lighten and she was lifted up, sitting safely on the horse's back.

Jitang subconsciously tightened the reins.

Beside her, Su Jinzhou also pulled the reins and quickly calmed the restless horse.

Su Jinzhou laughed and said, "Junior sister, are you planning to use nightmare energy to tame this horse?"

Ji Tang got rid of the nightmare, and only then did she realize on the horse's back that even if she lowered her legs to the bottom, she couldn't reach the stirrups on both sides.

She was so angry that her teeth itched, "Brother, have you never considered the height issue?"

The smile in Su Jinzhou's eyes grew even brighter, but he hid it so well that the words he spoke out were quite calm, "Senior Brother will adjust it for you."

Ji Tang finally stepped on the stirrups and saw that the two horses of Tan Qingyue and Su Qianchen were slowly moving forward. He thought that he could finally ride the horses properly, so he listened to what Su Jinzhou said.

"Let's go hunting!"

After staying at the boat for a while, he jumped onto his horse with a clean and neat movement. He shouted "Go!" and the horse broke into a rage and galloped off.

The horse under Jitang also started running wildly, unwilling to fall behind.

Jitang was almost thrown off. She clamped her legs against the horse's belly and her face was almost deformed by the wind.

"Staying...all...on the boat..."

Jitang's voice was completely swallowed by the wind.

Su Jinzhou, who was almost half a horse's length taller than her, had already drawn his bow. His black hair fell behind him. He narrowed his eyes slightly and shot the arrow in his hand. The arrow blew with such force that the screams of animals could be heard in the distance.

Jitang only lasted for half a moment before his body began to sway from side to side.

The nightmare energy surged out of her hands and covered her body in an instant. The oncoming wind was completely blocked by the nightmare energy, and not a single bit of it could reach Ji Tang.

At the same time, the nightmare spirit protected her tightly, and she was not affected even if the horse ran faster.

The two men came close to their prey.

Jitang floated down into the air using the levitation technique and saw that the prey was a fawn, lying next to the bow and arrow.

The arrow missed it, and the tip of the arrow landed near its hind leg.

"Senior brother's archery skills are average."

"Of course, it's not as powerful as Junior Sister's nightmare energy."

Jitang curled his lips.

She moved closer and saw Su Jinzhou touching the deer's head.

Ji Tang paused slightly, "Did you shoot it off target on purpose?"

The fawn stood up on its own in a moment and then ran away.

As Su Jinzhou stood up, he pulled out his bow and arrow and put it back into the quiver on the side of the horse's back.

Ji Tang then remembered to ask, "Why is no one following the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince when they go hunting?"

Su Jinzhou: "We brothers are free to play, but some people are bound by restrictions."

Ji Tang: "Is it because His Royal Highness is too soft-hearted and is afraid that if the news gets out, he will lose his authority?"

The future crown prince is a person who cannot bear to kill even small animals. To put it in a positive way, this is kindness and benevolence, but to put it in a negative way, it is weakness and incompetence.

Su Jinzhou patted his horse's back, turned around and said with a smile: "I have many problems, but this one is not a big deal."

Ji Tang frowned, he couldn't stand seeing him belittling himself.

There must be a reason for the change in the past eight years, and she doesn't know how to persuade him.

Ji Tang thought about it, his eyes lit up, and suddenly he said: "Brother, let me teach you how to fly the sword!"

The world is vast. Instead of being imprisoned in a corner, it is better to break free and move forward.