Upon hearing this, Fang Xuan was somewhat apprehensive and immediately clasped his hands in a salute to Gu Yifeng.
"Your Highness is too kind. No matter how capable I am, I am not as intelligent as Your Highness. I was able to break through the deadly trap set by the Second Prince."
Fang Xuan gave a forced smile and quickly said.
"Alright, alright, enough with the pleasantries. Let's get down to business. I must investigate the Second Prince. Commander Yan was his left hand, which has already been severed. As for his right hand, it belongs to that assassin from Great Chu. We must pursue that matter closely."
Gu Yifeng narrowed his eyes slightly; this was also the reason why Fang Xuan had come to see him today.
Throughout history, the struggle between princes has been one of the bloodiest periods in Chinese history. Only by choosing the right side could a courtier have any chance of survival.
"In that case, I am relieved. Although the Second Prince is shrewd and cunning, and has won over a considerable number of people in the court, he is ruthless and cruel, and does not have the qualities of a benevolent ruler. I will investigate this matter for Your Highness."
Fang Xuan also frowned, and when he mentioned the Second Prince, his tone was inevitably somewhat disgusted.
"Very good. Go ahead and investigate. If you have any questions about your authority, just ask me for permission. Especially in recent years, all the murders that have occurred in the Second Prince's residence have been reported to the jailers."
Gu Yifeng waved his hand, made the final decision, and then let Fang Xuan leave the prison. Right now, bringing down the Second Prince was not the priority; improving cultivation was the most important thing.
After all, the Second Prince was only at the early stage of the Opening Realm. Even considering the strength of the court, he would not be easily executed. Therefore, only when one's own strength could bring enough deterrence could one kill him in one blow.
With this thought in mind, he took out the remaining Body Tempering Pills and began to swallow and refine them little by little, officially entering a state of cultivation.
After a night of cultivation, Gu Yifeng's cultivation level successfully rose to the peak of the late stage of the Dingyuan Realm, just one step away from breaking through.
He could even sense the thin membrane that allowed him to break through to the Opening Mansion Realm, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through the barrier and succeed in breaking through.
After exiting his cultivation state, he activated the system and started checking in. This time, the system's reward was a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills, which could condense the spiritual energy in his dantian and compress it by two times.
In addition, after taking it, it can increase the permeability of the meridians, enhance the affinity with spiritual energy, and increase the speed of cultivation.
With this pill in hand, Gu Yifeng became even more determined to break through his limits. He immediately swallowed one and entered a state of cultivation once again.
As the pill entered the body, the spiritual energy within the dantian instantly boiled. The spiritual energy, which was already like a thick fog, was instantly gathered into a ball and fell into the dantian like raindrops.
At the same time, a huge suction force came from within the body, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy from the outside world. After being compressed repeatedly in the meridians, it entered the dantian.
About an incense stick later, when his dantian was filled with raindrops of spiritual energy, Gu Yifeng gritted his teeth and unleashed a torrent of spiritual energy, rushing towards the bottleneck.
With just one touch, the shackles were broken, and a feeling of comfort and pleasure welled up from his heart. He felt that his spiritual perception had expanded by three points.
The amount of spiritual energy in his dantian increased by a full 30%, and the spiritual energy became more condensed, allowing him to crush those in the Dingyuan Realm in battle.
"So this is the Opening Realm...?"
Gu Yifeng muttered to himself, and with a thought, a layer of spiritual energy condensed on his body, taking on an external form that constantly changed until it finally coalesced into a long sword.
This sword has a unique appearance; it resembles the Great Qian Dynasty's most precious treasure—the Mountain and River Sword.
This is what makes the Opening Mansion Realm special. All cultivators in the Opening Mansion Realm can master external manifestation supernatural powers. The more divine the external manifestation they create, the stronger its power.
Someone like Gu Yifeng, who can completely manifest an external form with the same divine color as his original body, is powerful enough to overwhelm most people in the Opening Mansion Realm. However, to fully unleash this power, he needs to continuously cultivate.
After playing with the external appearance for a while, he prepared to try cultivating the Devouring Heaven Record, but unexpectedly he suddenly heard a series of sobs, which seemed to be coming from the lower prison cells.
Gu Yifeng subconsciously focused his gaze on the ground, but the scene before him continued to expand, passing through various gaps in the ground, and finally penetrating a layer of stone wall, arriving at the lower level of the Heavenly Prison.
"So this is the benefit of breaking through to the Opening Realm!"
Gu Yifeng was secretly delighted, not expecting that his five senses would be greatly enhanced after the breakthrough.
After calming his excitement, he focused his attention on the cell below. There was no one in the cell, but he could still hear sobbing coming from below.
If there is no one there, it can only mean one thing: it is a soul with extremely strong resentment that has died here because it is unwilling to leave, and it will take some time before it can solidify into a physical form.
However, since Gu Yifeng moved in, no new people have entered this prison. This means that this person must have died before, and was disposed of in advance for fear of him discovering the truth.
Thinking of this, he immediately walked out of the cell and sat down calmly at the table where the prison guards were on duty.
"Your Highness, have you decided to come out?"
The jailers were overjoyed to see Gu Yifeng emerge. According to the ministers, they would receive a substantial reward if they could get the Crown Prince out of prison.
"How could that be? I haven't had my fill yet. What I want to ask is, who was previously imprisoned in the cell on this next level?"
Gu Yifeng asked calmly.
Upon hearing this, almost instantly, the four jailers tensed up, their expressions panicked, and they looked at each other in bewilderment. Then they immediately knelt down and refused to get up.
"Your Highness, it's not that we deliberately concealed it. This matter was handled by Commander Yan. We didn't know the person's name, only that she was a woman with delicate features who killed herself before you came in."
One of the jailers answered honestly.
"Oh? Never mind, you didn't know about this, I don't blame you. Give me the key, I'll go and see for myself."
Gu Yifeng waved his hand, took the key, and went straight down the stairs to the next floor.
The four jailers exchanged glances, feeling a little uneasy, but then they thought that since the person was gone, it was just a matter of checking the cell and nothing serious would happen, so they relaxed.
Little did they know Gu Yifeng's methods. They saw him arrive at the cell where the eerie wailing sound came from, take out the Mirror of Insight he had obtained earlier, place it in front of his eyes, and look at it without injecting spiritual power.
The scene was identical to what the naked eye could see, and no evil spirits or ghosts could be seen. Only by injecting spiritual power did the scene in the mirror suddenly change.
As spiritual energy continued to flow in, the image in the mirror flickered, remaining empty until Gu Yifeng used up half of his spiritual energy before a figure appeared in the image.
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