Qu Feiyan propped her chin on her hand and said calmly, "Hypocritical! There are plenty of people like that in the world."
After pausing slightly, Qu Feiyan shook her head and said, "However, if it weren't for what happened today, I wouldn't have expected that the Iron-Blooded Marquis would be hiding so deeply."
"Indeed, appearances can be deceiving! People who seem honest and kind can be even more terrifying than the most vicious people when they turn evil."
After a short while, once her mood had calmed down, Xiao Zhao asked in confusion, "Since the side effects of this 'Absorption Technique' are so severe, why did you still choose to learn it, Young Master?"
Chu Qinghe said slowly, "If one day I'm bored and want to disperse my power, I can use this 'Power Absorption Technique' to collect my power and then pass it on to you."
Upon hearing this, not only Qu Feiyan, but also Yaoyue, Lin Shiyin, and the other girls felt that Chu Qinghe was joking.
Who would want to slack off and play around for no reason? Are you kidding me?
However, the girls were unaware that what Chu Qinghe was saying was true.
The effects of the "Absorption Technique" are extremely powerful, but its side effects are also difficult to ignore.
If it were an ordinary person, there would indeed be no way to escape it. They would end up like Zhu Wushi, who, once used, would never be able to break free from the "Absorption Technique" and would become increasingly trapped.
But Chu Qinghe was not among these "ordinary people".
With Chu Qinghe's medical skills, after using the character card and some special medicines, he could completely reverse the flow of true qi to forcibly erase a portion of his essence, qi and spirit. Then, he could use the plundering method in the "Absorption Technique" to reverse the true qi a second time and seal the abandoned power into the wooden carving in a way that was almost like dispersing his power.
This act of voluntarily dissipating one's energy is not plunder; the so-called essence, energy, and spirit are naturally like rootless duckweed, dissipating along with it.
With this secondary purification effect, if Chu Qinghe, Qu Feiyan, and others absorb this power into their own bodies, at most they will have a slightly unstable foundation after breaking through, but they can solve the problem after cultivating for a month or two.
The effect is similar to that of taking medicinal wine made from Nine-Leaf Nine-Heart Grass.
Compared to the effects of directly using the "Absorption Technique," it can be said to be negligible.
At this moment, Yaoyue asked, "Now that you have memorized this 'Absorption Technique,' were your previous actions just a performance for Zhu Wushi?"
Chu Qinghe said lazily, "Zhu Wushi is a vengeful person. I only took out this 'Absorption Technique' because I wanted to save someone. If he really finds out that I have learned this, I'm afraid it will become a thorn in his side in the future."
"Since I've already learned it, I might as well just coax him a little; it won't hurt me."
Qu Feiyan asked, "But Zhu Wushi won't believe that so easily, will he?"
In response, Chu Qinghe said lazily, "If it were you, would you believe that someone could learn a mid-grade Heaven-rank martial art in ten breaths? At most, you would just consider it a peculiar hobby or a way of making things difficult for me."
Qu Feiyan thought about it and realized that it was indeed true.
If they hadn't witnessed Chu Qinghe's talent firsthand, even Yaoyue and Dongfang Bubai wouldn't have dared to imagine that there was such a prodigy in the world who could learn a Heaven-rank martial art just by reading a manual once.
Hearing Chu Qinghe's words, Yaoyue was speechless.
I've never seen anyone like Chu Qinghe.
Even though they've already gotten the benefits, they still have to put on an act.
A moment later, Qu Feiyan's gaze fell on the table, looking at the memorial Zhu Wushi had taken out earlier. Qu Feiyan asked curiously, "Sister Yue, is the annual tax paid to the imperial court different within the Yihua Palace? Why have I never heard of this before?"
Yaoyue said calmly, "The price we paid for besieging the Azure Dragon Society a hundred years ago."
"Um."
Upon hearing Yaoyue's reply, Qu Feiyan's expression turned doubtful.
But in just a few breaths, Qu Feiyan realized: "Sister Yue, are you saying that the Yihua Palace didn't besiege the Qinglong Society a hundred years ago, so the court raised the taxes on the Yihua Palace as a result?"
Yaoyue shook her head and said, "It doesn't count as such. It's just a matter of exchanging 20% of the money that my Yihua Palace will receive in the future for not participating in the siege of the Qinglong Society. It's a condition that was agreed upon beforehand, so it can't be considered settling scores later."
Chu Qinghe listened to what Yaoyue said, but he was not surprised at all.
As the saying goes, "It is not scarcity that is to be feared, but inequality."
A hundred years ago, Yihua Palace chose to stay out of the mess and not get involved in the Qinglong Society's affairs, so naturally they needed to give an explanation afterwards.
Otherwise, what would become of the imperial court's reputation? What opinions would other top-tier forces, who contributed manpower and effort and suffered numerous casualties among their disciples, have?
After responding to Qu Feiyan, Yaoyue shifted her gaze slightly.
Seeing Chu Qinghe's thoughtful expression, Yaoyue asked, "You said before that if I'm here, I can see some things. What did you mean by that?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Qinghe said calmly, "It's nothing, just to find out if Zhu Wushi is really the leader of the Azure Dragon Society."
Upon hearing Chu Qinghe's mention of the topic, Qu Feiyan asked, "And the result?"
Chu Qinghe said lazily, "If there are no surprises, this Zhu Wushi should be one of the dragon leaders of the Azure Dragon Society."
Yaoyue asked, puzzled, "Where did you come to this conclusion?"
Chu Qinghe didn't hide anything and slowly said, "If you say that Bai Xiaosheng is the leader of the Azure Dragon Society, not many people know that, but in the martial world, it's not surprising that someone of Bai Xiaosheng's age knows some people. If Zhu Wushi and Bai Xiaosheng are just friends, at most he would tell Zhu Wushi about my medical skills, rather than telling Zhu Wushi about you, Dongfang, and even Shuimu."
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