Chapter 205 Where did the century-old cultivation within the body come from?
Liu Ye immediately became interested upon hearing this: "I want to learn, teach me now!" Since she was little, she had admired those heroes in TV dramas who could fly over rooftops and leap across walls; they were just too cool.
Bai Zilin brought Liu Ye to the General's Mansion next door and introduced her to Steward Li. Steward Li was a middle-aged man, about 1.6 meters tall, lean and wiry, with a shrewd look and eyes full of stories. He was clearly not someone to be trifled with. "Greetings, Princess Wushuang." Steward Li was about to kneel down when Liu Ye helped him up. "Old Li, you don't need to be so polite. Brother Bai and I are family. His people are my people too."
Steward Li nodded respectfully and said, "Your Highness is right, this old servant will remember it."
Bai Zilin looked at Steward Li and asked, "The princess also wants to learn the lightness skill you taught me. May I teach her?"
Butler Li quickly replied, "Of course, I was taught by a crazy old man, I didn't even have a formal apprenticeship, haha."
Bai Zilin took Liu Ye to the backyard of the General's Mansion, found a secluded courtyard, and taught her light-body skills. Liu Ye was naturally clever, and she learned it after Bai Zilin taught her only once. She looked up at the high roof, touched the ground with her toes, spread her arms, and flew up to the roof in a flash. Bai Zilin was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out. Good heavens! She learned too fast.
"Liu Ye, be careful." Then, he spread his arms and flew onto the roof: "You're too amazing. You probably don't know any internal energy, right?"
Liu Ye was also shocked by her own strength. She didn't expect that she could fly after just one try. It seemed that there was a surge of energy in her body that had just erupted. Now her whole body was hot, as if her blood was boiling inside her. Could she have gone into a state of demonic possession?
"Brother Bai, I'm so hot! My whole body aches from the heat. Did I do something wrong and go into a state of qi deviation?"
Bai Zilin looked closely at Liu Ye's face: "Your face isn't red." He reached out and touched Liu Ye's face; the temperature was just right, not particularly hot.
"It's not hot. Are you feeling particularly uncomfortable?"
Liu Ye shook her head: "I don't feel uncomfortable, it's just too hot."
Bai Zilin was worried, so he grabbed Liu Ye's waist and flew down from the roof. He then asked Steward Li to take Liu Ye's pulse to see what was wrong. After taking Liu Ye's pulse, Steward Li said with a shocked expression, "I didn't expect the princess's cultivation to be so high. She has a hundred years of cultivation at such a young age."
Bai Zilin and Liu Ye were both completely bewildered. Liu Ye asked in confusion, "What is this cultivation level you're talking about?"
Butler Li was stumped by her question. Did the princess not know? It seemed that was the case. He patiently explained, "Internal strength is true energy, a great energy that resides in the dantian. It is slowly condensed by us martial artists. Without external help, one can cultivate internal strength on one's own. Cultivating internal strength is very slow. However, the princess's cultivation level is a hundred years old. Since it was not cultivated by the princess herself, then someone must have passed on their hundred years of cultivation to the princess."
Hearing this, Liu Ye became even more puzzled, but she didn't say anything. It seemed that no one had taught her a hundred years of cultivation. The only explanation was that her body had indeed changed since she learned the Poison God Technique. Not only had her strength increased, but her body also seemed lighter, her breathing was smooth, and she felt comfortable all over. Moreover, the Poison God Technique had disappeared, so it seemed to be related to the Poison God Technique.
Bai Zilin asked with a worried expression, "Will the princess's sudden acquisition of such a high level of internal energy harm her body?"
Steward Li said with a smile, "General, rest assured, the princess has a century of internal energy protecting her body. It has no advantage and no disadvantage. This is something that we martial artists can only dream of."
Bai Zilin breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's good, Butler Li, you can go and do your work."
"Yes." After Steward Li left, Bai Zilin became curious again, wondering who had given Liu Ye a century's worth of cultivation: "What happened?"
Liu Ye shook her head, feigning ignorance: "I don't know either. I guess it might be related to the old man I saved before. He seemed to have touched my head, and then my head felt hot. Maybe he passed it on to me. Otherwise, who else could it be...?"
Bai Zilin frowned, stroked his chin, and pondered for a while before saying, "If that's what you're saying, then it must have been passed down to you by that old man. I'm so envious. Why can't I meet any masters?"
Liu Ye touched her nose guiltily. Even if she did run into him, no one would pass on a century's worth of internal energy to someone else. What's shown in TV dramas is all lies: "Hehehe, I just stumbled upon this by sheer luck. Maybe Brother Bai will run into him in the future too."
Steward Li returned, knocked on the door, and said softly, "General, someone from the palace has come to summon you. I have prepared a carriage for you."
Bai Zilin narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, his sixth sense telling him that nothing good was coming: "I understand."
Bai Zilin then looked at Liu Ye and said, "I'm going into the palace to see what's going on. You go back to the next room first, and I'll come back to find you."
Liu Ye, still worried, instructed, "If you can't refuse the Emperor's request, just accept it for now. We'll figure something out together when you get back. There's always a way."
Bai Zilin's lips curled up slightly, his eyes filled with love for Liu Ye. She was still his little wife. Every word she said warmed his heart. He lifted Liu Ye's chin with his large hand and kissed her hard on the lips: "I know, Brother Bai has also become smarter because of you. Well then, I'm leaving."
Liu Ye nodded with a blush on her face. After Bai Zilin left, she also returned to the next room.
Meanwhile, Bai Zilin also arrived at the palace, in Emperor Xuan's study. Bai Zilin knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."
Emperor Xuan raised his head from his desk, revealing a weary expression: "Rise. You came quite quickly. Do you know why I summoned you?"
Bai Zilin stood up from the ground, thinking to himself, "How would I know? I'm not a mind reader." He replied, "I do not know."
The Emperor lowered his eyes and sighed: "Alas, how should I put it, it really puts me in a difficult position. You have met the Princess, and I heard that you made a door in the wall between the two houses."
Bai Zilin nodded: "Yes, the princess is my fiancée. It's only a matter of time before our two families become one. Opening a door in the wall will also make it easier to walk around."
Emperor Xuan stood up, walked around the table to Bai Zilin's side, and patted his shoulder with a look of unspoken unease: "I know you and the princess are childhood sweethearts, but the princess is no longer a country bumpkin. Her marriage is not up to her to decide, and the same goes for my marriage, let alone yours."
Bai Zilin remained silent with a cold expression. He had already guessed what the Emperor was going to say next. This mother and daughter really disappointed him!
"The Empress Dowager intends to marry the princess to the Zheng family. The imperial decree will be delivered to the princess's residence tomorrow. General Bai, I have high hopes for you. I hope you will not let personal feelings affect your future."
Bai Zilin pretended to be in pain and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, there was no sadness in his eyes: "Your subject obeys the decree."
Emperor Xuan was pleased with Bai Zilin's reaction. He patted Bai Zilin on the shoulder and said with a comforting expression, "That's good. As the old saying goes, a great man has nothing to worry about when he has no wife. For example, Princess Yunxi looks at you differently."
Bai Zilin remained expressionless and silent. Seeing that he did not refuse, Emperor Xuan took it as tacit agreement, and thought that Bai Zilin was being sensible. Otherwise, he was now the emperor, and he had no shortage of capable ministers and generals around him. He could replace Bai Zilin at any time. "Hehe, this is Princess Yunxi's first time visiting our Wuli Kingdom. She wants you to take her out for sightseeing. I have already ordered people to make arrangements. The palace carriage will pick you up early tomorrow morning. You must take good care of Princess Yunxi."
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