Chapter 108: That's not letting water, it's letting the sea

Zhu Gaowang's face completely sank: "Shen Qing, do you think you've got me figured out?"

He really isn't giving him any face at all.

In terms of status, he is, after all, a prince.

In terms of talent, Zhu Gaowang is also a genius; at thirty he is already at the peak of the Grand Master Realm.

Moreover, the Shen family always takes only one set of overbearing techniques when they go out to train; how they develop later is another matter, but their starting point is definitely higher because they are royal.

Once reaching the Grand Master Realm, Zhu Gaowang definitely wouldn't dare to raise his voice at Shen Qing.

But it's still that saying.

Shen Qing is only at the fifth level of the Grand Master Realm, and he has just obtained the secret art.

Shen Qing couldn't be bothered to keep talking to Zhu Gaowang; he simply began to count down indifferently.

"Three."

Zhu Gaowang saw Shen Qing really counting down, his face sank a bit more: "You really intend to settle me after three breaths?"

Shen Qing still didn't speak, just said indifferently: "Two breaths have passed."

And Shen Qing's right hand had already gripped the hilt of the Crimson Void.

Zhou Lianshan couldn't bear to watch any longer and blurted: "Prince Ying! Quickly draw your weapon and charge the secret art!"

Zhu Gaowang also reacted, hurriedly drew the long sword at his waist, preparing to charge the secret art; sword qi slowly gathered in the air, faintly showing the momentum to pierce the sky, only the gathering speed was a bit slow.

And at that moment, Shen Qing finished the final count.

"One!"

As the words fell, Shen Qing's figure vanished, a flash of red light flickered in the air — the Crimson Void being drawn.

"Ink Dragon Severing River!"

Accompanying the sound was a sky-filling ink-colored true qi, swiftly condensing into an ink-colored true dragon; the blade's momentum peaked in the blink of an eye, the ink dragon howled as if it wanted to grind heaven and earth to dust.

Zhu Gaowang's face changed instantly: "Huh? Why isn't your secret art needing to be charged?"

He shouted: "Wait a moment!"

But Shen Qing couldn't be bothered to pay him; he had already given him time to charge, yet he was dawdling.

Zhu Gaowang's face was full of terror, and that ink-colored true dragon slammed directly into his chest.

With a bang, Zhu Gaowang flew backward, tracing a beautiful arc in the air, heavily landing on the ground, rolling twice, and finally rolling precisely to the spot Shen Qing had just pointed at.

Zhou Lianshan's face changed drastically, he bellowed: "Prince Ying!"

Shen Qing snorted: "Don't call it so miserable, are you trying to pull a scam?"

"I didn't use full force; I used the back of the blade."

"What a weak prince."

Zhou Lianshan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, only then noticing that Shen Qing's Crimson Void had been held in a reverse grip all along.

"How much water did he let out?"

Shen Qing sheathed his sword and walked toward the Commandant's Office.

Zhou Lianshan hurriedly ran over to Zhu Gaowang, probed with his true qi, and only then breathed a sigh of relief; fortunately, only a few ribs were broken.

Afterwards he cautiously glanced at Shen Qing's back, hoisted Zhu Gaowang and ran toward the imperial carriage, as if something had occurred to him, and hurriedly spoke.

"Shen Commandant, we'll be going first."

Having said that, he jumped onto the carriage and ordered the tigers pulling it to hurry.

Those tigers no longer had their former bravado, each tucking its tail and walking cautiously toward the street corner; there was no way, their brothers were still lying scattered beside them.

Only after walking a considerable distance did Zhou Lianshan regulate Zhu Gaowang's true qi, and Zhu Gaowang slowly came to.

Seeing Zhou Lianshan's worried face, Zhu Gaowang rubbed his temples.

"Zhou Sir, where are we? Have we reached North Cloud City? I want to challenge Shen Qing."

Zhou Lianshan's heart skipped a beat, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his worry became even more evident.

At that moment, Zhu Gaowang thought of something and sprang up.

"Did I lose?"

He couldn't believe this fact, but the broken ribs in his chest constantly reminded him of the truth.

He truly found it hard to accept this fact; after all, he was a royal genius, and now even a prince.

As a result, he lost utterly without any face to speak of, especially since the other party had already predetermined where he would lie down.

He was ahead by four realms, and he even possessed the secret art.

"Hold on!"

Zhu Gaowang thought of something else, and his voice suddenly rose.

"Secret art! Why doesn't Shen Qing's secret art need to be charged?"

He certainly knew that instant casting of a secret art is possible — that means one has achieved absolute mastery of the secret art; however, such people are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and only those who have studied the secret art for years can do it; generally speaking, even the vast majority of Grand Masters who break through to higher realms cannot achieve instant casting of a secret art.

What he found hard to accept was that Shen Qing had only just obtained the secret art two days ago — how could he cast it instantly?

Now it's over — his strength was instantly killed, and his talent was completely wiped out.

Zhu Gaowang's voice trembled.

"Zhou Sir, is the gap between us really that big?"

Zhou Lianshan remained silent for a while, but still told Zhu Gaowang the fact that Shen Qing hadn't used full force and had even used the back of the blade.

Zhu Gaowang's eyes glazed over: "You're saying Shen Qing instantly killed me and even held back?"

"Prince Ying, normally when the strength difference is not great and one side lets the other win, that's called letting water; in your case, it should be said that Shen Qing let out the sea."

Zhou Lianshan continued: "You see, you should have listened to me earlier and not challenged Shen Qing."

Zhu Gaowang was already on the verge of collapse; Zhou Lianshan's words became the final straw, and Zhu Gaowang completely broke down.

Fuck your mother, Zhou Lian Shan! Fuck your mother!!!

When I was boasting to them about going to sea, you didn't dissuade me! When I entered Jia Shui Jun, you didn't dissuade me! I entered North Cloud City, I got right under Shen Qing's eyelids! And now you start to dissuade me?

What should I do? Can I still turn and leave? If I leave, will I not lose face?

Zhou Lian Shan whispered: "Actually, it's still pretty embarrassing right now."

Shut up!!!

Outside the west gate of North Cloud City.

However, after all, he is Prince Rong, having received a high-level royal education and possessing great composure; that's why he adjusted as soon as he left North Cloud City.

Zhu Gao Wang's expression returned to calm: "Master Zhou, I hope you can help me keep quiet about the matter of Shen Qing instantly killing me while I let water."

Zhou Lian Shan nodded: "That's natural; I'm very tight-lipped."

Zhu Gao Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief; as long as the matter of Shen Qing releasing water isn't spoken of, there will surely still be people who look down on Shen Qing, and then they too will be instantly killed by the released water, so the embarrassment won't be his alone.

Suddenly, Zhu Gao Wang felt something, lifted the curtain of the imperial carriage and looked toward the city gate, only to see a fierce white tiger lying on the open ground, leisurely rolling over to bask in the sun.

He turned to Zhou Lian Shan: "Master Zhou! Go ask! Whose white tiger is that? Help me buy it! Money is no problem! I'll offer three thousand taels of gold."

Zhou Lian Shan glanced at it; not looking would have been fine, but as soon as he looked, his eyelids started twitching: "That seems to be Young Master Shen's mount."

However, Young Master Shen surely didn't bring much gold and silver when leaving the capital; why not go ask?

Zhu Gao Wang's lips trembled as he said: "Let's go... go..."

Zhou Lian Shan didn't hear clearly: "Ah, Prince Rong, what did you just say? Should I go ask?"

Zhu Gao Wang let out a sharp shout: "I said let's go!"

Hurry up and go!!!

Hurry up and go!!!