Chapter 42: What

"How was your cultivation today?"

While speaking, Li Chen used his hand to help Li Si wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth.

Especially when wiping Li Si's lips, the bright red blood smeared on her pink, moist lips added a kind of charm, making Li Si's already exquisite features even more alluring.

And the feel was especially good, soft and elastic.

"I only cultivated for a while; I've only cultivated two meridians well, and it's estimated it will take many more days to reach the twelve main meridians Brother mentioned."

Li Si pouted, obviously dissatisfied with her performance.

Cultivating two in one morning, he might not feel satisfied.

But if this were said out loud, it would definitely scare quite a few people to death.

Normal cultivators only cultivate one meridian a week, and some, in order to consolidate their foundation, even take one month for one, completing it in exactly one year.

At this stage of the Opening Meridian Realm, fast is not necessarily a good thing, but being this fast is indeed somewhat scary.

Li Chen felt it was okay; anyway, he could be faster.

Yesterday, Li Chen told Li Si that the cultivation of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians was very important.

As long as the twelve meridians in the human body were found and opened, they could accommodate heaven and earth elemental power, and physical fitness would follow, and attributes such as strength, speed, and reaction would also be improved to varying degrees.

If the talent was high, they would also awaken some special abilities.

Liu Hao awakened the wind element, and had relatively high attainments in movement and sword techniques.

Wu Qi awakened the special dark element; when he erupted, dark energy would appear on his body, and this ability would corrode the opponent, having a huge advantage in protracted battles.

Xiao Ming's awakening was relatively rare; it was the fire element that countless cultivators dreamed of, one in ten thousand.

Besides extremely strong combat power, the fire element was also the primary condition for an alchemist.

Besides this, Xiao Ming also awakened the earth element; he generally used this element to play the pig to eat the tiger, and if he couldn't beat them, he would switch to the fire element to act cool.

The two abilities Li Chen awakened were even more special; they were above all things, respectively representing the golden energy of heaven's will, which was the will of heaven, containing endless majesty and holiness.

And the purple energy symbolizing imperial power, which was the most noble existence in the world, making him possess a momentum of looking down on the world at all times.

This was also why when he erupted, he could trigger heaven and earth resonance, making everyone feel as if he were as long-lived as heaven and earth, and shone as brightly as the sun and moon.

Li Si needed to practice all twelve main meridians well to awaken special abilities.

However, Li Chen just probed her meridians, and if there were no accidents, it should be the thunder element.

Every element's awakening had three, six, and nine grades; what kind of ability she awakened would depend on her fate.

After chatting for a while, Li Si was very curious about cultivation matters and asked: "Then what realm is after the Opening Meridian Realm, and what can be done?"

Li Chen replied: "After the Opening Meridian Realm is the Condensing Essence Realm; after you reach this realm, you can store heaven and earth spiritual energy in your meridians, use the abilities you awakened, and further strengthen other meridians."

"Then what realm is after the Condensing Essence Realm, and what special abilities are there?"

"After the Condensing Essence Realm is the Soul Spirit Realm; you can activate your soul spirit."

The two siblings chatted for a long time, basically all about cultivation matters.

There were certainly quite a few jokes in between; for Li Si's cultivation, Li Chen really had no requirements, just let her practice for fun.

By the afternoon, Li Si suddenly remembered something.

"Brother, aren't you going on a date today?"

"Why, can't I stay here to accompany my sister?"

"Of course you can, then today you are mine!"

Li Si guessed some reasons, but didn't say them in a way that would spoil the mood.

When Li Chen returned, he got the news that Chu Ruoyan had been summoned by the Empress Dowager.

It was estimated that the Empress Dowager was going to tell Chu Ruoyan some rules of the harem, and incidentally brainwash her.

Anyway, the Chu family was a force under the Empress Dowager, and Chu Ruoyan also knew it was an opportunity given to her by the Empress Dowager, so she would naturally listen to some words.

In the harem, offending the Empress Dowager was a very dangerous thing. As for what Chu Ruoyan would consider later, Li Chen wasn't worried about this.

After having a certain emotional foundation, even if Chu Ruoyan would follow the Empress Dowager's words in some aspects, this would be on the premise of not harming Li Chen.

When the time came, add some training, and she would be obedient.

Seeing Chu Ruoyan for the first time, Li Chen judged that she was a girl who hadn't been 'trained', so he spent some time.

If she were the kind loyal to the Empress Dowager, directly sent to fill the harem, then Li Chen wouldn't need to be polite, just enjoy it.

For different people, Li Chen would use different ways of treating them.

Actually, many people in the court underestimated Li Chen's current power.

Even if he wasn't very deliberate, he could get this information.

Because when the late Emperor was alive, these Imperial Guards and eunuchs were absolutely loyal.

These people held various information channels in their hands.

!

Just like the Chief Eunuch Cui, who had served the late Emperor for decades, his strength and ability were naturally top-notch.

And the Imperial Guard Commander Li Sixing, a proper royal family member, betraying the Emperor had no benefit for him.

If Li Chen had no ability and was a puppet emperor, then they would soon have to defect to the various factions in the imperial court to seek self-preservation.

But with Li Chen looking like this, they naturally labeled themselves with the only principle of being loyal ministers to His Majesty.

They didn't even need Li Chen to say hello; they would do their own jobs like serving the late Emperor, telling Li Chen everything inside and outside the palace.

No matter how big the forces in the court were, where could they be bigger than the late Emperor?

The art of the Emperor only pursues balance, but it doesn't mean the Emperor doesn't need to master power.

Of course, there were still some here that were no longer under Li Chen's control.

But as long as they didn't cause trouble, like Zhao Wenyuan and Guo Poyun who listened to orders, Li Chen was really too lazy to clean them up.

This was the benefit of not hiding; directly showing his cards, I'm a Sage Realm expert, you guys look at it yourselves.

Li Chen could be considered to have had a good rest for a day.

Perhaps even Li Chen himself didn't expect that he was now the biggest boss in this world, and many people's ultimate goal was to solve him.

On the other side, Chu Ruoyan returned to her family mansion at night.

Now the entire Chu family felt that this matter was stable; the Chu family's eldest daughter had gained the Emperor's favor and had also been summoned by the Empress Dowager; entering the palace as a consort was a nail in the coffin.

Even the Empress Dowager's nephew came to get on good terms with the Chu family today.

One must know, before, the Chu family head couldn't even see this person easily.

The Chu family could also be said to be a force under the Empress Dowager's nephew, working for him.

Now he took the initiative to come over, and the Chu family head felt his face was very honorable, finally straightening his back!

Happy was happy, but the Chu family head still solemnly told his daughter not to cause trouble after entering the palace, and listening to His Majesty and the Empress Dowager was definitely correct.

At this time, Chu Ruoyan suddenly said: "If His Majesty's and the Empress Dowager's words are opposite, who should I listen to?"

The Chu family head was stunned on the spot, then stood up, observed the surroundings, and after confirming no one was there, said: "The reason our Chu family can stand firm in the Imperial Capital is thanks to the Empress Dowager's care, but His Majesty is very strong now, even Master Yu knelt and submitted."

Chu Ruoyan was slightly startled and asked suspiciously: "Dad, what's the difference between what you said and not saying anything?"

Hearing her say this, the Chu family head felt that his daughter's experience was still too little; wasn't this the answer?

Sometimes saying nonsense is not offending either side.

What is called 'great wisdom looks like stupidity'? Isn't it pretending to be confused while knowing?

Then he asked Chu Ruoyan what her thoughts were after seeing the Empress Dowager today, and what the Empress Dowager had said.

This sentence completely confused Chu Ruoyan, because the first time Chu Ruoyan saw the Empress Dowager, she felt two huge pressures.

Big! Really so big! I might not be able to grab them with both hands!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 43 =====