Chapter 498: Yang Guang usurped by Empress Xiao Xiao Meiniang

Looking at Chen Chen Jingchou, who was acting playfully in front of him, Chen Fu did not get angry but shook his head with a smile.

"Still haven't grown up at all."

Chen Fu smiled gently at Chen Chen Jingchou.

In fact, being able to see a healthy Chen Chen Jingchou standing in front of him now, Chen Fu was already very satisfied.

And seeing that Chen Chen Jingchou had not been turned into a bad person by the big dye vat of the Jianghu, and was still the same as before, was actually a matter that made Chen Fu even happier.

"Having stayed outside for so long, have you been slacking off in your martial arts studies?"

Chen Fu suddenly became serious and said to Chen Chen Jingchou.

Although Chen Fu had already lost hope for restoring the country, he still hoped that Chen Chen Jingchou could practice martial arts diligently.

Although Chen Fu had been staying in this secret realm, he would still try every possible way to inquire about things outside the secret realm.

Chen Fu knew that outside, the entire Central Plains region had fallen into a mess, and even those empires that were originally very powerful were now at risk of being destroyed.

And the Jianghu had become even more chaotic.

It was precisely because the outside world was so chaotic that Chen Fu wanted Chen Chen Jingchou to cultivate well; after all, if Chen Chen Jingchou could carve out a world for himself in the martial dao, then even if Chen Fu were to meet with some accident for various reasons in the future.

Then Chen Chen Jingchou would have the ability to shoulder the heavy burden of taking care of the Chen clan.

Just as Chen Fu was prepared to lecture Chen Chen Jingchou on the need to focus on martial arts so he could shoulder great responsibilities in the future.

Chen Chen Jingchou’s voice suddenly reached Chen Fu’s ears.

"Me? I haven't really cultivated much during this time."

"My current cultivation base is only at the late stage of the Earth Immortal · Mortal Realm."

Hearing Chen Chen Jingchou’s words, Chen Fu subconsciously said:

"You brat! If you don't rest well, how can I entrust the remaining people of the Chen State to you in the future?!"

However, before Chen Fu could finish his words, he froze in place, and then Chen Fu looked at Chen Chen Jingchou with an expression of disbelief.

"You brat??? You said what realm you are at now???!!!"

Chen Fu was afraid he had misheard and asked Chen Chen Jingchou incredulously.

"I said!!! I am now a martial artist at the late stage of the Earth Immortal · Mortal Realm!"

Seeing Chen Fu’s shocked appearance, Chen Chen Jingchou laughed while shouting loudly at Chen Fu.

Then, to prove what he said was true, Chen Chen Jingchou completely unleashed his cultivation base of the late stage of the Earth Immortal · Mortal Realm.

In an instant, because Chen Chen Jingchou had unleashed his full cultivation, the entire secret realm was swept by his powerful force.

And Chen Fu naturally felt the power emitted by Chen Chen Jingchou in the first instant.

In order not to let the secret realm he was in suffer damage, the moment Chen Chen Jingchou released his full strength, he withdrew his power again.

And Chen Fu stood there as if stunned.

It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Chen Fu slowly regained his senses.

After regaining his senses, in just a short moment, Chen Fu burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, do you see this, Your Majesty!!!"

"The Crown Prince has promise!!! The Crown Prince has not failed your expectations!!!"

"I!!! There is hope for the restoration of the Great Chen!!!"

"Chen Fu has also not failed your instructions, Your Majesty!!!"

Chen Fu cried while shouting excitedly toward the sky.

Seeing that Chen Chen Jingchou was so promising, and that his cultivation had risen from the Grandmaster Realm to the late stage of the Earth Immortal · Mortal Realm in such a short time.

This made Chen Fu feel very gratified in his heart.

After Chen Fu calmed his excited emotions, he slowly looked at Chen Chen Jingchou, who was standing beside him.

Then Chen Fu touched Chen Chen Jingchou’s face and began to say with some heartache:

"Child, you have suffered outside during this time."

"Now tell Master what has happened out there during this time."

Although Chen Fu felt comforted that Chen Chen Jingchou could raise his cultivation to the late stage of the Land Deity-Mortal realm in such a short time.

Chen Fu also knew very well that behind Chen Chen Jingchou’s massive improvement in cultivation, he must have endured countless hardships.

Otherwise, Chen Fu did not believe that a person could achieve such a great improvement in cultivation in such a short time without being driven by adversity.

Chen Chen Jingchou could naturally feel Chen Fu’s feelings for him, and after a moment of deliberation, Chen Chen Jingchou began to recount his experiences from the time he made it onto the Heaven’s Pride Ranking until now.

"Actually, I never thought I would make it onto the Nine Provinces Heaven’s Pride Ranking."

"At first, when I made it onto the Heaven’s Pride Ranking, I was actually quite happy, thinking I had promise and that my name had resounded throughout the Nine Provinces so quickly."

"But after thinking about it carefully, I found myself in a difficult spot; after all, my cultivation at the time was truly only at the Grandmaster realm, and I was still within the Great Sui."

"If I hadn't hidden, I might have been dragged back by that dog Yang Guang before I could even finish being happy."

"Then I hid in a cave in the mountains. After properly concealing the entrance, I began to digest the Heavenly Dao reward given to me by the Gold Ranking for making it onto the Nine Provinces Heaven’s Pride Ranking."

"And just as I expected, not long after I hid in the mountains, the entire Great Sui was in an uproar, and countless lackeys of the Great Sui imperial court were searching for me everywhere."

"By the time I had completely absorbed the Heavenly Dao reward, I was already at the Grandmaster realm of martial cultivation."

"Then I walked out of the cave, wanting to experience some blood and fire in the outside world; after all, Master also said that if one only cultivates without practicing and fighting, one can never become a true expert."

"But after I went out, during that period, I was indeed on the edge of life and death every single second."

Speaking of this, Chen Chen Jingchou could not help but shiver, because he really did not want to experience that life of fleeing again; even just thinking about it, Chen Chen Jingchou felt a lingering fear in his heart.

When Chen Fu heard Chen Chen Jingchou say this, he could also feel the helplessness Chen Chen Jingchou felt at that time, and Chen Fu’s heart was filled with sorrow.

After a pause, Chen Chen Jingchou continued:

"However, although those days of fleeing and fighting were very dangerous, always hovering between life and death, they were also of great benefit to my martial arts realm."

"During that time, I not only stabilized my Grandmaster realm martial cultivation but also slowly cultivated my martial arts to the peak Great Grandmaster realm through fighting."

"But even at the peak Great Grandmaster realm, when facing the endless pursuit of the Great Sui imperial court, I often felt deep despair."

"But just when I was truly at the end of my rope, and even lost hope of continuing to live, the dawn finally appeared."

"That was Yang Guang being usurped by Xiao Xiao Meiniang! The Great Sui changed rulers!"

"It was only after this event that I slowly had a chance to breathe, and the people coming to hunt me down from the Great Sui became fewer and fewer."

"And later, I traveled through the Jianghu of the Great Sui, Great Tang, and Northern Song, and only after slowly raising my strength to the current level did I have the face to return here to see Master."

In fact, Chen Chen Jingchou had omitted all the situations where he had a narrow escape from death; after all, for a small person who was only at the Grandmaster realm to face the pursuit of an empire.

Not being wiped out by the Great Sui was already a miracle!