I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 575 Two Methods
In the kendo rankings, Lu Baijie was ranked sixth.

Because of Zhou Cheng'an's appearance, his ranking moved down one place.

Although Lu Baijie is known as a sword immortal, his strength is only at the Finger Profound Realm, roughly on par with Old Huang who hasn't mastered the tenth sword.

However, Zhou Cheng'an is no longer the same Zhou Cheng'an he once was.

Upon learning that Lu Baijie was going to have a sword duel with Zhou Chengan, many members of the Lu family came to watch.

Considering that they were in someone else's home, Zhou Cheng'an only competed in swordsmanship with Lu Baijie.

After thirty moves, Lu Baijie was already showing signs of defeat.

Fifty moves!
Zhou Cheng'an gave him face.

Seeing Lu Baijie admit defeat, Li Chungang was about to say something when he heard Lu Baijie say, "Master Zhou, would you mind having a full-force spar?"

All-out effort?

Li Chungang shook his head and couldn't help but say, "This kid really dares to say that."

"Will everything be alright?" Xu Zhihu asked, somewhat worried.

Upon hearing this, Wu Lingsu smiled and said, "Of course nothing will happen. Although Lu Baijie is quite strong, he is still far inferior to Daozun. Princess, there is no need to worry. Daozun knows what he's doing."

In his opinion, Lu Baijie was really being ungrateful and deserved to be taught a lesson.

Perfect timing! We can also use the Tangxi Sword Immortal to further enhance the prestige of Qingcheng Mountain.

In the field.

Upon hearing Lu Baijie's words, Zhou Chengan shook his head and spoke calmly.

"I don't need to use my full strength to hit you, so go ahead and make your move."

Lu Baijie remained silent, but his attack was ruthless, unleashing a powerful strike with his Overlord Sword.

The sword light pierced the air for ten feet, tearing through the air and cracking the ground inch by inch, before suddenly slashing towards Zhou Cheng'an.

Zhou Cheng'an stood motionless, like a mountain, with only a sharp aura emanating from him.

When the sword light was about three feet away, it collided with the sharp energy and could not advance any further. Then it collapsed with a bang, and the sword energy was released in all directions, tearing the ground to pieces.

Lu Baijie's expression darkened slightly. With a flick of his wrist, the sword light spun and changed incessantly, displaying the aura of a grandmaster of swordsmanship.

However, no matter how his sword moves and stances changed, he could never get within three feet of Zhou Cheng'an.

The Lu family members watching the battle were all horrified. Lu Baijie's swordsmanship was so high that he was known as the Sword Immortal and was one of the top swordsmen of the world. He could be said to be the strongest fighting force of their Lu family.

However, Zhou Cheng'an remained calm and composed, not even drawing his sword. He neutralized all of Lu Baijie's attacks with just his sword energy, demonstrating an unimaginable level of sword intent and sharpness of sword energy.

Lu Baijie suddenly roared, urging his entire body's energy to surge, and the sword light rose again, like a long river rushing towards Zhou Cheng'an.

It's clear he gave it his all.

Zhou Chengan finally drew his sword.

To be precise, it was drawing a sword.

Embroidered winter hilts were drawn from their sheaths at the waist, and the knife was used as a sword, with a casual, effortless thrust.

A sword aura, almost tangible, easily pierced through the oncoming torrent of sword energy and struck Lu Baijie directly.

"boom!"

Lu Baijie was sent flying more than ten feet away before he managed to regain his footing, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

At the same time, the torrent of sword energy that had been shattered by Zhou Cheng'an's sword dissipated and, guided by him, rushed towards the Lu family disciples who were watching the battle.

In an instant, Zhuoxin Garden was filled with Lu family members who had been sent flying backwards, their cries of agony echoing throughout.

"This……"

Xu Zhihu was at a loss for words.

"It's alright, I won't die." Li Chungang said calmly. Seeing Lu Baijie coming over, he laughed and said, "Don't be discouraged, kid. Even I wouldn't dare to guarantee that I can beat Master Zhou's swordsmanship."

"In terms of swordsmanship, Master Zhou is above me. I was originally just like the other members of my clan, and I was always a little unconvinced. But after today's battle, I am convinced."

Lu Baijie sighed, looked at Zhou Cheng'an, and asked, "I wonder how much effort you exerted just now, Master?"

Zhou Chengan paused for a moment, just about to speak, but Li Chungang spoke first.

"Why are you making a fool of yourself, kid?"

Lu Baijie sighed again and beckoned his servants to take the Lu family members to receive medical treatment.

As for Zhou Chengan and the others, they followed Xu Zhihu into the house.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Chengan took his leave before Xu Fengnian returned.

He also had a residence in Huting County, so naturally he wouldn't live at the Lu family's house.

Upon hearing Zhou Chengan announce his departure, Xu Zhihu was taken aback: "You're leaving already?"

Zhou Chengan nodded and replied, "I came to Jiangnan for two reasons: first, to see you, my cousin, and to take you away; second, to deal with some business troubles."

Xu Zhihu knew about the business troubles; it was because the Wang family, second only to the four major families in Jiangnan, had their eyes on the Zhou family's tea business.

Her uncle sent her cousin-in-law, Li Junxin, to handle the matter, and he even made a special trip to visit her a few days ago with generous gifts.

It was just a simple visit; there was no intention to have her appear in person.

Although she wanted to help, she was all alone in Jiangnan and couldn't offer much assistance.

When it came to taking her away, Xu Zhihu was completely bewildered.

"Take me away?"

"Yes, when we leave, you have to come with us, eldest cousin."

"Was it my father's idea, or Feng Nian's idea?"

Zhou Chengan shook his head: "None of that, it's an agreement between me and Hong Xixiang."

When Hong Xixiang was mentioned, Xu Zhihu was momentarily dazed.

By the time she came to her senses, Zhou Chengan had already left with Wu Lingsu and Pei Nanwei.

However, before she could calm down, she heard that Xu Fengnian was injured. Without caring about the agreement between Zhou Chengan and Hong Xixiang, she hurriedly left with Jiang Ni and her maid.

Similar to the original plot, after Xu Fengnian dragged Liu Liting to death with a horse, he was ambushed by Hehe Girl Jia Jiajia on his way back.

The injury isn't serious. Although if it had gone forward just an inch, it would have injured the spine, which would have been impossible to save, but for now it's just a superficial injury.

However, none of that is the main point. The main point is that Jia Jiajia's attack allowed Xu Fengnian to obtain all the Great Yellow Courts, successfully enter the first-grade realm, and step into the threshold of the Vajra realm.

Seeing Xu Zhihu's eyes redden, Xu Fengnian chuckled and comforted her, "Sister, I'm fine, it's just a superficial injury."

“It’s just a superficial injury, nothing serious,” Lu Baijie added.

He didn't actually like Xu Fengnian's approach, but ultimately, the one who was wrong in this matter was Liu Liting and their Lu family.

Xu Zhihu felt a little relieved and took Xu Fengnian back to his own courtyard to heal his injuries.

"Sister, where's Cheng'an?"

"We've returned to the Zhou family villa." Xu Zhihu said while applying medicine to Xu Fengnian, who was lying on the couch. "By the way, Cheng'an said before that he would take me with him. Do you and Father know about this?"

"What?! Cheng'an wants to take you away?!"

Xu Fengnian was shocked. His excitement aggravated his injuries, and he couldn't help but gasp.

"You and Dad didn't know?"

“I certainly don’t know, but I’m not sure if Xu Xiao knows. He’s keeping a lot of things from me.” Xu Fengnian said, then prepared to get up and go find Zhou Cheng’an: “No, I have to go and ask Cheng’an.”

"What's the rush? Let's heal first." ...

On the other side, at the Zhou family's villa.

Li Junxin and a group of stewards from Jiangnan Circuit, having learned that Zhou Chengan was returning to his residence today, were already waiting at the gate.

Upon seeing Zhou Chengan appear with Pei Nanwei and Wu Lingsu, a large group of people hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects.

"We pay our respects to the head of the family and to the lady."

The moment he addressed her as "Madam," Pei Nanwei blushed deeply, while Zhou Chengan was also somewhat bewildered.

As for Wu Lingsu, she had an expression that said, "As expected, the old Taoist priest had already seen through everything."

"What's going on? Who gave you permission to call me that?"

Li Junxin smiled and replied, "Master, it was my father-in-law and mother-in-law's idea. After learning that you had taken a wife in Xiangfan City, my father-in-law and mother-in-law went to the Jing'an Prince's Mansion to ask the Prince for a divorce decree, which they sent to Jiangnan. My mother-in-law also asked me to pass on a message to you, saying that you don't need to worry about the wedding, and that they will arrange everything."

The father-in-law and mother-in-law he mentioned were naturally Zhou Cheng'an's parents.

And the "them" that he was referring to, if nothing unexpected happens, are his mother, his three concubines, and his six older sisters.

Zhou Cheng'an was speechless for a moment. Just as he was about to say something, Li Junxin took out a letter and handed it to Pei Nanwei: "Madam, this is your letter of divorce. My mother-in-law also asked me to pass on a message to you. My son is ignorant of etiquette, but we parents cannot be ignorant of it. The three letters and six rites are being prepared. The Zhou family will use an eight-bearer sedan chair to welcome you into the family in a grand manner."

Pei Nanwei's face grew increasingly flushed, clearly indicating that she was at a loss and did not know how to deal with the situation.

Fortunately, Zhou Cheng'an gave her a way out, took the divorce papers and put them in her hand, saying, "Alright, we'll talk about this later, let's go inside."

After learning about the business situation in Jiangnan Road and that Li Junxin was implementing Zhao Huaien's countermeasures in full swing, Zhou Chengan stopped interfering and decided to go and talk to Pei Nanwei.

As soon as he stepped out of the study, a servant came to report that Li Chungang had arrived.

Besides Li Chungang, there was another girl.

I originally thought it was ginger paste, but I didn't expect it to be Hehe Girl Jia Jiajia.

Upon seeing Zhou Chengan enter, Jia Jiajia showed no courtesy whatsoever, or perhaps she simply didn't know how to be polite, and immediately said, "I miss my mother."

Zhou Cheng'an immediately understood and activated the Heart Demon Summoning Technique, plunging her into her memories.

Compared to the last time, this time there was only a heartwarming scene of the mother and daughter.

It's a pity that there was so little warmth between mother and daughter; Jia Jiajia quickly woke up from her daze.

"Zhou Cheng'an, thank you!"

Zhou Chengan shook his head and smiled: "You're welcome."

"I'll come find you again next time." Jia Jiajia smiled and leaped out of the Zhou residence.

Li Chungang glanced at her and laughed, "This girl is quite skilled. Your move just now was also quite interesting."

"I'm alright, what brings you here?"

"It's no fun at the Lu residence, so I came here specifically to have a drink with you." Li Chungang casually picked up a fruit, wiped it on his clothes, and laughed, "What, you don't welcome this old man?"

Zhou Chengan shook his head: "I thought you came for the ginger, but it turns out you're just bored. It's about time for dinner anyway. Come on, let's have a drink together."

"Wait, why did I come here for Jiang girl?"

"Don't tell me you didn't guess Jiang Ni's identity. It's obviously inappropriate for her to live in the Lu residence with Xu Fengnian. Believe it or not, in a couple of days, Xu Fengnian will send Jiang Ni away from the Lu residence."

Through that divine talisman, Li Chungang did indeed deduce Jiang Ni's identity to some extent, but he had never been certain of it.

"Indeed, she really is that princess of Western Chu. But that's something for young Xu to worry about, not for this old man. Let's go have a drink."

Zhou Chengan said he would drink a cup, and he really only drank one cup.

However, Li Chungang didn't care, since Li Junxin was also there to keep him company. The two drank for more than an hour before parting ways.

Li Chungang did not stay overnight, but returned to the Lu residence.

After that, he would come over for a drink every evening. Although he didn't say it explicitly, it was obvious that he insisted on going back to the Lu family every day because he was worried about Jiang Ni.

Five days later.

Xu Fengnian, along with Jiang Ni and Yu Youwei who had arrived in Huting County earlier, went to the Zhou residence.

The reason is simple: the Lu family discovered Jiang Ni's identity, and Xu Fengnian planned to arrange for Jiang Ni and Yu Youwei to stay temporarily at the Zhou family's residence.

After several days of adjustment, Pei Nanwei had adapted to her status as the young mistress of the Zhou family and took the initiative to lead Jiang Ni and Yu Youwei to the backyard.

Xu Fengnian sidled up to Zhou Chengan and said with a sly grin, "I just heard your servants call Miss Pei 'Madam.' Looks like my Aunt Ning is pretty quick on the uptake..."

Without saying anything more, Xu Fengnian chuckled.

"No wonder my mom was so quick, it turns out it was you who did it."

As Zhou Chengan spoke, he raised his head and delivered a powerful punch, sending Xu Fengnian flying out of the hall.

Just as Xu Fengnian was about to shout a few arrogant words, Zhou Chengan had already stepped forward and started punching and kicking him.

"Pah, pah, pah! I'm a first-grade expert now, how come I'm still so useless in your hands?"

Zhou Chengan ignored him because Qingniao handed him an invitation.

"Young Master, Miss invites you to a meeting in three days. This is the invitation."

Zhou Chengan took the invitation, but before he could speak, Xu Fengnian said, "My eldest sister is so polite. I already said that we are half-brothers, but she still insisted that her younger brother come to deliver the invitation to you."

Zhou Cheng'an glanced at him indifferently: "Speak, what do you want from me this time?"

"Brother, you have a discerning eye. I do have a favor to ask of you, it concerns my eldest sister."

Zhou Chengan hummed in agreement, signaling him to continue.

"Cheng'an, you've already met my eldest sister, so you should be able to tell what's wrong with her, right?"

Xu Fengnian's face had lost its smile, replaced by deep worry: "My sister takes medicine every day, and I'm a little worried. I asked some famous doctors in Yangcheng in private, and they said it was a deficiency of qi and blood, but also that there was no cure. I know my sister doesn't want me to know, so I can only pretend I don't know."

By the end, Xu Fengnian's eyes had reddened.

“Your eldest sister’s vital energy is consumed much faster than that of ordinary people. It’s like a burning flame that never stops until it’s burned out. This isn’t an illness; it’s that her life is burning up faster than others. So it’s not wrong to say that there’s no cure.”

Zhou Chengan took a sip of tea and continued, "Giving her more medicine will be useless in her condition. On the contrary, it will only make that flame burn brighter and go out faster."

Xu Fengnian nodded emphatically: "Yes, that's right, do you have a way?"

"Have."

"What method?" Xu Fengnian asked anxiously.

"There are two ways. One is to open the Heavenly Gate with a sword and send her to ascend to heaven."

Sending Xu Zhihu to immortality meant that his family might never see their eldest sister again, which Xu Fengnian was naturally unwilling to do. So before Zhou Chengan could even speak, he asked, "What about the other one?"

"The other is to sever the destiny of heaven, which is why I want to take her away from Jiangnan. At that time, I will join forces with Hong Xixiang and use the fortune of Longhu Mountain to sever the destiny of heaven on her and Hong Xixiang. The physical deficiencies will naturally be made up."

Xu Fengnian slapped his thigh: "Great, this is great!"

"Don't be too happy yet. With my current level of cultivation, I'm not entirely confident about either of these methods."

Upon hearing this, Xu Fengnian's heart sank: "Then how many do you have?"

"About 80-90%."

"You startled me. Yours is 80-90% the same as someone else's 100%. I'm not worried." Xu Fengnian laughed. "By the way, does Xu Xiao know about this?"

"I don't know." Zhou Chengan shook his head and said calmly, "Although I admire your father, in my opinion, apart from his relationship with you, he is not a qualified father."

"You truly are my good brother. I think so too." Xu Fengnian smiled even more happily: "Cheng'an, I won't say thank you. Everything is in my heart. If you ever take a fancy to another woman, I promise I'll help you snatch her away."

"roll!"

(End of this chapter)