From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 25 Visiting the East Palace at Night
deep night

East Palace, Secret Chamber

Li Chengqian sat cross-legged on the cushion, breathing slowly.

The true qi in the body flows from the qi sea to the snow mountain, and then from the snow mountain to the limbs and bones, circulating through the whole body.

At this time, what he practiced was no longer simply Liuyun Qi, but he integrated the core concept of Mingyu Gong into Liuyun Qi, so that his Liuyun Qi had the characteristics of Mingyu Gong.

The most significant characteristic of Mingyu Gong is that its power does not emanate outward, but rather converges inward. If one reaches the ninth level, one can circulate the power without expending internal energy, achieving a state of endless, limitless flow. Furthermore, the internal Qi forms a vortex of suction, creating a black hole-like force field around the body. The deeper the skill, the stronger the force field.

Li Chengqian naturally cannot reach the ninth level now, but after hard training, his true energy has already possessed certain characteristics of Mingyu Gong, becoming extremely restrained. As long as the true energy used for attack is not dissipated, it can be recovered, which greatly improves his endurance. This is also the lesson he learned in the world of "The First Commandment".

Worlds like the present world, which are filled with nuclear radiation, are rare. Before one's realm reaches the seventh level, the Qi seed is formed, and the true Qi is endless, no matter how deep his true Qi is, when he arrives in other worlds, it will be difficult to replenish his true Qi once it is consumed. The characteristics of Mingyu Gong can greatly improve his endurance and reduce his true Qi loss.

In fact, even if you have reached the upper third level of the realm of endless life, it takes time to recover after your true energy is exhausted. Do you still expect to be resurrected on the spot?
"Sure enough, compared to the martial arts of the authentic martial arts world, this world's martial arts are still a bit crude. The lower three grades have vigorous true qi, the middle three grades have qi circulating throughout the body, and the upper three grades have endless vitality. How can it compare to the orthodox martial arts world, where martial arts also have beauty effects."

After the Zheng Liuyun Qi merged with the Mingyu Gong, he was surprised to find that the nature of his own Liuyun Qi seemed to have changed strangely. It actually had a nourishing effect on his body. His skin became whiter and more delicate. If women knew about this effect, they would be jealous to death!
"However, I am the crown prince, and there are many people who are jealous of me, so..."

"what--!!"

A shrill scream was faintly heard, followed by a chaotic sound of footsteps and noise...

"What the hell?"

Li Chengqian stood up, somewhat puzzled.

In the past few years, he seemed to do nothing and didn't care about what was going on outside, but in the East Palace, he had dismissed countless people and replaced countless maids, servants, and eunuchs. Not to mention anything else, among the eunuchs, the only one who could be by his side now was Qi Wu. He replaced all the others with excuses and even beat several of them to death. Now, those who served in the East Palace were extremely honest. Those palace maids, let alone having any ulterior motives, dared not even breathe when they approached him. Why was there such a commotion in the middle of the night?

Li Chengqian walked out of the secret room with a gloomy face, and he felt that there were many more guards outside his dormitory door, and he could hear anxious footsteps pacing back and forth outside the door.

"Qi Wu, what's wrong?"

"Your Highness?!"

Qi Wu, who was standing outside the door, was overjoyed when he heard Li Chengqian's voice. His anxious steps stopped, but he didn't dare rush into the bedroom. He bowed outside the door and said, "Your Highness, a palace maid was just haunted by a ghost. I suspect there's an assassin, so I brought the guards to protect her."

"A ghost?" Li Chengqian was a little amused. What kind of trick was this? "Come in?"

"Yes!" Qi Wu gently pushed the door open and walked in with a bow. "Your Highness, it must be someone pretending to be a ghost. It's just that the person's Qinggong is too high, no one in the East Palace can compare to him, so he ran away."

"She ran away?" Li Chengqian shook his head. "The palace is heavily guarded. How could she have escaped? Where is she? Call her here."

"The maid was so frightened that she fainted."

"I'm so scared! Is this the quality of the maids in the Eastern Palace?" Li Chengqian said impatiently, "Where is the haunted place? Let's go and take a look."

"Your Highness, there may be danger."

"This is the palace. If I, the crown prince of Daqing, am in danger here, then Daqing will perish." Li Chengqian stood up with an unhappy tone.

Qi Wu's face fell.

You can say this, but can I hear it?
However, in the past few years, he has become accustomed to his prince's outspokenness.

When I walked out of the dormitory, I saw Qin Yuan standing at the door, fully armed and with a murderous look on his face. Behind him was a team of imperial guards, and Brother Guangkun looked flustered, as if he had just woken up.

Li Chengqian glanced at him without saying anything. He followed Qi Wu. Qin Yuan and Guo Baokun quickly followed. After leaving the courtyard of the bedroom, Li Chengqian kept walking but said, "Qin Yuan, take your men to the east courtyard to ambush and take a detour."

"Yes!" Qin Yuan's eyes focused, but he didn't ask any more questions. He waved his hand and led a team of imperial guards straight to Dongkuayuan.

"Your Highness, what are you..."

Qi Wu, who was standing aside, seemed to have thought of something, his face turned pale, and he looked at Li Chengqian.

"Nothing, just in case." Li Chengqian said with a smile.

After coming out of the secret room, he felt that someone had sneaked into his dormitory.

The other party was an expert at hiding himself, and had been in a state of hibernation, covering up his heartbeat, blood flow and even his own smell.

However, no matter how sophisticated the stealth method is, there will be flaws. As long as he is alone, he cannot hide from Li Chengqian's perception.

After receiving Huang Youfa's final gift, his spiritual power far surpassed that of an ordinary person. This enhanced spiritual power fed back into his cultivation, greatly enhancing his perception. Although he couldn't reach the level of spiritual awareness in the world of cultivation, he could still sense the slightest movement within a radius of ten feet. However, Li Chengqian didn't point it out.

Anyone who possesses such means must be a seventh-rank master at least. Moreover, his aura was very calm, and he showed no signs of getting angry due to Li Chengqian's appearance. It was obvious that he did not come here for assassination.

He was able to sneak into Donggong and do this and that, and even sneaked into his own dormitory, but he had no intention of killing. That meant he was doing it for spying.

Although he was the crown prince, he was too young and had never participated in government affairs. There were no secrets in his bedroom. The power of his foreign relatives was slaughtered on that night ten years ago. He only had two or three cats and dogs under his command. What could he spy on?
Who else will come to spy?

As recent events flashed through my mind, the answer seemed clear.

Jing Ge, Supervisory Council!

Recently, this is the only thing related to the Eastern Palace, or rather, related to the people of the Eastern Palace.

Jing Ge was a man favored by the old cripple, and he had made meticulous arrangements, but in the end, his efforts fell short and he lost a significant number of personnel. In recent years, when had the Supervisory Office ever suffered such a huge loss? If I were the old cripple, I would do everything I could to get to the bottom of this, and I wouldn't let go of even the slightest suspicion.

It seems that my identity as a prince has no weight in the eyes of the old cripple!

We need to increase the intensity for him.

"Your Highness, this is it."

Before he knew it, he had followed Qi Wu to the outside of a palace. A palace maid was lying on the ground, her body trembling slightly, with her head lowered, not daring to look up, looking very pitiful.

"Did you see the hell?"

"Yes, yes, there is a ghost!"

"What are you doing here so late at night?"

"Slave, slave..."

"Don't be so fussy. There are so many people here. Even if there really is a ghost, it would have been scared away. Tell me, why are you, a palace maid, running here in the middle of the night?"

"I felt a little hungry at night, so I went to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat. When I passed by here, I saw a female ghost in white floating over there."

The little palace maid pointed in a direction and spoke tremblingly.

Li Chengqian looked at the direction the little palace maid pointed, smiled, and said to Qi Wu, "Confirm whether what she said is true or not."

"Yes!"

Just then, bursts of harsh rebukes came from the direction of the east wing, interspersed with Qin Yuan's angry roars.

"Your Highness!"

Qi Wu's expression changed, and he moved in front of Li Chengqian in a flash.

"Don't panic, it's just a petty thief." Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "It's a clumsy trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

The old cripple is getting worse as he gets older.

After a few words, the shouting and screaming in the east wing gradually stopped. After a while, Qin Yuan came over with a group of imperial guards. With a look of shame on his face, he knelt on one knee when he saw Li Chengqian.

slam-la-

Immediately, a large number of imperial guards behind him knelt down.

"I was incompetent and let the assassin escape. Your Highness, please punish me."

"You are really incompetent, but there is no need to punish you. I told you a long time ago to practice more Qinggong. But you just keep on going to Liba. This time, you met a tough guy, right?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

"Your Highness is wise. I am ashamed." Qin Yuan's face was filled with shame. "I didn't expect the other party's Qinggong to be so advanced, and I didn't expect there would be someone to help."

"You didn't expect that?" Li Chengqian rubbed his brows. "Think carefully, why did he break into the Eastern Palace at night? To assassinate someone? Definitely not. He came here to gather information. If he's gathering information, he must be able to bring the information back. Isn't it normal to have a few people outside to support him?"

"This..." Qin Yuan's face flushed red. Indeed, the idea was right, but who could think so much in such a hurry?

"That's it." Li Chengqian waved his hand, looking bored.

(End of this chapter)