Traveling through the Immortal Realm: Starting from Becoming a Top-Level Furnace Cauldron

Li Chongjiu slowly walked up to the four people, his face as gloomy as water, and he didn't say anything.

"Your Highness..."

Sijidou tried to suppress his physical discomfort and wanted to stand up and salute, but just when he got halfway up, he suddenly fell to his knees.

"Is this the result of your four people's practice?" Li Chongjiu said coldly.

"Your Highness, we have tried our best." String Bean's voice grew smaller and smaller.

The young man's high spirits seemed insignificant in front of this noble prince.

"You haven't been able to accomplish any of the tasks I've assigned to you," Li Chongjiu said coldly. "I've raised you for so long, but it's really been completely useless. I should have let you starve to death."

Sijidou lowered his head and said nothing. He understood that this fight had made the Ninth Prince lose hope in them.

"Where is the medicine I gave you? Why don't you take it?" Li Chongjiu asked.

"The Immortal Master said that I cannot take any medicine—"

"Shut up!" Li Chongjiu yelled at Sijidou, "Is it the Immortal Master who's raising you, or is it me? Don't you even understand this?!"

Li Chongjiu's roar echoed beside the ring, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife, piercing straight at the kneeling Sijidou.

The air around them seemed to freeze, and several people held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

"Your Highness, we..." Mushroom Soup couldn't help but step forward to support Green Bean. He tried to explain, but was interrupted by Li Chongjiu before he could finish his words.

"Shut up!" Li Chongjiu's voice was like the cold wind in winter, biting and cold. "You are a bunch of useless people. You can't even do a small thing. What's the point of keeping you?"

Green Bean and Mushroom Soup looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness and despair.

"Your Highness, we..."

Sijidou wanted to say something, but Li Chongjiu had lost his patience.

"That's enough!" Li Chongjiu interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "From today on, you don't have to follow me anymore. Go back to where you came from."

Green Bean stood there in a daze, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Your Highness, please give us another chance!" Despite his injuries, Sijidou begged the Ninth Prince to forgive them.

Li Chongjiu glanced at the kimchi fish and garlic sauce in the distance, his eyes even colder.

"Don't think that I don't know your humble origins. Ants are just ants and are of no use at all." After Li Chongjiu finished speaking, he turned and left the fighting arena and walked out of the etiquette school.

Sijidou looked at Li Chongjiu's departing back with mixed feelings.

He understood that he and his companions had lost the Ninth Prince's trust, and if they wanted to make a name for themselves, they would probably never have another chance.

He once naively thought that he could change his fate through hard work, but reality dealt them a heavy blow.

String Bean slowly stood up and looked at the gloating eyes around him, feeling a chill in his heart.

"Brother, let's go." Mushroom Soup said in a low voice, his eyes full of helplessness.

The two supported each other and staggered out of the ring with the speechless Kimchi Fish and the unconscious Garlic Sauce.

From now on, they will no longer be the Ninth Prince's followers.

"Are we really giving up like this?" Kimchi Fish asked unwillingly, carrying the garlic sauce on his back.

Green Bean was silent and never said anything.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a black-faced man suddenly appeared in front of them, grinning at them.

"Hey, you guys, do you want to come to the military camp and play?"

Because they were far away, Lu Yuguan didn't know what Li Chongjiu said, but he just looked unhappy.

Chen Xian leaned close to Lu Yuguan's ear and whispered, "Don't look at it. It's probably because the Ninth Prince wanted to punish you and failed, so he's sulking."

Lu Yuguan looked in surprise at where Li Chongjiu and Li Chonglin were. The two were arguing about something unknown.

"Oh, stop looking at me. Brother Lu is so outstanding. He's even better than those royal children."

"Please stop praising me. I feel embarrassed."

"Hey, Brother Lu, don't be so modest. You're already fighting against so many people alone, what are you afraid of?"

Lu Yuguan scratched his head embarrassedly, even though he knew that with his strength in the early stage of foundation building, he was enough to crush most of the contestants.

The following battles had nothing to do with Lu Yuguan, but he still observed them carefully.

Chen Xian was also in the early stage of foundation building and demonstrated remarkable strength. As soon as he came on the court, his usual laziness disappeared and his eyes were as sharp as a torch.

Relying on his gorgeous boxing skills, he defeated the enemy.

"Chen Xian's boxing style... seems to have some shadow of Tai Chi?" Lu Yu thought with concern.

Apart from Chen Xian, the other disciples of the Bai family also achieved good results.

Bai Ming faced off against a master gunman, relying on Bai Lang's mental skills and magic to prevent the opponent from exerting any strength.

Bai Doudou and others competed with fellow contestants. Although Lu Yuguan did not understand their competition format, in the eyes of everyone, the battles in Rooms C and D were still quite entertaining.

However, the most noteworthy thing is the battle of Crown Prince Li Chonglin.

Although Lu Yuguan had seen Li Chonglin's swordsmanship before, he did not deliberately focus on his swordsmanship this time. Instead, his graceful body movements and tough physique were more outstanding.

"If I hadn't looked closely, I wouldn't have noticed. Li Chonglin seems to have gotten a lot stronger after his retreat."

Lu Yuguan looked at Li Chonglin on the field, but for some reason, Li Chonglin seemed to have noticed Lu Yuguan's gaze, and when he turned his head, he did not forget to look at Lu Yuguan a few times.

"Brother Lu, why is the prince always staring at you?" Chen Xian asked puzzledly.

"You'd better not ask." Lu Yuguan said depressedly, holding his chin.

As time passed, all the fights ended successfully.

Zhang Luocheng came to the center of the arena and announced the results of the competition. Lu Yuguan won first place, and Li Chonglin was close behind.

"Dog skin plaster."

Lu Yuguan curled his lips and rolled his eyes at Li Chonglin.

Li Chonglin was not angry and still looked at Lu Yuguan gently.

"Your Highness, the Ninth Prince did not return to his residence, but went to the palace instead." Miao'er approached Li Chonglin and said.

"Oh?" Li Chonglin asked, obviously not expecting Li Chongjiu's whereabouts. "What did he do?"

"Your Highness, the Ninth Prince seems to have gone to the harem, but it is not clear which queen he went to see." Miao'er said.

Li Chonglin frowned, but couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment, so he just asked Miao'er to continue staring at Li Chongjiu.

The day passed quickly and everyone left.

Lu Yuguan and others were supposed to go back to Bai Mansion together, but there were several other soldiers, so they proposed to treat Bai Xiao and others to a meal at Qianhua Lao.

Once Erzhu tasted the hot pot, he couldn't stop eating it. He quickly picked up all the meat that had just been put into the pot.

"Can't you be more polite?" One-Eye was so angry that he gritted his teeth because all the mutton he had just cooked was taken away by Erzhu.

"Erzhu, this is not a military camp, please restrain yourself." Boss Li couldn't help but scold with a smile.

"Hahaha, Boss Li, don't be angry. Next time I get your military pay, I'll treat you to a big meal!" Erzhu said with a grin as he ate mutton in big mouthfuls.

"Hmph, you only know how to eat!" said the one-eyed man unhappily.

The group of people were eating hot pot in a lively atmosphere.

Bai Ming sat with Bai Xiao and Lu Yuguan, and picked up his chopsticks nervously.

Lu Yuguan could naturally see that he was afraid of Bai Xiao. When Bai Ming saw Bai Xiao just now, his soul almost flew away.

"You did well today," Bai Xiao said gently, looking at Bai Ming, "It seems that you have made great progress while I was away."

Bai Ming heard this and an awkward smile appeared on his face. He replied cautiously, "Thank you for the compliment, big brother. I... I'm just doing my best."

Bai Xiao nodded, but then changed the subject and said, "But don't relax. Look, my third brother has already established his foundation, and you're still stuck in the Dust Transformation Stage. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Bai Ming was so scared that he put down his chopsticks and nodded timidly.

Lu Yuguan watched with great interest from the side.

"As they say, there is always a conqueror. Bai Ming finally has his nemesis." Lu Yuguan said with secret joy.

Bai Ming was completely stunned by the lecture. After a quarter of an hour of lecturing, his happy mood was gone.

"By the way, brother, haven't you been stationed at the border? How come you have time to come back this time?" Lu Yuguan asked curiously.

Bai Ming muttered, "Why ask? It must be the Emperor's order."

Bai Xiao put away his smile, looked at his two younger brothers, and said in a deep voice: "You are half right. It was indeed the emperor who instructed us to return, but things are not that simple."

Lu Yuguan and Bai Ming looked at each other, and their hearts sank suddenly.

"Nanzhou has fallen."