I, Tianlaozhen Wangu, support the Empress from behind!

"Your Highness..."

"Have things changed?"

Chu He looked at the tired-looking Ninth Princess.

"No." The Ninth Princess shook her head. Things were indeed going much more smoothly than they had expected. They had already made several contingency plans, but the people from the Demon Refining Department were too cooperative.

However, she thought about it later and it seemed normal. She was the ninth princess that King Qian loved the most. In addition, the Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens Army Formation she displayed tonight was the famous move of Emperor Wu Hou.

Plus, she also has a position in the Monster Refining Department. Of course, this is only known to people at the level of Sword Demon and Sword Maniac. It is natural to understand that she has such an achievement.

After tonight, she, the Ninth Princess of Daqian, Qin Zi'an, will officially enter the sight of the Demon Refining Bureau, not like before. After all, the strength she showed tonight is not someone who can be bullied.

Afterwards, the Ninth Princess recounted what happened after Chu He left. Chu He nodded secretly after listening to her. This was the benefit of being a privileged person.

If it were him, no one would probably pay any attention to him.

Unless he self-destructs his cultivation, at the age of twenty, with fourth-grade combat power, this is enough to alarm the upper echelons of the Monster Refining Division.

"Jiangnan, where's the Crown Princess?" After the Ninth Princess finished speaking, she looked at Chu He and asked with concern. She and Xia Chanyi weren't particularly close, but when the Crown Prince wasn't showing his hand, they still chatted frequently. In particular, the Crown Princess would share with her some interesting stories from her past adventures in the martial arts world, and some of the discoveries she'd made in secret places...

The Ninth Princess looked at Chu He's troubled expression and asked, "But you didn't save him? That's right, the other party was a third-grade half-step grandmaster. Even if he was seriously injured by the sword maniac, you..."

Chu He shook his head slightly, "Your Highness, the person has been rescued, but you should still come with me. You will know after you see it!"

Ninth Princess:? ? ?

Is there something shameful going on?

The two walked towards the backyard bedroom.

On the way, Chu He suddenly remembered something and whispered, "Your Highness, half an hour ago, the Crown Prince's guards came and wanted to take Princess Changning away. However, Xiao He and his men refused. Later, they tried to force their way in, but I broke their legs and threw them into the river outside the wall..."

The Ninth Princess frowned slightly when she heard this. "Brother, have you not given up yet?" Fortunately, they were prepared in advance, otherwise, Changning would definitely not be saved.

After walking for a while, they arrived at the house in the backyard.

After pushing the door open and entering, the Ninth Princess asked in surprise, "Jiangnan, where is the Crown Princess?"

In her sight, there was only an old woman lying on the bed. She was still wondering why Chu He brought an old woman back to Youjia Villa and arranged her to stay in the backyard bedroom.

"Your Highness..." Chu He looked at the Ninth Princess, with a hint of inexplicable meaning in his tone, "She is the Crown Princess!"

"What???"

"That's impossible! She clearly..."

The Ninth Princess exclaimed, instinctively wanting to refute, but the more she spoke, the paler her face became. Suddenly, she thought of something and looked at the old woman on the bed in disbelief. She then turned to look at Chu He, her voice trembling slightly, "Jiangnan, is it the Forbidden Life Gu?"

"Hmm..." Chu He nodded slightly.

"Beast..." The Ninth Princess' eyes instantly filled with tears. She took a few steps at a time, stumbled and fell to the edge of the bed, and touched Xia Chanyi's pale face with heartache, "Sister-in-law, it is my brother who has let you down..."

"Ahem... Is that Zixuan?" The old woman on the bed opened her eyes slightly, and her lifeless gaze fell on the Ninth Princess.

The Ninth Princess quickly wiped her tears with her sleeve, a smile uglier than crying appeared on her face, "Sister-in-law, Zixuan will help you sit up."

Xia Chanyi nodded with difficulty. Her cultivation had already fallen to the early ninth rank. Could she possibly not hold out for even half an incense stick? She felt a surge of regret.

Seeing this, Chu He bowed to the Ninth Princess and walked outside.

Looking at the stars outside, Chu He let out a long breath.

He thought that he had adapted to Daqian over the past year and had become accustomed to the separation of life and death, but today's situation still made him feel uncomfortable.

"My cultivation is still not enough..."

If he had the cultivation of a second-grade Martial Saint, he would be able to remove the forbidden life poison in the blink of an eye, and Xia Chanyi would be able to recover after resting for a period of time.

But now, he can only watch people die.

"Qin Huaiyuan?" This was the first time since the last time at Locking Immortal Mountain that he had the thought of killing someone.

A few months ago, he went up to the mountain to find the bandits in Suoxian Mountain and searched out their base. After seeing the tiny withered bones all over the mountain behind, he finally decided to kill them all without leaving a single one alive. Then he destroyed the bodies with a palm and returned them to dust.

crunch--

Chu He waited outside for a while, and the Ninth Princess came out with tears on her face.

"Jiangnan, tell me, is my sister-in-law very pitiful?" The Ninth Princess felt very conflicted at this moment. On one side was her brother, the prince, who had loved her since childhood, and on the other side was her sister-in-law, who had a very good personal relationship with her and was also her mother who loved her niece the most.

"Pitiful?" Chu He fell into deep thought after hearing this. He remembered Lan Xing's classic saying, "There must be something hateful about a pitiful person." Of course, it was obviously inappropriate to use it here.

However, he believed that Xia Chanyi was also an adult and had the right to make her own choice, but since she had made the choice, she had to bear the consequences of her choice.

For example, he knew the rumors about the former saint of the White Lotus Sect, the Cave of Ten Thousand Bones, this cruel place that was extremely famous even in the Great Demon Prison of Daqian.

Of course, seeing the Ninth Princess's current mood, he certainly wouldn't say that. "Your Highness, everyone is mortal since ancient times. Even the legendary exiled immortals will one day have their wings broken."

"The Crown Princess should probably have more regrets, not being able to accompany Master until old age, not being able to see their children grow up and start their own families..."

Chu He felt that he was not very good at comforting people, so he could only bring over some inspirational quotes from Blue Star.

"Regret?" After hearing this, the Ninth Princess's expression was still not good, but it had gradually eased. "Sister-in-law wants to see Changning, Jiangnan, what do you think?"

"Go ahead, but it's best not to let the princess know that it's her mother. Just say she's her mother's wet nurse or something like that..."

The Ninth Princess nodded.

"Your Highness, things are over tonight, I will leave first."

The Ninth Princess was visibly taken aback, a barely perceptible flicker of reluctance flashing across her eyes, but she still nodded, "In the next few days in Tianjing City, my father might impose a curfew and conduct strict inspections of all the major cult outposts in the city. You should be careful."

Chu He nodded. This was normal. After capturing so many cult leaders, there would definitely be great gains. He then bowed and said goodbye to the Ninth Princess. With a flash of his body, he disappeared from the spot.

After half a stick of incense.

Chu He's figure appeared in the old house, sat cross-legged, and exhaled the "Purgatory Heavenly Scripture" in his mind, "Distribute the experience points to the realm."

Chu He: Prison Envoy

[Area: Inner Prison Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, Outer Prison]

[Realm: Fifth-grade mid-stage]

[Six Internal Organs: Large Intestine (0/)]

【功法：《龟息功》神通（1000/）、《狂刀三式》意境（0/）、《天火燎原》圆满（0/）、《咫尺天涯》圆满（500/）、《移容换形》圆满（500/）、《炼魔镇狱经》小成（0/）、《搜魂大法》大成（0/）、…】

【Experience:】

The fifth level mainly tempers the gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and bladder among the six internal organs, and finally forms a large circulation in the body with the triple burner, preparing for the condensation of the innate body.

"I'm already in the middle stage of the fifth rank. Based on my current experience points of nearly 500,000 per day, it will take four months to reach the peak of the fifth rank."

"However, even if I reach the peak of the fifth level, it won't improve my strength much..."

After all, he is now able to peek into the rules of heaven and earth, and thus possesses fourth-grade combat power. Even if his cultivation level is raised to the peak of the fifth grade, the improvement in his cultivation level may only be a doubling.

But against a third-grade master, even the quasi-third-grade master who had not yet condensed all his body's true energy into true liquid last night would be no match for him.

"I'll first improve my skills, especially the 'Demon Refining and Prison Suppression Sutra', a heavenly-level external skill. If I can cultivate it to perfection, I will definitely be able to defeat a quasi-grandmaster. If I can cultivate it to the realm of artistic conception, I'm afraid I will be able to fight with the strength of a true third-grade grandmaster."

"This leap in combat power is far beyond my reach even if I break through to the fourth level!"