Peace Order
Chapter 372 - 160: The Supreme Mystery of the Military School, The Treasure of Splitting the Earth and Sealing a King_3

Chapter 372: Chapter 160: The Supreme Mystery of the Military School, The Treasure of Splitting the Earth and Sealing a King_3

And when the Mystic Turtle saw Li Guanyi nod in agreement, it seemed to be quite elated.

It materialized the map that was on the back of the landscape painting directly onto its turtle shell, branding it there. Then, the Mystic Turtle dove into the scroll of the painting, swimming frantically and completely scrambled the map left by Duke Chen.

Mine, it’s mine!

This map is mine!

Li Guanyi’s lips twitched. Was the Mystic Turtle not only cunning, but also so petty?

He felt helpless in his heart and mockingly said to himself:

Ding, your Dharma Form Mystic Turtle has marked a treasure location.

And it has destroyed all other maps.

The Mystic Turtle appeared on Li Guanyi’s shoulder, satisfied. Suddenly, Li Guanyi felt an elder speaking faintly from behind him, "This landscape painting left by our ancestor, Duke Chen, who is also known as Baxian, seems to contain the true essence of landscapes. The descendants with exceptional martial arts can comprehend martial skills."

"Your perception is not bad, what have you comprehended?"

Before the elder spoke, Li Guanyi had not noticed him.

Given the high cultivation realm of this elder, Li Guanyi said, "The junior is dull-witted and hasn’t comprehended anything." The elder glanced at him but said no more, only faintly speaking, "You cannot stay here forever, take something and leave."

Li Guanyi apologized and, glancing around, unhesitatingly took the bronze stele that Xu Huixiang had pointed out. It recorded a technique of legwork, considered to be a superior martial arts just below the divine skill level of Dharma Form. It was said that when cultivated to its limit, it could allow one to tread on wind, extremely mystical.

The elder watched Li Guanyi pick up the bronze stele and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

"...Sly."

"Senior, I will take this then."

"Good."

The elder flicked his sleeve, and before Li Guanyi knew what happened, he found himself outside the Book Collection Pavilion. The wind brushed past him, and his hair lifted slightly. Holding the stele, he felt joy in his heart, not expecting that the Mystic Turtle’s coveted item would be even greater. Not only did he obtain the secret map from Duke Chen, but he also learned [Mountain Shattering], the ultimate move that followed [Breaking Army].

He also managed to take with him the material of the Divine Weapon and a set of superior leg techniques.

Li Guanyi, carrying the [Bronze Stele], left and then saw someone ahead appearing to wait for him - a youth around the ages of seventeen or eighteen, with a golden crown and bounded hair, handsome in appearance but showing weariness on his face. It was indeed the Chen State Crown Prince.

The young Crown Prince looked at Li Guanyi and said, "I’ve been waiting for you."

Li Guanyi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Your Highness, what is it that you want?"

The Crown Prince, despite his exhaustion, remained composed and said quietly, "...Huixiang has left, and I think, perhaps you and I can form an alliance."

Li Guanyi was taken aback and laughed, "Your Highness, I am with the Xue Family."

The Crown Prince looked at him and said, "I know."

"But just now, I received news that my grandfather was stripped of his Prime Minister’s seal; my father is beginning to settle accounts with the literati faction, and my Eastern Palace will also be purged. I know he has never liked me, no matter how hard I try, how much I study and practice martial arts, my father seems to despise me..."

"The more I progress in my martial arts, the more skilled I become in archery and horsemanship, the heavier the malice in my father’s eyes."

"My mother is the same. I am her son, yet even when I was young, she forbade me from entering her inner chambers. The places I walked through would be cleansed with incense and bathing... as if I was some sort of filthy thing, the nagging words of a mother to her child, she has never said to me."

"When I was five, because she touched me, she kicked me out into the snow, and then washed her hands incessantly, to the point where her palms bled. As the white snow enveloped everything, I lay there, feeling a heart-piercing pain."

"But still, I want to fight for myself."

The seventeen-year-old Crown Prince, with his hand on his chest, said, "I should have been down, but, it seems I’m not willing; this heart of mine does not want to submit to a destined fate, it’s like a wolf’s heart, relentlessly howling in the night, making it hard for me to sleep all night."

"Without my father’s favor, or my mother’s love, I am just myself, only General Xiao taught me, and my grandfather guided me."

"After my grandfather is purged, I will not be able to escape, but my father will not allow the son of Noble Consort Xue to become the Crown Prince; my father, eagle-like Emperor, lords over all, solitary, decisive, and listening only to himself. His nature would not allow the son of an outside Royal Family like the Xue to become Emperor."

"Once I fall, another contender will be appointed for the Xue Family."

"The Xue Family will be purged and then my unborn brother will become a Crown Prince like a sole loyal minister. Only when the Xue Family is thoroughly purged will that brother have the chance to ascend to the throne; even then, it’s just a chance..."

"If I fall, the Xue Family won’t last long either, there will be all kinds of troubles."

"Can these reasons suffice?"

"Our alliance could break this situation."

Li Guanyi looked at the Crown Prince in front of him, his name was Wen Mian, a name that repressed martial qualities, yet in those sharp eyes, there was a ferocity like a beast coveting the world, just like his true father.

Li Guanyi grinned and said, "I am but a martial official, what is it that Your Highness speaks of?"

Li Guanyi refused and turned to leave, and Chen Wenmian said:

"You will agree."

Li Guanyi felt that in these chaotic times, there were too many heroes and men of ambition – young prodigies, middle-aged men of power, and old monsters still going strong. In such a world, without someone to suppress them, how could it not be chaotic?

Heroes rise in unison, a plethora of warriors swarm together.

It was clearly a period of strife, yet the Qi Fortune of the Central Plains was peculiarly soaring.

When Li Guanyi returned to the Xue Family, he found that many invitations had been sent.

However, the one on top was particularly special.

It was from Li Zhaowen.

Inside it said: ’If brothers win the invitation of that day, there shall be a feast and gifts.’

’Today at Changfeng Building, Zhao Wen awaits brother’s arrival.’

It was the agreement from that time...

Li Guanyi remembered and suddenly heard a cough. Looking up, he saw Breaking Army walking in, the young strategist with a hint of a gentle smile:

"Lord, I have something to report."