Chapter 16: What's with this? It's really beneath me!

  What was supposed to come has finally arrived.

  If Qin Zheng's martial arts could reach a high level, he would be looking forward to this grand event. However, he was only at the Forceful Martial Realm and hadn't even cultivated his True Origin yet. Now, he had to face the most powerful person on the Divine Martial Continent, which made him feel suffocated. But he had already thought of a plan. Exposure was inevitable, and the advantage now was that he himself hadn't been exposed yet.

  But this does not mean that when faced with those absolute pinnacle figures, he still won't expose himself.

  "Completely confirmed?" Qin Zheng asked again.

  "Yes, it has been confirmed. He was a rival of my grandfather in his youth and a strong man who came here in the last few years of his life said so before he died. There are also some scattered clues from other aspects, which can almost be confirmed that Grandfather should have obtained the Nine-Colored Divine Lotus Sutra and left it within the Jade Lotus Temple. So from this moment on, nothing inside the Jade Lotus Temple should be disturbed." Mo Gongzhu said calmly.

  Qin Zheng lightly smiled and said: "I suppose I also can't make any rash moves."

  Princess Ink did not respond.

  This was also within the expectations of Qin's government.

  He grew up in Yulian Garden since childhood and also received special care from Old Master Wang. If others didn't pay attention to him, that would be abnormal.

  So even if he had left the East Sea King's Palace before the news of his presence in the Jade Lotus Temple was exposed, he would have been caught and brought back anyway, which would be even more dangerous, so it's better to stay here.

  So he had to leave, the only way was to confirm that he had nothing to do with the Jiuse Shenglian Scripture, which meant that he would inevitably face the attention of the most powerful person on the Shenwu Continent.

  Moreover, Qin Zheng felt grateful to the Donghai royal family for three generations, and of course, apart from Qin Yi and his mother, he couldn't choose to leave at this time.

  At this time, Qin Zheng also thought of that iron box again.

  The words of Lao Donghai seemed to echo in his ears once again.

  "In times of crisis for the imperial court, it shall not be opened."

  Qin Zheng smiled wryly, guessing that Old East Sea King had long anticipated the news of the Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra would leak out.

  "The princess must know the secret inside the iron box." Qin Zheng stared into Princess Mo's eyes.

  "I know, but I don't know."

  Princess Mo calmly faced him.

  "What kind of answer is this." Qin Zheng frowned.

  "I know that there are at least two things inside the iron box, one is a letter written by your grandfather to you, and the other is the key thing, but what it is, I really don't know. You must want to know, just open it and take a look." said Mo Gong Zhu.

  Open?

  Qin Zheng shook his head.

  For him, opening the iron box was easy, but he had a strong feeling that if it were opened now, it might trigger some unpredictable events, and only when the time was ripe would it be effective.

  "It's not suitable to open the box now." Qin Zheng finally suppressed that impulse, and instead asked, "I wonder if Your Highness can tell me why Old Master Wang wanted to hand over the iron box to me, and especially instructed me that it could only be opened when the Wang Manor is in danger. Since we've already reached the critical moment of the Wang Manor's crisis, why should I still open it?"

  "It's probably only you who can save the Wang Manor." Princess Mo also wasn't too sure.

  Qin Zheng was speechless for a moment.

  I'm just a martial artist of the lowest level, yet somehow only I can save the Wang Manor.

  This thing is so ridiculous that it can make a three-year-old kid laugh out loud.

  But that's just the way it is.

  "What are you looking at me like that for?" Qin Zheng asked, noticing that Mo Gongzhu's bright eyes were staring at him.

  "Grandfather was indeed right about you." Mo Gongzhu sighed, "I, who only have 25 years of life left, am already 24, and only have one year to live. I can be said to have long given up on life and death. When facing this iron box, I almost couldn't control myself from wanting to open it and see what's inside, why Grandfather was so certain you could save the Wang Fu, is something that even I couldn't understand. But you were able to endure, just this one point, in the entire Godly Martial Continent, even those old monsters with great endurance, may not be as patient as you."

  Qin Zheng sighed softly, if he didn't even have this bit of patience, how could he have made it to where he is today?

  Maybe I had already given up on the path of martial arts after failing to break through and losing my martial pulse.

  Endurance, perseverance, and a glimmer of hope brought by blood ties - none can be missing.

  Six years of sharpening will not be spent in vain.

  Furthermore, although Qin Zheng's politics did not reach the level of the Eastern Sea King's Palace's near fanatical devotion to the old Eastern Sea King, deep down he still had great faith in the old Eastern Sea King. The reason was that during his lifetime, the old Eastern Sea King was indeed one of the most intimidating figures on the Divine Land Continent.

  Old Donghai Wang was alive, the Great Yan Empire was not a situation where four kings stood on their own, nor was it dominated by the Great Yan imperial family. For key matters, even the Great Yan Emperor would come to ask Old Donghai Wang for advice. Why? It's because Old Donghai Wang's divine power was unparalleled, and Qin Zheng still didn't quite understand this before, but now he finally does. Old Donghai Wang had forcefully cultivated the Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra to an extremely high level, which is probably also the reason why Mo Gongzhu had a problem, and Old Donghai Wang could enter the Divine Alliance to request help - he was simply too strong.

  Just as Lao Donghai Wang passed away, the prosperous Donghai Wangfu quickly declined.

  In just five years, the Donghai royal family fell from its unique position on the Shenwu continent to now only being able to show off its power within the boundaries of Dayan Empire.

  The old East Sea King was also extremely vigorous and strong-willed, forcibly cultivating the Nine-Colored Divine Lotus Scripture, reducing his lifespan by so much that he gave up on the idea of letting the current East Sea King cultivate it.

  Such a dying remark from an unparalleled talent still had a great impact on Qin politics.

  "In the following days, it's likely to be a grand gathering of heroes." said Qin Zheng.

  "Uh-huh, it's already certain that the top three people of the Divine Martial Continent will be arriving soon. The Human Alliance Master, the Demon Emperor, and the Sea Emperor will all be coming to the Jade Lotus Institute. Other powerful forces such as the Da Tong Empire, the Da Hua Empire, and the nine major demon king tribes won't just sit idly by either. In at most two months or at least one month, the Wang Estate will inevitably become the focal point of the Divine Martial Continent, and you will also inevitably face them because you are the person Grandfather chose to stay behind and guard the Jade Lotus Institute." Princess Mo said.

  "This way of dying is quite sensational."

  The princess looked at him and said confidently: "I believe that deep down in your heart you are full of hope for the future."

  "The princess, why do you think so." Qin Zheng was speechless.

  "Want to know?" Mo Gongzhu smiled, "When you break through to the Qi Wu realm and cultivate your true yuan, come find me again, I'll tell you."

  Qin Zhengdao said: "It won't have anything to do with Old Master Wang again, will it?"

  Mo Gongzhu smiled and said, "You think too much." She stood up, leaning lazily against the pillar, looking at the jade lotus pool. The wind blew over, the jade lotus swayed, ruffling the calm water, lifting Mo Gongzhu's hair, and the scene of her with the jade lotus pool was a gentle landscape that left Qin Zheng stunned.

  Life is really beautiful!

  This is the feeling Mo Gong Zhu brought to Qin Zheng.

  "My life could end at any moment, and rather than walking towards the end in such a dull and unremarkable way, I'd rather find some fun. This matter of the great warriors gathering at the palace has made it impossible for me to enjoy myself, and instead I can only think of ways to ensure the safety of the palace with all my might. So I can only find some small amusement... like you." Princess Mo turned her head and smiled at Qin Zheng, a smile that was sweet yet also bitter in her heart.

  Two people quietly stayed inside the pavilion, neither of them speaking.

  Only the wind gently swept across the jade lotus flowers, making a faint sound. At this moment, the Jade Lotus Temple was exceptionally quiet, and their hearts were also very calm.

  "I'll take you somewhere."

  After a long time, Princess Mo broke the silence.

  They then left the Jade Lotus Temple.

  Ahead, Mo Gongzhu walked with a gentle swaying motion. Although she seemed very steady, the feeling Qin Zheng got from her was that of playfulness. She was like a little girl who loved to smile and cause trouble, this was the real Mo Gongzhu.

  Shuttling in the East Sea Wangfu, Qin Zheng also had a scenic mood.

  Although he lived in the East Sea Royal Palace, six years of tempering in martial arts made him focus solely on cultivation and never walked freely within the palace like this.

  They passed through three courtyards and arrived in front of a three-story small building.

  The Hidden Martial Chamber!

  This small building is actually a place in the East Sea Royal Palace where various martial arts are stored.

  Qin Zheng had never been to the Cangwu Pavilion before. His understanding of this place was that the first floor was where the king's guards could find martial skills; the second floor was prepared for the king's guests; and the third floor was where the East Sea King's relatives and some guests who had made contributions, as well as guards, occasionally received rewards to choose martial skills.

  "You must have come from the future." Mo Gong Zhu said with a light smile.

  "Hmm." Qin Zheng knew that in order to enter Cang Wu Pavilion, anyone had to register, so whether or not someone had been there before was easy to find out.

  Mo Gongzhu said: "I'll take you to the third floor to choose two martial skills that you like."

  The Qin government does not rely on one person's joy.

  The third floor is the location of the strongest martial skills in the East Sea Royal Palace. To put it simply, with the ability of Old East Sea King who once shook the God Martial Continent, some top-level martial skills were collected, and there's no suspense about it. There might even be some ancient era's heavenly defying and god slaying martial skills that have been passed down.

  "Thank you, Princess, for your help." Qin Zheng was also quite looking forward to it.

  After someone registered, they entered the Cangwu Pavilion.

  He didn't stop on the first and second floors, but went directly up to the third floor.

  The third floor is very empty, unlike the first and second floors where there are rows and rows of bookshelves storing thousands of martial arts scrolls. There are no bookshelves on this third floor, only some martial arts alcoves on the walls, each one manually dug out to form a half-meter high square space that holds some martial arts techniques.

  "You can choose whatever you like," said Princess Mo.

  "Then I won't be polite." Qin Zheng was straightforward.

  "Right in front of us, on the third row from the ground in the Martial Arts Pavilion, are the strongest techniques of the Wang Fu. There are also some top-notch techniques that my grandfather obtained from outside, as well as some he created himself in his later years."

  Qin Zheng rushed straight here.

  At a glance, it can be seen that some of the martial art scrolls in these martial art pavilions have been around for some years, while others are very new.

  He stretched out his hand and picked up a relatively ancient scroll.

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  The martial art recorded in this scroll is called Floating Light Inquiring Heart Sword, a swordsmanship technique.

  Qin Zheng put it back casually after reading it, he didn't have any particularly strong interest in weapons originally. Since getting to know Yan Tingyu, he was gradually influenced by her and didn't think much of the four types of weapons: sword, gun, spear, and halberd. When choosing a weapon, he subconsciously chose others. In short, this so-called Floating Light Heart Sword, he looked down on it.

  He picked up another new scroll again.

  This scroll records one of the martial arts created by Old East Sea King in his later years.

  This martial art is called Qianyuan Yili Fist.

  "This martial skill is still decent, although it's far inferior to Dou Hu Dui and Shen Bing Yu, but it has a lot of unique characteristics."

  "It's just a pity that it's based on the cultivation method of the Nine-Colored Lotus Sutra, which is the only way to cultivate it. I'm currently cultivating the Nine-Coloured Lotus Sutra, and this martial skill is also useless to me."

  Qin Zheng then went on to find one scroll after another.

  Nothing was gained.

  "Isn't there one that suits you?" Mu Gong Zhu came closer.

  "No." Qin Zheng shook his head.

  Mo Gongzhu thought for a moment, "I remember that the martial skill you showed in the Tiger Garden was extremely fierce and powerful. Hmm, based on my feeling, that martial skill is very strong. Is it not suitable for you, or do you simply look down on it?"

  Qin Zheng rubbed his nose with his fingers and said, "I don't think much of that."