Ever since that night, when Zhou An helped the empress remove the gu poison.
Three months passed unhurriedly.
The two of them had a tacit understanding that they had barely met each other.
Whenever the empress needed help from the East Chamber, she would pass on the message through Qiu Huaili.
Actually, they were all adults, so everyone knew a lot of things.
She wanted to maintain her dignity as an emperor and was embarrassed to meet him. Zhou An was happy to have some peace and quiet.
However, Zhou An had not been idle during these three months.
He took Hai Dafu as his disciple and trained this talented kid from the tempered body of martial arts to the peak of the Postliminary Realm.
He even taught him some of the rarely used, independent, and trivial martial arts.
In addition, he also accepted two system side missions and solved two shocking murder cases, stealing the limelight of Six Fan School.
As for the Embroidered Uniform Guards, there was surprisingly no friction.
Under this rare peaceful and leisurely situation, Zhou An also advanced rapidly and successfully reached the great grandmaster realm!
.......
On this day, Zhou An was sitting cross-legged on the ice jade bed and undergoing deep meditation. Suddenly, a melodious voice rang out.
"Xiao An Zi! Did you miss me? Hahahaha! This princess missed you so much!"
Zhou An's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and saw a beautiful girl in a golden dress with a purple-green longsword hanging at her waist. She was smiling like a flower.
" Yes, long time no see, Princess."
Zhou An looked at the young girl in front of him with a sigh."You've grown taller and prettier.”
The young girl in front of him was the youngest daughter of the late emperor, the Great Xuancheng Sect, and the younger sister of the current empress, Eldest Princess Huaizhen!
Ten years ago, this little princess, who was the same age as him, felt that he was humorous. She cried and begged the empress to bring him to the Imperial Capital.
"Humph! I'm asking you! Did you miss me?"
Xiao Huaizhen pursed his lips and hung Zhou An's neck.""Do you miss me? Do you miss me?”
"Yes."
Zhou An said with a smile.
"Really?" Xiao Huaizhen blinked." You really miss me that much?”
"It's true. The princess is my benefactor. If it weren't for you, I would still be fishing in the fishing village.”
Zhou An was telling the truth. If he had not come to the Imperial Capital, the system might not have come out.
"Hehe, it's alright. Little An Zi, I didn't expect you to be so powerful!”
Xiao Huaizhen said in disbelief,""Do you know? On my way from Blue Cloud State, I heard some martial artists say that the Imperial Court's East Chamber produced a lightning-fast Supervisor Zhou. He captured the West Chamber and all the corrupt officials in one fell swoop.”
"After returning to the palace, I asked Royal Sister and found out. So it was you, Xiao An Zi!”
"Amazing! Amazing!"
Xiao Huaizhen seemed to be in a very good mood. He also jumped onto Zhou An's cold jade bed."Eh? This thing is so cold. Aren't you cold?”
"It's alright. I'm used to it."
"Wait a minute, Princess. Aren't you studying at the Azure Mist Sword Sect in the Azure Cloud State? Why did you suddenly return to the palace?"
"Do you think I want to return to the palace? It's not like you don't know that Royal Sister has always been fierce. In this palace, you might be the only one who can chat with me.”Xiao Huaizhen pouted.
"Thank you for your approval, Princess."
"So, His Majesty forced you to come back?" Zhou An asked hurriedly.”
"Yes, I am."
"Otherwise, who would want to come to this godforsaken place?" Xiao Huaizhen sighed.”
"Really, Xiao An Zi! It was straightforward. Don't be a factory worker anymore. Follow me to wander the Jianghu! I'm super powerful now! He's a grandmaster!"
Xiao Huaizhen sat on his lap without hesitation. His cat-like eyes were bright and adorable.
Zhou An saw that she was getting further and further away from the topic, so he pulled back to the main topic again."Your Majesty, did you ask the princess to come back for the China Elite Meeting next week?”
"How did you know?" Xiao Huaizhen asked in surprise.
Zhou An smiled but didn't say anything.
Of course he knew.
The Great Xuan Dynasty was founded on martial arts. In the vast Eastern Region of the Divine Lands, it was considered a huge empire that was second to none.
The quinquennial " China Elite Meet " was a martial arts tournament that was personally decided by the founding emperor of the Great Xuan Dynasty, Xiao Wudao. It was even written into the " Great Xuan's Laws ".
On the surface, it was to promote the exchange of martial arts among the young elites of the martial arts world of various countries.
In reality, it was to show off the strength of the Celestial Empire to the surrounding countries.
Because at that time, the surrounding vassal states and territories, such as Korea, Japan, Timur Khaganate, and so on, would be invited to participate.
However, the last two sessions of the China Elite Meet seemed to have changed.
In the past ten years, the surrounding countries had risen one by one, and their martial arts standards had become higher and higher.
The relationship between the Great Xuan Imperial Court and the martial arts world was getting colder and colder, causing the true experts of the country to be unwilling to participate.
This directly caused the imperial court to lose two rounds in a row. The experts sent by the imperial court couldn't even make it into the first round of the preliminaries.
Zhou An still remembered that in the previous tournament, the Japanese ninja, Yamamoto Ryuhei, and the Korean sword expert, Lee Seongjoo, had fought until the end. There was no involvement of the imperial court at all.
"I heard that the Japanese have sent out their most powerful fighters this year. They sent their Ninja God disciples, Iga Yixin, and the son of the Shogunate General, Yoshio Yatoba-Ryu. These two are the top young masters of Japan.”
"Korea even sent their princess, Li Xiuying, to participate in the competition. This woman is the grandmaster of the Han City Sword Arts and the direct disciple of Fu Ling.”
Zhou An said thoughtfully.
"Wow, Zhou An, you're quite well-informed! As expected of the Master of the East Chamber. I don't even know so much!”
Xiao Huaizhen focused on sizing up his childhood playmate's appearance." Xiao An 'zi, I find that you've become prettier! He was even more beautiful than a woman! Haha!"
"Is that so? Thank you for your praise, Princess."
Zhou An did not comment.
At this moment, a ding sounded in his ear!
"You have received a new main mission!”
"Mission objective: Help the Great Xuan become the champion of the China Elite Competition!”
"Mission Reward: Platinum Treasure Chest, Dragon Essence x1, Taiyi Divine Needle (full set) x1."
......
"I had a premonition that the system was going to do something like this. I didn't expect it to really come.”
Zhou An thought to himself.
Of course, even if the system didn't issue this mission, he would still do it.
What was the point of becoming stronger?
Naturally, it was to fight with even more powerful experts and go to the vastest world to take a look.
"Princess, we haven't seen each other for a few years. Let me give you some pointers."
Zhou An suddenly said with a smile.
At this moment, Hai Dafu's voice came from outside.
"Supervisor! His Majesty has summoned you to the palace for a meeting, together with Princess Huaizhen!”
"But who's Princess Huaizhen?" Hai Dafu asked with a puzzled expression. Does our East Chamber have such a eunuch?”
"Hahahaha, Little An Zi, your little eunuch is too cute!”
Xiao Huaizhen burst into laughter and threw himself into Zhou An's arms.
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