Chu Zhu Xi was secretly delighted. Normally, Chu Huoluo would never have dared to retaliate against her. Even if she was forced to fight, she would surely try to run away at the first chance, making Zhu Xi unable to deal any serious damage. Unexpectedly, today Chu Huoluo made this reckless decision. Of course, Chu Zhu Xi didn't mind solving this problem early once and for all.

 

She increased the power in her hands, and quietly gathered a fire skill. She wanted to injure Chu Huoluo’s lungs and organs in one strike, making her wounds linger and difficult to heal.

 

Chu Huoluo only felt the pressure increase sharply, and she struggled to form a circular hand seal. Huoluo's Magic Fire Arts couldn’t penetrate Chu Zhu Xi’s True Qi, and she started to feel the strain. A timid heart meant weaker strength, and Huoluo’s heart was very afraid.

 

Am I going to die here?

 

With hope leaving her every passing second, she saw Shen Zhenyi in the corner of her eye and remembered that she had to protect him. Chu Huoluo somehow summoned the strength to put forth a last-ditch effort. Feeling a sharp pain in her forearm, she moved her arms in a ring-like motion (picture).

 

Boom!

 

In an instant, there were white flames flashing around her, she finished her hand seal, and in that instant, she had the momentum of the heavens.

 

"The talent of this little girl is indeed above her teachers and sisters, but unfortunately she has such a pure and timid heart..." Shen Zhenyi sighed.

 

Chu Zhu Xi was shocked when she saw the Chu Huoluo’s sudden outbreak, but she wasn’t afraid. She was confident that she could break it. Shouting loudly, her hands waved and destroyed Huoluo’s attack.

 

Chu Huoluo gasped in pain. The fear in her heart was hard to overcome, and any courage she had disappeared. Her fire Taiji naturally dissipated, and she could only succumb to the power rivaling mountains and rivers.

 

Chu Zhu Xi saw her pained emotion but had no intention of taking a step back and moved forward. Her strength was awe-inspiring. If her attack continued, Chu Huoluo would become crippled.

 

Hoo!

 

It wasn’t the crack of Chu Huoluo’s arms like Chu Zhu Xi had anticipated. Instead, all she heard was an empty whistle of the wind, and the force of Chu Zhu Xi’s attack disappeared.

 

Shen Zhenyi was in front of Huoluo standing on his “crippled” legs. His face was only two inches away from Chu Zhu Xi’s outstretched hands.

 

Chu Zhu Xi flinched. Almost without thinking, she took a step backward and went into a defensive position. It was only when she remembered that Shen Zhenyi had long been crippled, and it was impossible for him to fight back, did she slightly relax.

 

"Please don’t fight over nothing. You’ll damage the peach blossoms on the mountain."

 

Shen Zhenyi casually remarked, referring to the old peach tree behind him.

 

However, Chu Zhu Xi wasn’t fazed. Wasn’t the secluded hill Shen Zhenyi lived on forbidden from outsiders? No one could hurt her. Even if he could do a little bit of sword-slinging, he couldn’t actually hurt her, right?

 

She took a step forward and respectfully told him, “I just want to teach this little girl, who doesn’t know her place.”

 

Shen Zhenyi did not care at all and said, "You’ll have to try and find a location where you won’t disturb my peace and quiet.”

 

He walked over to the peach tree and cut off one of its branches. Grasping it like one held a sword.

 

Chu Zhu Xi suddenly felt a dangerous aura emanating from Chen Zhenyi. She took three steps back, her confidence melting away.

 

She was so frightened that in her mind, the branch had become a terrible sword. In his hands, she felt that it was able to easily kill her in a flash.

 

What kind of sword intent was this? She wasn’t afraid of the branch but felt fear from the person holding the branch.

 

Chu Zhu Xi wanted to walk away but found that her knees were so stiff, they couldn't move. Her jaw trembled and her face was a pale white color like that of a dead person.

 

At this time Shen Zhenyi lowered the twig.

 

"I still can’t fully conceal my killing intent."

 

He sighed gently, and said, "The new disciples of the Abandoned Sword Villa will compete in a competition and get ranked soon. Shen Zhenyi's words were soft, but both girls heard them loud and clear.

 

Chu Zhu Xi felt numb and only slightly nodded, but she felt joy from her heart that he was letting her go.

 

"You can go back down the mountain. In March, the winner and loser between the two of you will be decided. " Shen Zhenyi waved her away absentmindedly.

 

Chu Zhu Xi, like a rabbit, turned around and ran away as fast as she could.

 

"Third Prince, you didn't lose your martial arts?" After a long time, Chu Huoluo broke the silence. “Do you just pretend to be crippled and sit in a wheelchair every day?” Remembering that she had just now tried to protect the number one swordsman in the world, she blushed furiously in embarrassment (picture).

 

"I can’t say that I’ve fully recovered." Shen Zhenyi shook his head, "In these last nine months, I’ve taken the opportunity to slowly recover my Sword Qi." However, so far, I can only manage to barely wield and control it with my body. If not, just now, if your sister had actually attacked, it might have been dangerous for her.

 

He seemed to be very dissatisfied.

 

Before he had killed the assassin, he wasn’t able to control his Sword Qi and it dispersed around Shen Zhenyi's body killing the assassin.

 

He hadn't recovered enough to skillfully use his sword techniques again.

 

Chu Huoluo was stunned.

 

Shen Zhenyi turned to the topic at hand, "I just helped you deter your senior sister. Take it as a favor for your cooking these past few months. But remember, this problem still needs to be solved by yourself. "

 

"Since the Third Prince is so powerful, if you teach me, how could I fear her?"

 

Shen Zhenyi looked her in the eye, "With your Liyang Mansion’s natural resources, if you practiced twenty years of cultivation, stepped into the eighth realm of cultivation, and then abolished your qi and recultivated, you might have a 30% chance of mastering the Sword Qi."

 

You want me to stand at the top of the world or something?

 

The first realm of cultivation helped with defense. The second realm allowed one to think clearer. The third realm increased strength. The fourth realm increased speed, and the fifth realm gave one wisdom. Chu Huoluo was currently at the fifth realm.

 

Then there was the sixth, seventh, and finally the eighth realm which allowed one to stand at the top of the world.

 

The top ten masters in the world had all achieved at least the eighth realm of cultivation. If someone could practice to the eighth realm, they could rival these masters.

 

And even becoming an Eighth Realm Master would only allow someone a 30% chance at mastering Sword Qi.

 

Chu Huoluo helplessly shook her head and gave up this idea, knowing it wouldn’t be able to help her in three months time.