Great Li Martial God

"However, before that last emperor could go open the Tianqi Secret Treasury, Great Qi fell as a nation, and the seven keys in his hands have been lost without a trace ever since."

Saying this, Cang Yinyue's eyes turned cold, "So stop bothering me. With just one wooden box, it's impossible to open the Tianqi Secret Treasury!"

Hearing this, Li Musheng sighed deeply, "Sigh, I knew things weren't that simple."

He tucked the wooden box into his bosom, stood up and came before Cang Yinyue, saying, "However, Miss Cang, you know quite a lot of things. In the future, if there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask you."

Having said this, he reached out with his fingers together, preparing to unseal her acupoints.

However, halfway through, he suddenly stopped, "You're not planning to knock me out again later, are you?"

"No."

Cang Yinyue replied quickly in a calm voice.

Li Musheng chuckled, "I'm afraid you don't even believe what you're saying."

Cang Yinyue snorted coldly, "As long as I don't let you get close, I don't believe you can still seal my acupoints." Li Musheng shook his head. This young lady had quite a stubborn temperament.

After thinking about it, he suddenly spoke, "Miss Cang, actually I have a way to remove the tattooed character on your face."

Hearing this, Cang Yinyue's expression changed imperceptibly, but she quickly returned to normal and said coldly, "I don't believe you."

Li Musheng looked at her without speaking.

Cang Yinyue's gaze gradually dimmed. Then she muttered to herself, "The person who tattooed my face had already cultivated the 'Bone-Corroding Dark Wind Finger' to a perfected realm. What you see is only the character on the surface, but the character has actually been carved into the facial bone, like bone-corroding maggots. It can never be removed in this lifetime."

Hearing this, Li Musheng flicked his finger and directly unsealed Cang Yinyue's acupoints, saying leisurely, "Miss Cang, if you don't try some things, how will you know they're impossible?"

Sensing her acupoints being unsealed, Cang Yinyue moved her palms that could now move. The next moment, her entire person vanished from her original position, retreating backward like a ghost shadow.

Soon, she stopped before the old tree where she had been standing earlier, confronting Li Musheng from a distance.

However, Li Musheng crossed his arms and said, "Don't forget, I'm the Seventh Prince lost among the common people. Every time you attack me, you're committing insubordination. When I restore my identity in the future, even your Hidden Intelligence Bureau's boss won't be able to protect you!"

Cang Yinyue was silent for a while. Then her upright body slowly leaned back against the old tree behind her, "If you can truly remove that character on my face, when you encounter a life-and-death crisis, I can risk my life to save yours once!"

"That's not necessary."

Li Musheng shook his head with a smile, extending one finger. After thinking about it, he added two more, "Miss Cang only needs to promise to agree to three conditions from me."

Cang Yinyue's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, "No problem!"

Hearing this, Li Musheng immediately showed a surprised expression, "So straightforward? Aren't you afraid I'll propose some very excessive conditions?"

Cang Yinyue sneered coldly, "If it's something I'm unwilling to do, I won't do it even if it means death."

"Principled."

Li Musheng extended his thumb in praise, then turned and sat down by the campfire.

However, in his heart, he was thinking about the Tianqi Secret Treasury. This could also be considered a clue in his pursuit of martial Dao transcendence, but gathering seven keys gave him a bit of a headache.

"How will you remove the character on my face?"

At this time, Cang Yinyue standing not far away took the initiative to speak.

"Let's talk about it when we reach Shangyang City."

Hearing this, Cang Yinyue stared at Li Musheng for quite a while before finally saying "Fine," then leaned against the tree with closed eyes to rest, no longer speaking.

...

The night passed without incident.

The next morning, after resting for a night, the two continued riding toward the Great Li imperial capital, Shangyang City.

At the beginning, Li Musheng wasn't in a hurry, leisurely riding his horse, viewing the mountain and river scenery along the way with special interest.

Regarding this, Cang Yinyue didn't urge him either. Sitting on horseback as if on level ground, she cultivated and circulated her true qi while maintaining the same pace as Li Musheng.

After several days like this, Li Musheng grew tired of the scenery along the road.

After all, the mountain roads weren't famous scenic spots. There were pitifully few beautiful sights worth seeing. What he saw most along the road were trees and grass, as well as dust everywhere.

So he finally changed from his slow pace and instead quickened his speed.

"Miss Cang, how many more days until we reach our destination?"

Li Musheng didn't know the roads. Along this entire journey, all the route maps existed only in Cang Yinyue's head.

"Traveling day and night, we can reach Jing Province in ten days. After that, one more day's journey will reach the imperial capital. Normal travel would require two ten-day periods."

Cang Yinyue replied expressionlessly, then said mockingly, "Actually, you don't need to be so anxious. After all, the real prince always makes the last appearance."

These words were the excuse Li Musheng had initially found to travel slowly. Now they were returned to him intact.

Regarding this, Li Musheng could only shrug and continue traveling somewhat sheepishly.

After several more days like this, the two riders traveled dustily along the road and arrived at the boundary of Chong Province.

The journey was somewhat monotonous, though they had once encountered a band of bandits and robbers blocking the road. However, as soon as that gang of robbers showed themselves, they were instantly dispatched by Cang Yinyue.

Aside from that, there were no other disturbances.

According to Cang Yinyue, that gang of robbers was an accident. The routes she chose to take were all specially screened by the Hidden Intelligence Bureau.

They specifically avoided some dangerous areas and places with complex martial world forces, taking the safest path that wouldn't create additional complications.

This was also the reason why the journey had been smooth and basically nothing unexpected had occurred.

However, after entering Chong Province, Cang Yinyue became noticeably more cautious. Along the way, she hadn't cultivated or circulated qi even once, basically constantly paying attention to the surrounding situation.

Although Li Musheng understood this situation must have a reason, he didn't know what it was about, so he asked this living map and human encyclopedia of Great Li.

"Miss Cang, what's so special about this Chong Province? You seem somewhat overly tense."

Cang Yinyue showed Li Musheng no courtesy. Along this entire journey, regarding matters big and small, whether she knew about them or not, whenever he didn't understand something, he would ask her.

Honestly, she was becoming a bit afraid of Li Musheng.

However, in the end, she still explained, "Chong Province hasn't been peaceful recently. According to secret reports from the Hidden Intelligence Bureau, the largest martial world forces within the province seem to have signs of going to war with each other."

"The place where we are now is within the territory of a martial world force called the Blood-Bathed Alliance. Under the current circumstances, they will definitely guard the various passage checkpoints."

"But this force is neither completely righteous nor evil, and they're not easy to deal with. Better to avoid trouble. It's best to be cautious and try not to run into them."