Surviving In A Martial Arts World To Become A Saint

The next day, at the first pale light of dawn.

The Princess Changle arrived early at the private courtyard where Chen Qing resided, carrying a rosewood box in her hands.

Accompanying her was a young man dressed in a close-fitting martial outfit, none other than Yue Qianfeng, the top champion of the Martial Academy and the Marquis Pingding.

"Peak Master Chen," the Princess Changle greeted him with a graceful bow and presented the box, "this is the spear technique manual my father instructed me to deliver to you."

"Thank you for your trouble, Your Highness," Chen Qing said, accepting the box.

Beside them, the Marquis Pingding, Yue Qianfeng, stepped forward and offered Chen Qing a solemn fist-cupped salute. "Peak Master Chen, I am Yue Qianfeng. My respects to you."

"Brother Yue," Chen Qing replied, returning the gesture with a cupped-fist bow of his own.

This champion of the Martial Academy was, by any measure, one of the rare geniuses produced by the two circuits under imperial jurisdiction, and on top of that, he was the son-in-law of the Marquis Jingnan.

"That day on the martial stage, I was simply outmatched. There is nothing more to be said," Yue Qianfeng spoke with genuine sincerity. "But watching Peak Master Chen's battle against Shang Yuming, I understood at last that there is always a higher sky beyond the one we see. Your strength in particular, Peak Master Chen, commands my deepest admiration."