Chapter 2275: Chapter 1965: Did the Empress Dowager Really Agree?

Seeing the sword Lu Chen swung out, Zhao Yu’s mouth twitched slightly, then he said, "I feel the Princely Heir doesn’t seem to need to learn swordsmanship."

If Lu Chen were an average Human Realm Spiritual Martial Artist, even if he learned the swordsmanship and martial arts they taught, it would be difficult for Lu Chen to swing out that Sword Evil just now.

With Lu Chen’s speed of absorbing spiritual evil, as long as there is spiritual evil around, he can exhaust those enemies with similar strength to him by relying on it.

Hearing Zhao Yu’s words, Fu Li spoke, "That’s not entirely true. If the Princely Heir learned martial arts and swordsmanship, his strength would become even greater than it is now, and the sword just now would be more fierce."

Zhao Yu said, "You also saw earlier, after the Princely Heir used swordsmanship, even the Skull Deceit laughed at that sword he swung."

Hearing Zhao Yu, Lu Xun raised his hand, stroked his chin, pondering what was going on.

Lu Xun thought for a moment and said, "Logically, it shouldn’t be. Why is it that using swordsmanship makes the power of Sword Evil smaller instead?"

Fu Li said, "Perhaps it’s because of the Princely Heir’s special constitution. This talent is terrifying; there will always be some constraints in other areas."

Hearing Fu Li’s words, Zhao Yu and Lu Xun both felt there was some truth to it. Such heaven-defying talent, if there were no constraints or defects, would be abnormal.

While the three were lost in thought, the bones of the Skull Deceit that were split into two halves on the Training Ground flew into the air and quickly assembled. In just a moment, the Skull Deceit was back to its original form.

Seeing the Skull Deceit’s body completely restored, Lu Chen was not surprised. He clearly felt earlier that the spiritual evil on the Skull Deceit showed no signs of dissipating. He activated the Netherworld Evil Control Body yet couldn’t extract much spiritual evil from the Skull Deceit, indicating it wasn’t dead.

Lu Chen gripped the sword tightly again and said calmly, "As expected of Spirit Realm evil spirits; even like this, it doesn’t die. Since one sword can’t kill you, let’s try a few more."

As soon as he finished, Lu Chen gathered the spiritual evil into the sword again and swung another strike. This time, the Skull Deceit didn’t endure it like before; its body turned into a white remnant shadow, fleeting toward the other side of the Training Ground.

Lu Chen didn’t stop. He continued to wield the Evil-slaying Sword, striking grand Sword Evils toward the direction of the escaping Skull Deceit. However, the Skull Deceit was running away very fast, and it wasn’t fleeing in a straight line, hence Lu Chen’s Sword Evils always passed by its side.

Lu Chen realized there was too much distance between him and the Skull Deceit, giving it time to react, allowing it to dodge his Sword Evils. He immediately propelled himself off, leaping straight towards the Skull Deceit.

The distance between Lu Chen and the Skull Deceit closed instantly. Following this, Lu Chen swung Sword Evil again. This time, even though the Skull Deceit tried to dodge, it had no sufficient reaction time. The next moment, a Sword Evil sliced through the Skull Deceit’s neck, its head dropping to the ground, and its body falling immediately.

Lu Chen activated the power of the Netherworld Evil Control Body constitution, and the surrounding spiritual evil surged madly into his body. Yet, the spiritual evil within the fallen Skull Deceit still didn’t flow towards him, proving the Skull Deceit wasn’t dead yet.

Lu Chen then continually swung more than ten swords, and the Sword Evils cleaved the Training Ground into big pits, whereas the Skull Deceit suffered even worse, its bones were smashed and scattered all over the Training Ground.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yu and the others fell silent. They couldn’t help but admire Lu Chen’s constitution; not having to worry about the consumption of spiritual evil, he could endlessly mobilize it.

When the dust on the Training Ground settled, Lu Chen took a glance at the Skull Deceit’s bones scattered around and felt the spiritual evil within them flowing toward his body. This time Lu Chen confirmed the Skull Deceit was dead.

Soon, Lu Chen’s gaze fell onto a corner of the Training Ground, where a Deceit Pearl emitting green light lay. It was clearly from the Skull Deceit earlier.

Lu Chen approached the Deceit Pearl, bent down to pick it up, and started absorbing the spiritual evil within it.

At this moment, Zhao Yu and the others came before Lu Chen. Zhao Yu smiled and said, "As expected of Your Highness, easily slaying the Spirit Realm evil spirit!"

Lu Xun said, "With His Highness possessing such talent and strength, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor will certainly flourish again!"

Lu Chen continued absorbing the spiritual evil from the Deceit Pearl while saying, "But after battling, I still show no signs of breakthrough. What’s going on?"

Zhao Yu answered, "Princely Heir, you defeated it a bit too easily."

Although the Skull Deceit initially retaliated, once Lu Chen activated the power of his constitution, he kept pressuring the Skull Deceit without pause with his strikes, such a battle cannot provide exercise.

Hearing Zhao Yu’s words, Lu Chen froze for a moment. Winning too easily was also a problem?

So how shall I break through?

Must I possibly find even more formidable evil spirits and undergo a life-and-death battle?

At this moment, Lu Xun said, "Princely Heir, you need not worry too much, just fight more evil spirits. With your talent, you’ll soon make a breakthrough."

Even without experiencing a life-and-death battle, as long as you fight evil spirits enough times, you can temper your physical body and thus reach a higher realm.

Hearing Lu Xun’s words, Lu Chen was about to say something when suddenly a servant came before him, "Princely Heir, there’s a Holy Decree."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen hurried to the Meeting Hall.

When Lu Chen arrived at the Meeting Hall, Prince Zhen Nan was already waiting there. At this time, a eunuch’s voice came from the entrance, "The Holy Decree is here!"

As soon as the words fell, the Imperial Eunuch holding the Holy Decree directly entered the Meeting Hall. Seeing Prince Zhen Nan, he didn’t read out the decree, but handed it to him directly, smiling, "Prince Zhen Nan, Her Majesty asked me to pass a message: all that the Royal Family should give has been given, it’s now up to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor. Hopefully, you’ll soon find and seal those five Earth Realm Stranges."

Prince Zhen Nan took the decree and said to the Imperial Eunuch, "Please convey to Her Majesty that the Zhen Nan Prince Manor will spare no effort, and will find and seal those five Stranges as soon as possible."

The Imperial Eunuch said, "I’ll certainly convey your message. If there’s nothing else, I’ll return to the Imperial Palace now."

The Imperial Eunuch then turned and left, seemingly not wanting to stay at the Zhen Nan Prince Manor for even a moment longer.

After the eunuch left, Lu Chen approached Prince Zhen Nan and asked while looking at the Holy Decree in his hand, "Could it be that the Empress Dowager really agreed?"

Prince Zhen Nan directly opened the decree and said, "Seeing that the eunuch wouldn’t even read the decree, he must have agreed."

Judging from the eunuch’s attitude when delivering the decree, he didn’t even want to read it, which proves the Empress Dowager was reluctant to issue this decree.

When Prince Zhen Nan opened the decree and glanced at it, he found that indeed Emperor Zhou restored the Zhen Nan Prince Manor’s fiefs and appointed Prince Zhen Nan as the acting Commander of the Deceit Suppression Bureau.