29 You Are My Son
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
To be honest, Zhu Wuyang was not afraid of Zhang Mingli. After all, Zhang Mingli’s strength was only at the Meridian Forging stage. With Zhu Wuyang’s Azure Dragon Concealment Art at the Greater Mastery stage, he could easily hide it from her.
However, as the beloved concubine of the Mad Emperor, Zhu Zhenwu, Zhang Mingli had a Xiantian realm martial artist protecting her. It was said that she was a Mid-stage Xiantian realm expert.
A martial artist of this level was very likely to detect Zhu Wuyang’s true strength.
It would be fine if it was just a Mid-stage Xiantian realm martial artist. Zhu Wuyang had about 50% confidence that he could hide his cultivation from her. However, if it was a Late-stage Xiantian realm martial artist, Zhu Wuyang’s hope of hiding it was basically less than 10%.
After all, Zhu Wuyang’s strength had already increased to the Mid-stage of the Five Viscera Refinement realm. His blood essence was many times stronger than martial artists of the same level. The difficulty of hiding it increased greatly.
If not for the fact that Zhu Wuyang cultivated the top-notch concealment secret technique, Azure Dragon Concealment Art, he would have long been discovered by the Early-stage Xiantian realm Zhu Jinzong. Even Wei Ancai, who had reached the Perfected Meridian Forging Realm, might have been able to detect Zhu Wuyang’s true strength.
At this moment, Zhu Wuyang could only pray that the imperial guards who followed Zhang Mingli here were not Late-stage Xiantian Realm martial artists. It would be best if they were only Mid-stage Xiantian Realm martial artists or Early-stage Xiantian Realm martial artists.
But before this, it was impossible for Zhu Wuyang to close his eyes and wait for death. Therefore, he covered his head and lay in bed, starting to focus on cultivating the Azure Dragon Concealment Art. If he could improve it even a little, he would be safer.
“Congratulations, host, for the first time in your life, you have engaged in an invisible battle with Consort Li of the Kingdom of Jiu Zhao. You have obtained 2,000 breakthrough points…”
After absorbing this wave of strange power, Zhu Wuyang was closer to the Late-stage of the Five Viscera Refinement realm. At the same time, he obtained 200 usable breakthrough points.
Zhu Wuyang naturally wouldn’t save it or waste it. He immediately added these 200 points to the Azure Dragon Concealment Art, allowing his Azure Dragon Concealment Art cultivation to improve further.
Time passed. In order to deal with Zhang Mingli’s visit tomorrow, Zhu Wuyang did not even sleep. He cultivated bitterly for a night and obtained a few thousand breakthrough points.
The origins of these few thousand breakthrough points were also helpless. All kinds of trivial and special situations were considered special encounters, allowing Zhu Wuyang’s strength to increase again.
Fortunately, he had not broken through to the Late-stage of the Five Viscera Refinement realm. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult for Zhu Wuyang to hide.
Accompanied by a commotion, Mad Emperor Zhu Zhenwu’s favorite concubine, Zhang Mingli, walked towards Zhu Wuyang’s bedroom like a host of stars surrounding the moon.
Zhu Wuyang used the excuse that his body was unwell to hide under the blanket and not come out. He used the thick blanket to block the enemy’s detection of him. This would be safer.
“Wu’er, are you inside?”
Soon, Zhang Mingli’s pleasant voice came from outside.
Zhu Wuyang’s expression changed slightly. He knew that he could not avoid whether it was a blessing or a disaster. He had to face what he needed to face. Moreover, with his current situation, he could not reject Zhang Mingli’s visit at all.
Although he could not detect the situation outside the door, Zhu Wuyang could vaguely sense a huge pressure. If nothing unexpected happened, this pressure should come from the Xiantian realm guards beside Zhang Mingli.
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Wuyang said in a friendly voice, “Aunt Li, I’m inside.”
“Creak…”
The door was pushed open, and a beautiful woman with a face like a full moon walked towards Zhu Wuyang with a worried expression. “Wuyang, don’t get up. Just lie down. You haven’t recovered yet, so you should rest more.”
Zhu Wuyang, who was shocked by Zhang Mingli’s appearance, came back to his senses and lay back down on the bed. He had just gotten up and was only pretending. “Thank you for your concern, Aunt Li. Please forgive me.”
Because he had not rested well for the past few days, coupled with the huge psychological pressure and the fact that he had stayed up all night last night, Zhu Wuyang’s face was pale and his eyes were swollen. He looked weak, so Zhang Mingli did not doubt Zhu Wuyang’s actions, nor did she feel that it was too much.
After all, under normal circumstances, Princes usually had to bow to the concubines, especially a favored concubine like Zhang Mingli.
“Congratulations to the host for seeing Consort Li for the first time in your life. You have obtained 2,000 breakthrough points…”
“Congratulations to the host for speaking to Consort Li, Zhang Mingli, for the first time in your life. You have obtained 1,000 breakthrough points…”
“Congratulations to the host for deceiving Consort Li, Zhang Mingli, for the first time in your life. You have obtained 3,000 breakthrough points…”
… .
Zhu Wuyang sighed in his heart. As expected, he had obtained another wave of breakthrough points. However, why were there so many?!
Helpless, Zhu Wuyang activated the constipated breathing technique again. While suppressing the strange power that surged over, he tried his best to circulate the Azure Dragon Concealment Art and hide his aura.
Fortunately, the imperial guards beside Zhang Mingli were only at the Mid-stage Xiantian realm. If they were at the Late-stage Xiantian realm, Zhu Wuyang’s strength would definitely be exposed this time, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
However, Zhang Mingli was one of the most favored concubines of the Mad Emperor, Zhu Zhenwu. She was really beautiful.
Zhang Mingli’s appearance was a little like the celebrity Dong Jie on Earth, but she was dozens of times more beautiful than Dong Jie. Dong Jie’s looks were already top-notch on Earth, so one could imagine how stunning Zhang Mingli’s looks were.
As for temperament, there was no need to talk about it. Dong Jie was far worse. Only their character should be on par.
Even though Zhu Wuyang had seen many super beauties through various short videos on Earth, he was still shocked by Zhang Mingli’s beauty.
However, the shocking result was that Zhu Wuyang obtained another 1,000 plus breakthrough points. Even looking at a beauty would result in such a punishment.
What a sin!
I want to go back to Earth. I don’t want to be here anymore.
Zhu Wuyang wailed in her heart, but he could only hold on and deal with Zhang Mingli’s concern.
“There’s no need to stand on ceremony. Ever since your mother passed away, I’ve been your mother.” Zhang Mingli smiled and pressed the blanket for Zhu Wuyang. “After I returned yesterday and heard about your matter, I wanted to come over yesterday, but there are many rules in the palace. In order to avoid harming you, I could only delay it until this morning.”
“As the saying goes, it’s better to live than to die. Why would you be so silly? Fortunately, you were able to think it through in time and didn’t make a mistake. I’m relieved.”
Zhu Wuyang’s face was slightly red. It was because he had been holding it in, but in Zhang Mingli’s eyes, it was because he was ashamed. “I’ve made you worry, Aunt Li. I didn’t think it through for a moment, so I did something wrong. Please forgive me, Aunt Li.”