Eternal Life Begins with Taking a Wife

Once he went back to guest peak, he immediately left the academy with ten women and arrived at Lijiang City.

“Could it be that those paintings are the secrets of the world of the red hall?” Shen Ping could not help but think in this direction. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. After all, this was the palace world. Even if there were really shocking talents, they would inevitably be restricted by the world.

Then he quickly shook his head. What if there was a peerless genius in the Sword Dao? He could not really underestimate others.

“The heir of the West Sea King requests an audience with Fairy Lijiang!”

He stayed for five days when Shen Ping encountered a commotion. There were a total of eight kings in the Yuhua Shen Dynasty. They were the King of Dongchang, the King of Langya, the King of Nan Chu, the King of the West Sea, the King of Zhonghuai, and other nobles. They were all members of the imperial family. For example, the King of Dongchang and the Marquis of Zhenbei did not see eye to eye. Back then, they almost fought over some small matters in the Imperial Capital.

The heir of the King of the West Sea was a silkpants through and through, but because of his bloodline, his talent was not bad. Now, he was already a powerhouse in the sixth realm and was one step away from stepping into the Earth Immortal Realm. Therefore, he was very doted on by the King of the West Sea.

It was said that this was the fifth time he had asked to see Fairy Lijiang. Unfortunately, Fairy Lijiang had never appeared.

He came to the River Gazing Tower. He stood on the fifth floor and saw the entire scenery. He could even see huge warships arrayed on the river. At the front, a man in a gorgeous robe was requesting to see Fairy Lijiang.

Everyone around was watching the show.

Shen Ping asked, “What charm does Fairy Lijiang have to make a prince pester her like this?”

Someone glanced at Shen Ping as if he was looking at a country bumpkin. “Fairy Lijiang is a top-notch beauty in the world. She has fair skin and jade bones, like a fairy descending to the mortal world. Not to mention a prince, even a noble would want her.

“Furthermore, Fairy Lijiang is ranked in the top three of the Cosmos Ranking. She’s only a step away from reaching the Immortal Realm. The son of the King of the West Sea has requested to see her several times, but he’s just asking to be humiliated.”

The rest of the audience chimed in. Shen Ping did not argue with them. Instead, he continued to watch the scene in front of him with interest. The entire Seeping River Academy could not escape his senses. That Fairy Lijiang was indeed devastatingly beautiful. However, to him, she was just beautiful and had some temperament.

Up until this point of his cultivation, he’s seen all kinds of beauties.

“If Fairy Lijiang still doesn’t come out, I’ll let the warship attack the academy. If there are casualties in the academy, it’ll be your fault!”

Fine. There was no one else who could be so shameless. He had come to seek an audience time and time again, but he did not even see a sleeve. It was no wonder that this Prince of the West Sea had brought the navy warship over.

“I have no intention of seeing you. Go back.”

Threats do work. Fairy Lijiang replied through her sword intent. At the same time, her voice condensed into a sword light in front of the warship, causing a thousand ripples.

He looked at the sword intent. Shen Ping figured out the meaning of water in the five landscape paintings. Clearly, Fairy Lijiang had also seen the five paintings and had even comprehended some sword intent from them.

“Fairy Lijiang, if you don’t come out to see me, I’ll slaughter the entire academy!” the prince of West Sea shouted at the top of his lungs.

Immediately, a large number of disciples rushed out and floated above the river. The leader was a man in white. He pointed his sword at the Prince of the West Sea and said coldly, “Your Highness, please watch your words. My Seeping River Academy is the holy land of academies in the world. There are more than a million students. It’s not a place for you to do whatever you want! Not to mention you, even if your father, the King of the West Sea, personally came, he wouldn’t dare to say such shameless words!”

The prince wanted to fly into a rage, but he was stopped by his subordinates. Not long after, they left in the warship. However, they did not go too far. The entire Lijiang was under the control of the western seawater, so it was not against the rules for the navy warship to cruise on the surface of Lijiang.

Even if he violated the dynasty’s decree, the emperor would probably not punish him. At most, he would reprimand him. After all, the emperor was very happy to see Seeping River Academy suffer.

“The Seeping River Academy is indeed the holy land of the world. This Prince of the West Sea doesn’t even know who he is, and he still dares to boast about massacring the academy. He’s simply a joke.”

“It’s common knowledge that there’s something wrong with the prince’s brain.”

“By the way, I heard that the Marquis of Zhenbei is coming to Seeping River Academy. Do you think he wants to see Fairy Lijiang too?”

“Who knows? If it was the Marquis of Zhenbei, I think he would have a chance of meeting Fairy Lijiang.”

“The Marquis of Zhenbei guarded the northern region and even killed 100,000 demon soldiers some time ago to protect the safety of our Yuhua Shen Dynasty. If he can form a marriage alliance with Fairy Lijiang, it will be a good story.”

On the warship of the navy, the Prince of the West Sea gritted his teeth in anger, but his father’s personal guards held him tightly and could only retreat. In fact, he knew that he could not really attack the academy. He only said those words to see Fairy Lijiang.

Hearing the discussion on the riverbank, he could not help but feel angry. “He’s just the Marquis of Zhenbei. We also guard the border, making the countries of the Western Region not dare to step into our territory. Hmph, it’s just killing 100,000 demon troops. What’s there to boast? He still wants to marry Fairy Lijiang. I haven’t even seen her.”

His anger was still not appeased. “Go, seal the water surface of Lijiang for me. As long as you see the Marquis of Zhenbei, report immediately. I want to see if this Marquis of Zhenbei is as outstanding as the rumors say!”

The guard beside him could not help but whisper, “Your Highness, don’t be angry. The Marquis of Zhenbei is an Earth Immortal. It’s a fact that he killed 100,000 demon soldiers. You can’t be rash. That Fairy Lijiang doesn’t show mercy to anyone. I believe she treats this Marquis of Zhenbei the same.”

Shen Ping did not know that the Prince of the West Sea hated him, but even if he knew, he would not take it to heart. At this moment, he had returned to the courtyard he had bought in the city.

Ten beauties immediately served tea and danced to liven things up. He leaned back in his recliner as he ate melons and drank fine wine while enjoying the dance. The cool, exotic clothes had a different flavor. This was especially the case with their slender willow-like waists twisting about, making one’s blood boil.

After that, he went to the dark room at the highest peak of Seeping River Academy every day to admire the landscape paintings. In just a month, he comprehended three sword techniques from them: the Water Splitting Sword, the Mystic Wood Sword, and the Li Fire Sword.

The three great sword techniques were mainly the sword intent condensed from the Great Dao of Water, Fire and Wood.

Shen Ping had already comprehended extremely deeply in this aspect. Back then, when he stepped into the Sword Dao, it was also because he had comprehended by analogy. Now that he had comprehended these Great Daos from the sword intent, he felt like he had learned something new.

However, he knew very well that these three sword intents should only be the essence of the Sword Dao on the surface of the landscape painting. The other two were also interpretations of the Great Daos. But there was a gap in the middle and it was not continuous. He guessed that the other diagrams that followed after the water, wood, and fire were among the three great factions, the Sword Whisper Tower, the Heavenly Sound Temple, and the Moon Sea Cliff.

If he wanted to comprehend the true essence of the Sword Dao in the paintings, he had to gather all the paintings or comprehend every sword technique.

“Fairy Lijiang greets the Marquis of Zhenbei.”

He just walked out of the darkroom when he saw Fairy Lijiang, who was wearing a white veil. Shen Ping was not surprised at all. He had long sensed it with his true soul power. “Fairy, did you specially wait for me here?”

Fairy Lijiang bowed and said, “I’ve heard that the Marquis of Zhenbei’s sword intent is profound. I’m untalented and want to spar with you. I wonder if you have time?”

Shen Ping sized up this peerless beauty, Lijiang. He could indeed sense a continuous and gentle sword intent from her, and it was much smoother than before. It was obvious that she had comprehended something and improved, but she was still a little lacking. That was why she wanted to spar with him. “What do you think of the five paintings in the dark room?”