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However, even though Ming Yu still had that delicate and pretty face, her heart had already changed!

Ming Yu secretly made up her mind that in three months' time, she would definitely participate in the empire's martial competition and win beautifully. She wanted to bring a storm-like pleasant surprise to Ye Xi and those who looked down on her!

"Right now, the most important thing is to increase our combat strength!"

Ming Yu clenched his fists as he walked towards the Martial Arts Department. He knew that as a martial artist, if they wanted to increase their combat power, cultivation was the foundation, followed by martial skills and mystical weapons.

This time, he would choose a martial skill that suited him.

The Martial House was built on the east side of the palace and had a total of ten floors. It was pitch-black in color and looked extremely majestic from afar. There were over ten thousand books of martial arts hidden inside, and many young nobles were currently here to study and borrow money.

There was an old man sitting at the entrance of the Martial Examination Palace with white hair and eyebrows. He was clearly very thin and weak, but the aura he gave off was like a heavy mountain pressing down on everyone.

The Martial House was an important place for martial arts of the palace. Since this old man was standing guard here alone, his cultivation was naturally unfathomable.

This old man was one of the top ten emperors of the Great Ming Dynasty, Old Senior Song Yuan.

Ming Yu walked forward, bowed slightly to Eccentric Song, and then displayed his Prince's Medallion.

"First level of the Transcending Mortality Stage. Even as a prince, you can only study martial arts on the first level, and the time limit must not exceed four hours per day." After Old Song finished speaking, he closed his eyes and started meditating.

Ming Yu bowed slightly, then entered the first level of the Martial Arts Department and began to frantically search for a suitable martial skill.

There were other nobles in the Martial Arts Department that were also studying martial arts. When they saw Ming Yu, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. This piece of trash who was once thought to have no cultivation had now come to study martial skills in a delusional manner?

He was like a newborn baby who didn't even know how to leave and only wanted to run. It was truly laughable.

For a time, scornful gazes shot over.

However, Ming Yu did not care about these gazes and started to look for a martial skill that would satisfy him.

In the Great Ming Dynasty's known records, martial arts were divided into four ranks. From lowest to highest were the Spirit, Mysterious, Origin, and Desolate.

Just the peak Superior Grade Spirit Level martial skill was already something that ten thousand people crazily fought over. As for the Profound Level martial skill, it was something that only the genius ninth prince would have. As for the Essence Level and even the Desolate Level, they only existed in legends.

Ming Yu flipped through the bookshelves one by one, getting a rough understanding of the contents.

"Inferior Spirit Level Martial Skill, Wind Thunder Leg. Legs like wind and thunder, traceless and formless, sweeping in all directions!"

"Inferior Spirit Level Martial Skill, Explosive Punch. Catch him by surprise and kill him with one punch!"

"Low grade spirit rank martial skill, blue steel arm, arms like steel, amazing defensive power!"

"..."

After looking for half an hour, Ming Yu still hadn't found a suitable martial skill, because the martial skills just now weren't Ming Yu's style. Furthermore, Ming Yu felt that these martial skills were really simple.

In fact, what Ming Yu didn't know was that it would take at least half a month for an ordinary martial artist to understand these low grade spirit rank martial skills. In fact, it would take at least three to five days for those genius princes and princesses.

In his previous life, Ming Yu had extraordinary learning and comprehension abilities. This was precisely the reason why he was able to become a top tier expert in the electric competition that required extreme reaction and control. In this life, Ming Yu still inherited the formidable mental strength from his previous life, allowing him to easily comprehend martial skills.

This kind of comprehension talent that was different from ordinary people was even stronger than the monstrous geniuses of dynasties. However, who would have thought that this talent would appear in the unremarkable Ming Yu?

Suddenly, Ming Yu noticed a martial arts scroll. It was a dark red color and extremely plain. Ming Yu opened the scroll and a large, flamboyant character entered his vision.

"Middle grade spirit rank martial skill, Inverse Confusion Sword, grasp nine levels of Killing Calamity, awe-inspiring sword energy, reversing the heavens!"

"Alright."

The most powerful part of the Chaotic Killing Sword Technique was the sword qi that contained a killing intent. Every layer of sword qi was like a tribulation of slaughter, once mastered to the Large Success stage, one could superimpose nine layers of sword qi, and that would result in nine layers of killing intent!

Ming Yu seemed to have entered a meditative state, his eyes were filled with the martial arts described in the martial arts manual. The thirst for knowledge and excitement spread to every cell in Ming Yu's body, making him unable to stop.

After more than two hours, Mingyu closed the martial manual. His mind was filled with the sword art of the Confusion Slaughtering Sword, and he could not wait to practice his sword art.

Ming Yu's entire being was affected by the sword technique from the Chaotic Murderous Sword. His eyes were filled with a sense of sharpness. He quickly walked out of the door, bowed to elder Song, and prepared to leave.

Elder Song opened his eyes and looked towards Ming Yu. He felt that the youth's body had a trace of evil aura, so he called out to Ming Yu, "Kid, what you are looking at is a Middle Spirit Level Martial Skill, the Converse Murderous Sword, right?"

Ming Yu did not expect that Elder Song would be able to see through him, so he turned around and nodded, "Senior, may I ask what you have to say?"

"The Chaotic Killing Sword is an extremely powerful martial skill among the spirit rank. You are only a martial artist at the first level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, but you are already practicing this martial skill before reaching the sixth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage. Not only is it difficult to cultivate, your mind will also be greatly damaged."

Eccentric Song said earnestly, "You have to walk the path step by step. Don't be too ambitious and bite off more than you can chew. The most important thing is to suit yourself. Otherwise, your cultivation will go berserk and you will harm yourself."

Ming Yu felt that elder Song's words made a lot of sense, so he firmly memorized them and nodded his head.

However, in the eyes of Elder Song, Ming Yu did not take his words to heart. He could not help but feel displeased, and waved his hand without saying anything else.

Ming Yu turned around and left, but at this moment, two people walked towards her.

The leader was a young man with an imposing appearance. His head was tied with a golden crown, and he wore a suit with golden dragon stripes. There was an unconcealed arrogance between his brows, making him stand out amidst the crowd. All the noble children passing by smiled and saluted him when they saw him, but he didn't take them seriously at all.

Beside him was a eunuch in a yellow-brown robe with his back deeply bent. At this moment, he was beside him saying some nice words of flattery, laughing so hard that his eyes could no longer be seen.

"Halt."

A sinister voice sounded in Ming Yu's ears. Ming Yu frowned. This voice sounded like a man but not a man, but why did it sound so familiar?

Turning around to look, Ming Yu discovered that the person standing in front of him was none other than the butler, Eunuch Liu, who had acted presumptuously that day in the side hall of the Purple Bamboo Hall.

Amongst the twenty-three princes and eleven princesses, Ming Feng's status was absolutely not low. He was highly revered and respected. Many of the royal family's daughters were secretly hoping for Ming Feng to be their future husband.

"What's the matter?"

Ming Yu indifferently swept a glance at Eunuch Liu before finally focusing his gaze on Ming Feng. Eunuch Liu was just a dog to Ming Feng. The words he had said just now were clearly for Ming Feng.

Ming Feng raised his chin and looked down at Ming Yu in a condescending manner, "After seeing your brother, you actually didn't lower your head and greet him. Do you take the rules of the palace seriously?"

Ming Yu's heart surged with hostility as he sneered, "You and I are only of the same generation, what qualifications do I have to bow to you? It seems that brother truly doesn't understand the rules of the palace. One day you must study hard. Don't let others mock your culture."

His words were resolute and decisive. He didn't hesitate at all. Ming Feng hadn't thought that the trash in front of him hadn't made any progress in his martial arts cultivation and had instead grown to such a level of sharp-tongued.

"How dare you!"

Eunuch Liu's shrill shout attracted the attention of everyone around. They all started to pay attention to what was happening.

Eunuch Liu pointed at Ming Yu's nose and said angrily, "Who do you think you are? You're nothing more than a good-for-nothing that doesn't even have the qualifications to cultivate. This place is not a place for you to stay to begin with. You still dare to make a fool of yourself in front of Thirteenth Prince, who dares to give you the face of a dog? "

Normally, Eunuch Liu had always kept his voice low and low. With Ming Feng by his side today, he relied on the power of his men. His sharp words made him feel uncomfortable, and the more he cursed, the more pleased he was.

"You are very sad."

Ming Yu looked at Eunuch Liu indifferently, "A useless cripple who has been castrated, I don't know where you got the confidence to call others trash, maybe you relied on your father, Ming Feng."

Once these words were spoken, everyone stared with widened eyes. Ming Yu actually dared to say such blatant words of mockery. Was he courting death?

Eunuch Liu's face trembled in anger as he shouted, "Bullsh * t! You... If your mother wasn't so weak and sick, how could there be a burden like you in the palace? Trash, why did you two still have to struggle on the edge of death? "

As soon as he finished speaking, Ming Yu raised his arm and slapped Liu Gonggong's fat face.

"Pah!"

A crisp sound reverberated across the entire plaza. The scene had become extremely quiet, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. Everyone looked at Ming Yu in surprise.

What did Ming Yu just do?

He actually dared to slap the face of Eunuch Liu in front of Thirteenth Prince. Wasn't this equivalent to slapping the face of Thirteenth Prince? He's crazy!

Eunuch Liu had almost been struck senseless by this slap. His entire left cheek swelled up, five or six of his teeth had been knocked off, and his mouth was full of blood. He glared at Ming Yu, while Ming Feng was already angered to the extreme.

"I told you, if you continue to be disrespectful to my mother, I'll smash your mouth." Ming Yu enunciated each word clearly.

"You!"

Although Eunuch Liu had been stuck at the second level of the Transcending Mortality Stage for dozens of years and had the strength of five lions, he was definitely more than enough to deal with Ming Yu.

Eunuch Liu struck out with his palm, the power of all five lions gathered in his palm, the air gave out a loud roar, but Mingyu did not dodge, the hidden baleful qi in her body erupted, a fist punched out, and with a "kacha" sound, the bones in Eunuch Liu's hands were broken by Ming Yu!

That Eunuch Liu was screaming in pain. Mingyu's palm, which contained the strength of ten lions, landed on Eunuch Liu's face, causing his entire body to be sent flying. He rolled on the ground a few times, then fell to the ground like a dead dog.

All of this happened in a split-second. Before the crowd could react, Eunuch Liu was already three meters away, his body convulsing and blood spewing out of his mouth.

Was this still the weak, shy, and timid Prince Seventeen?

This question appeared in the hearts of almost everyone present. They never thought that Mingyu's current strength had already reached the second level of the Transcending Mortality Stage.

What they didn't know was that even though Ming Yu was only at the first stage of the Transcending Mortality Stage, he already had the strength of ten lions!

Seeing Eunuch Liu, whose teeth had been shattered by the slap, wailing on the ground, Ming Feng flew into a rage. True energy surged within his body as he walked towards Ming Yu step by step.

Ming Feng was a powerhouse at the peak of the fifth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, possessing the strength of two hundred lions. Before long, he would definitely break through, and his strength would increase by leaps and bounds!

Amongst all the princes, Ming Feng's strength had already been recognized, but today, Ming Yu had beat Eunuch Liu in front of everyone, so how could Ming Feng not be angry that he had to look at his master after beating a dog?

"You think you've turned over after hitting my dog? "In front of me, you are still useless."

Ming Feng's fist was flying towards him. Before the punch had even arrived, a terrifying and heavy pressure came over, like the roar of an angry lion. It opened its bloody mouth and bit forward.

Everyone was shocked, Ming Feng wanted to kill Ming Yu with one punch!