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Arriving at the True Sun Palace, Han Xiao strangely discovered that Han Zhao didn't come, and Han Xiangtian didn't even ask him about his son. Arriving strangely at the True Sun Palace Han Xiao strangely discovered that Han Zhao didn't come, and Han Xiangtian didn't ask about his son, and didn't seem to care about his son.

Because there was no sign of Han Zhao's tit for tat against Han Xiao, today's morning assembly was extremely boring. He remembered the top ten places he had tried, but none of them paid attention to it.

"Your Highness, I've heard that Your Highness likes bamboo. Your Highness only got a bamboo the day before yesterday, and its color is exceptionally bright. I request that Your Highness visit this humble official's house." Ma Ri said with a flattering smile.

"What does Jin Zhu count for? This humble one has recently obtained a high quality spirit artifact, the Flaming Cloud Armour. This humble one does not dare to keep it for myself, so I wish to gift it to Your Highness." Jiang Xiang blocked in front of Han Xiao and said.

Looking at the gathered ministers, Han Xiao's eyebrows slowly furrowed, his heart was filled with impatience, but he still had a faint smile on his face, "Sorry, I still have matters to discuss with royal father, so I'm not free today." With that, Han Xiao pushed away the officials and left.

Although he knew that these people were most adept at handling the wind and the wind, he had never seen people like Han Zhao, who sold themselves to him immediately after arriving at the imperial court. And, to be honest, Han Zhao truly didn't want to bother with such people.

"According to Han Zhao's character, he wouldn't give up just because he lost a game, not to mention that he didn't have the intention of becoming the Crown Prince yesterday. According to Han Zhao's character, he wouldn't give up just because he lost a game, not to mention that his father didn't have the support of the Crown Prince. Walking on the road, Han Xiao secretly thought about Han Zhao's next plan. However, Han Zhao had never played his cards according to common sense, so he was unable to guess Han Zhao's thoughts.

When he returned to the Phoenix Fairy Palace, Han Xiao saw that the overseer had already sent the crown prince's uniform over, and asked Little Lei Zi to put it on for him after a short while.

"For the next few days, I've been in seclusion trying to break through to the middle stage of the Awakening Realm. In the afternoon, Zheng Butterfly will bring me the list of people who passed the written test. You can help me accept it." Han Xiao said to Xiao Jianfeng.

"But, Your Highness, the day after tomorrow is the martial test. You must go into seclusion at this time." Xiao Jianfeng said hesitantly.

"I will pay attention to the time, and elder cousin Jianfeng, you better not call me your highness the crown prince. I'm not used to hearing that." Han Xiao said. If it weren't for Han Xiangtian's plan to lure Han Zhao out, he wouldn't have wanted to be the crown prince.

"But Your Highness, you are already the crown prince. This is what I have to call you." Xiao Jianfeng respectfully said.

After glancing at Xiao Jianfeng helplessly, Han Xiao decided not to say anything else and turned around to enter the cultivation room.

The moment he entered the cultivation room, Han Xiao took out one million spirit stones from his storage ring. The dense Origin Energy filled the entire cultivation room, and even if he didn't absorb it intentionally, a large amount of Origin Energy flowed into his body.

Sitting down cross-legged, Han Xiao circulated the Soul Refining Technique in his body, filling up the absorbed source energy into the Soul Field. The originally full Soul Field was now even more saturated, even if he filled it with a little of it, it seemed to be able to push his Soul Field to its limits.

Han Xiao closed all the acupuncture points on his body, no longer absorbing the energy. At the same time, he formed seals with his hands, thinking about the point he felt that day, and used the energy in his body to attack it at all costs. His originally stable Qi also started to become restless.

"Crack crack." Han Xiao could feel that the door he used to reach a higher level had been opened, although the size of Po Tian had not grown any larger, but Han Xiao could see that the color of his body had grown even deeper. Although it was still very big, Han Xiao could feel that the source of his soul energy was at least twice as much as it used to be, and because his cultivation had broken through and completely recovered, the Qi of the middle stage of the Soul Transformation was slowly flowing out of his body.

The corner of Han Xiao's mouth couldn't help but twitch as he looked at the less than ten thousand Spirit Stones remaining in the room. Although using Spirit Stones to assist in one's cultivation breakthrough was fast, and also had plenty of Origin Energy, the cost was too high. Even if he was rich and overbearing, he still couldn't accept it.

"Creak." Han Xiao moved his body and walked out of the cultivation room, looking at Little Lei Zi with an aggrieved look on his face. He patted Little Lei Zi on the head and asked: "Little Lei Zi, why are you blocking the door of the cultivation room?"

"Seventh Prince, that's not right. The Martial Competition has already started and you haven't appeared. Commander Xiao told me to wait here for you. If you don't come out, I won't leave. I didn't eat breakfast or lunch to wait for you." Little Lei Zi said unhappily.

"The martial test has already begun? When did it start? " Han Xiao asked in surprise.

"It started in the morning. It's already afternoon now, I think." Before Little Lei Zi could finish, he saw Han Xiao run out.

"Bam." Just as Han Xiao arrived at the entrance of the Martial Hall, he saw a black figure flying out of the Martial Hall and landing heavily at his feet. Behind the black figure was a man dressed in grey robes.

"The thirteenth autumn." Zheng Tan was about to announce her when he saw Han Xiao and was stunned. "Your Highness, why are you here?"

"Scholar Zheng, it's because of me." Just as Han Xiao was about to speak, he was interrupted by Han Zhao's voice.

"The Crown Prince said yesterday that he wanted you to go into seclusion. There's no need for you to preside over the Autumn Hall's examination." Han Zhao's voice came from the Martial Hall. Following the voice, Han Xiao saw Han Zhao walking out of the Martial Hall with a cold expression on his face.

After not seeing Han Zhao for a few days, his aura had become much gloomier than before, and his gaze towards Han Xiao was filled with undisguised killing intent.

"Did maester Zheng's royal father really say that?" Han Xiao turned his head to look at Zheng Dai and said faintly.

"The Emperor did indeed say that if you don't come out during the martial arts exam, then you shouldn't be disturbed while you're cultivating. He'll let you come out to preside over the martial arts exam." Zheng Die looked at Han Zhao carefully and said.

Hearing that, Han Xiao squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "I understand now, since I've come out of seclusion and the martial arts exam is not over, can I continue hosting the martial arts exam?"

"Of course. You are the main examiner of the martial arts exam." Zheng Xian said under Han Zhao's increasingly ugly expression.

With raised eyebrows, Han Xiao looked at Han Zhao and asked, "Do you have any doubts, Third Emperor?"

"No, Scholar Zheng still hasn't announced the results of the competition." Han Zhao swished his sleeve and turned around, returning to the Martial Hall. Seeing Han Zhao's attitude, Zheng Die's expression also changed.

"Scholar Zheng, announce the results. This is the thirteenth round, right?" Han Xiao said indifferently.

"Yes, the victor of the thirteenth round is Autumn Yuan. Your highness, the Crown Prince, please come in." Zheng Xian bowed and said.

After glancing at the two of them, Han Xiao walked into the Martial Hall and sat down as the main examiner.

Because he had seen Han Xiao during the written test, he did not feel surprised, and continued to compete according to the order he had decided on.

Sitting on the main examiners' seats, Han Xiao indifferently looked at the people on the ground, and finally selected forty-six people to take part in the final martial test. In the martial test, twenty-three people were to be chosen one on one, and in the challenge arena, the final contestants would be chosen one on one. The contestants left on the stage would be the leaders of the Autumn Hall test, and the final contestants would be decided by their performance, while the other twenty contestants would be assigned the official positions based on the results of the written test.

It was already past dinner time for the final two contestants to compete. The twenty-three victors stayed behind in the palace's Hall of Literature. The rest of the twenty-three were sent out of the palace on their own to prepare for tomorrow's fall Hall Competition.

"Tomorrow is the Challenge Tournament. Your Highness, don't come late." Han Zhao coldly said as he passed by Han Xiao.

"Thank you for the reminder, Third Emperor." Han Xiao said indifferently.

He then told Zheng Xian that Han Xiao would be returning to the Phoenix Sage Temple. After returning there, he didn't bother talking to Xiao Ke'er and Xiao Moke and directly went to his own sleeping quarters to rest.

In order to prevent him from going back to the Martial Palace, Han Xiao got up early and went to the Martial Palace. When he arrived, he saw that a stage had been built in front of the Martial Palace, and in front of the stage was a wooden board with twenty-three names on it. On the left side of the wooden board was a bamboo tube with a completed stage.

After waiting for a while, all twenty-three examinees had arrived. Zhang Qian and Han Zhao arrived as well. They looked at the time and asked the twenty-three examinees to draw lots to decide the order.

The remaining twenty-three people had cultivation bases at the Soul Transformation stage, and a few with higher cultivation levels were at the early Soul Ning stage. This cultivation level could be said to be extremely high, and all the students who had seen this competition would feel a bit bored by watching it.

Although it was boring, Han Xiao still insisted on watching, but among these people, one of them did indeed have a good performance, and the corresponding name seemed to be Tian Hu, with an early stage Soul Ning cultivation, but he was decisive in his actions, with a trace of viciousness in his eyes. Although he was the third person to go up the stage, but he still directly knocked the person in front of him off the stage, and he was able to last until the 20th person, but unfortunately he was knocked off the stage due to lack of Origin Energy.

"If that Tian Hu loses like this, I'm sure he won't accept it, but he really is a talent." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"However, this Tian Hu's results were not very good in the Literature test. He was at most ranked in the top three." Zheng Xian said on the side.

"The top three are better than those without any results." When Han Xiao finished looking at Tian Hu, he saw that the last challenger had also been knocked off the stage. As for Ding Hao, who had just won against Tian Hu, he stood at the very end, becoming the champion of this autumn's Hall Competition.