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After a few days of the martial arts and literature exams, the final result of the two tests determined Fan Hua as a second rank, and Tian Hu as the third rank, Ding Hao was directly selected to study for a year in the Scholar's Hall. After a year, he was selected to study for a third rank, from the Scholar's Hall.

On the way, Tian Hu remained silent. His gaze was filled with disdain as he looked at Han Xiao, and even though Han Xiao had taken the initiative to speak to him several times, he only replied with a few simple words, followed by an even deeper silence.

Seeing that Han Xiao was not angry at all, but instead felt that it was the right decision to ask him over from Han Xiangtian, he had already thought that Tian Hu was not bad. Although he was rather arrogant, he would be a good helper if he took Han Xiangtian in, so he directly went to Han Xiangtian to explain his intentions.

"Tian Hu, are you really unconvinced of me?" Seeing that they were almost at the same distance, Han Xiao suddenly stopped and asked.

"This servant doesn't dare." Tian Hu lowered his head as he spoke, but the arrogance in his eyes clearly showed that what he said was not the truth.

"You are not a servant of the palace, so you don't call yourself that. From your performance in the martial test, I can tell that you are the most outstanding, and if it wasn't for your lack of courage, you would definitely be the chief of the group. In addition, your Fan Hua is already a fifth rank assistant minister, and you are just an unworthy Crown Prince." Han Xiao turned around and looked straight at Tian Hu.

"Your Highness, you are overthinking things. To be able to accompany the crown prince and stay by his side is only beneficial for your future." Tian Hu said.

"I already said that you don't need to call yourself a servant. From now on, you can just call yourself a subordinate in front of me." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"Your servant is the Crown Prince's reading partner." Tian Hu said.

Although there was no explanation, Han Xiao still understood what Tian Hu meant. It was just that his reading partner was not his subordinate, so he would only call himself a servant.

The corner of his mouth raised into a faint smile. Han Xiao asked, "Tian Hu, how old are you this year?"

"This servant is twenty-seven this year." Tian Hu answered.

"At the early stage of Soul Ning, you have the right to be ranked in the top three." "Do you know how old I am this year?" Han Xiao said indifferently.

Although Han Xiao was resentful over the fact that he was ranked third, Tian Hu suppressed the fire in his heart and respectfully said, "This servant doesn't know."

"I'm nineteen years old this year, Mid Awakening." As Han Xiao spoke, he released the aura of a middle stage Awakened Soul Realm cultivator.

Although he already knew that Han Xiao's cultivation was above the Soul Condensation stage when Han Xiao destroyed the Wen Palace Flame, he did not expect it to be at the middle stage of Soul Transformation. Furthermore, the most important thing was that Han Xiao was already at the middle stage of the Soul Transformation stage, and the fact that he was nineteen years old was already at the middle stage of the Soul Transformation stage.

Tian Hu, even though your age and cultivation are considered a genius in the Yun Ming Dynasty, you're not considered anything in the face of larger powers. For example, there are many younger people like you in the Abyss Level, and I have a late stage 22 year old Soul Ning by my side. Han Xiao said indifferently.

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Tian Hu's head shot up. What Han Xiao meant was obvious, a twenty-two year old late stage Soul Condensation cultivator did not have any pride, but he did not even have any right to be proud of a twenty-seven year old early stage Soul Condensation cultivator. Furthermore, the person in front of him was already nineteen years old and was already in the mid stage Soul Transformation.

"People have to look far ahead and can only see the incompetence of the people around them and how outstanding they are. That is the way of a frog in the well, I will give you some time to think about it, and come find me when you have thought it through." After saying that, Han Xiao turned around and walked away without any hesitation. Sometimes a proper tapping would be the most successful method.

It was already afternoon by the time they returned to the Asgard of Phoenix. After circling around, Han Xiao did not see Little Lei Zi. Xiao Ke'er, Xiao Moke, and the other two couldn't help but pull one of the Asgard Mistress along as they asked, "Ke'er and Shao Moke?"

"Reporting to His Highness, the crown prince and the others said that it was too boring staying in the palace so they followed Little Lei Zi out." The palace maid replied respectfully.

Ever since Xiao Ke Er and Xiao Moke had come to the Yun Dynasty to look for him, he had not accompanied them properly. The only reason he had followed them out of the palace was for the sake of the people from the Devil Shadow Sect.

After making up his mind, Han Xiao turned around and left the Asgard of Phoenix. He walked quickly towards the Cloud Imperial Palace. When he arrived at the Cloud Imperial Palace, he saw Han Xiangtian and Wei Jinggrong talking about something, so he walked up and said, "Imperial Father, Wei Xiang."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Seeing Han Xiao and Wei Jinggrong were shocked.

"Xiao'er, why have you come?" Han Xiangtian asked.

"Imperial Father, the Autumn Hall Competition is already over. I don't think there's anything important to do in the imperial court, so I wanted to bring Ke Er, Xiao Mouk, to the Imperial Court to look for Xi Yun." Han Xiao said.

"Xi Yun? Could it be that the Crown Prince is talking about the Ao Sky Emperor's son, Xi Yun? " Wei Jinggrong asked in surprise.

"Exactly." Han Xiao nodded his head and said.

Seeing Han Xiao admit Han Xiangtian was also very surprised, he did not expect Han Xiao to have a relationship with the Crown Prince Xi Yun.

"Xi Yun and I are both students of Star Glory Central Academy. When I was still a student entering the academy, we had once gone on a mission together, and we have been friends ever since." Han Xiao said.

It was obvious that Han Xiangtian didn't expect Han Xiao to be in such a predicament. However, thinking about how Han Xiao was going to look for Xi Yun, Han Xiangtian frowned and said, "Xiao'er, two months from now will be your inauguration ceremony. If you want to look for Xi Yun, you can also go after two months."

"Father, can you postpone the inauguration? I am truly not interested in the position of crown prince." Han Xiao said helplessly.

Thinking about how he would be surrounded by those flattering ministers in the future made him extremely uncomfortable. Furthermore, he did not want to lose his time for the company and his studies like in his previous life.

Seeing that Han Xiao still didn't agree with the crown prince's status, Han Xiangtian also felt helpless, "Xiao'er, we can no longer go back on our words under the imperial edict. Furthermore, two months isn't a long time either.

"Your Highness, the inauguration ceremony has already been prepared by the people. In the middle, they said that cancelling it would only lead to criticism from the ministers, so we request that Your Highness stay for another two months." Wei Jinggrong said.

He looked at Wei Jinggrong, then looked at Han Xiangtian. Han Xiao felt a burst of helplessness, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait until after the ceremony before heading over to the Ao Sky Emperor Hall to find Xi Yun."

"Xiao'er, you should also be careful during this period of time." Han Xiangtian ordered.

"I know, then I'll go back first." With that, Han Xiao left again.

After leaving the Cloud Imperial Palace for a while, Han Xiao coincidentally bumped into Xiao Ke Er and the other two, who had just returned. However, when Xiao Ke Er saw him, she directly dragged Xiao Moke and Little Lei Zi by Han Xiao's side as if she didn't see him, and glared fiercely at him as she passed by.

Knowing that Xiao Ke Er was in a difficult situation, Han Xiao could only helplessly rub his nose and follow them back to the Phoenix Sage Temple.

In the next two months, the entire palace prepared for the ceremony of the crown prince, and Han Xiao was unable to relax during this period of time. If he wasn't dragged to study the ceremony of the crown prince, then he would be pulled to wear the clothes he needed to wear, and even when he was dreaming, he would still be thinking about the ceremony of the imperial prince.

However, what made Han Xiao feel strange was that these two months, Han Zhao actually quieted down. Although Han Zhao used that kind of hateful gaze every day, he didn't make any movements. Even the people from the Devil Shadow Sect left the Imperial City, as if Han Zhao had really admitted defeat. However, it was precisely Han Zhao's abnormal behavior that caused a trace of unease to rise in Han Xiao's heart. While he was busy, he didn't forget to ask Xiao Jianfeng to scout around for Han Zhao's information.

Wearing the imperial court uniform and the crown prince's crown, Han Xiao calmly looked at his reflection in the mirror before walking out of Phoenix Sage Palace.

Han Xiao almost fell asleep as he read the imperial edict. Then, he followed the ceremonial officer and kowtowed according to the imperial prince's ceremony, and the founding emperor of the Yunming Empire read the imperial edict, which ended the ceremony at noon. As for Han Xiao, he immediately surrounded the ministers, while Han Zhao coldly snorted and left.

"Your Highness, the emperor said he prepared lunch at the Cloud Imperial Palace for you to eat with him." Zhao Kuan came over and said respectfully.

"Yes, I understand. If any of you have anything to say, please say it tomorrow." With that, Han Xiao followed Zhao Kuan towards the Cloud Palace.

Arriving at the Yun Imperial Palace, Han Xiao saw all his favorite things on the table and felt warm in his heart: "Thank you, Imperial Father."

"This is for you to practice. You can leave after you finish eating." Han Xiangtian said.

"Ah, yes. I had originally planned to leave tomorrow. But it seems that I must eat more today. Otherwise, who knows when I'll be back next." Han Xiao faintly smiled as he finished his sentence, then picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

After finishing his meal, Han Xiao returned to his own Phoenix Sage Temple and saw that Xiao Ke Er and Xiao Mo Ke had packed their stuff and were waiting for him. At the same time, Little Lei Zi was also waiting for him with an expectant look on his face.

"How do you know I intend to leave now?" Han Xiao saw that the few of them were already prepared to ask.

"It was the Emperor who sent the message. Your Highness, you should also change out of your court uniform, right?" Xiao Jianfeng said.

Han Xiao hurriedly returned to the hall to change into a blue robe and then came out to talk to Xiao Jianfeng and Tian Hu before following the three of them.