Chu Li shook his head and explained, “Emperor, without your orders, I don’t want to regain my martial arts . ”
“You’re quite strong-headed . ” Leng Wufeng reached his hands inside his sleeves before he looked at Chu Li . “You’re just afraid that I’ll put you in the Inner Mausoleum again, aren’t you?”
“Yes . ” Chu Li nodded . “I’d like to return to Fairy’s Capital . ”
As Leng Wufeng shook his head, he could not help but laugh . He paced the hall with his arms folded and turned to look at Chu Li from time to time .
Chu Li looked at him calmly .
All of a sudden, Leng Wufeng stopped . Then he asked, “I heard that you and King An were like water and fire?”
Chu Li responded, “King An did make multiple attempts to get rid of me . ”
“You must be furious, weren’t you?” Leng Wufeng added, “You think that he’s narrow-minded and intolerant toward others, am I right?”
Chu Li answered, “Yes . ”
“And then?” Leng Wufeng asked, “How did you go against King An?”
“I secretly crippled him of his martial arts . ” Chu Li rejoined honestly, “I wanted him to behave better so that he can no longer harm me . ”
Leng Wufeng frowned before he scoffed, “How dare you!”
Chu Li questioned, “Your Majesty, should I have waited to die instead?”
“Hmm, you have a point . After all, you’re favored by God . You must’ve looked down on King An, didn’t you?” Leng Wufeng asked him back with a poker face .
Chu Li replied, “Yes, he really didn’t deserve to assist you . He’s incompetent and worthless!”
Leng Wufeng later popped the question, “Then why did you kill him?”
Stunned, Chu Li repeated the question, “Kill King An?”
Leng Wufeng nodded slowly . “Chu Li, I know that it was you who killed King An . ”
Chu Li shook his head . “Emperor, you’ve accused me wrongly . Why do I need to kill him? If I don’t want to see him, I can just cripple him!”
“With your current state, you can’t cripple him,” Leng Wufeng stated .
Chu Li chuckled . “Emperor, that’s interesting . Since I can kill him, of course, I can cripple him . If I can’t cripple him, how can I kill him?”
“Hehe… Indeed, it’s interesting . ” Leng Wufeng smirked as he reached his hand out .
At once, Chu Li could feel an enormous force sucking him in and he immediately flew towards Leng Wufeng’s hand .
Since Chu Li did not possess any martial art skills now, naturally, he could not resist the force . He could only allow the Emperor to grab his arm and checked his wrist .
Cold energy instantly gushed into his body, which went around his organs as if everything inside his body was thoroughly inspected .
While an Enlightened Master did not have a divine technique like the Omniscient Mirror, one could easily examine another’s body with one’s inner energy . As such, Leng Wufeng could see through Chu Li’s secrets effortlessly .
Chu Li tensed up as he was not sure if the Life and Death Scripture could hide his secrets .
Through the Life and Death Scripture, he had hidden all of his martial arts out of sight . With this, his body was as empty as a person with no martial art skills .
Leng Wufeng furrowed his brows as he looked at him . Then, he shook his head and grinned . “No wonder you’re so reputable, your qualities are truly out of the world . What a rare sight!”
Upon witnessing the qualities of Chu Li’s body, he realized that it was really profound .
His meridian was outspread yet rich and it was even more superior than Grandmasters . Furthermore, his muscles and joints were tight . Evidently, his body was filled with an inborn spiritual force .
Normally, one’s meridian would rely heavily on one’s inner energy . For an ordinary person, one’s meridian would not be outspread as vital essence flowed through it, not allowing one’s meridian to change .
On the other hand, inner energy could allow the expansion and growth of one’s meridian . However, once one’s inner energy disappeared, one’s outspread meridian would slowly decline back to when one did not possess any martial art skills .
Since Chu Li had been crippled of his martial arts for such a long time, theoretically, his meridian would have gone back to how it was before he acquired his martial arts .
Instead, his meridian was now richer than a Grandmaster’s, which meant that he was born with this gift . This would have allowed him to save his time and energy, for he could advance at a tremendous pace whenever he cultivated .
The Emperor came to a sudden realization that Chu Li was able to rise up so quickly due to his incredible gift .
Leng Wufeng continued to check him out as he shook his head .
He was very envious of his qualities given that he had put in a great deal of effort to become a Grandmaster back then .
“I was lucky, I ate a strange fruit . Even until today, I don’t know what that strange fruit was . ” Chu Li sighed a breath of relief to himself . ‘Looks like the emperor did not notice my Life and Death Scripture . As expected, the Life and Death Scripture is wonderful . I must focus on it more and cultivate it . But it’s a pity that I’m still clueless about the cultivation methods of the Life and Death Scripture . ’
“Oh…?” Leng Wufeng laughed and wondered, ‘No wonder he has such qualities . ’ Afterward, he asked, “Do you know a man called Du Feng?”
While he asked, he let out an endless aura that seemed to be pressuring Chu Li .
Instantly, Chu Li’s face reddened .
As he dared not operate his inner energy and the void of his mind, he could only suffer in pain . It felt as if Leng Wufeng was going to kill him .
Although it was important to protect himself, a tiny bit of suspicion from Leng Wufeng would also cost his life . Leng Wufeng would not be bothered since he was unaffected by anyone’s identity or status .
For a figure like Leng Wufeng, he would only have scruples about someone with extraordinary martial arts, or an Enlightened Master .
Once again, Chu Li had a strong urge to become an Enlightened Master . He was determined to become one as soon as he could so he could teach the Emperor a lesson .
Leng Wufeng stared calmly at Chu Li’s eyes . It was as if Leng Wufeng was anticipating to see how Chu Li would react .
Even though Chu Li was secretly cursing at him and was dying to slap him, he could only take everything in for now because he dared not employ other methods . Gradually, everything before his eyes were turning dark .
Despite that, Leng Wufeng was not going to stop as he watched him quietly .
He had an intuitive feeling that there was something off about Chu Li . Even if he did not murder his son, he was full of secrets, and Leng Wufeng was eager to find out what he was hiding .
“Of course, I know Du Feng,” Chu Li gritted his teeth as he answered .
Leng Wufeng pressed on . “What do you think about him?”
Chu Li felt that the aura was becoming increasingly stronger, so much it was as if it was going to tear him into pieces . He asked, “Emperor, are you going to kill me?”
“You killed King An, didn’t you?” Leng Wufeng insisted .
Chu Li sneered, “I’d like to kill him, but he’s your son, so I can only cripple him . If I didn’t lack the strength, I would’ve crippled him again!”
“It wasn’t you?” Leng Wufeng kept asking .
He had never trusted anyone fully . Although he was usually doubtful, he did not notice that Chu Li was lying .
Chu Li humphed . “It wasn’t me!”
Leng Wufeng expressed, “It doesn’t matter if it was you or not, you will die anyway . ”
Chu Li frowned . “Why are you killing me?”
“I’m trying to fulfill King An’s wish . You were about to become his inner demon, so he was going to kill you no matter what . Since he couldn’t accomplish his goal when he was alive, as his father, I’ll do it for him!” Leng Wufeng explained .
With Chu Li’s vision going black, it seemed as if he was about to faint .
Under these circumstances, his willpower was the weakest . Considering that his mental state was gone, he might reveal everything soon .
Struggling, Chu Li made a scornful remark, “Looks like King An is not narrow-minded without any reason!”
Upon hearing him, Leng Wufeng scowled, “Are you saying that I’m narrow-minded?”
“What was King An anyway? Even when he deliberately made things difficult for me multiple times, I still did my utmost for the Imperial Residence . If I were to ask my own conscience, I’m sure I’ve done my best as a subordinate, yet he still insisted on killing me!” Chu Li was slowly going blank, but he continued, “How dare a Royal Highness like him to want the throne? It’s the biggest joke in the world!”
“Everyone wants the throne,” Leng Wufeng mentioned .
Although Chu Li was dissolved in waves of laughter, he still had a blank expression on his face . It was as if he was talking in his dream . Followed by that, he mocked, “Ambitious but incompetent, narrow-minded, and intolerant . If someone like him can be the Emperor, Ji Dynasty is bound for disaster!”
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