Proceeding With Training
Finding Xia Yuanba with Cang Yue's help was quite easy, the Princess knew where to look and his size was like a sore thumb…
Easy to spot.
"Big Sister!? Brother-in-law!?" Xia Yuanba's reaction was quite a shock when he saw the pair.
"Yuanba, it has been some time, I didn't think you would be attending such a place like this. Where is our father?" Xia Qingyue's question got the burly Xia a little bit confused.
"I don't know, big sister, he was still at home when I left for New Moon City." Xia Yuanba explained with a not knowing tone.
Her brother's answer made her slightly frown. The beauty thought her father would continue doing the things he has been doing like always, she didn't expect him to just leave…
"Don't worry Yue'er, I am sure we will be able to find him, I have quite a bit of source of information all over the Sky Profound Continent." Xiao Tian Long got his wife's attention, his words calmed the beauty down quite a bit.
"On another hand how is your cultivation, Yuanba?"
This time, Xia Yuanba slightly grimaced. He was still in the early stages of Elementary Profound.
"Been cultivating non-stop still only Fourth of Elementary Profound."
Xia Qingyue's brother's answer made Chu Yuechan frown for a bit. How can Xia Qingyue's brother have such an abysmal talent?
While the Frozen Beauty and the older sister were thinking about Xia Yuanba's slow cultivation speed, the Sword Sovereign in question was thinking about how to awaken his Brother-in-Law Profound Veins.
'There are not that many options, I can't risk myself, and not my lovely wife either… this only leaves Yun Che… of course… if you need sacrifice then always use the scapegoat.'
'However… This means how can I use him? Hmm, then I need to position him to attend the tournament… of course… Since I am such a good brother I will help him meet his grandfather.'
With that in mind, Xiao Tian Long got a rough idea of what he needed to do.
"Hmm…" The Xiao Clan Young Master hummed for a second as he walked over and placed his hand on Xia Yuanba's back. He did a basic scan, pretending that he is trying to figure out about him.
"Fascinating… your veins are monstrous… If my guess is right, you have special body traits just like my wife."
Everyone looked with slight disbelief when they heard that, especially Xia Qingyue who immediately believed that it made sense! They have the same mother after all!
"While I might have some idea what to do for now we can do some basic things. Princess—" The Sword Sovereign got Cang Yue's attention.
"My Brother-in-law will join you for a few lessons."
"Princess? Waaa! Senior Sister Xuerou, are you a Princess?" Xia Yuanba asked curiously.
"Xuerou? You went in disguise?" Xiao Tian Long asked with an amused tone, his amusement made the Princess slightly embarrassed.
"I can't reveal myself with my real identity now can I?"
"I suppose, I do know the feeling of being famous." To Xiao Clan Young Master's words even Chu Yuechan nodded, she understands this well.
"Yes, this is why I am in disguise." Cang Yue agreed as well.
"Good, now that we have this covered let's proceed with some training. We can visit your father later, he is not in critical condition is he?"
The Blue Moon Princess shook her head. "He is stable, however, he is constantly getting weaker as we speak."
"I see, then we can move to the Capital in a few days." The Sword Sovereign said with a thoughtful look as he was thinking about his little brother. Now that he needs him he is going to wait for a bit.
Chu Yuechan and Xia Qingyue looked at him, wondering what he was planning. There is no reason for him not to just go to the capital. After all, he does want to see more cities after spending months in the wilderness…
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After finding a remote place in Profound Palace the training started. The Sword Sovereign first dealt with Xia Yuanba, he taught him in the same style as he did with his cousins in Xiao Clan.
The one thing he taught him was Motion training, it was because there is not that much he could teach him before he awakens his veins.
After that it was training with Cang Yue who was waiting for him patiently, the Princess was quite giddy to be taught by the strongest on the continent.
First, he motioned for her to give him her hand which she did with a curious look.
'11 Opened entrances, her natural talent is average. Well, that is to be expected, the royals of Blue Wind don't marry talent but connections and looks. Thankfully we can navigate around this small hurdle.' Xiao Tian Long thought after scanning the Blue Wind Princess Profound Veins.
Then he opened all of her entrances with Light Profound Energy. The beauty in front of him felt a little bit tingly as she was wondering what was going on…
"Done, all of your Profound Entrances are open." As Sword Sovereign said that he lowered his hand.
Cang Yue's reaction to that was one of disbelief as she started to inspect herself, her eyes bulging out as she sensed how easily Profound energy answered her call!
"This… I think I read about this before…" The Princess tried to recall, where she read about such veins before!
"It is called Heavenly God's Profound Veins, you no longer are blocked by pesky things like bottlenecks. Not that we can have those, our time is limited after all." Xiao Clan Young Master explained to Cang Yue, the Princess in question simply and aimlessly nodded at him.
She realised where she read about these Profound Veins, it was in a book related to myths…now she has mythical veins!?
"Now that we have this out of the way, let's proceed with some pellets." Xiao Tian Long pulled out several pellets and handed them over to the Blue Moon Princess.
"Eat one and start cultivating."
The beauty nodded at him and did just like she was asked, while The Sword Sovereign proceeded to observe her…
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"What do you think?" Xia Qingyue asked her husband, his beautiful wife ended up sitting on his lap while they observed the cultivation session done by the Princess.
"My maths doesn't match up with the deadline we have, either she has the cultivation but doesn't have fighting prowess or she has fighting prowess but her cultivation is lacking." He explained to his darling who hummed to his words.
"Did you include dual cultivation in your training schedule?" She asked with a teasing tone.
"Her cultivation gap between you and her would considerably diminish if Dual Cultivation is included. I know that from experience~" The beauty said with a small smirk as her cultivation increased to an insane degree in less than a year! From First of Spirit Profound to Seventh of Earth Profound! Such speed is absurd!
So, to her, preparing Cang Yue for the tournament is a done deal by this point. After all, the Princess accepted to be in Harem, so it means the girl should do her part in all of this.
"*Snort* You just want me to have my way with the Princess of our Empire."
Instead of saying anything to that, Xia Qingyue simply hummed.
'This girl… she became quite a naughty one.' As he was thinking about that he hugged her a little bit more before looking at Cang Yue. What his wife said is the truth, if they practise dual cultivation she should react to Earth Profound before the tournament.
'Maybe even more, since I can give one-time use pellets…'
Thinking about this, Xiao Tian Long waited for Cang Yue to finish her cultivation session.
It was time to talk about how they were going to proceed.
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"Sword Sovereign, these pellets are impressive! My cultivation speed has increased several times!" Cang Yue cheerfully said, she was nearly bouncing up and down from that happiness!
"Great, however, apart from cultivation you will need to learn how to fight appropriately…what weapon do you use?" The Sword Sovereign asked the Princess.
The Princess in question for a second blushed like a tomato and pulled out a longsword from her storage ring.
Xiao Tian Long smiled when he saw the weapon.
"...This is well…I doubt anyone in the Blue Wind Empire wields something different by this point… Your fame made sure that everyone wields a Longsword…" The Blue Wind Princess said while fiddling with her Profound Palace robes.
"Oh… I see… I might teach you the Imperial Sky Sword." Her eyes for a second bulged out when she heard that, however, she quickly calmed down, he did say 'might' which means there is the possibility that he won't.
"It all depends on your performance as my woman."
"...I see…I suppose it makes sense… You wouldn't teach your most famous arts just to anyone." Cang Yue said that with a nod, she perfectly understood what this means.
"Yes, now, however, we are at a crossroads. We have limited time and you need to increase your cultivation by a whole great real and a half to be successful at the tournament.
Either we go to a danger zone where we face powerful beats. This would conserve time and you would learn how to fight as well. Or, we practise Dual Cultivation. You are my woman after all."
The Blue Moon Princess' cheeks exploded in red, she knew something like this would happen when she agreed to be his woman!
While it made sense to her, after all, he needs powerful women around him, Dual Cultivation would make them all-powerful, however, hearing like this from his lips doesn't diminish the embarrassment factor!
Then she realised something!
'I see… He is testing me as well! He mentioned his Sword technique, and then how we can proceed with cultivation…'
Cang Yue realised that he wants to see how dedicated she can be from the very beginning!
If she decided to take the offer and train in a danger zone then she would be neglecting her duty as his woman, but if she is to take his other offer, then she would be still training AND doing her duty as his woman.
'As expected from the greatest cultivator in the Profound Sky Continent!'
The Blue Moon Princess was impressed by Sword Sovereign's craftiness!
"Then I accept the second offer, I think it will be the quickest way for you to share your Imperial Sky Sword technique." The beauty said that with a bashful voice. She didn't even mention what they were going to do. It is far too embarrassing for her.
"I know you will pick the right choice." Xia Qingyue said that as she appeared from behind Cang Yue. The woman had a crafty smile on her face as well. This was going just the way she had envisioned!
"...My… thanks? I don't know what to say in such a situation." The Princess was in unfamiliar territory here.
"There is no need to say anything~ for now, continue with your regular cultivation~ when night time comes we will start with real cultivation~"
Cang Yue blushed even harder when she heard the tone Xia Qingyue spoke. Is this how the strongest Cultivators in the continent behave?
Or Xiao Tian Long on purpose has chosen such a woman to be his wife? It made sense… with such a woman he can have as many women as he wants…
"...Very well…"
The Princess of Blue Wind Empire tried to get back to her cultivation but the anxiety she was feeling didn't help her much. She is nervous and at the same time anticipating what will happen to her in the evening.
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While the Princess is getting instructed on cultivation, the New Moon Profound Palace was in an uproar. Sword Sovereign was here!
The one who was the most panicky about this was Murong Ye, the Governor's son, he had his eyes on Lan Xuerou, the disguised Princess, however, out of nowhere Sword Sovereign himself appeared in this town and just swept his dream woman away!
This was just nuts!
'Why is this happening to me!?'
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[Stat Sheet]
(For myself, and you guys as well...)
Xiao Tian Long: Sword Sovereign
[Sixth of Emperor Profound]
Xia Qingyue:
[Seventh of Earth Profound]
Chu Yueli: Fairy Of Frozen Glass
[Second of Emperor Profound]
Mu Lanyi:
[Second of Emperor Profound]
Shui Wushuang:
[Second of Earth Profound]
Wu Xuexin:
[Second of Earth Profound]
Murong Qianxue:
[Second of Emperor Profound]
Chu Yuechan:
[Second of Emperor Profound]
Cang Yue:
[Second of True Profound]