Lin Ping did not go out today.
The check-in system would only refresh every three days. As for the other two days, Lin Ping would typically cultivate at Changmen Palace.
Lin Ping was not interested in observing the barbarian envoys entering the imperial compound today either.
There were no clashes between grade-9 masters today. No matter how exciting the fights between experts of other grades were, to him, they were just like children playing house, and there was nothing worth watching.
In actual fact.
Even if it was a fight between grade-9 masters, it was also child's play to Lin Ping and would not be able to bring him any inspiration.
He would rather silently cultivate at Changmen Palace.
He had obtained a big reward pill yesterday. After using it, the internal energy in his body increased sharply and rapidly. It was as if energy had been channeled into his body, and he needed to digest it properly.
After one month of painstaking cultivation…
He had finally mastered the Return of the Ten Thousand Swords. Meanwhile, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra was also improving steadily. He had barely managed to reach the ninth level and surpassed the heart demon.
It was not easy!
This was especially true for the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, as expected of a technique that was famous for its difficulty to cultivate. Even though Lin Ping did not encounter any bottlenecks while cultivating and passed every level, he would not have been able to do so if he did not invest time in cultivating.
In particular, after reaching the ninth level, the time needed for cultivation advancement would continuously double.
He would have to take at least one year to cultivate all 13 levels.
The Return of the Ten Thousand Swords was faster in increasing his strength.
As of present, Lin Ping had many new ideas and perceptions of the Mythical Pugilist realm that lay beyond the grade-9 realm.
It would be great if there was someone he could practice with…
Just as Lin Ping was thinking about this.
Suddenly…
"I heard that there's a hidden expert here. Hurry up and come out and clash with me!"
Before the source of these words even arrived, an arrogant voice reverberated throughout Changmen Palace.
This was immediately followed by a crash. Then, the broken door of Changmen Palace that had fallen into disrepair for many years was broken from the outside by someone. A burly male barbarian with his hair in a plait then walked in with large strides.
He was one of the grade-9 masters from the barbarian envoys, Bo Ri.
In order to save her brother, the General Who Stabilizes the North, and to take revenge on Changmen Palace, the Empress had exposed all the information about the mysterious grade-9 master in Changmen Palace.
The Emperor also helped to encourage her and acknowledged the reality of the situation.
Bo Ri was desperately looking for an opponent. Thus, he would definitely not hesitate to come to Changmen Palace with the guidance of a eunuch.
"Who comes to Changmen Palace to act so impudently?!" Yun Su shouted coldly and walked out of her room.
Chun Fei also followed closely after her.
If someone came looking for a fight, she definitely could not remain indifferent.
However, who is it that dared to come to Changmen Palace and challenge them?
Ever since Black and White Impermanence, the two devils who were extremely famous in the Jianghu, had died at Changmen Palace one month ago, the outside world had mistakenly assumed that there was a mysterious grade-9 expert guarding it. Thus, no one had dared to provoke them.
Even the Emperor had come and tried to win her over!
Of course, she knew the affairs of Changmen Palace well.
Others feared Changmen Palace and did not dare to provoke them, but it was all a misunderstanding.
In reality, there was no so-called mysterious grade-9 master in Changmen Palace. The most impressive expert was Lin Ping, but he only seemed to be a grade-8 expert.
Even if a slightly impressive grade-8 master came, the Changmen Palace might be done for, let alone if a grade-9 master came.
"The barbarians?"
Looking at Bo Ri's appearance and style of dress, Yun Su and Chun Fei immediately understood his identity.
The barbarian envoys were supposed to enter the imperial palace and meet the Emperor today. Thus, it was not strange for the barbarians to appear in the imperial compound.
However, why would a member of the barbarian envoys come to the cold palace?
"I heard that there is a hidden grade-9 master here?"
Bo Ri scanned Chun Fei and Yun Su, and could guess that these two women were both trained in martial arts. However, to him, they were too weak and were definitely not the grade-9 master he was looking for. Thus, he said, "Ask that grade-9 expert to come out!"
Chun Fei was very smart. She had already sensed that this matter was not simple and was far from good.
After all, the barbarian envoy in front of her had a terrifying aura, and his cultivation base was unfathomable. His aura was as powerful as a beast's, and he was full of danger.
Furthermore, all he talked about was the grade-9 master.
Thus, his cultivation base was probably grade-9 as well!
"There are no grade-9 masters here. Please leave!" Chun Fei immediately responded.
Bo Ri shook his head and said, "Please do not misunderstand. I have no other intentions. I simply want to find someone for a martial arts exchange. I want to kill him or be killed by him. I have no other schemes or plans."
Looking at this seemingly straightforward barbarian expert, Chun Fei felt fear as the dreadful feeling in her heart grew stronger.
Bo Ri did not have any schemes or plans, but had come with the objective to kill someone!
"This is the cold palace, the most desolate place in the entire imperial compound. How can there be a grade-9 master here? You must be mistaken. Please go back!" Chun Fei explained once again.
Bo Ri did not speak any more nonsense. Instead, he simply grinned and said, "Since the mysterious grade-9 master is not willing to come out, then I will kill the two of you first and see whether he appears."
Then, Bo Ri threw a forceful punch towards Chun Fei and Yun Su.
When he said that he would kill someone, he actually intended to kill and was not joking around.
Thus, he would not show any mercy just because Chun Fei and Yun Su were women.
Chun Fei's expression changed greatly.
Even though her strength had increased over the past few years and she now had a grade-6 cultivation base, she felt great despair when faced with such an attack and did not even have the intention to resist.
After all, no matter how she dodged or what technique she tried to resist this, it would all be useless.
Puff puff!
Two waves of sword aura shot out from behind the two women and landed on Bo Ri's palms respectively.
When the sword aura shot past, Bo Ri's powerful palm energy was instantly broken, and his attack was neutralized.
At the same time, another wave of sword aura shot past and aimed at the area between his eyebrows.
Bo Ri was shocked, but his reactions were still extremely fast. He immediately withdrew his palms and retreated. At the same time, he let out a low shout, and the internal energy in his body rapidly circulated. Then, his internal energy gushed out and formed a protective wall of aura to defend himself.
Crash!
However, the protective wall of aura was pierced through, and the sword aura landed on his body.
However, Bo Ri had an extremely sturdy body, and his entire body was impervious to most attacks. He had also mastered his body protection techniques.
Thus, when the sword aura that had been weakened considerably by the protective wall landed on his forehead, it only made a small cut and left behind a small sword-shaped wound. Then, blood slowly flowed out from the wound.
Bo Ri stretched out his hand and touched his forehead. When he saw the blood on his hands, he was not angry or furious. Instead, he only felt excitement and a will to fight as he said, "As expected, there's a grade-9 master!"
Even though the might of this sword aura was a far cry from his Senior Brother Moragu's sword aura, it could at least rival the attack from Sword Sovereign Dugu Xiong, the so-called Sword Sage successor.
This was an opponent who was worthy of being killed by him!
Meanwhile, Chun Fei and Yun Su, who had barely escaped, were still badly shaken.
Chun Fei did not even think. Instead, she impatiently said, "Lin Ping, hurry up and run! This person is one of the grade-9 barbarian masters. You are no match for him! Don't care about us! Hurry up and run!"