sinovels Chapter 371: Meeting of Three Masters
Chapter 371: Meeting of Three Masters
"Your improvement during this period has been quite remarkable."
"I am honored by the compliment," Yue Mingxuan replied with a bitter smile.
Li Xunhuan’s "devil-style training" was indeed extremely effective, but it was also something he found rather difficult to endure.
"I never expected your talent to be this exceptional." Even Li Xunhuan could not help feeling a trace of envy toward Yue Mingxuan’s natural aptitude.
Although Li Xunhuan himself possessed extraordinarily high talent, Yue Mingxuan learned martial arts even faster than he had.
Moreover, for someone as young as Yue Mingxuan to possess such profound internal energy was truly an astonishing thing.
Li Xunhuan suddenly found that he had very little reason to doubt Yue Mingxuan’s achievements today.
For someone this outstanding to command the Ten Thousand Wisdom Hall was not strange at all.
He even began to question the purpose that had originally brought him here, yet he did not regret coming.
He did not regret meeting Yue Mingxuan in the slightest.
Yue Mingxuan merely smiled bitterly.
Recently, he had become extremely concerned about matters concerning the kingdom.
After all, it was easier to stop a river than to silence the people.
He feared that unfavorable opinions about him might arise among the populace.
Those opinions were something he cared about quite a bit.
After all, he was someone who wished to become emperor.
Those who did not know him would probably think he had gone mad.
Yet at this moment, that was truly what he believed in his heart.
Becoming emperor was not actually such a difficult thing.
As long as he could overcome the obstacle presented by public opinion, the remaining challenges would not be particularly difficult.
Yue Mingxuan believed that he possessed the ability to handle any unexpected crisis.
However, when it came to the people themselves, he found himself powerless.
If he were given enough time, he could prove his abilities.
The problem was that he simply did not have that much time.
Rong Zishen was not the kind of person who could afford to wait indefinitely.
Yue Mingxuan felt that his actions during this period were already enough to attract Rong Zishen’s suspicion.
His attitude toward his "father" had already changed from what it had been when he first returned to Dongyue.
Back then, his feelings had been relatively simple familial affection.
Now, however, even Yue Mingxuan could not describe how complicated those emotions had become.
He only knew that he did not hate that man.
It could not really be called hatred, but it certainly was not affection either.
Yue Mingxuan did not fully understand his own feelings.
He only felt that, although he was reluctant to admit it, this person had nevertheless given him something resembling the feeling of having a father.
Yue Mingxuan had been training under Li Xunhuan for quite some time now, and during this period his improvement had indeed been tremendous.
Compared to before, he could now mobilize the internal energy within his body with considerably greater ease.
He had no idea where that internal energy had originally come from, but since he could use it, he intended to make full use of it.
After all, the current situation was unusual, and he had no choice but to find every possible way to make himself stronger.
"You are truly outstanding. I never imagined that there could be someone so exceptional in this world," Li Xunhuan said.
Yue Mingxuan was not only highly knowledgeable, but also commanded the Ten Thousand Wisdom Hall and possessed impressive martial abilities as well.
"You flatter me," Yue Mingxuan replied with a smile.
Li Xunhuan’s martial skills were indeed extraordinary, but aside from that, he was almost impossibly difficult to get along with.
Yue Mingxuan had spent quite a bit of effort figuring out how to interact with him.
For a person like him, although he was extremely difficult to get along with, he was also someone with whom one could truly share one’s heart.
Yue Mingxuan knew that a person like Li Xunhuan naturally did not have many friends in ordinary times.
If someone could become his friend, that person would be very safe.
He would not betray them, nor would he do anything excessively harmful to them.
Yue Mingxuan understood this very clearly.
When dealing with someone like Li Xunhuan, Yue Mingxuan knew of only one method.
That was to treat sincerity with sincerity.
As long as he genuinely treated Li Xunhuan as a friend, Li Xunhuan would truly regard him as a good friend in return.
"Your martial arts are not bad either."
Yue Mingxuan laughed softly but said nothing.
He did not know what he should say at a moment like this.
Instead, he felt that the current atmosphere was surprisingly warm and peaceful.
Just then, a voice that Yue Mingxuan knew very well shattered that tranquility.
"You are here?"
Yue Mingxuan was quite surprised when he saw Shang Qinghua.
How had this man suddenly appeared here?
Surprised as he was, he did not cry out.
He merely smiled at Shang Qinghua and said, "You came?"
"Why is he here?" As the leader of The Black Archon, Shang Qinghua naturally recognized Li Xunhuan.
When Li Xunhuan saw Shang Qinghua, he thought for a moment before saying, "Have I met you before?"
Shang Qinghua nodded.
"That’s right. I am a member of The Black Archon."
"You are from The Black Archon?" Li Xunhuan looked rather surprised. Then he stepped forward, examined Shang Qinghua’s face, and said, "Although I do not remember clearly, I have heard that The Black Archon has a leader who is exceptionally handsome."
"That’s right. I am that leader."
A smile hung on Shang Qinghua’s face, yet no matter how one looked at it, it felt somewhat intimidating.
The confrontation between the two men seemed as though sparks were about to fly at any moment.
Yue Mingxuan stared blankly at the two of them as they appeared on the verge of fighting, and anxiety rose within him.
However, it seemed that there was nothing he could do to stop them.