"Your martial arts talent is still above me, I haven't seen it compared to yours, but unfortunately now I can only stop at the Eight Grades Realm, and I regret letting you enter the palace in the first place." A middle-aged lady dressed in purple said to Wu Zetian.

"Master, that's the result of the disciple's own choice, don't blame the master." Wu Zetian said respectfully to the middle-aged lady.

Wu Zetian doesn't look very old, but he is only in his forties, but he is actually in his early sixties, but he has great respect for middle-aged noblewomen.

"If you are willing to give up, you can only gain if you give up your martial arts, and you will inevitably lose some of your power if you give up martial arts," the middle-aged lady said, "I will leave Luoyang after the completion of the Ming Hall, I am very relieved to see you reigning in the world, women are not as good as men?" My disciples are even more invincible in their lives. ”

"Master, are you leaving the disciple?" Wu Zetian said with a little anxiety.

The middle-aged lady sitting in the palace is the strongest reliance in Wu Zetian's heart, and it is also where her confidence in being able to sweep away the enemy one by one, and the consequences are not difficult to predict if she leaves.

"If you choose to become an unprecedented empress, you must have the responsibility of an emperor, and it is impossible for me to stay by your side for the rest of my life." The middle-aged lady said.

"Master, the disciple has the confidence to control the world and the confidence to become a good emperor." Wu Zetian said.

"Well, good!" The middle-aged lady smiled, "Go back!" From today onwards learn to make independent decisions and become a true emperor. ”

After Wu Zetian said goodbye to the middle-aged noblewoman, he looked at the remote nunnery and left with a determined expression. From today onwards, she will really have to fight on her own.

After a month of training, the strength of the soldiers of the Right Thousand Cavalry Battalion improved rapidly. These thousand knights are carefully selected, the body requires more than six feet, and the children of officials and slaves who are skilled in riding and archery have better innate qualities, but they lack formal training and guidance the day after tomorrow, and now with Li Rong and other martial arts masters from later generations to train, their strength has improved by leaps and bounds, not to mention that they can catch up with Zuo Qianqi now, and it is not far behind.

"I didn't expect Brother Rong to be a person who is proficient in the art of war and is good at military training," Yang Siqiao, who had not seen his footprints for dozens of days, came to Li Rong with the intention of the Queen Mother, looked at the school yard like a green pine, and shouted the soldier who shook the sky.

It turned out that Wu Zetian ordered the demolition of the Qianyuan Palace, built the Ming Hall on its place, and took the monk Huaiyi as the supervisor, gathered many skilled craftsmen, and served tens of thousands of apprentices.

Mingtang can be said to be a political project that Wu Zetian attaches great importance to, representing her desire to change the dynasty, in addition to the unrestricted supply of resources, she is also ready to mobilize thousands of horsemen to protect Mingtang and prevent thieves from deliberately destroying it.

Yang Siqiao was familiar with the war strategy of the military book and was quite interested in leading the troops to fight, and he was greatly appreciated when he saw Li Rong's method of training.

After sending Li Rong to take office, Yang Siqiao was ordered to establish a flying dragon stable, and he was the flying dragon envoy during his tenure, and he commanded five hundred flying dragon guards.

It was not easy to build a new capable cavalry, even though there was no shortage of horses and equipment, and the lack of personnel made it difficult for him to walk.

Wu Zetian gave the inner servant Yang Jingchen permission, but he could not be staffed, after all, let the eunuch control an army, although the scale is also a big taboo in the imperial court, Wu Zetian does not want to offend the hundred officials because of this.

"It's stupid, it's not worth mentioning." Li Rong said.

"Brother Rong is humble," Yang Siqiao said, "Is it because he looks down on his brother and is unwilling to teach this method of military training?" ”

"Brother Yang laughed, this full of soldiers knows how to train, and they still need me to hide it?" Li Rong said.

"These soldiers all know what they are doing, and they don't know why, so you know when you have to help my brother." Yang Siqiao said.

"No problem," Li Rong replied.

"This is the imperial decree of the Queen Mother, ordering the right thousand cavalry battalion and thousands of cavalry to guard the Ming Hall and not let Xiaoxiao destroy it." Yang Siqiao pointed to the edict and said.

Li Ronggong took the edict and spread it out to examine it carefully.

"Minister Li Rong will protect Mingtang with all his might, and he will not let Xiaoxiao succeed." Li Rong said.

"Okay, after talking about business, let's have a good chat." Yang Siqiao said, "I heard that my brother easily defeated that kid from Yu Chi Xiu a few days ago, and he did a good job. ”

"Wei Chi's marksmanship is good, domineering and abnormal, he really has a bit of the true character of General Wei Chi back then, but this kind of wide-open and closed marksmanship is more suitable for the battlefield." Li Rong said.

"It's a man who can't go to the battlefield It's really a vain life, if Wei Chi can't break through on the battlefield, this is the way to shoot in this life, and there is no way to advance." Yang Siqiao said.

Speaking of which, it is true that the Wei Chi family's gun is a killing technique on the battlefield, and if you don't experience bloody battles on the battlefield and can't understand the artistic conception that you are invincible, it will be difficult to improve your marksmanship.

Li Rong's reincarnation sword technique is based on natural celestial phenomena, and it is also necessary to have this process of realization, and fighting alone is not enough for him to truly comprehend the way of the sword.

Li Rong felt the same way.

"It's a pity that now is not the time to compete with you, when will I have the opportunity to comprehend your reincarnation sword technique," Yang Siqiao sighed, "I have to go back and hand in the decree immediately." ”

"There will be a chance," Li Rong said with a smile.

Mingtang originated from the ancient system, but Wu Zetian is not a person who is bound by the ritual system, in the location of the Mingtang, the regulation of the unique way, the whole Mingtang is designed as three layers: the lower floor is square, there are four sides, "four times of the law", four doors and eight windows, each side is decorated with red, green, white, black square colors; The middle layer of the law of the twelve, round cover, cover the plate nine dragons to hold it; The upper layer of the twenty-four gas, is also a round cover, and the top is placed with a tall gold-painted iron phoenix, the image is vivid, and the volley is ready to fly. In the hall, there are ten giant trees, which run through the upper and lower, and the circular iron canal is surrounded under the bright hall, as the "elephant of Biyong".

Due to the short construction period, tens of thousands of workers and apprentices at the same time in the construction of the old site of the Qianyuan Palace, with the national strength of the Tang Dynasty at this time in its heyday, the craftsmen's superb technical level, just a few months of hard work to build a floor, a 300-foot pedestal, at a glance to know the scale of the grand.

Li Rong led the Right Thousand Cavalry Battalion to inspect the Mingtang construction site in turn according to the order, and he and Wei Chi Xiu were divided into several shifts and guarded the Mingtang day and night.

One night, near mid-term, the moonlight was clear, and the faint moonlight shone on the pedestal, as if it was covered with a layer of hoarfrost. The craftsmen who worked at night returned to their special quarters, where they were guarded by the Praetorian Guards, who would not let them wander around the palace, and only twenty thousand knights were guarded here.

It was Li Rong's turn to guard the Ming Hall tonight, and he came here on time, standing under the pedestal, looking at the Ming Hall that had been preliminarily built.

Suddenly, a woman in white appeared on the pedestal, plain white brocade clothes, purple belt, standing with her hands behind her back, looking up at the moon, the moonlight shining on her body like water, as if she was an ocean, and the moonlight turned into water and blended into it.

"Swallow Yuehua, the Great Master of the Nine Grades!" Li Rong said in surprise.

The Nine Rank Tongshen means that stepping into the martial arts practice and reaching the Nine Grades realm is to break away from the shackles of the human body, touch the realm of the gods, drink the morning dew and swallow the moon, and hope for immortality without being bad.

Li Rong knew that there would be no immortal people in the world, but after stepping into the Nine Grades, it was likely that his lifespan would increase significantly.

Since Li Rong remembered, he had never heard of a Nine-Rank Grand Master alive, and he had only heard that the Medicine King Sun Simiao was a Nine-Rank Grand Master, but unfortunately he died before he was born. I didn't expect to see a Nine-Rank Grand Master in the palace.

"Senior, why did you come to Yaxing to come to the palace to admire the moon?" Li Rong clenched his fists and said.

The strength of the Nine Rank Grand Master is unquestionable, even if he gathers all the soldiers of the Twelve Guards of the Thousand Cavalry Flying Cavalry Forbidden Army, he can't stop it, but Li Rong's duty cannot be said to be invisible.

The woman in white listened and looked back at Li Rong in the audience.

Heaven and earth changed color in an instant, and the air suddenly became as heavy as sea water, exuding a deep pressure, squeezing Li Rong.

"All laws are impermanent, idealism, where the heart is, everywhere, it is really a master of the nine grades," Li Rong said secretly in his heart, the soft water true qi in his body frantically circulated between the meridians, trying to resist the coercion of the woman in white.

"The Book of Water?" The woman in white was a little surprised and said, "I didn't expect that someone could really practice the martial arts in "Water Book"? ”

It's a pity that the momentum around him has become heavier, and the air seems to be pressed on Li Rong like Mount Tai, making Li Rong unable to breathe smoothly.

"Seven emotions and imperial qi, eight veins vibrating strings," Li Rong said in his heart, anger burst out, the blue tendons on his forehead were exposed, and a strange force erupted from his liver, and the flow speed of true qi in his body instantly accelerated a few points.

"Hmph," Li Rong snorted angrily, the true qi swirled to the legs, and for a while, the entire leg was shining with golden light, and the true qi rotated down the meridians, and his right foot was gently raised, and he stomped heavily on the ground, shaking the ground nearby and fluctuating slightly, raising a layer of dust.

In an instant, the true qi in the body flowed all over the hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, the Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Meridian, the Foot Yang Ming Stomach Meridian, and the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, forming a perfect circulation, and the true qi was all over the body, gushing out from the acupoints, forming an air hood.

The pressure that bound Li Rong in the air shattered like a cover, allowing Li Rong to regain his freedom.

Li Rong actually broke through his own realm under this pressure, breaking through from the fifth grade to the sixth grade initial realm, and opened up four of the twelve meridians.

"Seven emotions and royal qi, Shaolin washing the marrow scriptures, the little guy knows a lot." The woman in white whispered, as if it was inaudible, but it clearly reached Li Rong's ears.

"Who is Your Excellency?" Li Rong said loudly.

"You are Li Hui's son, you can actually cultivate the martial arts in the "Water Book", it seems that you have also practiced the Shaolin Temple's Vajra Demon Suppression Magical Power, the Washing of the Marrow Sutra, and the Seven Emotions in the Xuanyin Wonderful Sword, you can blend so many complicated martial arts together, you are not simple, it is really not simple!" The woman in white said.

"It's just a fluke here," Li Rong said, "Your Excellency entered the palace as a Nine-Rank Grand Master and don't know what?" ”

"I'm already living in the palace, so I'll take a walk and have nothing to do!" The woman in white said, "I'm in a good mood today!" ”

The figure of the woman in white disappeared in an instant, as if she had never appeared.

"No wonder Dad has always been on Wu Zetian's side, it is estimated that this great master is Wu Zetian's backer," Li Rong thought to himself.