Chapter 5: The Siege

I originally planned to go to Holma the next day and ask him to allow me to go to Xiyunpo to accompany Xingge to practice swords for a while, I thought, at least Xingge's mood would be better with me by his side.

As soon as it was dawn, Shin Yi appeared outside my dormitory on time, and unlike before, he had an extra wooden sword in his hand.

"Little Prince, Prince Holma asked me to hand over the wooden sword to you, and from today onwards, I will teach you some of the simplest swordsmanship." The letter also said that although he did not understand why Holma had given him such a task, he had no choice but to do so since the prince had given him an explanation.

"Holma agreed to me and Xingge to practice swordsmanship?"

"Yes, Prince Holma specially explained that the two princes must train together, but he said that the little prince is in a special physical condition and does not need to stay in Xiyunpo all day, he asked me to make sure that you are sent back to the dormitory before lunch every day!"

I took the wooden sword and chuckled, where was he worried about my body, just to not delay the improvement of my own cultivation, he asked Xin to do this.

Since that day, I will go to Xiyunpo with Xingge every morning to practice swords, and then go to Iris Canyon with Holma in the afternoon, Xinyi has no requirements for my swordsmanship, in his eyes, I am just Xingge's sparring partner, but with me by his side, Xingge's mood gradually improved, and his cultivation and swordsmanship have also made breakthroughs again.

On the eve of his 10th birthday, Xingge passed the assessment of a fifth-level sword master, and his teacher was changed from Xinyi to Adverse Wind.

Headwind was originally the swordsmanship teacher of Arrow's brother, and after graduating from Jialan Academy, he has been teaching swordsmanship at Emperor Yan, and his greatest wish is that all his students can successfully enter Jialan Academy.

Speaking of Jialan Academy, I only vaguely heard Holma mention that it was the most prestigious academy of the Thousand Spirits Clan, and the dean of the Academy was called Arthur, who was the ultimate sword god of the Thousand Spirits Clan's swordsmanship second only to his grandfather, and only 30 newcomers were recruited every year, each newcomer had his own exclusive teacher, and the students who graduated from there were all elites of the Thousand Spirits Clan.

"If Prince Xingge has the opportunity to enter Jialan, he will definitely be a qualified crown prince after graduation." Headwinds had nagged in Singge's ear more than once.

"Jialan Academy has strict requirements for the cultivation of applicants, and the minimum is also a third-level Yuan Spirit, and I am still far behind."

"You are still young and have time, Jialan's new recruits in recent years are all around 20 years old, so for you, there are at least 10 years to improve your cultivation."

"I heard from my father, the eldest brother also signed up for the entrance exam of Jialan Academy this year, and his cultivation has just broken through the fourth-level Yuan Spirit, and I don't know if he can pass it!"

After hearing this, Reverse Wind shook the hilt of the sword in his hand and said, "Arrows are students I taught with my own hands, how can I not pass!" ”

I chuckled to myself, this was probably the most conceited swordsman I've ever seen.

Holma accompanied me to Iris Canyon to practice swordsmanship every day as usual, but I found that I hadn't seen my grandfather for a long time, and since my cultivation reached the fifth level of the Holy Spirit, my grandfather had never come to the emperor's concubine, and I asked Holma many times, and he only said that his grandfather was in retreat to practice swordsmanship.

I decided to wait for my cultivation to break through to the next level, and then I would go to the Thousand Spirit Clan Royal City to find him, but the plan could never catch up with the change, and a sudden disaster turned the entire imperial concubine into purgatory.

One night, shortly after I fell asleep, a sudden loud thunder over the emperor woke me from my dream, and a strong wind blew outside the window, and the branches of the snow cherry trees rustled in the wind.

With a "bang", the windows in the dormitory were knocked open by the wind one after another, and a faint smell of blood mixed with the air blew in, and I subconsciously unfolded a protective barrier on my body.

"Little Prince, stay still, let's go out and have a look!" The guard on duty at the door shouted and ran out, and at this time, Xingge rushed over from the opposite dormitory wearing a nightgown, "Brother, did you hear the thunder just now?" ”

"Hmm!" I nodded in response.

"I was worried that you were scared, so as soon as I heard the voice, I hurried over."

"I'm fine, it's just that the emperor has never had such a strong wind tonight, and I always feel that something is wrong."

"With me, don't be afraid, I will protect your ......" Before Xingge could speak, countless sword lights suddenly flashed outside the window, and several arcs of blood splashed on the window.

"Xingge go!" I realized something was wrong and grabbed Xingge's hand.

Before we could reach the door, the windowsill of the dormitory was slammed open from the outside, and a dozen Thousand Shadow Clan killers broke in, and they threw the bodies of the guards who had just gone out in front of us.

"Prince Xingge, we've been looking for you for a long time." One of them said slowly, and there were still traces of fresh blood from the guards on his body.

"You... Who are you.? Xingge asked cautiously, although he had never seen the Thousand Shadow Clan killers, he was also frightened by their actions just now.

The other party obviously didn't take Xingge seriously, but just asked lightly: "You are the crown prince of Emperor Concubine, the future Emperor Concubine King?" Hmph..."

Xingge glanced around, and seeing that all the exits were blocked, he quickly pulled me behind me.

Seeing this, the other party chuckled lightly and continued to ask: "The Emperor Concubine and the Thousand Spirit Clan value you so much, and you were made the crown prince at a young age, you must be the baby born ten years ago, right?" ”

"I don't understand what you're saying?"

"When you were born, the sky above the Thousand Spirit Clan was reflected red, this matter is known to everyone in the Thousand Shadow Clan and the Thousand Feather Clan, you were born with extraordinary spiritual power, don't you know it?"

Hearing the words of the Thousand Shadow Clan killers, it dawned on me that they had taken Xingge for me.

"It's true that I'm only 10 years old this year, and I'm indeed the crown prince of the emperor, but I've never felt that I have any extraordinary spiritual power!"

The killer smiled coldly, "When you die, you don't have to worry about how much cultivation you have, it just so happens that your weak twin brother is also there, killing him will be considered a burial for you." ”

Hearing that the other party said that he was going to kill me, Xingge, who was originally a little scared, immediately pulled out the blue-bladed sword he was carrying, "I won't let you move half of his fingers." ”

As soon as the words fell, the door of the dormitory was pushed open, it was a headwind, he came with a few soldiers, and when he saw the sight, he came up with an arrow to block in front of us: "Two princes, you go first, we will stay behind!" ”

I didn't have time to think about it, so I quickly grabbed Xingge's hand and handed it to Headwind's hand, "Headwind, you take Xingge first, he is the crown prince of Emperor Yan, and he can't be fine!" ”

"Little prince, what are you talking about, how can we leave you here alone!"

"They are all top killers of the Thousand Shadows, and you and your soldiers won't be able to resist for long." I whispered.

"Brother, I'm my brother, how can I go first!" Xingge shouted as he broke away from his hand against the wind.

"Xingge, I don't know what's going on outside, now it seems that the entire Emperor Concubine is very likely to have fallen into the hands of the Thousand Shadow Clan, you are the crown prince of the Emperor Concubine, you must not have anything to do, listen to me, go with the headwind!"

"Don't be humble a few of you, it's impossible for any of you to leave here alive today!" The killers at the front shouted, they were already a little impatient.

I suddenly raised my right hand and pushed Xingge and Headwind out of the door, and the killer standing at the front was about to step forward to chase after him, but I conjured up a sword with my backhand and plunged it directly into the opponent's throat.

Seeing that his companion was killed by a sword, the other killers immediately became alert, and everyone turned their attention to me, "Who are you?" The killer at the head exclaimed.

I pulled out the sword from the throat of the killer on the ground, and then waved my hand to shake off the blood stains on the sword, the whole process was clean, "My name is Xingcan, I am 10 years old this year, and I have cultivated to the fifth level of the Holy Spirit!" I said lightly.

"Fifth-level Holy Spirit?" The other party was shocked again, "After a long time, you are the person we are looking for!" Cultivating to the Holy Spirit at a young age, it seems that the king is right, if you live, it will be the biggest threat to the Thousand Shadows. ”

I smiled lightly, "I'm honored that I'm just an imperial prince, and I'm a threat to your Thousand Shadows, but now that you know my secret, I won't let you out alive!" ”

"You want to kill all of us by yourself, it's too arrogant!"

"If you're arrogant or not, you'll find out if you try it." I put away my sword as I spoke.

The other party glanced at me disdainfully: "Why, you put away your sword before you start fighting, are you going to take the initiative to admit defeat?" ”

I smiled coldly, a red light flashed from my eyes, and the killers present immediately fought each other like crazy, leaving only the killer who was the leader standing still in place.

He panicked, "You...... What did you do to them? ”

"They are just controlled by me, one-on-many swordsmanship, I am indeed not your opponent, but my best skill happens not to be swordsmanship."

The other party took a few steps back: "Consciousness manipulation technique? You know illusions? ”

I stared at each other expressionlessly, and then said slowly, "Tell me, how did you find Xingge, and who told you that he was the baby born ten years ago?" ”

The killer burst out laughing, "Do you want to know the reason so much?" It doesn't hurt to tell you, Lan Zi, the king of the Thousand Spirits Clan, often reveals to the outside world intentionally or unintentionally that Xingge is a gifted child, and he was made the crown prince of the emperor at a young age, such a big aura will inevitably not attract attention, but it's you, you have always been well protected by the Thousand Spirits Clan, and now it seems that Xingge is just a stand-in for you, and the purpose of the King of the Thousand Spirits Clan pushing Xingge out is to protect you from being discovered. ”

I suddenly understood everything, they forced Xingge to practice swordsmanship, forced him to become the crown prince of the emperor, all just to hide my existence.

"Xingcan, even if you kill everyone of us today, I'm afraid you won't be able to save the situation of the fall of the emperor, our king has fought in person, and no one can save the emperor."