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Chu Li leisurely rode his horse as he acco An's I

The reason behind the sudden appearance of King Ping's as clearly related to King Ping hi would never leave the I had always been in a rather aard situation Due to his great contributions to the imperial court, everyone could tell that the Emperor was hesitant and uncertain about what should be done with King Ping, and so were the courtiers

If the Ji Dynasty regained its peace and was no longer plagued by border conflicts, they would be able to re how the Li Dynasty had been growing in power, the Ji Dynasty's current situation was becoly tense and critical It seemed almost certain that an eastern invasion froreat ould inevitably break out between the two nations

If King Ping was not stripped of his reater contribution once the war broke out When the E with, the E the position of Crown Prince On the other hand, if King Ping happened to be stripped of his ht not be capable of withstanding the power of the Li Dynasty's cavalry

If the situation at the border beca would have to be called back into action In that case, King Ping's prestige would grow ieneral trend of events would be set Then, no one would be able to stop hi the position of Crown Prince

Unfortunately, the courtiers had their hearts set on having King Jing beco as a ood idea to let such a ht while riding his horse alongside the group Without realizing it, they had traveled over a few round trealloped over and caught up to the Tao turned his gaze to the group of riders

Chu Li signaled the protectors to move aside and make way for the riders

As the riders approached theround shook even harder Fortunately, this road had been sprinkled ater beforehand to moisten the soil Thus, the place would not beco everywhere either Even if they spurred their horses down this road, the air would remain clean of dust and debris

The rider who had been leading the group was Prince Bao

He was dressed in a purple tunic and had been galloping to his heart's content He did not seereat spirits while his eyes were sharp and piercing

”Neigh…” Prince Bao was just about to gallop past them since he usually paid no attention to these juniors However, he had pulled on his reins abruptly

As he suddenly reined in his horse, the eight riders around him stopped their horses at the same time The horses whined loudly and then came to a steady halt but remained in their positions around Prince Bao This showed the extraordinary skills and quick reflexes of his eight protectors

Prince Bao laughed heartily and asked, ”Chu Li, when did you coave a fist salute and shness I've just coood Coether!” Prince Bao waved hierous here, so there's no need to protect them!”

”Understood,” Chu Li replied with a chuckle

He turned around to give Xiao shi+, Xue Ningyu, Song Liuying, and the others a fist salute

”Go ahead” Xiao shi+ gently nodded

As Xiao shi+ and the ladies gave Prince Bao a fist salute, Prince Bao waved his hand and signaled to the to them

Chu Li approached Prince Bao with a sreat improvement in your cultivation level This is worthy of celebration”

”Haha” Prince Bao spurred his horse and traveled beside Chu Li as he laughed and replied, ”While you were in isolated cultivation, I've been keeping hed about as they trotted away on their horses with the eight protectors staying at a close distance around the too unfair Out of all people, he chose to speak to Chu Li Ugh!”

”Don't tell e you in a conversation instead?” Leng Qiu gave hilance and scoffed ”You should check and see first if you're worthy of his ti Tao retorted ”Instead of favoring his own people, Granduncle cares more about an outsider This is truly unfair!”

”Well, can you even co Qiu curled her lip into a sneer ”If you want others to think highly of you, you have to possess some valuable skills and abilities first Aside fro, what other skills do you have?”

”Sister Leng Qiu, I have to argue with you on this one!” Leng Tao replied with discontent ”My ood!”

”Would you like to have a round of battle then?” Leng Qiu asked and scoffed

Leng Tao anxiously shook his head

NoQiu Her swordsmanshi+p had suddenly improved at an incredible rate He found it aled to ienius at cultivation after all? Did he have a lack of aptitude? However, he had heard from his father that his aptitude was excellent!

When Xiao shi+ noticed Xiao Qi staring at Chu Li's retreating figure, she sood friends despite the difference in their age”

Xiao Qi nodded and kept her eyes on Chu Li as he continued to travel ahead of theside Prince Bao while they chatted about various affairs in Fairy's Capital

”This ti the cere ”This is going to be a tricky situation!”