During the Qin Dynasty, he brought chaos to the seven kingdoms.

Chapter 32 Destroying Jing Ni

"Thank you for your help, Sword Saint."

Cao Yuan returned the now useless bronze box to Wuming.

Wuming casually put the bronze treasure box back on the shelf.

"Young man, you're too kind. If this item wasn't just being kept by me on behalf of Yan Lu, I would gladly give it to you."

Wuming spoke sincerely. In his view, the unopenable bronze box was the source of chaos and would only lead to conflicts in the martial arts world.

If it weren't for this box, Yan Lu's family wouldn't have been wiped out.

Cao Yuan smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries with Wuming.

"Where is the Master?"

Cao Yuan looked at the Confucian scholars filling the courtyard and asked in confusion.

Wuming pondered for a moment, "The teacher seems to have sensed something and has already returned to Xiaoshengxianzhuang."

Cao Yuan's heart stirred.

"What has the Master noticed?"

Wuming gazed at the setting sun in the west, his eyes lost in thought.

"I don't know, the teacher just said that the world has changed."

Upon hearing this, Cao Yuan immediately thought of the time he opened the bronze treasure box.

It seems that opening the bronze treasure box is not as simple as just giving oneself a large amount of spiritual energy.

Cao Yuan bid farewell to the Sword Saint and, on the way, instructed Xiao Mengjiang, "Don't reveal your strength in front of your two older sisters, understand?"

Xiao Mengjiang nodded, her face serious, and said, "I know, Aman, those two older sisters have something going on, right? I figured it out a long time ago."

Cao Yuan smiled helplessly.

"You're right, let's go home."

……

Night falls.

As is customary, Jingni and Liwu questioned Cao Yuan a few times.

Cao Yuan did not say that he opened the bronze treasure box, but only said that he came into contact with the bronze treasure box under the pretext of studying it.

He has only just broken through to the first-class level and is not yet a match for Jing Ni. He needs to play it safe and develop his strength, and find an opportunity to turn the tables.

Jingni and Liwu had no doubts, and they found it hard to imagine that Cao Yuan could open the bronze box and gain the power to directly enter the first-class realm after only just coming into contact with it.

Three more days have passed.

While Cao Yuan was studying the Saint King Sword Technique and consolidating his realm, he kept sending false information to Jing Ni and Li Wu, giving the two women a progress bar that indicated they were about to steal the bronze treasure box. This made Jing Ni and Li Wu almost unsuspecting and very trusting of him, both believing him to be a good infiltrator and thief.

As night fell, Cao Yuan finished practicing the Holy King Sword Technique in the nameless mansion and finally mastered the first move—Words Become Law.

Taken from the *Doctrine of the Mean* in the *Book of Rites*: "Words are spoken, and the law follows."

The moves are simple, yet incredibly powerful. When the sword is drawn, it is imbued with Confucian mantras, and with each strike, the words transform into tangible power.

This gave him real self-defense capabilities, preventing him from having the cultivation level of a first-rate expert but lacking the strength of a first-rate master.

"What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand..."

Cao Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

When I looked at the Holy King Sword Technique manual, I didn't think much of it, but when I tried it, I realized that thinking and doing, learning and mastering are two different things.

It took him three whole days to master the first move of the Holy King Sword Technique.

"Young man, you're right."

Wu Dan held the Han Guang sword, which only had a hilt, in his hand and wholeheartedly agreed with Cao Yuan's words.

Cao Yuan bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"Thank you, Sword Saint, for taking the time to spar with me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have mastered Brother Fu Nian's Holy King Sword Technique so quickly."

Wuming smiled and said, "If you don't have that talent, even if I help you, it will be useless."

"Oh, by the way, I haven't yet congratulated you on breaking free from the shackles of the Spirit-Severing Body."

Cao Yuan, without batting an eye, said, "Thanks to Brother Fu Nian's Saint King Heart Method, I was able to refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into internal strength."

He knew that his ability to cultivate could not be hidden from Wuming, who was sparring with him. How could Wuming, a powerful master at the peak of the Grandmaster realm, not see that he was capable of cultivation?

He simply pushed everything onto his brothers, Fu Nian and Fu Shi.

Anyway, brothers are just there to take the blame, shoulder the responsibility, and withstand the pressure.

"Hehe, it's getting late, so I won't keep you any longer, young man."

Cao Yuan took his leave.

The night is dark.

The backyard of the Golden Key Locksmith Shop.

Li Wu, who was sitting on a big tree waiting for Cao Yuan to come home, suddenly heard a "buzzing" sound.

Li Wu's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she noticed several bees with sharp stingers constantly guiding her.

Her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she murmured to herself, "The swarm of Xun bees..."

Li Wu thought for a moment, landed softly, and climbed over the wall to leave.

Jingni, who was sitting quietly in the courtyard, only glanced up before withdrawing her beautiful eyes and continuing her meditation.

She has noticed that her cultivation speed has increased significantly in the past few days, to the point that she sees the possibility of breaking through to the Grandmaster realm in a short period of time.

Once she breaks through to the Grandmaster realm, she will have a voice and the power to act freely within the Luo Net.

That's the influence of a grandmaster!

……

"She's here."

A young man carrying a beehive and wearing a black veil observed the bees on his fingers and reported to Qian Sha.

"very good."

The man had a cold and somewhat sinister face, and his words were filled with a bloodthirsty tone.

"I'm telling you, Boss Qian, with your strength, why don't you just go in and cripple Jing Ni? You might even get a taste of her."

The short, scrawny Kanshu tucked his hands in and said in a somewhat lewd manner.

"Shut up!"

Qian Sha stared coldly at Kan Shu, as if he were looking at a dead man.

The leader of the Hidden Sun sent him to cripple Jing Ni and give her to Qi Xiang Hou Sheng, promising him that he could kill Kan Shu and others and use the Eight Linglong to absorb their remnant souls.

All of this was because seven or eight days ago, the power of the Eight Exquisite Elements within him suddenly awakened, giving him a great deal of strength and allowing him to step into the half-step Grandmaster realm, thus gaining the strength to replace Jing Ni.

This is something Yan Ri was unaware of; otherwise, Yan Ri would never have given him such an ancient treasure back then.

If he can absorb the remnant souls of Kan Rat, Gen Master, and Li Dance this time, along with the remnant souls of his mother Kun Po and Xun Bee, and find the remnant souls of Zhen and Dui positions, it will be enough to push him into the Grandmaster realm and free him from the shackles of Yan Ri.

Seeing that Qian was angry, Kan Rat shrank back, not daring to say another word, and lowered its head in fear.

He wasn't afraid of Qian Sha at first, but at some point, Qian Sha broke through to the half-step Grandmaster realm and had the potential to become a top-tier assassin.

This annoyed him, but he could only endure it.

"Boss, what brings you here? And why do you want to see me privately?"

Li Wu landed on the rooftop, one hand gripping her slender, delicate waist, her eyes filled with surprise and confusion.

Kanshu stared greedily at Liwu, "Miss Liwu, I've missed you so much."

Li Wu sneered, "Kan Shu, if you look at me like that again, believe me, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Kan Shu looked like a lovesick fool: "To die at the hands of Miss Li Wu would be an unforgettable experience, even as a ghost I would be romantic."

Li Wu looked at Kan Shu with disgust, thinking that among the Eight Linglong, this guy was the most disgusting.

Qian Sha coldly replied, "The leader's latest order is to cripple Jing Ni and hand her over to Qi Xiang Hou Sheng for disposal."

"What?" Li Wu exclaimed, her face paling. "Why did you have to cripple Lady Jing Ni?"

Qian Sha coldly replied, "That's not something you should be asking."

Kan Shu chuckled and said, "I heard that it was that old codger Hou Sheng who forced Prime Minister Lü to agree by making Qi's refusal to join the alliance of states. I really don't know what grudge Hou Sheng has against Jing Ni."

Li Wu paused for a moment, then remained silent.

She was aware of the feud between Lady Jingni and Hou Sheng, but she never expected that Luo Wang would abandon Lady Jingni so easily.

If it were her, she would probably handle it even more casually...