The heroine is so cute, she quickly puts on her clothes and lies down

When he returned to the mansion, Ling Xiao, the imperial teacher's follower, brought him a letter.

Previously, the Imperial Master wanted to choose a personal maid for Zhu Yue to take care of her daily life, but she refused.

Zhu Yue felt that she had too many secrets and didn't want to get too close to anyone.

In ancient times, having a personal maid was a normal thing in a wealthy family. If she were a man now, she should choose her followers like the imperial teacher.

Moreover, he had to have at least four followers to be worthy of his status. According to his status as a national teacher, he only had one follower, which was seen by others as a very simple expression, representing that he did not envy the rich and powerful.

This common sense was told to him by Chen Qingyuan. Zhu Yue knew rationally that she should choose one, but she still didn't want to choose one, so she used the excuse of disguising herself as a man and told Chen Qingyuan and the National Master that she didn't want anyone to discover her identity, nor did she want to have another person to keep a secret, so it would be better for her not to let anyone get close to her from the beginning. Chen Qingyuan and the National Master thought it made sense and agreed.

Ling Xiao has been with the Imperial Master for more than ten years. He is an orphan adopted by the Imperial Master. Because of fleeing famine, he was the only one left in his family, so he sold himself on the street. It happened that the Imperial Master came out of the palace. He originally wanted to give gold and silver directly to help the young man overcome the difficulties.

Ling Xiao refused. Although he didn't know the identity of the national teacher, he could tell from the carriage that he must be of extraordinary status.

With his current status as a beggar, he could not keep the gold and silver even if he had them, so the thirteen-year-old Ling Xiao began to work for the Imperial Master from that day on.

After being influenced by her over the years, she has some understanding of the Five Elements and Gossip. Occasionally, she would come to Zhu Yue's place to help her tidy up the study.

It's a bit like being a registered disciple.

He had a certain understanding of Zhu Yue's personality and knew that she didn't like to talk nonsense, so he simply said that this letter was not written by the national teacher, but a declaration of war from one of his old friends.

It turns out that the national teacher has always had an old rival, a Buddhist and Taoist master from a neighboring country. The two have been at odds with each other since they were young. Zhu Yue guessed that the reason for the disagreement might be that both of them are very talented and were born in the same era. Just like the two Zhou Yus and the two Zhuge Liangs, there will always be people who compare them unconsciously.

They will also compare themselves with each other, and after a long time they will become enemies.

After competing with myself, am I now going to compete with my apprentice?

After opening the letter, I found that the sender was not well-intentioned.

This is a letter of challenge.

Invite the national teacher's disciple, Chen Chunzhi, to fight him.

Of course, the whole article is definitely not just one sentence. He first politely greets, then introduces himself, and praises Zhu Yue. He has heard for a long time that she is gifted and wants to meet her.

The wording was quite polite and courteous, but in essence, Zhu Yue thought it was still a declaration of war.

The letter was signed by Ning Junxi.

This name should be the apprentice of the national teacher’s old rival.

Zhu Yue felt helpless and excited at this moment. This person must be a master. She really wanted to meet him and see how strong she was now.

Although the Imperial Master could no longer teach her anything in terms of knowledge, Zhu Yue knew that she was far inferior to the Imperial Master in terms of strength, realm, and fighting experience.

According to the national teacher, if Zhu Yue goes out to gain experience for ten years, he should be able to fight him on equal terms.

Zhu Yue thought that the Imperial Master really thought highly of her.

Even ten years later, she would only be 17 years old.

The national teacher is now over fifty years old, and this age was guessed by Zhu Yue.

Just like Chen Qingyuan, who is nearly seventy years old now, he is in good health and looks only in his forties. People who practice martial arts all have good bodies.

In particular, the eating habits of Taoists themselves are also quite healthy and long-lived.

The senior brother is seventy years old, so the junior brother must not be much younger than him. Zhu Yue asked Chen Qingyuan indirectly and found out his approximate age.

The Imperial Master felt that since Zhu Yue was as good as he was now in her twenties, he thought highly of her.

After reading the letter, Zhu Yue asked Ling Xiao who was waiting beside her, "Master, do you want me to go to the neighboring country?"

Ling Xiao nodded and said, "The Imperial Master said that you'd better leave Kyoto recently and don't come back until you are strong enough."

Although the Imperial Master could protect her, how could Zhu Yue stay in the Imperial Master's Mansion without going out?

As long as she goes out, there are too many people who are interested in her. They are a mixed bunch and none of them have good intentions. Even if they have good intentions, they are unnecessary for her now.

Just like the princess's sudden affection.

Her looks will only cause more trouble than her identity.

Zhu Yue can also understand this truth.

"Okay, I understand what Master means."

Ling Xiao took out another package from behind him, handed it to Zhu Yue, and said, "This is what the master prepared for you."

After Zhu Yue took it, Ling Xiao went back.

Zhu Yue opened the package and found some gold and silver inside, as well as a seal with a white jade base. The seal was engraved with her small character, Chunzhi.

It feels cool to the touch, so this thing must not be cheap. It's a bit like jade that keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer.

Wish Yue cherished the storage space.

Without preparing much, Zhu Yue left before dawn the next day.

They walked first, left the city gate of Beijing, walked outside the city for a while, and then saw a small town. They bought a carriage in the town, and Zhu Yue started driving the carriage towards the neighboring country.

The name of the neighboring country is Qingping, and the name of Zhu Yuezai's country is Chenxi. One is called Qingping and the other is called Chenxi.

Zhu Yue felt that these two names did not sound like countries but more like names of people.

Later I discovered that the names of countries were indeed established after the names of the founding kings.

The two countries were three thousand miles apart, which was a long distance, especially in ancient times when there were no maps and the road was very rugged, so they could only rely on horse carriages. Zhu Yue felt that she would probably spend a year just on the road.

She drove during the day and meditated silently in her heart. She only slept for a few hours at night to speed up her journey. She would not enter a deep sleep and was always alert to the outside world.

Zhu Yue's cultivation did not make much progress. She found that after breaking through to the realm of coexisting with energy, her progress began to slow down.

It seems that in the short term, she will not make any further progress in her realm. Zhu Yue feels a little regretful. She cannot get the answer about her future realm from the National Master, and the National Master does not know either.

It has been a long time since he broke through.

Zhu Yue is really curious about the next level. Now she can keep her youthful appearance forever, so what kind of changes will there be in the future?

By the way, in addition to eternal youth, after reaching this realm, the life span will also be increased by half that of an ordinary person, that is, the current upper limit of the National Master’s life span is 150 years old. In this way, the National Master who is in his fifties is still in his prime.

In fact, according to the plan of the national teacher, Zhu Yue should be at the age where he has just finished reading the books in the study, started studying, learned techniques, and studied meditation until he was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Although he would not reach his current level, he would have some strength and could go out to travel.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yue gave him a big surprise. He couldn't help showing off in the letter to his old rival. It was obvious that these boasting irritated the other party, which led to this letter of challenge.

The man who challenged Zhu Yue was no longer just a teenager.