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”The Spiritual Road is a place where experts gather. You’ll need to stay there for at least half a year. The basic requirement for cultivation is the Early Stage of the Longevity Realm. Many go there and don’t survive even half a year and end up dead.”

”I went in for cultivation with some family members. We won a lot of treasures and killed many people. We lasted for nine months. Four of us went in, one died, another got injured along with me, and in the end, we couldn’t hold on and came out. I actually forgot about this Spiritual Road cultivation. Young Master, are you planning to go?”

Du Qiuniang looked at Qin Tian with concern. ”If you plan to go, you need to be well-prepared. It can tremendously boost your cultivation, but the survival rate is said to be less than forty percent. Out of ten, at least six will die in there and not make it out. Young Master, are you sure you want to go?”

Qin Tian didn’t directly answer the question. Instead, he asked Du Qiuniang, ”How much did your cultivation improve when you went to the Spiritual Road?”

”Nine months increased my cultivation from the Early Stage to the Late Stage of the Longevity Realm.”

”Wow... Your speed isn’t slow!”

Qin Tian widened his eyes.

Du Qiuniang nodded, ”Indeed not slow, but very dangerous.”

From the sparkle in Qin Tian’s eyes, Du Qiuniang could guess that Qin Tian was interested in cultivating on the Spiritual Road.

”Young Master, if you decide to go, I cannot accompany you because I’ve already been there once and can’t enter again. Going alone is extremely dangerous. Moreover, you’re the East Gate Great Governor; if you really go, what happens to us?”

Du Qiuniang’s worries were valid. A trip lasting at least half a year would definitely be known at the Imperial Palace.

”That’s indeed a problem.”

Qin Tian fell into silence, and for the next few days, he pondered over the issue.

One day, the Fourteenth Prince invited him to Wuyou Palace for drinks. Qin Tian had already regarded the Fourteenth Prince as a friend, so he mentioned the matter to him.

Upon hearing it, the Fourteenth Prince said, ”I’ve heard about Spiritual Road cultivation. It’s said that any expert has gone there to cultivate. Entry requirements seem to be only for certain levels of cultivation in the Longevity Realm... Ha-ha, I don’t understand much about this, but if you want to go and worry about losing your position as the East Gate Great Governor, I might be able to help?”

The Fourteenth Prince’s casual idea delighted Qin Tian. ”Your Highness, how would you help me?”

”I can say I want to go out to admire the mountains and rivers. Since I don’t know Martial Arts, I need a guard. I’ll request my father to order you to be my temporary Guard Team Captain. He’ll surely agree.”

Indeed, the Fourteenth Prince’s idea made Qin Tian’s eyes light up. ”This strategy works, but you’d have to leave the Imperial City with me just for my cultivation. That’s really...”

”Ha-ha, I spend no less than ten months a year away from the Imperial City. What’s this? It happens that I haven’t traveled this year.”

The Fourteenth Prince didn’t mind, but Qin Tian felt grateful internally.

”If Your Highness can truly assist me, I’ll be eternally grateful!” Qin Tian bowed deeply in gratitude.

The Fourteenth Prince hurriedly asked him to sit, ”Qin Tian, I’ve already treated you as a friend. Why see me as an outsider? Sit, sit; since it’s decided, that’s that. When do you plan to leave? So I can seek approval from my father.”

”Zhe-ge, Your Highness, it’s a bit sudden. Let me think it over today and give you an answer tomorrow, is that okay?”

”Of course, it is. Come, come, let’s not talk about this, let’s drink. Tell me more about Earth’s Song Dynasty poets, who are the famous ones...”

The Fourteenth Prince was particularly interested in Qin Tian’s experiences on Earth, especially concerning Tang and Song poetry.

When Qin Tian left Wuyou Palace, it was already nighttime.

Having recently left Wuyou Palace, while pondering when to cultivate on the Spiritual Road, Qin Tian suddenly felt someone was tailing him!

Qin Tian instantly became alert.

After all, in the Imperial City, with his current status, it’s quite normal for various people to follow him. So, Qin Tian wasn’t surprised, but he sensed that the follower seemed to purposely release their True Qi, almost like exposing their identity!

Frowning, Qin Tian headed to a secluded area and then sped up, hiding beside a forest road.

He saw a white figure approaching from a distance, surely the one tailing him. He emerged from hiding to stop that white-clad person. ”Why are you following me?”

The moonless night only revealed a blurry white outfit, and he knew it was a woman.

He had initially intended to act, but fortunately, he hesitated and said one more word. Then, when the person spoke, he was utterly stunned.

”Qin Tian...”

With just that single call of his name, Qin Tian’s heart skipped a beat, his face blossomed into joy, and he exclaimed excitedly, ”Murong, is it you?”

”It’s me. I waited for you outside Wuyou Palace for half a day.”

It was truly Murong Fei!

Qin Tian took two steps forward, and being close, he saw Murong Fei’s exquisite and familiar face, feeling a wave of warmth followed by a twinge of sadness.

”Murong, it’s been over a year since we last met, right?”

As he spoke, Qin Tian reached out to gently cradle Murong Fei’s cheeks.

Murong Fei gazed tenderly at Qin Tian and said softly, ”462, we haven’t met for 462 days.”

”You actually counted our days apart? You... Murong, are you doing well? When I arrived at the Imperial City, I had Qiuniang go to the Murong Family and the Imperial Palace to look for you but found no news of you.”

”Qiuniang? Are you talking about... Du Qiuniang? She, she’s also in the Spiritual Domain? Did you meet her?”

Qin Tian nodded, ”Yes, currently Fan Bing is still in East Capital, and Qiuniang is here with me in the Imperial City...”

”You’ve lost weight.”

Murong Fei also reached out to cradle Qin Tian’s cheeks, ”You’ve truly lost weight. Since coming to the Imperial City, have you been well? Previously, I was often away. Upon returning, the family mentioned the new East Gate Great Governor named Qin Tian. Do you know how happy I was? After hearing about you today at noon, I hurriedly came to find you and waited outside Wuyou Palace upon learning you were there...”

”You silly. You should’ve waited at my residence. How did you know I was here?” Qin Tian felt deeply moved.

”I ran into Zhou Yang at the Governor’s Mansion. He’s the one who told me.”

Murong Fei looked at Qin Tian, saying, ”Qin Tian, the Imperial City is full of complexities; have you faced any grievances or been bullied since coming from East Capital City?”

”Why would you ask such a thing? Knowing me so well, do you think I’d be bullied? Of course not.”

Qin Tian answered confidently, but a memory flashed of the Ninth Prince suppressing him at Yitian Palace, and his heart tightened!