"Father Emperor, this Le Xiaoyao is too detestable. Let me teach him a lesson!!" A prince jumped out.
"Don't be rude!! Even if others are rude, that doesn't mean we can be rude. He did help us after all, so he has shown us kindness. Don't forget this!!" Ning Zhiyuan shouted. Although Xiaoyao's attitude greatly displeased him, he could still remember that Xiaoyao had indeed helped treat the imperial family, at the very least Ning Xin'er.
"But..." The prince was somewhat unwilling.
"There are no buts. Since Mr. Le is unwilling, then we shouldn't force him!" Ning Zhiyuan said calmly, then prepared to turn and go back.
"Hmph, I'll go say hello. At the very least I want to see what this Le Xiaoyao looks like. Meeting face to face should be acceptable!!" The prince said, then walked toward Xiaoyao.
At this moment, Ning Zhiyuan didn't stop him and also paused his movement. He too wanted to see what Xiaoyao looked like. From the beginning until now, Xiaoyao had only shown a partial side profile that couldn't be seen completely - no one could be certain what he looked like.
Right now, everyone was probably interested in seeing Xiaoyao's appearance, including Ning Zhiyuan, the Great Tang Emperor!
Let me see what kind of person is so rude as to ignore me!!
However, this wish seemed to have someone blocking it - someone no one had expected would interfere!
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Le Youran stood in front of the prince and said: "Don't go over there. If you want to see him, go around - don't get close to him..." Le Youran's behavior was somewhat incomprehensible. Although everyone knew Le Youran was that kind of willful, tsundere young miss, she knew what the current situation was. Her action was almost antagonizing everyone.
"Youran, what are you doing? Don't hurt our harmony over a little servant!" The prince looked at Le Youran with a frown.
"You don't need to worry about what I'm doing. Just don't get close to him!" Le Youran still maintained her position.
"Youran!" Le Yi spoke up. He felt Le Youran's behavior was somewhat inexplicable. "Step aside. This matter doesn't need your involvement!"
"No! I can't let you get close to him!" Le Youran shook her head.
"Why?" Seeing Le Youran so determined, everyone felt strange, thinking this matter was suspicious. Le Youran's behavior was very abnormal.
No matter how they thought about it, Le Youran had no need to oppose everyone over this matter. Meeting face to face was quite normal - there was nothing wrong with it!
Le Youran shook her head and said: "I don't know why either. Anyway, you can observe from a distance, but you can't get close to him!"
Don't know why? That's right, Le Youran didn't know why. She just had this feeling that she couldn't let anyone disturb Xiaoyao's daze or let people get close to him.
"..." Everyone was speechless at Le Youran's explanation. You don't even know why yourself, so why are you still doing this? Don't you know the consequences of acting this way?
"Since you don't know, then step aside!" the prince said coldly.
"I won't!" Le Youran shook her head.
"Then don't blame me!" the prince said with a cold snort.
"If you want to fight, go ahead!" Le Youran naturally understood what the prince meant.
"Hmph!!" The prince gave another cold snort, then lightly struck at Le Youran with a palm. He knew Le Youran's strength - he knew she was inferior to him, and by quite a lot.
However, this knowledge was from a year ago. He didn't know about Le Youran's progress during this year. If he had known, he definitely wouldn't have been so careless, and might not even have made a move.
Le Youran ducked low, protected her forehead with one hand to block the prince's punch, then struck toward the prince's stomach with her fist. This series of movements seemed quite slow - everyone could see them clearly - but strangely, the prince couldn't dodge this punch and was struck.
Everyone knew Le Youran practiced boxing, and her punching power was famous throughout this Great Tang capital. Not many people thought they could withstand such punching force, including the prince before them.
"Puff..."
The prince flew backward like a kite with a cut string at extreme speed, spraying a rainbow of blood in the air!
One move?
I was actually defeated by her in one move?
How is this possible? This must be because I was careless!!
The prince fainted with intense unwillingness while still in mid-air. Therefore, if no one rescued him, he would crash hard into the ground.
However, with so many people here, anyone could help. Soon someone flew out to catch the prince, then immediately used internal energy to help him regain consciousness.
After knocking the prince away, Le Youran seemed somewhat puzzled, looking at her hands in a daze. She felt something was off about herself - that punch just now seemed different from before, as if it had another kind of feeling, the same feeling she had when she was dazed here earlier.
Could it be that she had unknowingly comprehended new boxing techniques?
While Le Youran was in a daze, the prince on the other side had already regained consciousness. His first action was to get up, then charge toward Le Youran with thunderous momentum. This time, he used all his strength.
King level, and peak King level at that - originally a rarely seen level, but in this Great Tang imperial palace it seemed to have become commonplace!
However, there was a huge difference between peak King level and Emperor level. Even someone who had just entered Emperor level could easily defeat peak King level, let alone someone who had just comprehended peerless boxing intent.
But at this moment, Le Youran seemed to still be staring at her fists in a daze, apparently unaware of the approaching danger.
"Youran, be careful!" At this moment, Le Yi and Ning Xin'er cried out in alarm. Even if Le Youran was opposing everyone, they would still worry for her, especially since this wasn't really being enemies.
Actually, whether they warned her or not would have been the same result - not because it was too late, but because it was completely unnecessary!
Le Youran had been thinking about things, still puzzled, but instinctively sensing danger, she threw a straight punch. Just this simple straight punch forcibly knocked back the prince who was attacking with full force.
"No, this is impossible!!!"
After the prince landed awkwardly, he roared at Le Youran, then attacked again, but with the same result.
Le Youran's boxing technique was very, very simple, but within the simplicity seemed to contain the laws of heaven and earth, making people clearly feel this fist would hit them, yet they couldn't dodge.
Now everyone understood - that first punch wasn't simply due to carelessness, but Le Youran's boxing technique had reached a realm that not everyone here could necessarily achieve.
Not just her boxing technique - by this time, quite a few people had seen through Le Youran's strength level.
Emperor level - it was actually Emperor level!!
A young lady barely in her twenties had actually entered Emperor level. Even for these people standing at the top, this was something they had never seen before!
That prince was peak King level, about to break through to Emperor level, but this "about to" might take several years. Moreover, this prince was already almost thirty!!
This was a completely different concept from Le Youran's situation!!
Ning Zhiyuan intervened to stop it: "Stop fighting. You're no match for this girl Youran. Who would have thought - Le Yi, when did your daughter break through to Emperor level!!"
"Emperor level? How is that possible? It's only been a year. Even if she surpassed me, she couldn't enter Emperor level this quickly!!" The prince couldn't believe it, shaking his head vigorously. Perhaps this blow was too great for him.
Originally he thought that no matter how much Le Youran progressed, she couldn't possibly be his opponent. But now she had not only surpassed him but entered Emperor level - how could he not be struck by this?
"She just entered not long ago!" Le Yi smiled proudly. This was indeed something for him to be proud of - what more could a father ask for with such children?
"This is worth celebrating. How long were you planning to hide it!" Ning Zhiyuan looked at Le Yi with some annoyance, though he was happy too and didn't really blame Le Yi. Privately, he and Le Yi were old friends of many years.
"Hehe, we never planned to hide it, but we were afraid people would seek out Youran for duels. You know Youran's temperament, so we just didn't mention it!" Le Yi said with a smile. Their Le family just didn't speak about it - they had no intention of hiding it. If someone asked, they would definitely answer truthfully.
However, if Le Youran herself hadn't displayed this strength, how would others know she had reached Emperor level? Although everyone felt Le Youran would enter Emperor level, the fastest estimate was three years later, with most thinking five years later.
No one had ever considered the current situation!!
"Anyone else who wants to come can step right up!" Le Youran called out proudly from over there. She was getting more excited as she fought, because she discovered her boxing technique had advanced further - and this step was quite a large leap.
"Look at you, getting carried away! Youran, restrain yourself a bit. Do you think this is home?" Le Yi smiled bitterly, then roared at Le Youran.
"No matter where this is, if you want to get close to him, you'll have to get past me first," Le Youran said, then assumed a defensive posture.
"..." Everyone fell silent. Now that everyone knew Le Youran was an Emperor-level martial artist, how many people could fight her? Almost none.