"Modifying cultivation methods... only he can do this. I don't know what kind of existence he really is. Clearly he's someone who hasn't even broken through basic skills, but his martial arts cultivation is higher than anyone's. Just a few light words can help people break through, a few words can make people easily defeat opponents," Nangong Suxin said with some emotion.
"As long as he knows the enemy's martial arts, he can break it. I can do this too, but not as well as him," Guxing interjected. This statement was actually explaining the nature of Xiaoyao's ability.
Xiaoyao was deeply knowledgeable about various martial techniques. As long as he observed, he could see a person's weaknesses. At that time, he was attacking the opponent's weak points, using his mouth and borrowing others' hands to break through.
"But after this time, Xiaoyao's troubles will be big!" Nangong Suxin shook her head and said with some worry.
"What troubles?" The Young Miss hadn't thought it through for a moment.
"With his understanding of martial arts and his ability to expose others' weaknesses in just a few words, many people will be afraid, and many will want to obtain him. Do you think this trouble is big or not?" Nangong Suxin asked in return.
"This is indeed a problem. If he had corresponding strength it would be fine, but unfortunately he has high understanding but low strength. I don't know why he still hasn't broken through basic skills..."
"Who says so!!"
...
Just as the Young Miss finished speaking, a voice suddenly rang out, refuting her statement. This voice indeed came from the subject all present were concerned about!!
"Xiaoyao?!"
Everyone was stunned, looking toward where the voice came from. Xiaoyao stood there grinning, with Chi Chi on his head showing an "I'm hungry" expression, very cute.
"Kid, you finally woke up! Do you know how worried Imperial Aunt was?" Although everyone wanted to speak and get close to Xiaoyao, the Eldest Princess got there first, hugging Xiaoyao in her arms and burying him in her turbulent waves.
"Let me go, I can't breathe..." Although Xiaoyao was enjoying it, it was very hard to bear.
The Eldest Princess released Xiaoyao, smiled, and said, "Xiaoyao, why did you suddenly sleep for so long? If Master Shifang hadn't said you were fine, I don't know how worried I would have been!"
"I slept for a long time? Why are you all here..." Xiaoyao looked around and found Guxing and the Young Miss were there - almost all the people he was relatively familiar with seemed to be here.
Huh, why does it seem like they're all girls? Strange, are all the people I'm familiar with women? That's not right - there's at least an old monk, he just didn't stay here.
That's right, women are generally more worried and usually stay by one's side waiting and taking care!
Xiaoyao thought about it and seemed to understand, feeling that having all women here was quite normal - it had nothing to do with his romantic luck, because none of these were his romantic interests.
"You've been sleeping for almost ten days!" the Young Miss interjected.
"Ten days? Not that long..." Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment, then said somewhat indifferently.
"Not long? It's been ten days! What caused you to suddenly sleep so long this time?" the Young Miss asked.
"Hehe, this time it's a good thing. Guess!" Xiaoyao smiled and teased the Young Miss.
"A good thing?" The Young Miss hesitated. "You just refuted me saying you hadn't broken through basic skills. Could it be that these ten days allowed you to break through basic skills?"
"Correct!" Xiaoyao nodded. Undeniably, the Young Miss was still a very smart woman - she just sometimes was a bit thick-headed and didn't think carefully.
Xiaoyao's ten days weren't because of injury, but because he was about to break through!!
"My feeling was indeed correct. Although I can't tell, there's a slight feeling! Really strange. Originally, breakthroughs shouldn't be like this - you don't have any internal energy flow in your body. It's really too strange, but if it happens to you, it's not strange anymore!" The Eldest Princess looked at Xiaoyao, frowned, but quickly gave up on thinking deeply about this oddity.
According to common sense, any cultivation method's breakthrough would have intense internal energy circulation in the body. Even if not that intense, there should at least be flow, but Xiaoyao didn't have any - this was why they thought he was just sleeping.
"I find this strange too. When I cultivate, internal energy flows, so why was there none when breaking through? Also, why did it take ten days..." Xiaoyao felt this matter was also problematic, but couldn't think of any reason. However, he vaguely felt this might have something to do with Chi Chi, but theoretically this was impossible, so he didn't think much about it.
Strange is strange. Anyway, I've already broken through basic skills and have officially entered the ranks of experts!!
"I'm an expert now!!" Xiaoyao declared somewhat arrogantly.
"Expert? You just broke through basic skills. I could randomly call any subordinate who could kill you. Do you believe it?" the Young Miss directly crushed his spirit.
"..."
"Breaking through basic skills just enters Human Level. After that there's Scholar Level, General Level, King Level, then Emperor Level like us, and finally absolute experts like the Eldest Princess. Do you think you're still an expert?" Nangong Suxin looked at Xiaoyao with a smile.
"..."
Xiaoyao fell silent again. He indicated he didn't want to discuss this topic anymore. These women were indeed too terrifying - the lowest level among them was Emperor Level, all standing at the continent's peak.
At this moment, Xiaoyao seemed to forget that except for the Eldest Princess, these girls' strength was more or less due to his "guidance," especially Guxing, who was completely because of him, and he'd been guiding her since childhood.
"Being with you all, I feel too much pressure! I've decided - I'm going to wander the martial world!!" Xiaoyao thought for a moment and suddenly made this decision.
Looking at Guxing now, she was already Emperor Level and had complete subsequent cultivation methods. He believed becoming an absolute expert was just a matter of time. Xiaoyao felt he no longer had anywhere to guide her. Now, leaving her with the Eldest Princess to help care for her meant even less worry.
As for the other girls, he was too lazy to care and couldn't manage them anyway!!
"Wander the martial world?" The group of women felt puzzled, not understanding what Xiaoyao meant.
"Yes, wander the martial world! I've now broken through basic skills and have the qualifications to wander the martial world. After some experience, I might become a great hero!!" Xiaoyao nodded, somewhat yearning for the prospect of becoming a great hero.
"..." Everyone fell silent.
"What great hero do you want to become? Your current status is that of our Great Tang's royalty - very noble," the Eldest Princess said somewhat irritably. "Don't go wandering the martial world. It's too chaotic - you're not suited for it!!"
"First, I'm not royalty. Second, although the martial world is chaotic, there are many capable people and strange talents. Many experts are hidden within it. These people might have what I need, so I want to go!" Xiaoyao shook his head, denying the Eldest Princess's statement. He seemed to have made up his mind to go wander the martial world.
Perhaps this was something Xiaoyao had planned long ago, but because he hadn't broken through basic skills at the time, he had to put this matter aside. Without even breaking through basic skills, mixing in the martial world would be too difficult - at minimum, one needed some self-protection ability.
Now Xiaoyao felt this self-protection ability was sufficient!!
"If it were before, I wouldn't oppose you wandering the martial world, but now I'm afraid - afraid others will target your abilities. You being alone outside is really somewhat dangerous!" Nangong Suxin shook her head, clearly disagreeing with Xiaoyao's idea.
"That's right. You don't know how much attention you've been getting recently - you've become a target of many people's focus. If you're alone outside, you'll definitely attract a group of people fighting over you! Moreover, you've offended the Demon Cult. Going to wander the martial world now - isn't this equivalent to telling others to hurry up and make their move?" The Young Miss also felt Xiaoyao's idea wouldn't work - at minimum, he should wait for things to cool down.
"How many of them have seen me?" Xiaoyao smiled and asked in return.
"Indeed, not many people know what you look like. After all, you've only appeared in public at the palace once or twice, and no one got close for a detailed look. There shouldn't be many who know you," Nangong Suxin said.
"That means if I don't say who I am, even if people see me, they won't recognize me. And even if I say my name is Xiaoyao, there are so many people named Xiaoyao in this world - they couldn't possibly think of me! Also, I can disguise my identity, making it even more impossible to recognize me!!" Xiaoyao waved his hand with an indifferent attitude.
"Better safe than sorry! What if someone recognizes you and means you harm?" the Eldest Princess frowned.
"There are so many 'what ifs.' Even if I stay in this palace, others can still cause me harm, and the probability wouldn't be low because they know where I am! If I go wander the martial world, they'd first need to determine where I am, then be able to follow my tracks, then figure out how to capture me. No matter how you look at it, I'd be safer outside!!" Xiaoyao analyzed, reaching the conclusion that staying here was definitely safer than being outside.
"But..." the Eldest Princess was still somewhat worried.
"To take a step back, Imperial Aunt, previously when I was in this imperial capital, you turned the entire capital upside down - did you find me?" Xiaoyao asked indifferently.
(End of Chapter)