223: Chapter 223: So Aoyama

Hearing this, Princess Anping could not help but show a thoughtful expression.

Then she looked at Chen Hu: "Young Master Chen, do you have a way to break it?"

Chen Hu shook his head: "No."

Princess Anping was unwilling to give up: "Is your Revered Master unable to do it either?"

Chen Hu said: "With my Revered Master's ability, perhaps he could, but he would not be interested in such matters. As far as I know, although there is exotic beast meat in Daqing Mountain, with your status as a Princess, you shouldn't be lacking in exotic beast meat, right? Why must you enter Daqing Mountain?"

Chen Hu could sense that this Princess Anping seemed to be aiming specifically for Daqing Mountain. Could it be that within Daqing Mountain, besides exotic beasts, there was something else?

In the past, Chen Hu would have been interested in the exotic beasts within Daqing Mountain.

But now, he was completely uninterested.

Not to mention, his three meat field cards could produce quite a lot of exotic beast meat every day.

Secondly, he also had animal cards and animal upgrade cards.

He could similarly obtain thousands of jin of exotic beast meat daily.

Furthermore, he had also obtained over two million jin of exotic beast meat from Marquis Weiwu's treasury.

Therefore, he was completely unmoved by the exotic beasts in Daqing Mountain.

After a slight hesitation, Princess Anping said: "I discovered a piece of news regarding Daqing Mountain from the books in the Imperial Palace."

"What news?" Chen Hu asked curiously.

Princess Anping continued: "Daqing Mountain is very likely the ruins of the Qingshan Sect!"

"Qingshan Sect?" Chen Hu searched his memory thoroughly, but had no recollection of the Qingshan Sect.

Princess Anping said: "Approximately five thousand years ago, our Great Yong Kingdom, Great Xia Kingdom, as well as Great Zhou and Great Qin, were actually all territories of the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty, and the Qingshan Sect was the number one Sect in the world during the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty era."

"The Sect had nine Hunyuan Martial Saints guarding it, and besides that, there were three Spirit Refining experts at the Heavenly Monarch Realm!"

"Later, for unknown reasons, the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty split, and the Qingshan Sect also inexplicably perished."

Hearing Princess Anping's account, Chen Hu was still somewhat shocked and surprised.

The Hunyuan Martial Saint was the pinnacle of martial arts, and the Heavenly Monarch was the pinnacle of Spirit Refining.

Yet today, the entire Great Yong Kingdom could not find a single Hunyuan Martial Saint or a Heavenly Monarch-level expert.

But the Qingshan Sect had nine Hunyuan Martial Saints and three Heavenly Monarchs. This shows just how strong the Qingshan Sect was back then.

However, Chen Hu quickly calmed down and analyzed: "If Daqing Mountain is the ruins of the Qingshan Sect, after the Qingshan Sect perished, many people should have gone to explore it, right? So, even if Daqing Mountain is the ruins of the Qingshan Sect, after being explored by predecessors, it shouldn't have any value left!"

"That is not the case!" Princess Anping shook her head: "After the Qingshan Sect inexplicably perished, many people did indeed go to explore the ruins, but they found nothing. Gradually, everyone gave up."

"As time passed, everyone also forgot about the Qingshan Sect."

Chen Hu said again: "Since predecessors couldn't find anything in the Qingshan Sect ruins, why does Your Highness still want to explore it? Could it be that Your Highness possesses something related to the Qingshan Sect?"

Princess Anping nodded: "I do indeed!"

"What is it?" Chen Hu asked.

Princess Anping shook her head: "I cannot tell you for now, but I am confident that I can find the Legacy of the Qingshan Sect, provided that I can enter Daqing Mountain."

Hearing this, Chen Hu was not angry; he looked at Princess Anping: "I have a question."

"Please speak!"

Chen Hu asked: "With your status as a Princess, if you want to explore Daqing Mountain, why not invite a Gang-Refining Expert to go with you, or simply ask your Imperial Father for help?"

"Young Master Chen, do you think that if the Imperial Family or the Imperial Court intervened, then if we obtained the Legacy and treasures of the Qingshan Sect, how should the ownership of these items be distributed?" Princess Anping said in a deep voice.

"At the very least, Your Highness the Princess would not have the right to distribute them!" Chen Hu said.

"Correct!" Princess Anping nodded: "People are selfish. I do not want the things I found after great difficulty to be something I don't even have the right to distribute. That is why I did not seek help from my Imperial Father."

"Furthermore, my Imperial Father is already old and does not have many years to live. If he were still young, giving these things to him would be fine, but since he is old, giving these things to him would not help him, and would instead benefit my brothers."

"Since Your Highness is afraid of benefiting your brothers, are you not afraid that I might have ulterior motives?" Chen Hu asked with a smile.

"You will not!" Princess Anping said with certainty.

"Your Revered Master only warned me and did not harm me, which means he has some reservations. I am, after all, a Princess of the current dynasty. If you and your Revered Master were to kill me to silence me, and news leaked out, you and your Revered Master would face pursuit by the entire Great Yong."

"If the news about the Qingshan Sect spreads, even the other kingdoms might want to capture you and your Revered Master to force the relevant information out of you."

Chen Hu nodded: "Your Highness, your judgment of people is very accurate. I indeed would not do such a low-class thing. However, I want to know, if I help Your Highness obtain the Legacy of the Qingshan Sect, what will I gain?"

Princess Anping said: "If the Legacy of the Qingshan Sect is found, you can make a copy of the top-tier Enlightenment Cultivation Technique and Spirit Refining Cultivation Technique. As for the cultivation resources, I can also give you one-tenth!"

"What kind of top-tier is the top-tier Cultivation Technique?" Chen Hu asked.

Princess Anping said: "Naturally, it is an Immortal-grade Cultivation Technique. Only an Immortal-grade Cultivation Technique can allow one to Cultivate to the Hunyuan Martial Saint level. It is strange to say, but after the Great Shang Imperial Dynasty collapsed, not only did the top-tier martial arts and Spirit Refining Cultivation Techniques disappear, but most of the sorcerers also vanished. I really wonder what happened five thousand years ago."

"Since Your Highness has spoken to this extent, I will also tell you a secret!" Chen Hu said.

Princess Anping looked at Chen Hu.

Chen Hu continued: "Actually, as long as one reaches the Late Stage of the Dan Soul Realm, one can be unaffected by the magnetic field of Daqing Mountain."

Hearing this secret, Princess Anping could not help but frown.

The number of sorcerers was truly too scarce.

Although there were sorcerers in the Imperial Family, there were only a few who had reached the Dan Soul Realm.

But none of them had reached the Late Stage of the Dan Soul Realm.

However, she knew that the Imperial Preceptor was a powerful sorcerer.

But once she asked the Imperial Preceptor for help, then after obtaining the Legacy, the Imperial Preceptor would likely take the majority.

This was something she did not want to see.

"Can Your Highness not find a suitable sorcerer?" Seeing Princess Anping's expression, Chen Hu couldn't help but ask tentatively.

"It is difficult!" Princess Anping smiled bitterly: "Sorcerers in this world are already very rare. There are only two known individuals who have reached the Late Stage of the Dan Soul Realm: one is the Imperial Preceptor, and the other is the Imperial Preceptor's Disciple, Shangguan Jingyu."

"If I find the Imperial Preceptor, this Legacy would certainly have to be mostly given away."

"Finding her Disciple would mean that the Imperial Preceptor would also know."

"Actually, I am also a sorcerer, and I have just reached the Late Stage of the Dan Soul Realm!" Chen Hu said unhurriedly.

"Really?" Princess Anping was overjoyed.

"Correct!" Chen Hu nodded: "I can protect Your Highness as we enter Daqing Mountain to search for the Legacy."

"That is truly great! When shall we set off?" Princess Anping asked excitedly.

"How about tomorrow?" Chen Hu said.

"Better to act today than to choose another day. Why not go today?" Princess Anping said impatiently.