260: Chapter 260 A Familiar Plot

It is because, in order to prevent being ambushed in the future by some sneaky individuals hiding their cultivation level.

You specifically used a portion of Creation Energy to derive a treasure capable of accurately probing strength.

This treasure can clearly probe the specific strength of Lower-Three-Rank Martial Artists, and roughly probe the strength of Middle-Three-Rank Martial Artists.

As for those it cannot probe, it means the opponent is at least an Upper-Three-Rank Martial Artist.

In the tenth month, the Supreme Golden Body Method welcomed its first Breakthrough.

That day, golden light shone brilliantly in your bedroom, Dao sounds roared, and the bones throughout your body crackled, as if countless runes were being re-engraved into your flesh and blood.

Fortunately, many months ago, fearing that the commotion of the Breakthrough would be too great, you had used Creation Energy to derive a Formation Plate capable of isolating aura and simulating environments.

This Formation Plate belongs to the cultivator world and can isolate a cultivator's Divine Sense. Placed in this world, only an Upper-Three-Rank Martial Artist arriving in person could discover any clues.

This Breakthrough caused your Golden Body strength to leap once again. What surprised you even more was that during this Breakthrough, you awakened a brand new Martial Dao Divine Ability— "Dragon Elephant Divine Power"!

Once this Divine Ability is activated, it is as if the soul of a Dragon is hidden within your body, capable of bringing you a fivefold increase in strength.

Now, carrying an indestructible Golden Body and having two great Divine Abilities complementing each other, your true combat power is already enough to rival an ordinary Fourth Rank Martial Artist.

At seventeen, the Supreme Golden Body Method underwent its second Breakthrough, and you were finally able to fly.

This is because, during this Breakthrough, you once again awakened a Martial Dao Divine Ability. This Divine Ability is precisely a flight Divine Ability, which you named "Soaring Off the Ground"!

This name seems plain and unadorned, but a Divine Ability is a Divine Ability; it does not just allow you to fly.

The Soaring Off the Ground Divine Ability is a subtle mastery of space and gravity.

When activated, you can naturally borrow force like a flying bird. Not only can you fly through the sky and burrow into the earth as you please, but your flight speed is as fast as lightning, far exceeding those Fourth Rank Martial Artists who rely on True Qi to hover.

After the second Breakthrough of the Golden Body Method, both your hard strength and speed far exceed those of a Fourth Rank Martial Artist.

Ten days after the second Breakthrough of the Golden Body Method, a piece of news suddenly swept through the Capital City, like a giant rock crashing into a calm lake, stirring up a thousand layers of waves.

The news spread rapidly; from the high walls of the deep palace to the markets and alleys, almost everyone was discussing it.

The main content of the information is that the current Prince of Zhenbei's grandson actually lost his composure due to alcohol at a royal banquet last night, publicly offending the Ninth Princess and the Prime Minister's daughter.

According to the eunuchs present at the time, the grandson of the Prince of Zhenbei drank until he was heavily intoxicated. His words and actions gradually became wanton. He actually approached the Ninth Princess and the Prime Minister's daughter during the banquet, spoke lewd words, and even reached out to commit misconduct.

The Ninth Princess had practiced martial arts since she was young and had a fierce temperament. How could she tolerate such humiliation? She immediately kicked him flying.

At that moment, with a "splash," that grandson, dressed in brocade clothes and jade belts, fell embarrassingly into the lotus pond outside the hall, his head covered in water plants, soaked all over, and shivering in the cold wind of the autumn night.

The Ninth Princess of the Great Yong Dynasty is the Emperor's most beloved daughter. Not only is she beautiful enough to topple cities, but she is also a top-tier Martial Dao Prodigy.

Now only twenty-one years old, she has already stepped into the Sixth Rank Golden Body Realm.

The Prime Minister's daughter, who was also offended, although slightly inferior in Martial Dao cultivation and unable to advance as bravely as the Ninth Princess, is knowledgeable and profound. In poetry, songs, painting, and chess, she has reached the Transcendent level.

The reputation of "The Number One Talented Woman of the Capital City" has long spread far and wide, and she is deeply admired by scholars and beloved by the common people.

Her father, Wang Xuanfu, is not only the current Prime Minister but also a Great Confucian recognized by the Confucian sect. His students are all over the court and the field, and many officials revere him as their teacher.

What is even more awe-inspiring is that Wang Xuanfu's own cultivation has reached the Second Rank Dharma Idol Realm. With every gesture, he can invoke the power of heaven and earth. He has even condensed the Confucian Sage Dharma Idol, one of the top Dharma Idols of today.

He is one of the few figures on the surface of the Great Yong Dynasty who stands at the Peak of Martial Dao. His prestige in the court is extremely high; one word can decide policy, and one movement can shake the winds and clouds.

Once this matter came out, the Emperor in the deep palace was immediately furious.

The Ninth Princess is the apple of his eye, and the Prime Minister's daughter also represents the literary lineage and the dignity of the court. The Prince of Zhenbei's grandson's actions were tantamount to simultaneously provoking imperial power, Martial Dao dignity, and the reputation of civil officials.

During this morning's court session, the atmosphere in the hall was as heavy as iron. Censors submitted memorials one after another, demanding severe punishment.

However, the Prince of Zhenbei is, after all, an old official with outstanding meritorious service. He is also ranked at the Second Rank Dharma Idol Realm, has guarded the northern border for decades, and his students and former subordinates are all over the military.

He entered the palace overnight to plead guilty for his grandson and personally went to the Ninth Princess's mansion and the Prime Minister's mansion to apologize.

With his intercession and the fact that the Ninth Princess and the other woman did not hold it against him, the grandson of the Prince of Zhenbei was only placed under house arrest.

In the end, the Emperor weighed it repeatedly. In consideration of the Prince of Zhenbei's past merits and the two women's tolerance, he did not impose heavy punishment.

He only ordered the grandson of the Prince of Zhenbei to be confined in the deep courtyard of the Prince's mansion and punished him by having him copy the Book of Rites a thousand times to reflect on his mistakes.

A storm of turmoil, although temporarily subsided, has buried a faint crack in the Capital City.

The power struggle between the powerful and noble, and the delicate balance between civil and military officials, seem to have stirred up more unfathomable ripples because of this matter.

"If there is no one scheming behind this, I'll eat it!"

Even if the grandson of the Prince of Zhenbei has exceptionally poor Martial Dao talent, and at the same age as the Ninth Princess, his Martial Dao has only reached the Ninth Rank Peak, not even having condensed Bronze Skin.

But as long as he isn't drinking those medicinal wines that are greatly beneficial to Martial Dao, he wouldn't get drunk at all.

"Alright, I previously thought that strength comparable to the Fifth to Fourth Rank was barely enough, but now it seems it is far from enough."

The matter of the Prince of Zhenbei's grandson gave you too much of a sense of déjà vu; you feel that the sky of the Great Yong Dynasty is about to change.

Before it was just a guess, but now you are directly certain that this world definitely hides First Rank Heavenly Beings, or even existences beyond the First Rank Heavenly Beings.

It is even possible that a great change in heaven and earth or an extraterrestrial invasion could occur in the future.

Two months later, you revealed your Eighth Rank Peak strength to the Lin family, as well as the Martial Dao Divine Ability Bronze Skin Iron Bones.

At this time, you completely established the image of a peerless Prodigy. At your request, the Lin family's Scripture Pavilion opened its third and fourth floors to you.

You obtained detailed information about the Fifth Rank Wind Fire Realm and the Fourth Rank Mountain and Sea Realm, as well as the outline for Breakthrough.