Chapter 172 Second Grade

The moment Patriarch Gu Shentong stood up, Liu Rumei collapsed to the ground with a smack, as if all her bones and tendons had been pulled out.

A pool of liquid instantly spread out from beneath Liu Rumei.

Under the might of Patriarch Gu Shentong, Liu Rumei was actually scared to the point of wetting herself.

Yet Patriarch Gu Shentong acted as if he completely didn't see this scene, walking slowly and unconcernedly toward the front of Liu Rumei.

Seeing this scene, Liu Rumei recoiled as if avoiding a venomous snake, kicking her legs frantically against the ground and trying her best to retreat away from Patriarch Gu Shentong with her limp form collapsed on the floor.

However, Liu Rumei was completely weak at this moment. Even though Patriarch Gu Shentong was not walking fast, Liu Rumei's retreating speed was even slower, and after just a few steps from Patriarch Gu Shentong, he arrived by Liu Rumei's side.

Patriarch Gu Shentong slowly squatted down in front of Liu Rumei, and then somewhat neurotically stroked Liu Rumei's head.

"Mei'er, you wouldn't want Ren'er to be lonely and helpless down below without anyone to take care of him, right!"

As Patriarch Gu Shentong stroked Liu Rumei's head, he slowly spoke to Liu Rumei.

Hearing these words, Liu Rumei's tears fell frantically from her eyes, and her lips trembled rapidly; she wanted to say something, but could not utter a single word.

"Therefore, as a mother, you might as well go down below and accompany Ren'er!"

Patriarch Gu Shentong's words gradually turned extremely vicious, and then the hand stroking Liu Rumei's head suddenly squeezed down with fierce force.

With a loud pop of shattering, Liu Rumei's head was actually crushed to pieces by Patriarch Gu Shentong in one grip.

Red and white matter splashed everywhere inside the hall, and several stewards and servants were stained with a few drops, causing these Gu Family servants to tremble violently from fright.

Immediately afterwards, Patriarch Gu Shentong casually threw Liu Rumei's headless corpse onto the ground, and then said with a vicious voice to the surrounding Gu Family servants:

"Investigate the whereabouts of the murderer who killed Ren'er and report it to this old man; this old man wants to avenge Ren'er."

"If you cannot find the whereabouts of the enemy, today's Liu Rumei will be all of your fates!"

Hearing this, the surrounding Gu Family servants trembled violently with fright, then immediately and quickly nodded in agreement, and hurried backward outside to urgently track down the whereabouts of the murderer.

Yet Sun Xuan and the others knew nothing about the scene that occurred in the Gu Family.

However, even if Sun Xuan knew, he would definitely not fear it.

Because Sun Xuan knew that at this time in the Gu Family, after the passing of the old master of the Gu Family, the strongest among them was merely the current Gu Family head, Patriarch Gu Shentong.

When the former old master of the Gu Family was still alive, because of the old master's martial arts Realm of the Late Stage of First Grade, he steadily suppressed the other three great families by a head, almost being able to be called the head of the four great families.

But after the passing of the old master of the Gu Family, the situation of the Gu Family took a sharp turn for the worse.

Aside from the great expert that was the old master of the Gu Family, the strongest martial arts strength in the Gu Family was merely Patriarch Gu Shentong at the Realm of the Late Stage of Second Grade.

Under the circumstance that the other three great families all had First Grade experts, the Gu Family, which only possessed a Martial Artist at the Late Stage of Second Grade Realm, saw its influence slowly wane after a period of time.

Especially Patriarch Gu Shentong's only son, Gu Ren, who was a notorious profligate good-for-nothing.

This dealt an even heavier blow to the reputation of the Gu Family, and some martial arts experts such as Guest Elders who were not optimistic about the future of the Gu Family successively left the Gu Family to transfer elsewhere.

After such a toss-up, the Gu Family instantly plummeted from being the head of the four great families to the bottom position among the four great families.

At this moment, after Sun Xuan absorbed the attribute light spheres dropped during the battle with Monk Mingdeng, his physical body and Soul Power had improved even further.

Thereafter, as long as he went into seclusion for a period of time once more, Sun Xuan was confident he could directly advance from the Late Stage of Third Grade Realm to the Second Grade Realm.

By then, being a Second Grade Martial Artist alongside that Gu Family head Patriarch Gu Shentong, coupled with Sun Xuan's supremely formidable physical strength, what did Sun Xuan have to fear?

Furthermore, this Sixth Prince whom Sun Xuan currently followed was even one of the powerful candidates contending for the imperial throne.

The power grasped by the subordinates of the Sixth Prince was extremely strong; if the Gu Family wanted to touch him at this moment, they would also have to ask whether this Sixth Prince agreed or not.

In this manner, Sun Xuan followed the Sixth Prince, swaggering and without any scruples heading toward the Xuanjing Holy Capital.

Within the Xuanjing Holy Capital, the Sixth Prince likewise possessed a massive estate-style residence, which was quite a bit larger than the headquarters of the Gu Family.

After all, the entire Great Wei Dynasty belonged to the imperial Li Family; for the Sixth Prince to occupy a bit more space in this Xuanjing Holy Capital to build an estate was still quite simple.

After entering the Xuanjing Holy Capital, Sun Xuan and his party moved into this luxurious, massive estate.

After simply arranging Sun Xuan's lodging and resting place, the Sixth Prince immediately took Azure Dragon Guard Commander Cao Chiyue to the imperial court, preparing to finalize the matter of Sun Xuan succeeding as the Xuanwu Commander.

After arriving at the Sixth Prince's estate, Sun Xuan began to go into seclusion in the residence prepared for him.

In the seclusion chamber, Sun Xuan secretly circulated his even more formidable physical and Soul Power, transforming the two types of power into true essence, and rapidly Cultivated.

Thanks to Sun Xuan's once-again elevated physical body and Soul Power, the speed of accumulating true essence during this seclusion was extremely fast. After just a few days' time, Sun Xuan's martial arts cultivation Realm had already reached the peak Realm of the Late Stage of Third Grade.

It was only a step away from stepping into the Second Grade Realm.

After his martial arts cultivation reached the peak Realm of the Late Stage of Third Grade, Sun Xuan did not stop his seclusion.

Instead, he continued to refine more resources, then charged toward the Second Grade Realm.

Just as Sun Xuan's martial arts cultivation was charging toward the Second Grade Realm, the people of the Gu Family finally found Sun Xuan's trace.

However, although the people of the Gu Family found Sun Xuan's location, it was because Sun Xuan was currently within the territory of the Sixth Prince.

Even though these Gu Family Martial Artists all wanted to kill Sun Xuan and then claim credit with Patriarch Gu Shentong,

none of them dared to easily offend the Sixth Prince.

Because these Gu Family Martial Artists knew better than anyone that once they dared to make a move in the Sixth Prince's territory,

even if they truly killed Sun Xuan in the end, the Gu Family would definitely not be able to protect them.

They might even be pushed out as scapegoats to appease the Sixth Prince's anger as quickly as possible.

Under this circumstance, after determining the specific location where Sun Xuan was, the Martial Artists of the Gu Family had no choice but to leave people behind to watch the movements at the Sixth Prince's manor on one hand,

while dispatching people to quickly report the current situation to Patriarch Gu Shentong on the other.

Inside the Gu Family stronghold, after hearing the report from his subordinates, Patriarch Gu Shentong, although wishing he could immediately go and finish off the enemy right now,

couldn't help but furrow his brows upon learning that the enemy was at the Sixth Prince's manor and should have even gained the heavy trust of the Sixth Prince.

Patriarch Gu Shentong knew that this Sixth Prince was not someone easy to provoke.

Furthermore, his Gu Family had long since sworn allegiance under the Second Prince, so the relationship between the Gu Family and the Sixth Prince was not good at all.

If by then he rashly made a move against the Sixth Prince's subordinates, broke the rules, and was caught by the Sixth Prince with leverage,

Patriarch Gu Shentong believed that the Sixth Prince would definitely use all his strength to push the Gu Family into a situation of eternal damnation.

Although the Gu Family was strong, compared to the imperial Family, it was simply nothing.

Moreover, it was currently the most intense period for the various princes to contend for the imperial throne; once their Gu Family did something overly radical, I'm afraid their fate would not end up well.

Therefore, after learning that the enemy Sun Xuan had obtained the protection of the Sixth Prince, although Patriarch Gu Shentong hated him to the extreme in his heart, he still did not make a move against Sun Xuan in the first instance.

Instead, he was silently pondering the correct method of response to this matter.

After mulling over this matter back and forth, Patriarch Gu Shentong finally made the helpless decision to first go find the Second Prince behind him to discuss it before deciding.

Right at this moment, Sun Xuan, who was in seclusion within the Sixth Prince's estate, had also finally reached the moment when his martial arts cultivation was about to break through to the Second Grade Realm.

Inside the secret chamber where Sun Xuan was in seclusion, whirlpools of energy continuously converged from the surroundings into Sun Xuan's body.

Because of the gathering of a massive amount of energy, a violent gale even whipped up around Sun Xuan's seclusion secret chamber.

The Martial Artists under the Sixth Prince nearby felt the surging energy fluctuations around Sun Xuan's seclusion chamber, and their expressions drastically changed one by one.

They knew what this huge energy fluctuation truly represented.

This represented that a martial arts expert of the Second Grade Realm was about to be born at this moment.

Sure enough, amidst the shocked and envious gazes of the surrounding Martial Artists, the violent gale formed by the gathering of massive energy was instantly impacted and dissipated by a huge energy fluctuation at the center.

And the group of Martial Artists who felt this huge energy fluctuation also drastically changed expressions at this moment, then repeatedly retreated with terror-stricken faces.

This powerful energy fluctuation almost made these Martial Artists, whose martial cultivation was not low, unable to resist it.

A Second Grade expert truly lived up to extraordinary standards.

Inside the seclusion chamber, Sun Xuan slowly opened his eyes, and a gleam like a needle prick flashed and vanished in Sun Xuan's eyes.

"Hoo!"

Sun Xuan gently exhaled a breath, then with an expression of satisfaction on his face, he muttered softly to himself:

"Not bad, after many days of seclusion, my martial arts cultivation has finally broken through to the Second Grade Realm at this moment!"

Being able to break through his martial arts cultivation to the Second Grade Realm not only represented that Sun Xuan's strength had further increased,

it also caused Sun Xuan's importance in the eyes of the Sixth Prince to rapidly increase.

A Second Grade Martial Artist could already be considered a top-tier expert within this Great Wei Dynasty.

Among the hands of these princes who had the strength to contend for the imperial throne, each prince did not control many.

Just like that Azure Dragon Guard Commander Cao Chiyue under the Sixth Prince previously, she was a Second Grade Early Stage Martial Artist.

And the Sixth Prince had always shown great respect to Cao Chiyue, whose martial arts cultivation had reached the Second Grade Realm.

It could be considered one of the Sixth Prince's most heavily relied-upon subordinates.

And at this moment Sun Xuan's martial arts cultivation had already reached the same Realm as Cao Chiyue.

Furthermore, because Sun Xuan's physical body was even more formidable and the martial arts skills he mastered were stronger, his combat power was even stronger than that of Cao Chiyue at this time.

In this way, Sun Xuan's status under the Sixth Prince naturally rose along with the tide.

By then, once any matter was encountered, the Sixth Prince would inevitably also do his utmost to preserve Sun Xuan at this moment.

And just after Sun Xuan's martial arts cultivation broke through to the Second Grade Realm, the Sixth Prince, upon hearing the report from his subordinate, immediately came personally toward Sun Xuan's seclusion place with a face full of pleasant surprise.

"Mr. Sun, I didn't expect that after only a few days of seclusion, Mr. Sun's martial arts cultivation has already reached the Second Grade Realm. Congratulations, congratulations!"

Before the Sixth Prince arrived, Sun Xuan had already emerged from seclusion.

At this moment, after the Sixth Prince arrived at Sun Xuan's residence, he immediately cupped his fists with a smile on his face and offered congratulations to Sun Xuan.

Hearing this, Sun Xuan immediately waved his hand and said:

"It's just that this humble one had already reached the verge of breaking through previously. A few days ago, noticing that the timing for breaking through to the Second Grade Realm had arrived, I simply went with the flow and made the Breakthrough!"

After the Sixth Prince exchanged a few more polite remarks with Sun Xuan, he spoke to Sun Xuan once again:

"Mr. Sun, the position of Xuanwu Commander of the Town Demon Guard has already been arranged by me for you. In a few days, an imperial decree will be issued from the palace, and by then Mr. Sun can assume office. Coupled with Mr. Sun's martial arts cultivation breaking through to the Second Grade Realm at this moment, this is simply a double blessing, haha!"

After finishing, the Sixth Prince suddenly laughed out loud.

It could be seen that the Sixth Prince's mood at this moment was truly very good.

In the future, with the help of Sun Xuan, who had high martial arts cultivation and occupied the substantial power position of Xuanwu Commander, his certainty in seizing the emperor's grand throne instantly advanced another step.

Just as the Sixth Prince was overjoyed and about to personally set up wine to celebrate for Sun Xuan, a subordinate suddenly came to the Sixth Prince's side, then bowed his head and whispered something to the Sixth Prince.

After listening to this subordinate's words, the smile on the Sixth Prince's face gradually converged, and then a hint of grimness and murderous intent flashed and vanished in the Sixth Prince's eyes.

With martial arts cultivation Realm having reached Sun Xuan's level, although the whispering voice of the Martial Artist just now toward the Sixth Prince was extremely soft and small, Sun Xuan still heard it crystal clear.

And this matter happened to be related to him.

It was precisely the Gu Family, the Family of Gu Ren whom he had finished off previously, together with the Second Prince, who had come looking for trouble at the Sixth Prince's mansion.

"Mr. Sun, unwelcome guests are about to arrive at the door. Are you interested in going together with this Highness to meet them and see what they are about?"

Seeing the Sixth Prince restrain his smile, he spoke to Sun Xuan with a chilling intent in his voice.

The Sixth Prince also knew that under this distance, the whisper of that subordinate just now could not be hidden from Sun Xuan, whose martial arts Realm had reached the Second Grade Realm.

Therefore, he directly spoke out to invite Sun Xuan.

After all, this matter concerned Sun Xuan himself, so the Sixth Prince did not have any intention of avoiding Sun Xuan.

At this moment, the Sixth Prince also wanted to see how his good second brother actually intended to stick up for the Gu Family.

You must know that he, Li Ling, was no coward to be manipulated at will.

Just as the Sixth Prince and Sun Xuan walked together toward the front courtyard, not far away opposite them, a handsome and dashing youth was currently striding toward the Sixth Prince's direction with a smile on his face.