Abandoned Princesses
The Visit of Princess Lan

That morning was very bright, Princess Lan who was drinking her tea slowly while enjoying the view of Pavilion Rong had already heard the news of Qiao Rong's return yesterday. Of course he's upset. Again he failed to kill Qiao Rong in such a good opportunity. Princess Lan could only swallow her fury wholeheartedly.

One of the ladies came forward and whispered something to him.

"What's? The Four Seasons Competition?" A smile flashed on Princess Lan's face. "Haha! Has he gone mad? Then just wait for the end in my hands! Ahaha!" Princess Lan laughed with satisfaction. Qiao Lan was so painstakingly trying to harm Qiao Rong, now that the girl came herself into his hands, shouldn't she give him a good welcome?

Qiao Lan signaled the ladies and rushed off to Yun Pavilion.

In the Yun Pavilion, Qiao Rong who got word from Chu Yue that Qiao Lan would be visiting soon only displayed his sinister smile. "You hear that? He gave me a very good welcome. Of course we have to repay him with a very amazing show in the competition later."

"Master will show us right away?" Ask Lan Long.

"Of course not. Everyone should still assume I have no protective spirit. You guys I'll keep it until the most opportune moment." Qiao Rong said with a smile.

"alright. But I'm still a little foreign to seeing you wearing earrings just next to that." The Li Junyan from yesterday was only focusing on the earrings that Shen Haofeng had given him.

"uh? What's with these earrings? This token of love know!" Qiao Rong smiled proudly. The look on Li Junyak's face displayed a look of disdain, which only Qiao Rong, Lan Long, and Bai Lao replied with laughter.

"Just like, I've seen those earrings somewhere. To be sure, whatever he gave, it wasn't an ordinary thing." Li Junyan looked at the earring hanging on Qiao Rong's ear sharply.

Qiao Rong touched the earring. I don't know, he believed for sure Shen Haofeng would never give him a dangerous object. Most importantly, he really liked the design of the earrings. With that silver moon, it felt very elegant and classy. Qiao Rong smiled as he recalled Shen Haofeng's expression when Qiao Rong kissed the young man's cheek the other day.

Suddenly Chu Yue came knocking from the direction of the door. Lan Long and Bai Lao immediately disappeared from Qiao Rong's palm. Li Junyan was only silent as he could manage to keep himself out of sight.

"Your Majesty, Princess Lan has arrived." Chu Yue said briefly. Now, Chu Yue was already used to Qiao Rong. He believed that Qiao Rong could solve any problem that came, including Princess Lan. Hence, lately Chu Yue's worries were lessened.

"alright. We have to welcome him." Said Qiao Rong while standing from his seat. Qiao Rong immediately took Chu Yue to the courtyard of the Yun Pavilion, the place he always used to receive guests.

From a distance he could already see Qiao Lan's sinister smile mocking him. They both sat down and the ladies-in-waiting served tea in a cup.

"I heard, Brother is interested in participating in the Four Seasons Competition?" Qiao Lan asked frankly.

"Ah, the news did spread quickly in the palace." Qiao Rong replied as he blew and drank his tea.

"ahahaha. In that case, Big Brother will certainly succumb a little to Brother." Princess Lan smiled mockingly, which only Qiao Rong replied with a smile.

"Ah, maybe Big Brother doesn't know yet. I have obtained the gods' blessings, and have already started cultivating now." Said Qiao Rong calmly.

Qiao Lan simply smiled. The girl had just started cultivating from Nanshan Village apparently. How could it possibly defeat him who had been cultivating for so many years since childhood.

Unfortunately, Princess Lan did not know about Qiao Rong's cultivation technique, let alone the Body Forging Potion, not to mention the sheer amount of energy present in Nanshan Village. Those three things could make Qiao Rong's cultivation ten times faster than an ordinary person.

Qiao Rong had already sensed that he would soon ascend to the level of the Late Earth. He only needed to cultivate closed-door for a while and came out a day or so before the Four Seasons Competition began.

"Seeing Brother's calm response. Then Brother will not be an easy opponent as well for Brother. Please Brother prepare yourself." Qiao Rong smiled in a friendly manner.

Princess Lan felt that her current pride was being underestimated. He wanted to break the table right then and there, but he swallowed all his anger. There should be no problem before the Four Seasons Competition, it could affect his image. Looking at Princess Lan who was pretending to be calm, Qiao Rong was somewhat disappointed.

Qiao Rong simply asked the ladies-in-waiting to clean up the teas. Too bad that there is still a lot of tea. With that, Qiao Rong returned to his room.

"Li Junyan." Qiao Rong called Li Junyan back when he arrived at his room. "I want you to do something for me.."

Qiao Rong immediately whispered something to the boy. The biggest advantage of having the Yin Yang Book, of course, was having Li Junyan who could come out unseen by anyone. But of course this could only be done for a few hours, because Li Junyan was still tightly bound to the Yin Yang Book.

Hearing Qiao Rong's wish, Li Junyan nodded.

"Then.. Chu Yue!" Qiao Rong called Chu Yue who immediately entered along with a few of the maids carrying trays containing his breakfast that morning.

After the ladies left, Qiao Rong told Chu Yue to come closer.

"Chu Yue, I will immediately cultivate closed. Don't let anyone in. It might be finished right before the Four Seasons Competition." Hearing that, Chu Yue nodded. Although he was not sure that Qiao Rong could win the Four Seasons Competition, he believed in Qiao Rong. It was impossible to do something that would harm him.

After instructing some other things to Chu Yue, Qiao Rong began his closed-door cultivation.

*****

"Your Majesty!" Jiang Junwei hurriedly met Shen Haofeng who was in his room. Right now, they were no longer in Nanshan Village. Shen Haofeng was already in his own residence.

Shen Haofeng who was reading the book turned to Jiang Junwei and allowed him to speak.

"The Sky King's spies are already very brave even to kill some of our people." Jiang Junwei reported it directly to Shen Haofeng.

Hearing that, Shen Haofeng immediately put down his book.

"Oh? Looks like I need to intervene myself?" Seeing Shen Haofeng's expression now, Jiang Junwei had a bad premonition.

Jiang Junwei had always cursed the new Sky King. He was always looking for trouble with Shen Haofeng. In fact, the old Sky King was so wise, it was a pity to choose the wrong successor.

However, just as Jiang Junwei was about to reply, his attention was distracted by Shen Haofeng's earrings. Shen Haofeng had never worn those earrings in Nanshan Village. However, Jiang Junwei saw today that the earring was missing next door. Though the earrings perfectly matched Shen Haofeng's delicate waist-length black hair, making him look even more elegant.

"Your Majesty. The earrings are missing next door? Aren't those earrings really, really important?" Jiang Junwei ventured to ask, but was instead retorted by Shen Haofeng's sharp gaze.

"Eh.. Ah, let me guess, Your Majesty gave it to that girl?" Jiang Junwei's guess was on target. Shen Haofeng only replied with a small nod.

"Jiang Junwei." Shen Haofeng called the man slowly.

"Yes!" Jiang Junwei replied firmly.

"Run command. The Moon Force, spill the vanguard of the Sky Troop. I seem to have been too gentle with her." Hearing that, Jiang Junwei shuddered. Gentle where? Within a week, the Moon Force consisting of new members and given the special task of restraint could instantly break through the defenses of the Sky Force. Now it wanted to crush the vanguard of the Sky Force without the slightest restraint. Even Jiang Junwei was confident they could carry it out in three days. Though Shen Haofeng was gentle to the Sky King for being both newly crowned Kings. But the Sky King seemed to be a person who did not know the limits.

"Good!" Jiang Junwei clenched both hands on his chest and bowed. Then he immediately disappeared with the Moon Shadow.

Shen Haofeng continued reading the book.