Chapter 62: Like an Abyss

  Early in the morning, amidst the tolling of the city's morning bell, Liu Bian slowly opened his eyes, with a calm expression.

  The hall was quiet, but outside the palace maids were walking with extremely light footsteps, interspersed with the soft laughter of the eunuchs. They were busy sweeping the courtyard. Their voices were very soft, but Liu Bian could hear them clearly. He knew that these eunuchs had no malicious intentions, and the palace maids were not naturally flirtatious, it was just the natural attraction between men and women that made them unable to help but want to chat.

  Of course, according to the rules of the palace, this is not allowed. Every woman in the palace belongs to the emperor, and anyone who dares to touch them is committing a great sin. But in Liu Bian's eyes, he had not yet become perverted to that extent, and he was not so sensitive about such things.

  He lowered his head and saw Tang Ying wrapped in a brocade quilt, curled up beside him, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she had dreamed of something unpleasant.

  Liu Bian suddenly remembered the white tiger in his daze and couldn't help but feel a little surprised: Could Tang Ying be the White Tiger Star? With her personality, it's quite similar, just like a mother tigress.

  Liu Bian quietly got up, Tang Ying moved and murmured a few words. Liu Bian smiled and carefully turned over from her body, not forgetting to gently kiss her face. Hearing the sound, one of the attending palace maids woke up and saw that Liu Bian was already standing up, she was startled and didn't care about not wearing clothes, turning over and wanting to get out of bed to pay respects.

  Liu Bian shook his hand and pointed to Tang Ying, who was still asleep, indicating that the palace maid should not wake her up. He pushed open the door and walked out.

  The officials in the court heard the door sound, hastily closed their mouths, one by one lowered their heads and quietly avoided to the side.

  Shi A Fu Xian walked over, finished his salute, took a glance at Liu Bian and smiled: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

  "What's so happy about?"

  "Your Majesty's aura has changed, it should be that your cultivation is complete."

  "What's changed?"

  "Originally, Your Majesty was like a mountain, majestic and impossible to look up to. Now, Your Majesty...” Shi Ya hesitated for a moment, choosing his words carefully: “...is like an abyss, calm but with a hint of vitality.”

  Liu Bian thought for a moment, but didn't quite understand. However, since Shi Ya had congratulated him, it was probably good news. He was about to let Shi Ya prepare the carriage and hurry to Ping Le Temple when he suddenly had an idea: "Have you and your master made any breakthroughs in your sword practice recently?"

  "My lord has made progress." Shi A said with a smile: "The master has reached a critical point."

  Liu's mouth twitched. Wang Yue encountered a bottleneck, which was not actually a bad thing, but rather proof that his swordsmanship had reached a certain level. Whether he could break through depended on luck. As for Shi Ah, she made progress, but was still in the same realm and hadn't achieved a qualitative change.

  "How is your progress in practicing the swallow form compared to your master?"

  Shi Ah shook his head, somewhat disheartened: "How can I be compared to Master? He is a thousand miles ahead, while I am crawling in the mud."

  "Have you ever thought that maybe this is because the swallow shape suits your master, but doesn't suit you?"

  Shi Ah was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes lit up. He cupped his hands and opened his mouth, but didn't dare to say it out loud. If Liu Bian's words were true, the reason he couldn't surpass Wang Yue no matter how hard he practiced was because he hadn't been practicing the right guiding technique. But if Liu Bian let him choose a guiding technique that suited himself, he might be able to make an even greater breakthrough.

  But judging from Liu Bian's tone, he is more than willing to do so.

  Shi Ah was both shocked and delighted, this was a great blessing. He couldn't quite believe his ears: "Your... Your Majesty?"

  Liu Bian smiled and waved his hand: "I'll have someone copy the first-level chart of the Twelve Forms for you later, and you can study it with your master to see which form suits you better."

  "Only!" Shi A's voice trembled with excitement. Without hesitation, he bowed deeply and knocked his head on the ground: "I am willing to go through boiling water and walk through fire for Your Majesty, without any complaint."

  Looking at the excited and inexplicable Shiya, Liu Bian had some new ideas. The "Huangdi Twelve Forms" might have been tampered with, but it shouldn't be completely unrecognizable. If so, he could use trial and error to find out where the problem lies. Except for the dragon shape, each shape has a different number of levels. Whether one understands their own destiny or not doesn't have much impact on the initial cultivation, at most it's just that the effect is not obvious. Take out the first level of each shape and arrange multiple people to practice, there will always be opportunities to encounter suitable ones. If none are found, then this shape must have a problem.

  Liu Bian was very excited, he decided to discuss this matter with Huang Fu Suo, striving to make it more reasonable. He was very clear that even the initial stage of the diagram incantation was an unattainable secret for the vast majority of warriors. He could use this as a reward to build his own elite force.

  ……

  Huangfu Song's eyes widened in shock: "The Twelve Forms of the Yellow Emperor?"

  Liu Bian was astonished: "Taifu, what's strange?"

  Huangfu Song was like a dream come true, and he hastily begged for forgiveness. "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I really didn't expect it. The 'Twelve Forms of the Yellow Emperor' is a legendary divine object, I always thought it was just an ancient myth, I didn't think it actually existed in the world."

  Liu Bian was very curious: "After Taifu Mingwu understood his destiny, what changes did he have? Has he practiced any Daoyin techniques?"

  The Emperor smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty, Daoyin Tuona, Dan Ding Xiandao, are all the secret techniques of the immortal family, how can ordinary people have the opportunity to come into contact with them? After I enlightened my own destiny, I also wanted to find a suitable Daoyin technique for myself to cultivate, but unfortunately, I never had the chance. As for changes, it's just that my mind is clearer and my spirit is better, there's nothing else." He paused for a moment, then said: "If you want to talk about the biggest change, maybe it's that my wisdom has improved greatly, when using troops, often have unconventional and ingenious ideas."

  It wasn't until he heard Huangfu Song's explanation that Liu Bian came to realize that Huangfu Song was an uncarved jade. He had enlightened his fate, but lacked a suitable method for cultivation, so he hadn't made much progress in terms of realm or the improvement of his insight, which were all changes brought about by his innate fate, his original stock.

  The Huangfu family was a hereditary general of the border, and none of them had found a suitable way to cultivate. It can be seen that "Huangdi Twelve Shapes" is so precious. After all, it's something collected in the palace, taking out one thing casually is enough to shock the world.

  Liu Bian felt the superiority of being an emperor for the first time.

  "In that case, I intend to form an elite team with the 'Twelve Forms of the Yellow Emperor' as the training method. Does the Grand Tutor think it's feasible?"

  "Your Majesty, this is not just feasible, it's a great blessing from heaven!" Huangfu Song was overjoyed and slightly lost his composure. "Your Majesty, I think that with this map, if you reward us with official titles, Your Majesty can form an elite team of loyal and dedicated individuals. The number doesn't have to be too many, just over a thousand people would suffice. As long as it's used properly, it can be equivalent to the use of ten thousand men."

  Liu Bian was overjoyed.

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