My Cultivation Starting from Archery-Chapter 379 - 169: Exploring the Secret Realm.

The old Emperor of the current dynasty practiced Immortal Law, his level of cultivation unknown.

The current Crown Prince, secretly allied with the Incense God Sect, his bottom line unknown.

Now, a Twelfth Prince has emerged, his body flowing with Spiritual Energy, his strength equally unknown.

Yet to appear are the Fourth Prince, the Seventh Prince, the Eighth Prince, the Tenth Prince, and the Eleventh Prince...

No wonder, in the Incense Fire Divine Sect’s words, Lingzhou is the Capital City, the Capital City is Lingzhou.

However, if anyone in the world is most likely to come into contact with Immortal Law, it is naturally a member of the Cao Family, but it seems that over the years, only the old Emperor has made any achievements.

Even if they have been exposed to Immortal Law more than once...

They still crave what Sun Xiangzong holds in his hand with great eagerness.

It can only be said that Master is most likely one of a kind, different from the rest.

"Your Highness."

Chen Sansi made a gesture of invitation, "Please, come in."

He ordered Zhao Kang and others to brew tea.

The tea ware and tea leaves were all purchased from the market in the last few days.

Cao Zhi didn’t rush to drink, but held the cup in one hand and gently fanned air with the other, sniffed, and then said, "Such coarse tea, how can it be worthy of a hero like Mr. Chen?"

Chen Sansi replied indifferently, "Indeed, it is coarse tea. This humble abode is also just a temporary dwelling; I ask Your Highness not to look down on it."

"Not at all, I came prepared."

Cao Zhi said, clapping his hands lightly.

"Yes!"

At the command.

Someone immediately moved in tea leaves and tea ware that had been prepared in advance, along with a precious and rare nanmu tea table, then placed screens around them, and finally, two beauties came in to serve.

"The Prince is indeed a man of ’taste’."

Looking at such a grand display, Chen Sansi said with an expressionless face, "Going out and still carrying tea ware with you."

"Just a laughing matter, a laughing matter."

Cao Zhi explained, "This Prince loves tea on ordinary days and really can’t stand tea from outside, so wherever I go, I simply carry it with me. Mr. Chen, please try it. This tea is the first tender leaves of early spring, picked at a specific time and place, and all by cardamom young girls with their rosy lips, giving it an extraordinary fresh fragrance when drunk."

"..."

Chen Sansi did not continue with idle talk, "May I know why Your Highness has graced us with your presence? Is there anything you wish to instruct?"

"Ah, Mr. Chen misunderstood!"

Cao Zhi said seriously, "I hereby declare that this Prince is simply in admiration of Mr. Chen’s talent and heroic spirit, and has come to make friends, with absolutely no other intentions!"

As he spoke, he took out two booklets from his bosom.

"Mr. Chen."

"These are records of the maps and military campaigns you’ve been involved in since you joined the army. This Prince nearly knows them by heart, truly admiring you very much."

"The Prince is noble, and I am but a minister."

Chen Sansi responded to the compliment, "Between a Prince and a minister, there are only duties. For Your Highness to speak thusly is to entrap your servant in impropriety."

"Formal, still so formal!"

Cao Zhi said jokingly, "Brother Chen, I am not like my brothers; I don’t have that many rules. You don’t need to be so distant. If Mr. Chen is willing, let us become sworn brothers today!"

He sent away his attendants,

"I was born in the last month of the fifty-third year of the Longqing era, half a year younger than Mr. Chen,

"How about from now on, I address Brother Chen as ’big brother’? Don’t worry, this matter will be known only between the two of us and will not bring you any adverse effects."

The Twelfth Prince.

He was the only son born to Emperor Longqing after beginning his Taoist practice and the last born, younger even than Prince Cao Fan.

"Your Highness..."

Chen Sansi barely opened his mouth when he was interrupted again.

"Brother Chen, are you worried that after we become sworn brothers, your little brother will bind Brother Chen with this in court? I swear to heaven, I would never do such a thing!

"Big brother above, please accept your little brother’s bow!"

The Twelfth Prince Cao Zhi knelt down promptly, his forehead heavily knocking against the stone floor with a "thud."

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He went through the entire formal process.

Chen Sansi didn’t even get the chance to refuse, no, not even to interject.

Being sworn brothers with a Prince, a member of the Cao Family.

Not only is it not a good thing; it’s a huge problem.

How could he not see that this Prince was doing it on purpose?

After all, being part of the Imperial family of the Cao Clan, he had the audacity to be this thick-skinned.

Very well.

If there’s no opportunity to refuse,

Then don’t refuse.

After all, you knock your head and call me ’big brother’, whether or not you’ll actually need me in the future is rather uncertain.

"Please rise, Your Highness."

Chen Sansi couldn’t even be bothered to help.

"Does this mean that big brother agrees?"

Cao Zhi got up, carefully dusting the dirt off his embroidered clothes, "That’s excellent. Now I have my own family as well."

"Family?"

Chen Sansi deliberately followed suit to inquire, "Just as a brother, Your Highness has..."

"Ah!"

Cao Zhi sighed, "Big brother doesn’t know, what brothers do the people of the Imperial Family have? I’m the youngest son of the Emperor, and have been without any ambition since childhood, only wanting to be an idle Prince, leading a mediocre and unremarkable life. Yet the Emperor insisted on teaching me martial arts, and accidentally, I became a prodigy.

"Later on, I was arranged to handle some state affairs.

"Then... I caught the attention of several older brothers!

"Had it not been for the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard at hand, I would have struggled to even keep my life safe."

Dynastic struggles.

Individuals, families, the Emperor, old court allies, intricate and complex. Often personal ambitions are irrelevant; there will naturally be forces pushing you forward.

But.

Chen Sansi had no interest in listening to this person’s half-truths and complaints.

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He asked, "Your Highness tells me all this, for what purpose?"

"Big brother, don’t misunderstand, although it’s my first meeting with big brother, I felt an instant camaraderie. Thus I couldn’t help but pour out the bitterness in my heart, and at the same time, it is a warning for big brother."