Chapter 7 Dinner on a Painting Boat
"A total of 206 human skeletons, including 29 skull bones, 51 trunk bones, and 106 limb bones."

"After just one practice, I completed the tempering of 206 bones in the Zhoutian cycle and advanced to the second realm."

“No wonder the emperors of the Great Yu Dynasty, after receiving the dragon energy, took off directly and became martial saints.”

"For the Ancient Emperor Dragon Transformation Sutra, the dragon energy is simply a cheat!"

Zhou Haochen exhaled a breath of foul air from his nose, which turned into two long white waves and sprayed out a full ten feet away.

The tiger talisman in his hand has lost the nourishment of the dragon energy. On the outside, it seems that there is no change, but if you taste it carefully, you can feel that this tiger talisman lacks a bit of charm.

The dragon energy in the tiger talisman was completely transformed into nutrients for Zhou Haochen's cultivation.

After finishing the practice and walking out of the quiet room, Qin Qiulan waited outside the door holding a towel.

The moment Qin Qiulan saw Zhou Haochen coming out of confinement, her eyes flashed with excitement.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, on your advancement to the second level of martial arts."

"Aunt Lan, don't congratulate me anymore. If you congratulate me again, my tail will be so high up in the sky." Zhou Haochen said with a smile.

The second level of martial arts is blood transfusion.

For ordinary people, he is definitely a master.

If an ordinary person from a poor family can cultivate to the second level of blood transfusion, it can be said that smoke is coming out of his ancestral grave.

But for a noble like Zhou Haochen, having a second-level blood transfusion at the age of sixteen is not something worthy of praise, but rather a bit eye-catching.

"Aunt Lan, is there any news about the Five Thunder Sect that I asked you to inquire about?" Zhou Haochen asked.

The Thunder God Seal came from the Five Thunder Sect. Zhou Haochen was curious about this unknown sect.

"Your Highness, the Five Thunder Sect is proficient in thunder magic and was once one of the holy places of Taoism. In terms of the sophistication of thunder magic, it is not inferior to the Shenxiao Sect, and it can even have the upper hand."

"Was? Now?"

"Sixteen years ago, the Five Thunder Sect was wiped out."

Qin Qiulan told Zhou Haochen a piece of news that surprised him.

The Wu Lei Sect was destroyed?

No wonder there was no warning in the hexagram to be careful of the Five Thunder Gate.

It turned out that the Five Thunder Sect was destroyed, so there was no need to worry about the Five Thunder Sect coming to take back the Thunder God Seal.

"Auntie Lan, how did the Wu Lei Sect get wiped out? Isn't it a Taoist holy place?"

"This is strange..." Qin Qiulan's pretty face showed a thoughtful expression, "There is no definite explanation as to how the Five Thunder Sect was wiped out, only rumors."

"It is rumored that after the Five Thunder Sect claimed to be the Ancient Thunder God, the Ancient Thunder God was angered, and a black thunderbolt was sent down, killing all the people in the Five Thunder Sect."

Got struck by lightning?
Those who are good at swimming will drown, and those who are good at riding will fall.

It's ironic that someone who is good at thunder magic is killed by thunder.

"Your Highness, are you planning to switch to practicing Taoist thunder magic?" Qin Qiulan asked.

"Switching to Taoist thunder magic is a possible way out." Zhou Haochen answered ambiguously.

"If Your Highness wants to practice thunder magic, why don't you become a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect?"

"Thunder magic is extremely strong and masculine. It is notoriously difficult to practice among Taoist exercises. Without the guidance of a famous teacher, it is extremely difficult to get started."

"I'm afraid my eldest and second brothers will misunderstand me!"

Zhou Haochen paused and sighed.

Qin Qiulan understood and fell silent.

The Shenxiao Sect is one of the holy places of Taoism. It is now at its most prosperous stage in history, and is poised to compete with the Taixu Sect for the title of the number one Taoist sect in the world.

Becoming a disciple of the Shenxiao Sect might be seen by someone with ulterior motives as a symbol of succession to the throne.

"Your Highness, the Second Prince's Steward Lin has sent a visiting card."

The second prince sent a visiting card?
Zhou Haochen raised his eyebrows, a look of suspicion on his face.

"Please ask Butler Lin to wait in the lobby. I will take a shower and wash up first." Zhou Haochen ordered.

Qin Qiulan understood what he meant and helped Zhou Haochen take a bath and change clothes.

However, this time, Zhou Haochen was not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the jade woman's wet body, but was thinking about the second prince's intentions.

He had eye disease since childhood and was a nobody among the many princes.

Neither the Crown Prince nor the Second Prince had ever taken him seriously.

Therefore, the fire of the fight for the throne never burned onto him.

Today, the Second Prince went against his usual behavior and sent me a visiting card. What was his purpose?
Seeing that Zhou Haochen was too worried, Qin Qiulan comforted him softly.

"Your Highness, you don't have to think too much. Once you meet Steward Lin, you will know the Second Prince's intentions."

"That's true." "As long as I don't want to leave, can my second brother force me to leave?"

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Zhou Haochen met Butler Lin in the lobby.

"Greetings to His Highness the Thirteenth Prince!"

"No gift!"

"Your Highness Thirteen, this is the visiting card from Your Highness Second Prince."

"Send it up!"

Qin Qiulan took the visiting card and read it word by word into Zhou Haochen's ear.

After hearing the contents of the visiting card, Zhou Haochen frowned deeply.

The second prince actually invited me to the dinner party!
This……

Zhou Haochen resisted instinctively.

"Butler Lin, I appreciate Second Brother's kindness."

"It's just that I just started observing government affairs today and am not familiar with the Ministry of Industry's political affairs yet. I don't have time to participate in Second Brother's dinner. I hope Second Brother doesn't mind."

Butler Lin smiled but said nothing, as if he had already expected Zhou Haochen to refuse.

"Your Highness Thirteen, Your Highness Second Prince said that tonight is purely a dinner party to talk about brotherly love, nothing else."

"In addition to you, His Highness, His Highness the Fourteenth Prince is also invited."

"Fourteenth brother will also participate?" Zhou Haochen asked in surprise.

"His Highness the Fourteenth Prince has agreed to attend the dinner." Steward Lin said with a smile.

Zhou Haochen remained silent.

The fourteenth prince has the blood of the demon race and his lineage is impure. Like himself, he is destined to not be able to be a king.

Because of this, he and the Fourteenth Prince have had a good relationship since childhood.

Is this dinner really just a family dinner?
Zhou Haochen murmured a few words in his heart. Since Steward Lin had said this, it was not appropriate for him to continue to offend the Second Prince.

"Then tell my second brother that I will be at the banquet on time tonight."

……

Night falls.

Zhou Haochen attended the second prince's dinner as scheduled.

This dinner was held in a brothel house, and the boat was filled with beautiful women.

The beauties were wearing gauze, revealing their lotus-like arms and jade-white clavicles.

Under the dress, beautiful legs like jade pillars are faintly visible, and the white gauze adds a hazy and mysterious beauty.

Zhou Haochen traveled light and came to the banquet with only Qin Qiulan, who was wearing men's clothes.

In the painted boat, except for the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Infant Eighteenth and Nineteenth Princes, all the other princes were present.

The third prince, the seventh prince and the crown prince are brothers from the same mother, so naturally they will not attend this dinner.

All the other princes were invited to the banquet by the second prince, which shows how much effort the second prince put into tonight's banquet.

In addition to the prince, many important officials and relatives of the royal family also came.

"Thirteenth brother, this way." The Fourteenth Prince waved and said.

Qin Qiulan leaned the rosewood crutch on the ground twice and helped Zhou Haochen pull out the table and chairs.

Zhou Haochen sat down next to the Fourteenth Prince and asked.

"What does second brother mean? Inviting all of us?"

"I don't know either. It must be something good, otherwise my second brother wouldn't be so showy."

Zhou Haochen and the Fourteenth Prince were whispering, talking about tonight's banquet.

Soon, the Second Prince, as the host, stood up and spoke to everyone present.

"Everyone, this king has a great event to announce tonight."

"This king has recognized a sworn brother today."

"Second brother, come out and meet everyone."

The second prince’s face was flushed with rosy glow, and his smile was as bright as a blooming chrysanthemum.

Under the introduction of the second prince, the "brother" he mentioned slowly walked out.

This person is Fang Dongyun!

(End of this chapter)