Ou Yangming and Wu Hanning sat opposite each other in a spacious and luxurious carriage. They barely communicated ever since they entered the carriage.

Although the thick-faced Ou Yangming greeted the princess, he did not receive any response.

If Ou Yangming was faced with someone else—even if it was Bai Shixue, who had the Body of Cham—he would have spoken bluntly to that person. However, the young fellow was reminded of red and green clothes whenever he looked at Wu Hanning, so he naturally lacked confidence.

The carriage finally stopped after a long journey.

Ou Yangming secretly sighed a breath of relief because the awkward and unbearable atmosphere was going to end.

After he left the carriage with Wu Hanning, he looked around and noticed towering walls from the inside, which was when he realized they had entered the imperial palace.

Wu Hanning turned to look at Ou Yangming, and she finally spoke for the first time since they entered the carriage.

"Be careful."

Ou Yangming was stunned, and his eyelids twitched. 'She asked me to be careful. What does that mean?'

Nonetheless, when Ou Yangming fixed his gaze at Wu Hanning, the noble princess looked away as though she was not the one who spoke.

Ou Yangming frowned and continued to follow Wu Hanning inside, but countless thoughts crossed his mind.

'Judging from Wu Hanning's status, she won't speak without thinking; there must be a reason she gave me that reminder.

'But it's impossible for the imperial family to scheme something against me.'

After all, Ou Yangming had just gotten the limelight at the Myriad Treasure Meet. The birth of 26 Supreme Great Ancestors was enough to change the Humans' fate. As long as not everyone from the imperial family went crazy, they would not harm or trouble the young fellow.

He suddenly thought of a possibility.

Perhaps he offended someone influential from the imperial family by wanting to promote the upgrade of affordable weapons.

Nevertheless, it also seemed quite unbelievable if the imperial family wanted to go against him because of that.

Ou Yangming thought about various possible scenarios, but none of them made sense.

Before long, Wu Hanning slowed down and stopped in front of a flowerbed.

The young fellow was dumbfounded, and he felt strange when he looked at the surroundings. "Your Royal Highness, is this… His Majesty's residence?"

The environment was marvelous, especially the flowerbed, which was carefully taken care of. Despite that, the only buildings around were low single-story houses, thus Ou Yangming found it hard to believe that a country's ruler resided here.

Wu Haning looked deeply at him and pointed at the door in front of them. "You'll find out once you go in."

Ou Yangming responded after some thought, "Okay, please lead the way, Your Royal Highness."

It would be fine if it was a blessing, but if it was a curse, he would not be able to hide from it anyway.

Since he was already here, he might as well be bold instead of trying to hide.

Needless to say, Ou Yangming was able to think that way because he knew he would unlikely be in huge danger, or he would have escaped even if he was in the imperial palace.

The young fellow went forward and placed his hand on the door for a brief moment before he pushed it open.

His eyes glowed strangely all of a sudden.

This was because he realized he could not clearly see the view inside.

Given Ou Yangming's cultivation base and vision, he could only spot some blurry items even when he looked closely. It seemed like everything became mysterious as it was being masked by a certain power.

Ou Yangming turned around in shock and looked at Wu Hanning.

Her Royal Highness nodded and reminded him once more, "Be careful."

This time, Ou Yangming understood what she meant. She was not alerting him of lurking dangers, it was more like a friendly hint.

Ou Yangming turned around and entered without any hesitation.

'Maybe I'll be given a test inside? I probably have to pass the test to meet the supreme man in the Wu Dynasty.'

The moment he entered the door, he felt a faint obstruction. It was not strong, but the fact that the power appeared out of nowhere in the void was surprising.

Ou Yangming's eyes lit up after he entered.

He was greeted with a field.

Yes. Amidst the row of houses deep inside the palace laid a boundless field.

Ou Yangming twitched his mouth, and he did not know what to feel.

He looked around to scan the field, but his neck was suddenly turned in a certain direction. Due to the huge force and the speed, he almost twisted his neck.

An elder with a bamboo hat was seen working in the field.

As compared to the field size, the elder's lonely figure appeared to be tiny, making him look miserable and pitiful.

Even so, Ou Yangming's eyes were bright and he was alarmed.

He was sure he did not see the elder earlier. In a way, the elder had shown up without warning through a miraculous method.

The trick must be incredibly peculiar to allow the elder to hide from Ou Yangming's senses, and the young fellow believed that even a Supreme Great Ancestor could not have done that.

"Be careful."

Wu Hanning's reminder echoed in his mind.

Ou Yangming vaguely understood that the princess was probably referring to the elder.

He hesitated for a while before he bit the bullet and approached the old man.

While the field looked massive, Ou Yangming walked swiftly, so he arrived behind the elder in no time.

The elder was crouching to pull weeds out of the ground. He was not working slowly, but it did not look like he was working in haste as well; he simply looked laid back.

Ou Yangming pondered and crouched to help clean up the field too.

They worked without interacting with each other.

It lasted for an hour before the elder finally stopped. He stretched his body and stood up, then he looked at Ou Yangming curiously.

The look in his eyes was contradictory because it seemed playful and pure like a newborn's, but it was also filled with the vicissitudes of life as if he had seen much of life and no longer desired anything.

It was Ou Yangming's first time seeing such a complicated and odd look, hence he was slightly startled.

The elder asked with a smile. "Are you Ou Yangming?"

"Yes," Ou Yangming curbed his thought and answered.

"Do you know what this place is?"

"This is probably a secret realm."

"Have you seen one before?"

"I've been to one once." Ou Yangming did not try to hide anything, so he added, "I've been to Changlong County's Ni family's secret realm."

"You're a genius from Changlong County, so it's not strange that the Ni family noticed you." The elder nodded and was not surprised at all. "Hehe, I'll only be disappointed if Ni Jingshen, the little child, didn't notice you."

Ou Yangming wondered, 'What? A little child? He actually called Ni Jingshen a little child… Exactly how old is this elder?'

However, before Ou Yangming could raise the question, the elder questioned, "What do you think about this courtyard?"

"Courtyard?" Ou Yangming was struck dumb. When he looked where the elder was looking, he suddenly realized that the elder was referring to the field.

'Isn't this courtyard too huge?' He thought.

Ou Yangming smiled bitterly and remarked, "Senior, this courtyard is huge enough."

If a secret realm was used as a courtyard, the courtyard was at least a few times bigger than the Ni family's secret realm, and it was also many times more abundant with Heaven and Earth's energy.

This was every martial art cultivator's desired shrine.

"Huge?" The elder laughed out loud. "Is that all you can think of?"

Ou Yangming was dazed and confused.

The elder asked softly, "I heard you fought a child from the Lin family and learned their Air-striking Fist Technique?"

Ou Yangming chuckled embarrassedly, but his smile instantly froze as he had a weird thought.

"Space. Senior, your secret realm's space…" Ou Yangming uttered in shock.

"Hehe, you're quite smart indeed." The elder laughed again. "This secret realm is an interspatial secret realm, and the space inside is much larger than what you see on the outside."

Ou Yangming took a deep breath and nodded. "I learned something new."

In actual fact, the Ni family's secret realm in the Chaos Cave was also a small interspatial secret realm. That said, there was a huge disparity between both spaces, and only the elder's space could give him a visual comparison.

The elder looked at Ou Yangming and noted, "Your mental power is great enough, and you have fine control over the power, so you're considered the best inheritor of the Illusion Art."

Ou Yangming was taken aback. "The Illusion Art?"

"The Simulated Spiritual Fist that you learned from Wu Haohan is a superficial part of the Illusion Art." The elder nodded and added after a short pause, "Once you leave, ask the little girl to bring you to the library. Whether or not you're able to fully execute the Illusion Art will be up to your fate and comprehension."

Ou Yangming raised his eyebrows but quickly thanked the elder, "Thank you, senior."

'A superficial part of the Illusion Art was able to create 26 Supreme Great Ancestors. How powerful is the knowledge's core going to be?'

The elder curled his lips into a smile as though he perceived Ou Yangming's thought. "Do you want to know where the Illusion Art's peak is at?"

Ou Yangming became highly spirited. "Please enlighten me."

The elder chuckled and walked far away.

Ou Yangming was bewildered as he watched the elder.

It was then when he heard the elder's voice.

"I want the wind."

A light breeze drifted in the air at that instant and immediately grew. It only took a few breaths for the field to be filled with whistles of strong wind, which could blow everything away.

"I want the rain."

A water droplet landed on Ou Yangming's face. Just as he was going to wipe it away, there was a downpour, causing him to be drenched.

"I want a clear sky after the rain."

The wind stopped.

The rain disappeared.

When Ou Yangming looked up at the sky, there was not a trace of the wind or the rain in the blue sky.

His body trembled due to the excitement, and his face reddened as a result of the shock.

'This power, this power, this… Power!'