My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Cao Zhi said solemnly, "In a couple of days, my fourth brother and eighth brother will definitely come to win over big brother. Big brother must be wise to protect himself and not rashly get involved with any side!"

"Oh?"

Chen Sansi asked, "What does Your Highness mean?"

"My younger brother has received news that during the Purple Micro Mountain enfeoffment ceremony, they plan to act against the Crown Prince!"

Cao Zhi said with emotion, "Big brother must not get involved, otherwise, it would be a catastrophe beyond recovery."

The Crown Prince...

Chen Sansi pondered in his heart.

No wonder the Crown Prince couldn't help but take action.

If he didn't act now, his other brothers would beat him to it.

The Crown Prince had been Supervisor for forty years.

His influence was exceedingly widespread.

He controlled the entire Eastern Territory, half of the Western Territory, a third of the Northern Territory, and additionally, half of the Central Plains. Only the South and Southwest were the domains of the fourth and eighth brothers, and even those had been gradually eroded over recent years.

According to what Cao Zhi said,

this time, the fourth and eighth were joining forces, ready for a final bid. Using "Dong An," recommended and nurtured by the Crown Prince, as a pretext, and coupled with the Hu Ben Army's recent expansion, they had compiled a list of other accusations, ready to strip him of his supervisory position first.

But...

they probably couldn't imagine.

The Crown Prince wouldn't play their game anymore. He had something even more ruthless in store.

"Your Highness should not have mentioned this to me."

Chen Sansi stood up and said, "As someone from the military, I only wish to slay enemies. I have no interest in court disputes."

"It's good that you're not interested. This is just a little brother's kind reminder."

After a few more pleasantries, Cao Zhi stood up to take his leave.

Someone subsequently cleared away the teaware and such.

"No ambition?"

Chen Sansi watched his departing figure: "I'm afraid it's you who harbors the greatest ambition."

...

"Your Highness!"

After stepping out.

A Jinyi Guard approached and said, "The attitude you displayed just now in front of Chen Sansi, didn't you appear to be a bit too humble?"

"Too humble?"

Cao Zhi strode forward, chewing on an unidentifiable fruit: "If I acted this way towards Sun Xiangzong, do you think it would still be too humble?"

"This..."

Jinyi Guard Zhang Zhao replied, "Not humble, but he's just a disciple of Sun Xiangzong."

"You're wrong."

Cao Zhi spat the fruit peel onto the ground and indifferently said, "He will be stronger than Sun Xiangzong in the future."

"Your Highness thinks so highly of him?"

Zhang Zhao was surprised: "It just seems that he won't be so easily won over…"

"Nonsense."

Cao Zhi was nonchalant.

He was putting on a performance.

The other party knew he was acting.

So what?

The nominal relationship was now established, wasn't it?

Whether or not they could be friends, that was a matter for the future.

His foundation in the court was weak; he couldn't even control the Jinyi Guard. When weak, one must be aware of their weakness. A small bow was nothing; if he could really win him over, that would indeed be striking it rich.

When Father ascended to the throne...

"Not just relying on Sun Xiangzong and their group?"

"Tsk~"

Cao Zhi casually threw the half-eaten fruit he was eating to the roadside.

Immediately, a beggar crawled out from the dark alley and reached out with dirty hands to pick up the half-eaten fruit, only to see a pair of delicate, luxurious boots appear beside his hand.

He slowly raised his head to meet a pair of eyes with a strange smile.

"My lord, do you, do you still want it?"

The beggar didn't dare to take it, but instead pleaded, "I am terribly hungry."

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Under the beggar's reverent gaze, Cao Zhi gently moved his fingers, "Someone, take this... take him away, buy him a house, and give him some silver, so he doesn't have to beg anymore."

"Oh my!"

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!"

The beggar kept kowtowing.

After the two guards from the Jinyi Guard took the man away,

In the night breeze,

Cao Zhi's smile on his face slowly solidified, to be replaced by a deep, hoarse questioning, "Zhang Zhao! Did I ever tell you that I can't stand to see human suffering, and had asked you to clean up this entire route."

"Your Highness, this subordinate is deserving of death!"

Zhang Zhao said in panic, "It should have all been cleared, I don't know how one was missed..."

"This is not to happen again."

Cao Zhi left with a sweep of his sleeve.

...

"Click, click~"

"Hiss!"

Chen Sansi repeatedly practiced the Bone Shrinking Technique recorded in the Disguise Technique manual until he was able to change his body shape to a certain extent by dislocating his bones, marking his task as accomplished.

[Skill: Disguise Technique (Proficient)]

[Progress: 0/1000]

[Utility: ..., Bone Shrinking to change form, indistinguishable between true and false]

First, he changed his face, then he used Bone Shrinking.

Now,

Not only his face, but even his body shape had completely become another person.

Then he slipped out the door and headed towards the Mountain God Temple.

The Purple Micro Mountain Temple, unlike other common Mountain God Temples, had a significant prestige, rumored to be the guardian god of the Purple Emperor Star. Even the Emperor had to worship there before holding a consecration ceremony.

Moreover, the temple was located in a bustling area with streams of passersby, which also served as a kind of security in its own right.

At this critical juncture, the Incense Fire Divine Sect could least afford to draw more attention.

Especially in the region of Taihu Prefecture.

Shortly after Chen Sansi, carrying a knife, entered the temple, a temple priest came over and whispered, "Are you Hero Zhang?"

"If not me, then who?!"

Chen Sansi spoke in a commanding tone, "Tell your manager to come out and speak with me!"

"Hero Zhang, you are early."

The temple priest said, "There are still a few days until the appointed date, if you have any message, I can relay it for you first."

"Tell your Supervisor!"

Chen Sansi raised his eyebrows, "I originally didn't plan to cooperate with you all. After all, there's nothing you have that I fancy. But you're in luck."

"I have a friend who recently suffered an injury and needs a powerful medicine that can repair meridians."

"This is the condition for negotiation!"

"If you want my help afterward, it will depend on how sincere you all are!"

Since the other party took him for a high-ranking practitioner from the Incense Fire sect, naturally, he couldn't just ask for anything without care; he had to find a way to make the other party offer it willingly.