The Human Emperor (200-400)

C313: Reshaping Li Heng

"Your Highness, pardon my inquisitiveness, but what is Your Highness doing in such a remote location?" Wang Chong suddenly asked. "Furthermore, given Your Highness's standing, entering Shenwei and Longwei shouldn't be a problem at all, right?"

"This..." Hesitance arose on the Fifth Prince Li Heng's face. How could he talk about the feuds in the royal palace to Wang Chong?

"If Your Highness refuses to speak, I won't ask any further," Wang Chong added.

"Never mind... This is nothing much anyway," Li Heng said with a bitter smile.

"I was born after only seven months of pregnancy, and while I managed to survive, I was plagued with an innate blood deficiency. This made my body unsuited for cultivating any type of martial arts. Thus, it makes no difference to me whether I enroll in Longwei, Shenwei, or Kunwu. Of the three, Kunwu is peaceful and has the least number of people, so I chose here," Li Heng said with a sorrowful and desolate expression. He also wished to possess unparalleled martial arts to protect those who he cared for.

But heaven just had to give him a body unsuited for cultivating any martial arts.

The treasury of the royal palace was filled with all kinds of mystical treasures and artifacts, but despite trying many different pills and secret arts, nothing seemed to work for his condition.

Many imperial physicians and experts of the pugilistic world had tried to diagnose and treat him, only to lose their heads eventually.

Even his father, whose existence was like a deity to him, was helpless before his condition. He said that the fundamental problem lay with his feeble body, making it impossible for him to store energy.

As such, Li Heng had given up hope at a very young age.

The long years of consuming all kinds of medicine and folk remedies had made his body exceptionally weak. The most direct manifestation of that was his permanently pale face that was devoid of any tinge of red.

If this was not the case, he wouldn't have allowed Li Jingzhong to slap him so easily, and he wouldn't have fallen from the slap, either.

There were simply some things in life that one had to concede.

After everything had been tried and done, all there was left was to give up hope.

Thus, the only thing that Li Heng wished at this moment was to avoid the battle for authority, and find a quiet place so that he could spend his life peacefully.

After hearing Li Heng's reply, a slight smile appeared on Wang Chong's face. In truth, he had already known all this. The only reason why he raised the question was for some other purpose.

"Your Highness, if you truly wish to cultivate martial arts, I do have an idea in mind!"

"What!?" As soon as Wang Chong spoke those words, Li Heng and Li Jingzhong immediately jolted in shock. In that instant, Li Jingzhong even forgot his fear of Wang Chong, and he stared at the latter with a look of astonishment and delight.

"Wang gongzi, you need not try to give me hope. Even my father is helpless before this matter, so how can there be anyone who can treat my condition?" Li Heng's eyes sparkled for a moment before swiftly darkening once more.

"Your Highness, what are you saying?" Li Jingzhong immediately interjected. He was fearful of Wang Chong, but the ambition and desires he harbored in his heart far surpassed his fear. "If you don't give it a try, how can you know that it isn't feasible? Wang gongzi, I was at fault earlier, and I beg your pardon. I would like to ask in the stead of our Fifth Prince if your idea is really feasible? If Your Highness can really be treated, I'll be willing to do anything in return!"