Chapter 2392 - 2082: The Zhen Nan Prince Manor Actually Didn’t Imprison Mu Yunxi
Lu Chen thought for a moment before saying to Zhao Yu: "Give Ji Yan a swift end, there’s no use keeping him."
After the failure of the Yellow Springs Sect, news will quickly reach Emperor Zhou. Even if they maintain a facade of harmony, in reality, the mask has fallen.
Anyway, Ji Yan is merely a pawn for Emperor Zhou, and Ji Yan was just a sacrificial lamb.
According to those elders of the Yellow Springs Sect, when Ji Yan returns to the Capital city, not only will his Dragon Qi be absorbed by Emperor Zhou, but his entire cultivation state and even his blood energy will be drained by Emperor Zhou. Ji Yan may very well become a dried corpse.
Giving him a quick end now is doing a good deed.
Upon hearing Lu Chen’s words, Zhao Yu said: "I understand, I’ll have people handle him soon."
Lu Xun then asked: "What should we do next?"
Now that the Emperor has moved against them, and in such a manner.
There’s no need for the Zhen Nan Prince Manor to show a good face to the Great Zhou Royal Family anymore, since they have a Heavenly Realm strong person. Overthrowing the Great Zhou Royal Family’s rule is just a matter of a word from Qu He.
After Lu Xun finished speaking, the Emperor Realm powerhouses present at the Zhen Nan Prince Manor looked at Lu Chen with anticipation.
Although Lu Chen himself did not wish to become Emperor, these people always had the idea of elevating Lu Chen to that position.
Lu Chen naturally understood what they were thinking, and then he said: "Since Emperor Zhou has colluded with such evil forces, don’t blame us for being unmerciful."
"However, we can wait a bit longer. I believe some will be interested in the Yellow Springs Sect matter."
At this point, Lu Chen said to Zhao Yu: "Let the Pei Family know what the Yellow Springs Sect has done."
The crowd was stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted and understood Lu Chen’s intent to let the Empress Dowager and Emperor Zhou engage in a dogfight.
Once the Pei Family knows, they will likely think of using this matter to attack Emperor Zhou, and then directly overthrow the Ji family’s rule.
Once they fight to mutual destruction, Zhen Nan Prince Manor will come out to clean the field.
As Zhao Yu realized this, he excitedly said: "Okay, Princely Heir, I will soon have people leak the Yellow Springs Sect’s deeds to the Pei Family."
At this point, Zhao Yu suddenly thought of something and then asked: "By the way, Princely Heir, how should we handle those monsters’ corpses?"
Upon hearing Zhao Yu’s question, Lu Chen thought for a moment and then said: "I will first go and take a look at those corpses."
At this, Lu Chen immediately got up, Zhao Yu quickly led the way forward, saying: "Princely Heir, follow me."
Following Zhao Yu’s lead, they arrived at the place where the Deceit Demon corpses were stored.
Several Deceit Demon corpses lay flat on the ground.
Even though those Deceit Demons were dead, their bodies’ eyes still made people feel extremely uncomfortable.
Lu Chen sensed briefly, the evil Qi of these Deceit Demons was heavy, indeed reminiscent of the Heavenly Demons created by Xuan Qingyun.
A Hidden Guard approached Lu Chen and said: "Princely Heir, Miss Yun wants to see the Deceit Demon corpses."
Lu Chen said: "Bring her here."
The Hidden Guard then turned and left.
Moments later, Yun Yudie arrived, looking at the Deceit Demon corpses on the ground, a trace of disgust appeared on her face.
For some reason, she always felt the aura of these Deceit Demons made her very uncomfortable.
Lu Chen turned to look at Yun Yudie, seeing her obviously disdainful of the Deceit Demons, he asked: "Do you recall any information about these Deceit Demons?"
Yun Yudie came to her senses and said coldly: "No, I just find this aura annoying."
Hearing Yun Yudie’s answer, Lu Chen thought to himself, if these Deceit Demons were created by Xuan Qingyun, logically, Yun Yudie shouldn’t feel animosity toward them.
After all, as Ancestor of the Strange, they all share a familiarity and affinity with each other’s aura, but seeing Yun Yudie’s disdainful expression, she seemed to despise the aura of these Deceit Demons.
This gave Lu Chen a sense of unease.
Could it be that these Deceit Demons weren’t created by Xuan Qingyun, but instead by the Netherworld Evil Emperor?
If so, that’s troublesome.
That means the Netherworld Evil Emperor has also arrived in this world.
Though the Netherworld Evil Emperor is also an Ancestor of the Strange, he is different from the others, the others are all female, while he is the lone male.
Primarily because Lu Chen has interacted with those female Ancestors of the Strange and with the system in place, plus most of the Ancestors of the Strange have given birth to his children, there’s a causal tie between them, making it difficult for those female Ancestors of the Strange to confront him.
But he didn’t know much about the Netherworld Evil Emperor, only that he was also one of the Ancestors of the Strange.
Lu Chen thought for a while before stopping his idle thoughts.
Given that Yun Yudie and those similar Ancestors of the Strange lost their memory upon arriving in this world, it’s likely the Netherworld Evil Emperor also lost his memory upon arrival, it’s unlikely he would be the exception, right?
Unless this world was created by the Netherworld Evil Emperor, or perhaps, like that Burial Furnace, is merely a Small World within some Immortal Artifact.
A few days later.
Tianxuan Palace, back mountain.
Deep in the bamboo forest, a stream babbles, with clear spring water snaking down the stone channel, pooling into a clear pond, the water lapping gently with sunlight’s reflection floating within.
Mist shrouds the bamboo forest, carrying the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves, permeating the entire valley.
In the pond, a graceful figure flits between appearance and disappearance, a woman with raven locks cascading like a waterfall, entirely spread over her silvery white shoulders, with a few strands clinging with water droplets to the skin smooth as jade.
Just then, a female disciple appeared by the pond and said: "Palace Master, Wu Hong has returned, he brought back a letter written by the Saintess."
At this, the female disciple took out the letter.
Upon hearing this, Chu Qingli immediately stood up in the pond, water cascading from her jade body.
Next, with a gesture of her hand, the letter in the disciple’s hands flew to Chu Qingli’s hand.
Chu Qingli then opened the letter and carefully read through.
Reading the contents of the letter, Chu Qingli fell silent.
It seems the Zhen Nan Prince Manor did not imprison Mu Yunxi.
Could it be that she had thought too much?
The Heavenly Realm strong person from Zhen Nan Prince Manor did not rely on other forces but broke through to the Heavenly Realm due to having great talent?
If this is the case, Tianxuan Palace might still be able to cooperate with Zhen Nan Prince Manor...
But no, even if Zhen Nan Prince Manor has no Outer Domain forces backing them, they are still at odds with the Zhen Nan Prince Manor.
Tianxuan Palace is supposed to support the Great Zhou Dynasty, they need the Qi Fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
This is not only to leverage the Qi Fortune of the Great Zhou to break through to higher realms but also to open a certain Ancient Ruin.
Furthermore, according to her information, it seems only descendants of the Ji family with control over the Great Zhou Qi Fortune can open that Ancient Ruin, no one else can.
If the Great Zhou undergoes a regime change, with the Qi Fortune gone, probably no one will be able to open that Ancient Ruin, rendering her mission a failure.
Now that the Zhen Nan Prince Manor is so powerful, they will likely want to overthrow the Great Zhou and establish a new dynasty.
This is a problem.
Chu Qingli remained silent, contemplating the next steps.
No matter what, Zhen Nan Prince Manor cannot be allowed to topple Great Zhou, at least not before the ruin is opened. She must come up with a way to preserve Great Zhou.
It seems she must personally visit Guangling City and have a serious discussion with Zhen Nan Prince Manor.