Chapter 110: Still Up to Trouble?
Chapter 110: Still Up to Trouble?
The Imperial Palace of Chu State.
The aging Great Chu Monarch sat upon the dragon throne. His slackened muscles were covered in age spots, yet his eyes still shone with a sharp light.
Sitting there, he was like an old tiger that remained fierce and majestic.
His hands gripped the armrests like eagle claws, very forcefully, leaving deep marks on the hard, carved dragon armrests.
The Spirit Stone Vein had been drained, and the Dragon Vein had been severed.
For Great Chu, whose national power was at its zenith, this was nothing short of a shocking disaster!
This omen… was far too inauspicious!
The news was too astonishing. Several high-ranking Great Chu officials who received the news simply could not believe it was true.
Who would dare to defy the world and do such a thing?
This Spirit Stone Vein had existed here for countless years!
It had never been mined.
As the Royal Capital, this city possessed royal aura and dragon energy. It could nourish and replenish this underground Spirit Stone Vein day and night.
The Great Chu Monarch had hoped this place would one day give birth to the aura of the Son of Heaven!
What was the Son of Heaven?
When the entire continent was unified, and the island nations were also conquered, then the Great Chu Monarch would be the true Chosen One!
At that time, this place would still serve as the capital of the “Chu Empire”!
Therefore, this vein absolutely must not be touched.
For countless years, only a few people used the rich spiritual energy of this Spirit Stone Vein for cultivation.
Nourished by the royal and dragon auras, the spiritual energy of the entire Spirit Stone Vein did not diminish but instead increased!
Therefore, even a figure as prominent as Lu Qingming had never touched a single piece of the Spirit Stone Vein.
But now, it was utterly ruined!
The spirit vein was depleted, and the Dragon Vein was cut off!
Everyone knew that blocking someone’s path to wealth was like killing their parents. What the other party had severed… was the entire future of Great Chu!
Therefore, whoever did this must die!
Lu Qingming looked at the Monarch and said solemnly, “I have already sent word to my school. They will surely send people to investigate this matter thoroughly. I will definitely give you an explanation!”
The Monarch glanced at Lu Qingming and asked softly, “You said this matter might be related to that young man from Qin State?”
Lu Qingming nodded. “It is all too much of a coincidence. I don’t believe there are that many coincidences in this world. Moreover, there have been many unexplainable events surrounding him. I feel that ever since I killed Shen Xiaowu, that young man seemed to suddenly become mysterious overnight.”
The Monarch looked at him and asked, “How could that be?”
Lu Qingming thought for a moment and replied with some uncertainty, “At that time, a meteorite did indeed fall from the sky. I just didn’t pay much attention to such things at the time. After all, falling meteorites aren’t an everyday occurrence, but they aren’t that rare either. Thinking about it now, that meteorite… probably held secrets.”
The Monarch nodded. “Then just capture him directly. If there truly is some formidable presence behind him, all the better to lure it out. Let us see who exactly dares to run into mortal affairs and break the rules?”
At this moment, the young Crown Prince of Great Chu suddenly spoke. “What if… it involves Star Gate Disciples?”
The Monarch was slightly taken aback, looked at him, and said nothing.
Lu Qingming said, “Star Gate Disciples are even less likely to interfere in such matters. If it really is Star Gate Disciples, then it’s even simpler to handle. After all, there is more than one Star Gate. If someone dares to violate the rules, the others will not just stand by.”
Hesitating slightly, Lu Qingming added quietly, “Moreover, in the past few years, Star Gate Disciples have almost completely vanished from sight…”
The young Crown Prince seemed lost in thought and said no more.
The Monarch glanced at Lu Qingming again. “Tonight, I will go.”
Inside the hotel where the Qin State Diplomatic Mission was staying.
Ling Yi was chatting with Qin Hao and Gu Tong.
“This evening, it’s very likely that members from other countries’ diplomatic missions will challenge you. Be careful,” Qin Hao said, looking at Ling Yi.
“Did you get some inside information?” Ling Yi asked.
Qin Hao nodded. “These past two days of visits, though there hasn’t been major progress, weren’t completely useless. Someone vaguely hinted to me that Lu Qingming might use another country to kill you, using them as his blade.”
Ling Yi nodded. “I understand.”
Gu Tong looked at him. “So be careful.”
Ling Yi smiled. “Don’t worry!”
In the afternoon.
Ling Yi once again took Luo Xue and Hu Xiaoxian out.
This time, he didn’t drive the sports car because it only had two seats, and he couldn’t make the two girls sit together.
He used a car from the Diplomatic Mission and openly drove into the same shopping mall as yesterday.
Although the mall had resumed business, countless pairs of eyes were watching its surroundings.
Seeing Ling Yi appearing here again, those secretly watching were both speechless and furious.
Wasn’t this… a provocation?
A tall and handsome young man, accompanied by two stunningly beautiful women, was already particularly eye-catching.
On top of that, the car he was riding in—anyone with a bit of awareness understood what the license plate represented.
“When did people from Qin State dare to swagger around our Chu State like this?”
“Damn, one guy with two girls… Are people from Qin State this flamboyant?”
“And it’s the Diplomatic Mission’s car… So arrogant!”
Those who recognized Ling Yi’s background watched them with complicated, shocked expressions.
Ling Yi, however, acted as if he sensed nothing. He calmly walked into the mall with Luo Xue and Hu Xiaoxian.
If he noticed someone looking, he would even politely smile back.
This made those secretly monitoring him even angrier.
So arrogant, so audacious!
How great it would be if someone stepped forward right now to teach him a good lesson!
Unfortunately, those who could recognize Ling Yi had all seen that video of him online.
It was definitely an image that could leave a huge psychological shadow.
So, it was fine to curse a bit online, but in reality, daring to go cause trouble right in front of him probably meant you had a death wish.
“Young Master, Young Master, how about this dress? And this one, wouldn’t I look pretty wearing it?”
Little Fox was thrilled!
Ling Yi had finally taken her out shopping!
It made up for all the dust and dirt she got covered in yesterday afternoon digging holes and tunneling.
As for how Ling Yi would handle the Spirit Stone Vein, she didn’t care at all.
She also couldn’t even imagine that a massive Spirit Stone Vein had turned to dust and vanished overnight.
The little fox spirit’s fashion taste… emm, how to put it?
It wasn’t that it was low, it was just that she was too fond of pretending to be young!
She kept looking at those soft, pink, girly clothes—the kind even Luo Xue would be embarrassed to try on.
But it had to be admitted, a Fox Spirit was still a Fox Spirit—she could be cute, elegant, or queenly. No matter what clothes she wore, they always gave people a refreshing feeling.
So, when she wore some high-end young women’s outfits, you really couldn’t say she was pretending to be young.
She genuinely looked youthful!
The sales assistants in the mall naturally didn’t know the identities of these three. Seeing customers arrive, especially such a handsome man and beautiful women, they warmly welcomed them.
Although many men gritted their teeth in anger, cursing him as a scumbag in their hearts, for these mall sales assistants, as long as you were willing to buy things, what did it matter if you had one arm around each girl?
Even if it were one man with ten girls, they wouldn’t care; they’d even wish they could join in themselves…
What was wrong with such a handsome and rich man taking two pretty girls shopping?
If you had the ability, you could bring some too!
In a short while, Little Fox’s arms and hands were covered with shopping bags.
She was full of gains!
Her delicate little face was brimming with joy and satisfaction.
The Fox Clan was actually quite poor—whatever money they had was spent on buying cultivation resources.
Before, they could only trade in the Chaos Zone, where things were expensive, so how could there be much money left for her to dress up?
Now it was different!
The Young Master was really rich!
It was like throwing money around!
She loved it!
Luo Xue chose a white evening gown with floral patterns, pure yet charming. Paired with her delicate face, it stunned many onlookers.
Some wealthy youths from Chu State stared until their eyes almost popped out, making their female companions jealous.
But no one came up to approach her. This was a high-end mall—if they tried and got rejected in front of everyone, they’d lose too much face.
Luo Xue picked a black formal suit for Ling Yi. When he wore it, he looked dashing and heroic. Standing together, they made a perfect golden couple.
Hu Xiaoxian, who was holding a pile of shopping bags big and small, really did look like a maid at this point.
But she didn’t mind—after all, she was a maid. At most, she secretly pouted a little.
The news of Ling Yi openly shopping in the mall with two girls soon reached many people.
People’s reactions varied.
The fifty-something goateed Young Master in the villa grew even more sullen.
But he didn’t seem particularly angry either.
She was his fiancée, but he had many such fiancées.
If Luo Xue wasn’t a Five Elements Dao Body, no matter how beautiful she was, he couldn’t be bothered to spare her a glance.
At his age, what scene hadn’t he seen before?
Yachts, swimming pools, roulette wheels, and so on… he had long experienced it all.
As long as the woman retained the Dao Charm of the Five Elements on her, he didn’t care much about the rest.
But the debt of Ling Yi killing two disciples of the Qingshan Sect still had to be settled.
The Qingshan Sect had always bullied others; they had never been bullied like this before.
After Lu Qingming received this news, he specifically had someone “accidentally” leak it to Diwu Qianqian.
He truly regretted letting Diwu Qianqian get to know Ling Yi.
Who would have thought this scoundrel was so dangerous?
In just one day, Diwu Qianqian, who cultivated the Supreme Detachment, was already subtly leaning toward Ling Yi’s side.
If this continued, wouldn’t she completely fall for him?
If they killed Ling Yi later and she hadn’t mastered the cultivation yet, she would surely hate him; even if she succeeded and became emotionless, her relationship with him would likely collapse completely.
Diwu Qianqian was a true top-tier cultivation genius!
So, if possible, it was better to let her find a different target.
After all, it had only been a day—how deep could any feelings be?
But Lu Qingming never dreamed that his move would backfire once again.
When Diwu Qianqian heard the news, she was delighted when she was alone.
“He really is a scoundrel, great! That means he surely won’t mind having one more girlfriend!”
This twisted logic would probably make Lu Qingming spit blood if he knew.
Time quickly passed, and evening arrived.
The convoy of the diplomatic missions from various states began heading toward Lu Qingming’s residence.
Ling Yi wore that black formal suit. On either side of him sat Luo Xue in her white floral gown and Hu Xiaoxian in a bright red dress, her hair tied up in a high bun.
The little fox spirit wasn’t particularly fond of Diwu Qianqian, who also wore red, feeling that if she wore red, she could definitely outshine her!
It had to be admitted, Hu Xiaoxian in the red dress was truly stunning.
She even subtly overshadowed Luo Xue.
But Luo Xue had a different temperament and didn’t mind the little fox spirit’s “glamour.” Standing beside Ling Yi, the two of them gave off the feeling of spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums.
Even the people from the Qin State Diplomatic Mission secretly envied Ling Yi’s luck with women.
Having one arm around each girl indeed felt great, and Ling Yi didn’t deny this feeling. But what he was thinking about now was something else—
The Grand State Preceptor’s Great Medicinal Herbs!
If even the Enchantress thought they were good, how could they be anything less?
Tonight was the perfect opportunity to sneak out and take all these lovely Great Medicinal Herbs home.
Leaving them here was truly a waste.
Lu Qingming didn’t deserve to have them.
Ling Yi mulled it over in his head.
Luo Xue gently nudged his arm. “What are you thinking about?”
Ling Yi snapped out of it and said, “I might need a little time to do something tonight.”
Luo Xue immediately gave him a speechless look.
You still want to stir up trouble?