SFS Chapter 2043 naturally involves taking your sect leader to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.
Chapter 2043 naturally involves taking your sect leader to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.
After regaining his senses, Zhao Yu said, "If the Prince of Zhennan's mansion doesn't offer her any benefits, I'm afraid she won't agree to help the young master cultivate."
Lu Chen said calmly, "She's not entirely without merit. After all, humans have zero tolerance for the supernatural. If she can help me cultivate, I can openly appear in the human world without having to hide everywhere."
Everyone thought to themselves, "For a strange creature like her to hide in the human world, wouldn't that be an easy thing?"
How could their crown prince think this would be beneficial to the supernatural? That's rather presumptuous.
Lu Chen seemed to see through everyone's thoughts, then looked at Qu He beside him and said, "Have you all forgotten who this person next to me is?"
Upon hearing Lu Chen's reminder, everyone instantly realized that with a Heavenly Realm expert present, if that Ghost King was unwilling to help the young master cultivate, then the monster would be a huge threat to humanity, and in the end, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion would definitely suppress and seal her.
With the strength of a Heavenly Realm expert, sealing a Earthly Realm Demon King should be a very easy task.
Therefore, that treacherous king had no right to bargain with their crown prince.
However, what puzzled them was that since the young master had a Heavenly Realm expert by his side, why didn't Lu Chen let Qu He take action earlier to suppress and seal the Ghost King and bring him back to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, but instead let her leave?
Lu Xun asked, "Your Highness, why did you let that Demon King go before?"
Lu Chen said with a smile, "Let her go? No, no, no, I haven't let her go."
"To be precise, it was she who didn't let me go. As the heir of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, I can see through all the strange identities. Do you think they would let me return to the capital safely?"
Everyone instantly understood Lu Chen's meaning. The Ghost King would definitely attack them at that time, and it wouldn't be too late for Lu Chen to suppress and seal the Ghost King then.
Lu Chen continued, "The Great Zhou's fortune is strong within the city, so they won't make a move."
"However, she has already gathered a large number of strange and evil spirits. As soon as we leave Dongxing City, they will definitely take action."
"In order to reduce casualties, I plan to leave Dongxing City without any other people with us tomorrow."
They brought a lot of people and goods with them on their way south to Guangling County. If a fight breaks out, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion will suffer losses no matter what.
Therefore, Lu Chen planned to leave the weaker spiritual warriors in Dongxing City first, and after they finished dealing with the Tianyun Sect, he would send the remaining people to Guangling County.
Everyone was trying to persuade Lu Chen not to split up his forces, since a Ghost King could certainly gather a lot of strange and evil spirits.
However, upon seeing Qu He beside Lu Chen, they wisely shut their mouths.
With a Celestial Realm expert around, what is there to fear?
Lu Chen continued, "That's all for tonight. Go back and get some rest, and prepare for the dangers that may come tomorrow."
As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, everyone bowed to him and then turned and left the room.
The night passed quickly, and the next morning, Lu Chen left Dongxing City with Qu He, Zhao Yu, and the Zhou Xiaoxiao sisters.
They only drove one carriage, with Qu He driving the horse, and Lu Chen and Zhou Xiaoxiao sitting inside, while Zhao Yu and the others rode horses.
The moment they stepped out of the city gate, news of their departure from Dongxing City reached Yun Yudie's ears.
Soon, the carriage carrying Lu Chen arrived at a narrow valley.
At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and there was not a sound from the woods on both sides of the valley. The valley was filled with heat waves, and the air felt incredibly oppressive and stuffy.
Yun Yudie stood on a precipice in the valley, watching the carriages pass by below, a sense of confusion rising in her heart. Lu Chen had clearly brought a caravan when he entered Dongxing City yesterday, so why was there only one carriage and a few Earth Realm experts today?
Could it be that he sensed my intentions and deliberately left the other people and goods from the Prince of Zhennan's mansion out of the way to minimize losses?
But even if he knew his purpose, so what?
Could it be that he thinks he can deal with his strange army with just a few Earth Realm experts?
On Lu Chen's side, including Lu Chen himself, there are only five Earth Realm experts.
Although Earth Realm experts are powerful, they can only passively defend against the overwhelming strange and evil spirits.
Yun Yudie also knew that killing these five Earth Realm experts would be extremely difficult.
However, if the goal is simply to capture one of the Earth Realm experts, that is still achievable.
However, for some reason, Yun Yudie always felt a little uneasy.
As someone from a strange and mysterious place, it's normal for her to be able to sense danger, but she doesn't understand where the danger comes from.
If she were to fight those five Earth Realm experts head-on, she would have no chance of winning, but their goal was not to eliminate these Earth Realm experts.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be much danger. With the strange and evil spirits holding back the four Earth Realm Spirit Warriors, she should be able to deal with Lu Chen alone without much trouble. So why does she feel vaguely uneasy?
At this moment, Lu Chen's carriage was slowly traveling along the valley path. Qu He, who was driving the horse for Lu Chen, reminded him, "Your Highness, there are a lot of strange and evil auras on both sides of the valley."
Upon hearing Qu He's words, Zhao Yu and the other two immediately became alert and gripped their weapons tightly.
Lu Chen said, "Ignore them, keep moving forward, and wait for them to make the first move."
The carriage continued its leisurely journey towards another valley entrance.
After an unknown amount of time, the carriage reached the middle of the valley. Seeing that it was almost time, Yun Yudie immediately gave the order.
With her command, countless evil spirits surged from both ends of the valley toward the middle, and behind them were dark clouds, instantly turning the once clear sky gloomy.
Upon seeing the evil spirits at both ends of the valley, Zhao Yu and the other two's expressions changed drastically.
Even though they were Earth Realm experts, they had never seen such a scene before.
Although those evil spirits weren't particularly strong, their sheer number was overwhelming, like a tidal wave. If it were just the three of them, these evil spirits would probably wear them down to death.
After regaining their senses, the three of them immediately drew their weapons without hesitation and protected Lu Chen's carriage in the middle.
At this moment, Zhou Xiaoxiao and her sister, who were sitting in the carriage, felt a chill run down their spines when they heard the howling and wailing outside. Sure enough, their leader was planning to make a move against Lu Chen.
Zhou Xiaoxiao looked at Lu Chen sitting opposite her with a complicated expression and asked, "What do you plan to do next?"
Lu Chen held Zhou Youyou in his arms, one hand stroking her body, his face showing no fear, as if he wasn't worried about what was happening outside at all. "Naturally, we will take your leader back to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion."
Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Zhou Xiaoxiao's face showed a hint of doubt.
Didn't Lu Chen know that there were at least tens of thousands of evil spirits and strange creatures outside?
Where did he get the confidence to bring their leader back, with only five Earth Realm Spirit Warriors?
It was indeed quite difficult for those strange beings to kill their five Earth Realm Spirit Warriors.
They could easily escape if they wanted to, but these evil spirits and monsters weren't after them; their goal was to kidnap Lu Chen. (End of Chapter)