Chapter 2568 - 2258: I’ll Go Patrol the Border Right Away

In the Great Zhou Palace, in Chu Yuqin’s bedchamber, Lu Chen was in the middle of business.

Just then, a maid’s voice sounded from outside the door: "Regent King, Your Majesty invites you to the Imperial Study Room to discuss state affairs."

Hearing the maid’s voice, Lu Chen let out a long breath and said, "Wait a moment, I’ll be there soon."

As his words fell, the movements inside the room grew even more intense.

After a while, the bedchamber quieted down.

Lu Chen put on his clothes, stood by the bed with a smile on his face, and looked at Chu Yuqin lying on the bed as he said, "Madam Chu, we’re getting more and more in sync."

Chu Yuqin stared at Lu Chen faintly, without speaking.

Over these past two years, this guy had grown more and more insatiable.

She could feel that Lu Chen was coming to her place noticeably more often; perhaps it was because Yun Yudie’s pregnancy had given him confidence, letting him know that even a Mysterious Body could still carry his child.

It was obvious this little rascal wanted to swell her belly and have her bear a few more children for him.

But Chu Yuqin didn’t really mind that, because she had already borne children for Lu Chen before; even if she had a few more for him, it wasn’t a big deal.

After straightening his clothes, Lu Chen headed to the Imperial Study Room.

As soon as he stepped into the Imperial Study Room, Ji Yunmeng caught the faint feminine fragrance lingering on Lu Chen.

She gave Lu Chen a meaningful once-over, then said, "You shouldn’t be busy lately, right?"

At this question, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You know me, I’ve always been busy. But if you have anything you need me to do, I’ll make time for it."

Ji Yunmeng said directly, "I’m planning to have you go inspect the border cities."

Lu Chen asked, "Has something happened?"

Ji Yunmeng said, "For now nothing has happened yet, but the number of Central State commoners flooding into the Border Wilderness is growing by the day."

"Among these people, there are quite a few powerful Spirit Martial Artists. Without experts sitting in town, the Border Wilderness might plunge into chaos sooner or later."

Although most of the commoners coming to the Border Wilderness were disguised as ordinary folk, according to the intelligence Ji Yunmeng had obtained, the Spirit Martial Artists from the Central State generally had a much stronger aura than the Spirit Martial Artists of the Border Wilderness.

Even if they deliberately hid their aura, the City Lords of those border cities could still sense that the aura on them was anything but ordinary; the current City Lords of the border cities were basically all in the Heavenly Realm.

Spirit Martial Artists who could make Heavenly Realm experts feel pressured had strength at least above the Heavenly Realm, and that was with those Spirit Martial Artists suppressing their aura.

Ji Yunmeng judged that the border very likely now had King Realm, or even above King Realm, Spirit Martial Artists appearing.

Hearing Ji Yunmeng’s words, Lu Chen said, "Alright, I’ll go inspect the border right away."

He’d been holed up in the Imperial Palace for these two years straight; it was about time to go out for a walk.

To be honest, if you do some things too much, you do get a bit tired of them.

And he kept feeling that he reeked of office work—doing it every day, made it feel like clocking in at a job—he really should take a break and use this chance to get out and relax.

Becoming stronger isn’t something you can rush; the more he forced it, the less his women could get pregnant.

Sometimes when he wasn’t paying attention, that was when he’d end up getting them pregnant with his child instead.

Nothing he could do about it—he was already in the Saint Realm; with this kind of thing, you could only leave it up to fate.

Moreover, he wasn’t familiar with the Laws of this world, so he couldn’t use the Life Law to help Ji Yunmeng and the others conceive offspring.

Seeing Lu Chen agree so readily, Ji Yunmeng was a bit surprised; this guy was finally willing to move.

These two years he’d been lying on top of women every day, doing nothing else. She’d thought he was going to keep it up forever.

Lu Chen said at this moment, "I’ll be off then. If anything comes up, just send someone to inform me."

As his words fell, Lu Chen turned and left the Imperial Study Room, heading straight for the border.

Lu Chen’s first stop on inspection was Spirit Hill City.

Spirit Hill City wasn’t far from the second Small World under Dazhou’s control; he could conveniently check on the Small World, see whether it still needed people, and then bring some more people into the Small World along the way.

Outside the Small World there was Mysterious Power, so ordinary people couldn’t enter it; currently, the ones planting grain in the Small World were all people Lu Chen had brought in using Heavenly Tribulation Soil.

As more and more grain was planted, Lu Chen would occasionally stuff some people into the Small World.

Now, Dazhou’s two Small Worlds had already developed towns, practically no different from the outside, except that within the Small World, Deceitful Evil was quite dense, and ordinary people staying in the Small World would shave years off their lifespan.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Chen only allowed Spirit Martial Artists to enter the Small World to farm.

This could expand grain production, and also give those Spirit Martial Artists a chance at cultivation.

Not only was Deceitful Evil dense in the Small World, spiritual evil was also very dense there, making it very suitable for cultivation.

Nowadays Dazhou had produced quite a few Heavenly Realm Spirit Warriors, and those Spirit Martial Artists had almost all broken through in those two Small Worlds.

Back then, Wang Yu had broken through in the Small World outside the Capital city, and afterward he was assigned to the border and became City Lord of Spirit Hill City.

At the same time, in the City Lord’s Mansion of Spirit Hill City.

Banquet tables were laid out in the City Lord’s discussion hall; Wang Yu, smiling, asked Liu Qingyun, "Family Head Liu, does your Liu Family have anything you need my help with? If there is, I’ll do my best to assist you."

Liu Qingyun said, "Many thanks for City Lord Wang’s kindness, but we haven’t run into any trouble for the time being."

"Besides, we’ve already found a place to settle. Tomorrow we’ll be leaving the City Lord’s Mansion so as not to trouble City Lord any longer."

Wang Yu was well aware of what the Liu Family had been up to lately.

The Liu Family had already purchased large tracts of land and estates within Spirit Hill City; from the looks of things now, they were preparing to move into their new home.

At this moment, Liu Qingyun continued, "City Lord Wang, when the Liu Family moves house, we’ll be holding a grand banquet. At that time, we’d like to ask City Lord Wang to honor us with your presence."

Wang Yu said, "Since Family Head Liu is extending the invitation, I’ll definitely be there."

Just then, a wave of pressure descended from the sky.

Feeling this pressure, Wang Yu immediately rose from his seat and headed out of the main hall.

The members of the Liu Family also stood up; that pressure made them all feel strained, which meant the newcomer’s strength was above theirs—at the very least, at Late-stage King Realm.

During this period of time they’d been staying in Spirit Hill City and had investigated the situation there.

Spirit Hill City didn’t have any Late-stage King Realm experts; from the look of it, this was someone from outside—quite possibly from the Central State.

The Liu Family members also wanted to know whether some Central State expert had arrived, so they followed behind Wang Yu and walked out of the main hall.

When they came outside the hall, they saw a white-clothed man standing in the plaza.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Wang Yu quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "This official pays respect to the Regent King."

Hearing Wang Yu’s words, the Liu Family members were briefly stunned, then all turned their gaze to Lu Chen, sizing him up.

When Liu Qingyun and Liu Qingqiu saw Lu Chen, they both felt a sense of familiarity, as if they had seen Lu Chen somewhere before.

Lu Chen was just about to say "at ease" when he spotted two familiar women not far away.

He immediately opened the system and checked Liu Qingyun and Liu Qingqiu’s Identity in this world.

[Name: Liu Qingyun]

[Identity: Family Head of the Liu Family]

[Status: Leading the Liu Family members in fleeing to the Border Wilderness to escape the Deceit Tide. She’s very interested in you and wants to know who you really are.]

[Cultivation State: Mid-stage King Realm]

[Score: 100]

[Favorability: 20]

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[Name: Liu Qingqiu]

[Identity: Second Young Miss of the Liu Family]

[Status: She finds you very familiar, like she’s seen you somewhere before. She’s intrigued by you and wants to know whether you really have, as the rumors say, the strength to Instant Kill Saint Realm experts.]

[Cultivation State: Early-stage King Realm]

[Score: 100]

[Favorability: 40]