Chapter 46: The Royal Family’s Prodigy

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: The Royal Family’s Prodigy

The mighty procession passed through the streets, heading straight for the Fenglin Town Government Office.

Only after the convoy had passed did all the common people on the streets secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"Black Dragon banners. That’s the royal family."

"I just caught a glimpse of someone wearing a Glowing Gold Thread Embroidered Long Skirt from the Yun Family inside that carriage. The royal family and the Yun Family are both here. Fenglin Town is going to be thrown into chaos!"

"You’re quite brave, old man. I didn’t even dare to look up the entire time, terrified of offending these bigwigs and dying for no reason."

"Sigh! Let’s stop crowding around. Hurry up and stock up on some supplies. It’s best not to go out for a while."

"Yes, yes, exactly! Who knows, you might just get randomly hacked to death the moment you step outside one of these days."

The surrounding crowd discussed animatedly among themselves. They all shook their heads and sighed as they left the streets, preparing to go home and hide.

Fang Xu glanced at the corpses lying haphazardly in pools of blood on the street. He shockingly spotted the eldest daughter of Butcher Wang, whom Wang Ergou had mentioned earlier.

Simply because she wanted to retrieve a few pieces of meat hanging at her door and hadn’t noticed the approaching carriage, a Golden Armored Soldier had directly chopped her head off. Her large head landed on Butcher Wang’s meat counter, while her headless corpse fell right in front of her own shop.

With a sigh, Fang Xu shook his head and turned to walk toward his own courtyard.

In the courtyard, Chu Muyun was gripping the armrests of her wheelchair, trying hard to stand up. Fang Xu arrived and quickly stepped forward to support her. "Mu Yun, don’t push yourself so hard. We’ve endured this for over ten years; a few more days won’t make a difference."

Leaning against Fang Xu, Chu Muyun smiled faintly. "My feet have regained some feeling, so I just wanted to see if I could stand."

"Fang Xu, did something happen?" the perceptive Chu Muyun asked with concern, noticing that his expression was somewhat off.

Guiding her to sit back down in the wheelchair, Fang Xu gently shook his head. He didn’t want to tell Chu Muyun about such bloody and cruel matters.

"Try not to leave the courtyard during this time," Fang Xu said softly, patting her head.

Previously, Chu Muyun would sometimes push her wheelchair outside the courtyard gates to relax while Fang Xu was cultivating during the day. However, upon hearing his words, she knew that something must have happened. She decided it was best not to cause him any trouble right now.

"I understand, Fang Xu," Chu Muyun nodded in agreement.

At the Fenglin Town Government Office.

The Golden Armored Soldiers had already cleared all the irrelevant personnel out of the entire Government Office.

Town Mayor Huang Dechuan and a group of Government Office Si Ji were all driven out. With his status, he clearly didn’t even have the qualifications to meet that middle-aged man.

Inside the Government Office.

Yun Wan looked at the middle-aged woman in front of her and approached with a joyful expression. "Aunt, I didn’t expect you to come personally."

Yun Jin smiled faintly, then put on a serious expression. "You’re all grown up now, don’t forget your manners! Hurry and pay your respects to the Seventh Prince and the Crown Prince."

Hearing this, Yun Wan bowed slightly to the middle-aged man and the eerie child next to him. "Yun Wan greets Your Highness, and greets the Crown Prince."

The Seventh Prince shifted his gaze away from the fox in his arms, looked up at Yun Wan, and nodded slightly.

"There have long been rumors about you in the Central State. They all say you are the Qilin’Er of the Yun Family, and at such a young age, your cultivation has reached the Ninth Realm of the Martial Master.

"Seeing you today, you truly live up to the reputation."

Yun Wan bowed again and smiled softly. "The Seventh Prince praises me too highly. Wan’Er’s talents cannot even compare to a ten-thousandth of the Crown Prince’s."

Hearing this, the Seventh Prince smiled in satisfaction and appraised the bizarre child beside him. "Li Xun’s talents are naturally without question.

"Yun Jin, how old is Wan’Er?" he suddenly asked, changing the subject.

This question caused Yun Jin’s expression to freeze for a moment, but she then smiled and said, "She is twenty-one, still young."

"Twenty-one is not young anymore. Ordinary women in the streets are already married by the time they reach their coming-of-age.

"Is she betrothed to anyone?" the Seventh Prince asked further.

Yun Jin didn’t dare to lie about this matter and could only shake her head. "Wan’Er is entirely devoted to the Martial Dao and is not yet betrothed."

Hearing this, a trace of a smile appeared on the Seventh Prince’s face.

"Not betrothed is good, not betrothed is very good...

"What does Wan’Er think of my son here?"

Facing his smile-filled face, Yun Wan’s expression abruptly changed. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.

The Seventh Prince, Li Xingchao, was a notorious smiling predator in the Great Yu Dynasty. He appeared elegant and refined, but he was ruthless and a master of calculation. In recent years, the current Emperor Yu had been focused on secluded cultivation, leaving matters of the court, both big and small, almost entirely in his and the Eldest Prince’s hands.

Li Xingchao was now considered a figure of true authority within the dynasty.

His son, Li Xun, was born a dwarf, but his Martial Dao talent was monstrous. At merely twenty years old, he was already at the peak of the Martial Master stage, only a step away from setting foot into the Venerable realm, the third major realm of the Martial Dao.

The Venerable realm was a stage where many older generation Martial Dao experts were stuck. For example, her aunt Yun Jin, her uncle Yun Tianhe, and the Commander of the Prefecture Soldiers, Lv Yuan, were all still only at the strength of the Fifth Realm of the Venerable stage.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to being born a dwarf, Li Xun had an extremely perverse temperament and often took pleasure in torturing and killing civilians.

Not only that, but rumors in the streets claimed that in the entire Central State, very few women who caught his eye could escape his demonic clutches. Once those women fell into his hands, their final fate was always to be tortured and humiliated to death.

It was only because Yun Wan was the princess of the Yun Family that Li Xun was slightly wary and didn’t dare to snatch her away openly.

"The Crown Prince possesses outstanding innate talent, and his future achievements will be limitless," Yun Wan said. She originally wanted to praise him a bit more, but every phrase that came to mind was unsuitable to use on Li Xun, so she could only commend his Martial Dao talent.

"Haha... Wan’Er is very straightforward. I like that.

"Yun Jin, I am interested in forming a marriage alliance with the Yun Family. What do you think?"

A marriage alliance?! Hearing this, Yun Wan’s pretty face couldn’t help but change. Without waiting for her aunt to speak, she preemptively said, "This is Wan’Er’s honor. However, Wan’Er is entirely devoted to the Martial Dao in this life and has no interest in romantic entanglements. Therefore..."

"No matter, no matter," Li Xingchao chuckled and waved his hand. "Pursuing the pinnacle of the Martial Dao does not conflict with marriage.

"With Xun’Er’s brilliance, if you marry him, you two can support each other as husband and wife. Wouldn’t that be even better?"

"This..." Yun Wan wanted to say something more, but Yun Jin beside her hurriedly interjected, "Seventh Prince, neither I nor Wan’Er can make the decision regarding major life events like marriage. This matter will have to wait until we return to Huangzhou, where we can personally inform Tianming and his wife.

"What do you think of this?"

Even combined, she and Yun Wan were no match for Li Xingchao’s schemes. It was better to leave this matter to Tianming to handle.

"Very well, I will personally discuss this matter with Tianming when the time comes." After pondering for a moment, Li Xingchao finally stopped dwelling on the subject, causing Yun Wan and Yun Jin to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

"Seventh Prince, let’s discuss business first. Regarding..." Afraid that Li Xingchao would continue bringing up difficult topics, Yun Jin immediately changed the subject.

But before she could finish, Li Xun interrupted from the side, "Nanny Jin, I heard that ruins from Ancient Times have appeared in Tilan Mountain. Does the Yun Family know about this?"

Hearing this, Yun Jin’s expression changed slightly. Just as she was about to deny it, Li Xingchao chuckled and said, "Xun’Er, don’t be rude.

"Tilan Mountain is within the borders of Huangzhou. If Ancient ruins appeared, how could the Yun Family not report it to the royal family?

"Hearsay cannot be taken as the truth. Don’t you agree, Yun Jin?"

Seeing Li Xingchao looking at her with a smile, Yun Jin wasn’t stupid. She knew the father and son were putting on a double act.

The matter of the Ancient ruins had clearly leaked out, and the royal family had definitely received the news. It would absolutely not be wise for her to deny it at this point.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the ruins the Crown Prince spoke of are indeed not just hearsay.

"A while ago, traces of Sorcerers were discovered in Fenglin Town. Yun Tianhe was worried that his subordinates wouldn’t handle it well, so he came to investigate personally. Unexpectedly, he lost his life here.

"Before his death, Yun Tianhe sent a message back to the family, stating that the reason those Sorcerers gathered in a small place like Fenglin Town was because they had discovered Ancient ruins in the mountains.

"Tianming originally planned to report this matter to both of Your Highnesses. However, upon hearing that Your Highness was preparing to come to Fenglin Town personally, he asked me to relay the message. Who knew I would forget about it on the way here? Please punish me, Your Highness."

Hearing this flimsy excuse, Li Xingchao couldn’t help but laugh.