Chapter 223: Chapter 122: The Nation of Daqi (3)

Prince Xue, the Silver-robed Prince, stepped down. In full view of the noble carriages passing on the street, he bowed respectfully to Su Chen and extended an invitation.

"Isn’t that Prince Xue?"

"His Majesty is gravely ill and the Crown Prince has been missing. This prince’s influence is at its zenith. Many officials intend to nominate him as Regent..."

"Who is that man? For Prince Xue to invite him so deferentially..."

Many of the nobles’ carriages stopped, their occupants watching the scene unfold.

Then, some people spotted the regal figure tightly encircled by guards.

"The Crown Prince!"

Someone cried out in shock.

However, few others echoed the cry.

This made the Daqi Crown Prince realize that some sort of upheaval had occurred in the Imperial City while he was away in the Cloud-High Small Human World.

’Dammit. I have to take this Imperial Brother of mine down a peg.’

"Imperial Brother, I hear you have three thousand retainers."

"Hah!"

"Your judgment is rather poor. This man is just an arrogant fool, a mere stowaway I saved for twenty Spirit Stones. Without me, he’d be long dead. A fellow from the Small Human World with no background whatsoever is hardly worthy of such courtesy from you..."

The Daqi Crown Prince sneered at Prince Xue, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

"So he’s just from the Small Human World?"

"And a stowaway at that!"

"Tsk."

"As expected of the son of a Palace Maid. With no backing from the Noble Families, his judgment is bound to be poor."

The nobles in the passing carriages lowered their window curtains. Clucking their tongues, they prepared to head to the Crown Prince’s Mansion to pay their respects to the newly returned Crown Prince.

"Hahaha!"

"This is the strength of my noble lineage."

The Daqi Crown Prince was exceptionally smug.

At that moment, the only one present who couldn’t hold back was Prince Xue. He burst out laughing on the spot.

"This is absolutely hilarious!"

"Imperial Brother, oh, Imperial Brother! You truly are a fool. You were offered a helping hand, a great kindness, and you chose to spit on it. You could be dealt a winning hand and still manage to lose spectacularly!"

Xue laughed, his laughter growing louder and more brazen.

"What do you mean?!"

"What, is that man supposed to be an expert of the Innate Realm or something?"

The nobles in the carriages, who had been about to leave, paused, a wave of shock and suspicion washing over them.

Su Chen, however, had no interest in this. He touched his face. ’It’s too handsome,’ he thought, ’and my aura is too much like an Immortal’s. It’s far too conspicuous. I’d better use a different face when I go out.’

"Don’t drag me into your Royal Race’s squabbles!"

Su Chen’s expression was apathetic.

But he gave Prince Xue a second look, feeling a faint sense of familiarity.

Yet, on closer inspection, it seemed to be just his imagination.

VMM!

In the next instant, the Dragon Pattern on Su Chen’s Profound Robe came to life, transforming into a Golden True Dragon that soared three thousand zhang into the sky. At the same time, Su Chen stepped onto the Innate Dragon Qi beneath his feet, rode it into the air, and vanished into the clouds.

In that moment, the entire Imperial City erupted into an uproar!

「In the Imperial Palace.」

One after another, Innate Life-takers rushed out. In a flash, they crossed thousands of zhang to descend upon the street, weeping with uncontrollable excitement.

"What is this?"

"A dragon!"

"An Innate Dragon!"

"This is the legendary Innate Dragon Qi of Mortal Cultivation!"

"The pinnacle of Mortal Cultivation!"

"Nine Times Life-taking! To think that in our lifetime, we would actually get to see the legendary True Dragon of Nine Innate Life-taking Times..."

Each of these figures was a pillar of the Royal Race’s power, a top Tributor whose very stomp could make the Imperial City—and even the entire Daqi Country—tremble. Yet now, they had utterly lost their composure as they gazed at the distant, departing figure in the Profound Robe.

BOOM!

The scene exploded with commotion.

"What?!"

"Nine Times Life-taking, the legendary Nine Times Life-taking!"

"Impossible!"

The nobles present, and even the cultivators passing by, were all utterly stunned.

A Nine Times Life-taker!

Such a being existed only in legends. Even the Five Great Sects would fight tooth and nail to recruit a prodigy like that—a True Dragon among men!

"There’s no aura of an Extreme Cultivator."

"It really is the Qi of Nine Times Life-taking..."

An old man appeared out of nowhere, a look of shock also appearing in his eyes.

The Foundation Establishment Immortal Master from the Profound Celestial Sect had arrived!

"What..."

’He’s an Innate Nine Times Life-taker...’

’So he wasn’t just bragging... Everything he said was true...’

In front of his mansion, the Daqi Crown Prince was completely stunned. He stood there, dumbfounded, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

’If my mother’s clan finds out I dared to publicly humiliate a Nine Times Life-taker,’ he thought, ’they’d want to skin me alive, even if I am the Crown Prince.’

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