Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Guangling County, Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

In the study, Prince Zhennan sat at his desk, his entire body radiating a chilling, dark aura.

His brows were furrowed, his eyes filled with an unyielding chill, his face was bloodless, his jaw was taut, and veins were faintly visible. His entire face was as gloomy as the night sky before a storm, filled with a menacing aura.

The Prince of Zhennan stared intently at the letter in his hand. He had initially thought that they knew about the actions of those few ghost kings in advance, and even if they couldn't seal them, they could still severely injure them.

Unexpectedly, they fell into the trap set by those treacherous kings and were lured away from their mountain stronghold.

Now another city has been slaughtered.

If those few demon kings continue to slaughter like this, the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty will probably decline even more severely.

As a person possessing dragon energy, the Prince of Zhennan could clearly feel that the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty was rapidly declining.

In his view, all of this was caused by those few demon kings massacring the city, and things could not continue like this.

If this continues, once the Great Zhou's fortune completely declines, the strength of those few Ghost Kings will inevitably increase significantly. Without the suppression of fortune, the Ghost Kings will likely reach even higher realms.

Once one of those Ghost Kings breaks through to the Heavenly Realm, then probably no one in the entire Great Zhou will be their match, and the Great Zhou will be destroyed.

Just then, the Prince of Zhennan suddenly coughed violently and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

The Prince of Zhennan quickly calmed himself down and tried to control the rampaging spiritual energy within his body.

When he left the capital, Lu Chen absorbed most of the black evil energy from his body, but the black evil energy was being generated very quickly. He felt that if he did not return to the capital, his body would return to the state it was in a few months ago.

After a long while, the Prince of Zhennan finally calmed the restless spiritual energy within his body.

He took a deep breath, then got up from the wooden chair, walked to the window, and looked at the gloomy sky outside.

The current state of the Great Zhou Dynasty gives him a sense that a storm is brewing.

The Prince of Zhennan muttered to himself, "It seems we need to speed up the process of building an army."

His idea was that he had to create a powerful army for Lu Chen before he died, so that Lu Chen would have the ability to protect himself.

Even if the Great Zhou is destroyed or falls into division and fragmentation, Lu Chen will still be able to stand firm with the army he left behind. Even if he doesn't become emperor, he will still be a regional lord.

Thinking of this, the Prince of Zhennan asked the shadows, "How's the investigation into the Yellow Springs Cult going?"

As soon as the Prince of Zhennan finished speaking, a black figure emerged from the shadows of the study, bowed to the Prince of Zhennan, and said, "Your Majesty, there are still no clues about the Yellow Springs Cult."

Like those cases of massacres of villages, the Yellow Springs Cult was very secretive, leaving no survivors in the villages they massacred.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that the Yellow Springs Sect is weakening the strength of Guangling County.

After all, most of the soldiers came from remote villages, and the Yellow Springs Cult was wreaking havoc in those villages, making it very difficult for the Zhennan Prince's Mansion to recruit soldiers.

Upon hearing the guard's reply, the Prince of Zhennan's expression turned even uglier. "Don't let me know who's behind this."

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The Heavenly Mandate Sect.

Zhou Xiaoxiao walked down the deserted corridor, looking extremely nervous.

The thought of being severely punished and possibly sealed away when she met Yun Yudie filled her with dread.

Although she was an immortal being, the place where she was sealed was dark and gloomy, and it was not a pleasant place. With a heart full of trepidation, Zhou Xiaoxiao soon arrived at the council hall of the Heavenly Fortune Sect.

The dark and gloomy council hall was shrouded in endless gloom, with countless blood-red skeletons hanging upside down from the ceiling, and the floor paved with black polished stone with twisted patterns.

On either side of the main hall were ghostly flames emitting a green glow, and a cold wind swept through the hall, creating a depressing and somber atmosphere.

After Zhou Xiaoxiao entered the main hall, she saw Yun Yudie, dressed in a blue dress, sitting on a white bone chair, looking coldly at the door.

She quickly walked to the center of the main hall, knelt down, and said to Yun Yudie, "Greetings, Sect Leader."

At this moment, Zhou Xiaoxiao's forehead was covered with sweat, and she lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Yun Yudie on the white bone chair.

Just when she thought Yun Yudie would punish her, she was surprised to hear Yun Yudie's indifferent voice: "Get up."

Hearing Yun Yudie's calm tone, Zhou Xiaoxiao was momentarily incredulous.

She thought that once she returned to the Heavenly Fortune Sect, Yun Yudie would make an example of her, but she didn't expect their sect leader to speak to her so calmly.

Is it possible that they want to ask her about the Zhennan Prince's Mansion first, and then punish her?

Zhou Xiaoxiao tried hard to control her emotions and calm herself down.

Since she's already back, even if their leader wants to punish her, she can't escape it; whether she sticks her neck out or not, she'll still get punished.

Just as Zhou Xiaoxiao was thinking this, Yun Yudie said directly, "You have been in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion for a while, so you should know very well what kind of person Lu Chen is. Tell me about Lu Chen."

Upon hearing Yun Yudie's question, Zhou Xiaoxiao thought for a moment but did not answer immediately.

Seeing that Zhou Xiaoxiao did not answer her directly, Yun Yudie asked, "What's wrong? Is this question difficult to answer?"

Zhou Xiaoxiao quickly said, "I don't know how to describe him. I just think he is an extremely lecherous person."

When Zhou Xiaoxiao said that Lu Chen was a womanizer, Yun Yudie felt the same way.

If Lu Chen weren't lustful, he wouldn't have even considered sleeping with this cunning king.

However, no one can say for sure whether Lu Chen's apparent lust is just a facade, or if his real purpose is to use lust to disguise himself and hide his true abilities.

Of course, Yun Yudie didn't care whether Lu Chen was hiding his true abilities or not; she only wanted to know if Lu Chen was genuinely interested in making a deal with her.

At this moment, Yun Yudie continued to ask, "Apart from the letter he wrote to me, were all the other letters you sent back written by you personally?"

When Yun Yudie asked the question, Zhou Xiaoxiao was not surprised at all. She replied, "Yes, Master."

Yun Yudie stared intently at Zhou Xiaoxiao with her icy blue eyes, as if trying to see right through her: "The Zhennan Prince's Mansion did not threaten you into fabricating non-existent information in your letter?"

Staring directly into Yun Yudie's eyes, Zhou Xiaoxiao felt as if all the eerie energy in her body had frozen.

Although Yun Yudie did not release her aura at this moment, an invisible pressure enveloped Zhou Xiaoxiao's heart.

She quickly said, "Master, the intelligence I sent back was all collected by me personally, and it has nothing to do with the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. The Zhennan Prince's Mansion has not threatened us."

Yun Yudie then asked, "Oh? Is that so? Did the Zhennan Prince's Mansion promise to provide you with blood offerings to help you reach a higher realm?"

The moment Zhou Xiaoxiao entered the council hall, Yun Yudie sensed that her cultivation level had risen to the mid-stage of the Profound Realm.

Yun Yudie couldn't help but suspect that the Zhennan Prince's Mansion might have provided the Zhou Xiaoxiao and her sister with a large amount of blood offerings to help them improve their cultivation levels, thereby inducing them to betray her. (End of Chapter)