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Chapter 336 Don't Ask, He's a Friend of Jun Zhantian! (Please Subscribe, Please Vote)
With the matter mostly resolved, Li Chen left the Ministry of Justice.

Pang Jin followed respectfully behind Li Chen all the way, personally escorting him to the main gate of the yamen.

"Alright, go ahead and do your thing." Li Chen waved his hand at the door.

Pang Jin then stopped and bowed, saying, "Your humble servant respectfully sees Your Majesty off."

Only after Li Chen's figure completely disappeared at the end of the street did Pang Jin breathe a sigh of relief and straighten his back.

At this moment, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice cautiously approached.

"Lord Pang, should we arrange for someone to secretly protect His Majesty?" the Vice Minister asked in a low voice.

Pang Jin glared at him fiercely: "Nonsense! Does His Majesty, with his Saint Realm cultivation, need you to send people to protect him?"

At this point, he lowered his voice and continued his reprimand: "Your pretense was clumsy enough just now; His Majesty was already merciful by not reacting on the spot. And you still dared to send people to follow us?"

The Vice Minister of Justice shrank back. It had indeed been too fake, but there was nothing he could do. If everyone didn't know His Majesty Li Chen was coming, they would have been working normally.
The problem is that everyone seems to know this and is afraid of offending His Majesty Li Chen, so they are all very careful around him.

Now that the matter was over, the Vice Minister of Justice seemed to have thought of something and tentatively asked, "What about our matter with the Ministry of Personnel?"

He was asking Pang Jin whether they should continue the investigation.

Pang Jin interrupted decisively, "Let's stop here. His Majesty's personal intervention is giving both of us a way out. Anyone who dares to cause trouble again is disrespecting His Majesty!"

Upon hearing this, the Vice Minister's forehead immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "This humble official understands, I will make the arrangements immediately."

Watching the Vice Minister's hurried departure, Pang Jin stood at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice, gazing absently at the bustling street.

He suddenly realized that this young emperor was different from all previous monarchs. He did not play power games or engage in infighting among his ministers. He only cared about the prosperity of the Tian Ce Dynasty.

"This is the true grandeur of an emperor."

Pang Jin muttered to himself, a wave of guilt washing over him.

As His Majesty's close advisor, I not only failed to share his burdens, but instead caused him trouble.

Thinking of this, he turned around and strode back to the yamen, determined to work even harder to repay His Majesty's kindness.

After all, everyone in the court and the public knew that Pang Jin was a trusted and important minister whom Li Chen had personally promoted.

Some are happy while others are sad. Li Chen Group is thriving, while those with ulterior motives are suffering more and more.

Outside the gate of the Guixu Wuyai Sect, Li Xian excitedly stepped out of the sect's barrier.

Having just completed the entry procedures, he still had an undisguised look of joy on his face.

As a disciple of a reclusive sect, he finally had the means to make a comeback.

"Your Highness!"

As soon as they arrived at the agreed meeting point, Feng Wuhen hurriedly came to greet them.

The loyal confidant had a solemn expression, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

"What's the matter that you're in such a panic?" Li Xian asked, frowning.

Feng Wuhen looked around to make sure no one was there before lowering his voice and saying, "Your Highness, something has happened to the Dragon Emperor!"

"Resurrected ahead of schedule?" Li Xian's eyes lit up.

"No, it was Li Chen who dug up the Dragon Emperor's grave!" Feng Wuhen swallowed hard.

"What?!" Li Xian was struck dumb, frozen in place.

He was still thinking of using the Dragon Emperor's power to deal with Li Chen, but that plan fell through again?
Li Xian's rebellion had three steps. The first step was to use his master, the Supreme Master Dingtian, to directly control Li Chen, but he failed after clashing with Li Chen.

The second step was to use the power of the sea tribe, and then, taking advantage of Li Chen's severe injuries, have the third brother launch a coup while he and the strongmen launched an attack. However, as soon as the plan was launched and the sea tribe attacked, they were wiped out by Li Chen and countless cultivators as resources.

This unexpected turn of events made Li Xian think that Li Chen had an element of luck involved.

The third step was to rely on the Dragon Emperor, but before this step could even be started, the Dragon Emperor was gone? Feng Wuhen continued, "Not only did the Dragon Emperor fail to be resurrected, but Li Chen also took all the treasures and dragon riders he left behind. It is said that the gold alone filled hundreds of carts."

Li Xian was so angry he couldn't speak.

Not only did the Dragon Emperor not cause Li Chen any trouble, he also gave Li Chen a lot of money. Isn't that terrible?
"What did the third brother say?" Li Xianqiang asked calmly.

Feng Wuhen looked troubled: "Third Prince, I asked you what to do."

"This piece of trash!" Li Xian grinned angrily.

His third brother, who once vied with him for the throne, has now become like this.

Since his military power was taken away, the third son has been living like a useless person in his fiefdom, and he has to make all the decisions.

Li Xian took a deep breath and said, "Never mind, at least I have already joined the Guixu Wuyai Sect. With the sect's resources, there may still be a chance. Let's go see the third brother."

He was trying to encourage Li Yu, since Li Yu was now a prince and shouldn't really give up.

If all else fails, I'll become emperor and give him the coveted title of Prince of Zhennan; that would be a gesture of goodwill.

What he didn't know was that Li Chen was on his way to the Guixu Wuyai Sect.

Now that the conflict between the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice has been resolved, Li Chen also has his own matters to resolve.

A beauty of the caliber of Fairy Shuyu is definitely someone I must get my hands on.

Once you win her over, you can gradually establish contact with hidden sects and find out some information about the 'Immortal Realm'.

Outside the capital city, Li Chen brought Wu Nanzhi and Xuan Ji with him.

Wu Nanzhi is Li Chen's personal mount, so he definitely has to bring her along, since there's no train service to the Guixu Wuyai Sect, making travel very inconvenient.

Since we're going to a secluded sect, Xuanji should definitely be brought along.

Xuanji is not very resistant to Li Chen now, but she is still quite stubborn.

While she was in the palace, she was restored to her original state and allowed to have more in-depth contact with the palace. However, once she came out, she was still under the control of a special consciousness.

After traveling for some time, Sheng Hu arrived at the entrance of the Guixu Wuyai Sect with ease.

With Elisa's help, Holy Tiger is indeed much more obedient than before.

Of course, "obedience" here refers to obeying Wu Nanzhi's words; Sheng Hu would never dare to disobey Li Chen.

"Your Majesty, that great beauty you mentioned, why didn't we see her last time?"

As Li Chen's beloved concubine, Wu Nanzhi was still able to hear some news from him.

Li Chen didn't hide many things from her.

“This place is quite large. Last time we only stayed in one place and definitely didn’t get a good look around. This time we can explore it properly.”

Li Chen answered in a very serious manner.

"But what identity should we use to stroll around here?"

"Don't forget, I'm Jun Zhantian's friend."

In any case, Li Chen planned to use Jun Zhantian as a tool.

In fact, he also planned to bring Jun Zhantian's mother, Luo Zixi, and his former follower, Nangong Yao, over, saying it was to relive the feeling.

However, the few of them were too embarrassed to face Jun Zhantian and didn't come.

Otherwise, Li Chen could really use this place as his palace.

(End of this chapter)