I just reached the maximum level, and you want me to be a puppet emperor?

Chapter 395 Do you think I'm a fool? (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)
When the group arrived at the waterfall deep within the cave, Yu Jing respectfully introduced, "Your Majesty, this waterfall has hidden secrets. When you get close, you will feel a repulsive force, which becomes stronger the closer you get. Back then, Jun said that you need a specific treasure to counteract the repulsive force, or a higher-level magic artifact, to enter."

She carefully omitted Jun Wu Hui's name, saying, "Look behind that water curtain, it seems there's another world there."

Luo Xi gazed at the waterfall, lost in thought.

This must be related to my biological father. Perhaps I should go back and find the keepsake he left behind?

After all, she couldn't break through that invisible barrier the last time she tried.

However, before she could speak, Li Chen had already strode forward.

To their astonishment, the repulsive barrier that had defeated countless powerful individuals was completely ineffective in front of them.

The water curtain opened automatically, without even wetting the hem of my clothes.

"This..." Luo Xi and Yu Jing exchanged bewildered glances. Could their judgment be wrong?

The two tentatively walked forward, but were suddenly pushed away by a terrifying force when they were ten feet away from the waterfall.

Yu Jing staggered back several steps, nearly falling.

Before long, Li Chen calmly walked out, holding an object in his hand.

It was a ruler that was pure white, with a chaotic mist flowing across its surface. It was made of neither gold nor jade, and even the well-informed Li Chen had never seen one before.

However, when he took it, system letters that only Li Chen could see appeared on it.

[The Celestial Ruler: A primordial treasure formed from the primordial purple energy at the beginning of chaos. It can measure heaven and earth, distinguish between purity and turbidity; a single ruler can determine the universe, and a single thought can sever yin and yang.]

[Rank: Immortal Artifact]

The moment the system notification appeared, a strange light flashed in Li Chen's eyes.

This seemingly simple ruler is actually a primordial treasure born at the beginning of time!
Li Chen held it in his hand and played with it for a moment, then infused it with wisps of spiritual energy.

As spiritual energy flowed into the Measuring Ruler, its plain white body immediately shimmered with a star-like white light, and a continuous stream of killing intent surged from the ruler, outlining a landscape of mountains of corpses and seas of blood that made people feel as if they were actually there.

Yu Jing and Luo Xi were both pale-faced. The broken corpses with exposed white bones exuded an aura of power that they could not reach. Just looking at them made their pupils sting. It was as if they were ants looking up at a golden dragon soaring in the sky. They could not imagine what glory the measuring ruler in Li Chen's hand had once experienced.

"It's yours."

Li Chen withdrew the spiritual energy he had poured into the Measuring Ruler and tossed it at Luo Xi like trash.

This is indeed a celestial artifact, but its killing aura is too strong. If used as a natal magic weapon, it is easy for the user's mind to be controlled by the evil energy.

Even if the Tian Ce Dynasty didn't have it, Li Chen felt that the items he casually refined were more terrifying than immortal artifacts. The Measuring Ruler was quite useless to Li Chen, so returning the immortal artifact from Luo Xi's father to her could be considered returning it to its rightful owner.

Luo Xi hurriedly caught the measuring ruler, pointing it at himself in disbelief and saying, "You gave it to me?"

Li Chen nodded nonchalantly and said, "It's useless to me."

Luo Xi's cheeks flushed slightly as she thought that by following Li Chen, she could not only break free from the limitations of her body, but also obtain the satisfaction that other women could not, and even get a celestial artifact. She would definitely thank her aunt and mother properly when she got back!
Yu Jing watched everything unfold and couldn't help but swallow hard. Unlike Luo Xi, who couldn't cultivate, she had been through decades of trials and tribulations in the martial world and understood better than anyone what the appearance of a celestial artifact represented.

Forget about regional differences. Even powerful figures from other countries outside the Tian Ce Dynasty would fight tooth and nail for him if they heard the news. Yet this young man of noble status is throwing him away like trash.
Neither Jun Wu Hui back then nor Jun Zhan Tian now could have this kind of courage.

Back then, when she and her sisters followed Jun Wu Hui, they could only afford to eat scraps. Immortal artifacts? Not to mention immortal artifacts, even treasures below the level of immortal artifacts would be kept by Jun Wu Hui for future use.

In the past, she would have had no complaints about this. After all, those things were leftovers for Jun Wu Hui, but they were still a rare opportunity for them. But now, with the comparison, there is hurt!
She had previously struggled to find a prodigy even half as outstanding as Jun Zhantian, but now that Li Chen had appeared, he was more than ten times, probably a hundred times, better than Jun Zhantian.

Whether it's status, temperament, or even the attitude towards followers, he's miles ahead of the Jun family father and son!

Now, Yu Jing only needs to find out one thing: whether Li Chen will be like Jun Wuhui and his son, only seeking the Great Dao. As a mother, she doesn't want her daughter to never experience the joy of being a woman in her later years!
Yu Jing thought about the look in Li Chen's eyes—the kind of look a mother-in-law gives her son-in-law, growing more and more satisfied with him. Afterwards, the group casually explored the cave twice more. Although there were some treasures and cultivation resources inside, they were all worthless to Li Chen, who enjoyed the resources of the entire Tian Ce Empire. So, he simply let Luo Xi and Yu Jing take them themselves.

Having lost interest, Li Chen intended to leave, but Yu Jing, with a smile on her face, invited him to Qiushui Manor.

Inside the cave, Li Chen noticed Yu Jing's frequent silly smiles at him, and since he had nothing else to do, he agreed.

One hundred miles away, in a secret realm.

A mysterious, powerful figure dressed in black robes sat cross-legged on a futon. He suddenly opened his eyes as if trying to see through the entire secret realm.

"Who dares to trespass on our clan's forbidden territory!"

The middle-aged man's voice wasn't loud, but the entire secret realm began to tremble in response to his words, as if this middle-aged man were the master who controlled everything.

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man had already disappeared from the spot, leaving only the soft futon slowly rising and returning to its original shape.

Meanwhile, outside the mysterious waterfall.

Not long after Li Chen left, two more people appeared.

After the competition, Jun Zhantian's father, Jun Wuhui, felt that the level of difficulty was not enough to put pressure on his son.

It's probably only a matter of time before he wins the championship, so I plan to bring Jun Zhantian here to test the repulsive force of this restriction, to see how many areas my son can enter, and whether he is stronger than I was before.

Moreover, he already possessed an item capable of countering repulsive forces, called the Returning Heaven Bracelet, which he could activate when the time came.

Jun Wu Hui could sense that there must be a celestial artifact inside, and he was determined to get his hands on it.

Before coming here, Jun Zhantian didn't feel any pressure.

As he ventured deeper, the repulsive force of the restriction grew stronger, and Jun Zhantian broke out in a cold sweat with almost every step he took.

Jun Wu Hui had long sensed that Jun Zhan Tian was about to give up, but seeing that he was still persevering, he nodded in satisfaction and casually sent down a beam of blue light.

"That's enough. This is the limit for everyone else."

That's a pretentious statement, representing the limit for most people, roughly the same as what I did back then.

Jun Zhantian felt a sudden release throughout his body and began to gasp for breath.

"Who are you? How dare you steal my clan's immortal artifact!"

A sharp shout rang out outside the cave, followed by a powerful pressure that swept through the entire cave, causing the weakened Jun Zhantian to collapse to his knees.

"Humph."

Jun Wu Hui let out a cold snort, and his robes surged with a terrifying aura that resisted the oppressive force.

In an instant, a fierce wind howled inside the cave, and rubble flew everywhere.

"If you hand over the measuring ruler, I will not pursue the matter further."

A figure in black robes appeared before the father and son in the blink of an eye, emanating an aura that was terrifyingly powerful, and vaguely indistinguishable from Jun Wuhui.

Jun Wu Hui raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "I haven't obtained it yet since I just entered."

The nameless expert glanced at the mysterious bracelet on Jun Wu Hui's hand that resisted repulsive force, clearly indicating that he had come prepared. His eyes flashed with killing intent as he said, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

(End of this chapter)