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

Chapter 630 Being an emperor isn't anything shameful! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)
After chatting for a while, Li Chen expressed his desire to visit this snow-capped mountain wonderland.

Immediately, Master Binglian readily complied and very "sensibly" instructed Lü Mumu: "Mumu, you are most familiar with this place, so you can accompany Commander Cheng to walk around and take a look. Be sure to serve him well."

It was clearly a deliberate attempt to create space for the two of them to be alone.

Thus, amidst the pristine white snow and magnificent palaces, Li Chen and Lü Mumu strolled together like a perfect couple.

Upon reaching Sijian Cliff, where Lü Mumu usually practices her swordsmanship, the steep ice wall is covered with exquisite sword intent traces left by successive sect leaders.

Lu Mumu temporarily put aside the turmoil in her heart and happily introduced the swords to Li Chen as if they were her own treasures: "Look at this 'Flying Snow Startling Swan Sword,' created by the third generation sect leader. It's elegant and agile. And that 'Frozen Thousand Miles' sword over there has an extremely strong killing aura. I've only grasped a little bit of the basics of both."

Li Chen listened to her with a smile and then asked, "Which one do you like? Do you want to understand it more deeply? I can teach you."

Lu Mumu took it as a joke to cheer her up, so she casually pointed to the most obscure and complex "Star River Shattered Shadow Sword Technique" at the highest point of the cliff and said with a smile, "This one will do. It is said that no one has been able to fully comprehend its essence for thousands of years."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Chen simply raised his eyes and scanned the dense sword marks, then pointed his fingers like a sword and casually swung his hand!
In an instant, a dazzling sword light, as brilliant as a galaxy, flowed from his fingertips. The sword intent was vast and boundless, yet it also carried the desolation and precision of shattering stars.

Every move and every variation perfectly replicated the sword intent on the cliff face, even adding a touch of harmony and naturalness! It felt as if he wasn't learning swordsmanship, but rather the creator of this sword technique himself had descended to demonstrate it!
Lu Mumu stared in disbelief, her red lips slightly parted, unable to utter a word for a long time.

She still remembered her exceptionally gifted senior brother, who had studied for three years and only grasped one-tenth of the essence, yet he was still considered the best in the sect in the past five hundred years.

Is this person comparable to the real person at first glance?

If Lü Mumu hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, she certainly wouldn't have believed that anyone could have done such a thing.

Under Li Chen's patient guidance, Lü Mumu felt that she had also improved.

Noticing her progress, Lü Mumu sheathed her sword and respectfully said, "Thank you for your guidance, Commandant Cheng."

Li Chen said with a wicked smile, "Now is not the time to thank me. Let's talk about it tonight."

His intention was quite clear, and Lü Mumu blushed slightly.

But deep down, she still felt that Li Chen was a married woman, and she felt somewhat disappointed.

Li Chen then accompanied her to several secret realms under the sect's jurisdiction for training.

Because Li Chen's cultivation level was too high, his entry into these low-level secret realms immediately triggered a violent reaction in the realm's rules. The strength of the monsters in the secret realms was forcibly increased to an extremely terrifying level, but the rewards dropped after defeating them were still meager.

However, this had no effect on Li Chen.

As if strolling in a garden, he casually swung his hand, and the berserk monsters of the secret realm scattered one after another.

He always managed to put pressure and danger on Lü Mumu at just the right moment, and then rescue her just when she was about to collapse.

After several encounters, amidst the danger and dependence, Lü Mumu's affection for Li Chen unknowingly increased significantly.

Especially when a seemingly ordinary snowfield wolf suddenly unleashed terrifying power approaching that of a demon king, roaring as it pounced on her, Li Chen simply pointed a finger, and the wolf instantly froze, turning into an ice sculpture, before shattering into countless ice crystals.

Still shaken, Lü Mumu looked at the composed Li Chen beside her and finally couldn't help but ask, "Captain Cheng, what is your cultivation level? It must be much higher than mine, right?"

She was already one of the most outstanding young members of the sect, and considered herself exceptionally talented. Li Chen turned to look at her, smiled, and no longer hid anything: "Me? I'm at the Saint Realm, which should be considered a little higher than yours, right?"

"Saint Realm?!" Lu Mumu was completely dumbfounded, her mind went blank.

A top-tier Saint Realm expert on the continent?! This is more than just slightly higher than her; it's like comparing heaven and earth, a difference that seems to reach the heavens!

No wonder his master and elders treated him with such respect! The man he had intimate relations with was actually a Saint Realm expert standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation world?

This realization made her heart race, and an indescribable surge of excitement and admiration welled up inside her.

She admired strength, especially since Li Chen was so young and handsome.

But then came a deep dilemma: he already had a wife, so was he to be asked to divorce her? Impossible, seeing how deeply Captain Cheng and his beloved wife loved each other.

But how could she, with her pride, willingly become a concubine?
Sigh, is all of this ultimately just a dream that ends without a trace?
Li Chen seemed to see through her thoughts, gently reached out his finger and lightly flicked her smooth forehead, and said with a smile, "Silly girl, you don't really still not guess who I am, do you?"

Lu Mumu covered the spot where she had been flicked, blinking her large, bright eyes with a pitiful expression, her gaze filled with innocence and confusion, before shaking her head.

She simply couldn't reconcile a border captain with an emperor of the Saint Realm.

Looking at her adorable appearance, Li Chen couldn't help but chuckle and gave her the final hint: "Here's a hint for you: the Snow Eagle Royal Court, which had been entrenched in the Northern Frontier for nearly a hundred years, was destroyed by my own troops."

"You destroyed the Snow Eagle Royal Court?" Lu Mumu murmured, repeating herself. Of course she knew about this major event that had shaken the entire north in recent years.

Suddenly, an unbelievable thought struck her like lightning. Her eyes widened in shock as she looked at Li Chen, her voice trembling: "You are His Majesty Li Chen?!"

Li Chen nodded, his expression calm.

For him, being the emperor was nothing shameful, so what was there to be ashamed of?

It's just a way to complete system tasks and incidentally get a feel for the people's conditions.

Since it was clear that the girl was struggling with the issue of status, I decided to reveal my identity and give her a reason not to worry anymore.

Under heaven, all land belongs to the king; on the shores of the land, all people are his subjects. To be the emperor's woman is an honor in itself.

As expected, after learning the truth, Lü Mumu was initially extremely shocked, but then the huge weight in her heart was quietly lifted.

It was His Majesty the Emperor! No wonder he has such presence and power!
Rumors have long circulated that His Majesty has three thousand beauties in his harem, including holy maidens from various sects and even some highly respected female sect leaders who are infatuated with him.

Thinking about it this way, I don't seem so special, but I don't seem so hard to accept either.

If the other party were just an ordinary strongman, Lü Mumu might still be unwilling to ask him to choose between her and his legal wife. But facing the current emperor, she clearly realized that she had no choice at all, and it was a "natural" belonging to him.

Slowly recovering from her shock, Lü Mumu blinked and looked at Li Chen, her voice still trembling with disbelief: "Your Majesty, could it be that my master and elders were like this? Did they already guess your identity?"

(End of this chapter)