Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

The Blood Lotus is extremely important to Moonflower Palace and Chen Qingying. Even if Lu Ming finds out that it was planted by their Moonflower Palace, they still have to get their hands on it.

Seeing that Lin Yingqiu was no longer trying to fool him, Lu Ming's burning gaze swept over Lin Yingqiu's entire body once more before he asked, "That is my father's immortal body. Your Moonflower Palace destroyed his immortal body, preventing him from resting in peace even underground. Elder Lin, what price do you think Moonflower Palace should pay to atone for the crimes you have committed?"

Lin Yingqiu frowned slightly. In this era, desecrating someone else's corpse is like killing their parents. The fact that the Carefree King brought this up suggests that he wants to completely break with the Moonflower Palace.

Lin Yingqiu asked, "I wonder what price the Prince of Xiaoyao wants the Moonflower Palace to pay?"

Lu Ming slowly walked up to Lin Yingqiu. As Lu Ming got closer and closer, Lin Yingqiu felt more and more pressure.

The carefree prince is clearly a small man, yet he makes her so nervous. Could it be because of the dragon's aura?

As Lu Ming walked up to her, Lin Yingqiu felt as if a high mountain was approaching her, and she subconsciously took a step back.

However, Lu Ming did not stop and continued to approach her. For a moment, Lin Yingqiu felt a little flustered. She subconsciously wanted to attack Lu Ming, but she restrained herself and took another step back.

Lu Ming is the Prince of Xiaoyao. If she were to attack him, the Prince of Xiaoyao's Mansion and the Moonflower Palace would be completely at odds. Most importantly, Lu Ming is the child of the former palace master, and she is unwilling to hurt him.

Of course, she also knew in her heart that even if she wanted to hurt Lu Ming, she couldn't, after all, this was the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion, in the capital, and Lu Ming was protected by dragon energy.

As a result, for every step she took back, Lu Ming took a step forward. Soon, Lin Yingqiu was backed up in front of Lu Ming's desk, where her path was blocked and she had nowhere to retreat.

Left with no other choice, Lin Yingqiu released the aura of a grandmaster, attempting to force Lu Ming back and prevent him from getting any closer.

"You carefree prince, what do you want to do!"

Lin Yingqiu thought to herself that even if Lu Ming was protected by dragon energy and she couldn't hurt him, she could still use the pressure of a grandmaster-level martial artist to intimidate him.

The Carefree King is nothing more than a spoiled brat; perhaps he will be frightened after feeling the pressure of a Grandmaster emanating from her.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as Lin Yingqiu had expected. When she released her martial arts aura, Lu Ming not only didn't retreat, but continued to move closer to her, as if he hadn't sensed the grandmaster aura she was releasing.

Lin Yingqiu was momentarily afraid of the young man in front of her.

Seeing a hint of panic appear on the beautiful woman's cold, jade-like face, Lu Ming stopped, but the two of them were now less than two feet apart.

Lu Ming then stared intently at Yu Rong and said, "Although I do not love the country, I love beautiful women."

Hearing Lu Ming's words, and seeing his burning gaze that seemed to want to devour someone, Lin Yingqiu instantly understood what Lu Ming meant. After all, Lu Ming was rumored to be very lecherous, and it was said that he didn't even spare his own sister-in-law.

Lin Yingqiu immediately said coldly, "Your Majesty, please have some self-respect!"

Lu Ming asked calmly, "Don't you want the Blood Lotus?"

Lin Yingqiu said in a threatening tone, "If Your Majesty is unwilling to give it, we will take it ourselves. Although Your Majesty has the protection of dragon energy, this protection only works in the capital. If we take Your Majesty out of the capital, I'm afraid Your Majesty's dragon energy will be unable to protect you." Lin Yingqiu assumed that Lu Ming's confidence came from the protection of dragon energy, so she simply pointed out the drawbacks of the dragon energy protection.

Although Yuehua Palace had already realized that Xiao Qingyun was likely a Grandmaster, there were so many people from Yuehua Palace this time that they could have someone hold Xiao Qingyun back while the others forcibly took Xiaoyao Wang out of the capital.

Once he leaves the capital, the dragon's protective aura will be ineffective, and Lu Ming will be nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter.

However, just when Lin Yingqiu thought that such a threat would scare Lu Ming, she found that Lu Ming had a smile on his face and seemed not to be scared at all.

Lin Yingqiu immediately had a bad feeling. The next moment, Lu Ming released his Qi Refining Level 4 aura.

Although a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator might be considered a minor figure in the cultivation world, in this martial arts world, the pressure emanating from a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator is something even a Grandmaster might not be able to withstand.

Sensing the aura emanating from Lu Ming, Lin Yingqiu's expression changed drastically. She felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on her.

"how come……"

Shock appeared on Lin Yingqiu's cold, jade-like face. She could clearly feel that the pressure released by Lu Ming did not come from dragon energy, but from spiritual energy. After all, she had also been exposed to cultivation techniques, so she was able to sense the existence of spiritual energy.

The oppressive aura emanating from Lu Ming far surpasses that of a Grandmaster.

Lu Ming is actually a celestial being!!!
No...that's not right...

How old is Lu Ming? How could he possibly break through to the Celestial Realm at such a young age through martial arts training? There's only one possibility: Lu Ming is a cultivator!
Seeing Lin Yingqiu's face turn deathly pale, Lu Ming raised his hand, grabbed her chin, and stared at her face as he said, "Where does your Moonflower Palace get the audacity to threaten me?"

Although Lu Ming was holding her chin, Lin Yingqiu didn't dare to move at all. She couldn't believe that Lu Ming's strength had actually surpassed that of a Grandmaster.

Could it be that the Great Zhou Dynasty is about to have another Lu Xiaoyao?

Seeing Lin Yingqiu's beautiful eyes staring straight at him, Lu Ming continued, "Just for the fact that you damaged my father's immortal body, I should have destroyed your Moonflower Palace. Now you actually dare to come to the Carefree Prince's Mansion to threaten me. Your Moonflower Palace is really quite bold."

Lin Yingqiu, recovering from her shock, said with some resentment, "Your Majesty has kept this well hidden!"

After Lu Ming revealed an aura stronger than that of a Grandmaster, it proved that Lu Ming was no longer someone that their Moonflower Palace could deal with, and that they would not be able to obtain the Blood Lotus.

Not only will they fail to obtain the Blood Lotus, but they may also perish at the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion. Lin Yingqiu now only wants to quickly send a message to Chen Qingying, urging her to leave the Xiaoyao Prince's Mansion as soon as possible.

Seeing Lin Yingqiu's unwilling expression, Lu Ming asked with a smile, "Surprised, aren't you? Your Moonflower Palace left so many spies in the Carefree Prince's Mansion, yet you didn't even know that I was a cultivator."

Lin Yingqiu said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Now that Your Majesty knows what the Moonflower Palace has done, how does Your Majesty intend to deal with us?"

She wanted to distract Lu Ming by talking, and then find an opportunity to escape from the study. (End of Chapter)