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Chapter 384 Team Building Dinner
Following Fan Xian's gaze, one could see a black torrent of iron cavalry galloping wildly on the distant horizon.

Judging from their equipment and appearance, they are none other than the world's number one army, the Black Riders, directly under the command of Chen Pingping, the president of the Control Yuan!
However, unlike the Black Knights who are not allowed to number more than a thousand according to regulations, there are a full five thousand Black Knights in front of us!

This shows that Chen Pingping had long harbored rebellious intentions and had endured them for decades before achieving his current overwhelming power.

Behind the Black Riders, a densely packed army of over 100,000 from the border followed.

Where the royal flag was erected, there stood a burly, valiant young man clad in armor.

Judging from his appearance, which has some features of the Eastern Yi people, and his facial features that are somewhat similar to Fan Xian's, there is no doubt that he is the eldest prince Li Chengru, who is stationed on the frontier!
According to the plot, after Fan Xian returns from his journey north, the eldest prince will return to the capital and marry the princess of Northern Qi who came with the delegation.

However, on this timeline, Fan Xian somehow made contact with the First Prince and reached a consensus with him. On the surface, the First Prince was ordered to return to the capital to arrange a marriage, but in reality, he led his army to join forces with the Black Riders and submit to Fan Xian.

Ten thousand horses galloped together, raising a towering cloud of dust.

The members of the delegation were in a panic and hurriedly gathered towards Fan Xian's tent.

But before they could even ask, the black-armored cavalry at the very front came into view.

"That's... the Black Knights?!"

The deputy envoy's eyes lit up, and he immediately felt a little more at ease.

But then he became puzzled by the appearance of the Black Riders and couldn't help but look at Fan Xian at the entrance of the camp.

"Lord Fan, this is..."

Fan Xian said calmly, "The Dean has issued a secret order that there has been a change in the capital, and we are ordered to return to the capital immediately."

Has something changed in Kyoto?

The deputy envoy's pupils contracted slightly, and he couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "May I ask, Lord Fan, what kind of upheaval has caused the Dean to deploy the Black Riders?"

Before Fan Xian could even speak, the burly guard Fu Hao beside him let out a cold laugh.

"Deputy Envoy, you're asking too many questions. You dare to question Dean Chen's secret orders?"

The deputy envoy was startled and quickly replied, "How dare I! How dare I!"

Fan Xian raised his hand, signaling Fu Hao to keep quiet, then sighed and said, "Please don't be offended, sir. I didn't mean to hide anything; it was just a secret order from the Dean that I had no choice but to follow!"

The deputy envoy replied with a forced smile, "I understand, I understand!"

Fan Xian said solemnly, "In short, I have orders to carry out and must go ahead. After I leave, the entire delegation will be in your care, sir!"

The deputy envoy's expression turned serious, and he immediately cupped his hands and said, "It is my duty, and I cannot shirk it!"

"Very good!"

Fan Xian nodded in satisfaction.

As the two were talking, the large army in the distance was already approaching.

Black Rider Commander Jing Ge led over a hundred of his men to break away from the main force and gallop towards the delegation. A moment later, they stopped in front of the delegation, dismounted in unison, and knelt on one knee before Fan Xian.

Fan Xian's gaze swept over the black-clad riders in front of him and the skilled guards he had trained behind them. With a wave of his hand, he declared loudly:
"Prepare the horses! Return to the capital!"

"Yes!"

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Emperor Qing had many sons, but only a few were qualified to compete for the throne.

First, there is the eldest prince. His mother was from the Eastern Yi people, and he himself has Yi blood, so he cannot inherit the legitimate line.

The third prince is too young. If the young emperor ascends the throne, he will easily be controlled by the harem, relatives of the empress, and court officials.

After counting and counting, only the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are qualified to compete for the dragon throne.

However, Chen Pingping had already made arrangements so that as soon as Emperor Qing 'died,' someone would produce a forged edict from the Eighth Bureau of the Censorate in the court, making it impossible for him to rightfully assume that position.

As for the Second Prince, he had conspired with Li Yunrui long before Li Yunrui's death to take advantage of the Imperial Treasury and secretly raise a large army.

The movements of this army have always been under Chen Pingping's control.

As soon as he dares to mobilize his army, Chen Pingping will surround him immediately and accuse the Second Prince and his subordinates of plotting a rebellion.

At that time, Fan Xian will travel south from Northern Qi and return to the country with great achievements. Coupled with his identity as the last descendant of an immortal that has spread throughout the capital, he will surely succeed in one fell swoop and seize the throne!

Of course, this was just a plan that Fan Xian and Chen Pingping had devised a year ago.

For Fan Xian now, the throne is something that is within his grasp. The reason he continues to implement the plan is mainly to exonerate Ye Qingmei from back then and to let Chen Pingping vent his hatred.

Thus, under the joint scheme of Chen Pingping and other important officials such as Prime Minister Lin, the former crown prince was expelled from the Eastern Palace by a will in just three days.

The second prince, unwilling to accept defeat, secretly slipped out of the capital, intending to raise an army to seize the throne. However, he was intercepted on the way by Fan Xian's army, who easily defeated him and brought him back to the capital.

At this point, all of Chen Pingping's plans had succeeded, and he had even gained complete control of the more than 100,000 Imperial Guards.

The Third Prince and Consort Yi trembled with fear and could only ask someone to give them a hint, to show that they had no improper thoughts.

Even so, Chen Pingping, who was always ruthless, still intended to eliminate the threat completely.

If Fan Xian hadn't returned with his army in time to protect the mother and daughter, they would probably only be able to collect their corpses.

After discovering that Fan Xian had returned with great merit and a large army, the chaotic capital quickly returned to calm.

Many meritorious officials and veterans of the Qing Kingdom, seeing how respectful Chen Pingping and Prime Minister Lin were to Fan Xian, knew all too well the true mastermind behind this chaos.

However, Fan Xian is, after all, a member of the royal family personally acknowledged by the immortals, and also has the identity of an orphan of a fairy.

The combination of these two factors naturally led the court officials, who had witnessed the descent of immortals, to have many speculations. Even Fan Jian, the most resolute and fearless among these old guard, hesitated after discovering that Fan Xian had the potential to ascend the throne.

If Fan Jian was like this, then the other important officials were even more so.

Thus, with their half-hearted attitude, Fan Xian successfully ascended the throne just five days later.

During his coronation ceremony, the group members once again exerted their efforts, sending congratulatory gifts in the name of Bai Yujing and concocting celestial phenomena to completely solidify the legitimacy of Fan Xian's ascension to the throne.

To be honest, Fan Xian and his group members didn't really care about legitimacy.

The main reason for doing this was to appease the people and prevent unnecessary bloodshed and chaos from arising during the change of dynasties.

As it turns out, the people and officials of the Qing Kingdom did indeed fall for this tactic.

The only problem is probably Fan Xian's surname.

After all, since he ascended the throne, he has never mentioned anything about entering the ancestral temple, nor has he intended to change his surname to Li.

The ministers and members of the royal family had many complaints about this, but they dared not say more because the army was still in the capital.

Once the Black Riders leave and the border troops return north, someone will likely cause trouble over this matter.

Unfortunately, they didn't know what kind of emperor they were facing, and what Fan Xian had to do was far more than simply changing the emperor's surname to Fan...

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Three more days passed, within the Inner Universe, in the Reincarnation Pavilion.

Lin Yu set up a banquet in the outer hall, firstly to celebrate Fan Xian's ascension to the throne, and secondly to take this opportunity to have a team-building dinner with the chat group members.

To prepare for this banquet, he specially invited three top-level chefs from Spine Peak City.

These three are all immortals who are passionate about cooking. They not only possess extraordinary culinary skills that are unparalleled in Ridge Peak City, but also have the formidable strength to fight dragons hand-to-hand.

Before them, whether it be magical beasts, monsters, or spirit birds, they can handle them with ease, like a skilled butcher dissecting an ox.

As a result, all sorts of magical and fantasy-themed delicacies were served up one after another.

They have everything imaginable, from frost-covered dragon ribs and grilled phoenix wings to steamed turtle in the clouds and mist and stewed bird in the moon spring.

In addition, the banquet also featured many spiritual fruits and roots collected from various worlds, as well as divine springs and immortal wines.

Every ingredient and dessert, which would be an extremely precious treasure in the outside world, is simply a buffet item to be taken at will here.

Looking at the fish soup in front of him, which was shimmering with spiritual light and rich in spiritual energy, Ye Fan couldn't help but show a strange expression.

Although his cultivation level is still low, he has already seen all kinds of extremely precious treasures and spiritual objects.

That's why he recognized that the various ingredients used to enhance the flavor of the fish soup were all rare and precious ingredients that were no less than the divine fruits in the ancient forbidden land!

Such precious raw materials, if placed in his world, would surely cause a great deal of competition among numerous noble families and holy lands.

But Lin Yu used this thing to make soup, and he only made the meat delicious, which was far less rare than a certain otherworldly spirit fish used as an ingredient!

'What a waste!'

'What a waste of such a precious resource!'

Ye Fan couldn't help but complain in his heart, thinking that such a precious spiritual item would be more effective in alchemy than this mere fish soup, if it could be used to refine pills.

Just as he was thinking this, a group of young and beautiful maids with flowing robes walked in from outside the palace.

At the tips of those fair, jade-like wrists were jade discs piled high with various round pills that shimmered with gold and silver light.

In the distance, there were also mysterious and strange phenomena such as dragons and phoenixes singing to each other and clouds and mist rising.

As soon as the pills were placed on the table, a rich spiritual energy wafted over, invigorating Ye Fan and filling him with great surprise.

"There really are pills?"

"Then forget what I said..."

He stared intently at the plate of golden pills closest to him.

This golden pill was about the size of a longan, with a texture like real gold, and emitted an incredibly strange fragrance.

The fragrance of elixir lingered around his nose. Ye Fan took a deep breath, and streams of spiritual energy surged into his body, transforming into his unique divine power, which flowed into the golden sea of ​​bitterness.

"Amazing!"

Ye Fan was startled, his eyes lit up, and he was eager to make a move.

But when he couldn't resist reaching out to take a golden pill to taste, he found that the group members around him had stopped what they were doing, looking at him with either astonishment or admiration.

"..."

Ye Fan froze, then awkwardly withdrew his arm and cast a questioning glance at Xiao Yan beside him.

Just as he was about to ask, he saw Xiao Yan look admiringly at him and say with a sigh:

"Truly worthy of the Ancient Sacred Body!"

"You dare to pick up and eat the pills that your elder brother refined!"

At this point, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and say admiringly, "Brother Ye, you really are something else!"

(End of this chapter)