With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

The man smiled and said, "After receiving your letter last time, Qing'er insisted on coming to Yulong City to see you. We, her fellow disciples, haven't seen each other for several years, so I brought her out for a walk."

"Nangong Wu, this is my senior brother, Chu Tianxiong, the leader of the Kunlun Sect." Bei Chenyan pulled Nangong Wu aside and introduced her to them: "Senior brother, this is Princess Runing, the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect."

"Nangong Wu greets Sect Leader Chu." Nangong Wu first clasped her hands in a traditional martial arts greeting.

"I dare not," Chu Tianxiong quickly returned the greeting with clasped hands. "Princess Runing, I have long admired your name."

"Me too, me too." Qiao Xiangqing came over and took Nangong Wu's hand again, her face beaming with a bright smile. "Princess Runing, your fame is known to everyone in the martial arts world. None of the disciples of the Kunlun Mountain Sect do not admire you."

"Qing'er is right. This girl has tried to sneak down the mountain to find you several times, but thankfully I caught her and brought her back each time." Chu Tianxiong was truly helpless with this junior sister.

"I'm sorry you had to see this." Nangong Wu smiled.

Chu Tianxiong glanced behind them and asked, "Fifth Junior Brother, where are your children? Didn't the Princess bring them back?"

"They've been brought back!" Bei Chenyan beckoned to a guard and ordered him to bring the children back.

"Yes!" the guard replied.

"Senior Brother, let's go inside and talk!" Bei Chenyan invited everyone into the main hall.

After everyone was seated, Chu Tianxiong's expression turned somewhat grave. "Fifth Junior Brother, when we entered the capital, we heard the people discussing the joint trial by the three judicial departments in the Shi family's court. We went to take a look for a while, and we heard that it involved the Wan family and even alarmed the Empress. What exactly happened?"

"It's a long story..." Bei Chenyan briefly recounted how Shi Shengqing and Wan Shuhua had become lovers, and how they murdered three generations of the Fan family in order to seize the Fan family's assets.

After listening, Chu Tianxiong shook his head. "Fifth Junior Brother, you've offended the Wan family and strained your relationship with the Empress. Your situation in court will likely become even more difficult."

Upon hearing him mention Empress Wan, Bei Chenyan's face darkened further. "Don't worry, Senior Brother, everything is under control."

The Wan family outwardly supports me, but in reality they manipulate me. If I want to secure the position of Crown Prince, I can only do as they say and become their puppet. That's why I chose to leave the Wan family back then in order to get rid of them.

Six years have passed, and I have been planning for six years. Once I take action, I will uproot every single family.

"That's good, but the Wan family is a century-old family with deep roots and complex relationships. It might not be so easy to uproot them." Chu Tianxiong was still worried about him.

Just then, Li Ke brought the three children back.

"Father, Mother!" Nangong Xi ran in with a bouquet of flowers.

Chu Tianxiong and Qiao Xiangqing's eyes widened as they saw the three children running in.

"Fifth Senior Brother, these three children look exactly like you. They are definitely your children." Qiao Xiangqing looked at the three children with great surprise.

"Yu'er, Jue'er, Xi'er, come here." Bei Chenyan called the three children over.

The three children walked up to him and stood side by side.

"These are your eldest uncle and Aunt Qing, quickly greet them," Bei Chenyan instructed the children.

The three children walked up to Chu Tianxiong and Qiao Xiangqing and bowed to them in a very proper manner.

"Yu'er greets Grandmaster Uncle!"

"Jue'er greets her Grandmaster Uncle!"

"Xi'er greets her senior uncle!"

"Oh my! Fifth Senior Brother, your three children are so cute." Qiao Xiangqing pulled the three children up.

Chu Tianxiong stood up, picked up the bundle they had brought, and took out three short swords.

"Your names are Yu'er, Jue'er, and Xi'er, right? Your senior uncle doesn't have any fancy gifts to give you, so I'll just give each of you a short sword, which is perfect for you to use for practicing martial arts now."

He distributed the short swords to the three children, saying, "These were personally forged by our eldest master using black iron."

"Sect Leader Chu, you're too kind!" Nangong Wu knew that Xuan Tie was iron meteorite, a rare and excellent material for forging swords in this world.

"You should quickly thank your senior master."

"Thank you, Master Uncle."

The three children thanked them politely.

"Good, good." Chu Tianxiong looked at the three children with great affection. "What wonderful children you have. Fifth Junior Brother, you are truly blessed."

"Yes! These three children are a gift from heaven." Bei Chenyan had never believed in reincarnation, fate, cause and effect, or Buddhism before.

But at this moment, he was truly grateful for God's arrangement, which allowed him and Nangong Wu to have these three children by chance, and to meet them right after they were born, so that he would not miss them.

"Sect Leader Chu and Miss Qiao have come all this way, you must have something to discuss, so I'll take the three children and leave first." Nangong Wu bid them farewell with the three children.

"Okay." Chu Tianxiong did indeed have something to discuss with Bei Chenyan.

"Goodbye, Master Uncle!"

Goodbye, Aunt Qiao.

The three children said goodbye to them.

Watching the mother and her three children walk away, Chu Tianxiong spoke again: "Fifth Junior Brother, is Princess Runing still unwilling to marry you?"

Bei Chenyan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Nangong Wu is a rare and extraordinary woman in this world. I am not worthy of her."

"Fifth Senior Brother, don't be discouraged. You and Princess Runing already have three children. As long as she doesn't remarry, you still have a chance," Qiao Xiangqing encouraged him.

"Hmm." Bei Chenyan also felt that he had the most advantage.

"Fifth Senior Brother, I have an idea for you. When the three children are a little older, they will definitely not want to be separated from their parents. Just talk to the three children about your troubles, and they will definitely help you." Qiao Xiangqing gave him the idea.

"Hmm." Bei Chenyan hummed in agreement, feeling that her idea was good.

Seeing his expression, Qiao Xiangqing felt a bit disappointed: "Fifth Senior Brother, don't just keep saying 'uh-huh'. If you want to marry a wife you like, you need to be a little more thick-skinned and take the initiative."

Think about it. Someone as outstanding as Princess Runing must have plenty of outstanding men wanting to marry her. If a man even more outstanding than you appears in her life, and he's good at wooing women, you'll be the one crying then.

"I understand!" Bei Chenyan felt a sense of crisis when he thought of that possibility.

"No, I'll follow Princess Runing from now on and keep an eye on her for you. If any dangerous men appear around her, I'll let you know." Qiao Xiangqing felt that such a good woman as Nangong Wu shouldn't be given away to other men.

"You little brat, you're always making things up. Don't cause trouble for your fifth senior brother," Chu Tianxiong said helplessly.

"Senior Brother, I've decided not to go back to Kunlun Mountain. I'll stay here, learn skills from Princess Runing, and also keep an eye on Fifth Brother's wife so that she won't be snatched away by another man." Qiao Xiangqing made her decision.