After receiving the invitation to Empress Canglan's wedding from the old man of the sea race, Ling Chen brought Su Zhi and Qiuqiu back to Dragon Island.
After that, Ling Chen spent the entire time with Shangguan Ya and Su Zhi. In addition to Ye Xuanji, who he had just taken in, he did not take a single step out of Dragon Island for the next few days.
Counting the time, there were still 7 days left until the wedding of the Star Empire's Eldest Princess Meng Liusu and the non-human Khan. Ling Chen was finally ready to set off.
Dragon Island was very far away from the Star Empire Star Capital. With Ling Chen's speed, it would take him about three days to reach there. In order to complete the mission, he needed to make some preparations and set off early.
Before leaving, Ling Chen took Ke with him, leaving Qiuqiu to protect them on the Dragon Island. He also gave Shangguan Ya the Saint Weapon that he had used before.
Shangguan Ya came from a prestigious family. Although she only loved reading and did not like cultivation, she could be considered a peerless genius. She was only twenty years old, only two years older than Ye Xuanji, but she already had the cultivation of a Martial King.
With such a cultivation level, it was not a problem for him to protect himself in this remote overseas area.
Moreover, Ling Chen still had a backup plan. He was quite concerned about the safety of his wives.
Therefore, taking Ke away didn't affect him much.
"I wonder when my husband will return from this trip?”Shangguan Ya asked softly as she helped Ling Chen smooth out the creases on his collar.
Ling Chen thought for a moment, then smiled and said," I'll be back in 10 days or half a month. Don't worry, you like reading. The next time I come back, I'll bring back all the books in the Star Empire. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."”
There was still a month, or perhaps less than a month, before the wedding of Empress Canglan of the Sea Tribe. At that time, he still had to snatch…uh, attend the wedding of the Empress, so he naturally had to come back.
"I only want my husband to return safely.”Shangguan Ya buried her head in Ling Chen's chest as she gently said.
"Don't worry, who am I? How can those stinky fish and rotten prawns do anything to me? The next time I come back, I will be the Martial Emperor that only appears once every thousand years in the Tian Xuan Land. At that time, you will be the Empress who is the mother of the world.”Ling Chen hugged Shangguan Ya as he teased her.
"You're so lame."
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After saying goodbye to the women, Ling Chen set off for the Star Capital.
He still had to arrange some backup plans to ensure that he could complete the mission in one fell swoop and obtain the reward he had dreamed of.
As for what backup plan…
Ling Chen looked at the Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Formation in his storage ring and smiled.
It was true that he could only use the power of a Martial Emperor with the help of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Formation, but the people of the Tian Xuan Land would never have thought that Ling Chen would not even need a day to set up this heaven-defying formation with the help of the complete formation diagram.
Compared to those large factions that spent thousands of years and countless manpower and resources to set up a large array, it was simply many times more convenient.
However, the Star Capital was the core of the Star Empire, and it was definitely the home of the Star Empire. Although the Star Empire was declining now, it still had a foundation as a top force in the past.
After all, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse.
According to what Ling Chen knew, there was a large defensive formation in the Star Capital that could defend against Martial Emperor attacks. It was called the Star Gathering Formation. Other than the Star Conglomerate Array, there were also dozens of arrays of various sizes.
If the opposing Martial Saints dared to enter the Star Capital, it could basically be said that all of them would die.
However, during the internal strife in Star Empire, the rebel kings and their Martial Saints tried to control the formation to kill the enemy forces. In the end, both sides suffered heavy losses. Whoever was closest to the formation would be killed by the others.
This also led to the fact that this array was not controlled by any party during the internal strife. It had always been in a state of ownerless.
Now, Ling Chen heard that the person in charge of this formation was the former Head of Internal Affairs of the Star Empire, Wei Xian, that old eunuch.
He wanted to set up the Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Array in the Star Capital silently. No matter what, he could not bypass this Star Gathering Array that could withstand a Martial Emperor.
Therefore, he would definitely fight with Wei Xian, whom he had dealt with before.
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In a restaurant in the Star Capital, Ling Chen sat in a private room by the window, quietly listening to the conversations of the people in the restaurant.
He hadn't even touched the dishes on the table, but Ke had made a mess of them.
Star Capital was one of the largest cities in the human race, and it had countless delicacies. Ke, who had been living on Dragon Island for less than two months, had never seen so much delicious food.
It had long thrown away the etiquette and self-restraint that Shangguan Ya had taught it, and its mouth was full of oil.
"Today, another two major forces that used to be affiliated with the Starry Empire have publicly left and joined the Firmament Empire.”
"These ingrates. When our empire was in its glory days, they used to flaunt their power outside. Now that the empire is in decline, they all ran away!”
"You can't say that. It's really because the current Emperor signed such a treaty with that alien race…Sigh, it's difficult to explain in a few words.”
"Your Majesty is muddle-headed. After signing such a humiliating agreement, how are we going to stand on the continent in the future?”
"Your Majesty is still young, and this decision must have been forced by that demon Wei Xian. As far as I know, in the final battle to kill the Tianshu King, although Wei Xian and Grand Marshal Zhang Ge killed the rebel king together, the Grand Marshal was seriously injured and imprisoned by that demon Wei Xian. Now that Wei Xian controls the city protection array, how can Your Majesty resist this demon?”
"Is that true? Wei Xian is just a eunuch, how dare to do such a treasonous thing?”
"Of course it's not fake. I have some reputation in Star Capital. Why would I deliberately fabricate facts to smear others?”
"We have been living in this Star Capital for generations. We are protected by the Meng Clan and the royal family, which is why we can live safely in the Tian Xuan Land. Now that the Emperor is in a state of chaos, how can we ignore it?”
"Watch your words, watch your words."
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Listening to the conversation in the room next door gradually die down, Ling Chen, who had been looking out the window at the street, drank a cup of tea, his fingers tapping on the table, thinking,
" Once the top forces collapse, the Star Empire won't be able to defend such a huge territory. Even if they ask for help from the foreign tribes, they won't be able to suppress the spying of the surrounding forces. The waters of the Star Capital are getting murkier.
On the other hand, if this Head Chief Wei Xian was as the rumors said, then he still had some tricks up his sleeves. However, Zhang Ge, who could survive such a cruel civil war, was probably not someone to be trifled with. The rumors should have been deliberately spread by external forces. It was half-true and half-false, so it could not be completely believed.
Wei Xian, Zhang Ge, the new emperor Meng Liuchen, Firmament Empire, alien races…What a mess.”
"Ouch ~" Ke looked at Ling Chen who was talking to himself. She didn't know what he was talking about, so she let out a cry to show that she was listening, and then buried her head in the food on the table.
"Little guy, hurry up and eat. After you're full, we'll go meet this Wei Xian.”Ling Chen smiled as he looked at Ke.
Hearing this, Ke ate even harder.
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