188: Chapter 188 A Forced Kiss to the Emperor! He Must Be Taken as a Rebellious Disciple 2.0!

Lu Chen bargained with the System in his head.

"System! This Emperor is here to deliver invitations, not to run a nursery!"

He held the little loli by the scruff of her neck with one hand and pointed to the Void Realm with the other, speaking to the loli voice in his mind.

"Look at her, she's covered in Death Qi. She's cold to the touch. With this Physique, she won't live more than a few years. Why should I take her? To raise her until she kicks the bucket? And then the System gives me a funeral subsidy?"

The System's loli voice was calm and unhurried.

"Host, the System has already taken everything you said into consideration."

"Consideration my ass! The Death Qi on this girl even tries to corrode this Emperor's Protective Aura. Although it didn't work, it shows the concentration is ridiculously high! She's clearly short-lived!"

"That's why the System has prepared a grand gift."

Lu Chen wanted to curse more, but the System's prompt had already sounded.

"Protest invalid. Kissing a Great Emperor is an earth-shattering act, judged as an epic destiny."

"Now issuing the mandatory apprenticeship reward!"

"Special Physique: Eternal Evergreen Body (Origin Fusion Version)!"

The curses Lu Chen was halfway through got stuck in his throat.

Eternal Evergreen Body.

These words exploded in his mind.

He had lived for so many years and searched through all the ancient books in the Yunxiao Holy Land, but there were only a few mentions of the Eternal Evergreen Body.

Legend says it's a Heaven-Defying Physique of endless life that can make withered wood bloom again and reshape bones; the Law of life it contains can even reverse the decay of Lifespan.

The most crucial part is that it can extend life. Moreover, he didn't have a special Physique, so his physical body was relatively weak. Otherwise, even against Ye Lanxi's Great Success Ancient Sacred Body, it would just be a matter of a few slaps.

The Eternal Evergreen Body itself is a walking source of life. After Fusion, his Lifespan limit would be raised significantly.

"Is this Physique for me? Or for her?"

Lu Chen's tone changed from cursing to discussing business.

"Of course it's for the host. After Fusion, the host can transfer the excess Evergreen Qi to the disciple, curing her Death Qi ailment in the process. It's killing two birds with one stone, a mutual benefit. The host won't lose out."

Lu Chen was silent for three breaths.

He looked down at the little loli he was holding.

Her silver hair hung in the air, swaying with the wind. Her red eyes stared at him tearfully, and her small mouth opened and closed, still crying 'huggy'.

Lu Chen's expression went through a spectacular change.

From disdain to hesitation, to thoughtfulness, and finally settled into a kind smile.

"Since you, System, are so sincere..."

He cleared his throat, his tone doing a 180-degree turn.

"Then this Emperor will reluctantly accept, because I am benevolent!"

His right hand holding the scruff of her neck let go.

The little loli's body dropped half an inch. Lu Chen's left arm swept up from behind her waist, his wide palm supporting her back, pulling her whole person into his embrace.

The little loli's body was too light, so light he could barely feel any weight.

Her goose-yellow palace dress was torn in several places. Her exposed forearms and calves were terrifyingly cold. The moment they touched Lu Chen's chest, the temperature difference was so great that his skin broke out in goosebumps.

But he didn't push her away.

The little loli tilted her head, her forehead resting on Lu Chen's collarbone, her silver hair covering half of his chest.

Her nose rubbed against the fabric of his Black Robe. With every breath she took, she burrowed an inch deeper into his arms.

"Warm..."

Her voice was muddled and nasal, like a kitten that had just woken up.

Lu Chen tightened his arm slightly, holding her more securely.

In the next instant, the System reward was issued.

A majestic green current condensed from the Void Realm and surged into Lu Chen's Meridians.

It wasn't Spiritual Qi or magic power; it was pure life Law.

A green light spread from Lu Chen's Dantian to his entire body. Every meridian and every inch of skin was soaked in this Evergreen Qi.

He could feel his internal Great Emperor Law resonating during the Fusion with the Eternal Evergreen Body, and his Lifespan limit was climbing at a visible speed.

Comfortable, more comfortable than drinking Immortal Wine.

Lu Chen circulated it slightly, guiding a wisp of Evergreen Qi from his Dantian, along his Meridians to his right arm, and then to his palm.

His palm was pressed against the little loli's back.

The green current passed through his palm, through the fabric of the goose-yellow palace dress, and seeped into the little loli's body.

The effect was immediate.

The moment the Evergreen Qi entered the little loli's Meridians, the Death Qi entwined within her body made a sharp sizzling sound.

Black misty threads shrank frantically under the green light, retreating from the ends of the Meridians toward the core area, yielding territory inch by inch.

The little loli's body trembled in Lu Chen's arms.

Her pale, bloodless face began to flush, starting from her earlobes.

The red spread bit by bit, from her earlobes to her cheeks, from her cheeks to her nose, and finally, even her tightly closed lips turned from bluish-purple to a faint pink.

Her small hands gripped the lapel of Lu Chen's chest, her ten fingers curling tightly, her knuckles straining.

Her body went from icy to lukewarm, then to a normal body temperature.

The Great Emperor Origin Qi and the Evergreen Qi worked together to forcefully suppress the Death Qi that had been raging in her body for eighteen years.

"Mmm..."

A soft, sweet moan escaped her mouth.

Her brow relaxed, her tense facial muscles softened, and for the first time, she showed the peacefulness of a child.

Lu Chen looked down at her, but his mind was on something else.

While transferring Qi, his Divine Sense scanned the little loli's entire meridian System.

He had already seen the symbiotic structure of Death Qi and vitality—an Innate Physique brought from the womb.

But this time, he scanned deeper.

Deep within the little loli's body, there was an extremely hidden aura.

It wasn't Spiritual Qi or Death Qi, but a kind of Dragon Qi that was noble to the bone.

Royal Dragon Qi.

Something only those of the orthodox imperial lineage would possess, hidden at the very core of the heart's Meridians, covered by layers of dense Death Qi, impossible to find without careful investigation.

Lu Chen's eyebrow twitched.

He tasted this Dragon Qi's aura and sensed a familiar flavor.

It was thirty percent similar to Yue Qingxuan's aura.

Not exactly the same.

Yue Qingxuan was the holder of the Heavenly Overlord Body, and her aura carried the unique dominance of the Heavenly Overlord Body.

But the Dragon Qi in this little loli, though lacking the taste of the Overlord Body, was exactly the same as Yue Qingxuan's in its royal Bloodline base.

Lu Chen's movement paused.

"Could it be that this is her daughter? But it doesn't look like it!"

Lu Chen smacked his lips and stopped thinking about it.

Back then, the little princess who chased him for three thousand miles insisting on a fight had now become the Peerless Empress and even had a daughter.

Lu Chen rubbed his chin and looked down at the little loli in his arms.

Life is truly unpredictable.

When they reach the Wushuang Immortal Dynasty and Yue Qingxuan sees this, should she thank him or punch him in the face?

The little loli had no idea what Lu Chen was thinking.

She only felt that this big brother's embrace was the most comfortable place she had been in eighteen years.

No more heart-piercing pain from Death Qi gnawing at her internal organs day and night, no more bone-chilling shivers, no more fear of being swallowed by darkness at any moment.

Warmth seeped from his chest, filling her body that had been cold for eighteen years, inch by inch.

She never knew that 'warm' felt like this.

The little loli's red eyes narrowed, her long eyelashes drooped, and the vermilion mole on her brow glowed slightly in the sunlight.

She released her right hand from his lapel, raised her short little arm, and wrapped it around Lu Chen's neck.

Then her left hand followed.

Her two arms crossed behind Lu Chen's neck, and her calves also wrapped around, clinging to his waist.

She hung on Lu Chen's body perfectly, leaving not an inch of space.

"So comfortable... don't push me away, big brother..."

Her small face buried into Lu Chen's broad chest, her nose rubbing against his collarbone, greedily inhaling the scent on him.

With every breath, the Death Qi on her retreated another step, and her cheeks grew redder.

Lu Chen looked down at the little octopus in his arms, his mouth twitching twice.

"Yue Qingxuan, oh Yue Qingxuan."

Lu Chen muttered to himself.

"This Emperor is bringing your daughter to your door. You'd better be polite to me. Be careful, or I might use the princess to force a coup. Empress, you wouldn't want your daughter to..."

The little loli in his arms rubbed against his chest and mumbled something in her sleep.

The Spirit Wood Boat continued forward high in the sky, heading toward the Wushuang Immortal Dynasty in the Northern Border of the Central State.

Meanwhile, in the palace of the Wushuang Immortal Dynasty.

"Empress, something's wrong! Princess Shiyun used a Void-Escape Talisman to run away for fun!"