469: King An of Qin has a daughter?

"How could this be?"

Wei Hongshen rubbed his eyes in disbelief, discovering that the attributes displayed for the sarira now included a description of a Seal.

Then, he looked up at Qin Shilei, his eyes filled with doubt.

Qin Shilei asked calmly, "What, is there something wrong with this sarira?"

Wei Hongshen suppressed his anger and showed the sarira's attributes to Qin Shilei.

He carefully chose his words, "Is the Seal on this sarira your doing, Qin An King? Could you please help remove it?"

Qin Shilei frowned, "Why is there suddenly a Seal? To be able to leave a Seal on an orange-grade item, do you think Qin has such great ability, or that it's necessary?"

Wei Hongshen looked at Qin Shilei with some suspicion, "Qin An King, please, are you able to remove this Seal? I am willing to offer another orange-grade item."

Qin Shilei shook his head, "Qin cannot remove the Seal. If you feel you've been wronged, you can certainly return the sarira to me and take the Eight Trigrams Formation and leave."

Wei Hongshen looked at Qin Shilei, then at the sarira in his hand, and finally put the sarira into his spatial ring.

"Qin An King, this old monk bids farewell."

After speaking, he stood up and walked out.

Watching the Buddhist Sect Master leave, Zhang Xiaoli frowned and said, "To be willing to exchange the Eight Trigrams Formation for a sealed sarira, it seems this Buddhist Sect Master highly values this sarira."

Kong Qingshu also speculated, "There might be other experts behind this Buddhist Sect, and the other party might hope to use their hands to break the Seal."

"I'll go investigate."

Qin Shilei stood up, about to chase after him.

Just then, Shi Liren suddenly ran in, "Reporting to Qin An King, Mary of the Empire of the Setting Sun has sent a distress signal."

"Distress?" An Qian's eyes flashed with a hint of vigilance, "Mary has a Diamond Realm Snow Spirit Horse, yet she needs our help? Could it be that she just wants to see someone?"

A trace of awkwardness flashed across Qin Shilei's face, but he didn't dare to respond. Instead, he turned to Shi Liren and asked, "Did the other party say why she needs help?"

Shi Liren glanced at the three ladies and hesitated, "The other party did not state the reason, only asked our King to go as soon as possible. She said if our King doesn't go, he might regret it for a lifetime."

The eyes of the three ladies, An Qian, Xiaoli, and Qing Shu, all focused on Qin Shilei.

"My three ladies, do you think I should go to the Empire of the Setting Sun, or not?"

Qin Shilei asked An Qian and the others with an innocent expression.

The three women exchanged glances, and An Qian spoke, "As our ally, Empress Mary is in trouble, so of course, we must go and assist her."

"My lady's words are very true!"

Qin Shilei consciously opened the entrance to the Blessed Land, "Shall we go?"

"At least you're sensible!" An Qian rolled her eyes at Qin Shilei and then flew into the Blessed Land.

Less than a day after his return, Qin Shilei left Hope City once again.

After emerging from the Empire of the Setting Sun's teleportation array, Qin Shilei once again consciously called An Qian and the others out of the Blessed Land, and then the four of them flew together towards Empress Mary's palace.

When Qin Shilei and his companions appeared before Mary, she was fully armored, her beautiful face cold and pale, her eyes red and swollen, as if she had just finished crying.

"My daughter is missing. Can you help me find her?"

Mary directly stated the purpose of her distress call as soon as they met.

"Uh!"

Qin Shilei was clearly stunned, and the three ladies, An Qian, Xiaoli, and Qing Shu, looked at Qin Shilei and Mary with suspicious expressions, scanning them back and forth.

"My husband's daughter?" Zhang Xiaoli asked with mixed feelings.

"No."

Mary said with certainty, "My daughter has nothing to do with Qin An King."

"Qin An King, I wonder if you would be willing to help me rescue my daughter, considering that we are allies?"

Zhang Xiaoli asked, disbelievingly, "If not, then why did you say that if my husband didn't come, he might regret it for a lifetime?"

Mary lowered her head and said faintly, "I was afraid that Qin An King would not be willing to come, so I just said that casually."

"How old is the child, and when was she lost?" Qin Shilei asked somewhat nervously.

"She was born today, and was stolen less than an hour after birth." Mary's eyes were filled with grief and resentment.

However, Qin Shilei didn't believe a word she said.

This child must be his.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had a sudden premonition and a surge of emotion just when her child went missing.

Furthermore, it had been just over nine months since their one-night stand, so the timing also matched perfectly.

Perhaps seeing the disbelief in Qin Shilei's eyes, Mary clapped her hands.

A handsome young man walked in.

"This is my husband." Mary pointed to the Eastern young man and introduced him.

"Greetings, Qin An King, and the three ladies."

The young man greeted them courteously, but his eyes also showed anxiety and grief.

"Could it be that the Empress's daughter really isn't Qin Shilei's daughter?"

The three ladies, An Qian, Xiaoli, and Qing Shu, exchanged glances again, their hearts filled with doubt.

Zhang Xiaoli proactively said, "As allies, we should indeed help the Empress find her daughter."

"But Empress Mary, you possess Platinum Three-star cultivation and a Diamond Realm Snow Spirit Horse, so why would someone be able to steal your daughter?"

A trace of sorrow flashed across Mary's face, "I fell into a coma due to difficult labor. Although I ordered the Snow Spirit Horse to guard outside the delivery room, I didn't expect that foolish horse to let several doctors leave the delivery room. My daughter was likely stolen by those few people."

"Where is the delivery room? Do you still have any items with their scent on them?"

Regardless of whether the daughter was his or not, Qin Shilei decided to find her first.

"I have their used personal belongings." Mary immediately had someone bring some clothes and daily necessities.

"You all wait for me; I'm going back to Hope City now to bring Jin Qiaoqiao over."

Qin Shilei finished speaking and prepared to leave the palace, returning via the teleportation array.

Just then, one of Mary's subordinates rushed in in a panic.

"Reporting to Empress, someone has left a message on the national chat channel, saying the princess is in his hands."

Mary immediately opened the chat channel, and her face instantly turned pale.

She barely managed not to faint, supported by the young man beside her.

Suppressing the grief and indignation in her heart, she displayed a message from the chat channel to Qin Shilei and the three ladies.

"Empress, your daughter is in my hands. If you want her back, complete the transaction with me, otherwise, just wait for the ransom note."

Then, there was a photo of a crying baby girl.

"Qin An King, I know you have also arrived at the Empress's palace. From now on, you are not allowed to leave the palace, otherwise, also wait for the ransom note."

Then, a video was sent out.

The video showed a man wearing a clown mask.

He spoke in a robotic voice, "Empress, Qin An King, greetings!"

"This is your daughter. Please stay where you are and do not make any unnecessary movements, otherwise, the blade in my hand will not have eyes."

The scene shifted, and a crying baby girl appeared before everyone's eyes.

A large, gleaming saber was swaying above the baby girl's head.