136: Chapter 136 Gym? President Xiao?

Three days later, Great Qian Imperial Palace.

“Your Majesty, I beg you, please save my Imperial Father!” Concubine Yan knelt by the dragon bed, clutching Xiao Ye’s thigh while weeping piteously.

This Concubine Yan was a princess of the Yan Kingdom who had married into the palace only a few years ago.

This morning, many princes and princesses who had fled from the Yan Kingdom reached Great Qian, seeking her out as their elder sister for protection.

But she was merely a decorative consort; what say did she have in Great Qian? She could only come to beg Xiao Ye.

Presumably, considering how she had "tolerated" him over the past few years, Xiao Ye would give her a hand, right?

To her surprise, Xiao Ye's next words made her mind go blank on the spot:

“Fine. Send the males to the Cleansing Chamber, and the females to ‘Heaven on Earth’.” Xiao Ye made the arrangements expressionlessly, his tone leaving no room for negotiation.

He could help.

But they wanted to continue living as superiors? Impossible.

He had never forgotten that back then, the commander of the Yan Kingdom had led troops to besiege Great Qian and even formed a group to ambush him.

Although they had attacked Qian Tian's Great Qian, and the people who ambushed him had all been killed by him—which even prompted him to become the Emperor of Great Qian—

Great Qian and the Yan Kingdom were, in the end, enemies.

This Concubine Yan was nothing more than a compromise made by the King of the Yan Kingdom years ago out of fear of Xiao Ye's martial prowess.

Concubine Yan walked out of the bedchamber in a daze, and a group of travel-worn yet still gorgeously dressed young men and women immediately surrounded her.

“Elder Sister, what did Emperor Xiao say?” an older prince asked urgently.

Concubine Yan hesitated, her lips trembling for a long time, not knowing how to speak.

Finally, she sighed: “The Emperor said... the males are to be sent to the Cleansing Chamber—to be cleansed, and the females to ‘Heaven on Earth’—to continue being princesses.”

When the group of princes heard "Cleansing Chamber," they misheard it as "Gym."

Their eyes instantly lit up—so they were going to work out—to exercise! Their Imperial Father used to teach them often that they should exercise more after meals, or else when they got older, their waists wouldn't be able to move and they would have to rely on Medicinal Pills to keep going.

“I didn't expect this dog emperor of Great Qian... oh no, Emperor Xiao, to actually care so much about our physical health!” one prince was so moved he nearly teared up. “He truly is a wise ruler!”

“Yes, yes! Back in the Yan Kingdom, Imperial Father also specifically built a fitness palace where we often went to train. Emperor Xiao is truly a good man!”

The princes chattered away, each one incredibly touched, wishing they could kowtow to Xiao Ye right then and there.

Only—why did their Elder Sister look so unhappy? Could it be that for their sake, she had agreed to some outrageous positions for that dog emperor in exchange for this treatment?

“Elder Sister, we're being arranged to go to the gym, why are you still unhappy?” a prince asked, scratching his head.

Concubine Yan's inner thoughts: ???

No, you're all about to be sent to become eunuchs, and you're asking me why I'm not happy? I should be the one asking why you are happy!

She didn't want to talk; she just wanted to be left alone.

However, someone didn't want to leave her alone.

“Elder Sister, you haven't said yet—what kind of place is ‘Heaven on Earth’? And it lets us continue being princesses?” a sweet and cute younger princess asked, blinking her large eyes curiously.

The princes also pricked up their ears.

They understood the gym, but they had truly never heard of this “Heaven on Earth”.

Concubine Yan didn't know how to answer. Should she say, “That is a brothel, a brothel that only serves President Xiao alone”?

She opened her mouth and finally could only explain in the gentlest way: “This ‘Heaven on Earth’... is a green-colored building. Once you move in, you will be princesses.”

“Ah? Then are there any princes?” an adorable princess raised her hand to ask.

“No, only President Xiao,” Concubine Yan added helplessly.

She had followed the Emperor to Heaven on Earth once.

She only remembered that everyone inside had to call the Emperor—“President Xiao”.

“Ah? President Xiao?” The group of princesses and princes looked at each other, feeling that something was off, but they couldn't quite put their finger on it.

In the distance, Xiao Ye leaned against the window, watching this group of naive fools with a slight curl of his lip. He turned to Li Fu and said, “Once they go in, castrate the men and send them to wash horses. Train the women well; I will be inspecting them!”

Li Fu wiped his sweat and silently took note!

“Alright, go make the arrangements.” Xiao Ye waved his hand, his tone casual. “I should also prepare properly—seven Soul Transformation Saints from Ten Thousand Demon Palace coming all at once. If killing one scares off the other six, wouldn't that be a hassle? I have to find a way to take them all out in one go.”

He narrowed his eyes, his lips curling into a dangerous arc, as if he had already rehearsed the encirclement plan countless times in his mind.

Li Fu shuddered and silently retreated.

Scene change—Yan Kingdom Imperial Palace.

At this moment, smoke rose from all sides within the palace, corpses littered the ground, and ruins were everywhere. The once magnificent hall now only had charred beams and bloodstains all over the floor.

In front of the main palace hall, Hu Jia stepped on the broken bricks, looking at the Retired Emperor of the Yan Kingdom who was pinned to the wall by a long black spear. He curled his lip with a look of boredom: “This Great Yan Kingdom is too weak, isn't it? Just one old fogey at the Early Stage of Nascent Soul? This doesn't even count as a warm-up.”

“Alright, let's go, on to the next one.” Moon Demon wrapped his black robe tightly and turned around without looking back.

“The next one is Great Qian, right?” Hu Wei's brow furrowed slightly, her tone carrying a bit of caution. “Saintess Ji Fei and Saint Son Gou Tao both fell at the hands of that Great Qian Emperor. Everyone be careful, don't let the ship capsize in a small ditch.”

“Hmph! What kind of powerhouse can come out of a small place like this?” Barbarian Demon snorted disdainfully, patting the large axe on his back. “I think Saintess Ji Fei and Saint Son Gou Tao were just careless and fell for that bumpkin's tricks. If it were me, I'd split him in half with one axe strike.”

“Alright, that's enough.” Hu Jia spoke calmly, his gaze sweeping over everyone. “Take everything useful and let's head out—target, Great Qian.”

As his voice fell, the Devilish Qi on the flying shuttle surged again, slowly rising into the air, turning around, and speeding towards the capital of the Great Qian Empire.

In the distance, at the end of the horizon, the silhouette of Great Qian loomed indistinctly.

—

In the Great Qian Imperial Palace, in order to take out those seven Saints from Ten Thousand Demon Palace in one go, Xiao Ye flipped through all his trump cards.

Ultimately, he found a Formation in Hao Sailei’s Legacy—the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Formation.

This Formation could trap enemies and also draw Nine Heavens Divine Thunder to kill them. The thunderous power was enough to split the sky and annihilate a city.

Xiao Ye exhausted all his Spirit Stones to barely set up the grand Formation at the border between Great Qian and the Yan Kingdom, waiting for the people from Ten Thousand Demon Palace to walk into the trap.

On the borderline, besides Xiao Ye, who was at the Peak of Nascent Soul, there were only a few Core Formation military officers from Great Qian following him.

Behind them was a group of ordinary soldiers, but they weren't there to fight; Xiao Ye had brought them along to clean up the battlefield—someone had to collect the bodies after the fight, right?

Looking at the sparse ranks behind him, Xiao Ye felt the weakness of Great Qian's martial power for the first time.

The powerhouses of the entire Great Qian combined weren't as capable as his beloved concubines in the harem. At least among his concubines, there were those in the Nascent Soul stage (not counting the demoness Saintess Ji Fei).

“It seems I'll have to recruit more subordinates in the future,” Xiao Ye muttered. “Otherwise, having to personally take action just to fight a Nascent Soul is too undignified.”

Two and a half days later, the flying shuttle from Ten Thousand Demon Palace finally arrived at the border.

Xiao Ye had everyone else hide well, leaving only those few Core Formation military officers to expose their auras as bait.

The flying shuttle hovered, Devilish Qi churning.

The seven Saints looked down from above at the “pitiful” Great Qian Cultivators below.

“Heh, and I thought the Emperor of Great Qian was how strong; turns out he's just a Peak Nascent Soul?” Moon Demon spoke with a smile. “Saintess Ji Fei and Saint Son Gou Tao actually fell to someone like this, what a waste.”

“And a bunch of Core Formation and Nascent Soul trash. How did Saint Son Gou Tao die?” The White-Haired Demoness curled her lip disdainfully.