84: Chapter 85 The Majesty of an Empress! Ji Linglong accepted the order with tears in her eyes: My husband, rest assured, I will kill anyone who dares to run away!

'What the f*ck?!' Jiang Chen looked sharply at Ji Linglong.

Only then did he understand what had really happened to his girlfriend that day; no wonder she hadn't crossed the boundary.

'Linglong...' Jiang Chen looked at the beautiful face of Ji Linglong, filled with hope yet harboring a trace of unease. His heart felt like it had been heavily struck by something, an intense sourness washing over him.

But this also meant that Ji Linglong absolutely could not be taken away.

Otherwise, she would die.

Then, what about taking two of the remaining three?

No way.

Ji Linglong couldn't leave, and she had to watch other women fly off to Blue Star with him to live happily ever after?

Wouldn't she be so angry that she'd go into qi deviation on the spot?

She would probably hack those three love rivals to death before the teleportation array even opened, then hack herself, and finally, everyone would be buried neatly together in the Taichu Holy Land.

A dead end.

This was a complete and utter dead end.

The only solution was to take no one.

But how could he get this group of high-maintenance ladies to stay willingly without tearing him apart?

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, his inner Oscar-winning actor taking over.

His expression instantly shifted from conflict to sorrow, and a layer of tears even welled up in his eyes.

He slowly raised his hand to cover his chest, as if he were in agonizing pain there.

'Sigh...' Jiang Chen let out a long sigh, a sigh that contained thirty percent helplessness, thirty percent reluctance, and forty percent deep affection.

He released Ji Linglong's hand, stepped back, and looked at the four women—three adults and one little one—in front of him, saying in a hoarse voice.

'I want to take you all with me too. But... I can't.'

'Why?!' the women said in unison, their tones filled with confusion and grievance.

'Because... of love.' Jiang Chen pointed to the sky and began his earnest nonsense:

'Your current cultivation levels are too high. Lianxu, Half-step Dacheng... You are all like four supernovas. The energy within you is destructive to the fragile space-time channel.'

'And the channel between me and Blue Star was just established and is extremely fragile. It's like a spider silk; it simply cannot support elephants like you.'

'If I were to force you through...' Jiang Chen made an explosion gesture, his eyes filled with terror.

'Boom! The channel would explode. Spatial turbulence would tear us to pieces. I would die. You would be lost in the endless void. Even Blue Star would be burst apart by the spiritual energy overflowing from you!'

'I cannot risk your lives, nor can I risk my homeland. I... I cannot afford to gamble.'

These words were half-true and half-false (the system did indeed say it would collapse), but after Jiang Chen's artistic embellishment, it instantly transformed from a system restriction into a heartfelt confession of 'letting go because of love.'

'This...' Wu Mingyue was stunned.

As an Empress, she naturally understood the importance of 'rules' and 'fortune.'

Although she was unwilling, she also knew that spatial laws were not something to be trifled with.

'Is there really no way?' Su Daji said with teary eyes, 'I can seal my cultivation! Can't I just turn into a little fox?'

'No.' Jiang Chen shook his head, his tone firm: 'Sealing has risks too. What if it unseals inside the channel? That would be two lives lost.'

'Then... how long do I have to wait?' Dugu Xue asked the crucial question, 'I will wait for you.'

'A few months! At most a few months!' Jiang Chen raised three fingers to swear (actually, he had no idea, but he had to appear confident).

'The flow of time on Blue Star is different from here. A few days on my side might be a month here. In short, very soon!'

'This time when I go back, it's to reinforce the channel and upgrade the technology! Once I upgrade the 5G base station (teleportation array) over there to 6G, let alone the four of you, even moving the entire Taichu Holy Land over wouldn't be a problem!'

'And...'

Jiang Chen looked at Ji Linglong, his eyes so tender they could drip water.

He walked over and gently cupped her face.

'Linglong, I know you swore an oath to guard the sect for three years.'

Ji Linglong trembled all over, looking at Jiang Chen in disbelief, tears streaming down her face: 'Husband... you... you knew?'

'Silly girl, I am your husband. How could I not know what's on your mind? That day, while I was waiting for you in agony on Blue Star, I sensed it.'

Jiang Chen gently kissed the tears from her face, 'For these three years, stay home and be a good guardian. You are the main wife; you must show the demeanor of the main wife.'

'By the way... help me keep an eye on them (referring to the three love rivals).'

Jiang Chen leaned into her ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear: 'Don't let them sneak away. For these few months, I need you to guard this home for me. Once I've fixed the road, I'll come to pick you up in style! By then, no one will be left behind!'

These words both gave Ji Linglong face (she didn't have to admit she couldn't go) and gave her an important task (the authority of the main wife).

Ji Linglong's tears fell instantly, but this time they were tears of being touched.

She hugged Jiang Chen tightly, burying her head in his chest, crying like a child, but her tone was unusually firm.

'Wuwuwu... Husband, you are so good... I'll listen to you! I'll wait for you at home! No one is allowed to run away! I'll keep an eye on them for you!'

After saying this, she turned her head sharply, wiped away her tears, and glared fiercely at Wu Mingyue and the others, unleashing her Lianxu pressure without reservation.

'Did you hear that? Husband said the channel is unstable! No one is allowed to go! If anyone dares to sneak away and harm Husband, this Palace will be the first to kill her as a sacrifice to the heavens!'

Wu Mingyue, Dugu Xue, and Su Daji looked at each other.

Although they were a hundred times unwilling and really wanted to go to Blue Star to see that Metaverse, Jiang Chen's words were too serious (channel explosion, destruction of his homeland), and combined with the 'main wife' Ji Linglong holding the metaphorical imperial sword and glaring at them, they had no choice but to concede.

They had no choice but to accept their fate.

'Fine.' Wu Mingyue sighed, tidying her dragon robe with some irritation.

'I will wait for you for a few months. However... you must bring me some local specialties. I want to play the second part of that 'Domineering Regent Prince' the moment it comes out! Also, I want the recipe for that thing called Cola!'

'I want a new sword manual. And that magical treasure called a Light Saber.' Dugu Xue sheathed her sword, a flash of anticipation in her eyes.

'I want new skins! And that kind of controller that vibrates! It has to be pink!' Su Daji made a strange request, 'And I want spicy strips in all kinds of flavors!'

'No problem! All satisfied! All of them!'

Jiang Chen let out a sigh of relief, feeling that his clothes on his back were soaked through with cold sweat, his legs even feeling a bit weak.

He had finally managed to bluff his way through.

Looking at this group of powerful women who had finally settled down, Jiang Chen silently kowtowed to the system in his heart.

'System, although you are usually quite a pain, this warning about the collapse of fortune came at just the right time. I will never forget your life-saving grace.'

However, looking at Ji Linglong's reluctant gaze, as if she wished she could fuse him into her own body, Jiang Chen also felt a bit sour in his heart.

Parting is always sad.

To dilute this sadness, and to find something for this group of wealthy women who were about to be left behind to do.

Jiang Chen decided—to do something big.

He turned around and looked at the group of scientists behind him who had been silent, silently watching the drama, and incidentally recording data on 'The Emotional Behavior of Women in the Cultivation World.'

'Old Li! Professor Chen! Old Yang!' Jiang Chen waved his hand, a signature smile of a procurement team leader appearing on his face.

'Since we can't take the people with us, we can't go back empty-handed, right?'

'There are 20 hours left until the channel closes.'

'Pass on my order! Take out all the instant noodles, spicy strips, and those Yiwu small commodities we brought!'

'We are going to hold an unprecedented event in the Taichu Holy Land—'

'A cross-dimensional clearance sale!'