Chapter 2432 - 2122: Ancient Ruins Emerge

There are no walls in the world that don’t let air through, let alone Chen Min has already contacted many Outer Domain forces. Although those forces have agreed to ally with Qionghua Holy Land on the surface, they might not be sincere.

The news of Qionghua Holy Land allying with various Outer Domain forces has long reached Lu Chen’s ears, but Lu Chen hasn’t paid much attention to it.

After hearing Lu Chen’s words, Pei Shuhua’s heart skipped a beat.

After leaving Dazhou, Chen Min occasionally sent someone to deliver letters to her, and she mentioned in those letters that she was persuading other Outer Domain forces to form an alliance.

However, Pei Shuhua didn’t pay much attention to it. To her, Lu Chen’s power was more terrifying than she imagined, and most people still didn’t know that Lu Chen was also a Heavenly Realm.

Currently, the Great Zhou Dynasty has three Heavenly Realms.

Even if all the Outer Domain forces united, without a Heavenly Realm overseeing them, it would be difficult for them to defeat the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At this moment, Pei Shuhua thought, could it be that Chen Min’s actions have displeased Lu Chen, which is why Lu Chen brought it up now.

Now that Lu Chen has agreed to let them enter the Ancient Ruins of Qionghua Holy Land, if Chen Min does something to anger Lu Chen at this time, Lu Chen might cancel their qualification to enter the Ancient Ruins, which would be a loss.

But now, Chen Min no longer listens to her. Even if she wrote a letter instructing Chen Min not to ally with those Outer Domain forces, Chen Min would probably think it’s because Lu Chen has her under control, which is why she’s writing such letters to her.

While Pei Shuhua was considering how to convince Chen Min to abandon the alliance with other forces, Lu Chen continued, "If Qionghua Holy Land really brings other forces to attack the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, what do you think I should do?"

Hearing Lu Chen’s words, Pei Shuhua remained silent, not responding immediately.

Honestly, she didn’t know what to do either.

After a while, Pei Shuhua said, "Qionghua Holy Land is vast, with many factions within the Holy Land. I’m not in the same faction as them."

"If you’re unhappy with what they’re doing, you can take action directly against them."

In order to calm Lu Chen’s anger and prevent Chen Min’s actions from affecting her, Pei Shuhua decided to actively cut ties with Chen Min and her group.

If she cuts ties now, perhaps when the Ancient Ruins open, Lu Chen might still allow the survivors of Qionghua Holy Land to enter.

If she continued to stand by Chen Min’s side, at that time, not a single disciple of Qionghua Holy Land would be able to enter the Ancient Ruins.

After hearing Pei Shuhua’s words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You react quickly. If the disciples of Qionghua Holy Land find out you’ve cut ties with them, will they see you as a traitor to the Holy Land?"

Pei Shuhua replied calmly, "Only the dead can be traitors."

As long as they can enter the Ancient Ruins, it’s a contribution to the Qionghua Holy Land. Sacrificing some people doesn’t matter at all, after all, exploring Ancient Ruins has always been like this.

How can exploring ruins not result in deaths?

These Holy Lands lose many people every time they find a ruin, and there have even been cases of complete annihilation.

Lu Chen said, "Since you’ve said so, if they really dare to make a move against me, then they can’t blame me."

After Lu Chen’s words, he stayed with Pei Shuhua and her daughter for a while longer until late at night, when he left Pei Shuhua’s chamber and went to Ji Yunmeng’s place.

When Lu Chen arrived at Ji Yunmeng’s chamber, Ji Yunmeng was sitting cross-legged on a soft couch, seemingly cultivating.

Feeling Lu Chen’s presence, Ji Yunmeng suddenly opened her eyes.

She asked coldly, "It’s so late, what are you doing here?"

Lu Chen approached the bed with a smile and said, "Isn’t it obvious, Your Majesty? I’m here to serve you."

Upon hearing Lu Chen’s words, Ji Yunmeng frowned tightly, what did he mean by coming to serve her?

This scoundrel was obviously here to toy with her.

Ji Yunmeng immediately said, "The Empress Dowager just gave birth to your child, shouldn’t you stay in her chamber to accompany her? Aren’t you afraid she would be displeased if she found out?"

Lu Chen replied coldly, "I just came from there, She and the child are already asleep, me staying there would have disturbed her rest."

With that, Lu Chen was already by the bed, sitting on the edge.

Seeing Lu Chen coming closer, Ji Yunmeng knew she wouldn’t escape being tormented tonight.

At that moment, Lu Chen leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, it’s late, you should rest."

With those words, he pushed Ji Yunmeng onto the bed, then undressed and leaned down, blocking her red lips.

Ji Yunmeng was used to this, and she didn’t resist, letting Lu Chen tear at her clothes.

However, just as the two were in the middle of their activity, a sudden thunderous roar erupted outside, and the Deceitful Evil Qi within Ji Yunmeng surged outward, enveloping the entire chamber in an instant.

Lu Chen frowned slightly, disturbed by the anomaly while he was in the midst of his enjoyment.

Having no choice, Lu Chen got dressed and left the chamber with Ji Yunmeng.

As soon as they stepped out of the chamber, they saw the sky filled with colorful, twisted Deceitful Evil Qi, as if the entire world was wrapped in chaos.

Feeling the Deceitful Evil Qi drifting in the sky, Ji Yunmeng’s body felt extremely comfortable, even more so than when being tormented by Lu Chen.

Ji Yunmeng took a deep breath, and the surrounding Deceitful Evil Qi surged into her body.

At this moment, a blue-black beam of light shot up from the depths of Dazhou’s Imperial Mausoleum.

The beam soared into the sky, visible from all over the Border Wilderness.

Seeing the beam, a cold female voice echoed in Ji Yunmeng’s mind: "Go to the Imperial Mausoleum, claim the inheritance."

Hearing this voice, Ji Yunmeng was momentarily stunned, then without any hesitation, she leaped towards the mausoleum.

Seeing Ji Yunmeng suddenly heading towards the beam, Lu Chen guessed that Ji Yunmeng’s memories might be guiding her to the mausoleum, perhaps the so-called Ancient Ruins had already opened.

Lu Chen quickly followed.

Meanwhile, various Outer Domain forces also headed straight for the Dazhou Imperial Mausoleum.

Before long, Lu Chen and Ji Yunmeng appeared outside the blue pillar of light.

A huge pit where the light emanated was beneath the blue pillar, and the entire Dazhou Imperial Mausoleum had vanished.

The pillar of light slowly dissipated after a moment.

As the light faded, the location where the Dazhou Imperial Mausoleum originally stood turned into a black vortex.

Within the vortex, Deceitful Evil Qi spread, making people shudder just by getting close.

The Deceitful Evil seemed to be constantly extracting the vitality of all surrounding living creatures; in moments, nearby plants withered.

Feeling his own vitality flowing toward the black vortex, Lu Chen wasn’t worried but rather showed a hint of excitement.

It seemed that within the ruins there might truly be the memories of the Ancestor of the Strange sealed.

He wondered if it was just the memories of one person or all their memories were inside?

If all the memories of the Ancestor of the Strange were there, he could directly use the Rebirth Stone to seal all their memories and wouldn’t have to fight against them anymore.