Light Cultivation
Eps. 265 — Behind The Shadows
It is not a taboo that a noble or government has more than one wife, the case of His Majesty the Emperor is one example that has dozens of wives and also several concubines in his residence.
According to Jian Chen, the household case of the Dragon Emperor was still fairly simple, he had met one of the governments that had dozens of wives who were close to reaching a hundred, he said, he even had to create a large field for the residence of his wives and concubines to gather.
Jian Chen could only laugh a little at Miou Lin's reaction, it seemed that the girl was unwilling when her future married husband had more than one wife.
On the other hand His Majesty the Emperor did not mind Miou Lin's reaction any further while his seventh wife could only smile awkwardly.
Lin Jianxa then changed his conversation to the main topic of this meeting.
Discussions intertwined, Jianxa conveyed some things especially his cooperation with the Miou clan Association, occasionally his wife who is an expert in the business of adding sentences from her husband.
In short, with his influence as Emperor, Jianxa could help the association open its wings even wider until it could open an association branch in another Empire.
Jianxa said that the pills made by the Miou clan association were still very valuable outside the empire even they intended to order a stock of many of his wealth.
Jianxa certainly did not object to the request even this considered it an opportunity to cooperate with other empires.
The empire in question was not a Qilin empire that tended to be hostile towards the Dragon Empire but rather the Tortoise Empire.
The Tortoise Empire was the empire that had the widest land area of the other 4 four empires. It was said that their martial power was higher than that of the Qilin Empire or even the Dragon Empire.
Hearing that Miou Lin became enthusiastic, the girl felt that the offer from His Majesty the Emperor was the thing they had been looking for all along.
Miou Fan plans to have a mission to expand his association to the entire eastern continent. Jianxa's offer was the first step towards his clan's goal.
The two eventually shook hands, the cooperation already established with the Imperial government would help the expansion of the association branch outside the imperial territory.
On the other hand Jian Chen did not say much, he listened more to the two sides communicate with each other. Moreover, the young man's gaze was focused on the others.
Jian Chen smiled sinisterly towards one corner of the direction, he realized there was an uninvited person hiding in this room.
Jian Chen turned his gaze towards Jianxa, it seemed like the Dragon Emperor was unaware of the intruder's existence which meant he was the enemy.
'Hm, I want to see what the real purpose of this intruder is...' Jian Chen let out a small laugh then pretended not to be aware of the existence of the intruder.
"Miss Lin, there's one more thing I want to say and maybe it's about the Miou clan..."
Miou Lin raised his eyebrows. "Your Majesty, what is it?"
"Miss Lin may have noticed that our imperial and Qilin relations have been deteriorating since the past few months. They are trying to destroy the Dragon Empire in any way including the reason why our imperial power has grown so much over the past year..."
Clearly the Dragon Emperor was worried that the target of the Qilin Empire before the war was to destroy the Miou clan first. Because it was not an open secret of the association of the Miou clan that created a high-efficacy pill.
According to him it was not something that they might have planned but rather a sure thing, the Miou clan was the strongest foundation of the current Dragon Empire to continue developing.
Jianxa these few days got a report from the Imperial border guards that the number of ships from the incoming Qilin empire was increasing rapidly.
Actually it does not matter if the ship is a trading ship that is allowed to go out and enter the border but it will be different story if there is an army of the Qilin Empire that smuggles and spies on the Dragon empire.
Actually the Dragon Empire was also acting similarly, he had sent some of his people to the Qilin Empire to supervise but the numbers were still quite different from Qilin which tended to be excessive.
"I hope that Miss and the Miou clan will start to be vigilant, if they need anything the imperial government is ready to help the Miou clan..."
Jianxa then bailed away with his wife, both of whom could not linger in the association as it would raise unnecessary suspicions.
"Young Master Jian, what do you think of what His Majesty the Emperor said?" Miou Lin asked after Jianxa had already left far away from his shop a few minutes ago.
Miou Lin's question did not concern Jian Chen directly so he repeated the question again but the man was still silent.
Miou Lin turned to Jian Chen, he found the young man was closing his eyes.
"Young Master Jian, is there something?"
Jian Chen opened his eyes. "Miss Lin how bad would it be if I had a fight in the capital right now?"
"Eh? Why do you ask that?"
Jian Chen smiled faintly, refusing to answer him but demanding Miou Lin to answer his question first.
"Actually a fight is not strange if it happens in the capital as long as it does not cause great damage or many casualties. Young Master Jian, are you going to have a fight with someone?"
Jian Chen nodded softly, "Right say so, Miss Lin seems like the people in the Qilin Empire are indeed targeting our organization first."
"Huh? How do you know?" Miou Lin's expression became anxious as Jian Chen spoke in a serious tone.
Jian Chen did not first reply but rather stared intently at one of the guards who was standing at the entrance of the association.
"Aren't you stale you're still hiding now..."
Miou Lin did not understand Jian Chen speaking coldly with his subordinates as well as that guard who was shocked by Jian Chen's throws.
Before the two asked any further, a shadow of the guard moved unnaturally and separated from the guard.
The guard hurriedly took some distance with his shadow, his face deathly pale like seeing a ghost.
"I'm already very confident in my shadow technique skills but it seems like there are still people who realize it, I have a lot to learn again..." That person came out from his shadow, seen a middle-aged man wearing all-black robes.
Even though his disguise was known to Jian Chen but the man was not upset but laughed, as if this incident was no big deal.
Miou Lin instantly took a few steps back, her face terrified and feeling threatened filled her heart.
"Young man, I didn't expect you to have the ability to detect ambient existences, it seems like I really underestimated this small Empire..." The man chuckled softly, arguably only a handful of people could currently dismantle his shadow technique.
Jian Chen smiled faintly, after looking at it with his sky eyes, the man had extremely high strength, it was no wonder the Dragon Emperor was unable to notice it.
Previously the man had hidden in the shadow of seventh wife Jianxa then moved to the Association guards. Judging from his abilities it seemed like the old man had long since spied on the Dragon Emperor behind a shadow.
Jian Chen was not the first to see the shadow so the hiding place of a swordsman but being able to do so was not an ordinary matter.
Jian Chen then looked at the old man who was now taking out knives from both hands.
Seeing that anyone had managed to uncover his secret the old man did not let Jian Chen and Miou Lin live again or all his hideouts all this time would be in vain.