Light Cultivation
Eps. 287 — Relationships
"I think this is the last one..." Jian Chen strangled one of the Qilin Empire's troops in his hand until he exhaled his last breath.
After he killed the three Imperial Pill Elders, the remaining Qilin troops tried to lift foot from the Miou clan to save themselves from Jian Chen.
Jian Chen of course did not stay silent, he blocked and finished off the remaining ones.
Actually Jian Chen was not sure of killing all the troops of the Qilin Empire entirely because of their relatively large number but he also did not care much about it.
Even if there were troops who managed to escape, it was a good thing because the troops would tell the existence of a figure of himself to the Qilin Empire government.
Jian Chen was confident that with the strength he had shown them, the Qilin Empire government would think twice about fighting against the Dragon Empire.
Of course Jian Chen did not expect the war to be dismissed just like that but at least the Dragon Empire had time to prepare ahead of it.
As far as Jian Chen was concerned, the one that started the war here was the Qilin Empire.
Jian Chen hoped that his existence here would be calculated by them.
Jian Chen flew back to the Miou clan after he chased after the Qilin troops who had already fled outside the clan's borders. At least he had gone an hour to finish off the Qilin Empire's army that was running in various directions.
Its existence there made some officers of the Miou clan frightened let alone the citizens who thought Jian Chen was malicious in his clan without knowing what was happening exactly.
In the middle of his flying journey, he found that there was a furore going on in the middle of the Miou clan's resident settlement.
Jian Chen frowned when there was an old man shouting loudly at the clan officer who had now surrounded him.
The old man threatened to kill the woman in his hostage if the officers dared to come forward.
After a moment of observing above the sky, Jian Chen then understood what was happening.
The old man was the previous treacherous elder of the Miou clan, Miou Xian, Jian Chen had heard from Miou Lin that the cause of the Miou clan was in a coup because of interference from the Miou clan government itself.
Miou Xian was now about to be captured by the clan officer for his actions, the old man only had power in the realm of the Life Realm, capturing him was not difficult for even the Miou clan officers.
The surrounding residents seemed to be clueless about the situation but one thing, they were afraid that the woman Miou Xian had taken hostage was killed.
"Chairman Xian, surrender, your crimes are inexcusable, if you do something to that woman then your life will drift right now!" The officer leader who was in the Earth Realm exclaimed loudly, he used to have great respect for Miou Xian but now that his attitude changed, he hated the old man so much.
If not for the orders from Miou Fan, the Chief of his clan had already removed his weapon and killed Miou Xian.
"Do you not care about this woman, I will kill her if you dare to go forward..."
Miou Xian clenched her teeth, clearly she did not expect the situation to be like this. Not only had he lost his post, Miou Xian had become a fugitive of the clan.
After Jian Chen had successfully killed three powerful warriors from the Qilin Empire, Miou Xian had no choice but to flee with the Qilin army, but only a long time ago did he run, his existence had already been targeted by the clan officer who had been observing him for a long time.
Having no way out, Miou Xian finally caught one of the women in the middle of a public road and tried to take her hostage.
Miou Xian became panicked, he felt that the woman in his hostage had no effect on the officer even feeling indifferent, it seemed like they were already very angry at his crime.
Miou Xian started to think of various ways to escape the situation but had not had the time to hunch, Jian Chen had already descended behind him.
Miou Xian's expression turned pale upon seeing Jian Chen's face, without having to wait for his reaction, Jian Chen smacked the old man's neck unconscious.
The instant Miou Xian fainted in that instant, the female hostage hurried away in fear of being caught again.
Seeing that the one who helped him was the swordsman who saved their clan, the officers immediately saluted Jian Chen.
"Thank you, master swordsman, he is a traitor who has put the Miou clan in this state..." The officer leader bowed his body.
Jian Chen nodded slowly without a word, he then continued flying towards the Miou clan government to meet Miou Lin there.
Seeing Jian Chen leave made the attendant breathe a sigh of relief, for some reason he felt a little frightened while near Jian Chen.
***
Lily asked Jian Chen to absorb the cultivation of the three king realms she had killed, which made her a little slow towards the government area.
"How, has your power increased?" Jian Chen asked after absorbing Yang Tian's cultivation.
"If it only adds up a little but this is better than nothing..." Lily nodded slowly. "Thank you."
Jian Chen coughed softly and stopped his flying pace. "What did you say, thank you?"
Jian Chen scratched his ears, afraid of trouble or the like, all this time only the first time the girl thanked him with her own initiative.
"Hm, was there something wrong when I said that?" Lily narrowed her eyes.
"No, that's not what I mean but it's a little weird, you know, you used to look up at yourself, you were arrogant, just saying thank you as if lowering your exorbitant self-esteem..."
"What did you say! Who did you say was arrogant, I'm not arrogant? At that time I was just talking about the fact, however I am the Princess while you are an ordinary human being, it is only natural that I act this way." Lily snorted loudly.
"So what made you change now?" Jian Chen raised one eyebrow.
"Hm, let's just say you've recognized this Princess as a loyal subordinate, so I thank you now."
Jian Chen cussed, he withdrew his words as he asked the girl, Jian Chen did not continue speaking but rather continued flying while Lily chuckled as she looked at the reaction, it was obvious he was just jokingly speaking so.
The relationship of Jian Chen and Lily had indeed changed compared to the first time the two met, Lily had not even protested anymore called "Lily" by Jian Chen even though the girl was very angry at being called so.
Of course Jian Chen was also aware of this, Lily had repeatedly saved his life, arguably he also believed in the girl completely.
If Lily was really mean to him Jian Chen was sure that the girl had already done it a long time ago, with her strength it was not difficult for Lily to defeat Jian Chen. In fact, the girl until now did not act so, instead she helped him.