Open up and break into another world

Xu Ming saw Wen Shuai again three days later in the Flying Cloud Hall of the Imperial City.

Wen Shuai sat high on the throne, his temperament completely different from before, with a commanding presence in every gesture.

“Wen Shuai, you’re so busy after becoming Emperor that it’s hard to even see you!” Xu Ming said with a deliberate laugh.

“Xu Ming, if you want to find me for a drink, I’ll accompany you no matter how busy I am!” Wen Shuai also laughed, “Don’t just stand down there, come up and sit for a while!”

“The top is your Dragon Throne.”

“Since it’s my brother coming, of course, I’ll give you the best seat!”

“Haha, good! Actually, I’ve long wanted to experience the taste of the Dragon Throne!”

Xu Ming slumped onto the Dragon Throne, a thought flashing through his mind: “Holding a sword to kill when awake, and lying on a beauty’s lap when drunk, this is probably the feeling!”

Wen Shuai stood aside and said solemnly, “Thank you, Brother Xu Ming. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t even be able to sit on the throne, let alone control my own life and death!”

“You and I are brothers, thank you for what!” Xu Ming slumped on the Dragon Throne, enjoying the feeling of being an emperor, “By the way, how is Wen Man doing?”

“The struggle for the throne is cruel!” Wen Shuai sighed, “The eldest brother, and Wen Jun, the fifth prince, who was close to the eldest brother, have all been imprisoned in a side hall within the Imperial City. The other princes are also being monitored.”

Imprisoned?

Xu Ming understood that although the princes like Wen Man and Wen Jun would still live in luxury, they would likely lose their freedom for the rest of their lives, no different from being in prison.

“If you had lost, you would be the one imprisoned,” Xu Ming said.

“Indeed!”

After chatting for a while, Wen Shuai said mysteriously, “Brother Xu Ming, you probably don’t know how strong our royal family is, do you?”

“I don’t know!” Xu Ming had only heard that the royal family was very strong and was the absolute controller of the Flying Cloud Kingdom; but he didn’t know exactly how strong they were.

“I only found out about the full extent of the royal family’s strength these past few days!” Wen Shuai said, “The royal family itself has dozens of Innate Realm martial artists; these dozens of experts are hidden throughout the Imperial City and are absolutely loyal to the royal family! Besides that… the Flying Cloud Army also has a dozen or twenty Innate Realm experts, and the experts in the ‘Dark Guards’ are no fewer than those in the Flying Cloud Army.”

Xu Ming nodded.

He guessed that the two people standing beside the old emperor Wen Mantuo at the birthday celebration were the commander of the Flying Cloud Army and the leader of the Dark Guards.

“Moreover, there are many large forces within the Flying Cloud Kingdom that are secretly controlled by the royal family, such as the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion, the Nine Cauldrons Chamber of Commerce, and the Myriad Beasts Arena,” Wen Shuai continued.

“The Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion is also controlled by the royal family? And the Nine Cauldrons Chamber of Commerce, the Myriad Beasts Arena…” Xu Ming exclaimed, “The Flying Cloud Kingdom’s royal family has an ancient heritage, truly not to be underestimated!”

“There’s also something else!” Wen Shuai waved his hand, and immediately, guards outside the door escorted in a group of people.

These guards, and the people being escorted in, were greatly surprised to see Xu Ming lounging on the throne while Wen Shuai was standing aside.

Xu Ming’s gaze swept across the faces of the row of people below.

It was a row of old acquaintances.

“Hmm? … Lin Han, the Three Heroes of Cloudrise, Lin Yan, Lin Miao, Wu Gaofeng, Zhai Ba, Sikong Liangjun… and that servant from the Hidden Thorn who betrayed me?” Xu Ming was surprised to find that everyone who had offended him, except for those who were already dead, were all lined up below.

“Haha, Wen Shuai, no wonder you insisted on calling me over today, it’s because of them, right? You really put your heart into it!” Xu Ming laughed.

“It’s just a word.” With Wen Shuai’s current status, capturing these insignificant lackeys was indeed just a matter of a word, “These people are now at your disposal.”

The faces of the row of people below were filled with complex expressions, some with despair, some begging for mercy, some pitiful…

This is the taste of holding a sword to kill when awake!

Xu Ming said indifferently, “Lin Han, kill him. Sikong Liangjun, let him go. As for the others, you can handle them as you see fit!”

Lin Han must be killed.

Wen Shuai understood and immediately had someone deal with it.

Lin Han’s face was ashen, crying and wanting to beg for mercy, but guards had already dragged him away.

Soon, Xu Ming felt that the obsession in his heart had completely dissipated. Those memories belonging to Xu Ming were now like a movie he had watched, no longer able to stir his emotions.

“Finally… free!”

This was the first true freedom that Xu Ming had experienced since transmigrating to this other world.

The feeling of not being bound by obsession was truly good!

“In addition…” Wen Shuai added, “The plan to destroy the Lin family has also been put on the agenda. We will act when the time is ripe.”

“Mm.”

Xu Ming nodded, then suddenly said, “I should be leaving the Flying Cloud Kingdom soon.”

“Soon?”

“Yes! It should be in the next few days.”

“So soon?” Wen Shuai hadn’t even had time to properly thank Xu Ming after becoming emperor.

“The Desolate Sect urgently summoned Mansion Master Gu back. So, I will also follow Mansion Master Gu and go to the Desolate Sect together,” Xu Ming said.

Wen Shuai was silent for a moment, then said, “Brother Xu Ming, in fact, from the first time I saw you, I knew that you were a true dragon! This small place like the Flying Cloud Kingdom cannot contain you! — I, your brother, can only wish you a safe journey. When you have made a name for yourself in the Desolate Sect, remember to take me along to show off and fly!”

“Hahahaha, definitely!”

Smiling, Xu Ming said, “My brothers Sun Ji and Xu Kai, and the Xu family, are entrusted to you!”

“Sun Ji and Xu Kai are your brothers, aren’t they my brothers too?” Wen Shuai feigned anger, “Besides, even if you didn’t say it, would I not know what to do with your family?”

“Haha, I was wrong!”

The Xu family in the small rural town, because of Xu Ming’s sudden emergence, was destined to rise unstoppably.

There were families rising, and there were also families declining.

The Lin family, because their unworthy descendants offended Xu Ming, was destined to decline or even perish.

At this time, a guard outside the door announced: “Your Majesty, Elder Li Ruobing from the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion requests an audience!”

“Li Ruobing?” Xu Ming frowned slightly.

Wen Shuai was also puzzled as to why Li Ruobing would come to him.

Li Ruobing was Chi Xue’s master. If she hadn’t discovered Chi Xue’s talent and taken Chi Xue away from Yicheng, there wouldn’t have been so many stories that followed, and Xu Ming wouldn’t have even transmigrated here.

Soon, the cold and noble Elder Li Ruobing walked into the Flying Cloud Hall with a slightly restrained expression.

“Elder Li, what is the matter?” Wen Shuai said.

Li Ruobing glanced at Xu Ming, who was lounging on the throne, and then said, “Reporting to Your Majesty, Chi Xue is missing.”

Chi Xue is missing?

Wen Shuai looked at Xu Ming.

The reason why Li Ruobing rushed over to report this matter was probably because she knew that Chi Xue had a story with Xu Ming; now that Chi Xue was missing, this was no small matter, so of course, she had to report it as soon as possible.

“I know.” Xu Ming said indifferently, and then said nothing more.

After chatting with Wen Shuai for a while, Xu Ming got up to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Xu Ming left a storage ring: “Although you are now the emperor, these cultivation treasures inside are not something you can easily find.”

Wen Shuai was grateful.

After Xu Ming left, Wen Shuai opened the storage ring.

In addition to some rare cultivation treasures, there were also hundreds of blue strange stones. With these blue strange stones, Wen Shuai could not only help Old Du and his father Wen Mantuo break through to the Core Formation Realm, but also better control Old Man Yunqi.

Wen Shuai had a feeling that during his reign, the strength of the Flying Cloud Kingdom would probably rise to a higher level!

“Brother Xu Ming, you have really helped me too much!” Wen Shuai looked at the treasures in the storage ring and stood there for a long time.

He didn’t know that Xu Ming did all this for one sentence — a drop of water in need shall be returned with a spring indeed!

In the past two days, Xu Ming also went to see Sun Ji and Xu Kai, leaving them with many cultivation and self-defense treasures. Finally, he followed Gu Hanmo on their journey with peace of mind.

Outside Cloudrise City, many people saw Xu Ming off.

There were Wen Shuai, Sun Ji, and Xu Kai, a few good brothers, and also friends from the Desolate Martial Academy.

“Take care!”

“Brother Xu Ming, be careful in everything!”

“After going to the Desolate Sect, remember to pick up a few beauties!”

“Senior Sister Hua.” Among the crowd seeing him off were Hua Lengyan and Bai Rong; Bai Rong was whispering to Hua Lengyan, “Xu Ming is about to leave, are you really not going to be bold and confess to him? — You will regret it in the future if you are like this!”

Hua Lengyan was a little tempted, but in the end, she shook her head: “I am not worthy of Xu Ming! I will still keep this love deep in my heart and not add to his troubles!”

“Sigh…” Bai Rong sighed.

So inferior?

Was this really the Ice Beauty Hua Lengyan, who was worshipped as a goddess in the Martial Academy?

Bai Rong then thought: “But then again, under Xu Ming’s monstrous talent, anyone would feel ashamed of themselves!”

The relatives and friends watched Xu Ming’s figure gradually disappear into the sunrise.

Wen Shuai muttered in his heart: “Where on earth did Chi Xue go? Doesn’t Brother Xu Ming really care at all?”

Chi Xue disappeared. In the past two days, Wen Shuai had used all his power to investigate, but to no avail. It was as if Chi Xue had evaporated from the world.