Chapter 229: Loved by Thousands
“What does Father Emperor want with me?”
Chu Lingque didn’t even look at the civil and military officials kneeling in two rows on the ground.
Clearly, this kind of treatment was normal for her.
“My precious daughter, sit here.”
The Vermilion Bird Emperor smiled and pulled Chu Lingque to the throne.
“Father Emperor… this…”
Chu Lingque felt that it was a bit inappropriate, but she was still pressed onto the throne by the Vermilion Bird Emperor.
“Hey, why are you being so polite with your father? Isn’t this going to happen sooner or later?”
“Alright.”
Chu Lingque helplessly sat on the throne, looking at the trembling civil and military officials below.
She felt a little bored and rested her head on her small arm, playing with the jade stones on the table that symbolized various powers.
The Vermilion Bird Emperor didn’t mind at all.
After a while, it seemed that he felt the civil and military officials below were an eyesore.
“Alright, you can all leave.”
“Remember what I just told you. Don’t make any mistakes.”
“Otherwise, be careful of your heads!”
The civil and military officials agreed and retreated in a mighty manner.
When they left, the Fifth and Fourth Elders of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect couldn’t help but wipe their sweat.
This Goddess Chu Lingque was spoiled by the Vermilion Bird Emperor, and her personality was inevitably a bit difficult.
The several Vermilion Bird elders also avoided her if they could.
There was no other way. She was the Vermilion Bird Emperor’s favorite princess.
In the Vermilion Bird Hall, the Vermilion Bird Emperor stroked Chu Lingque’s hair with a smile.
“My good daughter, how is your practice of the Vermilion Bird Fluttering Dance bestowed upon you by the Vermilion Bird Divine Spirit?”
Chu Lingque pouted. “Father Emperor, I’ve practiced it okay, but some of the essentials are a bit difficult. I’m still figuring them out.”
The Vermilion Bird Emperor smiled and said, “This Vermilion Bird Fluttering Dance is a dance specially left by our Vermilion Bird Divine Spirit. It is said that if you learn it and use it to pray for blessings on the Lantern Festival,”
“It might add a few points to the national fortune of my Vermilion Bird Divine Nation.”
Hearing this, Chu Lingque covered her ears. “Aiya, Father Emperor, I know.”
“Daughter will work hard!”
“By the way, the city has been a bit restless these past few days. It seems that some demons have mixed in,” the Vermilion Bird Emperor added.
“Father Emperor, it’s just a few small demons. They mix in every once in a while.”
“Father Emperor, don’t take it to heart.”
“And I’m not a child anymore!”
As she spoke, Chu Lingque also showed off her somewhat cute fist, which looked harmless.
The Vermilion Bird Emperor smiled and pulled a chair to sit next to Chu Lingque. “Hey, aren’t I concerned about you?”
“Father Emperor, I’m already at the peak of the Soul Splitting realm, and I’ll be a Body Integration realm expert soon.”
“The demons that mixed in before were beaten to death by the Vermilion Bird guards before I even saw them. Sigh, if there really are some this time,”
“Father Emperor must let me try!”
Chu Lingque got down from the throne and strolled in the Vermilion Bird Hall with her hands behind her back.
When mentioning the topic of demons, the Vermilion Bird Emperor’s attitude was much more serious than Chu Lingque’s.
“Daughter, don’t think like that. There are also very powerful existences among demons.”
But before the Vermilion Bird Emperor could finish, Chu Lingque interrupted him.
“Aiya, Father Emperor, I’ve known for a long time.”
“The strongest person in the Demon Realm, the Demon Lord Su Lingxi, fell twenty years ago. The remaining three realm masters of the Demon Realm are just a few Mahayana realm cultivators.”
“Even if we talk about their strength, counting the Demon Lord’s three disciples, there are only four Mahayana realm cultivators.”
“My Vermilion Bird Divine Nation alone has seven Mahayana realm cultivators, not to mention the experts from the other four countries.”
When Chu Lingque was born, the demons had already been beaten back to the Demon Realm, so she didn’t know how terrifying demons were.
But what she said was also true.
The Vermilion Bird Emperor clapped his hands. “Not bad, not bad. It seems you’ve read your history books well…”
Chu Lingque stopped and said very seriously to the Vermilion Bird Emperor, “Father Emperor, if we encounter demons, you must let daughter take action once.”
“I also want to avenge grandfather and do my filial duty…”
Hearing the word “grandfather” from Chu Lingque’s mouth, the Vermilion Bird Emperor couldn’t help but sigh.
His thoughts returned to that year.
The Vermilion Bird Supreme Emperor.
Besides the Demon Lord back then, if he were still alive, he would definitely be the person closest to God in this world.
If he had lived until now, the Vermilion Bird Supreme Emperor would be at least a top expert at the sixth turn of the peak of the Mahayana realm.
But unfortunately, both the Vermilion Bird Supreme Emperor and the Molten Flame Candle Dragon died tragically at the hands of the Demon Lord.
But their deaths were not in vain.
It was said that the Demon Lord’s Heaven-grade weapon, the Evil Shadow Scythe, was still sealed in the Absolute Flame Valley, and was now guarded by two Tribulation Crossing realm experts, the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect, in turn.
It was almost impossible for anything to go wrong.
During this period, many Demon Realm experts wanted to take back the Demon Lord’s Heaven-grade demonic weapon, but they were all eliminated by the Seventh and Eighth Elders of the Vermilion Bird Divine Sect.
It could be seen how strong they were.
The Demon Lord, who had lost her Heaven-grade demonic weapon, was greatly weakened in her battle with Sheng Tianyu. This was also the most important reason why the Demon Lord fell back then.
After the Demon Lord fell, one of the Demonic Origin Pearls transformed from her origin demonic power happened to fall into the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation.
Back then, the Vermilion Bird Emperor personally brought the Demonic Origin Pearl back to the Vermilion Bird Imperial Palace and sealed it.
In addition, he also guessed that the Demon Lord’s power was definitely not limited to this one pearl, and immediately sent people everywhere to search for the whereabouts of the other pearls.
But there was still no news for more than ten years, and the Vermilion Bird Emperor was about to give up.
There was no movement from the Demon Realm either. There were occasional small frictions between the two realms, but generally, it was peaceful.
“Father Emperor!!!”
“How can you be distracted when talking to your daughter!!!”
Chu Lingque waved her hand in front of the Vermilion Bird Emperor, and only then did the Vermilion Bird Emperor come to his senses.
The Vermilion Bird Emperor slapped his forehead. “Aiyo, Father Emperor is old and always thinks of the past.”
“What did daughter say just now? Oh right, just a demon. Father Emperor will catch one for you later.”
“Just a demon, I can catch one myself. Father Emperor, you should read the memorials!”
Chu Lingque turned her face away, a little unhappy.
“Ahaha, unconsciously, daughter, you are already at the peak of the Soul Splitting realm. Father Emperor feels that your aura will be able to break through to the Body Integration realm in a few months.”
“You are truly Father Emperor’s pride.”
The Vermilion Bird Emperor changed the subject directly.
Hearing her Father Emperor praise her like this, Chu Lingque said proudly, “Of course. The Great Elder of the Vermilion Bird also said that I can break through to the Mahayana realm before the age of twenty-five.”
“There are still a few months until my twentieth birthday. I must break through to the Body Integration realm during this time!”
“Then I’ll make Father look at me with new eyes, okay!”
Reaching the Mahayana realm before the age of twenty-five was really not a joke for Chu Lingque.
Because the talent of innate five spirit gates was very terrifying.
“Good!”
The Vermilion Bird Emperor lovingly stroked his daughter’s long hair, his eyes full of doting and love.
