Chapter 363: Chapter 245: The Flowers I Picked from Yunrong Courtyard_1
When Lu Chen first met Chen Wanrong, he learned of the Subtle Dragon Spell through her personal files, but he never understood in detail what the Subtle Dragon Spell actually was. He just knew that the Subtle Dragon Spell was meant to be used against his own father, the Emperor.
Seeing Lu Chen inquiring about the Subtle Dragon Spell, Chen Wanrong then counter-asked, “How much do you know about your father, the Emperor?”
Lu Chen replied, “I can’t say I understand him.”
Lu Chen only knew that the Sum Emperor was an ambitious Emperor; beyond that, he had no impression of him. He had seen the Sum Emperor only a few times from childhood to adulthood, and he had even almost forgotten what the Emperor looked like now.
At this time, Chen Wanrong said, “He is a Grandmaster.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen’s mind went blank.
Grandmaster?
The Sum Emperor is a Grandmaster?
How is that possible?
In this world, Grandmasters are generally in their eighties, nineties, or over a hundred. How old is the Sum Emperor this year, and how could he possibly be a Grandmaster?
Lu Chen found it hard to believe.
Although Lu Chen himself was a Grandmaster, after all, he was a man with a system. The Emperor was a native of this world, and without a system, how could he have broken through to the Grandmaster Realm at such a young age?
Speaking of the Emperor, Lu Chen thought of another individual, the mysterious Great Yue Empress, who was also rumored to possibly be a Grandmaster. That Empress was even younger. If she could be a Grandmaster, then it was not particularly strange for the Sum Emperor to be one as well.
With this in mind, Lu Chen accepted the news, but he still felt extremely surprised. He had always thought that the Sum Emperor was a Master, at most at the peak of the Master Realm. It wasn’t just him; almost everyone on the Great Sum court believed he was only a Master.
It turned out that the Emperor had kept such a deep secret.
Coming back to his senses, Lu Chen curiously asked, “How did you find out?”
No one on the court of the Great Sum knew that the Emperor’s Realm was that of a Grandmaster, but the Mysterious Moon Palace did, which made Lu Chen very curious about where they got their intelligence from.
Chen Wanrong did not directly answer Lu Chen’s question. She started by saying, “The Emperor has a Sacred Artifact from the Mysterious Moon Palace in his possession. The person who obtains this Sacred Artifact will see a significant improvement in strength. He plotted to kill your mother back then to acquire this Sacred Artifact.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen thought to himself, a Sacred Artifact? How many good things does the Mysterious Moon Palace have?
He had heard from his grandfather that his mother brought back a very terrifying weapon to the Chu Family years ago. Because of that weapon, the Chu Family was torn apart; he hadn’t realized that in addition to such a deadly weapon, the Mysterious Moon Palace also had something that could directly enhance someone’s strength.
The origins of the Mysterious Moon Palace must not be simple.
Chen Wanrong continued, “Besides being able to help someone gradually improve their strength, that Sacred Artifact can also significantly boost a Martial Artist’s strength in the short term. The Emperor is already at the Grandmaster Realm, and once he uses the Sacred Artifact, his strength can at least temporarily rise to the Heavenly Human Realm.”
“The Subtle Dragon Spell can restrict his inner skill. As long as the Subtle Dragon Spell is cast on him, his skill will be sealed. Even if he uses the Sacred Artifact, he will not be able to unleash his true strength.”
Hearing what Chen Wanrong said, Lu Chen finally understood why she was willing to stay so long in the North Prince Mansion and wanted to obtain his blood to refine the Subtle Dragon Spell.
However, it made him somewhat conflicted.
No matter what, the Sum Emperor was his biological father. Although this biological father never cared about his life or death and even killed his mother, he was still related to him by blood.
If he were to help Chen Wanrong and the others refine the Subtle Dragon Spell, wouldn’t that be a little too “devotedly filial”?
But if he did not help Chen Wanrong and the others, Chen Wanrong and Lin Wanyun were going to be his women in the future, his own people, even without blood ties. Once they entered the North Prince Mansion, they would be his for life.
As Chen Wanrong’s darling, he was supposed to help her with her vengeance.
After thinking it over, Lu Chen finally said, “I can’t help you with refining the Subtle Dragon Spell, but if you want to seek revenge against my father, I won’t stop you.”
Hearing this, Chen Wanrong fell silent; she had guessed that Lu Chen would definitely not want to cooperate with them.
No matter how the Emperor treated the North Prince, the Emperor was still the North Prince’s biological father.
Now it seemed that if she wanted to refine the Subtle Dragon Spell, she could only go to the South to find Lu Shuyun.
Lu Shuyun had already rebelled; he was surely aiming for the throne. For Lu Shuyun to obtain the throne, defeating the imperial army wasn’t enough; he had to overcome this final hurdle with the Emperor.
If the Emperor didn’t die and used the power of the Sacred Artifact to reach the Heavenly Human Realm, he could easily suppress the rebellion. By that time, even if the rebels entered the Capital city, their efforts would likely be in vain.
At this point, Chen Wanrong said, “I can bear you children, as long as you allow me to go to the South.”
As she spoke these words, Chen Wanrong felt her cheeks getting hot. She hadn’t imagined there would come a day when she would use bearing children as a bargaining chip.
Hearing what Chen Wanrong said, Lu Chen chuckled, then whispered in her ear, “Are you planning to seek cooperation with Lu Shuyun?”
Chen Wanrong didn’t hide any longer. She said directly, “Yes.”
Lu Chen immediately said, “I won’t let you leave for the time being. You have to stay in the North Prince Mansion for the next six months.”