Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 556 - 555: Darkness Without Sunlight, Someone from Nantian Arrives!

Great Qian Dynasty, Imperial Capital.

Within the vast Imperial Capital, everyone from the royal palace and nobles to the common peddlers and laborers could clearly sense that the atmosphere had grown exceedingly strange.

Joy for the new emperor's ascension filled the air, yet behind this layer of joy, a profoundly oppressive mood enveloped everything. The court officials were shutting their doors and declining visitors, while the powerful members of the major families were consolidating their forces.

Even the usually bustling Combat Pavilion was now as quiet as a graveyard, desolate and in decline.

The city's defenses and patrols had also become more frequent.

The scrutiny for those entering and leaving the city had grown increasingly rigorous.

Meanwhile...

The Heavenly Prison.

Li Xiaoye's family had been in charge of the Heavenly Prison for three generations, and now the responsibility had passed to him, firmly under his control.

Life had always been good.

Until recently...

After Yang Kun had all the people from Xiaoshanhe Institute, along with Yang Ling and eunuch Qi, locked up in the Heavenly Prison, his life suddenly became difficult. At this moment, Li Xiaoye was carrying food and drinks into the most secluded and gloomy cell.

This cell, bereft of sunshine, was the filthiest and most chaotic place in the entire prison.

It typically housed the most vicious and wicked convicts.

Creak!

Li Xiaoye opened the door of the dank and dark cell, carrying in the food and drinks.

After placing the food and drinks down, Li Xiaoye knelt on one knee on the ground, bowing toward the shadowy figure in the corner of the cell, "Your Highness, it's time to eat!"

Cough, cough cough...

From the dark corner came a fit of severe coughing. Yang Ling, bound by the chains of the pipa lock and wearing heavy metal chains on his hands and feet, staggered out.

Where was the vigor that Yang Ling used to possess?

He looked disheveled and wretched, with black blood scabs on the pipa lock, along with several horrifying wounds, which were extremely gruesome. His aura was also exceedingly weak, as if each step cost him all his strength.

Yang Ling glanced at the food on the ground and sneered in self-mockery, "Why is today's food so extravagant? Is this to be my last meal?"

Li Xiaoye's body shook, and he lowered his head, not daring to look up, as he said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, in two days, the grand enthronement ceremony for the eldest prince will take place. He specifically ordered that I take good care of you all these next few days, to absolutely prevent you from..."

He found himself unable to continue.

A deep sadness and mockery flashed through Yang Ling's dim gaze, as he sneered, "To prevent us from dying, right?"

"Yes, yes..." Li Xiaoye felt his heart and liver tremble.

The man before him was the most likely candidate to become the Crown Prince.

But now...

He was a prisoner at the bottom of the hierarchy!

"It's indeed his usual style! He is afraid we might die without seeing him claim that position for himself, unable to strut about triumphantly..."

Yang Ling let out a sneer, which caused pain to shoot through his wounds, making him suck in a breath. As the pain in his wounds subsided a bit, he clenched his teeth and said with an ominous tone, "Go back and tell Yang Kun not to worry. I won't commit suicide. I will stay alive and wait to see if he can sit on that throne smoothly..."

Gulp!

Li Xiaoye swallowed hard, wishing he was deaf in that moment.

Then he wouldn't have to hear these words.

Seeing that Li Xiaoye remained silent, Yang Ling huffed coldly, with a mocking tone, "What? You dare not relay the message? Afraid of angering the new emperor?"

"Your Highness, I'm just a humble jailer who wishes to do his job quietly and without trouble..." Li Xiaoye said, gathering his courage.

Yang Ling fixed his gaze on Li Xiaoye.

His heart was filled with desolation.

He had never imagined...

that just as news of Xiao Yi's resounding victory over the armies of the Sword Dynasty reached them, and Emperor Qian was about to announce him as the Crown Prince, Yang Kun would insanely poison Emperor Qian. He even used the charge of rebellion to capture the powerhouses from the Xiaoshanhe Institute, and even he and Qi were thrown into the sky prison.

Yang Ling took a deep breath and did not make it harder for Li Xiaoye, saying indifferently, "You may leave."

"Yes!"

Li Xiaoye, feeling as if he had been granted amnesty, let out a silent sigh of relief, then turned and left the cell.

Clang!

Yang Ling sat in front of the food and wine, the chains on his body clanking heavily against the floor as he looked at his disheveled reflection in the bowl of wine. Glancing at the dark, sunless prison around him, Yang Ling narrowed his eyes, a figure emerging in his mind: "Xiao Yi, this time... can you still create a miracle?"

......

Thousands of miles away from the border of the Great Qian Dynasty, in the void of space.

A Flying Boat, ancient in design and pitch-black in color, sailed steadily through the void.

This Flying Boat itself was a sixth-order Yuan weapon, its flying speed was comparable to a Dharma Manifestation Realm practitioner flying at full speed, extremely steady. On the boat, there was a large totem.

It was an image formed by two intertwining purple-gold divine dragons, with the characters for "Nantian" written flamboyantly between the two dragons.

This Flying Boat hailed from the Nantian Dynasty.

At this moment...

Inside the boat.

Several figures sat cross-legged, five men and one woman.

The man sitting in the center was shrouded in a mysterious aura, as if surrounded by endless stars. The fluctuations of his aura were even more profound than those of the Sword Martial Emperor and Yang Zun.

He was a master of the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm, but from his aura, he appeared to be even more powerful than Yang Zun and the others.

The other four men and the woman were much younger.

Each was clad in black armor, with a blood-colored blade on the chest of the armor. Wrapped around the blade was a blood dragon, and in the middle was the character for "monitor."

This was the Nantian Dynasty's Monitor Force.

Whenever a powerhouse reached the Nine Nirvana Reincarnations in any of the vassal states under the Nantian Dynasty, the Monitor Force would arrive promptly to bring them back to the Nantian Dynasty.

If anyone dared to resist, the Monitor Force would show no mercy and execute them on the spot!

The middle-aged man in the center was Wu Qi, the leader of a small team in the Monitor Force and a formidable super-expert at the peak of the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm.

Wu Qi opened his eyes and asked faintly, "How much longer until we reach the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty?"

The woman, as aloof as an iceberg, replied, "Half a day more and we'll arrive."

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Wu Qi nodded, his gaze filled with a hint of disdain, "Such an inferior nation without even a Teleportation Array, every visit is torture. Let's complete this mission quickly and return to the Nantian Dynasty!"

"Captain, before we set off, the Chief Monitor instructed us to visit the Xiao Family once we reach the Great Qian Dynasty, to properly woo and reward this family," said the woman.

"The Xiao Family? Are you talking about the family of Xiao Tianjiao?"

"This Xiao Tianjiao just entered the Nantian Holy Institute and defeated the number one expert on the Earth Tiger Ranking. He is expected to challenge the Heavenly Dragon Ranking within a year, he's definitely worth befriending!"

The others around nodded in agreement.

The Nantian Holy Institute is the highest sanctuary of martial arts in the Nantian Dynasty.

Full of formidable practitioners and cloud-like geniuses.

Xiao Tianjiao had just entered the Nantian Holy Institute and had already defeated the number one expert on the Earth Tiger Ranking, showing incredible potential.

Wu Qi nodded, an indifferent expression on his face, "Once we arrive, head directly to the Xiao Family. Wake me when we get to the Xiao Family! I want to see for myself what kind of family can nurture an unparalleled genius like Xiao Tianjiao…"