The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 442 - 364, Your servant requests to go to battle (5000 words)_2
Xu Zhenguan had just learned of this matter, and his eyes sparkled as he raised his eyebrows:
"So you told her to attend the meeting at Hu Ting afterward, offering her the identity of a royal merchant of the Xiao family?"
Zhao Douan smiled:
"Your Majesty, I don't have the authority to decide alone. I just made a empty promise and still need to consider your opinion."
Xu Zhenguan pondered:
"What are you planning to do? Wait, you arranged for her to go to Hu Ting... Ah, you must have agreed to go there yourself?"
The last time they had spoken at night, Xu Zhenguan had mentioned that the court was about to "open the market," and it was set at Hu Ting.
Such an important event required someone significant to represent the Empress to attend, to oversee and prevent any misconduct from the government offices below.
"This past period, I thought about it, and since I personally planned the new market, I'm deeply familiar with it and indeed feel responsible to shoulder this burden," Zhao Douan declared with righteousness.
He muttered to himself:
I have to go, even if just for the chance to obtain the "Mystic Turtle Seal."
A Magic Artifact that even the Grand Ancestor Emperor couldn't obtain must be incredibly precious.
Hidden at "Yansuo Lake" in Hu Ting, Zhao Douan had obtained a clue from Master Gu Huo and couldn't miss the chance to retrieve it.
Xu Zhenguan looked at him, stunned and lost in thought, with a faint smile on his face.
A moment later, the Empress, dressed in white, spoke seriously:
"This market, Prince Jing is not far away and will likely personally go to obstruct it."
The implication was clear, the enmity between Zhao Douan and Prince Jing was deep, making the trip dangerous.
Zhao Douan smiled:
"Your Majesty, I've had a 'spiritual connection' with Prince Jing for a while and indeed wish to see him in person. Regarding the danger, haven't you always said that cultivators must leave their comfort zone and face trials to truly become strong? I feel that in a few days, I should be able to reach the Middle Grade Divine Chapter."
However, even at the Middle Grade Divine Chapter, he still stood no chance against the cultivators of the Worldly Realm from Jianghu... Xu Zhenguan quietly looked at him and asked:
"Are you serious? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"...Good."
Xu Zhenguan's gaze became complex as she let out the word "good," and then she suddenly smiled warmly:
"If you have such courage, how could I let you go alone? Mr. Hai will accompany you."
Old Hai too? Zhao Douan's eyes lit up.
Xu Zhenguan continued: "Not just him, come with me."
As she spoke, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhao Douan's wrist.
Before he could react, he felt a blur in front of his eyes, and suddenly, he wasn't in the room anymore but appeared in the night sky above the Capital.
The night breeze blew gently.
Zhao Douan appeared out of thin air high above, beside him a fairy-like Empress.
Beneath their feet, a wind disk supported them.
They rode the wind!
There was such a spell in the path of the Martial God? Zhao Douan was astonished: "Your Majesty, are you going to..."
"Shut up."
Xu Zhenguan figured out the direction, grabbing her loyal servant, and a barrier of wind swirled around them as they shot out like a cannonball, speeding toward the north of the city like a meteor.
How fast was a Heavenly Human Realm expert?
Zhao Douan vividly sensed this, and before long, he was overlooking the city walls, arriving above the "Rear Lake" in the north of the city.
This wasn't his first visit here; the last time he had come with Mo Chou to inspect the "Yellow Book Library."
Under the night sky, the entire Rear Lake was very quiet, with only sporadic lights on the five central islands.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
The Empress pulled Zhao Douan down, hovering above the lake surface, the fierce wind raised by their landing stirring up the layered water waves.
Accompanied by a powerful atmosphere of the Heavenly Human Realm, it swept outward from them in all directions.
"Whoosh whoosh...",
The sound of water suddenly intensified, and in the darkness of night, the entire Rear Lake was black, only the light from the stars and moon above allowed them to see the glistening waves on the water.
Zhao Douan caught a glimpse of the water in the distance bulging up before bursting.
He had an epiphany: "Your Majesty, are you looking for the Lake God and the freak on the island?"
On his last visit, he had learned that beneath the lake was a so-called "Lake God," and on the island's two-story grey building lived a madman who was a prisoner guarding the Yellow Book Library.
However, now that the library had lost much of its significance, these two royal guards had almost been forgotten by him.
"Boom!"
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Suddenly, the water surface exploded in the distance, and under the moonlight, a figure of a drenched woman rose from the lake bed.
Her wet hair cascaded over her, her face devoid of any color, the pupils of her eyes completely white and invisible, and beneath the blood-red dress were black chains binding her hands and feet.
The long chains seemed endless, extending deep into the icy lake water.
The woman known as the "Rear Lake Goddess" with white pupils approached with water waves, her movement almost sliding across the water surface.
"Woof woof woof..."
Suddenly, intense barking came from a distant island, and Zhao Douan looked over to see, under the moonlight, a figure with a giant green-skinned gourd on his back walking on the waves!
He was dressed shabbily in a single garment, black long hair covering one eye and half of his face.
The man, who had a loosely tied knife at his waist, sped across the water surface with a sonic boom in the blink of an eye.
Xu Zhenguan and Zhao Douan stood aloft, looking down at a man and a woman kneeling on the water surface below:
"Your Majesty..."
Xu Zhenguan, dignified and majestic, looked down at the two formidable cultivators and explained to Zhao Douan:
"This magician's name is Ji Yue, he specializes in the Water God spell, from the East Sea. This swordsman's name is Lang Shiba, a martial artist from the Northern region."
Ji Yue... Lang Shiba... What strange names...
Zhao Douan muttered, blinking, "Your Majesty, did you assign them to protect me?"
Xu Zhenguan looked toward the magician and martial artist kneeling on the water surface, saying coldly:
