After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

Liu Longyue thought that by unlocking the ancestral temple and having a powerful backer, she could stop Chen Futu's advance. She never expected that Chen Futu would take two monsters with him.

The combat power of the Drought Demon and the Copper Armor Corpse is far beyond what ordinary Martial Venerables can contend with. In particular, the Drought Demon's strength is such that even a peak Martial Venerable might not be able to withstand it, let alone the fact that she only brought two mid-stage Martial Venerable experts with her on this trip.

Chen Futu ignored the furious Liu Longyue and continued to watch the battle indifferently.

The young woman thought that by obtaining the ancestral temple's inheritance, she could rise above her former status as a serf and sing her own praises, but little did she know that she was still far from being able to do so!

"Your Majesty, please stop! I know I was wrong!"

Liu Longyue rushed forward, shaking her head frantically, her face ashen.

"Do you really know that you were wrong?"

"I am guilty, I will never dare to do it again!"

Liu Longyue nodded frantically, tears welling up in her eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Futu stopped the two puppets.

At this moment, most of the Bei Wu group had been killed. If it had been any later, Liu Longyue would have had to return on her own.

“Tell me what’s in the ancestral temple. Don’t even think about hiding it. The Star Gazing is here; lying won’t work.”

Chen Futu's face was cold and stern, while Liu Longyue lowered her head like a wronged little wife. "I lied to Your Majesty. Back in the city, I used tricks on Your Majesty and took away the key."

"I know about this, but I didn't hold it against you." Hearing Chen Futu say this, Liu Longyue's heart trembled. "You know: why didn't you stop it?"

"I am asking you a question; you just need to answer it."

Chen Futu refused to admit that he had fallen for the trick, and instead shouted a rebuke.

Liu Longyue dared not ask any more questions and continued to recount the secrets of the ancestral temple.

It turns out that the ancestral temple is actually a sealed place similar to the desert, guarded by the ancestors of the great wizard lineage. Bei Wu came to the Central Plains to use the imperial fortune of the Central Plains to suppress the ancestral temple. Now that Bei Wu has established a country in the Central Plains, she has gained some fortune, so she can release some powerful people.

"No wonder you were able to withstand my dragon aura suppression just now." Chen Futu's face was calm, but his heart was in turmoil. He asked the system, "Why are there so many shady things in Lizhou? One sand eye was already troublesome enough, and now there is another ancestral temple. Is Lizhou a graveyard for powerful beings from outside the realm?"

[Please explore on your own, host.]

Sure enough, the system shut up at the crucial moment.

"As for what's inside the ancestral temple, I don't know either. The Great Shaman told me that my clan must not intermarry with other clans, as this concerns the fate of the Northern Martial Clan," Liu Longyue said.

Chen Futu retorted sarcastically, “It sounds like your people are more like tomb keepers left over from a very ancient era, whose bloodlines must remain pure.”

"Perhaps, but that's the truth. I hope Your Majesty will show leniency and not make things difficult for Beiwu."

Liu Longyue's eyes were full of pleading, but Chen Futu did not say whether he agreed or not.

What do these threats to Lizhou come from in the face of the desert?

The system requires the unification of the Central Plains within one year and the suppression of the trachoma riots to enhance national fortune.

If Liu Longyue refuses to relinquish the throne, the system mission cannot be completed.

While pondering, Guan Xing suddenly said, "Your Majesty, are you hiding something? As far as I know, you have been in contact with the Ancient Palace recently. Am I right?"

An unnatural look flashed across Liu Longyue's face after hearing this.

Chen Futu was startled and asked the stargazer, "Is it true?"

“It is absolutely true. A palace master once went to Xindu to have a private talk with Liu Longyue. I even found traces of ancient palace experts near the ancestral temple in the north.”

Chen Futu despises the Ancient Palace the most. If Liu Longyue has any connection with the Ancient Palace, then there's no point in discussing it.

Liu Longyue explained, "The ancient palace wanted to win me over to submit to them and bind me to them, but of course I disagreed and there was nothing between us."

Ding!

[Liu Longyue is suspected of colluding with the ancient palace. Please make a choice: whether to choose the reward that favors her?]

"Incline towards cultivation."

[1. If you choose not to believe Liu Longyue and personally go to Xindu, you will be rewarded with a cultivation level increase to the mid-stage of Martial Venerable.]

[2. Choose to believe Liu Longyue and let her go; reward: one Breakthrough Pill for the Sixth Realm]

[3. Choose to let things take their course, forcing them to hand over the key; reward: your cultivation level will be raised to the peak of Martial Venerable.]

"System, something's wrong with you."

Chen Futu discovered that the system had its own agenda. In the third option, it asked for the key and offered an extremely generous reward, instantly boosting the user to the peak of Martial Venerable, which was highly tempting.

It's important to know that the key is what allows it to be upgraded.

For some reason, Chen Futu felt that the dog system had ill intentions. After weighing his options, he chose to go to Xindu to take a look.

The system paused for a moment before issuing the prompt.

[Selection successful. Host's cultivation level has been raised to the mid-stage of Martial Venerable.]

"Master, tell me the truth, what are you trying to achieve by engaging in these underhanded tactics?"

The system did not respond to Chen Futu's inquiry.

When Liu Longyue heard that Chen Futu planned to go to Xindu in person, her expression became strange. She then had the corpses collected and set off.

Guan Xing secretly warned, "Your Majesty, I feel she has ill intentions. Please be careful."

"It's alright, we'll talk about it when we get there."

Chen Futu didn't believe Liu Longyue would dare to make a move. Besides, with his current strength as a mid-stage Martial Venerable and two puppet masters, he wasn't afraid of Liu Longyue using tricks unless a powerful expert surpassing Martial Venerable intervened.

Even the ancestral temple doesn't have such a foundation, unless she colluded with the ancient palace to assassinate the emperor.

The large group returned to Xindu.

Xindu has developed quite well under Liu Longyue's leadership, and the people live in peace and tranquility, at least much more peaceful than during the Great Qian War.

Back at the palace, Chen Futu asked Liu Longyue, "Do you know the secrets of the Heavenly Mystery Compass and the Heavenly Ruler?"

"Your Majesty, I have been eliminating Jianghu people recently and have heard some rumors. It is said that the Ping Tian Chi and Tian Ji Pan are the most precious treasures of the two major sects, involving their foundations and secrets, or perhaps they are tokens."

"A token?" Chen Futu was quite interested in this idea.

"As you know, most of the territory of Lizhou has been submerged by the sea of ​​sand, and many ancient forces have left Lizhou one after another. Perhaps these two items are tokens of inheritance, and they may be useful once they leave Lizhou."

Liu Longyue's statement was credible, but Chen Futu still asked her to mobilize her resources to search for clues in the martial arts world.

After Liu Longyue left, Chen Futu instructed Guan Xing to send a message to Hongyue Tower, telling Xiao Qi to spread the word that the Holy Emperor of Great Xia had arrived in the new capital to see how the forces hostile to Great Xia and the Ancient Palace would react.

Guan Xing was startled. "Your Majesty, this is too dangerous. If the Ancient Palace attacks, we alone cannot stop them."

"Isn't this on Liu Longyue's territory? She keeps saying she has no connection with the Ancient Palace, so she should step in to protect her nominal husband, right?"

"Does His Majesty not trust her?" Guan Xing realized Chen Futu's thoughts.

"Go and do it. Take the drought demon with you so that no one attacks you."

Chen Futu remained alone in the sleeping quarters.

Given his temperament, if Liu Longyue refused to submit, he could simply wipe her out. Whether the Northern Wu people lived or died was none of the Great Xia's business. It was just that the Northern Wu had a strong foundation, and it would be best to subdue them without a fight.

In addition, during my brief contact with Liu Longyue, I always felt that something was off about her, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

What does the system's previous suggestion of choosing option three, which means letting Liu Longyue do as she pleases, really mean?