Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

His thinking was simple: even if there were problems, he couldn't do anything about them anyway. Rather than dragging things out, he might as well be straightforward and just open it up.

Since it's the same whether you stick your neck out or not, you might as well just open it sooner rather than later.

That way, we'll know whether they're dead or not much sooner!

Without saying a word, the man opened the wooden box.

There was a person quietly inside, which startled him.

Most importantly, this person had their eyes wide open.

I initially thought it was a dead person, but considering the long journey this person has taken, it seems like a long time has passed.

Logically speaking, it should have started to smell bad long ago.

However, there was no smell in the wooden box, even though there was no smell.

However, this person doesn't seem to be a living person either.

After all, it's impossible for a living person to remain sealed up for such a long time without food or water...

Just as the foreigner was completely bewildered and at a loss for what to do...

Mr. Qianlong, leaning on his purple-gold Zen staff, limped toward the box.

They saw the robot in the box, and Mr. Qianlong, dressed in a purple-gold robe and leaning on a purple-gold staff.

He tapped the robot with his staff and said, "The Descendant."

The robot, which had been lying motionless in the wooden box with its eyes open, suddenly moved: "I'm here!"

Then he suddenly stood up.

This scene really frightened the foreigner.

He instinctively took a few steps back, and then looked at the robot.

"This...this...this..."

Mr. Qianlong looked at the terrified foreigner, smiled faintly, and then said to the foreigner, "Don't be afraid, he's not human?"

After hearing what Mr. Qianlong said, the foreigner looked at Mr. Qianlong with disbelief, and then glanced at the one who was called the Descendant.

Isn't this person a perfectly normal human being? How did they become someone who isn't human...?

After Mr. Qianlong made the robot stand up, he walked around it once.

After checking him over, he said to the robot, "Descendant, are you alright?"

The robot said to Mr. Qianlong, "I was injured. Some parts were damaged, but I took them off another person and put them on me. I'm almost fully recovered now."

Mr. Qianlong glanced at the robot and nodded in satisfaction.

Then he glanced at the foreigner, who was still somewhat dazed.

Mr. Qianlong said to the foreigner, "Thank you for your hard work on this trip..."

The foreigner said to Mr. Qianlong, "Mr. Qianlong, this is what I should do... Is there any problem with that...?"

Mr. Qianlong nodded: "Excellent, very well done. Now, tell me, what reward do you want..."

After hearing Mr. Qianlong's words, the foreigner was excited, but then his expression became complicated.

"No need...no need, it's my honor to serve you, sir..."

Mr. Qianlong waved his hand and said, "Alright, no need to be so polite... We'll need your help in the future... So, we need your help. How about this, I'll give you a piece of my blood essence."

Upon hearing Mr. Qianlong's words, the foreigner was so excited that he prostrated himself on the ground.

"Thank you, Mr. Qianlong!"

As he spoke, Qianlong took out a stone that looked like a ruby ​​from an exquisite cloth bag he carried with him.

There seems to be a blood-like liquid flowing inside this stone.

I must say, it really is very beautiful.

I saw this ruby-like bloodstone.

The foreigner became increasingly excited, his whole body trembling, and he respectfully raised both hands.

Mr. Qianlong gently placed the blood-red blood essence stone into the foreigner's hands with his slender, jade-like hands.

The foreigner excitedly held the bloodstone, then treated it like a priceless treasure...

After receiving the Bloodstone, he carefully accepted it.

After examining it carefully for a while, he then cautiously tucked it into his pocket.

Then, looking at Mr. Qianlong, his expression became even more one of admiration.

"Mr. Qianlong, is there anything else you need?"

Qianlong raised her slender hands and then said to the foreigner, "There's nothing else to tell you... If you need anything, I'll come find you... You can go back now."

The foreigners nodded respectfully.

Mr. Qianlong said to the foreigner, "Will Frank find out when you go back this time?"

After hearing Mr. Qianlong's words, the foreigner smiled broadly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Qianlong, they will definitely not be discovered... and I am the person Frank trusts the most."

Upon hearing the foreigner's confident tone, Mr. Qianlong smiled and said, "Alright, if that's how it is, then that's good... Okay, you can go back now..."

After hearing Mr. Qianlong's words, the foreigner nodded: "Yes, Mr. Qianlong..."

After saying that, the foreigner left respectfully.

After the foreigners left, Qianlong called out to them, "David."

After hearing Mr. Qianlong's words, the foreigner looked directly at him and asked, "Mr. Qianlong, is there anything else you need?"

Mr. Qianlong said to the foreigner, "Have you seen Xiao Ce over there, as well as Yin Pan'er and the other people from the Xiao Kingdom?"

After hearing Mr. Qianlong's words, the foreigner nodded and then said, "Of course I've seen him..."

After hearing the foreigner's words, Mr. Qianlong nodded: "How are they?"

After hearing Qianlong's words, the foreigner nodded and said calmly, "They are all very well... Do you know them, sir?"

After hearing what the foreigner said, Mr. Qianlong seemed to fall into thought, and after thinking for a while...

Mr. Qianlong said to the foreigner, "That's right, of course I know him... we're old friends..."

The foreigners were somewhat surprised to hear Mr. Qianlong's words, although they did not detect any ill intent in his tone.

But it's obvious they're not good friends...

So the foreigners were smart enough not to respond.

Mr. Qianlong said to the foreigner, "David, that's enough. You can go now..."

If Xiao Ce were here, he would have recognized this foreigner at a glance as the former subordinate of Frank, the second-in-command of the pirates.

In this world, loyalty truly exists without reason.

However, at this moment, no one knows...

David left immediately afterward.

Mr. Qianlong glanced at the robot twice.

After glancing at it twice, the robot seemed somewhat different, yet also not so different.

"Alright, I'm taking you back this time!"

The robot looked at Mr. Qianlong but did not answer.

Seeing his expression, Mr. Qianlong chuckled: "That's right, you are a Descendant..."

As Mr. Qianlong spoke, he said to the young page beside him, "Alright, we can set off now... They need to come with us to report back, and we need to report back as well."

The young page nodded and then said to Mr. Qianlong, "Alright, sir, I'll go and tell the captain right away."

The young page did not express any other meaning.

Her command is to obey.

The young page went to tell the captain, and the ship began to move, turning around and leaving.

...

Meanwhile, in Lingas City, Xiao Ce sneezed twice.

Yin Pan'er smiled at Xiao Ce and asked, "Your Highness, is someone eyeing you...?"

Xiao Ce smiled and said to Yin Pan'er, "Many people are thinking about me. If I were to sneeze every time someone is thinking about me, I would spend every day sneezing..."

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er was immediately amused...

"Is it possible that you only sneeze when someone you've had contact with is thinking about you? Ordinary people don't count..."

Xiao Ce smiled at Yin Pan'er and said, "Pan'er, you're right... that's indeed possible."

Yin Pan'er smiled and didn't continue the joke.

Instead, she changed the subject and asked Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, are you sure you don't want to go along with their plan this time?"

Xiao Ce smiled at Yin Pan'er and said, "Actually, whether we go or not won't have much impact on our departure..."

"Their plan is already in place, and it doesn't need my intervention... so let them handle it themselves. We can't stay here for too long..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er asked him with some surprise, "Not staying here for too long? Where are you going?"

Xiao Ce smiled at Yin Pan'er and said, "That's right. I feel that since I got here, I've disrupted their plans to a certain extent. I think the reason I was able to disrupt their plans wasn't because I'm particularly smart, nor because I have any special abilities; it was purely due to good luck..."

"These people clearly didn't plan for my appearance, so I became a variable, which allowed me to disrupt their plans. If they had known I was there, the people they sent wouldn't have been these fools..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er nodded in agreement.

Xiao Ce continued speaking to Yin Pan'er, "I still feel that news of my presence here is bound to get out to some extent. If I stay here, I'll become part of their plan..."

"Let's fire a shot, then move to another spot, so they'll never know where I am... As long as they can't track me down, I'll always be in control..."

Yin Pan'er nodded first, then still expressed doubt: "If you leave, won't the people here be even less of a match for them?"

Xiao Ce shook his head at Yin Pan'er: "That's right. If only one place is on fire, they can concentrate their efforts to fight the fire from all angles. But if multiple points of fire are burning here, where are they supposed to put out the fires..."

Yin Pan'er nodded approvingly after hearing Xiao Ce's words, and then said, "That's right, what you said makes sense..."

"It seems Your Highness already has a plan, so I won't interfere..."

Xiao Ce said to Yin Pan'er, "Actually, I don't have any grand plans... I only have one goal right now..."

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er smiled broadly and then asked, "Oh? A purpose? What purpose?"

Xiao Ce smiled at Yin Pan'er and then said, "That is to find out the other party's identity. Only by finding out the other party's identity can we know what to do."

Yin Pan'er smiled at Xiao Ce and then said, "Your Highness, didn't you already have a rough guess? One of the forces is the Blood Nether Pavilion, another is the old Prince Xiao Dingshan, and the third is the original owner of this body, isn't it?"

"Right now, the old Prince Xiao Dingshan is probably helping us; at worst, he wouldn't want to harm us. As for whether the Blood Nether Pavilion and the original owner are allied, it's still unclear... but they're definitely not friends..."

After hearing Yin Pan'er's analysis, Xiao Ce smiled and said to her, "Pan'er, as expected of you... this analysis is very insightful..."

Yin Pan'er said to Xiao Ce, "Isn't this your analysis? I'm just summarizing... However, finding these pieces of information and verifying them is not easy, is it?"

After hearing Yin Pan'er's words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "That's right, it's not simple... but it's not difficult either... Actually, if everything goes smoothly, we just need to wait..."

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er's eyes widened, and she said to Xiao Ce, "Just wait?"

Xiao Ce gave Yin Pan'er a meaningful smile, then said, "Not bad..."

After staring at Xiao Ce for a while, Yin Pan'er slowly spoke, "Your Highness, do you want to use that robot?"

Seeing Yin Pan'er's reaction, Xiao Ce smiled at her: "Haha, Pan'er, it's always you! You really can't hide anything from me... That's right, it's that robot. If his undercover work is successful, he can dig up some big stuff for me..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er smiled broadly and then said, "What if we get discovered?"

After hearing Yin Pan'er's words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "Then it doesn't mean we've lost anything...after all, it's just a robot...and it wasn't one of ours to begin with..."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Yin Pan'er smiled and then said, "That's right... I still consider him as a human... You said they've already fallen into the hands of those Blood Nether Pavilion people?"

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "It should be...it should have fallen into their hands..."