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But just as her palm was about to land on Luo Bingbing, Dongfang Hao stepped in from the side and directly intercepted the strike.
After the palm strike fell, everyone saw the beauty being knocked back five or six steps, with traces of blood at the corner of her mouth.
Dongfang Hao was not in a good position either; his internal energy surged, and he staggered back two or three steps. It could be said that this was the first person he could truly consider a rival in over two hundred years of Power, so he was quite astonished by the beauty's strength.
Not only him, but Luo Bingbing and Xuan Ye were also very surprised, as they were well aware of Dongfang Hao's capabilities.
However, the most astonished was Yuru Yan. Although her martial arts ranked third in the Outer Realm, everyone knew that an ordinary soldier from the Outer Realm had more Power than top martial artists in the martial world. Logically speaking, with her current Power, she should not encounter any rivals on land. Yet, not only did she encounter one, but it was also someone even stronger than herself. Thus, she was extremely surprised.
Needless to say, the four bearers were equally astonished.
While everyone was still recovering from their shock, Yuru Yan immediately knelt before Luo Bingbing and bowed three times, saying, "I am Yuru Yan, here to pay my respects to the Crown Princess!"
Seeing her behavior, everyone became even more puzzled. She had just attacked and now lowered herself to kneel. Luo Bingbing raised an eyebrow and asked directly, "What is going on? What trick are you playing?"
Upon hearing her words, Yuru Yan quickly replied, "Crown Princess, please see clearly; my earlier offense was truly out of necessity." After a brief pause, she continued, "I am here on the Empress's orders to assess you. You have passed both the first and second tests; the third test is what I just demonstrated. However, my strike was not meant to attack you but rather to use Palm Wind to verify whether you possess control over wind and if you are of pure bloodline from our Outer Realm royal family."
"And the result?" Luo Bingbing raised an eyebrow in response.
"The result proves that you are not only of pure blood from our Outer Realm royal family but also possess formidable wind control abilities. Congratulations! You have successfully passed Your Majesty's assessment." With that said, she stood up and took out a small box from her bosom.
Indeed, inside that box were two Nine Spirit Fruits. Earlier, she had hastily seized the opportunity to confirm Luo Bingbing's identity and had casually placed the small box into her bosom.
Then she used her palm power to send the small box onto the tray of the Gifted Eunuch and said, "Please accept this gift."
The eunuch was at a loss for what to do and hurriedly cast questioning glances at Dongfang Hao and Luo Bingbing. How could they refuse such a generous offering? So both nodded in agreement for the eunuch to accept the gift.
Yuru Yan saw that they had already accepted the gift, and immediately took out a yellow token from her sleeve.
Upon seeing the token, Dongfang Hao and Yelv Yan's expressions changed drastically, while some of the older ministers exclaimed, "That is the Imperial Edict."
Legend has it that when the Imperial Edict is issued, the six palaces are sealed off. There are even rumors that whoever possesses the Imperial Edict can not only gain control over the Outer Realm and become the lord of an island but can also achieve immortality and ascend to the realm of immortals.
Amidst the gasps of the crowd, Yuru Yan calmly raised the Imperial Edict in her hand and said to Luo Bingbing, "By order of Her Majesty the Empress, I hereby command Zhongli Yunrou's daughter—Luo Bingbing—to return to the island immediately after receiving this edict and acknowledge her ancestry."
After hearing her words, everyone was filled with confusion, but the most perplexed was Lord Lo An. His wife, who was also Luo Bingbing's biological mother, was clearly named Zhong Yunrou, not Zhongli Yunrou. Moreover, he had never heard her mention anything about the Outer Realm.
At this moment, aside from Luo Bingbing, everyone else was shocked and skeptical about her identity as a descendant of the Outer Realm royal family.
However, just as everyone was astonished, Luo Bingbing did not accept the Imperial Edict. Instead, she coldly replied, "What if I refuse?"
Uh...
The crowd was even more astonished. Yet among them, some were pleased while others were worried. Luo Bingbing's response was also unexpected for Yuru Yan.
It should be known that the Imperial Edict was a treasure that people from all over the world fought desperately to obtain! Yet here with Luo Bingbing, it seemed to have lost all its value.
Before Yuru Yan could regain her composure, Luo Bingbing continued, "I have accepted the gift. Go back and tell your Empress that I am not only uninterested in your Outer Realm's Imperial Edict but also have no interest in your Outer Realm's throne. Moreover, I will not leave Silver Moon Kingdom, nor will I abandon my family."
Upon hearing her words, Yuru Yan immediately frowned and asked, "Crown Princess, are you defying orders? Don't you fear being sealed off by our Outer Realm's six palaces?"
"Defying orders? You overestimate your Empress. Let me tell you; she does not have the authority to command me. Besides, who is sealing whom is still uncertain," Luo Bingbing declared as she unleashed her overwhelming aura without reservation.
Suddenly, those with weaker constitutions began to faint one after another, some even foaming at the mouth. Realizing that some could not bear it, Luo Bingbing quickly concealed her aura.
Though it was only for a moment, it left Yuru Yan and the four bearers of the palanquin astonished. Not for any other reason, but because that aura was as powerful as their Empress's, perhaps even stronger.
Before departing, the Empress had instructed her that if Luo Bingbing could pass the test, she must bring her back to the Outer Realm. However, at this moment, she found herself in a dilemma; Luo Bingbing's power was clearly far superior to hers.
Let alone bringing Luo Bingbing back, it would be difficult for her to accept this Imperial Edict. If that were the case, how could she face Your Majesty upon her return?
Thinking of this, she knelt down before Luo Bingbing once more and pleaded, "Crown Princess, you said you would not leave your family, but Your Majesty is also your family! Although the Crown Princess has passed away, she would surely wish for you to return to the island and take your place. No matter how much you try to escape, you cannot erase the fact that royal blood from the Outer Realm flows within you. I sincerely request Crown Princess to reconsider."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lo An Lord couldn't help but interject, "Esteemed envoy, have you made a mistake? The Empress's biological mother bears the surname Zhong, not Zhongli as you mentioned."
Upon hearing his words, Yuru Yan turned to look and immediately recognized that Lo An Lord resembled the person in the portrait. She quickly realized that Lo An Lord was indeed the husband of their Crown Princess.
Raising an eyebrow slightly, she asked Lo An Lord, "You are Lo An Lord Luo Guanlin?"
"Indeed, that's me. I wonder what esteemed envoy..." Before Lo An Lord could finish his sentence, Yuru Yan interrupted him directly: "Our Crown Princess perished because of you."
Hearing her words, Lo An Lord immediately recalled past events and fell silent. During his silence, Yuru Yan slowly continued: "Back then, a formidable group of Rebels and Traitors emerged in the Outer Realm. To protect the Crown Princess, Your Majesty sent someone to escort her out of the Outer Realm. However, once the Crown Princess left the Outer Realm, she was pursued by assassins and was later saved by your mother and returned to your family. Yet at that time, Your Majesty only learned that she had fallen into a deep pool and presumed her dead. Two years ago, however, Your Majesty inadvertently discovered that the Crown Princess had been adopted. Thus, people were sent to investigate this matter but found out that the Crown Princess had already passed away. At that time, she had also suddenly disappeared due to pregnancy. It wasn't until recently that Your Majesty learned about Little Prince and Little Princess approaching their hundred-day celebration and sent us here to congratulate."
While everyone was trying to make sense of things, Luo Bingbing coldly stated, "If you dare speak nonsense again, I will not be polite."
Yuru Yan understood that there was no way she could take Luo Bingbing away today. Moreover, with Your Majesty in peril, she needed to hurry back for assistance. Thus, she simply said: "I must return to report back to Your Majesty; I will take my leave now."
With that said, she swiftly turned around and walked out without any hesitation.
Naturally, the four bearers followed closely behind. However, once they reached the air outside the palace, they all stopped. Yuru Yan directly used her Inner Strength to fling the Imperial Edict towards the tray held by the eunuch.
As the Imperial Edict landed steadily on the tray, she loudly addressed Luo Bingbing, saying, "The Outer Realm awaits your esteemed presence at any time." Her voice was infused with Inner Strength, ensuring that everyone heard her clearly.
Before her words had even faded, they swiftly departed from the Silver Moon Kingdom's palace.
Looking at the Imperial Edict, both Luo Bingbing and Dongfang Hao frowned. After exchanging glances, they had no choice but to have someone put away the Imperial Edict.
Due to the earlier events, everyone's mood had soured a bit. At that moment, Dan Huanan suddenly exclaimed, "You adults are truly troublesome, thinking too much! Have you forgotten that today's protagonists are Prince Chen and Princess Tong?"
Her words jolted everyone awake. Instantly, they realized their mistake. Dongfang Hao quickly added, "What little Xi'er said is very true; today is a joyous occasion—everyone relax!"
"Exactly!" After saying this, Dan Huanan turned to Yelv Yan beside her and said, "Father, when I go to the Mohan Kingdom's palace, you must hold a banquet like this for me too! That way I can receive lots and lots of gifts."
Upon hearing her words, everyone burst into laughter, while Jichen Shan broke out in a cold sweat, glaring at his precious son.
After the laughter subsided, Yelv Yan immediately replied, "Alright, when you go to the Mohan Kingdom's palace, Father will definitely arrange it for you."
Soon after, delightful music filled the hall. Listening to the melodious sounds brought everyone's spirits back to joy.
In the evening, after the banquet dispersed, everyone returned to their rooms to rest. However, Luo Bingbing, Dongfang Hao, and Lord Lo An gathered in Ivyah's palace to discuss matters concerning the Outer Realm.
"Bing Bing, did you already know that your mother is of Outer Realm royal lineage?"
Upon hearing Lord Lo An's question, Luo Bingbing gently nodded and affirmed, "Yes, but I found out by chance."
Then, Luo Bingbing shared with everyone how she had found a memoir in a hidden compartment of her mother’s study when she first arrived in this world.
After hearing this, everyone fell silent for a long time until Lo An Lord furrowed his brow and asked, “Since they already know you are of royal descent, they will surely send someone to capture you and take you back. What shall we do?”
“What’s there to be afraid of? If they dare to come, we’ll just take down their stronghold,” Luo Tianyou replied directly.
“Exactly! Father, don’t worry. I refuse to believe that with our current strength, we can’t defeat them. Besides, Father has already developed the landmine in just a few days.”
As soon as Luo Bingbing finished speaking, Lo An Lord immediately asked, “Landmine? Is that the powerful device he mentioned before?”
After a slight smile, Luo Bingbing slowly said, “Well, since they’re not here right now, let me show you the power of this landmine!”
She then turned to Luo Tianyou and said, “Father, take one out. Let’s go outside the city and test its power.”
“Alright.” With that, he went to his laboratory and brought back a shiny black landmine.
Afterward, Luo Bingbing used her ability to teleport everyone to a small mountain valley outside the city. Once there, she quickly pulled down the small ring on top of the landmine and tossed it away.
Seeing Luo Bingbing’s actions, Lo An Lord couldn’t help but feel puzzled. Just as he was wondering about it, a loud bang echoed from not far away, and flames shot up into the sky.
“This… is this what that shiny black landmine can do?” Lo An Lord asked in astonishment.
“Yeah, let’s go check it out!” With that, everyone headed toward the explosion site. When they arrived, they were met with a large pit about five or six meters wide, filled with darkness.
“Father, its power is impressive!” After hearing Luo Bingbing’s words, Lo An Lord couldn’t help but ask again, “Is this big pit also created by that shiny black landmine?”
Luo Tianyou listened and immediately smiled, saying, "What do you think?"
"What an impressive weapon! If one has such power, then a hundred could destroy a city!" After a brief pause, Lo An Lord continued, "No wonder you dare to say you can take down the Outer Realm's stronghold! I thought you were just talking big!"
"Are you still worried now?" As soon as Luo Bingbing finished speaking, Lo An Lord shook his head.
Then, Luo Bingbing used her Ability to teleport everyone back to the palace. However, once they returned, they no longer discussed matters concerning the Outer Realm; their conversation shifted back to Dongfang Chen and Dongfang Tong.
At that moment, the Empress of the Outer Realm was under the influence of Deadly Poison and was being manipulated by others. On the surface, it seemed she was under the control of her second daughter, Zhong Li Xue. But ever since her fifth daughter, Zhong Li Hui, died, she realized that everything was being orchestrated behind the scenes by her seventh daughter, Zhongli Qianxun.
Upon learning that her Mother Empress had sent someone with an Imperial Edict to bring her niece back to the island to take over the throne, Zhongli Qianxun immediately dispatched her subordinates to eliminate her niece.
However, she did not know that her niece was Luo Bingbing and had no idea that Luo Bingbing had no interest in the throne of the Outer Realm.
Zhongli Qianxun initially thought her niece would return to the island via the main route across the sea with those sent by her Mother Empress. However, Yuru Yan, eager to return quickly, chose a shorter path instead. The assassins she dispatched were stationed along the main road leading to the sea and thus completely missed their target.
While Yuru Yan was returning to the island, Zhongli Qianxun received no news from those assassins but did receive word from Silver City.
Upon realizing that Luo Bingbing had no interest in the throne of the Outer Realm, she felt quite pleased. However, to ascend to this throne, one must possess an Imperial Edict. Therefore, she ordered those assassins to go to the palace of Silver Moon Kingdom to seize the Imperial Edict.
Under a faint starlight, the undulating forest appeared eerie beneath the night sky. The mountain wind rustled through the dry grass as night birds occasionally let out startled calls.
Suddenly, on a narrow path through Mass Graveyard, agile figures flashed by as they hurried toward the palace ahead.
When they arrived at a large tree by the palace wall, they quickly climbed up. Soon after, a masked man who seemed to be the leader let out a faint cat call.
Before his call had faded, a corresponding cat call echoed from within the palace.
Needless to say, this was their secret signal. Upon hearing the cat call, they immediately leaped into the palace and headed straight for the location of the Imperial Edict.
However, the Imperial Edict was kept in Luo Bingbing's chamber, and at that moment, both Luo Bingbing and Dongfang Hao were resting inside.
Thus, before they could enter the Dragon Blossom Palace, they were discovered by Luo Bingbing and Dongfang Hao. However, they merely assumed it was a common thief and thought the guards would handle it, so they paid no further attention.
Little did they know that these were assassins from the Outer Realm, whose power far surpassed that of the palace guards.
After a while, the assassins stealthily entered the Dragon Blossom Palace and made their way directly to their chamber.
Realizing that these individuals were not ordinary foes, Luo Bingbing and Dongfang Hao quickly got up to change clothes, preparing to confront them personally.
Before they could emerge, the assassins had already arrived outside their chamber. However, before the assassins could approach, they were intercepted by Miyazawa.
"Who dares to intrude upon my Silver Moon Palace at night?" Upon hearing Miyazawa's words, the assassins immediately realized they had been discovered.
Raising an eyebrow slightly, the Killer Leader gestured for his men to deal with Miyazawa. As soon as they engaged in combat, Miyazawa quickly recognized that these individuals were not ordinary foes.
Seeing that Miyazawa could withstand the full-force attacks of six or seven of his subordinates alone, the Killer Leader understood that their mission tonight was destined to fail. He immediately whistled for retreat; before the sound of his whistle faded, he swiftly slipped away from the palace.
Upon hearing his retreat command, the assassins halted their attacks and quickly withdrew, preparing to leave the palace. However, Miyazawa would not let them escape so easily and immediately began to counterattack.
They needed to retreat and had to shake off Miyazawa's pursuit, so they were all held back by Miyazawa. At this moment, the surrounding guards also rushed over upon hearing the commotion, making it even harder for them to escape.
However, they were all trained personally by Zhongli Qianxun, so their martial skills were naturally not weak. They quickly dealt with the guards, but just as they were about to leave, Luo Bingbing and Dongfang Hao suddenly appeared in front of them.
Looking at the masked individuals before him, Dongfang Hao couldn't help but sneer, "You don't take the path to heaven, yet you force your way into hell. Tell me, who sent you?"
They ignored Dongfang Hao's words. After exchanging glances, they immediately launched an attack on Dongfang Hao and Luo Bingbing.
"Seeking death!" As soon as he finished speaking, Dongfang Hao swiftly moved into their midst, either engaging head-on or dodging to the side before launching a surprise attack. He was in his element, moving effortlessly.
In just a few blinks, he had knocked down several assassins. At this point, those assassins had suffered broken bones and couldn't even get up.
Meanwhile, Luo Bingbing stood there the entire time without making a move. However, she quietly used her Ability to infiltrate the minds of the assassins, probing for their intentions and identities.
Seeing that Dongfang Hao had already dealt with them, Luo Bingbing coldly addressed the assassins, "Even if you don't speak, I already know your intentions. Moreover, I know who your master is."
Upon hearing her words, the assassins displayed disdainful expressions. One of them even said directly, "If you think you can pry information from us, you'd better give up! Since we've fallen into your hands, do as you wish."
With a slight smirk, Luo Bingbing replied with a wicked smile, "It seems you still don't understand me! I really don't know whether your master Zhongli Qianxun is out of his mind or just foolish for sending you here to seize the Imperial Edict without knowing anything about me."
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