Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 115: Xia Imperial Duke

Ji Congyun was long gone, but the platform remained deathly silent.

Did Great Xia… really become a grade-8 state just like that?

The crowd felt light on their feet as if they were in a dream.

Xia Yu stared at Fang Chen in a daze. He had made up his mind to lead Great Xia to overcome its bottleneck and become a grade-8 state, so that it could stand on par with Chillwater. Yet, his great ambitions… were fulfilled by someone else before he could become the emperor?

The officials of the imperial court were trembling with excitement, but they composed themselves to maintain the poise of a powerful state. From time to time, they would eye the Longdu, Guhe, and Yizhou’s envoys.

The three envoys felt like they were sitting on needles. Every now and then, they would glance at Fang Chen with fear in their eyes.

In contrast to the silent platform, the civilians below celebrated this joyous occasion. Great Xia had become the weakest state in the region since its tragic defeat five years ago.

Even Guhe, a state specialized in mining, would climb over their heads every now and then. Their scholars and martial artists walked on their streets with an air of superiority.

Yet, Great Xia turned the tables on them within a single day.

Not only did Fang Chen thoroughly crush Chillwater’s Nightmare Knights, but he displayed exceptional means as a martial artist too. He even forced one of Chillwater’s leading figures to acknowledge Great Xia as a grade-8 state and relinquish three of their vassal states to them.

Great Xia had never achieved such feats even at its peak!

How could Great Xia’s civilians not be excited? From this day onward, they would be Longdu, Guhe, and Yizhou’s superior state. Gone were the days where they had to endure their scorn!

The crowd looked at Fang Chen with eyes filled with respect, be it the ordinary populace, martial artists, scholars, or the Great Xia Shadow Guards.

“It’s our Great Xia’s blessing to have someone like War God Fang!”

Great Xia’s emperor had a beaming smile too. “War God Fang, I h

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