Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 99: Military Exercise

There was complete silence as all eyes in the Palace of Great Peace followed Fang Chen’s figure, as he walked up to the emperor and bowed to him.

Then, Fang Chen turned to Li Daoye and said, “Don’t scare others.”

“Young master, that bastard wanted to behead me! Plebeians like him should take a pee and look at their reflection! What gave that bumpkin the confidence to act as if he owns the world?!” Li Daoye scoffed as he stowed away his fireball. His voice was filled with disdain reminiscent of that of a superior state toward a lower state.

Ji Lengyue understood, for that was how he viewed Great Xia and the other vassal states too. His face turned livid, and the Nightmare Knights behind him stared at Fang Chen and Li Daoye with a hint of fear.

“I’ll deal with this,” Fang Chen said with a smile. He stepped forward and looked at Ji Lengyue, “You’re Chillwater’s Ji Lengyue, right?”

“Indeed,” Ji Lengyue replied with a careful tone.

“I heard Zhou Xiu is a descendant of your Ji Clan?” Fang Chen asked.

Ji Lengyue eyed Li Daoye in doubt. There was a moment of silence before he replied, “He’s merely a bastard of our Ji Clan.”

The crowd frowned. That’s not what you said earlier!

Great Xia’s officials were shocked. They could tell that Ji Lengyue was intimidated by Li Daoye!

“Ah, that explains why he thinks lowly of other people’s lives. It’d be too much to expect decorum from a bastard child.” Fang Chen nodded. He turned his attention toward the corpse placed in front of the imperial court. “Is that Zhou Xiu’s corpse? Who brought this filth into the Palace of Great Peace?”

A few people looked at Xiao Shence. A few people looked at the emperor. Most people looked at Ji Lengyue. But not a single person replied to Fang Chen’s question.

“Xiao Shence, why are you standing in a daze? Dispose that filthy thing right now!” Fang Chen frowned.

Xiao Shence shook at the mention of his name. He hesitantly glanced at the emperor, and only when the latter subtly nodded did he personally pick up Zhou Xiu’s corpse and throw it ou

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