CHAPTER 211: CHAPTER 116 EMPRESS: SHAMELESS LITTLE THIEF, NO FOOLING AROUND! (9K)_4

"Seize the criminal!"

"Yes!"

The blades were drawn as the assistant officers shouted and charged forward.

At that moment, a dark flash swept across, and a pitch-black token hovered in the air, with the intricately carved Qilin dimly visible!

"Stop!"

Liu Chen exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly stopped everyone.

Gazing at the token in front of him, his throat moved nervously, and he hesitated, "Is this the Qilin Token? Are you a Thousand Household of the Sky Scale Guard?!"

Since his identity was already exposed, Chen Mo was too lazy to hide it any longer.

He raised his hand to remove the white bone mask, revealing an unparalleled handsome face, and smiled at Jian Yinsan, "Lord Jian, we meet again."

?!

Jian Yinsan’s scalp tingled, a chill running up his spine to his crown.

"Chen, Chen Mo?"

"Is it really you?!"

He had left the Capital City, yet he still ran into this bane?

Chen Mo said indifferently, "I gave you a chance, but you did not cherish it."

Feeling the intense murderous aura, Jian Yinsan panicked and stammered, "You, you can’t kill me! Killing an Imperial Official is punishable by execution! Even with the Qilin Token, you can’t escape punishment!"

"Is that so?"

Chen Mo raised his hand and tossed out a beam of golden light. The golden token floated in the air, with the Phoenix Perch on Parasol Tree pattern clearly visible.

Second-grade Flying Phoenix Order!

With this token, one is immune to all punishments except for rebellion!

"What about now?" Chen Mo asked.

Liu Chen shivered, his legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, "Subordinate greets Her Majesty the Empress!"

Clang——

The assistant officers all threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground in a dark mass.

"Greetings, Her Majesty the Empress!"

Jian Yinsan’s mind went blank, his body teetering on the edge of collapse.

Didn’t Chen Mo only have the lowest grade Flying Phoenix Order?

Where did the Death Exemption Token come from?!

"Mr. Chen, it was a misunderstanding. I didn’t know it was you!"

"Rest assured, I’ll definitely take your lead from now on. If you want me to go east, I won’t go west!"

Jian Yinsan snapped back and prostrated himself before Chen Mo, his face wearing a fawning smile, like a dog wagging its tail for mercy.

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "I still prefer your defiant demeanor."

"Mr. Chen..."

Whoosh——

The words were abruptly cut off, and Jian Yinsan suddenly felt a chill around his neck.

The view spun several times in the air before crashing to the ground. Just before he slipped into darkness, he saw a headless body spraying blood.

The head rolled to Liu Chen’s feet, making his hair stand on end, cold sweat soaking his back.

What kind of person did this dog of a Jian Yinsan offend?

With the Death Exemption Token, killing one is no different from killing many. If this lord goes on a killing spree and slaughters them all...

Chen Mo put away the token and walked up to Liu Chen, "Hundred Households Liu, is that right?"

"Subordinate Liu Chen, greets my lord!"

Liu Chen’s voice trembled as he said, "Subordinate was misled by a traitor and collided with you..."

"Enough, don’t waste words."

Chen Mo interrupted, "Have someone clean up here and prepare three clean rooms."

"Yes!"

Liu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing he had escaped a calamity.

Leaving two assistant officers to deal with the bodies, he escorted Chen Mo down the mountain, with Shen Zhixia and Ling Ningzhi following behind.

...

The scene was silent and deathly still.

Everyone’s expressions were somewhat bewildered.

They knew Chen Mo must be of significant standing, but had no idea he was from the Sky Scale Guard?!

At just over twenty years of age, he was able to suppress two top Holy Sect leaders and seize the Secret Realm’s legacy... When did the court produce such talent?

"Ahem, even though he belongs to the court, he’s still a Martial Artist!"

"Indeed, where’s that mongrel Taoist barking like a dog earlier? Speak!"

"It’s our duty to restore the glory of the martial warriors!"

Qin Yi recalled bemoaning the court’s oppression with Chen Mo over drinks, feeling his scalp tingling once again.

"That Hard Gang Yang Dingtian really fooled me hard!"

"But he’s quite different from those lapdogs of the court. He still seems honorable..."

...

"Qingxuan..."

Zi Lianji watched Ling Ningzhi’s retreating back, his lips moving as though he wanted to say something, but ultimately didn’t.

Being defeated by another man in front of the woman he liked was already hard for him to bear.

Moreover, this man far surpassed him in background and looks... Zi Lianji’s prideful heart was deeply wounded, and his spirit flagging.

Yu Hongyin watched the scene and shook her head.

"Still thinking about Qingxuan?"

"By the time you let go, she might already be showing!"

"Chen Mo, so it’s really him? As handsome as rumors claim... Ahem, don’t let that hide the fact that he’s a big brute!"

"A woman who doesn’t seek revenge is no woman! You wait, I’ll let you see Auntie’s prowess one day!"

Yu Hongyin pouted and waved her petite fists at the upright figure.

...

...

"Ah, comfortable~"

In the inn room, Chen Mo soaked in the bathtub and sighed contently.

They planned to rest for a day in Wuyang County before heading to Tiandu City tomorrow... After all, having spent so long in the Secret Realm, even though they weren’t seriously injured, they inevitably felt a bit fatigued.

While bathing to cultivate, Chen Mo inventoried the gains from this trip.

Three immortal materials for refining Divine-Grade Pills, the Alchemy Dao Classics "Green Lotus Pill Scripture" containing numerous top-tier pill formulas, a Creation Jade Plate akin to the Dao Essence Crystal but far superior, and finally, two reward items...

It could be said, he had reaped a bountiful harvest!

During that time in the Immortal Palace, had he chosen to sit on the dragon throne, he could have taken control of the entire Blessed Cave Realm!

This would mean acquiring a realm entirely his own, with all treasures at his disposal, freely to command!