After half an hour, Ming Yan's face became even redder, and Lu Yin couldn't resist kissing her.
Ming Yan glared at Lu Yin, but she wasn't angry. Instead, her eyes fluttered, unintentionally revealing an aura that was even more alluring than Madam Nalan's. Lu Yin was stunned. "Yan 'er, you're so beautiful."
Ming Yan's heart trembled, and she was secretly delighted. She lowered her head. "Brother Lu, why are you here?"
Lu Yin hugged her tightly. "Of course it's because I can't bear the pain of missing you, so I came to see you."
Ming Yan struggled, but Lu Yin's grip only tightened. She had no choice but to let him do as he pleased. "Brother Lu, do you know about my father's situation?"
Lu Yin grunted and then looked at her seriously. "Yan 'er, tell me the truth. Do you want to inherit the Shenwu Empire? If you don't want to, then I'll help you deal with it. You can go home with me and live a carefree and happy life just like before. How about it?"
Ming Yan looked into Lu Yin's eyes, and the softest part of her heart was enveloped in warmth. This was a lifelong commitment, and her eyes reddened. She was about to agree without hesitation when a cough sounded outside the room. Ming Yan woke up and hurriedly pushed Lu Yin away. "Father is here."
Lu Yin looked outside and saw Ming Zhaoshu looking up at the sky with his hands behind his back.
"How tactless." Lu Yin was displeased.
Ming Yan looked at him with her big eyes. "Brother Lu, he's my father. You can't say that."
Lu Yin smiled apologetically. "That's right, he's my father-in-law. I'm sorry, Yan 'er. Brother Lu was wrong."
Ming Yan pursed her lips. "Brother Lu, my father is very tired and has suffered a lot."
"Yeah, I know," Lu Yin replied.
Ming Yan lowered her head. "Father wishes for me to inherit the Shenwu Empire."
"What about yourself?
It depends on what you think, "Lu Yin said seriously.
Ming Yan lowered her head and recalled some of Ming Zhaoshu's words. She bit her lip and said gloomily, "I- I want to inherit the Shenwu Empire."
Lu Yin lifted her head and stared into her eyes. "Yan 'er, Brother Lu promises you that as long as you're willing, no one can force you to bear this burden."
Ming Yan's gaze met his, and her gaze grew more resolute. "I want to bear it myself."
Lu Yin sighed. "You clearly don't like reading memorials and handling government affairs."
"I'm sorry, Big Brother Lu," Ming Yan said painfully.
Lu Yin caressed her cheek. "Don't say sorry. You haven't done anything wrong. Yan 'er, no matter what decision you make, Brother Lu will support you."
Ming Yan grabbed his hand tightly and asked nervously, "Then, Brother Lu won't abandon Yan 'er, right?"
Lu Yin laughed and hugged Ming Yan again, not letting go no matter how much she struggled. "No, Yan 'er is mine, and she'll always be mine. Regardless of whether she's that carefree princess from the Reverent King's Household or the future King Shenwu, she'll always be mine. She won't be able to escape."
Ming Yan nodded happily. With Lu Yin's guarantee, she could work hard to bear any responsibility.
Suddenly, he lowered his head, opened his mouth, and sucked on her tender, fragrant lips. The sweet taste seeped into his heart, startling Ming Yan, but she did not push him away. She merely closed her eyes and allowed him to do as he pleased.
After an unknown amount of time, Ming Zhaoshu coughed again, startling Ming Yan. She pushed Lu Yin away with all her might, her face flushed red. She buried herself under the blanket and refused to come out.
"How tactless," Lu Yin grumbled again.
Lu Yin had come to the Shenwu Continent with the intention of taking Ming Yan away or helping her shoulder everything, but he had ended up making her more determined to inherit the empire.
Lu Yin had no choice but to stay in the Reverent King's Household with Ming Yan for two days before leaving with En Ya under Ming Zhaoshu's constant urging.
Ming Zhaoshu did not have much time left, and he needed to use the remaining time to teach Ming Yan how to handle government affairs and how to control the court.
"Are you unhappy, Your Highness?" En Ya asked as she looked at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin shook his head. "Send more people to stay in the Shenwu Empire."
It was impossible for Ming Yan to inherit the Shenwu Empire within half a year, but Ming Yan had insisted on it, so Lu Yin would not stop her. However, if Ming Zhaoshu died in half a year, the Shenwu Empire would definitely be in trouble. At that time, he would have to make a trip back to the Shenwu Empire, and it would be better to have his own people around to hear the news.
Right now, he was most worried about Ming Zhaoshu's poison. "En Ya, you should go back first."
"Won't Your Highness come with us?" En Ya asked.
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold, as he had no intention of leaving. He had not found the person who had poisoned Ming Zhaoshu, and only the heavens knew if that person had poisoned Ming Yan as well. Lu Yin had to find this person, as this was his main goal in coming to the Shenwu Continent. He would not feel at ease leaving such a person by Ming Yan's side.
First was Qiong Island. Lu Yin soared into the sky and looked around Shanhai City. There were rune lines everywhere, but they were all normal. There were quite a few rune lines that were at the Cruiser realm, and they belonged to Ming Zhaoshu as well as a few others. Next was Flowing Light City, which was located to the north of Shanhai City.
With Lu Yin's speed and range of vision, it only took him a day to scan the entire Qiong Island. Next was Ming Island.
In this manner, Lu Yin started from Qiong Island and looked at each island one by one. He would not have known if he had not looked, but after looking, he discovered that there were quite a few experts hidden on the Shenwu Continent. Most of these experts had been left behind by the various powers of the Innerverse and Outerverse to make it easier for them to communicate with the trialtakers. For example, Grandini Mavis and the Mavis family controlled the Bank of Wuyun. Yue Xianzi, An Shaohua, and even the Daynight clan all had hidden forces on the Shenwu Continent.
Lu Yin made a note of these names. If Ming Yan truly wanted to inherit the Shenwu Empire, then this list might be useful.
Ten days later, Lu Yin did not know where he was, but he was quite far from Qiong Island. He should be in the north of the Shenwu Empire.
Below him was a battlefield. Before coming here, Lu Yin had already known that Ming Zhaoshu had succeeded the throne and cooperated with the outsiders. Many people were dissatisfied with this, and there had been no less than a hundred assassination attempts. Many rebels had even used Ming Hao's name to rebel.
Lu Yin had not been interested in such matters, but this battlefield had an inexplicable amount of rune lines that were at the level of a Hunter.
If there really was a Hunter on this battlefield, then there would be no need for a battle at all. A single Cruiser would be enough to determine the outcome of the battle. However, there were Hunter rune lines here, which was rather strange.
Lu Yin looked around, and his gaze locked onto a canyon not too far away from the battlefield. The stench of blood in the air was also strangely flowing towards the canyon.
His body disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already in the canyon. He could see the location of the rune lines and hear a roar in his ears.
He was very familiar with this roar, as it was the roar of a zombie. He'd found it.
Suddenly, a red arm reached out from the canyon's walls and grabbed at Lu Yin. The arm was more than ten meters long, and it was covered in swollen, scarlet muscles. It looked extremely disgusting. Lu Yin dodged and slashed down. With his strength, he could even slice off a Hunter's arm. However, the red arm did not break, and only some of the scarlet muscles were cut off.
A deafening roar rang out from the canyon, causing the soldiers on the battlefield to howl in anguish. Many of them even spat out blood and died.
Lu Yin soared into the air, and the canyon crumbled as a hundred-meter-tall Corpse King with scarlet muscles walked out. Its cold eyes stared at Lu Yin as it leaped up and punched out.
The ground shattered, and the battlefield was torn apart. Many soldiers stared at the hundred-meter-tall monster in horror.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and he raised his fist and punched out.
Bang!
A shockwave visible to the naked eye distorted the void, and a terrifying wind pressure swept across the land and into the sky.
The hundred-meter-tall Corpse King was forced back by Lu Yin's punch, and even its fist had been smashed apart.
Lu Yin was shocked. This Corpse King was only a Cruiser, but it had a terrifying physical body that was comparable to the First Divine Gate Guardians of the Daosource Sect, and it might even be stronger.
Roar!
The giant Corpse King roared and charged at Lu Yin once again, slapping down with its palm.
Lu Yin's body disappeared as he streaked through the void and appeared above the Corpse King's head. He pressed down with a single hand, using Thirty Stacks, Hundredfold Shockwave Palm. There was a thump, and the giant Corpse King became motionless as its head was pressed into its chest by Lu Yin's palm. The overlapping shockwaves exploded, and not only did the Corpse King's head shatter, but it also cracked open its chest. Fresh blood poured down from the sky like a river, dyeing the battlefield red.
Lu Yin glanced into the distance, where a Hunter with rune lines was hiding. The rune lines that Lu Yin had seen before had come from that powerhouse, but that person had fled the instant that the giant Corpse King had charged out. Lu Yin pretended not to notice and wanted to see where the Hunter could escape to.
The canyon had already been reduced to ruins, and Lu Yin's domain swept through the area. The interior of the mountain had been hollowed out, revealing a giant laboratory.
Lu Yin's domain crushed the zombies, and the zombies were reduced to pools of blood. Lu Yin concealed his aura and used his physical strength to quickly chase in a certain direction.
The Hunter's rune lines were like bright lamps in the dark night, and Lu Yin could see them clearly. He did not need to get close to them at all; all he had to do was follow them.
The fleeing Neohuman Alliance expert probably did not expect Lu Yin to be able to keep up with him. After running for a while, the Neohuman Alliance expert released his aura and increased his speed. Fortunately, Lu Yin's physical strength was powerful, and he had transferred three grains of Fatesand. His pure physical strength was enough to keep up with the Hunter's speed.
Not long after, Lu Yin entered a forest, and the Hunter's rune lines stopped.
There was another giant space beneath the forest, and there were dozens of laboratories that held many zombies. They were not Corpse Kings that could gain innate gifts by eating crystals, but rather ordinary zombies.
The door to one of the laboratories was opened, and the scene inside looked like hell.
The ground was covered in blood, and a giant zombie was squatting in a corner, roaring.
"There's another one. These giant Corpse Kings can grow larger and stronger by absorbing blood, but they can't gain intelligence. But that doesn't matter, as long as I have intelligence. Hahahaha!" The maniacal laughter caused the place to become even colder. The person who had been laughing was a short old man with a sallow complexion and extremely ugly features. His hair was standing on end.
Suddenly, a large shadow enveloped him, and the short old man's pupils shrank. He abruptly turned around and saw Lu Yin's figure.
"You, how did you chase after me?" The short old man was shocked.
Lu Yin did not waste any time with idle chatter. He immediately took out a pike and stabbed out, causing a spiritual force attack to sweep out in all directions. Even though the short old man had the power of a Hunter, his brain was still injured by the powerful spiritual force attack, and he fainted for a moment. It was at that moment that the pike stabbed into him, but it was blocked by something and did not pierce through.
Lu Yin was stunned.