Su Chen pushed open the door.
"Ping’er, have you been waiting outside for me all this time?" Su Chen’s secluded cultivation took place in a concealed room, not in Li Ping’s room, in order to avoid any disturbances. Having just finished his secluded cultivation and pushing open the door, he immediately saw Li Ping. Su Chen was in a rather good mood and couldn’t resist teasing her, a playful look appearing on his face.
"Who’s waiting for you? Don’t flatter yourself. I just happened to pass by." Li Ping retorted coldly, yet her heartbeat noticeably quickened. Indeed, as though by habit, she found herself visiting daily, checking to see whether Su Chen had exited his secluded cultivation. She’d done so for half a month now, never expecting to be caught red-handed by Su Chen today.
"Just happened to pass by? As long as you’re happy." Su Chen’s smile deepened as he stepped over to Li Ping and naturally took her small hand: "Ping’er, tell me, what has happened during the time of my secluded cultivation?"
Li Ping’s fair neck flushed with a faint red hue. She hadn’t seen Su Chen for over half a month, and although she was reluctant to admit it, there was indeed a faint sense of missing him in her heart. She couldn’t understand how she could... At this moment, Su Chen holding her hand gave her an unusual sense of security.
"Ping’er, you’re distracted. I’m asking you a question!"
Li Ping glared at Su Chen: "I heard you."
Following that, Li Ping recounted to Su Chen everything that had happened over the past half month.
After listening, Su Chen frowned slightly: "Strange, the Emperor of Nan’e’s attitude is too weird. I killed three of his sons, and he actually..."
"It must be because the Emperor of Nan’e values your talent and strength. For the emperor, sons are nothing special—he has hundreds of them. A monster like you, transcending the Eternal Ages, is more important to him and the entire Southern Ruin Empire."
"Perhaps!" Su Chen nodded.
"Miss, Young Master Su, the family head requests your presence in the great hall!" The maid said respectfully.
"Oh?" Su Chen raised an eyebrow: "What’s the matter?"
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"The emperor and Lingwu Princess?" Su Chen was somewhat surprised, especially by the emperor’s visit. Generally speaking, it was very rare for the Emperor of Nan’e to make a personal visit, something Su Chen had not anticipated at all.
"Let’s go!" Li Ping said.
they arrived at the great hall.
Inside the hall, Li Mingyu was sitting with the Emperor of Nan’e and Lingwu Princess, drinking tea.
Upon seeing Su Chen and Li Ping arrive,
the Emperor of Nan’e and Lingwu Princess actually stood up!!!
"Greetings to the emperor and to Lingwu Princess." Seeing that others were showing him great respect, Su Chen also clasped his hands and greeted them very politely.
"Your strength has grown stronger again." Nangong Wu gazed intently at Su Chen, focusing sharply on him. After a few breaths, she spoke in a concentrated voice, her tone heavy with trembling terror and astonishment.
"Lingwu Princess has a good eye." Su Chen did not deny it.
"Indeed, a talented and distinguished young gentleman!" The Emperor of Nan’e stroked his beard and laughed heartily.
"You flatter me, Emperor." Su Chen remained neither servile nor overbearing.
"Su Chen, do you know of the Buddha Domain?" Then, the Emperor of Nan’e got straight to the point.
Su Chen nodded; he had, of course, heard of it.
"Do you wish to enter the Buddha Domain?"
Su Chen nodded again.
Martial Cultivators, they all defy the heavens, longing for better cultivation environments, eager to meet more powerful foes, yearning for more martial arts cultivation resources, craving more life-and-death battles, and so on...
And the Buddha Domain satisfies all these.
The Emperor of Nan’e felt much more relaxed. After asking Su Chen a few questions, he knew arranging for Su Chen to join his daughter in the selection trial wouldn’t be difficult.
Indeed, what followed was talk about the selection trial.
Su Chen agreed almost without any thought.
"Ha ha ha... Good!!" The Emperor of Nan’e was very pleased; everything was going smoothly.
"Emperor, I have an audacious request." Su Chen said, "I need a Void Bodhi Leaf, just one."
To save Ji Linger, the Void Bodhi Leaf was indispensable.
Ever since entering the Divine Martial Continent, he had kept this in mind.
Finally, now he had met the Emperor of Nan’e and was in a position to speak up.
"Void Bodhi Leaf?" The Emperor of Nan’e was taken aback at first, then stared intently at Su Chen: "Young Master Su, are you aware of how precious the Void Bodhi Leaf is?"
"Not very clear, but it should be very precious."
"The Void Bodhi Tree, indeed, there is one in the palace of Nan’e Ancient Country. However, that Void Bodhi Tree is not large. Furthermore, the spiritual energy of Nan’e Ancient Capital is insufficient. Therefore, the Void Bodhi Tree hardly does more than maintain its life. It essentially blooms and sheds leaves once every ten thousand years. Each blooming and shedding, there would be only a few leaves that eventually become Void Bodhi Leaves, the others either wither and die or are not old enough."
Su Chen listened intently, utterly astonished in his heart.
Only a few Void Bodhi Leaves every ten thousand years? Indeed precious.
"Moreover, to cultivate the Void Bodhi Leaf, our Nan’e Royal Family has a Half-Step Ancestral King Realm powerhouse who watches and guards the Void Bodhi Tree almost all the time," the Emperor of Nan’e continued.
Su Chen was slightly taken aback.
"The reason I tell you all this is just to show you how precious the Void Bodhi Leaf really is," the Emperor of Nan’e took a deep breath and said: "So, in my memory, this emperor has never bestowed even a single Void Bodhi Leaf to anyone. However, if you truly need the Void Bodhi Leaf, I’m not necessarily against giving it, but the condition is that you have to achieve a good result."
Su Chen smiled, "Emperor, in your opinion, what would be considered a good result in this selection?"
"The talents participating in this selection are the most formidable monsters from the Four Great Ancient Nations; not many, totaling just over a dozen," the Emperor of Nan’e spoke solemnly: "If you can rank in the top three among these dozen or so people, that would be considered a good result."
"Imperial Father." Nangong Wu obviously started upon hearing the words ’top three’ and wanted to say something, but she was cut off by the Emperor of Nan’e: "Top three is indeed very difficult, but it is only with top three that this emperor would willingly gift the Void Bodhi Leaf."
"Alright. Top three it is." Su Chen nodded, agreeing outright - let alone top three, even the first place would suffice! His current strength is such that not even the third or second layers of the Ancestral King Realm might be his match! Possessing absolute confidence! How could such strength not achieve top three? What a joke.
"Ha ha ha, not bad, young man, you should have confidence!" The Emperor of Nan’e was in a great mood: "Alright, Su Chen, this emperor must return to the palace now. Wu’er, you stay behind and discuss the details of the selection trial with Su Chen!"
Thereafter, the Emperor of Nan’e disappeared without a trace.
After the Emperor of Nan’e left, Nangong Wu looked deeply at Su Chen: "Su Chen, you shouldn’t have rashly agreed to my father, getting into the top three is not easy."