Ashen was looking at the map of the region he was in.
He was the ninth Prince of the Primordial Dragon Empire, the largest and the strongest among the five empires of this world.
However, Primordial Dragon Empire wasn't just large, it was huge.
If he had to compare it to his previous world, Primordial Dragon Empire was twice the area of Asia in land area. For more chapters visit NoveI~Fire.net
And that wasn't all, Primordial Dragon Empire had also occupied some of the outer region from other empires as well, although the empires had huge oceans between them.
Now, to handle this large area, the emperor of this empire had divided his empire into various kingdoms and sect territories.
Everyone was free to command their kingdoms and territories, but, just had to pay tax to the empire every month.
the emperor didn't had to take care of the whole empire and just looked after the capital in which he stayed in.
Meanwhile, He had also allocated some kingdoms to his children to command and gain experience from.
This could also be seen as a way to make them compete against each other and see who was the best among the Princes and Princesses.
The region where the Phoenix Feather Sect was located at was in the south part of the empire, this was the reason why many people would also call this region, collectively with the top ten sects, the southern empire.
The top ten sects were far away from each other, located in different kingdoms altogether.
At most, a kingdom had three of the top sects while at the very least, one sect was located in one kingdom.
The kingdom had to be large to fulfill the needs of a sect.
The Phoenix Feather Sect was located in one such kingdom known as the Kingdom of Great Xia.
For Short, People call it the Xia Kingdom.
The Phoenix Feather Sect actually shared the Xia kingdom with two other top sects, however, they were on the far side of the Spirit Beasts Thicket.
The Spirit Beasts Thicket was located in the center of the Xia Kingdom, hence, made sure that the top sects wouldn't fight with each other.
If Ashen had to compare it with his previous world, The Xia kingdom would be around half the size of Russia. However, since there was no land covered in ice, hence it had more habitable area than Russia.
Now, in the Xia kingdom, there were multiple small cities and large cities.
However, Ashen wasn't interested in them as he focused more on the region around Phoenix Feather sect.
Near the Phoenix Feather Sect, there were multiple small sects with multiple small level cities around them.
After Ashen got an idea about the region he was in, he closed the map before heading out.
Mo Chen's room, Mo Chen's Mansion,
"Your Highness, Your plan was a success. To present yourself as the savior when you were the mastermind of it all, I am amazed.
Now, I am sure that you will be able to get close to Bi Shiyue and make her fall in love with you"
Mo Chen praised, bowing in front of Ashen who was sitting on his chair inside his mansion, drinking tea.
This was the plan that Ashen had told Mo Chen.
He told him that he wanted to win over Bi Shiyue and take her away with him.
Mo Chen readily agreed to his plan on getting the chance of getting rid of Shiyue.
He thought that if Shiyue was taken away by Ashen, he will be able to win Veli's heart and marry her.
Right now, he was oblivious to the fact that Ashen had already taken Veli's virginity and was planning to take her too.
Obviously Ashen wasn't going to clear this as he just took his compliment with a smile.
Mo Chen, after having praised Ashen enough, decided to ask the question that he had on his mind.
"Your Highness, May I ask why are you here?
Do you need this servant for something?"
Ashen nodded at him before putting the tea cup down and speaking with a calm and dignified expression:
"Mo Chen, I want to know about your family's upcoming event"
Mo Chen made a confused expression at this request of Ashen as he asked:
"Your Highness, my family doesn't have any upcoming event till the next four months. Are you asking about the event that is going to happen after four months?"
Hearing his reply Ashen didn't say anything and just closed his eyes while wondering:
"Huh? Did the World's will scam me? or did the system scam me?
It sure loves to say that it is the villainous system. It is possible.
What should I do now?"
As he was thinking to himself, Mo Chen's voice reached his ears, reporting:
"Your Highness, there is an event tomorrow but I doubt that your Highness is talking about this event"
"Oh, why do you say that?" Ashen, raising his eyebrows, asked.
"Because, Your Highness, It is not an event of my main family... but an event that is held in the lower branches of my Mo family"
Ashen began to see hope hearing this as he ordered with a calm voice: "Tell me more about this event"
Mo Chen nodded, explaining the whole situation:
"Your Highness, As you may know, My Mo Family is a big and powerful family with many lower branches extending to multiple lower cities in the kingdom of Great Xia.
These lower branch families are going to hold an event where they will let the servants of the household fight a member of the family of the same cultivation level.
If the servant is able to win, then that servant will be free of his servitude and can leave the family freely."
"Oh, this is an interesting event, But how did you come up with it?" Ashen asked with a smile
Mo Chen bowed before answering politely:
"Your Highness, It is the first time that this event is being organized.
I don't know why, but my uncle asked this gift from my Grandfather on his birthday yesterday.
He said that he would like to grant freedom to the worthy cultivators on his birthday.
Grandfather didn't ask anything and just fulfilled his wish.
The command to organize this event was then given to the lower branches"
As he heard this, Ashen's smile widened even more.
"Interesting" He murmured before asking: "What is your uncle's cultivation?"
"Fifth stage of the Origin realm, Your Highness. His spirit is only five star, that's why he isn't good at cultivation" Mo Chen answered with a saddened voice.
After he was done listening, he leaned back on his chair as he pondered:
"Every piece is fitting here. If I am not wrong, it is the world's will that had made this event happen.
From this, I can deduce that this protagonist will benefit from this event, but, the only people who can benefit from this are the servants of the Mo family's lower branch.
That means, he must be a servant right now!"
Deducing all this, Ashen, looking at Mo Chen, asked: "How many lower branches are there in your family?"
Mo Chen, without wasting a second, answered: "More than a hundred, Your Highness, I don't know the exact number"
"More than a hundred, Huh..." Ashen murmured before ordering:
"Mo Chen, See if there is any recent event that is unexpected, like a servant suddenly becoming stronger than before, or someone of high status becoming a servant due to some accident, or a servant beating up his superiors.
Something of that sorts. Search for it and return with an answer in three hours, understand"
"Understood!" Mo Chen nodded before bowing and taking his leave.
After Mo Chen left, Ashen closed his eyes, relaxing on the comfy chair.
Mo Chen returned in front of Ashen as he reported:
"Your Highness, I have found out something similar to what you described"
"Oh, what did you find?" Ashen asked curiously.
Mo Chen informed about the situation without making Ashen wait:
"In one of the lower branches, the family head was found dead after he had left for somewhere.
After knowing that the Family head has died, his younger brother became the new family head, however, what was surprising was the fact that the son of the previous family head was forced to become a servant for the family.
From the Young Master of the family, he now became a mere servant.
And since he had only awakened a two star spirit, no one cared about him and just treated him like the trash he was.
It was only because his father had protected him till now, that he was still the young master of the family.
I also found out that yesterday, somehow, he defeated 20 servants who had ganged up on him all on his own.
It shouldn't be possible with the cultivation level that he has.
He is also harassed by the son of the new family head.
Now, I think that the new family head wants to kill him in tomorrow's event as an accident"
The more Ashen heard, the more he was sure that this was a protagonist.
A tragic story, someone after his life, beating up 20 men on his own that can't be explained.
Now, for the last confirmation, Ashen inquired about his name:
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