The Peerless Emperor - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Genuine Regret

Translator: Larbre Studio

Editor: Larbre Studio

Leaving Huaxia Hall, the crowd at the entrance glowed with a pale white glimmer. In the next instant, they vanished.

Huaxia Empire was completely the property of Lin Qian, a region he ruled. He was able to morph between the venues as he wished.

At the same time, he bestowed the same ability onto Zhao Long, Zhuge Ming and the Five Commanding Officers, to ease their work within the Empire.

In the towering and majestic Capital, in front of a massive structure. 

Lin Qian and his fellow subordinates materialised in front of the building that sprawled across a tenth of the Capital’s size.

In front of him, countless skyscrapers dotted the vast premises. All around, peculiar gadgets could be seen.

In the complex, silhouettes of people clad in scholarly uniforms zoomed past crossing the many institutions. As they passed, loud chattering of unknown content echoed around the tall buildings.

When they saw Lin Qian approaching, they immediately stopped talking and fell onto one knee while facing him. They called out respectfully, “Your Majesty!”

These premises were of the Tiangong Ministry. In the game, it was the place to upgrade the skills on the skills tree.

Currently, they were the heart of all technological advances within the empire. Previously, their only mission was to ensure the complete restoration of the Empire. Now that they had successfully bridged connections with Lin Qian, they had an even more critical task.

That was to research and understand the workings of His Majesty, Lin Qian!

Of the hundred million scholars from the Tiangong Ministry, thirty million were dedicated to studying the physical condition of Lin Qian. Around the clock, they monitored his health and fine-tuned the emission of Heaven and Earth’s Energy into his Dantian.

Only when he returned to the Huaxia Empire did Lin Qian realise that the Heaven and Earth’s Energy swarming out of the whirlpool originated from the massive planet of the Huaxia Empire.

The actual reason behind his overbearingly sturdy physique was not the cultivation method from this teacher. Neither was it this unceasingly flow of Heaven and Earth’s Energy. It was the cumulative intelligence and engineering of these thirty million scholars!

Of course, the Tiangong Ministry was not exclusive to the Huaxia Empire’s Capital. Across the planet’s several continents, even in the depths of the ocean, there were sub-departments of the Ministry established.

Not long later, Lin Qian had brought the group to a spacious and tall building.

This rectangular structure was abnormally spacious, covering enormous amounts of space. It could easily fit more than two hundred thousand people.

This was the War Stratagems Hall. In the game, Lin Qian gathered all his generals into this building before every war. Here, he disseminated his instructions, laid out his formations, and carried out reconnaissance.

Entering the War Stratagems Hall, Lin Qian looked up above. There, he saw several pieces of odd-looking mirror, quietly hovering in mid-air.

The mirror surface was smooth, untarnished and polished. Around its edges, loops and loops of golden hoops were intertwined.

“Stratagem Mirror, how nostalgic…” Wistfully, Lin Qian looked at his past pieces of equipment, memories slowly flowing back into him. Quickly, he looked away, smiling coldly as he snorted, “How dare these people use a cursed array for hunting me! Looking for death!”

“Prime Minister, get to work.”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Zhuge Ming, bowed as he received the orders. Stepping about three steps forward, he waved his hands gently. Immediately, the eight mirrors flew to action, covering all the corners.

Lin Qian was soon enveloped in a field of peculiar mirrors. With another flick of his hand, lightly blue Soul Energy seeped into the area of Strategem Mirrors.

When the Huaxia Empire was reborn with Lin Qian, all of their currency and energy values adapted to fit this world. Now, what used to be the unit’s mana had converted to be Soul Energy.

It was the same for Zhuge Ming.

“Activate Shielding effect, enhance Strategem Mirrors!” The moment he finished his commands, two of the mirrors began releasing an azure aura. Quickly, the mirrors passed through the blood-red glimmer on Lin Qian’s body, attaching themselves onto him. 

The azure glow engulfed Lin Qian, becoming almost like a new layer of clothing, protecting him from the inspections of the blood-red radiance.

“Tracking Interference Skill, enhance Strategem Mirrors!”

“Analytic Skill, enhance Strategem Mirrors!”

“Reverse Tracing Skill, enhance Strategem Mirrors!”

“Reverse Interference Skill, enhance Strategem Mirrors!”

“Effects Reduction Skill, enhance Strategem Mirrors!”

“Soul Energy Counter Attack!”

Along with Zhuge Ming’s final command, the Azure Aura glowed brighter than before, viciously piercing into the Blood-red glimmer.

KACHA!

A crisp resounding shatter echoed through the room. Like shards of crystals, the scarlet glow around Lin Qian cracked into tiny bits, bursting like red stardust into the air.

In a faraway land, on the top floor of a pagoda.

Elder Fu was gathered amongst a huge group of clansmen, fervently staring at the droplet of blood hovering at the epicentre of a blood array.

As he stared on, the glow on the droplet was clarifying. As the image became more evident, his heart hammered more heavily in his chest. 

“Young Master must not be discovered. Should the worst-case scenario occur, this old man has no choice but to sneak within them and destroy this plan from within!” Clenching his fist, Elder Fu set his resolve to stone. Inching forward, he readied his stance.

At that moment, the tables drastically turned. From the blood-red array, an azure glow pierced through, blasting the red light on the blood droplet to bits.

As the blood-red glow burst apart, a tyrannical counter charge surged along with the blood-red aura, rushing straight into the Elder controlling the Spiritual Array.

“How could this be?!”

The words he shrieked in despair became his last words. From all seven holes on his face, blood gushed out uncontrollably. His body lost all strength and signs of life instantaneous as he flopped onto the ground with a loud thud.

With a thunderous boom, the azure glow morphed into a huge palm, grabbing at the red glimmer.

“The opponent wants to trace back to us!” Beside the dead elder, a middle-aged man shouted anxiously. Swiftly, he slammed his palm onto the ground.

A monstrous force ripped long cracks in all directions. The Blood-red array was destroyed, the blood droplet at the epicentre, landed onto the centre of the mess.

At the same time, the azure glow dissipated. In the last instant, before it disappeared entirely, a youngster’s voice echoed from within.

“Though I have no clue who you are, if you think of using this method to trace me down again, you can prepare to clear another corpse!”

Together with his words, the azure glow dissipated fully, vanishing from the peak of the pagoda.

“Fuck! How could this happen?” within the crowd, a goatee’d elder cursed. Looking at the dead elder, guilt and helplessness engulfed him. “Look at your brilliant idea! Now, Grandmaster Yan is dead. We can prepare to receive the Family Head’s raging fury now!”

Having said his share, he brushed his hands aside in anger, storming out of the pagoda.

The man who acted quickly lifted the corpse, coldly glaring at the others within, and made his departure.

The others remaining were still dumbstruck. Looking at each other blankly, they struggled to manage the fear and crushing shock within their hearts.

Of course, the most stupefied of the masses had to be Elder Fu. Initially, he was absolutely sure that the Young Master’s position was soon to be discovered. Who could’ve predicted that Grandmaster Yan would suffer an unexplainable counter surge, taking his life most dramatically? Additionally, it all seemed to be the work of the Young Master!

“Was it Young Master who spoke just now?” Looking at the bloodstain on the ground, Elder Fu was evidently troubled, “Young Lady and her husband’s son… he seems a little sinister…”

Back in the Tiangong Ministry, War Strategem Hall.

“FUCK!” Lin Qian clenched his fist and bellowed in pure molten fury. His thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire hall.

At that moment, the War Strategem mirror had displayed multiple images. Of them, a majority was of a heavily battered and tortured man, caged within a water prison.

He was easily recognisable by Lin Qian. That man was undoubtedly his father.

This images and information, they were all extracted from the fresh blood used in the array.

“Your Majesty, according to the information of the investigation, the opponent’s strength is mighty compared to His Majesty’s current circumstance.” Zhuge Ming approached Lin Qian from the side. He continued, “Due to the short time of the investigation, we could not pinpoint the location. This will greatly affect the rescue of Emperor Emeritus. Please punish this inefficient servant.”

Apologising, Zhuge Ming was about to kneel. However, Lin Qian held him up with his hands swiftly, “the Prime Minister did not make any mistake.”

“I swear on my life. I will make them regret being born.”