The Peerless Emperor

Chapter 402: Chapter 403 City Lord Qiu Ling

Seeing the token Qiu Ling took out, everyone in the room was stunned.

Especially Leng Wuyi and Qiu Xian, they couldn’t imagine how their daughter had gone out to gather some news and come back to be a person of the Huaxia Empire in the blink of an eye?

“And moreover, I’m the City Lord of Little Ling City!” Qiu Ling said, her tone of bragging was unmistakable as she flipped the token over for everyone to see.

The token had previously been engraved with four large characters on the front: “Huaxia Empire”!

But when flipped over, it was clearly inscribed with the four characters “Little Ling Qiu Ling.” Amid the stunned onlookers, Qiu Ling explained that this token was the City Lord token of Little Ling City, under the jurisdiction of the Huaxia Empire.

The developments at hand were utterly beyond everyone’s expectations; they had been worried about the Huaxia Empire’s stance towards them and what would become of the citizens from now on, yet in the blink of an eye, Qiu Ling had become the City Lord of a city.

“Linger, what on earth is going on?” Leng Wuyi was so shocked by the events occurring to Qiu Ling that he forgot the current setting and broke the rule of never calling his daughter by her nickname.

Seeing the expressions of her father, mother, and the other Hall Masters around her, Qiu Ling let out a snort of laughter: “Actually, this Huaxia Empire isn’t at all like what you imagined.”

“If it’s different, what’s different about it?” Qiu Xian eagerly asked, wanting to know what exactly had happened.

Her daughter, because of circumstances, could not acknowledge her father at first and lived by her side, taking her mother’s surname. Later, Qiu Ling got used to her surname Qiu, and even after the acknowledgment, Leng Wuyi didn’t mind and didn’t change it back.

Because her daughter had always lived by her side from a young age, Qiu Xian knew her character well; the Huaxia Empire must certainly have something special about it, otherwise, she would never have willingly become a citizen of the Huaxia Empire, let alone become a City Lord.

“After I entered Little Ling City, I found that the situation inside was different from what I imagined; everyone’s faces were brimming with smiles, and they looked very happy. The old, dirty slums had been leveled, and everyone was building their new homes with their own hands.”

“These new homes could be given to any citizen who followed the instructions of the craftsmen from the Huaxia Empire and lent a hand. And if there were things that needed the help of the citizens, those people from the Huaxia Empire would even offer Soul Crystals as a reward!”

“The treasury of the City Lord Mansion was opened up, and the people from the Huaxia Empire distributed a share to every citizen who had been exploited before, and also granted a three-year tax exemption, abolished the previous heavy taxes, and adjusted them anew.”

“The Imperial Army of the Huaxia Empire not only patrolled within the city walls but also sent people to patrol the small towns and villages outside, ensuring everyone’s safety. And what’s more surprising is that those who claimed to be scholars set up Spirit Gathering Arrays in every citizen’s new home and went to the small towns and villages to set up large Spirit Gathering Arrays to plant Spirit Wood.”

Qiu Ling, with an excited face, spread her arms wide open and shouted at the crowd, who were as dumbfounded as wooden chickens: “Tell me, isn’t the Huaxia Empire very different from other powers!”

After Qiu Ling finished, the entire room fell into silence, where one could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Leng Wuyi suddenly stood up: “Linger, do you know where the young Emperor of the Huaxia Empire is?”

“How would I know that,” Qiu Ling helplessly spread her hands, telling her father, “Someone as prominent as him must be elusive like a Divine Dragon.”

Bang! Bang!

Just then, there was a knock on the door from outside the room, startling everyone inside.

Only high-level members of the Life Palace were qualified to be here, and now, without exception, all had arrived, so who could possibly be knocking on the door?

The goat-bearded hall master closest to the door stood up, slowly opening it, with his Soul Power also gathering around him.

Not only him, but everyone else in the room had also activated their Soul Power, ready for any unexpected situations that might arise.

However, when they opened the door, they found a young man about twenty-five years old standing outside, dressed in a white robe, nodding and smiling as the door swung open.

“You are…?” Leng Wuyi eyed the unfamiliar young man, carefully asking.

The Life Palace, this main deliberation hall, was surrounded by an Illusion Array. The fact that this young man could bypass the Illusion Array to arrive here meant he was clearly no ordinary individual.

“I happened to overhear Lord Leng’s words just outside the door. Weren’t you looking for me? I’ve come uninvited, forgive the interruption!” Lin Qian looked at Leng Wuyi, speaking with a light chuckle.

Young, the leader of a Royal Family powerhouse preferring white robes, uniquely not referring to himself as “this emperor” but using the term “We.”

Given what the other party had said, everyone present instantly understood that this young man was the ruler of the Huaxia Empire.

“You… are the Emperor of the Huaxia Empire!” Leng Wuyi couldn’t help but exclaim aloud. It was no surprise he couldn’t control his emotions, for it was unimaginable that Lin Qian would personally come to find them.

Lin Qian nodded, looking at the Hall Master of Life Palace: “How so, Hall Master? Won’t you invite Us to sit down?”

Upon hearing Lin Qian’s words, Leng Wuyi promptly came to his senses, quickly stepping forward to welcome the former and offering him his own seat, while everyone else instinctively stood up.

Seeing the people’s reactions, Lin Qian hastily waved his hand, indicating for them to sit down: “The rules of the Huaxia Empire for discussing state affairs are as follows: We sit upon the Dragon Throne, the main seat, and all of you take seats of lesser importance, and after the necessary respect has been paid, there is no need to kneel or bow.”

The words of Lin Qian left everyone quite astonished, and finally, with his affirmative gaze upon them, they sat down.

The gaze of everyone in the room was filled with awe as they looked towards Lin Qian, for although young, he was the ruler over the forty-nine states of this part of the world, the Emperor of the Huaxia Empire.

The might displayed by the Huaxia Empire in the recent war against the Emperor Qin Dynasty garnered respect from the entire Southern Domain, and nobody dared to belittle the influence of Fang Shuiwen, Zhou Yian, and Yang Guixiang, the three venerated elders behind Lin Qian.

Therefore, facing Lin Qian, they all felt a considerable sense of pressure.

At this moment, Leng Wuyi looked at Lin Qian with an even greater sense of guilt in his eyes, ultimately kneeling down before him and, overwhelmed with shame, he said, “I, Leng Wuyi, measured Your Majesty with a villain’s narrow mind and am consumed with remorse. Here, I confess my guilt!”

The regret in Leng Wuyi’s heart was sincere. After hearing his daughter’s words, he had come to understand just what kind of emperor this young man was, and he laughed at himself for having harbored malicious speculations about him.

Moreover, the gesture of inviting them to sit down was an extreme show of respect to everyone present, and it made Leng Wuyi fully realize just what kind of emperor Lin Qian truly was.

After fully grasping this, Leng Wuyi was unable to contain the feelings of remorse within him, and thus hastily performed the rites to apologize. Otherwise, he would know no peace.