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Chapter 489: Xiao Ye is Shocked, the Empress Actually Kissed Me! (Please Follow)

Chapter 489: Chapter 489: Xiao Ye is Shocked, the Empress Actually Kissed Me! (Please Follow)

"No way!"

"No way, Ancestor!"

"If our Wu Family loses all our Secret Realms, how are our over a hundred thousand disciples supposed to survive?"

The ten Elders all spoke up at once.

The Wu Family Ancestor snapped coldly, "Shut up!"

"Not willing? Do you really want to die? Are you just going to stand by and watch, as our Wu Family is destroyed here and now?"

"If the Secret Realms are gone, our Wu Family still exists. But if the Wu Family is gone and the Secret Realms remain, what difference does it make? Others will take them for themselves anyway."

The ten Elders of the Wu Family all twitched at the corners of their mouths, falling silent one after another.

Xiao Ye, the other two, and the little maid quietly watched them, waiting for their decision.

The ten Elders of the Wu Family looked gloomy as they said,

"If that’s the case, Ancestor, it’s your call."

The Wu Family Ancestor nodded, his expression heavy, and looked at Xiao Ye, saying,

"Young friend, my Wu Family is willing to offer up all our Secret Realms as compensation for the damage to your Hang City Secret Realm."

"We only hope you keep your word, and after receiving the Secret Realms, spare the lives of our Wu Family disciples, let them go."

Xiao Ye laughed, "Of course."

He took out the Treasure-Seeking Compass and gave it an order.

Target, Blue Star Rule Domain, Hidden Martial Wu Family, all Secret Realms!

The Treasure-Seeking Compass was a Rule Level, that is, Great Emperor-level Emperor’s Artifact, equivalent to an Emperor Weapon, capable of finding people or things.

As long as something existed in this world, it could find it.

The Treasure-Seeking Compass buzzed, and after two seconds, Xiao Ye received a response.

A three-dimensional map of space appeared in his mind.

There were 10,086 red dots, and one blue dot.

"!" Xiao Ye was slightly shocked.

*How could the Hidden Martial Wu Family actually own this many Secret Realms?*

*Over ten thousand!*

Gu Qingcheng shot Xiao Ye a shy glance, then said coldly to the Wu Family Ancestor, "Old man, lead the way!"

The Wu Family Ancestor nodded, cupping his hands, "Everyone, please follow me."

He had his own calculations.

Only the Wu Family’s upper echelons knew the locations of their Secret Realms. These four didn’t have a clue how many Secret Realms they had.

As long as he offered up some high-level Secret Realms, a few mid-level ones, and a number of low-level ones, he could get away with it.

Once those Secret Realms were handed over, so long as he and the ten Elders kept their story straight, he could simply claim those were all the Wu Family’s Secret Realms.

*Yeah, he never intended to actually hand over all of the Wu Family’s Secret Realms.*

After that, the Wu Family Ancestor led the way in front, with ten Elders following behind.

Xiao Ye held Gu Qingcheng’s limp, delicate body, and together with Ziran and Jiang Xue’an, followed along.

Jiang Xue’an kept a close eye on the Wu Family Ancestor and the ten Elders. If they made any sudden moves against her master or mistress, she’d strike them down with thunderous force.

As a mythical talent Starlight-class Starry Sky Giant Beast at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, she was confident she could instantly slay the Wu Family Ancestor, who was only mid-Quasi-Emperor Realm, and the ten Elders, who were just at the early Quasi-Emperor.

The Wu Family Ancestor led the three and the little maid to the Wu Family Secret Realm Hall.

He pointed at the giant screen above the hall and said,

"Young friend, please look, all of our Wu Family’s Secret Realms are right here."

"There are a total of four hundred and twenty Secret Realms. The magical beasts and treasures within cover almost all common species—even many rare ones are included."

Gu Qingcheng’s eyes, as pure and beautiful as autumn water, glanced at the virtual screen and her pupils suddenly contracted.

*Four hundred and twenty? That’s so many!*

*Her Hang City only had thirty Secret Realms. In comparison, Hang City was way behind.*

Immediately, Gu Qingcheng felt a surge of joy in her heart.

*If Hang City could possess these Secret Realms, its foundations would be strengthened enormously.*

*The residents and soldiers of Hang City would get the best training and resources. By then, the overall strength of Hang City might double. Maybe, a thousand years from now, Hang City could become the fourth superpower in Dragon Country’s mortal realm, standing alongside the three great superpowers of the Imperial Capital.*

A cold light flashed deep in Xiao Ye’s eyes.

*This Wu Family Ancestor was no pushover, he was sly as a fox.*

*The Hidden Martial Wu Family obviously had 10,086 Secret Realms, but here he claimed there were only 420. Four hundred out of more than ten thousand, that’s a massive shortfall.*

*Not even a tenth!*

The Wu Family Ancestor smiled, "Young friend, in a bit, I’ll give you a Saint Realm Supreme Treasure to store the Secret Realms. Then, all our Wu Family’s Secret Realms will be sealed up in it, and I’ll hand it over to you myself. How about it?"

Xiao Ye pinched Gu Qingcheng’s side, saying, "Sister Qingcheng, what do you think?"

Gu Qingcheng was overjoyed, so happy she didn’t even notice Xiao Ye’s little gesture. She replied with satisfaction, "Sounds great."

Hearing this, the Wu Family Ancestor couldn’t have been more pleased. He hurriedly said, "In that case, I’ll have someone gather up all our Wu Family’s Secret Realms right away."

He took out a platinum-colored ring and tossed it to the hall’s steward, saying,

"Gather up all our Wu Family’s Secret Realms—every last one, untouched—got it?"

He pointed at the virtual screen.

The steward of the Secret Realm Hall had been confused about why the Ancestor brought these people over.

Once the Ancestor gave the order, the steward quickly nodded, saying,

"Understood, Ancestor. I’ll go retrieve the Secret Realms right away!"

The steward rushed off, not even leaving a trace behind.

This steward was a Saint Realm Great Power—more than capable of gathering up Dimension Worlds.

The Wu Family Ancestor pointed inside, smiling, "Everyone, it’ll probably take ten minutes to gather up all the Secret Realms. Shall we sit in the guest hall and wait?"

Gu Qingcheng shook her head, "We’ll wait here."

The Wu Family Ancestor swept his gaze across the ten Elders, saying, "Go fetch four chairs. We can’t neglect our guests."

Ten minutes later, Xiao Ye, the other two, and the little maid sat waiting on chairs, while the Wu Family Ancestor stood quietly nearby.

The ten Elders were inwardly giving the Ancestor a thumbs up.

*The Wu Family had way more than 420 Secret Realms. If these 420 were enough to deal with these people, that’d be wonderful.*

*Though some of these were pretty valuable, compared to all the Secret Realms the Wu Family owned, they were nothing.*

They all stood with blank expressions, but inside, they were over the moon.

"Whoosh!" The steward who went to collect the Secret Realms returned, holding out the Saint Realm-level platinum treasure, saying,

"Ancestor, all our Wu Family’s Secret Realms have been gathered inside—every one, untouched for you to check."

The Wu Family Ancestor didn’t move, just jerked his chin and said,

"Give it to this young friend."

The steward nodded, respectfully holding the ring out to Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye smiled, "Sister Qingcheng, take it—these are yours."

Gu Qingcheng accepted the platinum ring and sent her divine sense inside. Sure enough, it held 420 Dimension Secret Realms.

She sent her sense further in, sweeping through the various Secret Realms.

All kinds of magical beasts came into her view. Every species Hang City had was here, and the ones Hang City lacked were here too!

Gu Qingcheng was delighted, unable to keep the smile off her lips.

She put the platinum ring on her other hand and, deeply moved inside, said aloud,

"Xiao Ye, are all these Secret Realms really for me?"

Xiao Ye nodded matter-of-factly, "Yep, everything in that platinum ring is yours!"

"Smooch!" Out of excitement, Gu Qingcheng stretched out her neck and kissed Xiao Ye on the cheek, saying, "Thank you so much."

Xiao Ye’s eyes widened, *Did the Hang City Empress just kiss him?*

"Ahem," the Wu Family Ancestor cupped his hands, "Young friend, all our Wu Family’s Secret Realms have been handed over as compensation. If there’s nothing else, would you all kindly take your leave?"

Xiao Ye snapped back to reality. His face instantly turned cold as he said icily, "Your Wu Family has 10,086 Secret Realms. You think you can fob us off with just a few hundred?"

"If you won’t be reasonable, then we’ll simply destroy the Wu Family and take them by force!"