Shocking World War Emperor
Chapter 506: Life Will Not Last Long

Chapter 506: Chapter 506: Life Will Not Last Long

King City.

The news of Ling Chen, Liu Qingcang, and Ji Wuya joining forces to storm the palace had already spread throughout the entire King City.

The court and the public were in shock.

Having exceptional talent, Ling Chen turned out to be a rebel of the Dark Realm, beyond many people’s expectations.

This time, Xia Jiuyou made no attempts to conceal anything.

He directly declared Ling Chen a traitor and issued a nationwide arrest warrant.

In addition, he dispatched the Ghost Guards to frantically search for traces of the Dark Realm.

Among the Eight Great Families, the Zi Family and Shen Family, which were closer to Ling Chen, were particularly under scrutiny by Xia Jiuyou.

No other family was an exception.

For a time, almost every cultivator in King City felt endangered.

However, Xia Jiuyou did not engage in indiscriminate killing.

...

Zi Family.

"How could Ling Chen possibly be a person of the Dark Realm?"

Zi Tiange was completely baffled.

Recently, when students from the Academic Palace went to the Northern Border battlefield for training, Ling Chen had killed many soldiers of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Especially since Ling Chen had eliminated several Blood Dragon Teams.

People of the Dark Realm extremely despise Great Xia; if Ling Chen were one of them, how could he possibly attack cultivators from Great Chu?

It made no sense at all!

"Tiange, don’t speak rashly, be careful of the walls having ears."

Zi Family Patriarch, Zi Nantian, admonished him.

Due to the relationship with Zi Lingyang and Zi Ling’er, their Zi Family was close to Ling Chen and thus were ’particularly cared for’ by Xia Jiuyou.

"Father, I can’t understand it."

Zi Tiange appeared frustrated.

He was originally fighting in the Northern Border, but because of this incident, he was stripped of his general rank and called back for investigation.

"If you can’t understand, then stop trying. Now, just focus on your cultivation, don’t bother about other matters."

Zi Nantian chided.

Turning his head, Zi Nantian looked towards Zi Lingyang and Zi Ling’er and said, "Regarding the matter of Ling Chen, you two should also keep silent. You didn’t know his true identity and being misled by him is normal. Even the Crown Prince had quite appreciated Ling Chen before, right?"

"Father!"

Zi Lingyang exclaimed angrily, "No matter what Ling Chen’s identity is, he ultimately saved the lives of both me and Ling’er. Are we such despicable people that we would not repay the favor?"

"Shut your mouth!"

Zi Nantian rebuked sharply, his eyes coldly glaring at Zi Lingyang: "Lingyang, you know nothing! Now, everyone in King City is endangering themselves. Our Zi Family is under close watch, do you want to doom our entire family?"

"I don’t care, I only know that a favor must be repaid!"

After dropping these words, Zi Lingyang walked outside.

"Unfilial son!"

In a fury, Zi Nantian formed a Spiritual Power and directly sealed Zi Lingyang’s Primordial Pill: "Bring him down and keep a close watch on him."

...

Shen Family.

Shen Family Patriarch Shen Lingtai was pacing in his room.

"Ling Chen is actually a person from the Dark Realm?"

He simply couldn’t believe it.

What’s good about the Dark Realm.

Ling Chen had unhesitatingly defected to the Dark Realm.

Given Ling Chen’s talent, Xia Jiuyou would definitely have made great use of him in the future.

Why would he join the Dark Realm?

"What exactly were Ling Chen and the others trying to achieve by storming the palace?"

Shen Lingtai was puzzled.

Most people were unclear about what happened in the palace.

No one knew what Ling Chen did when he entered Zhengyang Palace.

Even the Divine Guards who were close to him had no idea.

"Alas, Ling Chen once gave me a tip at the auction that greatly benefited our Shen Family. Now that he’s wanted, it’s impossible to inform him."

Shen Lingtai was inwardly conflicted.

That piece of information was of great importance and absolutely could not be revealed to others.

Currently, he hadn’t even informed his heir Shen Ao.

He just told him to focus on his cultivation for now, and that in some time, he will provide him a great opportunity.

He was too scared to risk sending messages through others.

"It seems I can only depend on luck now. There’s still over a month; when the investigations relax a little, then we’ll see!"

Shen Lingtai thought to himself inwardly.

...

At the same time, the heads of the seven out of the Eight Great Families were all speculating about why Ling Chen had stormed the Palace.

Unfortunately, no one was able to gather any information.

It is said that the cultivators who participated in the battle that day were also unclear.

They only knew that the dead soldiers trained by Ji Wuya all died in that battle.

Various speculations arose instantly.

Some said that Ling Chen had sexually harassed Ji Wuya’s beloved concubine.

Others claimed that Ling Chen had stolen Ji Wuya’s cultivation techniques.

In any case, there were all sorts of rumors.

...

Meanwhile, Ling Chen in the Dark Realm was having quite a comfortable time these days.

He spent most of his time accompanying his father.

There was also no need for him to go outside.

After all, Ji Wuya would not let him go.

He might have already started a manhunt for him.

It was better to stay here and keep his father company, and practice cultivation in his spare time.

Father and son, having not seen each other for many years, had a great time conversing.

Ling Tianxing talked mostly about Ling Chen’s childhood stories and matters concerning Ling Chen’s mother.

Ling Chen, on the other hand, shared his own experiences.

Ling Tianxing didn’t need Ling Chen to say much to know the hardships Ling Chen had endured over the years.

Occasionally, Ling Chen would also study some of the things left by the State Preceptor.

The Source Stealing Divine Technique, after some research by Ling Chen, turned out to be not difficult to perform with his capabilities as a top-tier Divine Thought Master.

He brought it up with Ling Tianxing.

However, it was outright rejected by Ling Tianxing.

Ling Tianxing’s ambitions had long been exhausted by years of imprisonment.

According to Ling Tianxing, seeing Ling Chen again was already more than enough to make him content.

Now, he only wanted to enjoy the happiness of family.

Actually, Ling Tianxing had his considerations.

To perform the Source Stealing Divine Technique, one needs someone with a special constitution.

He understood very well how cruel it was to rob someone else of their special constitution.

If it weren’t for Ling Chen, he probably would have died long ago.

Thus, he did not want to harm anyone.

Even if someone was willing to offer their special constitution, he would not agree.

Moreover, he was already old.

Even if he acquired a new special constitution, he wouldn’t have the energy of his younger days to cultivate anything significant.

Rather than wasting time on cultivation, it was better to spend more time with his son and daughter.

Ling Chen did not insist.

What could be more important than making his father happy!

Night fell.

Ling Chen and Ling Wu were dining with Ling Tianxing.

Both Ling Chen and Ling Wu were cultivators of the Primordial Pill Realm, and they could survive months without food, relying entirely on their spiritual power.

But that was not the case for Ling Tianxing.

He was now just a normal mortal.

The trio chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere was excellent.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, while drinking, Ling Tianxing spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and then fainted on the dining table.

"Father!"

The faces of Ling Chen and Ling Wu changed drastically.

Ling Chen immediately notified the doctor of the Dark Realm to come for a consultation.

Then, the two of them carefully moved Ling Tianxing to the bed.

Soon, the doctor arrived.

Ji Wuya, hearing the news, also hurried over.

After examining, the doctor came out.

"How is it?"

Ling Chen asked anxiously.

"Young Master, forgive this old one’s powerlessness, I’m afraid your father’s life will not last long, my medical skills are not refined, I fear there’s no way to reverse this."

The doctor said with a wry smile.

"My father has been doing very well these past few days! How could this happen?"

Ling Chen was close to tears.

"Young Master, have you heard of the ’returning light and reflecting on the past’ phenomenon?"

The doctor sighed, "Your father is probably in this state. He has been imprisoned for many years and his life force has been depleted too much, I’m afraid he won’t last more than a few days."