The Greatest Disciple of the Evil Sect
Chapter 375- Situation with the Imperial Family

Chapter 375: Chapter 375- Situation with the Imperial Family

"Yang... Yan?!"

On his leige’s command, the latter read the name and his eyes was immediately clouded with confusion.

"Star applicant and winner of this years infernal battle tower. Age— fourteen years old. Sponsor- Lin clan, Background- Cloud city. Oh, so there are some decent growing buds in the outer academy. But that’s strange, I thought we had that person from the Yan clan participating in the Infernal Battle Tower this time. Did this Yang Yan defeat that Yan clan genius?"

Zhigang smiled even more mysteriously and pointed out "Look at the picture drawn of the candidate"...

"Hmm... Huh? What? This... isn’t this... that brat? But Yang Yan?"...

"It must be a fake name he used. His real name is Yang Chen"

The emperor pulled up two other sheets of paper. One was a wanted poster that had Yang Chen’s face and name. The other an application submitted to the Yan city alchemist branch.

Guozhong looked at all the three parchments of paper and matched the picture. There was no doubt, the person in all three was Yang Chen.

"It was reported that just around half a year ago, his cultivation was only around Five Star Battle Master. His performance during the infernal battle tower was exceptional, and that he made two breakthroughs at that time. Do you understand what I am getting at?"

The soldier leader nodded his head with a solemn face.

"Haha, in less than half a year he has jumped over ten levels. That kind of genius, I dare say can even scare those monsters of the five clans. What’s more, according to father, he possesses a heavenly physique".

Zhigang especially stressed those last few words.

"Heavenly Physique?! Then isn’t he the same as..."

Guozhong, in his excitement, was about to reveal something that he shouldn’t and hurriedly closed his mouth. Immediately, he fell on his knees and asked to be punished.

"Get up, it’s alright. No matter how much I want to keep it a secret, fate works in a mysterious way. Someday, it is bound to get out. I just hope that when that day comes, we will still have the strength to protect her" Zhigang sighed and looked at the ceiling.

"Anyways, I feel like there is a connection. There must be a reason why that brat was brought here. See to him, if he needs anything or has any wish, fulfil it"...

"Yes, your majesty".

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"Yang Chen, are you not going to join the Holy Orchard Academy?"

Walking beside him, Tang Xun’er asked a question while looking at the ground.

"I never said I won’t be joining. I only said that I need more time," Yang Chen responded.

"Isn’t it the same as rejecting... hmph" The girl snorted.

What was with her moodiness? Did she perhaps... "Do you want me to join the Academy?"

Tang Xun’er who was looking down, seemed to have come to some decision as she matched her eyes with Yang Chen

"The truth is, I want you to parti..." However, she was unable to complete her sentence when she realised how much did this man suffered due to her, and it would be incredibly selfish of her to ask him to risk his life again.

"No, you are right. It’s your decision. Hehe, Yang Chen, I hope you choose wisely. The Holy Orchard Academy is quite a good place that has raised many powerful practitioners who have later gone on to become the pillars of this empire".

The little lady trotted ahead. For the rest of the day, she showed him around the imperial palace. Yang Chen’s honest opinion of the place was that it was very vast with well maintained staff and soldiers manning the ground.

One could also see the history and the grandeur of the empire by looking at the palace and the happiness of the people.

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When night rolled in, Yang Chen retired to his bed. As the guest of the imperial family, he was given a rather spacious quarter to live in with even a few servants at his service.

That said, he who was not used to such luxury was having difficulty finding sleep.

Yang Chen got out of his room and strolled through the garden when suddenly, his senses picked up some sounds. The noise came from the building, more specifically from the servants who were having a conversation.

"Say, what do you think of this new guest that the princess brought? Do you think she likes him?"...

"Heh, no way. I heard the guest is just a rogue practitioner who does not even have any background. Princess is so beautiful that lines of suitors are just waiting for her to give them a glance"...

"Speaking of suitors, there cannot be a better candidate than Murong Shan. That person has been trying to win her favour for more than two years now. I heard that he has even tried to declare his love publicly once. However, the princess turned him down everytime".

As it turns out, it was nothing but gossip of maids who had too much time on their hands. Not bothering with them, he was just about to move away when their subsequent words caught his attention.

"Say, do you think the princess will participate in the upcoming Five Clan Summit?"...

"As a member of the imperial clan, she already declared that it is her duty to lead the disciples this time. I’m sure she won’t back away even at the orders of the emperor"...

"But if she leads, what if something untoward happens to her? Those monsters of the five clans are always too ruthless against disciples of our academy. Every 5 years, whenever the summit occurs, we take devastating losses. Many of our geniuses end up dying on the summit every time. The five clans take advantage of this to grow their factions even more"...

"If only prince Changyan was still able to lead the disciples"...

"Don’t say that, if not for that unfortunate accident five years ago, I’m sure prince Changyan would be leading this time"...

"Those batards from the other clans, I’m sure it was their plot to cripple prince Changyan"..