The Great Ruler - Chapter 1276

Chapter 1276: 1276




"Greetings, Little Lord . I am Long Xiang!" When the middle-aged man bowed with one knee down, Mu Chen was stunned . He had been wary of him and had been preparing for a fight . Luo Li, Luo Tianshen, and the rest were shocked . Apparently, they were also stunned by the sudden change . They were not expecting the middle-aged man, who had looked fierce earlier, to act in such a way . Moreover, judging from his respectful demeanor, he did not seem to be faking it, but rather, it was sincere .

Luo Li and the rest looked at each other with questions in their eyes . They did not understand what kind of stand this middle-aged man was taking .

Mu Chen was stunned for a while before he regained his senses . However, he did not lower his guard . He stared at the middle-aged man named Long Xiang and said, "Are you from the Ancient Budur Clan?"

"Yes!" Long Xiang nodded .

"Then you should know what kind of attitude the Budur Ancient Clan has toward me . " Mu Chen gave a faint smile, but his eyes were looking sharply at Long Xiang . "The people from the Ancient Budur Clan would not treat me like this . "

Long Xiang nodded again with honestly in regards to Mu Chen's doubts . He said, "Yes, I came from the Ancient Budur Clan, but if it were not for my Lord, I would be dead bones by now . I'm indebted to my Lord . In my heart, my Lord is superior to the Ancient Budur Clan . "

Mu Chen blinked . "Who is your Lord?"

Long Xiang smiled and said, "She's your mother, Qing Yanjing . "

Mu Chen stared hard at Long Xiang . He did not see any evasion in the latter's eyes . Moreover, when he spoke the name "Qing Yanjing," Mu Chen could sense the respect from the bottom of his heart .

After a moment of silence, his doubt slowly disappeared, and he lowered his guard . Given how those ancient clans like the Ancient Budur Clan worked, they might not resort to using this method just to cheat him . They were formidable clans . As such, it would be more useful to send an authentic Complete Earthly Sovereign or even a Heavenly Sovereign .

Hence, he quickly stepped forward and pulled Long Xiang up from the ground . He smiled . "Please get up, Brother Long Xiang . If you don't mind, just call me Mu Chen . I'm not fit to be called 'Little Lord . '"

Long Xiang shook his head . "Your mother is my Lord . Naturally, you're my Little Lord . " He spoke with stubbornness . Apparently, he would not change the way he addressed Mu Chen .

Mu Chen could not help but scratch his head . All these years, he had been working on his own . Although his mother was from the Ancient Budur Clan, and she was an authentic Spiritual Array Ancestral Master, he had never received any special prestige and resources . Hence, he had gotten used to being an ordinary person . He felt extremely uncomfortable when a Sovereign who was a half step to Complete Earthly Sovereign addressed him as "Little Lord" with respect .

However, Mu Chen did not comment any further when he saw Long Xiang's stubborn eyes . "Don't mind my previous words, Brother Long Xiang . " In the beginning, when he thought Long Xiang had been sent by the Ancient Budur Clan, he had not been polite to him .


Long Xiang smiled . He said with some consolation, "Little Lord is indeed the child of my Lord . Not only are you gifted, but most importantly, you reached your current level without Lord's help . That is really not easy . "



This came from the bottom of his heart . At such a young age, Mu Chen's achievements were extremely astonishing . Not only was he the Child of the Continent from the Western Kingdom Continent, but he had also made it to Upper Earthly Sovereign . As mighty as Long Xiang could be, he did not think he had a chance of defeating Mu Chen, even though he was just an Upper Earthly Sovereign . That was the most daunting thing .

"If Little Lord were to grow up and make use of the resources in the Ancient Budur Clan, I think you would make one of the best candidates for the next clan leader . You are not any weaker than the other Little Lord, Xuan Luo . " Long Xiang let out a sigh .

Mu Chen gave a nonchalant smile . He did not feel pity at all . All these years, he was used to being independent . As such, he had no interest in the substantial resources possessed by the Ancient Budur Clan .

"Brother Long Xiang, how is my mother doing now?" Even though Mu Chen was not interested in the resources, he was very concerned with regards to his mother's situation . Previously, he had no connection with the Ancient Budur Clan . He could get details now, since his mother's subordinate had shown up .

"Lord is still held captive in the clan, but she is fine . It's just that she misses you and your father . " Long Xiang smiled . Subsequently, he said with some pride, "Lord has unpredictable strength . Even the Great Elder does not dare to push her much . If she was not worried that she might bring trouble to you, I'm afraid none of them could confine her . "

Mu Chen relaxed slightly as he heaved a sigh . Come to think of it, if they wanted to fight with a Spiritual Array Ancestral Master, even an ancient clan like the Ancient Budur Clan might have to pay a hefty price . However, Mu Chen felt reproached, and his heart ached whenever he thought of his mother, who had gotten locked up by the Ancient Budur Clan because of him .

"Little Lord, you don't have to blame yourself . If Lord sees your current achievements, she will also be pleased about them," Long Xiang said, as if he knew Mu Chen's thoughts .

Mu Chen nodded . He was not someone who would indulge in sadness . Self-reproach would not help in his current situation . What he needed to do now was to grow stronger, such that the Ancient Budur Clan would not be able to use him as a threat to his mother .



In the hall, Luo Li and the rest finally heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that the hostility between the two persons had disappeared . In any case, this middle-aged man who had seemed like a tricky opponent was a friend and not a foe .

Long Xiang looked at Mu Chen and reminded him, "You won the title of the Child of the Continent in the Western Kingdom Continent . Now your fame has slowly spread . Some people from the Ancient Budur Clan have already noticed you . "

Mu Chen was not surprised by this, as he knew that the Ancient Budur Clan was so resourceful that he could not stay unnoticed . However, he was no longer a weak young man . The young cub was finally revealing his claws . Even if he met an authentic Complete Earthly Sovereign, he could give them a fight .

Moreover, if the Ancient Budur Clan sent a Heavenly Sovereign to deal with him, he could also request assistance to fight against them . He could protect himself now . Even though he was not afraid of the Ancient Budur Clan, he would still stay alert and keep his guard up . After all, being one of the ancient clans, the Ancient Budur Clan was not an easy opponent .

Long Xiang nodded . His eyes flickered a little as though some words were stuck in his throat, but eventually, he swallowed them down .

Someone outside of the hall came in and bowed to Luo Li, and then said respectfully, "Your Majesty, someone sent a message to the palace anonymously . " The messenger had a jade fragment in his hand .

Luo Li paused slightly before she raised her hand and took the jade fragment . She interacted with it slightly, and the expression on her pretty face changed . She looked at Mu Chen with her beautiful eyes .

"What's wrong?" asked Mu Chen when he saw this .

Luo Li hesitated a little, but she injected some spiritual energy into the jade fragment . Immediately, spiritual light exploded from the jade fragment and formed a light screen . An elder wearing an ash-gray robe appeared on the screen .

That elder was sitting in front of a black pagoda . He locked his gaze onto Mu Chen . He said with an indifferent voice, "The perpetrator, Mu Chen, has probably met with Long Xiang by now . Regardless if he has captured you or not, I just want to tell you this .

"Come to Spiritual Jade Island in the Myriad Islands Continent if you want to save this girl . Otherwise, I will hand her over to the clan, and there will be no mercy when the torture begins . " After the elder finished speaking, a black prison cell appeared on the screen . Within the cell sat a cold and quiet white-robed lady .

"Sister Ling Xi!" As soon as Mu Chen saw the white-robed lady, his eyes immediately narrowed . Intense killing intent instantly surged from his eyes .

"If you do not want to see her dead body, come to Spiritual Jade Island . I will be waiting for you . " That elder smiled coldly . He swung his robe, and the spiritual energy light screen disappeared . The jade fragment was also reduced to ashes .

Mu Chen looked sullen, and the hall was silent . He never expected that Ling Xi, who had been missing for years, would be imprisoned on Spiritual Jade Island . He turned to Long Xiang and asked in a low voice, "Brother Long Xiang, is what that old fellow said true?"

Long Xiang paused for a moment before he nodded . "Yes, Ling Xi is indeed held captive on Spiritual Jade Island . Previously, the Lion King Gu used her to threaten me . He wanted me to seize you and bring you back to Spiritual Jade Island . I wanted to travel back secretly and find a chance to rescue her after I saw you . I never thought that old fellow would send a message to you after he sent me here . It looks like he already knew that I would not bring you back after seeing you .

"Little Lord, this old fellow harbors evil thoughts towards you . He wanted you to walk right into his trap . He has managed Spiritual Jade Island for many years, and he put up a strong island defense . Even a Complete Earthly Sovereign would find it tricky . Moreover, the Lion King Gu is a strong Complete Earthly Sovereign himself!" Long Xiang tried to persuade him not to go . Mu Chen had formidable strength, but to him, it was still impossible to go up against a Complete Earthly Sovereign .

Mu Chen gave an enigmatic smile upon hearing Long Xiang's reasoning . He nodded gently and said in a calm voice, "Brother Long Xiang, I know this old fellow wants me to walk right into his trap, but he might not realize something . His trap is too small . When the trap is breached, the hunter will get eaten up by the eagle, not the other way around . " Mu Chen smiled slightly . It was a smile full of killing aura . Even Long Xiang could feel the chilliness as though a harsh winter had arrived .