ManagerYuteng could help others advance in their cultivation level?

Thinkingabout their own future, they all beamed as they looked at little Yuteng.

“What areyou still standing around for? Go run!”

Under littleYuteng’s order, they immediately resumed running, including little Lu Zhu.

Cheng XiaoXiao casted them a look and prepared to return into the house. She has totalconfidence in placing these people in little Yuteng’s little hands.

ZhouJinjiang was kneeling motionlessly in the emperor’s study!

The emperor,sitting on his dragon throne, paid him no attention. He was marking upmemorials with red ink.

With onesitting and one kneeling, the only sound that could be heard in the entireroyal study was the breathing of the two and the sound of brush pen writing onmemorials.

An hour hadpa.s.sed and the even though his knees were going numb, Zhou Jinjiang still darenot move. Sweats were dripping down his forehead yet he dare not wipe them withhis hand.

Finally, theemperor put down his brush pen and, lifting his head, took a quick look at thekneeling man.

The emperorof Dafeng was in his fifties. As he was also a cultivator, he didn’t look atage at all. Instead, he looked to be about 30 or so.

“You sureabout this?” The emperor’s voice was not loud, yet the majestic in his voicecaused sweat to pour down Zhou Jinjiang’s forehead.

Still, hekept his back straight and said in a deep voice, “I beg you to grant me mywish, your majesty!”

“It seemslike you only have your bother in your eyes, not me….”

“I darenot!” said Zhou Jinjiang with discomfort in his voice.

The emperorpicked up the ginseng tea on his table and slowly took a sip before he said,“What do you mean by you dare not? Don’t you want to abandon me?”

“Pleaseforgive me, your majesty!”

ZhouJinjiang understood the emperor’s personality. There could be no chicanery, nodeceit. He must tell the emperor his true feelings, then maybe he would get theapproval that he needed.

“Forgiveness?If I really want to punish you, I’m afraid the Cheng’s would come into EmperorCity to pick fight with me!” said the emperor with unclear emotions.

“……..” ZhouJinjiang lowered his head. He dare not respond to that line.

The emperor seemed to have lost his interestseeing him like that. He asked again, “You can get up. I heard that the Cheng’sgifted you a mystical beast, can you show it to me?”

Purposefullyor not purposefully, the way the emperor talked to this subordinate seemed tobe more cordial and less regal.

“Yoursubject thank you, your majesty!”

ZhouJinjiang got up slowly. After he had straightened up, he let out the fierybird.

The fierybird had been staying in the mystical beast pouch this entire time and was veryhappy to be out. It nuzzled its master with its head. Its affinity toward ZhouJinjiang even made the emperor envious.

Rumor had itthat those at the Mystical Beast Palace possessed their own mystical beasts;but very few in Dafeng own any mystical beasts. Now that he saw others havingone, even as an emperor he was a bit envious. After all, he, too, was acultivator.

“That is abeautiful bird. What kind of bird is it?”

“YourMajesty, it’s a Fiery Bird. One could ride on it and it could also breath firein combat.” Zhou Jinjiang reached out and patted the bird on its head. He voicefull of happiness.

A flash ofenvy crossed the emperor’s eyes. He nodded and said, “Great. Pretty andpowerful. I see the Cheng’s treated you well!”

“Yoursubject is fortunate!”

“Yes, youare fortunate, but so are Cheng Biyuan!” The emperor had a mysterious smile andcontinued, “Back then, you were the only person who didn’t care that he waslabelled a trash and maintained your friends.h.i.+p with him. It is only normalthat he is returning you the favor.”

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