Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Upon hearing Lu Chen's blunt words, Xiao Xueying's jade-like cheeks immediately flushed red. This blush quickly spread to her neck and ears, and her whole body felt hot.

Lu Chen continued, "Xueying, you stay by Shiyun's side and take good care of her for me."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Seeing that Lu Chen was determined not to let her go out on missions, Xiao Xueying could only say, "I understand. Then be careful."

At this moment, Lu Chen whispered in Xiao Xueying's ear, "I will leave behind a clone before I leave, so you don't have to worry about feeling lonely."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Xiao Xueying's cheeks flushed even more, and the usually aloof fairy was completely unable to control her emotions in front of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen continued, "I will be leaving Xuan Yue Palace early tomorrow morning, so let's say goodbye properly tonight."

As they spoke, Lu Chen and Xiao Xueying disappeared from the spot. Seeing this, Cao Shiyun smiled. She naturally knew what Lu Chen meant by saying goodbye.

However, she had no intention of participating. Her lower abdomen was already slightly protruding. Perhaps it was because the immortal energy of Xuan Yue Palace was relatively strong, and in addition, the immortal fortune of Xuan Yue Palace had surged in the past two years, so the child in her belly was developing much faster.

For a typical immortal, a hundred years is considered short to conceive a child. She has been pregnant for less than fifty years, yet the child in her womb has already grown this big. Perhaps the child will be born in the next five years.

Thinking of this, Cao Shiyun gently stroked her belly, quietly sensing the little movements of the baby inside her with her divine sense.

Early the next morning, Lu Chen left behind a mortal immortal body and then left the Xuan Yue Palace to investigate the direction of the Blood Eagle Palace's attack.

In the following months, more and more incidents of evil immortals massacring cities occurred in the territory of Xuan Yue Palace, and many teleportation arrays also appeared inside Xuan Yue Palace.

Xuan Yue Palace immediately realized that some of its affiliated forces had betrayed it, so it sent Lu Chen, Ye Chuyao, and other disciples to inspect those affiliated forces.

This is an extremely dangerous task. Once the patrol team discovers that a certain affiliated force has betrayed the Xuan Yue Palace, that affiliated force will definitely try to kill the patrolling disciple. They might even send someone to kill the patrolling disciple before he even arrives at their sect.

After receiving the inspection mission, Lu Chen only inspected three affiliated sects and discovered that two of them had dealings with those evil immortals, which was enough to show how many affiliated forces of Xuan Yue Palace had betrayed Xuan Yue Palace.

Although the immortal fortune of Xuan Yue Palace has increased considerably in recent years, most of its affiliated forces do not have a high opinion of Xuan Yue Palace. They believe that Xuan Yue Palace is no match for Blood Eagle Palace, and that it would be better to surrender sooner rather than follow Xuan Yue Palace to their deaths.

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Jade Dragon Sect.

In the council hall, two men dressed in blood-red robes laughed heartily as they looked at the jade slips in their hands.

After laughing heartily, the Soul-Severing Immortal Lord said, "I never expected this!"

"He actually delivered himself to our doorstep!"

After infiltrating the Xuan Yue Palace, Immortal Lord Duanhun and Immortal Lord Tiansha have been searching for Lu Chen and Ye Chuyao. They plan to use Lu Chen and Ye Chuyao, Yun Yudie's personal disciples, to force Yun Yudie to hand over Xu Jingshu.

However, Ye Chuyao and Lu Chen's whereabouts were elusive, and the Blood Eagle Palace's spies were unable to pinpoint their exact location.

Lu Chen has now become the inspector, and the next sect he will inspect is the Jade Dragon Sect. Just now, the Jade Dragon Sect has pledged allegiance to the Blood Eagle Hall.

The sect leader of the Jade Dragon Sect was a Celestial Lord. Seeing that Celestial Lord Tian Sha and Celestial Lord Duan Hun suddenly burst into laughter after only glancing at a jade slip, he couldn't help but feel curious and asked, "I wonder why you two special envoys are laughing so loudly?"

The Soul-Severing Immortal Lord said with a smile, "Jade Dragon Immortal Lord, you are really lucky. You have just joined our Blood Eagle Palace and you are about to make a contribution."

Jade Dragon Immortal looked puzzled. Merit? Merit in what way?

Leading the Jade Dragon Sect to join the Blood Eagle Hall shouldn't be considered a meritorious act, right?

Seeing the puzzled look on Jade Dragon Immortal Lord's face, Broken Soul Immortal Lord took the initiative to explain, "We just received intelligence that Chen Lu's next sect to inspect is your Jade Dragon Sect, and he is already on his way to the Jade Dragon Sect."

Upon hearing this, Jade Dragon Immortal Lord was slightly taken aback. Chen Lu was the personal disciple of the Xuan Yue Palace Master. If he could capture him, it would be a great achievement. He hadn't expected to be so lucky. He had just been worrying about what kind of pledge he should make to gain the trust of the Blood Eagle Palace for their Jade Dragon Sect.

Here comes the pledge of loyalty.

With Chen Lu as their pledge of allegiance, the Jade Dragon Sect's status among the Blood Eagle Hall's affiliated forces should not be too low in the future.

Jade Dragon Immortal Lord calmed his excited emotions and then confirmed, "Is what the two special envoys said true?"

The Soul-Severing Immortal Lord said, "It is indeed true. Chen Lu should be able to arrive at the Jade Dragon Sect in a few days."

After pondering for a moment, Jade Dragon Immortal Lord said, "Then it seems we need to make some preparations. After all, he is a disciple of an Immortal King, so he must have some means of protecting himself."

They are currently in the territory of the Xuan Yue Palace. If Lu Chen activates some of the things Yun Yudie left him, he might be able to attract the Immortal King's avatar instantly.

Although there were three Immortal Lords on their side, Immortal Lord Yulong did not believe that the three of them alone were a match for the Immortal King. Even if it was a projection of the Immortal King, they might not be able to contend with it.

Upon hearing Jade Dragon Immortal Lord's words, Soul Breaker Immortal Lord and Heavenly Fiend Immortal Lord immediately suppressed their smiles. After thinking about it carefully, they realized that Jade Dragon Immortal Lord was right.

Chen Lu was, after all, Yun Yudie's personal disciple. How could Yun Yudie not have prepared life-saving measures for him? Xuan Yue Palace was, after all, a Celestial King-level power. Chen Lu, as a personal disciple, likely had magical treasures or methods that could withstand attacks from Celestial Lords.

They cannot afford to be careless in order to capture Lu Chen.

If they fail this time and Lu Chen discovers that they are intentionally looking for him, Lu Chen will likely run to Xuan Yue Palace to hide. In that case, they will be unable to do anything to Lu Chen.

So they either don't make a move, or they have to capture Lu Chen once and for all, so that Lu Chen doesn't have a chance to escape.

Just then, the Soul-Severing Immortal Lord suddenly remembered something, took out a small blood-red ball, and said, "Fortunately, I brought this out with me."

Jade Dragon Immortal Lord looked at the sphere radiating a thick aura of blood in Soul Severance Immortal Lord's hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

The Soul-Severing Immortal Lord replied, "The Blood Fiend Pearl contains a small world filled with restrictions. Once Chen Lu is sucked into the Blood Fiend Realm, the Xuan Yue Palace Master will be unable to sense Chen Lu's presence."

"Then we can catch them like turtles in a jar." (End of Chapter)