Is there any hope for me, who proposed to the world-destroying empress at the very beginning?

Seeing Donghuang Yiren's appearance, Su Liang knew that his military goddess sister was playing tricks again.

However, even if Donghuang Yiren didn't do that, Su Liang wouldn't let the three thieves of Baoling continue to humiliate her.

"Your heart is unclean, and your mouth is unclean too. Looks like I need to clean you up."

Su Liang already harbored disgust for the three bandits of Baoling after hearing Donghuang Yiren's evaluation of them, and now that the monkey spirit had said these words, Su Liang was even more determined to kill them.

Chapter 921 The Empress's Feast

"Oh? You dare to insult us? Looks like we'll have to teach you a lesson first!"

The monkey spirit's face darkened upon hearing Su Liang's words.

However, before he could even get close, Su Liang had already made his move.

Even before anyone else, except for Donghuang Yiren, could see Su Liang's movements, the monkey spirit was already clutching his throat, stammering, and collapsing to the ground.

Seeing that the monkey spirit didn't put up any resistance, the remaining two of the three thieves from Baoling immediately changed their expressions.

"Go together!"

The burly man made a show of charging forward, but after speaking, he immediately turned and fled in another direction.

Although the helmeted man was taciturn, he was exceptionally ruthless. As he turned around, he also stabbed his companion.

"Trying to run? Neither of you can escape!"

Su Liang snorted coldly, and in a flash, he appeared behind the helmeted man.

The helmeted man only heard a whooshing sound behind him, but before he could even turn around and see what was behind him, he was already dead.

Seeing this, the burly man dared not hold back any strength; at that moment, he wished he had eight legs and several pairs of wings.

However fast he ran, Su Liang could catch up with him in just a moment.

So with the next breath, he ran slower and slower until he finally lost his footing and collapsed to his knees.

"Thank you so much for saving my life!"

The four sect disciples witnessed all of this, and their emotions fluctuated even more than before.

Two men, who had thought they were doomed and wanted to catch a last glimpse of Donghuang Yiren before they died, now wished they could bury their heads in the ground.

Su Liang glanced at them briefly and then ignored them.

"This treasure... is indeed only a facade after all."

Su Liang picked up the treasure that the two groups had just fought over, and without even using any force, the treasure turned into ashes and drifted away with the wind.

"It seems there's nothing left to explore in this Netherworld."

Shaking his head slightly, Su Liang walked up to Donghuang Yiren and said.

Su Liang had felt something was off just moments ago.

Although the treasure still exuded a powerful aura, it was so faint that a guess formed in my mind.

Now that his guess has been confirmed, Su Liang has lost interest.

In this netherworld, although treasures can be found, these treasures are probably beyond our reach; once touched, they will dissipate.

"Since there's nothing worth exploring, let's just forget about it."

Donghuang Yiren smiled slightly and naturally took Su Liang's arm.

She brought Su Liang to explore the Netherworld just for fun, and now that there's nothing left to explore, she naturally won't stay long.

"Sigh, a handsome man with a beautiful woman, when can we be like him?"

The four sect disciples only dared to speak after Su Liang and Donghuang Yiren left.

One of the disciples sighed, somewhat envious.

"Alright, that's Su Liang, the number one genius of the human race. Do you want to cultivate for another five hundred years like him?"

The other disciple, who had just recognized Su Liang, immediately began to mock him upon hearing his words.

"Exactly, and the woman next to him is none other than the Goddess of War, Donghuang Yiren. Let's just wash up and go to sleep; anything is possible in dreams."

Another disciple also recognized Donghuang Yiren, but at this moment, he felt no envy whatsoever.

Neither Su Liang nor Donghuang Yiren are people that an ordinary disciple of a small sect can comment on at will.

Su Liang and Donghuang Yiren did not hear the discussion among the four, as they had already left the Netherworld.

After leaving the Netherworld, Donghuang Yiren suggested taking Su Liang for a stroll around the capital.

Although she didn't know exactly what Su Liang was doing, she knew that her younger brother seemed to be very busy.

Since Su Liang has come to see her, she might as well show him how to relax.

"This is the first time I've appreciated the capital so closely, and I've discovered that there are many new and interesting things here."

Su Liang's remark was not unfounded; it had been a long time since he had been able to calmly and leisurely stroll around like this.

"Since that's the case, let's take this opportunity to relax."

Donghuang Yiren affectionately patted Su Liang's head, then took Su Liang's hand.

It wasn't that Donghuang Yiren had any feelings for Su Liang. In her eyes, Su Liang was just a younger brother, and she, holding Su Liang's hand, was like an older sister worried that her younger brother would run away.

Su Liang didn't find anything wrong with it at all.

However, halfway there, Jun Hongyan suddenly appeared.

"My beauty, what are you doing here?"

Su Liang was taken aback when he saw Jun Hongyan.

He looked around and, not finding Jun Ruoxue, breathed a sigh of relief.

"The banquet is about to begin, so naturally I need to keep a close eye on you to prevent you from disappearing without a trace."

Jun Hongyan gave a soft hum and naturally took Su Liang's arm.

So the rest of the journey turned into a situation where Su Liang's left hand was held by Donghuang Yiren and his right hand was linked with Jun Hongyan's.

If Donghuang Yiren were a child, she would probably be mistaken for a family of three.

Seeing Jun Hongyan's seemingly indifferent but actually somewhat unnatural expression, Donghuang Yiren smiled slightly and released her hand from Su Liang's.

Looking at the people coming and going around her, all with smiles on their faces, Jun Hongyan couldn't help but sigh.

The Qin Dynasty she envisioned should be just like this, a peaceful and prosperous nation.

After the three of them finished their stroll, the banquet was about to begin, so they decided to go together.

To maintain her image, Jun Hongyan released her grip on Su Liang's arm, her sweet expression vanishing, and she returned to her usual composure.

His face was indifferent.

As the most important figures, Jun Hongyan and Donghuang Yiren naturally couldn't appear early, so Su Liang followed them upstairs and observed the various prodigies from their rooms.

The other sects had all witnessed Jun Hongyan's power, so they dared not neglect her banquet and arrived well in advance.

Since the banquet had not yet started, many of the outstanding talents gathered together to exchange ideas.

The topics they discussed were nothing more than their dissatisfaction and complaints about the reclusive sects.

As time passed, the banquet was about to begin, but none of the prodigies from the hidden sects had yet arrived.

"These people from reclusive sects are going too far! They even dare to put on airs and delay coming despite the Empress's invitation!"

As the deadline approached, some prodigies, perhaps out of anger or simply to curry favor with Jun Hongyan, began to loudly denounce the prodigies of those hidden sects.

However, by sheer coincidence, the prodigy from the reclusive sect arrived at that very moment.

"If you have any complaints about us, you can tell us to our faces. Of course, if you can defeat us, you can say whatever you want. But a weakling like you has no right to criticize us!"

As soon as the prodigy from the reclusive sect appeared, he cast a contemptuous glance at the prodigy who had just been reprimanding him.

Chapter 922 What are you in my eyes?

"you!"

That prodigy clenched his fist, ready to make a move.

However, the prodigies of the hidden sects were indeed far stronger than him, so he had no choice but to endure it.

"How arrogant of them..."

Upon seeing this, Su Liang couldn't help but smack his lips.

These hidden sects' prodigies probably couldn't even withstand a single punch from him, so how did they have the courage to say that the weak have no right to say such things?

"This is what makes these reclusive sects so troublesome."

Jun Hongyan also sighed, her tone somewhat helpless.

In fact, the emergence of reclusive sects is not necessarily a bad thing for the Qin Dynasty.

After all, it belongs to a sect of the Great Qin, and can enhance the strength of the Great Qin.

However, the problem is that these reclusive sects look down on other sects, so they are always in conflict with them.

Because Jun Hongyan did not interfere with the actions of the hidden sects, the hidden sects became increasingly arrogant.

It started as just a verbal argument, but it escalated into a duel between the prodigies.

If that were all, Jun Hongyan wouldn't have needed to bring the hidden sects together with other sects.

However, the reclusive sects later even directly attacked other sects and seized their original sect territories.

Some sects were even destroyed because they were reclusive sects.

Because the situation was so serious, many sects came to Jun Hongyan to complain, so Jun Hongyan had no choice but to hold a banquet to take this opportunity to warn the hidden sects.

"Hmph, if you ask me, you weaklings are a disgrace to the Great Qin. I don't know if the Great Qin has lost its mind to keep a bunch of trash like you!"

Seeing that the other sects' prodigies remained silent, the reclusive sect's geniuses became even more smug, and their words became increasingly humiliating.

“My husband, it’s your turn to make your appearance now.”

Upon hearing this, Jun Hongyan patted Su Liang on the shoulder.

Su Liang's lips twitched. He had been wondering why he had to come to this kind of banquet.

It turns out that I was just a tool used by Jun Hongyan to warn the hidden sects.