When they arrived back in Dungeon City, there was a large procession of people waiting for them.
At the head of this procession was Mu Bao Bao.
Behind her were the ministers and generals that followed her at all times.
Then in the back were Yue Lan and the other girls who were trying to stay out of the spotlight.
With Lin Fan leading the way, they were quickly brought to the building that Mu Bao Bao used to govern the empire from.
There were people that came to see what the commotion was and cheered as per usual, but they were quickly silenced and ushered along by the elite guards of the Mu Empire.
It seemed that they were taking this very seriously.
Once Lin Fan and the others were in the throne room, or rather the makeshift throne room that they had built for Mu Bao Bao, she asked, “What happened?”
All of the ministers and generals looked at Lin Fan with serious looks when she asked this.
They had already heard some of the reports that came from the Wu Empire, but it wasn’t as if they knew everything. There were only so many spies that they could put in the Wu Empire, so it wasn’t as if they knew everything.
Rather, they knew very little since it seemed like the Wu Empire had locked themselves down after what had happened at the Martial Might Sect.
There were even rumours that the Wu Empire had sent their elite troops to the Martial Might Sect.
That just made all of the ministers and generals even more curious and worried about what had happened at this tournament. They were worried that the Wu Empire might even declare war on them.
Lin Fan naturally knew what they were thinking based on the way that they were looking at him, so he simply said, “There’s no chance of war.”
All of the ministers and generals immediately knitted their brows when they heard this, but they didn’t say anything as they waited for Lin Fan to explain. Though the way that they looked at him made it clear that they didn’t believe him.
Lin Fan didn’t care as he started telling them about what had happened at the tournament.
Though there were some parts that he left out since there were things that he didn’t want them knowing about. These were things that were related to his system, which he wanted to keep a secret to the end.
When he finished with his story, the ministers and generals still didn’t say anything.
Instead, they turned to look at the generals that had gone with the Love Sect group for confirmation.
After all, between the two of them, they were more willing to believe the ones that came from the same position as them. The generals that they sent were supposed to be watching over the Love Sect just in case they did anything.
When they saw the generals nodding in agreement, that was when they finally started discussing this.
“For now, we should keep the troops near the borders just in case the Wu Empire tries anything.”
“At the same time, we should get our spies ready to watch out for any signs of the sects moving.”
There were a few of them that looked at Lin Fan and the Love Sect group when they said this. It was almost as if they were implying that they should also keep an eye on the Love Sect at the same time.
However, Mu Bao Bao who had been silent the entire time suddenly said, “Just do your jobs and don’t think of other things.”
All of the ministers and generals trembled when they heard this since they could hear the coldness in Mu Bao Bao’s voice.
They knew what she was referring to, so they didn’t say anything else on that matter.
However, it was clear by the looks in their eyes that they were still thinking other things.
Things that would be directed at the Love Sect.
But for now, there was nothing that anyone could do, so they dropped this matter.
Mu Bao Bao looked at Lin Fan for a bit before saying, “Did the Heavenly Demon Sect want anything?”
This was one of the things that Lin Fan had omitted.
However, Mu Bao Bao had picked up on it in the end.
All of the ministers and generals focused on Lin Fan when they heard this. It seemed that they too were very interested in this.
Before Lin Fan could say anything, one of the generals who had gone with the Love Sect suddenly said, “The Demon Palm Sect ancestor said that it was on the order of the Heavenly Demon Sect that they came to help us. At the same time, it seemed that Sect Master Lin went to talk to the ancestor of the Demon Palm Sect alone.”
This time, the ministers and generals narrowed their eyes as if they were looking at a traitor, but Mu Bao Bao’s expression didn’t change. She just calmly looked at Lin Fan and waited for him to respond.
Lin Fan’s expression didn’t change as he looked at the general who ratted him out, but he still said in a calm voice, “Nothing happened. He just told me the specifics of what the Heavenly Demon Sect was willing to do to help with this situation and nothing else.”
All of the ministers and generals still looked at Lin Fan as if they didn’t believe him, but Mu Bao Bao just said with a nod, “Alright, if that’s all, then there’s nothing else to discuss.”
The ministers and generals looked at Mu Bao Bao as if there was more that they wanted to talk about, but Mu Bao Bao just dismissed them all with a wave of her hand while saying, “Go and take care of the things that you’ve discussed. Don’t make any mistakes, this is a dangerous time for our empire.”
The ministers and generals revealed serious looks after hearing this before bowing to Mu Bao Bao and vowing that they would take care of it.
Though when they left the makeshift throne room, many of them cast looks in my direction.
The intent behind the looks were anything but good, but there was nothing that anyone could do right now. The looks were ignored for now, but if they actually did anything based on the intent behind the looks…then that was a different story.
Once all of the ministers and generals cleared out, leaving only those from the Love Sect, Mu Bao Bao suddenly revealed a smile before saying, “Welcome home, everyone.”
Everyone from the Love Sect also suddenly broke out in smiles.
Even the disciples that were newer to the Love Sect.
Even if they were new to the Love Sect, they already knew how Mu Bao Bao acted around the Love Sect. They knew that this marital aunt of theirs was not someone that they had to be respectful around, even if she was the empress of the Mu Empire that they were in.
They knew that she was someone who cared for the Love Sect as family and wanted to be treated as such by them.
So they didn’t hold back at all when they were welcomed back by her.
There were even a few female disciples that ran forward to greet her.
The male ones…they were under the watchful eyes of Lin Fan, so they didn’t dare do the same.
After catching up with the Love Sect, Mu Bao Bao suddenly grabbed Lin Fan’s hand and pulled him aside. It seemed like she wanted to take him to a completely different place.
No one stopped them since they could already guess where they were going.
So the Love Sect group went back to the Love Sect while Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao went to that secret room that would give them privacy.
Waiting in that room were the girls.
They hadn’t been in the throne room when Lin Fan and the Love Sect met with the ministers and generals. They could have been in that room since the ministers and generals already knew what positions they had in Mu Bao Bao’s heart.
But they chose not to be there since they didn’t want to be there.
That place was not the place for them, this was the place for them.
The first thing that happened after Lin Fan came into the room was that he was hugged by each of them and welcomed back.
Lin Fan happily hugged each one of them since he had missed all of them during the time that he was away.
At the same time, he made sure to give each of them a deep kiss to show just how much he had missed them.
By the time that they were done, all of them had red faces and were out of breath. At the same time, it looked like they wanted even more from Lin Fan.
However, they didn’t do anything in the end since this wasn’t the time for it.
Since they hadn’t been in the throne room, they hadn’t heard what Lin Fan had told everyone.
As such, Lin Fan repeated the story that he had told the ministers and generals. However, this time, there were certain things that he added since these were people that he could trust as opposed to those ministers and generals.
When he finished his story, all of them had looks of deep thought on their faces.
Yue Lan was the one that broke the silence by asking, “Are you thinking about joining the Heavenly Demon Sect?”
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