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During the winter and spring season, the leaves on the trees quietly sprouted. Both sides of the road were concealed by the flowers and plants, which told people that spring had arrived.

The most important place for people to enjoy themselves was the Liu-Li Empire on the Royal Dragon Continent. The Embroidery Empire, the Northern Ice Dynasty, and the Yu Lu Empire were held once every three years. Whether it was cultivators or mortals on the continent, as long as they read books and believed that they were talented enough, they would all gather in the imperial court where they wanted to participate to stand out in the competition.

Lu Chen walked on the streets of the capital of the Embroidered Capital City. He looked at the people on the streets who were either buying the Four Treasures of the Mansion or secretly buying cheating tools. The corners of his mouth hooked into a faint smile as he walked into a bookstore.

After he had left the Lingyun Sect, Lu Chen did not know where he was going. After wandering around the Sky Dragon Continent for a year, he had coincidentally met You Li and the others who were doing business there from the Emperor Dragon Continent to Sky Dragon Continent.

Once they arrived at the Imperial Dragon Continent, Lu Chen was warmly invited by You Li to the Imperial Embroidery Dynasty where he was. Furthermore, once it was known that the Imperial Continent was ruled by the four great dynasties, all the cultivators on the continent were mainly imperial. As long as one's position was high enough, even a mortal could order a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator around, and most of the imperial family had Nascent Soul Stage cultivators as guards. What made Lu Chen even more curious was that these cultivators did not feel like they had lost their identity and were actually proud.

After understanding the difference between Royal Dragon Continent and Sky Dragon Continent, Lu Chen also understood that although he was at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Stage, he did not have a position and could only be a bodyguard of the royal family.

After staying in the Embroidery Dynasty for another two years, Lu Chen had gained enough understanding of this continent and the entire Huang Long Continent. At this time, they had just about welcomed the triennial Imperial Examinations.

Entering the library, Lu Chen walked around for a while, finding the book he needed and was about to head back to the Residence of You, when he was stopped by someone before he could even leave the room.

"Hey, little beauty, where are you going?" A frivolous voice sounded from the front of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen raised his head and saw that the person was dressed in light yellow brocade attire. In his hand was a fan with the Imperial Protector's River drawn on it. At his waist was a jade token with the word "Western King" faintly written on it. A head of black hair was casually tied up, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, a handsome face, and thin lips. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that there wasn't the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy on this person. However, the servants behind him clearly had the spiritual energy fluctuation of the Nascent Soul Stage.

Lu Chen's eyes turned cold. He knew that he might meet a member of the Embroidered Empire's royal family. He opened his mouth and said lightly: "May I ask who the beauty that sire is talking about is?" At the same time, his body released the spirit pressure of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

The Nascent Soul stage cultivator behind the man immediately stood in front of the man to block Lu Chen's Spiritual Pressure. At the same time, his eyes were filled with contempt.

The man walked around the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator and said with a smile, "Of course I'm talking about you, beauty. Although you're a man, I don't mind."

Lu Chen felt a chill as he looked at the man's vulgar eyes, but he knew that if he were to make a move now, it would be extremely disadvantageous to him. For a moment, he remained silent.

Seeing Lu Chen's silence, the man thought that Lu Chen had promised him, and excitedly went up to introduce himself: "My name is Jinnan, and I'm the younger brother of the current Emperor of the Embroidery Dynasty, and also the West King of the Embroidery Dynasty. If you go back with me, I won't mistreat you."

"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in men. Please move aside." After saying that, Lu Chen walked around Jinan's body and left.

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't cooperate with him at all, a few of the people beside him gathered around Lu Chen as soon as Jinnan cast a glance at him.

Lu Chen's eyes were filled with killing intent. He really did have the intention to kill. The scene immediately dropped to a freezing point, and a war could break out at any moment.

The people who were originally in the bookstore also ran far away to avoid getting in his way.

"Brother Lu, I was wondering where you went. So you were here." When she saw Jinnan, she pretended to be surprised and said, "Brother Nan, why are you here as well? Did you know I was here specifically to wait for me?"

Jin Nan's original complacency was immediately replaced by fear. "Emperor … royal brother, why have you come?"

Lu Chen looked at You Li beside him and immediately understood that his identity was definitely not that ordinary merchant he had met. At the same time, Lu Chen was deeply mocking himself in his heart; how could he be an ordinary person if he had the ability to traverse the space tunnels between two continents.

Seeing the questioning look that Lu Chen was looking at her with, You Li let out a bitter laugh and said, "Brother Lu, can you wait until I travel around the manor before saying anything?"

Lu Chen did not speak up to tacitly agree. As such, You Li brought Lu Chen and left the bookshop, ignoring Jin Nan who was at the side. The war that was about to erupt also mysteriously ended like this.

Arriving at the Roaming Mansion, Lu Chen said, "You Li, who exactly are you?"

You Li gave a faint smile and said: "Brother Lu, I'm sorry for hiding it from you for so long. In fact, my real name is Jin Zi, the Emperor of the Embroidery Dynasty."

Lu Chen remained silent. He had already roughly guessed You Li's identity, but he did not understand why You Li would keep hiding it from him all the time and keep him here.

Seeing that Lu Chen had lowered his head, he knew that Lu Chen must have had a lot of doubts, "Actually, I went to Sky Dragon Continent to play when I met you at Sky Dragon Continent, and I was not the Embroidery Empire's emperor at that time. After knowing your name, I immediately deduced that you were Sky Dragon Continent's most legendary figure's number one genius, Lu Chen. I was also attracted to your legend in Sky Dragon Continent and had been wanting to befriend you for a long time, so I had you be of use to me. "

"For your use?" Lu Chen asked with a frown on his face.

"Brother Lu, you should know that there are actually four great empires in this continent, right?" Jinzhi said blandly.

Lu Chen immediately guessed Jinhai's intention, and secretly mocked himself in his heart: "So you want to play You Li by my side and gain my trust so that I can take down those three dynasties for you?" But don't you think you think too highly of me? "

"That won't happen, because I have a close friend in Sky Dragon Continent who told me that if I want to unify the Imperial Capital, I must have Brother Lu's help. My close friend's words have always been correct." Jinzhi said with a faint smile.

Lu Chen frowned and asked: "Can you tell me who your best friend is?"

"Wang Jun." Jinhai gently said a name.

Lu Chen's pupils constricted. He did not expect that after so long, he would once again hear the name of Wang Jun, who had always filled him with doubt and vigilance.

Half a day later, Lu Chen said, "Okay, I agree."

Jin Chen gave a faint smile, then left after giving a few words of warning to the people of your residence.

When he thought of Wang Jun and Lu Chen, he felt that he had fallen into a trap that he had set up beforehand. However, right now, he did not have any foundation in the Imperial Continent, so he could only rely on Jinhai. Furthermore, he did not wish to break off three years of friendship.

"It seems that the reason I'm registering for the Imperial Examinations is to see if I have the ability and intellect to do so." Lu Chen sighed lightly and returned to his study to study hard.

Time quietly flowed by. In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. The first round of the Imperial Examinations had also quietly arrived.

Lu Chen stretched lazily in his study, looking at the sky outside. He silently calculated how long he had been here and how long it took to try. Tomorrow, he would leave his study and walk around the garden to relax.

After walking around in the garden for a while, Lu Chen returned to his room to rest early to prepare for the exam the next day.

The next day, Lu Chen sat in the examination hall. Seeing that there were at least twenty thousand examinees in the examination hall, he remembered the scene he saw in the Lingyun Sect where he was going to participate in the Lingyun Sect's selection.

There were only two questions on the exam paper that seemed very simple, but many examinees frowned upon seeing them.

Lu Chen saw the neat words on it jump into his eyes.

"The first question. If you're a great general in the imperial court, if the imperial court is in trouble and the Emperor is trapped within the imperial court, if you go save the Emperor, it will be a narrow escape. Would you go save the Emperor?"

Lu Chen looked at it and unhesitatingly wrote: "That won't be the case. If I go first, I will die, so the Emperor will be in greater danger, and if I don't go, the enemy will want to use the Emperor to attract me. Moreover, keeping the emperor's life can also drain the emperor's resistance by imprisoning him. As long as the emperor surrenders, the great generals like us will also surrender. "That's why the Emperor's death is important to the enemy, so there's no need for me to save the Emperor. At the same time, I can use this time to gather my forces and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

Lu Chen finished writing the question and looked at the second question, "The second question, if the Emperor wants to save the victims of the disaster, he doesn't have enough money in the treasury. How can he make the Emperor help the victims without paying a single cent?"

Lu Chen looked at the question and hesitated before writing, "Carefully investigating the name of the dynasty's wealthy merchants, posting the imperial declaration in the name of the emperor to indicate that if any wealthy merchant is willing to take the initiative and provide disaster relief, the royal family will supply all the items in the future. At the same time, check that all officials have been able to recover tax to supplement the treasury. "

After finishing the two questions, Lu Chen smiled faintly, stood up, handed in his paper, and walked out under the surprised gazes of the examiners and the examiners.

"Jinhai, is there anything worth me to work so hard for in your dynasty? I want to see it very soon."