Chapter 1150

Du City, as a small town, naturally could not compare to the capital in prosperity.

But Huo Shuixian was not here to sightsee, and she didn't care.

Her divine sense swept through the city and quickly located Liu Bingyi in a gambling den.

"Just as expected—a thug's appearance!"

Huo Shuixian made no effort to hide; meeting the crowd's stares, she walked into the gambling den, grabbed Liu Bingyi, and dragged him away.

"Miss, please wait!"

Seeing the big target being taken away, the gambling den's enforcers surged forward, unwilling to let it happen.

Huo Shuixian let out a cold snort; though soft, the sound struck their ears like Lei Ting.

The next instant, all the gambling den enforcers collapsed to the ground.

Liu Bingyi had been ready to resist, but seeing this, sweat drenched his forehead and he became utterly docile.

Huo Shuixian brought Liu Bingyi outside the city, touched his forehead with one finger, and transmitted his origins and background to him.

Moments passed.

Liu Bingyi woke up, exclaiming in delight: "Miss Huo, are you here to make me Emperor?"

"Dream on!" Huo Shuixian sniffed. "I'm here to send you to another world!"

"You're going to kill me!" Liu Bingyi knew nothing of the chat group—he assumed Huo Shuixian meant to send him to Guixi, and his heart and gall shattered; he stumbled backward repeatedly.

Huo Shuixian was speechless: "If I wanted to kill you, would I bother telling you your origins? The other world I speak of is still a human realm—not the netherworld."

Liu Bingyi: "Another world?"

"Precisely." Huo Shuixian nodded. "Come, let's first find your foster mother, second foster mother, and your birth mother. I'm being kind—I'm reuniting your family, not tearing you apart."

"You won't kill me?" Liu Bingyi, upon hearing this, grew even more terrified, fearing Huo Shuixian wanted to make his whole family "intact" in death.

Huo Shuixian: "What makes you think I'd bother lying to you?"

Manipulating true qi, she soared into the sky and soon returned to Liu Bingyi's home, found his two wet nurses, and explained everything again—terrifying them half to death.

Huo Shuixian paid no mind to their fear; she rose again, searching for Liu Bingyi's birth mother.

Under her powerful divine sense, Qiu Yinniang was quickly located.

Huo Shuixian revealed Liu Bingyi's identity; Qiu Yinniang immediately rushed to verify it.

Moments passed.

The entire family burst into tears, embracing each other.

"My son! I've finally found you!"

Liu Bingyi felt numb.

Today, he had experienced too much.

Learning his origins, meeting his birth mother—all these events intertwined, leaving him with no sense of reality, as if caught in a dream.

Yet seeing Qiu Yinniang's genuine emotion, as if mother and child were soul-linked, he felt pity and quickly comforted her.

After waiting a while, their emotions had calmed.

Qiu Yinniang asked: "Miss Huo, since Bingyi's identity has been confirmed, shouldn't he reclaim his rightful status? He is the Han Dynasty's legitimate heir."

Liu Bingyi hurriedly said: "Mother, the matter is probably not that simple."

"Not that simple?" Qiu Yinniang's expression changed instantly; she pulled Liu Bingyi back.

Having lived through the Witchcraft Scandal, she was no fool to political scheming.

At her son's words, she immediately envisioned too many terrible possibilities.

She looked at Huo Shuixian, her eyes filled with suspicion.

"Lady Crown Princess, no need for such caution—I merely intend to send you to another world." Huo Shuixian waved her hand, and a portal of passage appeared in the void. "As for the Han Dynasty's Jiangshan—"

"It naturally belongs to my Huo family."

"You!"

Liu Bingyi quickly cut off his mother's outburst and asked: "Is this the gate to the other world?"

Huo Shuixian nodded...

Liu Bingyi walked forward and said: "I'll go check first."

Huo Shuixian made no move to stop him; Liu Bingyi stepped inside.

Seeing Liu Bingyi vanish, Qiu Yinniang had no time to stop him—only silent worry remained.

The next instant, Liu Bingyi stepped out again.

"Mother, foster mothers, the other side is perfectly safe," Liu Bingyi beamed. "Our ancestor has prepared everything—we can cross over now."

"Ancestor?" Qiu Yinniang frowned.

Huo Shuixian said: "That's Liu Che."

Hearing this, Qiu Yinniang's scalp prickled.

"Don't worry—Liu Che is nearly cultivated into an immortal; he won't harm you." Huo Shuixian warned, then waved her hand and flung the four of them through the portal.

As Qiu Yinniang trembled in fear, the surroundings shifted abruptly.

One moment they were in the wilderness; the next, they stood atop a grand hall.

At the hall's apex, a solemn young boy sat upon the Dragon Throne, gazing at them.

"Take them to the estate prepared for them," Liu Che said without elaboration, then added, "Xun'er—if you wish to earn respect, cultivate diligently. If not—"

"Even if you are my descendant from another world, I can only grant you a lifetime of wealth!"

"Cultivate?" Liu Bingyi's eyes lit up. "Does that mean I too can fly through the skies and vanish at will?"

Liu Che laughed heartily: "Flying and vanishing? Child's play. With focus, you'll gain that power soon enough."

"Yes."

As they spoke, a squad of guards arrived.

They led Liu Bing and his party to the palace gates and lodged them in a luxurious estate.

"Are we going to live here from now on?"

"This is way too luxurious!"

Hu Zu marveled, overjoyed.

Only Qiu Yinniang let out a long breath, her tension finally easing.

The Martial Emperor of this world looked nothing like the Martial Emperor of the other world, yet they shared one trait—immense majesty.

Seeing him, she felt only fear, terrified that she might once again lose her family and home.

After being separated from her flesh and blood for over a decade, she could no longer endure such suffering.

"Xun'er, you must cultivate diligently and not disappoint Your Majesty."

"Yes," Liu Bing nodded, feeling a heavy weight on his shoulders.

Only if he achieved something could his first aunt, second aunt, and his mother share in the blessings.

Otherwise, who knew if the current Son of Heaven might change his mind?

With the fate of his three closest people at stake, he would never gamble.

At this moment, he grew much older.

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