Chapter 456: Marriage Alliance!

"If things keep going like this, it would be a miracle if he doesn't get exposed."

Inside the State Administration Mansion, Xia Hanzhou sighed.

Even he believed that Chen Yan shouldn't have killed Chen Youyi, but there was no help for it; who could have known that Chen Youyi would be the daughter of the Chen Lord?

No one could have imagined it.

"Could it be that Chi Xun privately sent a voice transmission to General Chen?"

Xia Qi spoke, feeling somewhat puzzled.

After all, Chen Yan was too reckless, and not knowing that he still had one more chance at immortality, how could he be so bold?

There was only one possibility: Chi Xun privately sent a voice transmission to Chen Yan, telling Chen Yan that he could protect him.

Chi Xun, the elder brother of Chi Mi.

In fact, he had always maintained contact with Xia Hanzhou.

Back then, when Chi Mi was pushed into the Ancient God Forbidden Land by Xia Hanzhou, the Xia Clan and Chi Province became enemies, but some people on the inside, such as Elder Chi and that branch of Chi Mi's, actually knew the truth.

This was the handiwork of Chen He, Chi Xun's former fiancé.

Therefore, from the very beginning of this Five-Clan Conference, Chen Yan had other safety guarantees.

That was Chi Xun.

"Impossible, how could Chi Xun send a voice transmission to Chen Yan about this matter? I had already emphasized to Chi Xun that he was not allowed to reveal it to Chen Yan."

Xia Hanzhou spoke.

After the Heaven's Pride Trial, the Xia Clan had been secretly protecting Chen Yan all along.

Shen Keqing, San Jin, Jiang Yuan, and the Blood Sword Saint were all people who had protected Chen Yan.

As for this Five-Clan Conference, how could the Xia Clan let Chen Yan go alone to take risks in a place fraught with danger?

Chi Xun was the arrangement.

But Xia Hanzhou would never take the initiative to reveal these things to Chen Yan.

If a Heaven's Pride's growth involved knowing that he not only had one chance at immortality but also had meticulous protection from powerful experts.

Then how could this Heaven's Pride grow up?

But what Xia Hanzhou was unaware of was this.

Chen Yan could perceive emotions.

After his Dao of Will entered the Standing Realm, Chen Yan's perception of emotions became increasingly powerful.

The very first moment Chen Yan saw Chi Xun, he sensed Chi Xun's goodwill.

That goodwill was simply absurd.

Therefore, Chen Yan understood everything at that time.

And now, Chen Yan understood completely, because he saw Xia Qi within the Martial Dao veins and heard this conversation.

Perceiving emotions allowed Chen Yan to handle many things with ease.

"The Yu Clan might discover within a very short time that General Chen is not Yu Yi."

Xia Qi spoke, his heart filled with shock.

Chen Yan had truly defeated his own tempered body in terms of the path of Qi and blood.

Not only the world, but even he had far underestimated Chen Yan's true strength.

After a long silence, Xia Hanzhou replied:

"Contact the Yu Lord."

"Contact him directly?" Xia Qi was stunned:

"What if the Yu Lord finds out that Ice Intent is Chen Yan and notifies the other provinces?"

"Then I shall personally lead the Hundred-Battle Army to charge the Yu Clan!" Xia Hanzhou shouted coldly:

"In this world, the Xia Clan is the most powerful; no matter how strong the five clans are, if they don't unite, they are still no match for the Xia Clan!

My Xia Clan is the number one in the world!"

As he spoke, an aura of absolute dominance overflowed from his body.

If the Yu Lord doesn't agree, then it's simple.

Kill!

Xia Qi was taken aback and nodded; Xia Hanzhou's attitude toward Chen Yan surprised him immensely.

He had always been guessing Chen Yan's true identity.

But now, Chen Yan was already enough of a Heaven's Pride, yet Xia Qi still felt that Xia Hanzhou was being too excessively good to Chen Yan.

Why was this?

Could there still be secrets on Chen Yan?

Was there some great secret that even he didn't know about?

At the same time.

The Yu Clan.

A ring-shaped planet stood within the endless void.

Upon it, inside a pyramid radiating black light.

"Yu Yi exceeded the simulation limit and privately exchanged for a simulation core; how should this matter be handled?"

Inside the great hall.

Seven people were sitting before a massive white jade round table, discussing.

"Yu Yi should never have defeated Chen Yan; he only has a fifth-rank simulation core, he is simply not suited to use such a precious treasure."

"It is also possible that it wasn't Yu Yi at all."

"That is a possibility, but we still need to continue analyzing the data."

"Why analyze any further? In the next battle against Chen Yan, Yu Yi will surely die."

Sounds of discussion arose one after another.

At the head, the Yu Master, wearing a pitch-black robe, sat silently, then spoke:

"You all say that, could it be that it isn't Yu Yi?

If it isn't Yu Yi, then who else could it be?"

His voice fell, and the entire grand hall went silent in an instant.

It was also at this moment.

A woman wearing a golden robe, with obvious smooth mechanical seams on her face, slowly looked toward the Yu Master; within the woman's eyes, equations complex to the extreme flashed, and she spoke quietly:

"Yu Yi's speech and combat power do not match the initial simulation settings at all.

There is an eighty percent probability that Yu Yi changed his simulation core, and a twenty percent probability that Yu Yi is Chen Yan!"

Her voice fell, and the Yu Master reached out a hand, lightly stroking his jaw beneath his robe:

"Chen Yan, is he such a monster that he can already walk out of the Lightning Tribulation Treasure Land?"

He pondered, preparing to end this topic and continue to discuss the next one.

It was also at this moment.

Someone suddenly spoke:

"Detected powerful energy fluctuations, suspected to be Rank 8, appearing in the sea area ten thousand miles away from our clan, and currently heading toward our clan."

The Yu Master was startled:

"Has it been detected which side's expert this is?"

"It seems to be the Xia Clan's," that person said:

"The other party sensed our clan's perception and cast out a communication array disk."

Whoosh!

The Yu Master's voice even trembled slightly:

"You all go out first, and connect the array disk for me!"

Soon, within the grand hall, only the Yu Master remained.

Within the light screen, the figure of Xia Hanzhou appeared.

"So, that current Bing Yi is Chen Yan?" The Yu Master's voice was icy:

"Otherwise, you would not be communicating with me."

"Help me keep it hidden," Xia Hanzhou said coldly.

"Xia Hanzhou, you have no right to threaten me," the Yu Master said indifferently:

"Your mistake is that you shouldn't have appeared now; otherwise, I wouldn't have thoroughly suspected that it was you who caused Chen Yan's death."

Having said that, the Yu Master pointed a single finger at the void.

"If you transmit this to the other four clans, I will slaughter your son right now."

The Yu Master sneered, not caring at all.

The next moment, Xia Hanzhou's cold voice continued to come through:

"I will also abandon the Ji Province war and personally lead an army to attack your Yu Clan. Your Yu Clan has been in seclusion for so long; it is impossible that the other four clans have no misgivings about you.

Guess how much damage your Yu Clan must sustain before they decide to intervene?"

The Yu Master's movements paused:

"For the sake of one Chen Yan, is it worth it?"

"Guess whether I would do such a thing?" Xia Hanzhou sneered.

The Yu Master said faintly:

"I guess you are just bluffing me."

He sneered out loud; how could he possibly be scared by a single sentence from Xia Hanzhou?

"I, Xia Yue King of the Xia Clan, swear by my heart's blood, and mold a wish with my soul, today..."

Within the light screen, Xia Hanzhou chanted softly, his full head of white hair instantly blown upward by an invisible force, and streaks of scarlet light emerged from before him, condensing into an array disk profound to the extreme.

"You're serious!" The Yu Master was instantly shocked:

"Stop!"

Murderous intent erupted in the depths of Xia Hanzhou's eyes:

"Fool, you think I only know how to threaten, you think I'm playing house with you here? If you dare to do it, tomorrow I will raze your Yu Clan to the ground, see if I dare or not!

Or do you think my Xia Clan no longer has the power to raze a province!"

Xia Hanzhou was sneering in his heart, however; he really wasn't certain he could fully complete the oath.

The Yu Master was more cowardly than him.

The Yu Master was stunned; he hadn't expected this to happen, and he remained silent for a long while before saying:

"What kind of secret does Chen Yan have?"

He didn't understand; the Xia Clan attacking Ji Province should be a plan spanning decades—for the sake of one Chen Yan, is it worth disrupting all his plans?

"Chen Yan is my Great Xia Divine General," Xia Hanzhou said, his voice carrying a thick threat:

"I have also dug up quite a few secrets from your son's side; guess what will happen to your Yu Clan if I tell them all to the other four clans?"

Hum!

In an instant, countless pitch-black secret scripts overflowed from the Yu Master's body, and terrifying pressure shook the entire grand hall.

"Just like this, you pretend you don't know, and in the end, just act as if you were also deceived, that will do," Xia Hanzhou said with a smile:

"All I want is for Chen Yan to live; all you want is for your Yu Clan to make its final move. As for the future of the grand situation, we shall contend for that later."

The Yu Lord remained silent for a long time:

"Sign a contract, otherwise if your Xia Clan exposes me later, the four clans will use it to blackmail me.

My son must be brought back to me!"

The Yu Lord was also worried.

He could indeed pretend to be a victim, feigning that his son, Yu Yi, had been killed by Chen Yan.

If Chen Yan could truly stir up some trouble, that would be the Xia Clan's problem.

It would have nothing to do with his Yu Clan.

The Five Clans and the Great Xia were destined to have a war.

But the Five Clans were five great clans, and none of them wanted to suffer the most losses.

As for the Empress of Ji Prefecture declaring herself Emperor first, there was a significant element of a deal involved; what the other party gained was far greater than what was paid.

Now, the threat of Xia Hanzhou forced the Yu Lord to make this decision.

But what if the Xia Clan were to directly expose his conversation with Xia Hanzhou today later on?

"No problem, we can sign it with the Little Diviner; I swear in the name of the Xia Lord Sword."

The Yu Lord fell into silence once again.

He suspected that Chen Yan definitely had secrets.

Otherwise, why would Xia Hanzhou protect him so much?

Could he be Xia Hanzhou's illegitimate son?

That was a possibility!

The Yu Lord's body stiffened, and he hurriedly raised his hand:

"I have more demands!"

Xia Hanzhou's expression turned cold:

"Don't push your luck!"

The Yu Lord sneered:

"I don't understand why you value Chen Yan so much, but I also want a Will Martial Artist to enter my Yu Prefecture and privately establish a Will Martial Dao Association!

Also, in the future wars, my Yu Clan wants three non-killing quotas for Seventh-Rankers; your Xia Clan can only capture them, not kill them."

He coveted the Will Martial Dao, but the Great Xia protected those Will Martial Artists too well, making it impossible to steal them.

"You want too much!" Xia Hanzhou shouted in a low voice.

"I'm not asking for it for free; I can go a step further for your affairs!" the Yu Lord said.

The two discussed for a long time.

After falling into a long silence, Xia Hanzhou agreed.

The next moment, the Yu Lord stepped out of the Yu Clan and met with the Little Diviner.

And it was on the night of this very day.

A streak of light appeared from Yu Prefecture, crossed mountains and seas, and was transmitted all the way into Lu Prefecture.

It entered the hands of the Lu Lord.

When everyone learned what that streak of light represented, the world was shaken!

A marriage contract!

A proposal from the Yu Lord's son, Yu Yi, to the Princess of the Lu Clan.