Chapter 34: The Empress's Request

Gu Yuan watched those who seemed as if they had been injected with chicken blood,

the Gu Family cultivators who were howling and rushing to haul resources,

his mouth twitched involuntarily.

He now somewhat understood his father's frugal, household‑keeping style.

Feelings, after all, are a family inheritance.

"Alright, this matter is settled; we should head back."

Gu Lin Tian looked at the Gu Family army below, already withdrawing in orderly fashion,

and nodded with satisfaction.

This expedition, one could say, was a bounty,

not only acquiring a world and strengthening the family's foundation,

but also securing a tremendous opportunity for his son,

and, in passing, striking at the restless forces in the Celestial Realm—a win on all fronts.

"Yuan'er, you get on the carriage first and say a few words for your father,"

"Very well, Father,"

Gu Yuan nodded, turned, and prepared to board the Nine‑Dragon Agarwood carriage.

At that moment,

【7】 A figure hurriedly flew up from below,

A figure hurriedly flew up from below,

it was Luo Bingyao, who had just finished arranging the transport work.

She had just changed out of her tattered phoenix robe,

and into a clean, plain long dress,

though the fatigue still lingered in her brows,

yet she now exuded a few more notes of fresh, unworldly elegance.

"Young... young master, please wait!"

Luo Bingyao mustered courage and blocked Gu Yuan's path.

"Hm? Anything else?"

Gu Yuan halted, looking at her with curiosity.

"Young master, Bingyao has a request!"

Luo Bingyao inhaled deeply, her gaze burning as she looked at Gu Yuan,

"The Xuan Tian Continent is now in ruins, its living beings suffering; with only my own strength, I fear... I fear it will be impossible to restore order in a short time."

"So then?"

Gu Yuan looked at her with genuine interest.

"Therefore, Bingyao earnestly asks you, young master, to leave some manpower to lend me a hand!"

After speaking, Luo Bingyao bowed deeply, almost burying her head against his chest.

She knew this request was excessive.

They had just helped them quell the unrest,

and now wanted them to stay as laborers; it was sheer overreach.

But she had no choice.

The Xuan Tian Continent is now a mess,

though all the demons and monsters have been eradicated,

still the lingering factions, the terrified populace, the shattered laws, the broken ley lines... each of these issues alone could give her a headache.

She needs power—absolute power capable of suppressing all dissent and implementing new policies!

And the young master before her, along with his family, is her only hope.

Gu Yuan pondered for a few seconds,

if the Xuan Tian Continent were left to recover on its own, who knows how long it would take,

so he reached into his storage ring,

pulled out a palm‑sized

seemingly ordinary bronze Compass,

and tossed it to Luo Bingyao.

"This is a miniature teleportation array forged by the Gu Family; I've had the coordinates of our family's Divine Island set on it. A single drop of your blood will activate it,"

"From now on, each epoch you must remit thirty percent of this world's output to the Gu Family as a management fee. Of course, should you encounter trouble you cannot solve, you may use this array to request aid from me,"

"As for manpower..."

Gu Yuan thought for a moment, then called out toward Gu Xue Dao nearby,

"Third Uncle."

"Hey, Yuan'er, what now?"

Gu Xue Dao scurried over.

"From the Heavenly Spear Army, select a hundred cultivators with spirit‑point levels around the Saint Realm, leave them here to help this… Empress Luo maintain order,"

Gu Yuan said casually.

"A hundred at the Saint Realm?"

Gu Xue Dao was momentarily stunned, then waved his hand,

"A trivial matter! I'll leave you a commander and a hundred centurions! I guarantee this place will be under your firm control!"

Holy realm… as a centurion?

A regional commander… what realm is that?

Luo Bingyao cradles the teleportation array in her hands,

listening to their conversation,

feeling her mind is insufficient again.

"Alright, that's it."

Gu Yuan waved his hand, as if dismissing a servant,

"From now on pay the rent on time, and just don't cause me trouble."

Having said that, he climbed onto the Nine Dragons Agarwood carriage without looking back.

Gu Lin Tian and Gu Xue Dao followed suit.

The massive Gu Family legion, like a tide,

retreated in order into that huge Heaven‑piercing Immortal Gate.

Soon,

this chaotic void,

was left with only Luo Bingyao,

and the group behind her still diligently moving Gu Family cultivators.

Luo Bingyao stood dumbfounded in place,

watching the slowly closing Heaven‑piercing Immortal Gate,

then lowered her head to glance at the heavy bronze Compass in her hand,

and the several piles of rewards in the distance still stacked like mountains; a mixture of feelings welled up inside her.

She felt as if she were dreaming.

An absurd, yet incredibly real dream.

"Your Majesty… have we truly been saved?"

The old Holy Lord staggered tremblingly to her side, his voice still carrying a hint of uncertainty.

"Hmm."

Luo Bingyao nodded heavily, and in her beautiful phoenix eyes, an unprecedented light reignited.

"We not only have been saved."

"Moreover, a brand‑new era is about to arrive!"

She tightly grasped the teleportation array in her hand,

as if holding the future of the entire world.

She knows that from today onward,

the history of the Profound Heaven Continent,

will be personally penned by that young master Gu Yuan!

And she will be the most faithful executor of this new era, as well as its greatest beneficiary!

"Transmit my orders!" Luo Bingyao inhaled deeply, her voice regaining the imperial majesty and decisiveness, "All cultivators, immediately inventory the spoils, treat the wounded, and pacify the populace!"

"In three days, I will rebuild the imperial city atop the ruins of Luoyang!"

"Proclaim to the world that the Profound Heaven Continent shall forever revere Young Master Gu Yuan as sovereign!"

Her gaze pierced the void,

as if she could sense the countless gazes surrounding her,

each seemingly no less chaotic than those Supreme Ancient Emperors who incited the dark upheaval,

She vaguely knew in her heart,

this is Gu Family's territory,

and these gazes,

also belong to the myriad heavens and realms within Gu Family's sphere!

Gu Family… in this Immortal Realm, just how strong are they?