Chapter 1406: You Might Have a Father

As Mingchen's Spirit Sense surged into the Sound Transmission Talisman, a familiar yet detestable voice immediately came through.

"Your Highness the Prince, could you come here for a gathering? Tianyu has important matters to discuss with Your Highness."

"Heh, arrogant, truly far too arrogant!"

After hearing Tianyu's message, Mingchen laughed in extreme anger.

Did this Tianyu really think that just because he had improved his strength through luck, he could ride on top of him?

There wasn't even a shred of awe in his words!

How detestable!

And...

What made him feel even more furious was...

Tianyu actually wanted him to personally come to him!

This was clearly a great disrespect!

"Damn Tianyu, don't you be rampant; sooner or later, I will trample you under my feet."

Mingchen let out a cold snort, ignored Tianyu's transmission, closed his eyes, and re-entered a state of cultivation.

A moment later.

His tightly closed eyes suddenly opened again.

He gritted his teeth fiercely.

"Damn Tianyu, this Prince would like to see exactly what you have to say to this Prince!"

Amidst a cold snort.

A flash of Spirit Light appeared on Mingchen's body, and in the blink of an eye, he vanished.

After sending a message to Mingchen, Wang Jianqiang put away the Sound Transmission Talisman and stopped paying attention.

He closed his eyes slightly, entered meditation, and waited silently.

It was as if he were completely certain of Mingchen's arrival.

Not long after.

His eyelids suddenly twitched, and then he opened them slowly.

Looking toward the door, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Has he come?"

"This child seems to be even more impatient than I imagined."

"Yan'er's upbringing of him is not very good either."

He whispered softly, moved his intent, and opened the guest room door.

The next moment.

A figure walked in slowly.

Seeing the person arrive, Wang Jianqiang smiled, "Child... *cough cough*, Your Highness the Prince has arrived."

Mingchen's face turned dark.

What kind of nonsense was this Tianyu spouting?

Was he intentionally humiliating him?

This kind of tactic was a bit too childish.

And...

As someone of the lowly Black Scale Lineage, after seeing him, he didn't even take the initiative to stand up and pay his respects, remaining swaggeringly seated on the chair—this was far too arrogant!

It was simply not taking him, the Mermaid Prince, seriously!

Thinking of this, Mingchen's expression instantly turned icy, "Tianyu, you have great audacity; how dare you not bow upon seeing this Prince!"

Wang Jianqiang raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

After pondering for a moment, he stood up with a smile and slowly cupped his fists toward Mingchen, "Greetings, Your Highness the Prince."

Seeing this, Mingchen's expression softened slightly, "Speak, what important matter do you have to tell this Prince?"

"This Prince has limited time and does not like to hear nonsense; get straight to the point."

Wang Jianqiang pondered with a grave expression for a moment, then said with slight hesitation, "Originally, I was worried that Your Highness the Prince would be unable to bear this news and wanted to tell Your Highness as tactfully as possible. Since Your Highness likes things to be straightforward, I can only speak directly."

Mingchen sneered, "This Prince's mental fortitude is not weak; do you think I am you?"

"I can't bear it?"

"In this world, there are not many things that can make this Prince unable to bear it."

"Since Your Highness the Prince is so strong, then I am relieved."

Wang Jianqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Mingchen snorted coldly, "If you have something to say, say it; I don't have time to waste with you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang was not annoyed; he spoke concisely and with full vigor, spitting out seven words, "You might have a father."

Mingchen's expression stiffened, and his face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, "Tianyu, you bastard, you have gone too far!"

"You are insulting the Empress!"

"Do you really think that just because you've made something of yourself now, this Prince wouldn't dare to touch you?"

"Do you believe that if I spread your words, without me or the Empress needing to act, you would be beaten to death by the furious Cultivators of the Mermaid Clan?"

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "Your Highness the Prince, Tianyu says this not to humiliate you, but to state a fact."

"Do you still remember the key to enter the Phantom Spirit Realm that you gave me back then?"

Hearing this, Mingchen felt a pang of heartache.

How does that bastard still have the face to bring this up?

That was a precious Phantom Spirit Realm key, yet I was so pig-headed that I actually gave such a precious thing to him!

"In the Phantom Spirit Realm, I discovered a great secret." Just then, Wang Jianqiang's voice continued to come through.

Upon hearing this, Mingchen's expression shifted.

In the Phantom Spirit Realm!

A secret?

He remembered that the time period when Tianyu entered the Phantom Spirit Realm was exactly the same time the Empress was in the Phantom Spirit Realm.

And furthermore...

Before entering the Phantom Spirit Realm, the Empress had deliberately recalled the keys to enter the Phantom Spirit Realm.

Although the key in his hand had not been recalled, the Empress had warned him before entering the Phantom Spirit Realm that he must absolutely not enter it.

Afterwards...

Because a long time had passed, he had somewhat forgotten.

That was why he gave the key to Tianyu; by the time he recalled it, Tianyu had already entered the Phantom Spirit Realm.

The Empress had entered the Phantom Spirit Realm to seclude herself more than once before, but she had never been this cautious...

Recalling the various cautious actions of the Empress before she entered the Phantom Spirit Realm.

And then connecting it to Tianyu's previous words.

Mingchen could not help but feel a sense of hesitation in his heart.

Could it be that the Empress really did something in the Phantom Spirit Realm and was discovered by Tianyu?

"What do you mean?"

He looked up at Tianyu, suppressing the unease in his heart, and spoke coldly.

Wang Jianqiang sighed, "Does His Highness the Prince still not understand?"

"Since that is the case, then I will speak plainly."

"I encountered the Imperial Lord, the Imperial Lord..."

"Ahem~"

"I cannot say what follows; it is of no benefit to His Highness the Prince's mental and physical growth, and it is also somewhat disrespectful to the Imperial Lord..."

Mingchen's expression shifted, "Where did you encounter the Empress?"

At this moment, he was no longer confident in his heart.

However, he still refused to reveal the slightest abnormality in his expression, though the faint, imperceptible tremor in his voice betrayed his truest state of mind.

Wang Jianqiang did not even think about it and spoke directly, "On a large mountain in the Phantom Spirit Realm; that's right, there was also a Spring Eye on the mountain."

Hearing this, Mingchen's body swayed, and he staggered back a few steps, nearly falling to the ground.

His complexion instantly turned pale.

In the Phantom Spirit Realm, there is only one large mountain.

That is the place where the Empress usually secludes herself.

Tianyu was entering the Phantom Spirit Realm for the first time and did not know about this matter.

Since he could describe this large mountain, he must have seen it with his own eyes.

In other words, he had indeed encountered the Empress!

His expression flickered; although he was already certain in his heart, he still refused to show any weakness on the surface, "Tianyu, you are spouting nonsense; I don't believe you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang was not the least bit flustered, "If His Highness the Prince does not believe me, you can go and ask the Imperial Lord in person what happened in the Phantom Spirit Realm back then."

"At that time, you only need to carefully observe the changes in the Imperial Lord's expression, and you will naturally have your answer."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Mingchen's heart stirred, and he looked at Wang Jianqiang coldly, "Tianyu, this Prince will go and confirm this right now."

"If I find out that you are slandering the Empress, I will definitely make you suffer a fate worse than death!"

Wang Jianqiang's expression was calm, "Safe travels, Your Highness the Prince."

Mingchen snorted coldly once more, and with a flash of his figure, he disappeared.