Chapter 603

What was even more shocking was that the Ministry of Works also presented the "Firmament Throne" exclusively built for Li Chen—a huge floating warship that integrated the latest alchemy technology and ancient runes!

This was the first floating warship in the true sense born since the end of the ancient era. Its appearance was extremely luxurious and majestic, and the hull was covered with powerful defensive restrictions and attack magic arrays. It was both a supreme symbol of power and a mobile war fortress, which would greatly facilitate Li Chen's future "travels" and "inspections."

The prosperity of the national power and the advancement of technology could be seen.

The people of the imperial capital could see this miracle-like scene every day when they looked up. The people of Tian Ce were incomparably proud, while the envoys and merchants of various countries could only look up and sigh, envious.

However, just as the morning court was about to end, an emergency intelligence from the Eternal Day Empire was presented to the imperial front, and the content could be called earth-shattering: Eternal Day Emperor Charles actually publicly announced that he was appointing the "Cardinal Personal Guard" with a very high status in the Holy See as the National Preceptor!

The civil and military officials were stunned at first, and then many insiders cast subtle glances at Li Chen on the dragon chair.

These few people knew that the mysterious "Cardinal Personal Guard" was precisely another mask of their own Emperor!

Of course, few knew; only a few ministers who held high positions or were in charge of intelligence knew this, which could be guessed from Li Chen's return route and clothing.

This move could be called superb.

Charles used the transcendent status of Li Chen's mask in the Holy See, and through a series of dazzling operations and superimposed titles, he forcibly raised the status of this "National Preceptor" to a level theoretically almost on par with the Pope.

In the eyes of outsiders, this was no different from the top-level high-ranking officials of the Holy See publicly bowing and swearing allegiance to the imperial family, which greatly raised the authority and aura of the Eternal Day imperial family and was a huge boost to the imperial power that had been suppressed by the Holy See for a long time.

Li Chen looked at the intelligence, and a playful smile couldn't help but curl at the corners of his mouth.

This Charles was indeed good at playing, and his courage was big enough; he could actually think of such a wonderful move of borrowing strength to strike and using the tiger's prestige to intimidate.

It could be foreseen that the most uncomfortable person at this moment was the Eternal Day Pope.

He could neither publicly deny the existence and status of the "Cardinal Personal Guard," who had made great military achievements and had a flourishing reputation.

That would be equivalent to slapping himself in the face and seriously damaging the majesty of the Holy See.

But once he pinched his nose and acknowledged this position of "National Preceptor," the Holy See would invisibly be a head shorter than the imperial family, and its transcendent status built up over many years would inevitably be hit hard.

The most important thing was that Li Chen was not Charles; the Pope didn't give Charles face, but that didn't mean he didn't give Li Chen face.

This game of chess was truly getting more and more interesting.

Li Chen could even imagine the Pope's stifled and helpless expression.

The situation in the Eternal Day Empire was actually beneficial to Li Chen because he was in the middle position, which made it convenient for him to control.

As for the turmoil caused by Charles in the Eternal Day Empire, Li Chen had no intention of intervening for the time being; he was happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and wait to see how the Pope would respond.

After the morning court, Li Chen walked leisurely toward the harem to check on the cultivation progress of his younger sister, Li Sining.

The current Li Sining was much more powerful than before, and her cultivation was progressing rapidly.

She used to complain that the Emperor's harem was deserted and she didn't even have a companion.

Now Li Chen's harem could be called a hundred flowers blooming, and she, who was favored by thousands, had calmed down, no longer playful, and began to learn from everyone's strengths, practicing extremely earnestly and hard.

Li Chen carefully probed her meridians and Qi sea, and was quite satisfied with her progress, so he gave a reward in the capacity of an imperial brother: a "Heavenly Grade Void-Breaking Elixir" that could help break through bottlenecks, and a magic treasure "Space Phantom Sound Bell" that could disturb the mind and create phantom sounds for both attack and defense.

Seeing these two incomparably precious rewards, Li Sining cheered excitedly, threw herself into Li Chen's arms like she did when she was a child, and chattered non-stop, sharing her insights and interesting stories about cultivation.

Perhaps it was because her cultivation had been too hard recently, but as she spoke, she fell into a deep sleep in Li Chen's warm embrace, her breathing even, and a satisfied smile still on her face.

Seeing this, a trace of doting and heartache flashed in Li Chen's eyes. He carefully carried her horizontally and personally sent her back to the palace of her biological mother, Consort Yi.

Seeing the Emperor carry her daughter in, Consort Yi hurriedly welcomed them, gently took the sleeping Li Sining from Li Chen's hands, gently placed her on the brocade couch, carefully covered her with a silk quilt, and then turned to bow to Li Chen, saying softly: "Thank you, Emperor, for your care and effort for Ning'er."