Chapter 630: If We Are Talking About Being Shameless, I Have Never Feared Anyone

In the Capital, at the Chen Mansion, within the simple and unadorned Chen Mansion, an aged figure was being supported by someone, struggling to sit in a chair.

When Shen Yu stepped inside, he immediately sensed no fewer than three sharp auras, which belonged to the category of experts even among those in the Transcendence Realm.

In the past, his strength was not yet high enough to detect these deeply hidden auras, but today is different from the past.

Today, these hidden auras are so obvious in his eyes.

With three top experts sitting in guard, I fear that apart from the Imperial Palace, the defense of the Chen Mansion might be the most formidable in the entire Capital.

As a Three-Dynasty Elder, Chen Xing is not only said to have experienced three dynasties, but it is also said that he held the reins of the Imperial Court through all three, and was the type of person who was below only one, yet above ten thousand.

Over these many years, he has never been greedy for power, and the emperors of the three dynasties he served were all wise and decisive people who placed great trust in him.

Of course, this also has to do with Chen Xing himself knowing what he should take and what he should not touch. He made three generations of emperors feel at ease and trust him.

Furthermore, over these many years, he has indeed held up half the sky of the Imperial Court with his own strength.

Back then, the Mu Zishan incident caused the Imperial Court's experts to wither, and coupled with the Spiritual Qi Surge, the limits of heaven and earth were raised, causing many experts to suddenly emerge in the pugilistic world.

Mu Zishan entered the Forbidden Land alone and suppressed the world for over a hundred years, which was the only thing that forcibly halted the Spiritual Qi Surge.

Yet even so, the world still gained many Transcendence Realm experts. Once reaching the Transcendence Realm, the limitations of ordinary numbers began to become very small for them, and the deterrent power of armies was also reduced to a minimum.

Ambitious people in the pugilistic world emerged one after another; factions with Transcendence Realm experts sitting in guard expanded rapidly, their ambitions growing ever larger, and then a great chaos that engulfed the world arrived unexpectedly.

The Imperial Court suffered through war because of this, and in that battle, countless people sacrificed their lives before they finally pulled through. But for so many years, the imperial government has remained impoverished and weak.

Three generations of emperors poured out their hearts and blood, vowing to exhaust their lives to bring the Imperial Court back to its peak. Chen Xing, even more so, used his own strength, astonishing personal charisma, and methods to stabilize the entire court and the country.

Internally, he vigorously promoted and cultivated talent, sparing no cost to train the Imperial Court's own Transcendence Realm experts. Externally, he divided and wooed the various sects and major clans of the pugilistic world, defeating them one by one.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason the entire Imperial Court was able to recover quickly from the decline of those years is absolutely due to Chen Xing's indelible contribution.

Moreover, Chen Xing took extra care of the common people; gradually, the people became wealthy and peaceful, and the world was governed well as a result.

However, if you think Chen Xing is an honest man, then you would be greatly mistaken; an honest man could not suppress a court full of cunning old foxes.

That he could forcibly suppress everyone so that they dared not move with his own strength, and that so many people hated him to the bone yet were helpless against him, shows just how strong Chen Xing's methods are.

He has an unyielding backbone yet is not incapable of flexibility; he has hacked through thorns and brambles while always working without complaint, his heart entirely devoted to the nation, never having a shred of selfish desire.

It is precisely because of this that it is no exaggeration to say that Chen Xing's prestige within the Imperial Court can be called unique.

At this moment, Chen Xing is sitting in his study, frowning as if thinking about something.

Because of excessive worry, he coughs a couple of times from time to time; the frailty of his body seems unable to let him worry too much.

"Lord Chen, Changguan Hou Mu Qing is dead, you don't need to sigh so heavily!"

The Huwe standing beside Chen Xing is a middle-aged man with some gray at his temples; he is none other than Guo Yi, whom Shen Yu had seen before. Likewise, he is also Chen Xing's personal Huwe and a true confidant.

"My Lord, for all these years I have not understood; clearly Mu Qing was a corrupt official who broke the law, so why did you still insist on protecting him?"

For so many years, Mu Qing was never caught despite his corruption and law-breaking; others all thought Mu Qing was cautious in his work and left no evidence of his crimes.

But who would have known that all of this was Lord Chen cleaning up after him. Otherwise, with that big mouth of Mu Qing's, he could have blurted it out even after drinking too much, and it would have been known to everyone long ago; who could he have hidden it from?

Even so, the news that Mu Qing was a corrupt official spread like wildfire, it was just that everyone had no evidence and was helpless against him.

Because all traces and all evidence were secretly wiped away by this Lord Chen, who appeared upright and selfless on the surface.

Regarding this point, Chen Xing could hide it from everyone, but he could not hide it from Guo Yi, who was his personal Huwe; after all, some things were handled by him personally.

Regarding Chen Xing, Guo Yi had always trusted him unconditionally; even when he wanted to protect a corrupt official like Mu Qing, Guo Yi always felt that Lord Chen had his own reasons and did not think much of it.

But for so many years, no redeeming qualities were found in Mu Qing, and now, he has died at the hands of Shen Yu, and Shen Yu has never killed an innocent person.

These various events made Guo Yi feel lost for the first time when facing Lord Chen.

"You don't need to understand why; you only need to know that this person Mu Qing could not have anything happen to him under any circumstances, let alone die, yet he has died now!"

Seeming to have encountered something thorny, Chen Xing frowned very tightly. "This brat Shen Yu has given me a huge problem, but so be it, let this old man bear everything!"

"A-Yi!"

"My Lord!" Seeing Chen Xing show such rare seriousness, Guo Yi immediately replied carefully, then respectfully listened to Chen Xing's instructions.

"A-Yi, one day if I die, you must protect the things in my secret chamber and not let anyone take them away."

"Regardless of whether the one who kills me is Shen Yu or not, you must hand over everything inside to him afterwards!"

He stood up shakily, and Guo Yi beside him hurriedly supported him carefully, but was gently pushed away by Chen Xing.

His body was already riddled with holes, but he still tried his best to stand as straight as possible; no matter when, his back could not be bent.

"My Lord!" Chen Xing's words startled Guo Yi, and then his expression changed constantly. "Is my Lord worrying too much? How could Lord Shen kill you?"

"Because over these years, I have shielded more than just Mu Qing; I have shielded quite a few people who should have died."

"I imagine Shen Yu will soon know about this; he is a person who hates evil as if it were his enemy, and this alone is enough!"

With a long sigh, Chen Xing then took a deep breath, his face seemingly without any fluctuation, as if these things were of no importance to him. This should be what it looks like to truly view Life and Death with indifference.

"I presume that in his eyes, this old man will soon become a hypocrite, and the kind that must be killed quickly!"

"Even if he doesn't know about these things now, someone will definitely let him know; this is an open scheme."

"The other party calculated that I cannot say anything, and calculated my determination to protect Shen Yu!"

"However, there is one thing they calculated wrong: this old man is not an old stubborn fool who doesn't know how to be flexible, and even less so a person they can manipulate."

"If we are talking about petty schemes and underhanded tricks, what could be more tempering than the Imperial Court? I have been able to suppress the court for so many years; do they really think I am easy to bully!"

"Since they want to fight, then let's see them fight. I haven't shown my power for so many years; do they think I am truly old!"

An invisible aura flashed and vanished from Chen Xing's body; it was this kind of awe-inspiring aura that made people unable to help but feel reverence.

In front of Lord Chen, even an expert like him seemed to have nothing left but a heart full of reverence and a sense of humbleness.

Recently, the aura on Lord Chen's body has become increasingly intense, as if radiating brilliant light, soaring to the heavens.

For some reason, today, this aura seemed to have a trace of tragic heroism in it.

"They don't know that I have held the reins of the Imperial Court for so many years; if I didn't even have the courage to take a gamble, how could I talk about strengthening the Imperial Court, and how could I talk about reviving the world!"

"They don't know even more that if we are talking about being shameless, this old man should be the number one in the Imperial Court; to this day, I have never feared anyone!"