Chapter 117 - Imperial Court of Yunyang Country (1/2)

Chapter 117: Imperial Court of Yunyang Country

“Donghuang, are you speaking the truth?” Lin Lan asked seriously.

“Mm.” Zhou Donghuang nodded.

“Which family is she from?” asked Lin Lan anxiously. “Is she a lady from a reputable family? Or just an ordinary family? You are already eighteen and an adult who can get married. If the two of you love each other, can I visit her family someday? After that, you can marry her on a favorable day.” Lin Lan seemed anxious to marry Zhou Donghuang off so that she may hold a grandchild soon.

“Mother, she is not from this planet,” answered Zhou Donghuang, shaking his head sadly.

“What do you mean?” replied Lin Lan with a frown.

“I meant that she is not from Ziyun planet,” said Zhou Donghuang.

“Not from this planet? You mean she is from another planet?” Lin Lan’s eyes narrowed. “From what I know, only magnificent practitioners who have achieved Primal Core stage can leave the planet. Are you trying to tell me… she is someone like that?”

“Yes,” answered Zhou Donghuang, nodding seriously.

“Donghuang, your power… could it be from her?” Lin Lan breathed in sharply as she asked.

Zhou Donghuang was stunned: he had never imagined that his mother would link his power with Luo Qinghan. But soon, he realized. From his current performance, it was indeed unusual, but if he had gotten into contact with a magnificent practitioner, his power would make more sense.

“Yes,” he nodded.

Lin Lan’s brows furrowed. “Donghuang, since she is a magnificent practitioner who has entered the Primal Core stage, how old is she? As far as I know, on Ziyun planet, magnificent practitioners who have achieved the Primal Core stage are all at least a hundred years old. The younger ones are all almost a hundred years old. Although they may live up to three centuries… but at such an old age, won’t it affect their fertility?”

“Mother,” responded Zhou Donghuang, laughing. “She is not that old, at most just two or three years older.”

“Just two or three years older than you but achieving the Primal Core stage? You think I’m stupid?” Lin Lan clearly did not believe him.

“Mother, just two days ago in Tianxiu City, you told me… there is always someone better. There are some planets out there with twenty-year-old adepts achieving the Primal Core, some even younger than that,” replied Zhou Donghuang.

Quickly, using practice as his excuse, Zhou Donghuang escaped to his room and sat cross-legged on the bed frame, but he could not calm himself. Towards Luo Qinghan, even he was unsure of what he felt towards her.

Was it responsibility? Or had he really fallen for her? The former was acceptable, but the latter was simply unimaginable because they had only met once and did not know each other at all. As someone who had been single for a whole millennium, Zhou Donghuang was still clueless about relationships.

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Yunyang country was ruled by the imperial court, the Jiang family. For a country like Yunyang, the innermost city was the imperial city, while the imperial city of Yunyang country was named the Yunyang imperial city.

The palace of the imperial court was found within the imperial city. As the ruler of the country, the Jiang family was so high in status that even the royal households of the big ridges meant nothing to them.

And now, the atmosphere was tense in the imperial court. This was all caused by someone’s sudden appearance.