Chapter 1403: The Magnanimous Human Emperor

Xiao Fan nodded…

Hou Wanli had once told him the same thing before…

At that time, the Prodigies invading the Nine Provinces… the most powerful among them only possessed the strength of the Zhanming Realm.

This point matched what Hou Wanli had said back then.

Xiao Fan estimated… this middle-aged man should have never left the Secret Realm all these years.

It somewhat conflicted with the information he had gathered from Hou Wanli's side.

"What is your name?" Xiao Fan asked.

"Your Majesty… this subordinate is Commander Liang Kong, the former leader of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard!" Commander Liang Kong said respectfully.

Xiao Fan nodded…

Next, he asked a few more questions about the Secret Realm.

Among them, what he was most concerned about was… whether he could directly take away that Power of Laws.

"Your Majesty… on this point… this subordinate is unable to help. The previous Human Emperor set up the Secret Realm… specifically so that talented Prodigy descendants could take away this Power of Laws… Apart from that, there is no other way…"

"Furthermore… according to what the Human Emperor said back then, one must first obtain this Power of Laws… and then have me reveal the location of the temple where Hou Wanli is… to go and receive the recognition of the immeasurable divine pearl!!"

Commander Liang Kong recounted the past events to Xiao Fan.

The Human Emperor had first arranged for Hou Wanli.

And afterwards, he prepared to leave this Secret Realm…

Xiao Fan let out a breath… and shook his head with a wry smile.

He had originally thought he could avoid the trials of the next two stages.

As it turned out… he still had to accept the trials.

Xiao Fan scanned the nearby Gold-Armored Warriors…

These blue lights were their Primordial Spirits that were about to dissipate back then… or had already dissipated, and were re-condensed.

They had once died for the Nine Provinces.

Surviving on was only for the sake of another bloody battle in the future!!

Suddenly… a sense of reverence arose from his heart.

Xiao Fan bowed to these Gold-Armored Warriors all around…

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Countless Gold-Armored Warriors knelt on one knee in unison!!!

"Your Majesty… there is no need for this!!" Commander Liang Kong also hurriedly saluted and said.

After all, Xiao Fan was of the Human Race of the Nine Provinces.

And these Gold-Armored Warriors… were all soldiers who had once shed blood for the Nine Provinces.

Xiao Fan let out a breath and asked: "Are there… any other people in the Secret Realm?"

"Replying to Your Majesty… apart from Your Majesty, there are no living people in the Secret Realm." Commander Liang Kong said respectfully.

Xiao Fan was a bit curious and asked about the people hiding in the spirit beast bag.

Everything before was just his guess…

"Your Majesty… hiding in a spirit beast bag can indeed avoid the trials… but without accepting the ten stages of trials… in the end, it is impossible to receive the Power of Laws!" Commander Liang Kong said respectfully.

"As expected…" Xiao Fan nodded.

Although there were some discrepancies with his guess, the difference was not significant.

Suddenly… another phantom appeared before Xiao Fan, slowly condensing into a human shape.

"It is you?" Xiao Fan was stunned.

"Greetings… Your Majesty!"

The figure that suddenly appeared bowed in salute, but their expression was full of worry and fear…

"Hehehehe…" Xiao Fan looked at the figure and laughed: "Was it satisfying to strike me with lightning just now?"

"No… no, I dare not… Your Majesty, that was a trial… I was truly not targeting you, Your Majesty… I hope Your Majesty will forgive me…" The figure said hurriedly.

"Forget it… I do not blame you." Xiao Fan let out a breath and waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty…" The figure said.

This person was the face that had just manifested on the thundercloud…

Originally, Xiao Fan had been very angry.

But after seeing him… the bit of anger in his heart disappeared.

This person was also in a spiritual state… only his consciousness was clear.

No need to think… just like those Gold-Armored Warriors, he had long since died in battle; these were just remnant spirits here.

His name was: Ling Zhan.

He was a deputy general of the Imperial Guard.

Afterwards, several more deputy generals of the Imperial Guard appeared… all saluting Xiao Fan in unison.

However, these deputy generals were all in a spiritual state… wearing gold armor, but their intelligence was clearly damaged.

After all, they were in a state of remnant spirits… completely different from a normal situation.

These Imperial Guards were all the trusted aides of the Human Emperor back then, loyal to the Human Emperor…

"Thank you for your hard work." Xiao Fan said to these Gold-Armored Warriors.

These Gold-Armored Warriors knelt on one knee and saluted respectfully.

"It is not hard work!"

Their voices were loud, but they lacked liveliness.

Xiao Fan let them all withdraw first…

Next… the dense crowd of Gold-Armored Warriors respectfully saluted Xiao Fan, and then disappeared into the Void Realm.

Commander Liang Kong also left first…

Xiao Fan let out a breath. He thought for a moment and decided to release Lan Lin first to see how she was doing…