Fantasy: Empress Wife, Cute Kids Cause Havoc in Jiuzhou

"These two adorable kids are truly my lucky stars."

Seeing the power of the God Casting Array diminish, Long Yufei was overjoyed, while the old woman’s face also broke into a smile.

"Damn kids, stop right there."

The State Governor roared furiously, but in just a moment, Chu Xin and Chu Chen, the siblings, had each unearthed another Array Base, weakening the power of the God Casting Array once again.

Indifferent to his impotent rage, the siblings continued to search for the Array Bases hidden underground.

They transformed into diligent little bees, cheerfully swinging their small hoes, vigorously digging into the ground.

The mysterious glow on the little hoe flashed, defying the prohibitions of the God Casting Array, and swiftly they made a hole in the ground before quickly picking up another Array Base and storing it in the Sumeru Ring.

Muttering about the good treasure while waving the little hoe even more joyfully.

"That little hoe is also an incredible treasure."

Long Yufei and the elderly woman among others were secretly astonished.

Normally, the Array Bases of a Formation have prohibitions guarding them, and even an Array Master entering another’s Formation couldn’t break the prohibitions and take the Array Bases in a short time.

But that little hoe could actually ignore the prohibitions of the God Casting Array, which was simply outrageous.

And seriously, what respectable father would forge such a treasure for his children?

"You wretched kids, I will tear you to pieces."

The State Governor’s strength had dropped back to Martial Venerate, and knowing he was no match for the old woman, he turned his target towards Chu Xin and her brother Chu Chen.

Even if he were to die, he’d take these two troublemakers with him.

He brought out a Seal, it was the Lanzhou State Governor Seal.

True Qi surged into it, and the Seal suddenly enlarged, hovering above, bearing down on the siblings.

The Seal released a terrifying power, locking the space around the siblings, leaving no room to dodge and forcing them to take it head-on.

"Sister, this treasure seems quite nice."

Chu Chen looked at the Seal bearing down from above, his face full of excitement.

"Good for cracking walnuts."

Chu Xin nodded in agreement, even considering its future use.

Cracking walnuts?

The State Governor almost choked on his own rage. This was the Lanzhou State Governor’s Seal, an Upper Grade Holy Artifact, and these kids were talking about using it to crack walnuts?

"Young friends, this is the Lanzhou State Governor Seal, you can’t just take it."

The old woman was also startled; this thing was not just an Upper Grade Holy Artifact but also combined with the State Governor Seal to suppress the fortunes of a state. Without the State Governor Seal, there could be trouble. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Oh, in that case, never mind, I’ll go back to digging for Array Bases."

Upon hearing that they couldn’t take it, Chu Xin immediately lost interest and ignored the falling Seal, continuing her treasure hunt with the little hoe in another spot.

"Sister, wait for me."

Chu Chen also carried his little hoe and ran after her.

"How is this possible?"

The State Governor controlling the Seal was flabbergasted.

When the Seal bore down, it was supposed to lock space, preventing the enemy from moving and forcing them to take the hit head-on.

Although my own strength wasn’t sufficient to fully unleash the power of the seal, the fact that these two brats were completely unaffected was a bit too much.

"Nothing is impossible."

The old woman snorted coldly. Those two youngsters could even beat up a Martial Saint at the middle stage, yet you, a mere Martial Venerate, thought you could imprison them with just a Holy Artifact? How naïve.

She waved the Seven Star Holy Sword in her hand, and a sword qi tore through the air, sending the seal flying.

During its backward flight, the seal shrank continuously, quickly returning to its original size, and was caught single-handedly by Long Yufei.

Meanwhile, the State Governor, struck by a powerful backlash, spat blood and knelt on the ground.

The old woman swung her Holy Sword repeatedly, directly crippling the State Governor’s cultivation, and threw him in front of Long Yufei like a piece of trash.

Long Yufei sat back down, looking coldly at the State Governor lying on the ground with a vacant expression, and asked icily, "Speak, what reason do you have to block my entry into the State Mansion? Could it be that you killed the previous State Governor?"

"It wasn’t me."

The State Governor regained his senses and glanced at Long Yufei, seemingly accepting his fate, and said coldly, "The previous State Governor was at the peak of Martial Saint. How could someone like me, a mere Martial Venerate, possibly kill him?"

"Then why did you block my entry into the State Mansion?" Long Yufei continued, knowing full well the State Governor couldn’t have killed his predecessor.

The State Governor got up, moved a chair, and sat down, saying indifferently, "It’s nothing, just that I took some benefits from a few major powers to let their disciples advance all the way in the Lanzhou grand competition and enter the Lanzhou Secret Realm for cultivation. I never thought of killing the State Governor, just wanted to delay his taking office by a month. Even if he wanted to punish me after the competition, it would only be a fine or removal from office, which is nothing compared to what they offered."

"Did they also bribe the previous State Governor?"

Long Yufei frowned slightly, his mind racing through numerous possibilities; perhaps the previous State Governor, not taking their bribes, was ultimately murdered by their collective efforts?

"I don’t know about that."

The State Governor shook his head and said flatly, "I did what I had to do, and what I shouldn’t have done, but this has nothing to do with my family, please spare them."

Long Yufei stared at the State Governor for a long time, then asked, "If it was just about taking bribes to manipulate the Lanzhou grand competition, as you said, at most you would be removed from office, not deserving of death. But you attempted to poison me, knowing full well that whether you succeeded or failed, you would die. Why would you do that?"

The State Governor laughed uproariously, retorting, "Has the State Governor ever heard the saying, blocking someone’s wealth is like killing their parents; how can one not avenge their parents’ deaths?"

Long Yufei fell silent, clearly unable to comprehend such a mindset, and after a while turned to look at the officials who were either unconscious or healing their wounds, and asked, "Are there any accomplices? Confess truthfully, and you may reduce your sentence."

"Accomplices? You mean these useless things?"

The State Governor turned his head to look at the group of officials, his gaze lingering on his steward for a moment, and scoffed, "A bunch of cowards afraid of dying, how could they accomplish anything great?"

Long Yufei stared at the State Governor for a moment, then turned her head to look at Chu Chen, who was still digging for treasures, and called out, "Ai Kaorou, could I borrow a Truth Talisman from you?"

"Sure, Aunt Long."

Chu Chen nodded, putting away the recently unearthed Array Base into the Sumeru Ring and tossed over a Talisman.

Truth Talisman?

The State Governor’s eyes narrowed, then he shouted loudly, "In the game of kings and losers, since I have lost, I fear nothing but death."

With that, he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his chest and thrust it at Long Yufei.

"Seeking death!"

The old woman yelled angrily, her Holy Sword just beginning to swing when a figure rushed in from behind.

"State Governor, be careful."

As soon as the words were spoken, a long sword pierced through the State Governor’s back.

The State Governor looked down at the sword tip protruding from his chest, his lips parted as if he wanted to say something, but only a mouthful of blood flowed out.

The dagger fell from his hands, and his body collapsed powerlessly, his eyes wide open,—fixated on the steward wielding the long sword.