251: My Master! The strongest man in the Warring States Period!

“You… You said that again?” The Grand Elder, somewhat disbelieving, carefully reconfirmed, “You are… Great Qin’s… Princess?”

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin looked at the Grand Elder’s wonderfully expressive face and understood.

“That’s right.”

“Great Qin’s Eldest Princess, Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin.”

This time, there was no mistake.

The Grand Elder felt a sudden blackout, his heart pounded, and a rush of hot blood surged to his head, almost making him faint from happiness on the spot.

My heavens!

A living one!

This was a living Eldest Princess of the First Emperor!

If this got out, the entire historical community of Great Xia—no, the entire world—would explode on the spot! Pyramids, Hanging Gardens, all would have to step aside!

“Your… Your Highness!” The Grand Elder was so excited his lips trembled, and his form of address changed, because this also confirmed a current mystery for Great Xia.

“Then… then that means, before Earth, did… did transcendent power truly exist?”

“Naturally.” Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin’s tone carried a hint of natural pride. “At the end of the Warring States period, the world underwent a change, and Spiritual Qi experienced a brief revival.”

“It was precisely because of that time that a new generation of Cultivators, like us, emerged, seeking the Great Dao of Longevity.”

“I am not entirely clear on the specific details. All of this was personally told to me by my Revered Master.”

Revered Master!

Another crucial piece of information!

The Grand Elder felt his heart could no longer withstand these successive bombshells. He forcibly suppressed the tumultuous waves in his heart and urgently asked, “May I ask, Your Highness, who is your Revered Master?”

Upon hearing this, Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin unconsciously exuded a deep reverence from the bottom of her heart.

It was the gaze of a believer looking up at a deity.

She slowly raised her head, as if seeing through the conference room ceiling, to that peerless figure standing at the pinnacle of eternity.

“My Revered Master is the strongest in the Warring States era!”

“Great Qin’s Dao Revered Master, Lu Chen!”

Lu Chen!

The Grand Elder etched this name deeply into his heart.

He looked at Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin’s proud expression, and an endless yearning for the legendary “Dao Revered Master Lu Chen” arose in his heart.

What an exceptionally brilliant being could teach such a person?

“Then… then Your Highness, could it be that you have been in slumber for over two thousand years, only awakening today?” the Grand Elder tentatively asked.

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin obviously couldn't answer this question. Should she say that Great Qin still exists today? And that she was sent back to repair the Formation to open the passage between the two worlds?

“You’ve asked enough.”

The Grand Elder’s heart tightened, and he quickly shut his mouth.

He knew he had spoken out of turn.

The person before him was not some weak, defenseless woman, but a Cultivator with heaven-reaching power, capable of suppressing the entire Great Xia by herself… a living ancestor!

“Your Highness, please calm your anger; it was my impudence.” The Grand Elder quickly bowed in apology, then changed the subject, attempting to divert the conversation. “Speaking of which, two unfathomably powerful individuals have also appeared in our Great Xia.”

“Oh?” A hint of interest finally appeared on Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin’s face.

Seeing this, the Grand Elder felt a little relieved. He quickly pulled out a tablet from his pocket, swiped his finger a few times, and brought up a video.

It was a top-secret footage, captured by military equipment and encrypted at the highest level.

The background of the footage was Jinan University, which had already been reduced to ruins.

In the image, two figures stood in confrontation.

One of them was burly, surrounded by monstrous Devilish Qi, and the tyrannical and evil aura, even through the screen, made the Grand Elder’s heart palpitate.

The other wore a green robe, with a calm demeanor, yet seemed to be integrated with this world.

It was Lu Yuchen and Han Yan.

“Your Highness, please look.” The Grand Elder pointed at the screen, his voice solemn. “These two both possess the power to destroy the world. I wonder… does Your Highness recognize them?”

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin’s gaze had completely frozen the moment the screen lit up.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

She looked at the familiar green-robed figure on the screen, a figure so deeply etched into her Soul, and that face, identical to the one in her memories.

Two lines of clear tears silently streamed from her beautiful Phoenix eyes.

They fell onto the polished floor, splashing up tiny droplets of water.

“Plink.”

The Grand Elder was stunned.

What’s happening?

Why is she crying?

Did he do something wrong? Or was there something wrong with the video?

But… but this video, besides being clearer, wasn’t anything special!

“Your Highness, you… you are…” The Grand Elder was at a loss, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Ying Yinman, Princess of Great Qin did not answer.

She stared at the screen, which was now filled with over two thousand years of suppressed longing, grievances, excitement… all emotions intertwined, almost overwhelming her.

After a long while, she slowly, with great difficulty, squeezed out two words through gritted teeth.

“…I recognize them.”

Then, as if using all her strength, she slowly raised her head, her tear-soaked eyes looking at the Grand Elder, who was already terrified, and she spoke slowly, word by word.

“That Devil Head is Han Yan, the Great Devil of the ancient Demonic Sect, Mora Palace!”

“The person confronting him is named Lu Chen, the strongest in the Warring States period, Great Qin’s Dao Revered Master, and the Sect Master of Tai Xuan Immortal Sect!”

“And also…”

She paused, and on her tear-streaked, beautiful face, a smile of profound, heartfelt pride emerged, enough to make the heavens and earth lose their color.

“He is my… Revered Master!”

…Meanwhile.

Guangnan City, Lu Family Villa, balcony.

A young man wearing flip-flops and baggy shorts was sprawled out on a rocking chair, leisurely eating grapes.

“Ah…choo!”

He sneezed loudly without warning, almost spitting out the grape seeds in his mouth.

He rubbed his nose, muttering with some annoyance.

“Who is it?”

“Always thinking about me, day in and day out.”

…In the conference room in the capital.

The Grand Elder’s mind was blank.

Lu Chen?

Revered Master?

He subconsciously cast his gaze towards a top-secret file in his hand.

It clearly stated—

Lu Yuchen, male, Han ethnicity.

According to his niece Lu Xiaoya’s address, and household registration records, his older brother is named Lu Xiangyang, and his father is named Lu Jianguo. Lu Yuchen himself disappeared twenty years ago, and by all accounts, from birth until now, he is only… forty-four years old.

Forty-four years old… Warring States era…