"Your Majesty has summoned the ministers to morning court, is there anything you want to say?" Fan Li asked.
Xiang Ning was so angry she nearly cried!
It was always the Emperor who held morning court for the ministers to memorialize affairs or withdraw if they had no business. How did it turn around to her having to report work to her ministers? Does she have to report to her subordinates?
'I am the direct bloodline descendant of Overlord Xiang Yu, how can I be bullied by my ministers?!' Xiang Ning gritted her teeth and stood up, walking forward a few steps!
She deliberately let Fan Li fall behind her and only faced the ministers to speak.
"Ministers listen, I have been in seclusion for over a month and successively broken through two realms! My current cultivation has reached the first stage of the Nascent Soul Realm!"
When Xiang Ning finished speaking, the civil and military officials were in an uproar!
Because the civil and military ministers of Chu knew that the Xiang imperial clan had the Overlord's bloodline. Once they reached Nascent Soul Realm or higher, they could urge the Overlord Spear.
Although no descendants of past Chu Emperors had reached the height of the legendary Chu Overlord, they could still overawe the ministers.
All because of the ancestral weapon left behind by the founding emperor, the Overlord Spear!
"Your Majesty, can you wield the Overlord Spear now?" an elderly minister excitedly asked.
Xiang Ning smiled without replying. Her confidence had clearly affected the ministers.
"Oh no, is this treacherous minister about to fall from power?" Fan Li muttered to himself.
After Xiang Ning announced reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, the gaze of the ministers looking at Fan Li had clearly changed.
Previously it was ingratiation, flattery and fawning. Now it had turned into hesitation, bewilderment, and even alienation.
There's a saying, when the tree falls the monkeys scatter, but he hadn't fallen yet and the monkeys were already about to flee?
Just as Fan Li was feeling emotional, there was suddenly a "ding" sound in his mind!
"New mission released: Show off your might and prestige."
"Mission description: The Chu Emperor has obtained the ministers' support through force. Host please overwhelm the Chu Emperor in might."
"Mission Reward: 1 Undying Pellet."
"PS: Higher quality completion of the mission may obtain more rewards."
Bully the little emperor again?
Fan Li awkwardly scratched his nose. The Villain System has issued another mission, but does he even have the ability to complete it?
The other party was already at the first stage of Nascent Soul Realm while he had just entered the Body Refinement Realm. There was a difference of four whole realms, who was overwhelming who?
"Ministers!" Xiang Ning shouted loudly, the corner of her eye proudly glancing at Fan Li.
"Your subordinate is present!" The civil and military ministers simultaneously knelt down, the very image of loyal subjects listening to the saintly teachings.
Xiang Ning was so emotional she nearly cried. This was the majesty a Son of Heaven ought to have!
"Follow Us outside the hall. Witness the divine might of the Overlord Spear!"
Just outside the main hall, the imperial palace plaza.
Xiang Ning raised her right hand to the sky and shouted, "Spear, come!"
From the direction of the imperial armory, a blood red ray of light abruptly shone. Then a shape like a crimson flood dragon shot over.
The crimson dragon shadow landed towards Xiang Ning and she steadily caught it, transforming into a battle spear that gave off a faint blood red glow from tip to end!
"The Overlord Spear!"
A minister cried out in surprise. The ministers once again knelt down and knocked their heads towards the ancestral weapon of the founding emperor.
On the surface Xiang Ning looked glorious, but she felt extremely pressured inside.
"So heavy, it feels like I'm carrying a mountain?"
Xiang Ning, who originally wielded the spear with one hand, didn't have time to strike an impressive pose. She immediately switched to using both hands to barely keep the Overlord Spear held horizontally in front of her chest.
At the Nascent Soul Realm, she could barely wield the Overlord Spear.
But Xiang Ning was determined to establish her might today. She secretly gathered all her strength, gritting her teeth and abruptly erupting with power!
"Overlord Skill — Blood River!"
Xiang Ning leapt high into the air, the Overlord Spear stabbing straight towards the firmament.
Before their very eyes, a visible torrent of bloody aura speared a huge hole in the sea of clouds above, seemingly piercing the very heavens with a single strike!
"Your Majesty is mighty!"
"Long live, long live, long live the Emperor!"
The ministers of Great Chu unanimously cried out. At this moment, everyone was Xiang Ning's most loyal subject. Everyone except Fan Li.
Fan Li looked up at Xiang Ning in midair, but his brows were locked in a frown.
He discovered that Xiang Ning's face was deathly pale, as if she was exhausted from overexertion.
Xiang Ning was currently seventy to eighty meters above the ground. Raising her head to gaze at the hole she punctured in the sea of clouds, her smile was radiant.
But in the next second, Xiang Ning felt dizzy and dim, her four limbs incomparably heavy.
"My spear..." Still in midair, her hands could no longer grip the Overlord Spear that she dropped.
Xiang Ning also belatedly realized two seconds later that she had lost her weight and was plummeting downwards.
"My primal energy was completely drained by the Overlord Spear? Don't tell me I'm going to fall to my death?" Xiang Ning hazily thought.
She was afraid that in all the years Great Chu had stood, she would be the first emperor to fall to her death. If time could rewind, Xiang Ning never wanted to touch this divine weapon again...
Whoosh!
While she was distracted by her thoughts, she felt herself falling into a warm embrace.
"Ah? Someone caught Us? You shall be heavily rewarded for saving Us!"
Xiang Ning forcefully opened her eyes, but saw a familiar figure. "Tre...treacherous minister..."
The corner of Fan Li's mouth twitched as he thought, serves you right for saying what you actually think. Saving your life yet you speak the thoughts in your heart?
Xiang Ning also realized her slip of the tongue. Her face flushed red and she hurriedly lowered her voice, "Father Minister? Many thanks to Father Minister for saving me...My Overlord Spear!?"
At this time, Fan Li had one arm holding Xiang Ning while his other hand gripped the Overlord Spear held over his head. His appearance was rather majestic!
"As expected of the Mirror Image of All Races, it can disregard bloodlines and even wield the Overlord Spear." Fan Li muttered to himself.
The rewards from the Villain System were truly reliable! Braving danger to catch the Overlord Spear, he really encountered no mishaps at all. As for the feel of the Overlord Spear, Fan Li thought it was no different from an ordinary weapon.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Fan Li lowered his head to see Xiang Ning's eyes brimming with tears while she stared resentfully at him.
Although she was dressed as a man in dragon robes, it still reminded Fan Li of when she cross-dressed as a woman.
Xiang Ning didn't speak, only biting her lip with silver teeth while twisting her head aside. She was the very image of aggrievement.
Only then did the ministers cautiously approach.
"Prime Minister, you caught the Overlord Spear?" A minister of the Nine Courts gingerly asked.
Fan Li nodded. "Mm, I have also started cultivating recently."
The ministers were in an uproar!
As expected of the Prime Minister!
He never cultivated before, yet displayed stunning talent once he started!
"The Prime Minister is mighty!"
"The Prime Minister's divine power shakes the world!"
"The Prime Minister has rendered great merit in saving His Majesty this time. He should be granted a princely title and nine special gifts!"
The crowd swiftly transformed into sycophants, quickly forgetting about Xiang Ning.
The little emperor can use the Overlord Spear? Was that very impressive? Just look at our Prime Minister, accomplished in both civil and military arts!