Family Management Game In Immortal Continent Chapter 784: No Zhao Clan Within The Azure Dynasty

"Greetings, Your Highness." The attendants of the Li Merchant family stepped forward to offer their salutations.

Li Yuanshang and Su Chen showed deep respect as they welcomed the two most prominent figures of the imperial court.

Once the standard formalities were finished, the group took their places at the feast.

Crown Prince Sheng directed a suspicious frown toward Li Yuanshang. "You oily merchant, this Crown Prince has graced you with my presence. Why have your successors not appeared to kneel and offer their respects?"

Li Yuanshang quickly wiped away the beads of cold sweat forming on his brow.

"Your Highness said it best—my Li family are simple merchants, smelling of the stench of copper. My children are no different. Before Your Highness arrived, I already ordered the youngsters to clear out and stay far away."

"Hmph!"

Though Crown Prince Sheng held a deep-seated dislike for Li Yuanshang, he followed the principle of not striking a smiling face.

He spoke with visible impatience, "Li Yuanshang, you and the Imperial Preceptor sent a missive inviting me to this banquet, claiming you intended to hand over the Li Clan Chamber of Commerce to me.

When the people of this world present gifts to this Crown Prince, they usually desire something in return. Speak, let me hear your request."

"My Li clan asks for nothing. Today, Yuanshang merely invited Your Highness here to share a story."

Li Yuanshang stole a quick, subtle look at Lin Wan.

"A story?" Crown Prince Sheng’s eyebrows knitted together slightly.

"A story."

Li Yuanshang began his narration in a steady, rhythmic tone.

"One hundred and sixty thousand years ago, there existed a powerful clan in this world known as the Zhao Clan..."

His words resonated throughout the banquet hall.

Su Chen kept his gaze fixed intently on the Crown Princess, Lin Wan.

From the moment the tale began, her eyes started to shift away in an evasive manner.

When the narrative reached the portion concerning the six Clan Elders of the Zhao Clan...

Clang...

Lin Wan’s grip failed, and her chopsticks fell onto the table, making a sharp metallic sound as they struck the golden bowl.

Crown Prince Sheng had already noted Lin Wan's sudden pallor.

"Wan'er, you... what is the matter?"

Lin Wan stayed silent, her eyes empty. As Li Yuanshang persisted with the story, Crown Prince Sheng’s temper began to flare.

"You, shut your mouth!"

The violent shout startled Li Yuanshang. Su Chen, however, calmly rubbed the ancient "Turmoil" ring on his finger.

Receiving an encouraging nod from Su Chen, Li Yuanshang took a hard swallow and pressed on,

"A demon wiped out the Zhao Clan, yet strangely enough, eighty thousand years later, the Zhao Clan surfaced in the mortal world once more.

During that era, His Majesty had expelled the Wu Clan fifty thousand years prior, but several formidable Immortal Clans and Sects still held dominion over their own territories within the Azure Dynasty.

The things His Majesty despised most were those defiant subjects who refused to follow the rules."

"That ruin was discovered by my clan elders again, and the Zhao Clan was annihilated a second time."

Li Yuanshang exhaled a long breath, staring directly at the terrified Lin Wan.

"Crown Princess, Yuanshang humbly asks you to clear up this confusion: Since you lost your life one hundred and sixty thousand years ago, how is it that you survived in this world eighty thousand years ago?

And exactly what monstrous sins against the heavens did your Immortal Zhao Clan commit to force His Majesty to personally dispatch men to wipe out your Zhao Clan?"

"Bang!"

Unexpectedly, while Lin Wan was paralyzed with fear, it was the enraged Crown Prince Sheng who flipped the table.

The spiritual power of the Divinity Transformation realm erupted from his frame and lashed out at Li Yuanshang, whose face turned white with terror.

Fortunately, Su Chen was ready.

Over these many years, Su Chen had actually reached the Divinity Transformation realm himself!

"Your Highness, Crown Prince, trying to murder a member of my Li family on our own property—are you not pushing things too far?"

Su Chen’s voice was like ice. He could no longer worry about whether the Li family was fully prepared for this confrontation.

If the family was brave enough to challenge the Immortal Zhao Clan and the Crown Prince, then he would stand with them.

Besides, if Xinnian's chubby grandson died right in front of him, how could he ever face his adoptive father, his brother, or his sister-in-law again?

"The nerve!"

The Crown Prince's personal guards were already storming in from outside the Li estate, launching signals to call for reinforcements.

Crown Prince Sheng pulled the trembling Lin Wan into his arms, glaring ahead with fury.

"This Crown Prince showed your Li family respect by attending this fat pig's feast, yet you dare to invent these lies to insult my beauty!"

"Crown Prince!" Rage surged through Li Yuanshang, overwriting his fear.

He yelled, "Are you still blind? What have you been doing all these years? How many ministers have perished by your hand? Look at the person you are holding!"

At that moment, Su Chen's expression shifted as well.

When Li Yuanshang first began exposing the truth to the Crown Prince, Su Chen had felt a sense of relief.

He thought it would be the easiest path: the Prince wakes up, discovers Lin Wan's true identity, and realizes he was a pawn for the Zhao family.

The Prince would then turn his wrath on them, and the Li family wouldn't have to do anything.

But...

"Kill them!"

Crown Prince Sheng screamed in a mad rage, his eyes turning bloodshot. A crowd of guards charged toward Su Chen and Li Yuanshang with lethal intent!

"Curse it, this insane prince! What is going on?!" Li Yuanshang’s face looked terrible.

He had miscalculated, and the elders had been wrong too. They never expected Crown Prince Sheng to be this irrational in such a moment.

Spiritual power flooded the air as it rushed toward them, draining the color from Li Yuanshang’s face. Even Su Chen, standing as a shield to block the strike, looked strained.

Crown Prince Sheng began to leave with Lin Wan, but a Void Refining aura was already closing in from the direction of the Heavenly Palace.

"Yuanshang, escape first!" Su Chen shouted, clenching his teeth.

However, at that exact second, the spiritual power of the Divinity Transformation guard attacking from the front suddenly froze.

As if struck by a bolt of lightning, the guard hung in the air, looking down in confusion at a hole that had appeared in his chest.

It was a perfectly clean wound; for a moment, he could see the scenery behind him through his own body.

A flying sword, appearing from nowhere, slammed into the ground in front of Su Chen and Li Yuanshang.

Immediately after, a figure dressed in white descended from the sky.

The soles of his white boots landed gently upon the sword's hilt.

Sharp Sword Qi spiraled around him; whenever the spiritual power from the attackers touched that Sword Qi, it was instantly destroyed without exception.

The gusts created by the clashing spiritual power tossed the white-robed man's hair back, revealing a face with features as sharp as if they were chiseled from stone.

He tilted his head up slightly, causing the cultivators from the Imperial Capital to stumble back in terror.

"Crawl back to your master. Inform him that whether he is truly a fool or just pretending to be one, he should focus on playing his role as Crown Prince properly."

"From this day forward."

"The Zhao Clan shall no longer exist within the Azure Dynasty."