Chapter 688: Chapter 550: Secret Level News

The two returned the same way, and just as they were about to step into the Array, it suddenly lit up and two figures emerged from it. It was Ai Lin, accompanied by Suolin. The Suolin before their eyes was none other than the current Empress of the Green Dragon Empire.

More than a year after becoming the empress, the aura of the ruler had gradually become apparent. Over the course of this year, Suolin governed the country with excellent wisdom, and also used an iron hand to purge domestic forces inclined towards the Black Dragon Empire, ensuring power remained firmly in her hands.

"Greetings, Your Majesty Kirei."

Suolin nodded her head in salute to Kirei.

"Greetings, Queen Suolin."

Kirei likewise bowed with a smile. He had not interacted much with Suolin herself, and thus did not feel particularly affected by her change in status.

"Then, I will accompany His Majesty Kirei as he departs first."

Ai Lin gave a slight smile as she told the three of them.

Long Yi nodded as Kirei ascended the Array with Ai Lin.

As the light just faded on this side, a warm body had already rushed into Long Yi’s arms from the other side.

"I missed you!"

Long Yi was stunned at first but then opened his arms to embrace Suolin.

Suolin’s emotions towards Long Yi were still quite complex.

Back when he was an assassin, the name Long Yi had already been well-known. When elf mentor Yavenny came knocking on the door, and suppressed her with a thunderous force but ended up sparing her life, he gave her the name Long Yi. That was the first time Suolin became aware of Long Yi.

Later on, when the third prince of the White Dragon Empire, Tilian, hired the Blood Coagulation assassin to kill Long Yi, the name became truly ingrained in her mind. Even though in retrospect, Tilian’s actions seemed merely to pave the way for his entry into the Black Dragon Empire. But it was then that Suolin remembered this figure who had survived being targeted by top-ranked assassins.

As time passed, the Black Dragon Empire began to place more and more importance on Long Yi. Being the Black Dragon Empire’s secret weapon, Blood Coagulation gathered a lot of information about Long Yi for the black dragon empire. With this information, Suolin acquired quite an in-depth understanding of Long Yi.

Put simply, as long as one didn’t provoke him, Long Yi was a good man.

Long Yi was passionate about helping others and he always seemed to derive joy from doing so, sometimes receiving considerable rewards. But when it came to enemies, Long Yi didn’t seem to have a habit of showing mercy.

This was a man who had clear likes and dislikes.

The day she faced Long Yi directly was when he proposed to exchange her Black Dragon Empire intelligence for the cancellation of her contract. She accepted without much hesitation.

It was because she knew that Long Yi never failed to keep his word.

Just as she thought, not only did he dissolve the contract between her and Kaniel, that old bastard, but he also gave her even greater power, allowing her to chop off Kaniel’s head and burn it into ashes herself. Now, he has even allowed her to return to her own body and become the empress of the Green Dragon Empire!

Suolin could never forget when she was on the verge of dying, Ai Lin told her that Long Yi had even expended his life as a price to travel back in time to attempt to kill Tilian!

Suolin believed that in this world, apart from her grandfather, there could probably be no other person that would treat her so well.

However, there was still a barrier between Suolin and Long Yi.

The Suolin who was always with Long Yi, although bearing the same name, was a Symbiosis formed by her soul and her contracted dragon merging. Now that she had returned to her own body, Suolin always worried that she would be rejected by Long Yi.

However, the moment Long Yi’s large hand held her tightly in his arms, she knew that all her worries were unnecessary.

Long Yi recounted everything that had happened in the past year to Suolin, and Suolin told Long Yi about her becoming the empress.

Even though Suolin had already sent her contracted dragon, Suolin, to Long Yi’s side, she was still not at ease about Long Yi’s safety. But now that she’s the empress, even if worried, she can’t spend the whole day with Long Yi. She has her own country to run, but that does not mean she is totally unprepared.

Suolin told Long Yi that although the Dragon Island recalled the Flying Dragons of the Dragon Island, the impact on the Green Dragon Empire was not as great as imagined.

The Green Dragon Empire, as a forest empire, has a particular native dragon species, which is the Chameleon. Having found a way to breed the Chameleons, they had already bred hundreds of Chameleon Dragons, providing new mounts for the Dragon Riders who had lost their own dragons.

If Long Yi needed it, the Green Dragon Empire could assemble a Chameleon Knight Legion in a short amount of time.

From beginning to end, Suolin held Long Yi like that, with the two of them standing in place. Unconsciously, Suolin found that her legs had already gone numb.

"Let me support you and let’s take a slow walk," Long Yi said smilingly.

"Oh, okay..." Suolin’s face flushed. She never thought that she could be so unguarded.

Just at this moment, Ruosha suddenly appeared in the Array. She saw Suolin with a blush, limping along under Long Yi’s support. Many inappropriate scenes floated in her mind!

"You, you, you! What were you doing just now!"

Ruosha extended her soft fingertip and asked Long Yi loudly.

"Me? I didn’t do anything," Long Yi looked confused. They were just talking and Suolin’s legs got numb, that’s all.

"Don’t lie to me! You think I don’t know! I’ve already asked around! You must have done...that thing!" Ruosha’s face was flushed red.

After hearing what Ruosha said, Suolin’s face reddened urgently, she pushed away from Long Yi’s hand, trying to walk towards Ruosha to explain.

"No! We didn’t do anything..."

As she was speaking, Suolin, whose legs were numb, suddenly fell to the ground.

"Look! Blushing like that, so weak!" Ruosha shrieked.

"Stop yelling, you fool. Which idiot told you all that?" Long Yi helped Suolin up, shooting Ruosha a frustrated glance.

Ruosha realizing Long Yi’s expression, knew she probably got it wrong this time. Because if Long Yi had actually done something, he would certainly not have this kind of expression.

"Is it not?" Ruosha tilted her head, looking perplexed.

"Definitely not!"

With Ruosha’s commotion, the atmosphere instantly lightened.

Suolin had a good physique to begin with, and her numb legs recovered quickly. Long Yi led her away from the underground. The so-called opening ceremony was about to begin.

The so-called foundation ceremony generally follows a similar process.

Long Yi stood at the top of the fortress, loudly proclaiming.

"The Gentle Wind Empire is established today!"

Then, Long Yi’s troop of animal soldiers began to march around the castle in a grand parade.

Theoretically, it should be like this.

But obviously, Long Yi is not that boring.

This celebration is indeed a real celebration!

Long Yi brought in famous acrobatic troupes from around the world, popular singers, as well as various renowned artists to perform in turns, and there was more than enough delicious food.

The representatives attending the celebration were completely flabbergasted.

Is this the so-called founding celebration? It looks like it’s just the level of a casual royal celebration, right?

Everyone watched Long Yi flitting among the crowd, then looked again at Ai Lin and Suolin standing next to him.

"Wait a minute, isn’t Suolin the queen of the Green Dragon Empire?" someone asked.

"Shh! You don’t understand! There is a secret history to this!" Some smart alec replied, spouting a rumor full of obvious holes.

"Does that mean they were lovers?"

Smack!

The first person was slapped hard on the back of his head.

"Brother, some things are better left unsaid. If you keep speaking so carelessly in the future, even I won’t be able to help you, got it?"

A few councilors from the Fertile Plains Federation were huddled together, speaking in low voices, when Long Yi came over.

"Long Yi... Your Majesty..." the councilors struggled to get the awkward phrase out.

"Haha, everyone must enjoy the food and drink, okay." Long Yi said in high spirits.

"Absolutely, absolutely!" The councilors eagerly responded.

Seeing Long Yi walk away, one councilor asked quietly:

"Is this considered a ceremony?"

Another councilor lowered his voice even more to comment:

"Judging by the circumstances, it should be it."

"Somehow, it feels like we’re just playing house. A country with no citizens or suitable land. What’s the point of establishing a nation here?"

"Maybe he’s just doing this for fun, why do you care so much."

"True, what does it have to do with us..."

Murmurings like these were heard from all corners. Occasionally, some reached Long Yi’s ears, but he didn’t mind.

After all, they were stating the facts.

Long Yi’s intention of establishing a nation is merely a pretense to sever ties completely with other humans. Should conflict arise with the Dragon Clan in the future, innocent people wouldn’t be implicated.

Simply put, it’s nothing more than playing house.

On the vast Gentle Wind Plain, there’s only this one enormous fortress, inhabited by over three hundred people. There are no other citizens beyond these walls. Their currency is the White Dragon currency, and all food and vegetables are imported from the Fertile Plains Federation, transported by airships rented from the White Dragon Empire.

Anyway...

This is really just playing house!

But it’s exactly because it’s "playing house" that Long Yi can truly start preparing without worry. Even if the Dragon Clan attacks tomorrow, he has nothing to fear.

The celebration lasted for one day, with everyone who attended coming to know of Long Yi’s existence without gaining any useful information. Or rather, they didn’t even expect to obtain any such info.

After all, he’s just role-playing as an emperor.

It may be a large-scale role-play, but, after all, who could object? He is, after all, the top contributor to the White Dragon Empire.

Some people were jealous and envious, wanting to join the fun. But after assessing their abilities, they were content to just watch on with envy. They couldn’t afford to join in the game.

As the celebration ended, people gradually left. Kirei and Suolin were the last to go. As emperors, they naturally couldn’t stay here.

However, Long Yi noticed that there was still an old man standing there.

No, he just arrived!

Seeing Long Yi, the anxious old man immediately showed a hint of joy. Long Yi noticed that this old man was the same elder dragon who had previously warned him about his identity as a giant being discovered.

"Lord Long Yi! I’m glad you’re finally here!" The elder dragon ran over, speaking excitedly.

"What happened?" Long Yi was a little perplexed. Shouldn’t the Dragon Clan be furious, and their army be flooding over to drown him by now? Why does he look like he’s just seen his savior?

"Big trouble!" the elder dragon whispered, "Dragon Island, is at war!"

"Against me?"

"No! We, the Dragon Clan, are at civil war!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)