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Immediately following, a child's cry echoed through the room.

Hearing the child's cry, Xiao Wenyao was momentarily stunned. Her instinct told her this was her child, but she hadn't felt anything just now—had the child simply come into the world like that?

Xiao Wenyao slowly shifted her body, then looked down only to find that her bulging belly had disappeared.

Xiao Wenyao couldn't help thinking that the people of the Prince's Mansion hadn't been wrong—giving birth as a woman of the Prince's Mansion wasn't so difficult after all. She recalled the people of the grasslands saying that childbirth could cost half one's life, and she had always felt some fear regarding it.

But now, the child was born just like that.

Lu Chen said to a bewildered Xiao Wenyao with a smile, "Yaoyao, from today on, you are a mother too. You can't continue playing around as you did before."

Xiao Wenyao was a bit like those young modern women who weren't ready to have children but ended up giving birth; she hadn't yet gathered her playful spirit. Women like her generally didn't know how to take care of children and lacked a sense of responsibility, unlike mature women such as Yelv Nanyan.

Hearing Lu Chen's reminder, Xiao Wenyao said with a blushing face, "This servant understands."

Soon, the midwife brought the child to them, and it turned out that Xiao Wenyao had given birth to a boy as well.

Lu Chen thought for a moment, then named the child.

After staying with Xiao Wenyao for a while, Lu Chen then went to Yelv Nanyan's room. After all, he had left in such a hurry earlier, he hadn't even named the child.

Having spent roughly half an hour with Yelv Nanyan, Lu Chen finally headed to the study to see what rewards the system had given him.

Entering the study, Lu Chen couldn't wait to open the system interface.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a child, reward: Tai Chu Divine Hall.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a child, reward: Sunset Sword Sect.]

Hm?

Seeing the two system prompts, Lu Chen paused for a moment.

That simple?

However, Lu Chen quickly realized that both the Sunset Sword Sect and the Tai Chu Divine Hall could be accessed; there were even second-level system pages.

Immediately, Lu Chen clicked on the words [Tai Chu Divine Hall].

[Tai Chu Divine Hall: Located on Tai Chu Island in the Southeast Sea, ruling over six million people, possesses one Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse, six Pseudo Celestials, numerous Grandmasters, and Grandmasters.]

Lu Chen was utterly stunned.

The rewards this time were too terrifying.

A Celestial, plus six Pseudo Celestials?

And that was just one of the rewards.

Lu Chen quickly exited and opened [Sunset Sword Sect].

[Sunset Sword Sect: Located on Sunset Island along the southeastern coast, ruling over seven million people, possesses one Heavenly Human Realm powerhouse, eight Pseudo Celestials, numerous Grandmasters, and Grandmasters.]

Reading the introductions of these two forces, Lu Chen couldn't help but think, did he still need to remain low-profile?

At this moment, the system prompt sounded.

[The host can issue one command to both the Tai Chu Divine Hall and the Sunset Sword Sect.]

Lu Chen immediately said to the system, "Have them contact this prince at once."

Lu Chen had never heard of the Tai Chu Divine Hall and the Sunset Sword Sect before, and given their locations in the Southeast Sea, it was clear without thinking that they were very far from the Great Xia Dynasty.

They probably couldn't make it over in a short time; it would be better to establish contact first.

[The Sect Master of the Sunset Sword Sect and the Divine Master of the Tai Chu Divine Hall have received the host's command. They are sending people to the Great Xia Dynasty.]

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At this time, Lu Chen realized that in this world, Celestials were not as scarce as people thought; they simply stayed hidden in certain corners, which was why few knew about them.

He wondered why these Celestials kept such a low profile.

Now with the addition of two more Celestials to his forces, taking down the Great Xia Dynasty shouldn't be too much of a problem.

However...

A sudden concern arose in Lu Chen's heart. He had gained several Celestials through the system; what if other dynasties also had Celestials? Perhaps when he aimed to conquer the major dynasties, he might encounter obstruction from Celestials.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen rubbed his temples. Now was not the time to think about this.

First, he would become the Emperor of Great Xia.

...

With the birth of the children of Xiao Wenyao and Yelv Nanyan, the war of North Country against the Great Xia Dynasty also began. This time, Lu Chen prepared to dispatch three major armies to march southward.

One was led by Xuanyuan Chen, another by Mu Changtian, and the third was the Navy led by Wei Siyuan.

The army led by Xuanyuan Chen was to march directly south, first taking over Qi Country, and then continue southward.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The army led by Mu Changtian would attack from Youping County of the Great Wu Dynasty, entering Heyang County and directly overthrowing Lu Yi's stronghold.

The Navy led by Wei Siyuan, was naturally to travel along the sea southward, attacking from the seafront.

As for Song Xuelin and Dongmen Feiyue's army of two hundred thousand, they were to stay behind in North Country to guard against any acts from the Da Yue Dynasty and the Great Wu Dynasty.

To Lu Chen, security in the rear was equally important. He didn't want to come back from his campaign south only to find that his wives and children had been captured by the enemy.

At the same time, Lu Chen had also given an order to the Black Dragon Country, demanding that while he marched south, Black Dragon Country must exert substantial pressure on the Da Yue Dynasty, preventing them from deploying troops against North Country.

The constant mobilization of troops in the north soon caught the attention of the Sum Emperor. He began positioning his troops, first dispatching two hundred thousand soldiers northward to defend against Lu Chen's southern advance. On another front, he sent Heavy Cavalry to confront Lu Yi to the west.