Having children earns benefit, start competing for dominance in the world by marrying a wife

As soon as the words of the Prefecture Governor of Danxin County left his lips, Bai Qingqing, who was beside Lu Chen, immediately corrected him, "This is our Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, the Prefecture Governor of Danxin County's eyes widened in disbelief that the Emperor of Great Sum would dare venture to this place.

By now Danxin City hardly had anyone left who had not been infected by the plague, did the Sum Emperor not fear being infected himself by coming to such a place?

Bearing his imminent death, the Prefecture Governor of Danxin County was not so afraid of Lu Chen. He opened his mouth and said, "I greet Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live for ten thousand, ten thousand years!"

"I am already gravely ill, please forgive me, Your Majesty, for being unable to kneel."

Seeing the Prefecture Governor's look of despair, Lu Chen said indifferently, "No matter."

Immediately after, Lu Chen asked, "How many people were in Danxin City before the outbreak of the plague?"

The Prefecture Governor answered, "Your Majesty, there were a hundred thousand people."

Located near Great Sum and as an essential path for merchant caravans, Danxin City was quite bustling before the outbreak of the plague.

Lu Chen continued to ask, "And how many remain now?"

The Prefecture Governor replied, "Your Majesty, perhaps less than a thousand remain. I have not conducted a recent count, and the precise number is unknown to me now."

Lu Chen frowned upon hearing this, the plague brought by the Heavenly Demon was truly horrific, turning what was once a large city of a hundred thousand residents to less than a thousand.

Lu Chen further inquired, "What of the soldiers stationed in your city?"

This location, being a vital passage for merchant caravans, held significant importance for Great Qian, which previously deployed a large garrison here.

The Prefecture Governor answered, "After the plague broke out, they retreated."

Hearing the Governor's response, Lu Chen felt no surprise; Great Qian had abandoned Danxin City.

Lu Chen then looked towards Danxin City and saw what seemed to be a layer of black air hovering overhead. It wasn't just an atmospheric description; through his sight, there were indeed streams of black air, reminiscent of the smoke trailing behind automobiles.

Seeing the black air, Lu Chen wondered whether it could be the cause of the plague.

Lu Chen then asked Bai Qingqing, who was beside him, "Bai, do you see anything above Danxin City?"

After a glance at the sky above Danxin City, where blue skies and white clouds remained undisturbed, Bai Qingqing answered, "Your Majesty, I have not noticed anything."

Lu Chen thought, could it be that only he could see it, or perhaps only those of a higher Realm could?

With this thought, Lu Chen then asked Mu Hongguang, "President Mu, can you see anything above Danxin City?"

Confusion crossed Mu Hongguang's face upon hearing Lu Chen's question.

Something above Danxin City?

There was supposed to be something above Danxin City, why hadn't he seen anything?

Mu Hongguang then honestly responded, "Your Majesty, I have not seen anything either."

Seeing even Mu Hongguang, a Celestial, answer this way, Lu Chen almost confirmed that, apart from himself, they could not see the black air spreading over Danxin City.

It seemed that the black air was indeed a serious issue.

Lu Chen then took out the Demon-Expelling Banner directly from his system space.

As soon as the Demon-Expelling Banner was unveiled, it emitted a golden radiance.

Continue reading stories on My Virtual Library Empire

The next instant, all the black air around Lu Chen was dispersed.

At that moment, Lu Chen noticed that many people in Danxin City also had their black air gradually dissipating. As the black air vanished, those infected by the plague visibly regained their color and soon flushed with blood again.

The Prefecture Governor of Danxin County also noticed the change in them; they looked at their own hands in some disbelief.

At this moment, the common people of Danxin City were too excited to speak.

Suddenly, the Prefecture Governor of Danxin knelt down and then shouted loudly, "A miracle, this is a miracle!!!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving the people of Danxin County!"

Upon hearing this, the common people behind the Prefecture Governor of Danxin also quickly knelt down, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving the people of Danxin County!!!"

Not only were the common people of Danxin City stunned, but the soldiers of the Daxia Dynasty were also stunned.

In their hearts, they had always harbored some doubt about whether their Emperor could really dispel the epidemic, but to their surprise, in such a short time, their Emperor had cured all the people infected with the plague.

At this time, everyone's gaze fell onto the Demon-Expelling Banner in Lu Chen's hand.

Clearly, it was this banner that had dispelled the plague.

With this banner, wouldn't the Daxia Army no longer have to fear the plague?

For a moment, the morale of the Daxia Army surged.

Lu Chen then said to the generals behind him, "I have said that I can dispel the plague, now you all should believe it, right?"

Having said this, Lu Chen walked towards Danxin City and said as he walked, "Spread word of what happened here."

Bai Qingqing immediately responded, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen intended for all the common people of Great Qian to know that he had the ability to dispel the plague. In this way, when he wanted to take over other cities, he wouldn't need to spend a single soldier, and instead, some of the city defenders might even come to him to surrender.

After Lu Chen entered Danxin City, he once again manipulated the Demon-Expelling Banner, which flew up into the air, emitting dazzling golden light. After the golden light shone down, the dark aura covering the entire Danxin City dissipated completely.

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

With the promotion of the Brocade Guard, the deeds of Lu Chen in Danxin City were also spread throughout the various prefectures of Great Qian.

Upon hearing that Daxia was capable of dispelling the plague, the common people in the prefectures, even the high-ranking officials, began to entertain the thought of defecting to Daxia.

By that time, Liu Qingqiu could no longer control the situation in Great Qian, and within a few days, several prefecture governors along with their soldiers came to Danxin City and directly surrendered to Lu Chen.

After Lu Chen demonstrated how to dispel the plague in front of those who had come over, these people instantly revered Lu Chen as the Son of Destiny.

Suddenly, from the local level up to the royal court of Great Qian, the calls for surrender grew louder.

Daqian Imperial Palace.

Qianning Palace.

Liu Qingqiu, looking at the intelligence gathered, grew more and more furious. She had not expected that such a large portion of Great Qian's territory would fall into the hands of the Daxia Dynasty so quickly.

Lu Chen had swallowed up so much of Great Qian's land without deploying a single soldier, and key to this was that after Lu Chen led his troops to Danxin City, he had stayed there without sending troops to attack other prefectures of Great Qian. It was the high-level officials of these prefectures who, along with Great Qian soldiers, had run to Danxin City to surrender to Lu Chen.

This was tantamount to completely disregarding the Great Qian Royal Family and her, who was about to become the Empress Dowager.

At this moment, Mu Yunxi appeared in Liu Qingqiu's bedchamber, leaning against a pillar with a smile, "Quite rare to see, I had not thought you could also get angry."

Liu Qingqiu snorted coldly, "Wait until I get rid of Lu Chen, then I will deal with those traitors!"

Mu Yunxi said, "It's just that you might fail to get rid of Lu Chen and end up sacrificing yourself."

"But to get back to the point, you guessed right, Lu Chen does indeed have a way to dispel the plague."