The Peerless Emperor

Behind Kuang Zhan, who walked in wildly, followed Lan Yunfeng. After entering the room, he called out to Ye Xin as 'Little Princess' and then spoke: "That's right, when Liu Shimin went out to gather intelligence, he encountered people from the Overlord Hall, and they launched the Saint Institute War against our Huaxia Alliance."

"The Saint Institute War is not just about killing; betting on matters such as fixed assessments within the Sea Spiral Holy Institute is also permissible."

While speaking, Lan Yunfeng's face darkened terrifyingly as he looked at Lin Qian.

"Once challenged in the Saint Institute War, one can only accept. I am aware of this. However, shouldn't he personally come to inform me of this?" After Lan Yunfeng finished speaking, Lin Qian was silent for a moment, then watched the former wordlessly before speaking after a long pause.

Lan Yunfeng was momentarily at a loss for words, unsure of how to respond.

Lin Qian's eyes narrowed slightly: "What's this, it seems like there are things behind the scenes that you're hiding from me, isn't it?"

On the other side, Kuang Zhan spoke irritably: "What's the matter with this, you should just tell His Majesty directly."

Kuang Zhan was straightforward, and he directly addressed Lin Qian: "Your Majesty, after Liu Shimin and the others had a dispute with the Overlord Hall people, they started a fight afterwards. They are now heavily injured in bed and naturally unable to come see you."

Hearing that Liu Shimin and the others were severely injured, Lin Qian's expression visibly worsened, and he quickly had Kuang Zhan and the others lead the way.

Liu Shimin and the others also resided in the large city where Lin Qian lived.

In a mansion within the large city, was Liu Shimin's residence.

Following behind Kuang Zhan and Lan Yunfeng, Lin Qian entered the bedroom of this mansion and saw the severely injured Liu Shimin.

When Lin Qian looked at Liu Shimin on the bed, his face was as frosty as the Ninth Heaven, cold and frightening.

Standing beside Liu Shimin's bed were Sheng Da and a few others, whose injuries were also not minor.

Sheng Da's arms were clearly broken, wrapped in bandages, with medicine power emanating from his body. Yan Jiu and Lei Jun also appeared to have broken arms and legs.

The three of them accompanied Liu Shimin away from the Trial Star, and within the bedbound Liu Shiming, his injuries were the most severe.

Liu Shimin on the bed had been completely broken in connection, his entire body shattered in bones and muscles, sustaining life barely on this spot, with the medicine power surrounding him preventing death.

Their injuries were accompanied by a certain aura, precisely this aura that dulled the medicine power from functioning effectively.

The higher the Realm, the stronger the power, hence recovery also happens slower unless there's a high-grade Pill involved.

However, Liu Shimin's condition clearly indicated that the person involved left their aura within his body, preventing his injuries from healing quickly.

With their skills, even with the best Pill to heal him, it would take at least three months to recover, which would be too late for the fixed assessments.

The Sea Spiral Holy Institute's rules for fixed assessments state that one must leave within seven days of the assessment beginning.

If not leaving, it indicates giving up.

Despite Lin Qian and the others departing, the Huaxia Alliance was still completing the fixed assessment, but since Liu Shimin couldn't leave due to his injuries, his behavior was deemed as giving up, unable to receive rewards.

Clearly, the assailant wanted Liu Shimin to forfeit his chance for rewards in this fixed assessment mission.

"Who did this?" Staring at the bedbound Liu Shimin, Lin Qian asked with a frown.

"Liu Shimin's Seventh Prince, Liu Jianqing of the Overlord Alliance!" Sheng Da, standing by the bed, spoke coldly.

Gazing at Liu Shimin on the bed, Lin Qian sneered: "Upon entering the Sea Spiral Holy Institute, the Huaxia Alliance has always kept a low profile, cultivating secretly to improve themselves, and did not provoke this Overlord Alliance; yet, they resorted to vile tactics. They intend for us to secure this fixed assessment."

"Still so malicious now, what do they intend to do?" Lin Qian spoke coldly with a dark expression, "Do they truly believe we are easy to suppress?"

The atmosphere in the house instantly became bleak.

Following, Lin Qian also learned the course of events.

As Liu Shimin, Sheng Da, Yan Jiu, and Lei Jun left the Trial Star for another planet, their purpose was to review past fixed assessment records, aiming to find references from seniors who completed tasks of raising planets' average Realm.

Returning, they unexpectedly encountered people from the Overlord Hall, notably Liu Shimin's Seventh Prince Liu Jianqing.

After mocking Liu Shimin coldly, Liu Jianqing initiated the Saint Institute War, which was impossible to refuse and had to be accepted.

Yet Liu Jianqing was relentless, even insulting Liu Shimin's birth mother!

Originally, Liu Shimin was born of a concubine, and his mother was merely a maid in the Huaqiong Empire's Imperial Palace, thus Liu Jianqing outright disregarded him.

Liu Shimin's sore point was precisely his mother.

This he couldn't tolerate; naturally, he stepped forward to act, giving Liu Jianqing an excuse to attack him.

Although Liu Jianqing couldn't kill Liu Shimin, beating him half to death, making him unable to partake in the fixed assessment was effortless.

Sheng Da and others were injured while protecting Liu Shimin, which very much impacted their ability to take the fixed assessment.

"As Liu Jianqing left, he directly said he purposely acted this way so Liu Shimin couldn't participate in the assessment." Sheng Da spoke heavily while looking at Liu Shimin on the bed, "He said Liu Shiming was... unfit to partake in the fixed assessment trial!"

Although Sheng Da did not utter harsh words, Lin Qian understood well that they were unpleasant.

Facing this, Lin Qian's expression turned even colder: "You now count as people of my Huaxia Empire, hence are Huaxia People!"

"Any offense against Huaxia will be exterminated surely, is that the Overlord Hall?" Lin Qian reached these words with a cold laugh, "They dare assault my people; let's truly see who won't survive in this Sea Spiral Holy Institute?"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

With a wave of his hand, three Crystal Bottles containing light red liquid flew towards Sheng Da, Yan Jiu, and Lei Jun.

The trio looked at the items in their hands, clearly not belonging to the Sea Spiral Holy Institute, and when looking at Lin Qian, they smiled wryly: "These aren't Sea Spiral Holy Institute items; they cannot exert their effects."

"Drink it, the Sea Spiral Holy Institute's rule is ineffectual in my domain!" Saying this, Lin Qian held a recovery Potion in his hand, advancing towards Liu Shimin while speaking.

"My items, the Sea Spiral Holy Institute dares not restrict."