"I respect the Governor, yet the Governor indulges her children to humiliate me time and time again; such behavior chills my heart."
The Prefect looked at Long Yufei, his cold tone laced with intense anger.
Long Yufei also sensed something amiss, her tone cooling down as she said indifferently: "Is the Prefect perhaps deaf? Didn't you hear them call me Auntie? They are not my children; I cannot control them."
"Although you are the Governor, I am also a Prefect appointed by the late Emperor. How can I allow you to humiliate me like this?"
The Prefect suddenly overturned the table, intending to feign great anger and interrupt Chu Chen as he tested the poison.
Unexpectedly, Chu Chen was quick-witted and agile; his small body moved backward, yet not a single drop of wine spilled from the cup.
A moment later, he took out a silver needle, glanced at it, and shouted excitedly: "It's poisonous, it's poisonous, it really is poisonous! I knew that bad guy would definitely poison it. Haha, I guessed it right!"
"The silver needle is pitch black; not only is it poisonous, but it is extremely toxic." Chu Xin also clapped her little hands happily, "Wow! I have never seen such potent poison before; it's even more poisonous than the poison Daddy prepared for us."
The Female Guards were speechless; the thought processes of these two cute little ones were truly different from adults—they were so excited even when someone was poisoning them.
Moreover, could someone explain what is meant by the poison your Daddy prepared for you?
"Prefect, can you give me an explanation?"
Long Yufei's face was gloomy, and her eyes flashed with intense killing intent.
The wine was not poisonous, the food was not poisonous, but together they became highly toxic. How ruthless.
If not for the two cute little ones, she would have truly fallen into the trap this time.
"Hahahaha! I never expected my plan to be ruined by two Bear Children."
Seeing that the matter was exposed, the Prefect no longer pretended and laughed up at the sky, though the laughter was extremely chilling.
"I said this uncle looked like a bad guy at first glance." Chu Chen held his head high, his chubby little hands behind his back, looking like an expert, adorable and cute.
"I said his heart is even worse than his appearance."
Chu Xin's exquisite little face also wore an expression of being in control and decisive.
"Hmph! Damn Bear Children, I'll deal with you later."
The Prefect snorted coldly and turned to look at the old woman behind Long Yufei, saying coldly: "One Early Stage Martial Saint and two Middle Stage Martial Saints were actually unable to stop the Governor's steps. It seems the rumor that the Governor's guardian is only an Early Stage Martial Saint is false."
The old woman glanced at him without speaking.
In fact, if not for the help of those two cute little ones, she really wouldn't have been able to protect the Governor.
However, she naturally wouldn't say these things out loud to avoid the two cute little ones being targeted.
"However, this time, do you think I only have these tricks?"
In an instant, massive energy fluctuations, bolstered by the Formation, surged into the Prefect's body, and his aura climbed rapidly.
"Governor, be careful."
The old woman's expression changed, and she hurriedly blocked in front of Long Yufei.
"The God-Forging Array, a legendary Formation capable of forging gods, is now being used to forge me, a mere Martial Saint. It really is a bit of an overkill."
The Prefect felt the surging True Qi within his body and laughed up at the sky, though for some reason, there was a hint of sorrow in the laughter.
The aura emitting from him at this moment had already surpassed the Middle Stage Martial Saint, reaching the Late Stage Martial Saint, and it was still climbing.
The old woman did not hesitate and directly summoned the Heavenly Sword Intent; a giant sword wrapped in lightning descended from the sky.
"It's useless; this time you will surely die."
The Prefect waved his hand and defeated the Heavenly Sword Intent, looking at the old woman and Long Yufei with a cold, sinister gaze, and said with a savage expression: "Why did you have to come to Lan Province? If you hadn't come, things wouldn't have developed to this point today."
Hearing this, everyone was a bit confused.
Long Yufei slowly stood up, looked at the other officials of the Prefecture Government, and said coldly: "Kill him, and I will pretend you were not present for today's events. Otherwise, if I die, not one of you will survive."
The officials' expressions changed drastically.
That's right, if the new Governor died in the Prefect's residence, the Prefect would definitely be wanted by the Empire's Imperial family, and they would not escape death either.
This Prefect is simply insane, actually poisoning the Governor here.
The officials looked at each other and launched attacks at the Prefect one after another.
The Prefect's butler hesitated for a moment, shouted "Long live the Empire", and then also attacked the Prefect.
"A bunch of trash."
The Prefect snorted coldly and waved his hand; terrifying True Qi gushed out, blasting all the officials away, causing them to vomit blood and pass out.
"Next, it's your turn."
He turned to look at the old woman and Long Yufei, making no effort to hide the killing intent on his face.
He raised his hand and struck down with a palm; the terrifying True Qi condensed into a ten-zhang giant hand that crushed down.
The old woman summoned the seven-star sacred sword and thrust it out violently, bracing it against the giant hand. A massive force struck, causing her to vomit blood instantly and kneel on the ground.
"Governor, run!"
Because the old woman was resisting with all her might, her face became incredibly twisted, with veins bulging menacingly, looking terrifying. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
The waters of Lan Province were deeper than she had imagined.
It was a pity that the Imperial family was currently overwhelmed with their own affairs, and those experts had their own things to do, so she was the only one who could protect Long Yufei on the journey here.
When they arrived at the Prefecture Government, she had probed the strength of these people. This Prefect was the strongest, but he was only at the Martial Venerable realm, posing no threat to her at all.
Therefore, even though she knew it was a banquet with ill intentions, she still protected Long Yufei and came.
At the same time, she had the same thought as Long Yufei, believing that even if the Prefect wanted to kill them, he wouldn't dare to do it in his own residence.
But she never expected this Prefect to be so crazy, and to have an ancient formation like the God-Forging Array.
In the end, they were still careless.
"Run? None of you will escape today."
The Prefect sneered, though his eyes were somewhat resolute, and the True Qi in his body was still surging.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the smile on the Prefect's face froze; the surging True Qi in his body suddenly stopped and began to drain rapidly.
"What's going on? No, that's impossible."
The Prefect's expression changed drastically, and he tried to continue attacking like a madman, only to find that the speed of the True Qi loss was too fast; he could no longer suppress the old woman.
The old woman felt the force of the giant hand dissipate rapidly, a trace of astonishment appearing on her face, and then she exerted force to break free, actually shattering the giant hand.
She stared closely at the Prefect and realized that his strength had fallen back to the Early Stage Martial Saint realm.
Looking down, she saw that many of the patterns of the God-Forging Array under their feet had disappeared.
"Sister, I dug up a treasure."
Just at this moment, Chu Chen's milky voice rang out.
"Brother, I also dug up a treasure."
Following that was Chu Xin's milky voice.
Everyone turned to look and saw that the siblings had run to the corner of the banquet hall at some point. In one hand, they held a small hoe, and in the other, they held an object emitting an ancient aura, covered with patterns.
At their feet were two pits, clearly just dug out from there.
"Damn Bear Children, ruining my array base!"
The Prefect's desperate roar echoed through the banquet hall.