Myriad Realms Summoning System

Lianyun City Lord’s Mansion.

Lin Nantian was the only one in the dim study.

Lin Nantian is in his sixties this year, but because of his martial arts training, he looks only about forty years old.

At this time, he was holding a book in his hand, but he didn't turn the pages for a long time. It was obvious that his attention was not on the book.

"Father, you haven't slept yet!" A voice broke the silence of the study.

Seeing the person coming, Lin Nantian's frown relaxed a little and he revealed a smile.

The person who came was a weak man with a pale face, about twenty years old, thin and looked like he could be blown away by a gust of wind.

This man is Lin Nantian’s second son, Lin Qingming.

"It's Qingming! Why are you still awake so late?" Lin Qingming asked with a hint of concern.

Lin Qingming is Lin Nantian's illegitimate son. Although he was taken back to his home, his status in the mansion is not high because of his humble background and lack of any talent for martial arts.

Lin Nantian's wife came from a large family in the Great Zhou Kingdom. Due to her power, he did not dare to be too nice to Lin Qingming.

But he still liked this son very much. The Lin family had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Lin Shan, had outstanding talent in martial arts, but was simple-minded and not capable of protecting the family business. Although Lin Qingming could not practice martial arts, he was extremely smart. Many things in the Lin family were planned by Lin Qingming.

Therefore, he trained Lin Qingming in the hope that Lin Qingming could assist Lin Shan in the future and carry forward the Lin family.

"Father, what are you thinking about?"

"Please sit down!" Lin Nantian pointed to the chair next to the desk.

"Qingming! Do you think my Lin family can survive this disaster?" Lin Nantian asked leisurely.

"Father, are you worried about the Ji family's affairs?" Lin Qingming asked after sitting down.

"Yes! The Ji family has been getting more and more aggressive these days. They even want me to marry Wanqing to their playboy, Ji Hao."

"Don't even mention that Wanqing is only twelve years old and not old enough to get married. Even if she is old enough, how can I bear to send her to the fire pit?"

"But if we don't agree to the Ji family's request, what should my Lin family do?" Lin Nantian's face was full of worry.

Lin Qingming, who has always been resourceful, was also a little at a loss. As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. No matter how smart he is, he can't think of a way to solve the problem without any help!

Lianyun City is one of the four defensive cities of the imperial capital Luocheng, and its position is extremely important.

Nearly 20,000 elite soldiers were deployed in each city to assist the imperial guards in defending the safety of Luocheng.

Given the importance of these four cities, the lords of the four cities were often the emperor's confidants.

But a month ago, the old emperor passed away and Xiao Tianci usurped the throne. The situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Three of the four city lords directly chose to surrender to the new emperor. Only the Lin family of Lianyun City had not made any statement.

The Lin family has received great kindness from the late emperor, and has always been resentful of Xiao Tianci's usurpation of the throne. How could they be willing to be loyal to him?

At this time, the Ji family, the second largest family in Lianyun City, saw an opportunity to overthrow the Lin family. The Ji family pledged allegiance to Xiao Tianci the moment he successfully usurped the throne.

With the support of the new emperor, the Ji family's power grew rapidly, surpassing the Lin family in less than a month.

Now, half of Lianyun City’s military forces are in the hands of the Ji family. In addition, as the government gradually stabilizes, Xiao Tianci will be able to free up his hands to deal with the Lin family. The Ji family’s recent behavior has become increasingly excessive.

Three days ago, Ji Hao, the young master of the Ji family, directly proposed to marry Lin Nantian’s daughter, Lin Wanqing.

"Is there still no news about Wanqing?" Lin Nantian rubbed his sore brows.

After the Ji family proposed marriage, although Lin Nantian did not agree, he did not refuse either. This made Lin Wanqing feel a sense of crisis and she chose to run away from home.

“Not yet, but please rest assured, father. Wanqing cannot leave Lianyun City. As long as she doesn’t fall into the hands of the Ji family, nothing will happen to her!”

The Ji family secretly set up checkpoints at the city gates. Anyone who wanted to leave the city had to pay an exit fee. He had already checked and found that Lin Wanqing did not take any gold or silver with her when she left the house, so she definitely could not leave the city.

Lin Nantian nodded. He knew that the Ji family had set up checkpoints at the city gates to collect entry and exit fees, but his Lin family could hardly protect itself, so he was too lazy to care about it.

"Does our Lin family really have no way out?"

Lin Nantian leaned back in his chair, looked up at the ceiling, his face full of confusion.

"Father, why don't we..." Lin Qingming showed a trace of embarrassment on his face and hesitated to speak.

Lin Nantian naturally knew what he wanted to say. He smiled bitterly and said, "If it was when Xiao Tianci had just ascended the throne, it would be no problem for us to join him, but now it's too late! The Ji family has already received Xiao Tianci's absolute support, and the Lin family has no chance."

"Then does our Lin family really have to sit on the sidelines and wait to be slaughtered?" Lin Qingming was a little unwilling.

He had no talent for martial arts, and if he wanted to stand out, he could only rely on the power of his family, enter the court, and become a civil servant.

Once the Lin family falls, in this world where aristocratic families control everything, his life will be over. How can he be willing to accept this?

"Let's take it one step at a time! As a last resort, we can only sacrifice Wanqing."

A trace of pain flashed across Lin Nantian's eyes. The reason why he did not explicitly reject the Ji family was because he had this idea in mind, so that he could leave a way out for the Lin family when they were desperate.

Lin Qingming also nodded helplessly. If they could use a woman to save the family, they naturally knew what to choose.

"By the way, father, the eldest prince's red guards recently appeared in Lianyun City!" Lin Qingming suddenly brought up this matter.

"Oh?" A hint of curiosity appeared on Lin Nantian's face.

Then he said disdainfully: "It has only been a short time since Xiao Tianci usurped the throne, and his sons are already thinking about fighting for the throne. This is really a case of the top beam being crooked and the bottom beam being crooked."

"The enemy is eyeing them covetously, but they don't care at all. The Great Zhou Kingdom will be destroyed by Xiao Tianci sooner or later."

"Then why don't we contact the Red Guards? Maybe we can use this to solve our Lin family's predicament!"

This is the real reason why Lin Qingming came to see Lin Nantian tonight. If he could get in touch with the eldest prince, Lin Qingming's career would be much brighter.

"No need. If we go now, we will only be asking for trouble. Everyone knows that Lianyun City is going to change its owner, including the eldest prince. The Red Guards are looking for the Ji family, so let the Ji family have the headache!"

Since Lin Nantian had made the decision, Lin Qingming naturally didn't dare to say anything more!

"Okay, Qingming, go to bed early!" Lin Nantian waved his hand, motioning Lin Qingming to go down.

Lin Qingming bowed slightly and then left the study.

As he left the study, his expression suddenly turned gloomy.

My dear father, I will not let the Lin family be destroyed in your hands. The entire Lin family is destined to be mine.

"Diao Chan, little phoenix, good morning!"

Xiao Chen was in a good mood and did not sleep in for a rare time. However, when he went downstairs, Diao Chan and Ye Fenghuang who was holding the little fox were already having breakfast!

Diao Chan, who got up early, was not wearing any makeup. She was elegant and graceful, with a light and ethereal air.

"Sir, the food is getting cold!"

She might not care about others, but she couldn't help but care about Xiao Chen's meaningful look, so she had to remind Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen smiled lightly and then started eating.

Perhaps because Wang Yue and Zhang Liao were not around, Xiao Chen finally had a chance to be alone, and his mouth became a little rude.

Of course, Ye Fenghuang was selectively ignored by him.

"Diao Chan, can we discuss something?" Xiao Chen approached her pretending to be calm, but there was a frivolous smile on his face.

"What's the matter?" Diao Chan asked calmly without even looking at Xiao Chen.

"Wait until I take back the throne! How about you be my queen?" This was the first time Xiao Chen mustered up the courage to confess his love to Diao Chan.

He fell in love with Diao Chan from the first time he saw her. No one could resist the charm of a woman as beautiful as Diao Chan and with such a gentle personality.

After saying this, Xiao Chen felt extremely nervous, fearing that because of this sentence, Diao Chan's loyalty would drop to zero.

Fortunately, the system did not indicate that Diao Chan's loyalty had decreased.

Diao Chan turned her gaze to Xiao Chen and frowned slightly: "Master, are you okay?"

Xiao Chen was dumbfounded. What do you mean it's okay? I'm a man! Isn't it normal to express my feelings?

Xiao Chen stared at Diao Chan in a daze, only to see that Diao Chan had turned her gaze back to him, her face as calm as water, without any change.

She continued to drink her porridge slowly and didn't even pay attention to Xiao Chen.

After a moment, Diao Chan took out the silk scarf, wiped her lips gently, then turned around and walked towards the room without saying a word.

But the moment she turned around, a rare blush appeared on her beautiful face.

What does this mean?

Looking at Diao Chan's back, Xiao Chen felt a little depressed. What is this? At least give me an answer!

However, he has a system. Since Diao Chan's loyalty has not decreased because of this, it means that Diao Chan is not resistant to this matter!

There's hope!

Xiao Chen was secretly delighted.

"Brother Xiao Chen, what happened to Sister Diao Chan?"

Ye Fenghuang, who was standing aside, naturally couldn't understand the secret between the two people. She stared at Xiao Chen with her bright big eyes in a cute way.

Xiao Chen turned around, patted her head lovingly and said, "It's nothing, little Phoenix, eat quickly. After you finish eating, brother will take you shopping!"

Ye Fenghuang didn't ask any more questions and just sat there quietly eating.

After dinner, Xiao Chen took Ye Fenghuang to his room.

"Brother Xiao Chen, aren't we going shopping?" Ye Fenghuang asked puzzledly.

"Well, I'll go in a minute."

As he spoke, he took out the humanoid puppet he had just drawn last night from his storage ring.

"What's this?"

Ye Fenghuang tilted her little head and looked at the puppet in front of her, her eyes full of curiosity.

"This is called a puppet. Come, little phoenix, drop a drop of blood on this puppet!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Fenghuang gently cut a wound on her fingertips, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped it onto the puppet.

As soon as she dripped blood on the puppet, Ye Fenghuang felt something in her heart, and suddenly she felt that she and the puppet were connected by blood.

"Okay, girl, this puppet is yours from now on. If you encounter any trouble in the future, just summon this puppet and it will help protect you!" Xiao Chen explained.

Xiao Chen is always surrounded by experts, and a one-star martial arts commander is not of much help to him. It would be better for him to be Ye Fenghuang's bodyguard!

At this moment, tears welled up in Ye Fenghuang's eyes.

"Oh, my little phoenix, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Xiao Chen saw the tears in Ye Fenghuang's eyes, and quickly squatted down and asked with concern.

"Brother Xiao Chen, why...why are you so nice to Fenghuang!" Ye Fenghuang lay in Xiao Chen's arms and sobbed.

"Silly girl, you are my sister!"

Xiao Chen helped Ye Fenghuang wipe her tears and said, "Put the puppet away quickly, let's go shopping together!"

When Xiao Chen was in Lingjian Sect, he robbed a few storage rings. Now even Ye Fenghuang has his own storage ring.

After Ye Fenghuang put away the puppet, Xiao Chen took her to the street.

With his cultivation as a one-star martial artist, plus the one-star martial arts puppet in Ye Fenghuang's storage ring, there was absolutely no one in Lianyun City who could hurt them, so he did not call Diao Chan.

The main thing is that it’s a bit embarrassing at the moment!

“Selling candied haws!”

"The finest silk, sir, come in and take a look!"

"Shaobing! Special shaobing made in Northern Xinjiang!"

Lianyun City is close to the imperial capital, has a large population and is quite prosperous. The streets are very lively, making Xiao Chen and Ye Fenghuang linger. Ye Fenghuang's hands are full of various snacks.

She had a rough life and had been living with no food to eat since she was a child. She never thought that one day she would be able to eat so many exquisite foods.

The six or seven-year-old girl's closeness to Xiao Chen increased invisibly.

The food Xiao Chen had eaten in his previous life was much richer than that in Tianluo Continent, so these things naturally could not attract him. What attracted Xiao Chen the most was the Fireworks Building, ahem, just curiosity!

As a modern person, Xiao Chen has not seen such prosperity for a long time. In the cities on Earth, the streets and alleys are filled with various horns or music, which are extremely harsh.

However, he noticed one thing, although the main theme for humans to become stronger is to practice martial arts, there are not many warriors in Lianyun City.

Even the memories of his previous life did not provide much information on this aspect, because his previous life basically spent his time having fun, so his memories were not of much help to Xiao Chen.

"When I ascend the throne, I will allow common people to practice martial arts!"

Xiao Chen began to daydream. Just imagine, if all the civilians in the kingdom were warriors, how powerful would the Great Zhou Kingdom be?

"Brother, something seemed to have happened up ahead?" Ye Fenghuang's childish voice suddenly brought Xiao Chen back to reality.

He looked up and saw circles of civilians gathered around the street corner. It is human nature to watch the fun, even in the world of warriors.

Xiao Chen also liked to watch the fun, so he walked quickly with Ye Fenghuang.