World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 288 - 170: Qin Shu Refuses Marriage! Unexpected Visitor!_3

Chapter 288: 170: Qin Shu Refuses Marriage! Unexpected Visitor!_3

Standing in place, she didn’t turn around, feeling inexplicably complex in her heart.

Ling Ao still knelt on one knee, waiting for her reply. Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, he said directly, "I only ask for marriage once. If you disagree, I will go and explain it to my foster father."

Gui Qinshao replied coldly, "Suo Lun has bullied me. I’m willing to marry you, but only on one condition. When you have killed him, I will agree to it."

Ling Ao said nothing and, picking up the ring, turned and left.

...

"How did it go?" Zhi Ning asked.

Ling Ao said, "Turing Duo was violated by Suo Lun when she was a child."

Zhi Ning asked, "How old was she?"

"Eight years old," Ling Ao answered.

Zhi Ning’s heart skipped a beat, and her body suddenly felt hot.

Ling Ao continued, "No one knows about this incident except Gui Qinshao, Turing Duo, and Suo Lun."

Princess Zhining said, "It’s easiest for women to turn abuse into love, hate into love."

Then, Zhi Ning asked with a smile, "How did your proposal to Gui Qinshao go?"

Ling Ao’s eyebrows twitched as he said, "She wants me to kill Suo Lun."

Zhi Ning said, "Getting you to kill Suo Lun won’t be easy. But indeed, his days are numbered. The man is too confident in his own intelligence, seeking his own demise."

...

Suo Lun and Yan Yan continued to lead an army of over ten thousand, pressing eastward.

That day, they were only seventeen hundred miles away from Tianshui City. So far, the journey had been smooth, with no severe attacks, despite countless eyes watching them.

Yan Yan kept training the troops while on the move.

They even wiped out several Barbarian Tribes’ lairs and hunted countless exotic beasts.

Suo Lun realized that no matter how strong or massive the exotic beasts were, they were of no use in the face of a large-scale army.

And Yan Nai’er, having recovered, was always in military attire, leading the troops and training them with dedication, fully playing the role of Yan Yan’s deputy without any romantic interludes with Suo Lun.

Even when she met Suo Lun, there was no affection in her demeanor, always serious and focused. Only occasionally, when her beautiful eyes looked his way, would they reveal a trace of happiness and adoration.

"It’s been too quiet along the way. Our troops haven’t been attacked or harassed," Yan Nai’er said, riding side by side with Suo Lun. "This isn’t normal."

Suo Lun nodded; indeed, the journey had been unsettlingly quiet.

Since leaving Tianye City and heading east, he and Yan Yan were constantly on guard, ready for battle. Yet, the expected ambushes and sneak attacks never transpired.

Then, Suo Lun said with a smile, "Nai’er, when you speak to me, why don’t you ever address me by name? You don’t call me by my name, nor anything else, at most an ’eh’."

Yan Nai’er turned her head away, not answering. She didn’t know how to address him. Since they weren’t married, she couldn’t call him ’husband.’ Calling him by his name would seem too distant, yet she found terms of endearment too hard to utter.

"How about this, either call me ’my lord’ or ’brother Suo Lun,’ how about that?" Suo Lun teased.

Yan Nai’er rode on her horse as if she hadn’t heard anything. After all, she was wearing a helmet, so no one could see that even her ears had turned red. She knew this bad man too well; one couldn’t indulge him even the slightest, or he would surely take advantage of it.

Moreover, she truly felt somewhat uneasy at this moment.

The journey had been too quiet, directly contradicting her keen instincts on the battlefield.

If it were up to her as the enemy, even if she couldn’t annihilate the army midway, she would continuously harass and sneak attack them to exhaust their forces before they could reach Tianshui City.

Just then, suddenly three horses appeared ahead, one white and two black, drawing closer and closer!

With a single gesture from Yan Yan, the entire army of over ten thousand soldiers stopped neatly.

These days, moving the troops and training them along the way, had already led to some positive outcomes, at least demonstrating discipline and obedience.

The three riders quickly approached, with the leader being none other than Fang Qingshu, an ethereal and handsome man.

Behind him were the fearsome enforcers of the Dragon Sacred Hall Tribunal.

"Lord Suo Lun, please accompany me to the Dragon God Temple," Fang Qingshu said indifferently. "There are some matters you need to clarify."

Those shoes hanging upstairs had finally dropped. The enemy had made their move, aiming straight for the jugular.

Once taken to the Tribunal, there was no coming back, and no one could refuse the summons of the Dragon Sacred Hall