World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 422 - 224: Meet the Rock Queen, Daddy’s Lover (Important, Must Book)_2

Chapter 422: 224: Meet the Rock Queen, Daddy’s Lover (Important, Must Book)_2

"Pretty, isn’t it?" the little princess said proudly, "Does your Human Kingdom have such a beautiful palace?"

Suo Lun shook his head, "No."

The Human Kingdom truly had no such miraculous architecture.

Then, Suo Lun couldn’t help but ask, "Was this palace carved out by your Salt Folk?"

The little princess shook her head, "No, it was a gift from the Sea God. That is why we, the Rock Folk, can never leave Rock Island, even though there is nothing here and we cannot grow any crops."

A gift from the Sea God?

The first thing Suo Lun thought of was the relics of an ancient civilization, just like the Bloody Shore Lost City.

This palace on Rock Island must also be a relic of an ancient civilization.

"Then what do you do for drinking water?" Suo Lun asked.

It is difficult for such archipelagos to have fresh water, and even the groundwater is salty.

The little princess said, "That’s also a gift from the Sea God!"

Hearing her justified childlike words, Suo Lun guessed that the fresh water here must also be a blessing from an ancient civilization.

It must be a special kind of energy form that can purify seawater into freshwater.

"Come, I will take you to meet the Queen Mother," said the little princess. "She will definitely, definitely be very excited when she sees the gift I brought."

Then, the little princess took Suo Lun onto a small boat and went to the bottom of the central Rock Island.

The Group of Palaces were hundreds of meters above their heads, and as they got closer, the Rock Island Palace looked even more staggering.

Soon, a huge iron cage slowly descended.

Once the iron gate opened, the little princess led Suo Lun into the cage, and then the cage gradually rose.

This was the most primitive kind of elevator!

After ascending hundreds of meters, the cage came to a stop, the iron gate opened, and before them was an extending rock platform.

The little princess led Suo Lun out of the cage and onto the platform.

"Thunderous rumbles..." a great door slowly opened in front of them.

The entire Rock Island Palace was now laid out before Suo Lun.

It couldn’t be described as luxurious because there was only one color.

But the carving was exceptionally exquisite, and the whole palace was immersed in a mysterious and fantastical hue.

On Earth, there is a similar architectural complex, Angkor Wat.

Yet, this palace before his eyes was ten times more mysterious and ten times more staggering than Angkor Wat.

Because it was situated hundreds of meters in the air, and it was carved from a massive rock island.

The whole palace was both high in the sky and wrapped by thick stone walls dozens of meters thick, definitely easy to defend and hard to attack.

To conquer this palace, even if ten thousand, a hundred thousand people died, it would not be enough.

Inside the palace, Salt Folk Samurai stood straight, both men and women.

And throughout the palace, there was one kind of sculpture visible—the mermaid skeleton.

That is, the head was a skeleton, but the body was that of a mermaid.

This must represent the Sea God of legend, Suo Lun thought. When he had seen the flag on the magnificent ship, he thought it was the symbol of the Sea Witch Princess, but now it seemed he was mistaken.

Because some sculptures only had skeletons, while others only had mermaids.

And more frequently, the sculptures were half skeleton, half mermaid.

If he was not mistaken, the skeleton should represent masculinity, and the mermaid femininity.

And the Sea God of legend was a hermaphrodite.

...

They came before the grandest palace.

The little princess said to Suo Lun, "Wait here for a while. I’m going to see the Queen Mother. I’ll take you in shortly."

Then, she took a mirror and ran inside excitedly, while running she called out, "Queen Mother, Queen Mother..."

Suo Lun, meanwhile, stood outside the palace to wait.

He could clearly feel that although the Salt Folk Samurai around him did not turn their heads, all their gazes were upon him.

Because the little princess had never brought a man here before, let alone a man from the Human Kingdom.

As he waited outside, Suo Lun’s heart was filled with anticipation, but also with unease.

If nothing unexpected happened, the Queen of the palace inside was the mother of Yan Mo, and the lover of Count Suo Long.

And he was now Suo Lun, the biological son of Earl Suo Long.

So, this feeling was somewhat bizarre.

Time had passed, almost a full hour.

Clearly, Queen Yan Chuo had been very thorough in questioning Princess Yan Xue, perhaps covering every little detail of her interaction with Suo Lun.

Suo Lun felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, as it seemed that he was truly being regarded as the chosen man by the little princess. This was evident by the strange looks he was receiving from both the Yan Mo and the other salt miner Samurai.

Almost two hours had passed.

Finally, the little princess came out, and for some reason, Suo Lun felt that her cheeks seemed to be a shade redder and more bashful.

"My mother, the queen, wants you to go in," the little princess whispered as she walked past Suo Lun, then ran off like a little bird.

Suo Lun was startled, and his feeling of unease grew stronger.

Taking a deep breath, he walked into the grand palace in front of him.

...

The palace was incredibly spacious, with thousands of square meters in the main hall and a dome dozens of meters high.

The entire palace had but one throne, built of gold, adorned with carvings of the Sea God.

However, Suo Lun’s gaze was not drawn to the throne first, but to Queen Yan Chuo!

At first sight, he was struck by her beauty.

She resembled the little princess closely, almost identical, but she was more mature, filled with a regal and graceful presence, shrouded in a mysterious and powerful aura.

Her skin was the color of beeswax just like hers, her facial features equally exquisite, and her eyes as deep as the ocean, as precious as gemstones.

But, the charm she carried was something the little princess did not possess.

Her skin remained smooth as jade, and yet time had bestowed upon her an irresistibly charming quality.

Her figure was like undulating hills, exuding a magical allure.

Suo Lun felt that the little princess wasn’t the Sea Witch; the one before him, Queen Yan Chuo, was the true Sea Witch.

He couldn’t help but marvel, his old man, Count Suo Long, really had charm; he had even conquered such a high-level goddess.

This was a true goddess, although perhaps twenty-eight years ago the Queen Yan Chuo might not have had this special allure and probably looked more like the little princess.

But still, that was the level of an unrivaled beauty. Back then, Queen Yan Chuo had not been interested in King Quo Bian, but had set her sights on Earl Suo Long.

Thus, the queen before him must be in her forties now.

But aside from her aura and charm, time hadn’t left any other traces on her; she appeared to be around thirty-something.

"You’re called Shen Lang?" Queen Yan Chuo asked, her ocean-like eyes fixed on Suo Lun.

Suo Lun was taken aback and instinctively shook his head.

This was because those eyes emitted an incredibly powerful spiritual power, as if they could see straight into one’s heart, making it impossible to utter a single lie.

Queen Yan Chuo smiled slightly and said, "No matter what your name is, are you willing to marry my daughter, Yan Xue’er?"

If Suo Lun remembered correctly, Queen Yan Chuo’s nickname was Yan Chuo’er, and her daughter was Yan Xue’er.

Suo Lun did not answer.

"You don’t need to rush to answer me," Queen Yan Chuo said. "First tell me, how old are you?"

"Twenty-one," Suo Lun replied.

"Wow, that’s much younger than I expected," Queen Yan Chuo said. "Then there’s quite an age difference between you two, does that bother you?"

Twenty-one and sixteen, there indeed was a notable gap, but it wasn’t that large.

Suo Lun said, "The little princess is sixteen this year, she shouldn’t be in a hurry to marry."

Queen Yan Chuo was taken aback and said, "Yan Xue has already told you, she’s twenty-eight years old!"

At those words, Suo Lun was completely stunned!

Nani? What?

Twenty-eight years old?!

Indeed, she had gestured her age to Suo Lun, signifying two and eight with her fingers. Suo Lun had always thought it meant twice eight, therefore sixteen.

But who could have thought, she was actually twenty-eight years old?

Her demeanor, and those innocent vibes, seemed completely of a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old!

"Yes, Yan Xue is already twenty-eight years old, and she and my son Yan Mo are twins," Queen Yan Chuo said. "Due to an accident she suffered at the age of thirteen, her body continued to grow, but her mind will forever stay at the age of thirteen."

After saying this, Queen Yan Chuo solemnly asked, "Now, are you willing to marry her?"

Suo Lun was completely dumbfounded!

Because this little princess, Yan Xue’er, turned out to be... Count Suo Long’s daughter too!

...

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