Clan Building System: I'm not the Protagonist?! - Chapter 317

Chapter 317: 317- Zhao Lusi [II]
Zhao Lusi’s eyes narrowed with interest at the mention of another.

“Another one?” she asked as her voice smoothen in an instant.

Xuanwu bobbed his massive head up and down as if his life depended on it.

“Y-Yes, Your Majesty! There’s another one! Exceptionally talented!”

Zhao Lusi arched a brow.

“Speak.”

Xuanwu took a deep and with shaky breath he began.

“At the young age of thirty, she with a group of cultivators she trained united the entire Qin States… and renamed it into what is now called, the Tharz Kingdom.”

Zhao Lusi’s eyes widened faintly, being able to unite and rename a country, solely just at the young age of thirty?

If anyone asked her if she could name anyone with that capabilities, she won’t be able to name anyone aside from those who were well connected.

Fang Yuan on the other hand blinked as he never knew why the Qin royalty had Tharz as the kingdom name, this was why.

“She then ruled for a full hundred years,” Xuanwu continued rapidly, “bringing unity, stability, and prosperity to the entire region!”

“One hundred years…?” Lin Zhaoyue whispered.

Xuanwu nodded eagerly.

“Yes! After a century, she passed the throne to her nephew and then vanished from the mortal world, without leaving a single trace.”

Zhao Lusi’s interest deepened.

“Was it because she wishes to focus on cultivation?”

“Yes! Because a century later, she reappeared with a new identity no-one else would recognise, she then found a new sect in the heart of the Tharz Kingdom and under her guidance it grew into the mightiest sect in the entire continent!”

Even Zhao Lusi lifted an eyebrow at that.

“At the age of two hundred and thirty,” Xuanwu said reverently,

“she reached the Peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.”

“And now—”

He swallowed hard.

“She is in seclusion… preparing to break through to the Hollow Spirit Realm.”

A low hum of energy crackled in the air.

Zhao Lusi’s eyes sparkled with open delight.

“Well now… that is impressive.”

Xuanwu nodded wildly.

“I-I have high hopes for her, Master Zhao Lusi! Her name is—”

He paused, letting the name sink like a stone into the earth.

“Xiao Bai.”

His voice softened, reverent.

“Xiao Bai… Sect Master of the Divine Ice sect.”

Fang Yuan froze.

Xiao Bai?That girl used to rule a kingdom before? No way….

Zhao Lusi on the other hand clasped her hands together, expression bright.

“Well! In that case…”

she smiled at Fang Yuan with amusement,

“your world is far more interesting than I thought.”

She looked genuinely pleased.

“That means I may get two disciples from this realm.”

Zhao Lusi then turned towards the tortoise.

“You will be spared this time,” she declared calmly.

Xuanwu exhaled in raw relief.

“But—” she added, smile sharp as a blade, “there will not be a second chance. Understood?”

Xuanwu bobbed his massive head so fast his shell rattled.

“Y-Yes, Your Majesty! Thank you! Thank you very much!”

She dismissed him with a flick of her fingers, then turned her attention sharply to Fang Yuan.

“Now then—you, tell me what you’ve achieved.”

She pointed at him.

Fang Yuan blinked.

“Me…?”

“Yes, obviously you. Did you think I was asking your wife?”

Lin Zhaoyue stiffened while Fang Yuan coughed lightly.

“Well, I… she actually has far more achievements under her belt than I do.”

Zhao Lusi’s face darkened in annoyance.

She slowly turned her head toward Xuanwu who stiffened like a guilty child at the gaze.

“Master, you see… he’s only thirty years old,” the tortoise said weakly, trying to help.

Zhao Lusi froze, her eyes widened in an instant before brightening up like exploding stars.

And in that very moment Fang Yuan suddenly couldn’t move as his entire body got locked in place.

Not even his heartbeat dared accelerate as Zhao Lusi spread her divine sense over him.

It was like a sweeping, suffocating force that pierced through every layer of his cultivation.

Her expression changed from confusion to shock and then back to confusion.

She then snapped backward her divine sense and Fang Yuan’s freedom returned as fast as it was taken.

Zhao Lusi stepped closer, voice trembling with excitement:

“How did you do that?”

Fang Yuan opened his mouth to answer,

But she cut herself off.

She clutched her forehead.

“No, don’t tell me… don’t tell me…”

Her eyes grew wider and wider, shimmering with realization.

And then a whisper escaped her:

“This is it. This is it. He can rival that accursed elder’s son. Hahaha!”

She laughed delighted and borderline unhinged.

Next, she snapped her gaze back to Fang Yuan, eyes blazing.

“My disciple,” she announced, “I will personally teach your wife as well. And—”

she waved her sleeve,

“—I’ll also allow you to monitor your family here whenever you wish.”

Fang Yuan stared at Zhao Lusi utterly flabbergasted. No words came out of his even if he tried.

Zhao Lusi continued without pausing:

“I’ll even assign this beast here—” she jabbed a thumb at Xuanwu “—to take care of your clan. Now, where is your family located?”

Fang Yuan still in a trance was confused, was he that talented that it warranted such a reaction from a human immortal?

Wasn’t he just a puny hollow spirit realm experts?

Speaking of talent… He was sure Fang Lian his disciple had even better talent that he had.

“…Mount Skyhowl,” Xuanwu answered for him, heavy and rumbling.

Zhao Lusi’s face lit up like a lantern.

“Perfect! I’ll also tell the Feng Clan to take care of your people.”

A cough echoed from Xuanwu.

“Ahem… about that…”

Zhao Lusi snapped her gaze toward the tortoise, irritation sparking.

“What happened?”

Xuanwu slowly turned his giant head toward Fang Yuan before exhaling slowly.

“This man here… annihilated the entire Feng Clan.”

The wind seemed to have stopped.

Lin Zhaoyue swallowed hard and even the Saberfang seemed to hid its head behind her legs.

Zhao Lusi stared at Fang Yuan as her voice dropped to a whisper.

“…I was actually raising them for a very important experiment.”