Chapter 1949: We Pledge Eternal Loyalty to the Great Empress

A white light soared into the sky.

A fierce White Tiger aura sent gale-force winds surging through the air.

An extremely holy and lithe white tiger with fine and delicate features emerged elegantly from the formation with a man riding on its back.

“Brother Yang Yuan! You’re finally here!”

“Brother Yang Yuan!”

An Lin and Shangguan Yi extended warm greetings.

The man sitting atop the white tiger was none other than Yang Yuan.

An Lin was a little frightened by Yang Yuan’s current condition.

Yang Yuan had heavy, dark circles around his eyes, and his body appeared to have been completely depleted. He forced a smile onto his face before extending a difficult salute. “Brother An Lin, Sister Shangguan, it’s so good to see you again…”

“What’s wrong, Brother Yang Yuan? Have you been abused?” An Lin’s brows furrowed.

“Nothing of the sort. He’s just a little exhausted from playing with me,” the White Tiger beneath Yang Yuan replied in his stead in a female voice.

“That’s right, that’s what happened.” Yang Yuan nodded with difficulty before patting the White Tiger’s head. “Let me introduce to you White Tiger’s only daughter, Bai Xiaohu.”

“Hello, roar!” The White Tiger extended a warm and enthusiastic greeting.

An Lin and Shangguan Yi’s eyes widened as they looked at the White Tiger’s delicate features.

So this was the daughter of the White Tiger who was intent on marrying Yang Yuan and didn’t even mind even if she became his concubine? She looked so fearsome. Was Yang Yuan going to be able to hold on?

No… From the circles around Yang Yuan’s eyes, it looked like he was already struggling to hold on.

An Lin turned a sympathetic glance toward Yang Yuan before patting the little loli straddling his neck. “Let me introduce to you all the new Great Empress Vermilion Bird, Xu Xiaolan.”

Little Xiaolan waved with a sweet smile. “Hello.”

Yang Yuan was shocked. How did Xu Xiaolan become like this?

The White Tiger shuddered before sprawling to the ground. “Junior Bai Xiaohu pays her respects to the esteemed Great Empress Vermilion Bird!”

The Vermilion Bird was the most regal and proud Holy Beast, so she had to be extra respectful.

To her surprise, the little girl was not cold nor arrogant in the slightest. Instead, a shy smile appeared on her face as she spoke in a gentle voice, “No need for formalities, and please get up. I’ll be uncomfortable if you act like this.”

Bai Xiaohu was quite surprised. Since when was the Vermilion Bird this easygoing?

Last time she arrived on the Immortal Vermilion Star, even the six Vermilion Bird Sages regarded her with disdain, let alone Great Empress Vermilion Bird herself.

But now, Great Empress Vermilion Bird was smiling at her?

My God… How was this Vermilion Bird so friendly?

“Bai Xiaohu told me that she was determined to come to the Tai Chu Continent and would overcome any difficulties along the way. She said that even if she can’t become my dao partner, she’s willing to become my steed. I couldn’t dissuade her…” A resigned expression appeared on Yang Yuan’s face.

The White Tiger turned around to look at Yang Yuan with a passionate expression. “No hardships are worse than death. You saved my life, so I’ll follow you until the very end!”

An Lin and Shangguan Yi were both touched by this scene.

This was an infatuated tiger!

An Lin was getting a little envious of Yang Yuan. Having the daughter of a Holy Beast so infatuated with him was a vast fortune…

Yang Yuan was riding Bai Xiaohu, but An Lin was being ridden by Little Xiaolan.

There was love involved in both cases, but why were the roles reversed?

When would he be able to ride Xiaolan…

An Lin’s thoughts began to drift.

Now that all of their friends had been gathered, it was time to think about going back.

The next day, Little Xiaolan summoned all of the Vermilion Bird powerful beings for a large conference.

She wore a Vermilion Bird imperial robe with a regal crown on her head, and she sat upon the throne, overlooking hundreds of thousands of Vermilion Bird powerful beings that were knelt on the ground before her.

She could finally attend a conference without having to drink milk while being carried in An Lin’s arms.

She was struck by an indescribable sense of satisfaction at the sight of so many arrogant Vermilion Birds kneeling before her.

“All rise,” Little Xiaolan instructed in her tender voice.

All of the Vermilion Bird powerful beings looked up at the little girl on the throne with scorching eyes.

The throne was very big, and Little Xiaolan could roll around on it with no fear of falling off.

However, in the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of Vermilion Birds, the throne was nowhere near large enough to contain Little Xiaolan’s light!

Ah! It was so bright and dazzling!

A Vermilion Bird let loose a cry of surprise before fainting from excessive excitement.

“Guards, take that bird away,” Little Xiaolan instructed in a calm voice.

A few Vermilion Birds were extremely honored to have been summoned by Great Empress Vermilion Bird, and they dragged the unconscious Vermilion Bird official out of the conference hall.

Thus, the conference began in the usual format, where the Vermilion Birds stated important issues that had to be addressed before Great Empress Vermilion Bird gave her verdict. The matters that she couldn’t be bothered dealing with were given to High Priest Hong Wu for a decision.

Little Xiaolan hadn’t had a chance to test out her power yet, and she was in high spirits as she made one decision after another.

Having absolute power was super awesome. Under normal circumstances, there would always be living beings who stepped up and offered different opinions to their ruler’s decisions. However, Little Xiaolan’s verdicts were met with no objections whatsoever.

There were countless flaws to an autocratic rule like this, but none of the Vermilion Birds cared.

It was as if serving the Great Empress was an utmost honor and following the Great Empress’ instructions was the only way to go.

This concept had been ingrained deeply into their bloodlines.

This was a special characteristic common to all tribes who relied on their bloodlines for cultivation.

After all of the issues were taken care of, a serious expression appeared on Little Xiaolan’s face.

“My beloved brethren, I will be leaving you today. All matters will be taken care of by High Priest Hong Wu in my absence.”

Her tender voice reverberated throughout the Vermilion Bird Palace and was met by shock and befuddlement from all of the Vermilion Birds.

“Great Empress Vermilion Bird, did we do something wrong? Why are you leaving us?” A Vermilion Bird howled with tears of grief.

Many other Vermilion Birds also began to sob and begged her not to go.

“Great Empress Vermilion Bird, please allow us to follow you! Please don’t abandon us!” Vermilion Bird Nan Li urged in a panicked voice.

Little Xiaolan sighed. “I’ve encountered some very terrifying enemies, and they are situated in the core of this world, the Tai Chu Continent! They want to kill me, and I can’t rest until they have all perished. If I can’t come back…”

“Great Empress, we would be more than willing to fight for you and lay down our lives for you!” Vermilion Bird Nan Li yelled.

“Me too, let me come with you!” Vermilion Bird You Luo chimed in.

Immediately afterward, the six Vermilion Bird blabbermouths all stepped forward with frenetic expressions of determination.

“Take me with you!”

“Great Empress Vermilion Bird, please allow us to accompany you!”

“No matter what enemies await us, we have no fear!”

“Great Empress Vermilion Bird, please allow us to accompany you!”

The hundreds of thousands of Vermilion Birds in the vermilion bird palace all knelt to the ground at the same time and chanted in unison.

“We pledge eternal loyalty to the Great Empress!”

“We pledge eternal loyalty to the Great Empress!”

“We are willing to lay down our lives for the Great Empress!”