Chapter 71: Chapter 7: Twenty Years in Retrospect

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Emperor Liu Shi was momentarily stunned in place.

He had anticipated various answers, the more normal ones, to plead on behalf of the Seventh Princess.

Or to widen the selection scope, attempting to prevent the Seventh Princess from becoming a 'Divine Weapon Bearer'.

The more ruthless response would be approval of Emperor Liu Shi's actions.

As a member of the royal lineage, sacrificing for the nation was nothing out of the ordinary.

But Liu Shi had never expected Lin Yuan's answer to be this.

No need to cultivate a Divine Weapon Bearer.

Give me time, and I will surpass the Divine Weapon Bearers.

It must be known that behind every 'Divine Weapon Bearer', stands a Divine Weapon.

And within the Central Plains Thirty-Six Kingdoms, Divine Weapons are heaven itself.

To surpass a Divine Weapon Bearer is akin to surpassing a Divine Weapon itself.

Such Against-Heaven's expressions, once spread,