My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

Wu Ling listened to the palace maid's words, nodded slightly, a touch of joy appearing on her fair face, and she let out a sigh of relief. Moments later, as if remembering something, she looked at the palace maid.

"Did Father also enter that secret realm?"

The palace maid nodded slightly, "He should have. However, we of low status are not privy to His Majesty's exact whereabouts. At this moment, he might have already returned to the palace."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ling subconsciously shook her head.

Generally speaking, Emperor Zhou of Great Zhou would visit her every few days to teach her the practice of Spirit Dao and the Divine Power Sect. Several days had now passed.

Emperor Zhou had not yet appeared.

Even if he was delayed in the secret realm for a while, by now he should have come out along with the Princely Heir and the others.

"Why is there still no news of him?"

Wu Ling's attractive eyebrows furrowed slightly. Unable to comprehend the reason, a bad premonition began to rise faintly in her heart.

A guess emerged in her mind, unsolicited.

Father...

Hadn't something happened to him?

As soon as Wu Ling thought of this, she quickly shook her head, casting the thought from her mind.

"Impossible, Father is a Sky-Man; he cannot so easily fall into misfortune."

"Now that the Princely Heir has already emerged from the secret realm and caused such a stir in Duke Zhen's Mansion, it is evident he may have gained quite a few benefits from the secret realm."

"If even the Princely Heir could emerge unscathed from the secret realm, Father, being a Sky-Man, would have no reason to encounter any accidents."

Wu Ling whispered to herself.

As far as she was concerned,

although she did not particularly like Emperor Zhou of Great Zhou, he was the closest person to her in this life, more so than any other princes, princesses, and consorts of the Imperial Palace.

If something truly happened to Emperor Zhou, then for Wu Ling, aside from having a friend like Cheng Guang, she would have no other kin in this world.

The guards from the Eastern Palace hurried over, swords in hand, their expressions tense.

Beside the Eastern Palace guard, there was also the figure of Zhao Jin.

"Your Highness, pardon my intrusion."

Zhao Jin walked quickly up to Wu Ling and spoke to her in a low voice.

Wu Ling's gaze swept over Zhao Jin.

She did not speak.

The Eastern Palace guard looked self-reproachful, "Your Highness, I failed to stop him."

Wu Ling shook her head slightly and said softly, "It's only normal that you couldn't stop Eunuch Zhao, who is of the Ninth-order Martial Emperor Realm."

Zhao Jin, hearing Wu Ling's words, could sense the coldness in her tone.

He gave a wry smile and quickly said to Wu Ling, "Your Highness, a major event has occurred, could we step aside?"

Wu Ling looked at Zhao Jin with a hint of surprise.

Zhao Jin always followed behind Father; even if a major incident occurred, he should in principle report to Father. Why had he now come to find her?

A strange sense arose within Wu Ling's heart. She frowned slightly and watched Zhao Jin until sweat beaded heavily on his forehead. Only then did she shift her gaze away.

"Let's go."

Wu Ling walked toward the side room. Once Zhao Jin followed her inside and the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs had been dismissed, Wu Ling turned around. Through the round window, she looked toward the abnormal phenomena above Duke Zhen's Mansion and slowly asked,

"You said a major event has occurred? What event?"

Zhao Jin spoke respectfully, "Your Majesty, he... has not emerged from the secret realm."

At these words, Wu Ling's heart jolted, and she abruptly turned to look at Zhao Jin, "What do you mean he hasn't come out?"

Zhao Jin gave a bitter smile, momentarily at a loss for words, unsure how to respond.

He certainly couldn't say that he didn't know why His Majesty hadn't emerged from the secret realm.

At that time, Zhao Jin did not enter the secret realm with Emperor Zhou.

Firstly, his presence in the secret realm was of no use, and secondly, his status at Emperor Zhou's side had plummeted. Emperor Zhou would not have allowed him to stay by his side.

Therefore, Zhao Jin could only wait near the entrance to the secret realm, waiting for Emperor Zhou to emerge.

Zhao Jin had originally thought that Emperor Zhou, having obtained the opportunity within the secret realm, would soon appear. Even without such fortune, the realm was unlikely to harm a Sky-Man of Emperor Zhou's stature.

To his surprise,

since entering the secret realm, Emperor Zhou had vanished without trace.

Until even those of Seventh or Eighth Rank began to emerge from the secret realm, Emperor Zhou's figure remained unseen.

Until the entrance to the secret realm completely disappeared.

All the Sky-Men who entered the secret realm, except for Empress Wei, had vanished.

It was then that Zhao Jin realized that Emperor Zhou might have met with an accident.

All at once, the world was short of dozens of Sky-Men.

Their top-tier combat power had virtually disappeared out of thin air.

This was an event that, for the whole world, could be likened to an earthquake!

Zhao Jin's first reaction was that Emperor Zhou, along with a host of other Sky-Men, was likely no more.

Whether ultimately dead or not.

Trapped within the secret realm.

Given that the realm appeared and disappeared without logic,

Emperor Zhou and all other Sky-Men trapped within the realm were almost indistinguishable from being dead.

At this thought, Zhao Jin felt a chill crawl over his scalp. After standing dumbfounded for a while, he did not hesitate and immediately headed toward the Eastern Palace.

Being a eunuch, his only refuge was imperial power.

The future Sky-Man of Great Zhou might well belong to Wu Ling.

That's why he rushed to the Eastern Palace first. Explore new worlds at empire

Zhao Jin was ready to tell Wu Ling that Emperor Zhou was likely gone, suggesting she should prepare early.