Li Ming had just gotten ready for bed when Fulai arrived. Thinking Fulai had failed to get things done, he frowned and asked, "Well? Did that Wang Yue actually refuse to accept the imperial decree?"
Fulai quickly bowed to Li Ming, then said excitedly, "Your Majesty, Head of the Academy Wang has accepted the decree. He also asked this servant to bring you a message."
Li Ming furrowed his brow. "What message?"
Fulai glanced cautiously at Li Ming, then said solemnly, "He said that, for your sake as his future father-in-law, he could guarantee that as long as he was around, Great Xia would never fall."
Fulai's words made Li Ming laugh in irritation. He said crossly, "I admit he found grain seeds and knows papermaking and how to build the curved-plow. But he's far too arrogant. How could one man on one mountain sway the fate of the entire world?"
Fulai swallowed, then said with some difficulty, "Your Majesty, perhaps he really can."
Li Ming knew Fulai well enough. He asked gravely, "Does Mount Jiulu have troops?"
Fulai hurriedly waved his hands and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, there are no troops, but Head of the Academy Wang seems to know immortal arts. He merely waved his sleeve, and the next thing I knew, he'd sent this old servant back here."
Only then did he remember the Imperial Guards he had taken with him. He quickly continued, "The Imperial Guards who went with me can testify. They saw me go up the mountain with their own eyes, but just now, Head of the Academy Wang sent me directly from Mount Jiulu to the palace gates."
Li Ming's expression changed dramatically. Could there really be divine beings in this world? He felt both worried and excited, and quickly had Fulai describe