The Way of the Emperor, The Way of Loneliness

To be honest, I'm really curious—how did you break through the limits of a mortal's lifespan?"

Looking at the face before her, unchanged from a hundred years ago, A Zhui couldn't help but muse.

Watching A Zhui in front of him, Ye Chen chuckled and said, "If you want to know, just study it yourself and find out. Besides, haven't you heard that saying? Sometimes liking someone starts with curiosity."

With that, Ye Chen spread his arms and smiled at her.

He wasn't worried at all about her examining his body—after all, it was just a self-healing ability, nothing significant in the Super God Universe.

Seeing Ye Chen openly flirting with her, A Zhui really wanted to beat this guy into a pulp.

"You're really full of yourself. If you want me to like you, your current strength isn't enough.

If you don't end up rotting in the ground in the future, then maybe there's a slight chance I could like you."

Angels seek eternal love, aiming to find a male god who won't rot in the earth.

That's because angels have such long lifespans, and they only love one person in their entire lives.

If their partner's lifespan is too short, once the spouse dies of old age, the one left behind suffers a fate worse than death in the endless years.

"Alright, I'm done chatting with you. I have things to do, so I'll be off. Hope you're still alive when I come back in another hundred years."

With those words, A Zhui's figure vanished instantly.

Watching A Zhui leave without a sound, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile. "Another hundred years... is that a promise? Heh, I'll be waiting."

"Long Yu, Yuan Long, come in!" Then, Ye Chen looked toward the hall and said in a deep voice.

"Creak~"

As the door opened, Black Dragon Guard leader Long Yu and personal attendant and secretary Yuan Long entered the hall, glanced around the room, and noticed the foreign woman was already gone.

"Your Majesty, your servant has committed a crime. Please punish me."

Once inside, Long Yu immediately knelt on one knee.

"Rise. This matter isn't your fault. With that person's abilities, no one on Blue Star can stop her right now."

"Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty."

Hearing that Ye Chen wasn't going to punish him, Long Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, this dereliction of duty could easily drag his entire family into trouble.

Being the emperor's personal guard was both an honor and an extremely dangerous position.

"Yuan Long, go to the Education Department and issue an order. Imperial We wants the entire education system—from provincial capitals down to every village across the nation—fully established within twenty years. At the same time, select a site near the imperial capital to build the Imperial Academy of Sciences..."

Ye Chen calmly laid out the empire's next direction and decrees.

Yuan Long quickly noted everything down and then left to make arrangements.

After Yuan Long left, Ye Chen turned to Long Yu and said, "Long Yu, Imperial We intends to establish the Imperial Guard. Their duty is to monitor the empire's officials and gather intelligence from all over the empire for Imperial We.

This organization will report directly to Imperial We and has the authority to execute first and report later. This organization wields great power and is very important, so Imperial We needs someone absolutely trustworthy to lead it.

Long Yu, can Imperial We trust you?"

As the words fell, an immense pressure instantly bore down on Long Yu. Feeling the vast, ocean-like aura, Long Yu felt like he was suffocating.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Long Yu hadn't expected that not only would Ye Chen not punish him this time, but he was also entrusting him with such an important organization. Still, he quickly recovered.

"Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty. Long Yu will never betray your trust."

Seeing this, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction. After a hundred years on the throne, drawing on knowledge he'd picked up from the internet in the past and his own years of exploration, he had developed his own Art of the Emperor.

By now, he wielded it with such skill that it was second nature.

If this were his old world, he'd at least be a big boss—after all, he knew how to paint a grand vision, a must-have skill for any boss, and with this mastery of managing people, success would be hard to avoid.

Then Ye Chen dismissed Long Yu.

Finally, the entire hall was left with only Ye Chen.

Looking at the vast, empty hall, so cold and desolate, Ye Chen couldn't help but shake his head and let out a sigh.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a bit lonely. Well, maybe that was a little melodramatic.

But since he'd chosen the path of an emperor, loneliness was inevitable.

Because one who rules as emperor cannot allow anyone to walk beside him.

And that is the tyranny of an emperor.