"Could I really have been overthinking it!?"
Lin Yuan's brows knitted tightly, and frustration gnawed at him.
Qin Feng still showed no sign of making a move against him, yet Lin Yuan could not shake the feeling that a conspiracy surrounded him, squeezing him until he could barely breathe, as though he might suffocate at any moment.
Just then—
The void suddenly rippled, and a group of people tore through it.
Their leader was a young general in a white robe. A faint Emperor Rank Pressure surged around him. He held a longbow shimmering with divine light, while a quiver containing three divine arrows hung across his back.
It was Bairi!
Behind him stood a dozen or so burly men wearing the bright armor reserved for the Imperial Guard of Great Qin.
Unlike Cheng Chun and Mu Shen, who were responsible for the capital's security, Bairi commanded the guards who accompanied Qin Feng and protected him. He was one of the Qin Emperor's personal guards.
His force was small, but every man was an expert of the Quasi-Emperor Realm.
"Another Great Emperor!!"
The Lin Household disciples around them jolted in shock. At last, they had a firsthand sense of how terrifying Great Qin was.
In other dynasties, a Great Emperor could claim territory and become a king. Before the First Emperor of Great Qin, one could only serve as a guard commander. Across the long river of history, no other emperor had ever commanded such grandeur.
Even Mu Xiu, Ren Huan, Miss Dongfang, and Master San Nong, the four Great Emperors who had just left, all called themselves subjects. None could claim land and crown themselves king.
"Congratulations, Lord Wu'an!!"
Bairi descended slowly from the sky with his guards.
Two guards stepped forward, one on each side, each holding a