This is Awkward

"Gone?"

Lu Chuan gently opened his eyes. Kneeling before him were two Heavenly Soldiers, both in the Refining Spirit Realm.

The Heavenly Soldiers of the Heavenly Court were generally only at the stages of refining essence or refining qi. Those who had cultivated to the Refining Spirit Realm were already qualified to become commanders over a thousand Heavenly Soldiers.

The two Heavenly Soldiers hurriedly said, "Your subordinates handled the matter poorly and ask the Emperor to punish us for our crime. But your subordinates guarantee that we absolutely did not neglect our duties or slack off in the task the Emperor entrusted to us."

"I know!" Lu Chuan said lightly. "You should know the names of that mother and son, right?"

The Heavenly Soldier said, "That woman is called Zhao Ji. Not long after the Emperor left back then, that child was named Zhao Zheng!"

"Zhao Zheng... Ying Zheng... Ancestral Dragon..."

Lu Chuan's gaze flashed, and his thoughts instantly linked the three together.

It was said that in his youth, the First Emperor had indeed spent many years in Zhao State as the son of a hostage, and had also been named Zhao Zheng.

"It seems the Ancestral Dragon did indeed tamper with that Zhao Zheng."

A thread of light flashed in Lu Chuan's eyes. He lifted his gaze to the two Heavenly Soldiers kneeling on the ground and said, "You two may withdraw. You've worked hard all these years. Not only are you without fault, you have also endured hardship. Go and rest!"

With the Ancestral Dragon's methods, forget two Heavenly Soldiers in the Refining Spirit Realm—even he himself had not been able to find the exact person back then. Since he had discovered nothing abnormal, he could only use the foolish method of keeping watch over more than