Not daring to ask proactively.

They could only grit their teeth, take the things, and follow Lu Ding.

Lu Ding was in front, the two followed behind, flying all the way towards the Royal Capital of Great Jing.

On the way, the female cultivator couldn't hold back and quietly asked the man beside her a question.

"Do you know what human sediment is?"

The man shook his head: "Never even heard of it."

The woman looked at some of the marsh water essence staining the man's clothes, her eyes darting, her gaze fixed intently on his garment: "What a pity about this marsh water essence."

The man followed her gaze, saw the marsh water essence staining the hem of his robe, reached out, scooped some up, and stuffed it into his mouth: "Can't let it go to waste."

Seeing he'd taken the bait, the woman immediately asked: "What's it taste like?"

The man smacked his lips: "Fragrant, pure, fishy!"

Witnessing this scene, Lu Ding almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

The woman was somewhat scratching her head.

"Fishy???"

Human sediment... fishy...

Sediment... sedi...

Could it be!!!!

The woman's eyes suddenly widened!!

Instantly, she moved away from the man, flying a bit closer to Lu Ding who was ahead.

The man didn't quite understand.

He was just about to follow and move closer.

Lu Ding and the woman's voices rang out together.

"Don't come over!"

"Stay away from me!"

The man: ??????

He looked utterly innocent, what had he done?

Why do you two look so disgusted.

Until they flew back to the Royal Capital of Great Jing.

The man maintained his distance from the two of them the entire time.

They flew straight to the imperial palace, not a single person dared to stop them.

In their hearts, the two were also silently guessing Lu Ding's identity.

Could he be a prodigy of the Great Jing imperial family?

But they'd never heard before that the Great Jing imperial An family had such a figure?

Could he be an ancient monster who maintains eternal youth?

Inside the Golden Luan Hall.

At this moment, basically, the overall situation was already settled.

Regarding An Wuyang's position as Crown Prince, although Lu Ding wasn't present, Fu Xinghe, representing Lu Ding, merely stood beside An Wuyang, and the people present simply didn't dare to utter a single word of dissent.

But then again.

Lu Ding currently wasn't personally present after all.

Although they didn't dare to say no outright.

They still dared to beat around the bush, saying An Wuyang still needed more experience and training.

Like now.

A minister was currently arguing in the hall.

"Your Majesty, this humble official believes the position of Crown Prince undoubtedly belongs to His Highness the Filial Prince, but at present, His Highness the Filial Prince is still too young and inexperienced, needing further training and growth. Setting aside his temperament for now, his cultivation level..."

He didn't explicitly state anything.

Just spoke the truth.

This was the fact.

No one could refute it.

Just watch as Wen Siyuan, the Prime Minister, the old man Wen, continued: "This humble official believes it would be better to let His Highness the Filial Prince focus on cultivation properly, waiting until the day his cultivation is sufficient."

"Then proceed with the Crown Prince ceremony, announcing it to the world!"

"After all, with His Highness the Filial Prince's talent, reaching the Fifth Restriction in cultivation is merely a matter of a few years."

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"Your Highness, what do you think?"

Just as An Wuyang was about to retort, Fu Xinghe timely took his position, Prince Zhao was rubbing his hands together eagerly, both ready to jump in and follow up at any moment.

Right at that moment.

A voice came from outside the hall, before An Wuyang could speak.

"Why don't you ask what I think!?"

As soon as the voice sounded, the sense of security made its entrance.

An Wuyang muted himself, his eyes looking towards the direction of the voice, anticipating the newcomer's performance.

Then they saw.

Lu Ding's figure gradually ascended from the descending steps.

This place, the Golden Luan Hall, symbolized the supreme imperial authority of Great Jing. After all, An Wuyang would be the emperor here in the future, so Lu Ding had to show some face and didn't fly in directly.

When he led his people into the grand hall.

With a wave of his hand.

All the doors of the Golden Luan Hall slammed shut with loud bangs.

The moment Lu Ding appeared, everyone's pupils instantly contracted!

They had thought Lu Ding was away on business, which was why they dared, openly and covertly, to put some minor obstacles in An Wuyang's path, though not too excessively.

Of course, in this already settled situation, they certainly couldn't shake An Wuyang's position as Crown Prince, nor did they dare harbor such thoughts.

The reason they wanted to delay An Wuyang's ascension to Crown Prince was because they wanted to renegotiate cooperation terms with An Wuyang.

To prevent An Wuyang from directly becoming Crown Prince and finalizing the overall situation.

After all, they didn't want a major reshuffle of the aristocratic family landscape either.

But who could have imagined, Lu Ding was back.

Walking forward, looking at the old man who had just spoken, the one who held the highest civil position in Great Jing.

"Prime Minister Wen, can't you hear me? I asked why you didn't ask for my opinion?"

Wen Siyuan, the Prime Minister of Great Jing, instantly broke out in a cold sweat, his back went numb, and he said with forced courage: "Greetings, Grand Duke Lu. You... you just arrived, didn't you? I wanted to ask you, but you weren't here before?"

Lu Ding looked at him: "Now, I am here. You can ask me."

Wen Siyuan asked with a forced smile: "Then, Grand Duke Lu, what do you think?"

Lu Ding responded: "I think you're looking for trouble with me."

As soon as the words fell.

BANG!!!!

Right in the Golden Luan Hall, in front of all the civil and military officials, Lu Ding directly raised his leg without the slightest warning. No one dared to imagine he would make a move here.

While revealing his aura, which was somewhat different from that of an ordinary God Ascension cultivator yet shared the same grand unity.

With just one kick!!

He sent Wen Siyuan, this pile of old bones, flying backwards, crashing through a wall of gleaming yellow, burying him amidst shattered gold and rubble.

Negotiate?

Negotiate my ass, absolute power represents absolute authority. What he says, goes.

"God Ascension realm!!!"

"He actually stepped into the God Ascension realm!!"

"No wonder he wasn't here today, he went to break through to God Ascension!"

"Lu Ding at the Fifth Restriction already had the strength to contend with Spirit Refinement cultivators. Now that he's at God Ascension, his combat power..."

The civil and military officials didn't dare to think too deeply about it.

But at this moment, they had already made up their minds. Forget about letting An Wuyang become Crown Prince, even if they wanted An Wuyang to become emperor, they would have no objections.

All because Lu Ding supported An Wuyang.

From within the shattered gold and rubble, Wen Siyuan stood up in a sorry state, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His face filled with anger, he said: "Grand Duke Lu!!! This is Great Jing!!!"

Lu Ding pressed forward.

Speaking first: "So what?"

"I know this is Great Jing, and I know this is the Golden Luan Hall in the Royal Capital of Great Jing. That's why I closed the doors. Now I'm notifying you in advance, I'm going to slap your face. Do you dare to block it!?"

Swinging his arm in a full arc.

He slapped him.

SMACK!!!!

The blow made Wen Siyuan's face contort, staggering a few steps to the side, his cheek swelling high, burning with pain. This pain wasn't just on his face, but also in his heart.

But he didn't dare to block.

Lu Ding continued to pursue, swinging his arm again, SMACK!!!

"Block it!!!"

SMACK!!

"Dare to block!? Dare to dodge!?"

SMACK!!!

"Weren't you quite impressive!?"

SMACK!!

"Aren't you the Prime Minister of Great Jing!!!?"

SMACK!!!

"I gave you a chance and you're still useless. Be tough! Block it!!!"

SMACK!!!

The final slap sent him sprawling beneath the dragon throne of the emperor, not daring to move a muscle.

Lu Ding did not overstep by ascending the high platform.

Instead, he stood below, pointing at Wen Siyuan under the dragon throne and saying: "Fucking useless trash. If you dared to block even once here today, I would have killed you directly, then wiped out your Wen family."

"You became a Prime Minister, and you really think you're something?"

"What the hell are you!!!"

Turning to look at everyone: "Including all of you!!!"

"What schemes you're plotting, not only do I know, everyone present knows. Today I'll put my words right here. An Wuyang's position as Crown Prince must be settled today, right now!!"

"Whether you support him or not is unimportant."

Lu Ding cupped his hands towards the Jing Emperor seated on the throne above, who had already been suppressed by him, giving full face as he said: "With His Majesty supporting him, with Great Han supporting him, with me supporting him, that's enough!"

"I'm standing right here now. If anyone has the guts, step forward, and say to my face, 'I do not support An Wuyang becoming Crown Prince.'"

"WHO DARES!!!?"