Chapter 1805 - 157: Return, Myth!

Afternoon.

The continuous sunny weather of recent days has caused the temperature to rise steadily, making the ground scorching hot, and the air filled with a blazing aura, as if it were the height of summer.

Beside the official road outside the Royal Capital.

A few cool sheds have been set up.

This place is still five miles away from the entrance to the Royal Capital.

Travelers entering and leaving the Royal Capital sometimes choose to rest here temporarily, to regain their strength.

"Brother Wang, I heard two days ago that Heavenly Soldiers descended to the Royal Capital to capture King Luoshui Jiang Ning. You were in the Royal Capital before, is this true?"

"It’s true!"

"It’s true?"

"Yes! But it’s not as exaggerated as rumors say. There were no Heavenly Soldiers descending from heaven, only two Heavenly Soldiers appeared at the Li River Palace to apprehend King Luoshui Jiang Ning."

"Brother Wang, what was the result then?" someone eagerly asked at this moment.

"King Luoshui escaped from the Royal Capital that day, and there has been no news since!"

"Brother Wang, since the mythical Heavenly Soldiers have appeared, do you think there are really Immortals in this world?"

"Who knows?" someone shook their head and then sighed, "Even if there are Immortals, they have nothing to do with small people like us!"

"..."

In the tea shed, Jiang Ning took the last sip of cool tea, then stood up.

He has heard too many conversations and discussions like this.

Just now, driven by interest, he walked into this tea shed outside the Royal Capital and ordered a pot of cool tea.

As soon as he sat down, he heard the adjacent tables discussing topics about him.

All topics related to him mostly revolved around the appearance of those two Heavenly Soldiers two days ago.

That day, too many people saw the mythical Heavenly Soldiers and the battle, and also saw those two soldiers chasing the rainbow light representing him out of the city.

"I’ve been missing for two days, no news for two days, I wonder if anything has happened in the Royal Capital!"

Thoughts scattered in his mind, and he suddenly thought of some bad possibilities; he felt no interest in wandering around.

In the next moment.

With a thought, he suddenly transformed into a black-and-white rainbow and shot into the sky.

In just a moment, when the people in the tea shed came back to their senses, that black-and-white rainbow had already disappeared at the horizon’s edge, forming an arc that fell back into the Royal Capital.

"Was that just now... King Luoshui Jiang Ning?" someone stared in shock at the sky where the black-and-white rainbow was, swallowing and speaking.

"It’s him! It has to be him! The black-and-white rainbow, travelling thousands of miles in an instant, Immortal’s divine skill, in this world only he possesses such a means!" another person steadied their heart spirit, and said solemnly.

"Then... when did he arrive? He was just beside us drinking tea, how did we not see him?"

"King Luoshui Jiang Ning, the second most powerful in the world, already like the mythical Immortals! If he doesn’t want us to see him, even if he is right next to us, we ordinary people simply cannot see him!"

"Do you all think that with the position King Luoshui has reached at such a young age, that even mythical Heavenly Soldiers can’t handle him, will he truly be able to reach the level of the Great Xia Martial Saint?"

At this word, the entire tea shed fell silent.

Later, someone slowly spoke: "I hope he can reach that level. The appearance of the Martial Saint brought us more than eight hundred years of peace and prosperity; more than eight hundred years ago, for people like us commoners, living to old age was almost an impossible thing! Only in peaceful times is there space for ordinary people like us to survive."

"Indeed!" someone also agreed: "I really hope he can reach that level. I heard the North is already unstable, and Xisha County is also in chaos; ordinary people are finding it difficult to live! If King Luoshui can reach the level comparable to the Martial Saint, the world can again have more than eight hundred years of peaceful prosperity."

Inside the tea shed.

More conversations dropped, again falling into a silence.

...

In the Royal Capital.

The appearance of the black-and-white rainbow suddenly stirred up a small wave.

Beside the Prince Mansion.

"Even those two Heavenly Soldiers couldn’t do anything to him! Has his strength improved yet again?" Ji Xuan looked at the black-and-white rainbow lingering in the sky in the distance, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his fists in sleeves silently clenched.

...

At the Martial King Mansion.

"Haha—" Xiang Yuan laughed, "Junior Brother Xiao, I told you, this kid has immense fortune, it won’t be easy for something bad to happen! So what about Heavenly Soldiers? Now is the era of Martial Arts, not the era of Immortal Dao, the celestial environment is unsuitable, and the Heavenly Soldiers are not as powerful as they were in that era!"

Beside him, Xiao Wuque looked at the striking black-and-white rainbow in the sky, the corner of his mouth slightly curling into a smile.

"He certainly won’t meet misfortune easily, but there was still some concern before; those were mythical Heavenly Soldiers, reputed with half-step Immortal’s strength!"

"Junior Brother Xiao, what do you think his current strength is? To escape alive from two Heavenly Soldiers, it seems being the second in the world is truly deserved!" Xiang Yuan spoke.

"How would I know his current strength!" Xiao Wuque laughed and shook his head, then sighed, "Him? I’ve already lost sight of his depth! Now probably only the Master can roughly see through him; unknowingly, he has already moved ahead of us! He has walked farther, walked deeper than us!"

...

In the Imperial Palace.

"Mengyun, I told you, Brother Jiang would surely be fine!" Ji Minghao said confidently.

"The Holy Emperor is really remarkable!" Shen Mengyun looked at Ji Minghao, with a faint smile at the corner of her eye.

"Let’s go! Travel with me to the Li River Palace!" Ji Minghao said.

"Why is the Holy Emperor in such a hurry? Why not issue a decree for King Luoshui to enter the palace immediately." Shen Mengyun suggested.

"No way!" Ji Minghao shook his head and continued, "He is Brother Jiang, not my subject; I’ve reached where I am today all thanks to his vital support; to Brother Jiang, would I not show respect?"