Chapter 595 - 593: Tiger General

Chapter 595: Chapter 593: Tiger General

Seeing Bing Xuanchen again, he was a changed man.

His eyes still held their characteristic determination and composure, but now they also contained a sense of fulfilled happiness and the tranquility of one who has seen through the ways of the world.

What was different was a newfound sense of contentment and a serene detachment from worldly affairs.

A beautiful woman stood by his side.

Her brows were picturesque, her face like a blossom, and her slender figure was graced with enchanting curves.

She stood quietly beside Bing Xuanchen, like a white lotus blooming silently on an Ice Mountain.

’She must be Xuanchen’s wife, Ice Lotus!’

Bing Xuanchen had mentioned her to Jiang Jichen before.

He still remembered the mix of happiness and sorrow on Bing Xuanchen’s face whenever he spoke of his wife.

The happiness was natural, for he was blessed to have a wife like Ice Lotus in this life.

The sorrow was because his wife had been in Yuan Hao’s clutches, trapped in a deep slumber.

Now, they had arrived hand in hand. Clearly, the matter with the Assassin Alliance had been resolved.

"Brother Xuanchen, I trust you’ve been well!"

Jiang Jichen said with sincerity.

"This subordinate, Bing Xuanchen, pays his respects to the Sect Leader!"

However, Bing Xuanchen suddenly cupped his hands in a bow and spoke with the utmost gravity.

Jiang Jichen wasn’t surprised. After all, Bing Xuanchen had said before he left that once he had handled his affairs, he would come and join him to help attack the Holy Mountain.

Jiang Jichen didn’t stand on ceremony. "With you, Xuanchen, it is as if my Luochen Sect has gained a ferocious tiger general—like a tiger sprouting wings. From now on, the Luochen Sect’s intelligence and assassination division will be in your hands, Brother Xuanchen!"

Bing Xuanchen’s powerful frame trembled. "I will not disappoint you!"

Once the official business was concluded, Jiang Jichen asked teasingly, "Xuanchen, aren’t you going to introduce your companion?"

Before Bing Xuanchen could answer, the beautiful woman spoke up. "I am Ice Lotus, Xuanchen’s wife. It is a pleasure to meet the Sect Leader."

"I’ve heard from Xuanchen. It is all thanks to you, Sect Leader, that I was able to awaken. Otherwise, I would have been trapped in that slumber forever, never to see my beloved husband again. You have shown immense kindness to both Xuanchen and me!"

Jiang Jichen waved his hand dismissively. "We’re all on the same side, there’s no need for such formalities. From now on, just think of the Luochen Sect as your home."

Afterward, Jiang Jichen and Bing Xuanchen spoke for a while longer. Bing Xuanchen offered his suggestions for establishing the intelligence and assassination divisions.

As the King of Assassins of the Six Paths Illusion Realm and the former leader of the Assassin Alliance, Bing Xuanchen was naturally an expert in these matters.

Jiang Jichen gave him free rein and sent a voice transmission to Zhou Qiang, ordering him to offer his full cooperation.

After meeting with Xuanchen, Jiang Jichen returned to his residence.

The Sect Leader’s Mansion was immense and opulent, and this was Jiang Jichen’s first time setting foot inside.

He simply hadn’t had the time before.

It was staffed with maids, servants, and other attendants.

The servants handled the manual labor, while the maids attended to personal needs.

Originally, the only residents of the vast mansion were Han Qing, Little Gray, Zhou Qiang, and Hua Xiaoling.

Zhou Qiang was Jiang Jichen’s steward, and Little Gray would only ever follow Jiang Jichen. Hua Xiaoling had just recently moved in, and Han Qing was Jiang Jichen’s brother, so their presence was perfectly normal.

However, since Jiang Jichen had never returned and the mansion was so luxurious, comfortable, and full of empty rooms, the Two Beauties of Yunshui—Shui Yunyao and Su Xuefei—had gracefully moved in.

The loyal Little Haas had also come to crash here.

Jiang Jichen was completely unaware of all this. He hadn’t seen any of them upon his return.

This, too, was understandable.

As steward to both Jiang Jichen and the entire Luochen Sect, Zhou Qiang was naturally busy beyond belief.

Han Qing was using the Ghost Soul Stone for his cultivation, striving to elevate his Soul Realm.

Little Gray had been busy with something unknown lately, acting all mysterious.

Little Haas was, of course, with Han Qing, refining the Ghost Soul Stone.

As for Hua Xiaoling and the Two Beauties of Yunshui, they were also nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Jichen, for his part, was being led and attended to by two pretty young maids.

Seeing these two young maids reminded Jiang Jichen of Xing’Er, back in the Jiang Mansion in Cyan Moon City of the Celestial Pearl Country.

An image of Xing’Er surfaced in his mind: cupping her chin in her hands, watching the maple leaves drift down, a look of sorrow and longing on her face.

’After we conquer the Holy Mountain and I obtain that piece of the Mysterious Ancient Jade, I should go back for a visit. I can bring Xing’Er and the old steward with me then.’

Jiang Jichen planned to himself. ℯℯ𝑙.

"You don’t need to follow me. I’m just going for a walk."

Jiang Jichen said gently to the two young maids trailing behind him.

"Yes!"

The two young maids were clearly well-trained. They curtsied and withdrew together.

But to Jiang Jichen, their behavior lacked spirit. It was nothing like the carefree and unrestrained way he used to interact with his former maid, Xing’Er.

He didn’t stop to consider that, in the eyes of these young maids, his current status was as high as the heavens.

With his hands clasped behind his back, Jiang Jichen strolled leisurely through his mansion.

Here, he had retracted his Divine Thought and all his other abilities, walking as if he were an ordinary man.

He wandered about, feeling the simple existence and changes of the world around him.

In recent days, there had been too much fighting and cultivation, with no time to stop.

Now that he finally had a rare moment of peace, returning to his own residence for the first time, Jiang Jichen relaxed his mind and let his thoughts drift.

’Cultivation requires a balance of tension and release!’

He planned to relax for a while and seek the true path within his mundane self.

After this, he would enter the deepest closed-door cultivation to break through to the Golden Body Eighth and Ninth Realms.

The Sect Leader’s Mansion was truly massive. Jiang Jichen walked for the better part of a day and still hadn’t reached its end.

The scenery was elegant, too, with a unique charm.

He was now deep within the mansion grounds, where it grew increasingly quiet, ethereal, and secluded.

This area was normally a forbidden zone where no one dared to tread.

But Jiang Jichen was the master here, so naturally, no one would stop him.

The deeper he went into the estate, the richer the Six Paths Spiritual Energy became, and the more beautiful and elegant the scenery grew.

At the very back of the mansion, Jiang Jichen discovered a surprisingly vast, open courtyard.

It was completely untouched and natural.

There were lush, blooming peach blossoms, a gently babbling brook, a cluster of small peaks, ancient trees, exotic plants, and blooming Spirit Flowers. It was like an Immortal Realm.

Jiang Jichen hadn’t expected to find such a place in the mansion’s backyard.

Watching spiritual butterflies dance among the flowers and birds flit between the ancient trees... The entire scene was as beautiful as a painting.

Jiang Jichen was completely captivated, forgetting himself in the beauty of the moment.

He walked through a shower of falling peach blossoms, passed through the lush flowerbeds, and crossed a grove of ancient trees.

Suddenly, the view before him opened up into a wide, clear space.

But what he saw next struck him like a bolt of lightning.

What was this scene before him?

Under the blue sky and white clouds, nestled between small peaks, was a natural hot spring. Steam curled up from its surface, creating a dreamlike, ethereal atmosphere, like a paradise on earth.

But that wasn’t what had stunned Jiang Jichen.