Chapter 1607 - 171: Homecoming (Part 1)

Chapter 1607: Chapter 171: Homecoming (Part 1)

"What does Tianyuan Mountain say?"

"Ling Chenzi’s Divine Soul has fallen, and his Life Token from the past is shattered."

The Snow Master couldn’t hide her excitement.

So many years.

The Da Chu Dynasty could never deal with Ling Chenzi.

And now... this traitor to the Taoist sect, this sinner who betrayed Da Chu, has finally met his end and received the punishment he deserved.

And the one who carried out such a judgment.

There is no doubt.

It’s only "that person".

"It’s really... faster than I expected."

Chen Jingxuan heard, lowered his eyes, revealing a hint of a smile.

He had once seen a glimpse of the future in the [Roundness Instrument].

As for the news spoken by the Snow Master.

Chen Jingxuan was not surprised.

He just hadn’t thought that all this would happen so quickly... Xie Xuanyi refused to go south, and more than a year later, he had already executed Ling Chenzi.

Nevertheless, it’s quite reasonable.

He still understood Xie Xuanyi.

This killer named Xie never failed, and his actions were always swift.

"Today is a good day, I want to celebrate."

Chen Jingxuan said with a radiant smile: "Tell His Majesty, the ’major exam’ at You hour today is canceled."

"Yes."

The Snow Master smiled.

She hadn’t seen Mr. Chen smile like that for a long time and thus took the order and went towards the direction of the Imperial Palace.

After the Snow Master left.

The elegant room returned to quietness.

Chen Jingxuan sat alone on the second floor, gazing at the fine rain outside, unable to resist retrieving a jar of wine from the Grotto Heaven hidden in his sleeve.

He seldom drank, but today was worth making an exception.

As Chen Jingxuan bowed his head to pour himself a drink.

Suddenly.

A lazy voice sounded in front of him.

"Aren’t you going to pour me a cup as well?"

Chen Jingxuan’s movements abruptly halted.

He froze for several breaths, then slowly raised his head, incredulously looking at the person in front of him. The fine rain fell on half of the tabletop, and opposite him, a familiar figure in black, long unseen, sat quietly.

"...?"

Chen Jingxuan looked at Xie Xuanyi in astonishment.

He seldom lost his composure like this.

Mainly because this scene was too surprising.

The Book Tower Dark Child had just relayed the message back to the Imperial City not long ago.

And now the "instigator" of the bloodshed had personally appeared and was sitting right before him?

"I’m sorry."

Xie Xuanyi discerned Chen Jingxuan’s thoughts and said with a smile: "I sent away your most important ’Dark Child’, so this time, the news about Great Ape Mountain from the Book Tower was a bit slow. But it wasn’t too slow... After all, I used the [Harmonization Dao Domain] to tear through the void and travel."

Returning to Da Chu.

Xie Xuanyi traversed the void along the way, regardless of the cost in Primordial Energy, and took less than a day in all.

This journey southwards went extremely smoothly, unimpeded all the way.

The Great Palace Master did not intervene.

None of the other Demon Country Great Venerables were foolish enough to come forward and block, risking their lives in vain.

One could say.

Xie Xuanyi’s northward journey was a completely different ending from Zhao Chunyang’s back then.

The story’s beginning had some similarities.

Only the ending of the story was vastly different.

"You little rascal..."

Chen Jingxuan chuckled helplessly, unable to resist punching Xie Xuanyi’s shoulder lightly.

So well hidden.

He went south.

Yet didn’t say a word.

"I wanted to give you all a surprise, so I didn’t tell anyone."

Xie Xuanyi said with a grin: "But honestly, I came to find you first, so you should treat me to a drink, right?"

"Drink."

Chen Jingxuan generously slammed the entire jar of wine heavily on the table, then took out another jar.

"Rare."

Xie Xuanyi gave a thumbs up and drank from the jar.

Half an hour later.

Northern Border Great Wall, Eastern Front, Mei Mansion City.

Tang Fengshu was in meditation retreat in the City Lord Mansion.

"Who?"

She suddenly opened her eyes, light bursting from them, looking back, and at the same time, wielded her horsetail whisk.

Thousands of threads from the horsetail whisk, mixed with the vast Taoist Intent like a long whip, came smashing down heavily—

This strike was exceptionally fierce.

Tang Fengshu was purely reacting on instinct.

Stationed on the Northern Border Great Wall, there was no room for sloppiness; although the Demon Country hadn’t attacked for a year, they might still harbor ill intentions. In past years, assassinations of Great Practitioners were not uncommon, her Divine Thought sensed the ripple of Void Shifting, with a faint presence of demon energy...

In an instant.

The substantial Dao Domain of this Master of World Pavilion unfolded immediately!

Only.

This substantial Dao Domain did not envelop the entire City Lord Mansion.

The void indeed shattered.

A dark figure emerged from it, and where it stood, it forcibly squeezed the Dao Domain aside...

"Hmm?"

Tang Fengshu was momentarily stunned.

In the next moment.

The dark figure lifted two fingers, pinched the horsetail whisk, and the vast and fierce Great Dao Intent was dispelled entirely, along with the Great Dao Domain, blown away as if by the wind.

"Master Tang, it’s me."

Xie Xuanyi spoke with a smile, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Xie Xuanyi?"

Tang Fengshu stared with wide-eyed disbelief at the scene.

She certainly knew of Xie Xuanyi’s miraculous ascendance through Harmonization in the Demon Country...

Only.

She simply hadn’t anticipated that after Harmonization, the strength difference between them would be so vast?

Tang Fengshu had diligently cultivated in recent years. Her realm had ascended to the Fourth Layer of Heaven in the Yang God realm. One could say her cultivation pace was not at all inferior even when compared to the Prince of Great Ape Mountain. She had thought that with such diligence, she wouldn’t fall too far behind Xie Xuanyi.

Unfortunately.

Reality is much harsher than imagined.

"Hiss."

Xie Xuanyi flicked his hand, grinning, "This horsetail whisk hurts like hell... If it were someone else, wouldn’t they have been whipped to death?"

"......"

Tang Fengshu was speechless.

She could tell that Xie Xuanyi was deliberately putting on a show to comfort her.

This fellow had a Martial Arts Saint Body and the Undying Spring.

Years ago, even in the Yin God Realm, he could withstand Great True Master Chong Kan’s Eighth Heaven Sword Qi.

Her strike.

Was probably just a sprinkle, in comparison.

"In this place, idle people are not allowed in."

Tang Fengshu said irritably, "Coming unannounced, trespassing into the City Lord Mansion, serves you right."

"Is that so?"

Xie Xuanyi scratched his head and said, "Does everyone have to be treated the same way?"

"Naturally, everyone is the same."

Tang Fengshu frowned and sniffed the air: "Have you been drinking?"

"Had a little. Not much."

Xie Xuanyi said with a smile, then reached out into the void and pulled out a groggy figure: "But this guy had too much... I assume he’s not considered an idle person, right? If he is, I’ll take him back."

"......"

This time, Tang Fengshu was genuinely silent.

She looked at Chen Jingxuan, who was pulled from the void, completely drunk.

So many years.

It was the first time she had seen Chen Jingxuan drunk like this.

"How did you manage that?"

Tang Fengshu looked at Xie Xuanyi, sighing deeply.

"Hmm..."

Xie Xuanyi stroked his chin, deliberately selling a mystery: "Actually, it’s quite simple, just celebrated some."

"Celebrated?"

Tang Fengshu was stunned: "Celebrate what... your return from the Demon Country?"

Clearly.

She wasn’t aware of what had happened at Great Ape Mountain.

In her view, Xie Xuanyi going south was indeed something worth celebrating, but not to the extent of getting this drunk, right?

"Celebrated that I killed Ling Chenzi, and incidentally, also killed the Nether Sea?"

Xie Xuanyi said with a mischievous smile: "Or maybe it’s because... the ongoing two-generation north-south war has finally come to an end? But in my view, this guy got drunk on purpose, since being drunk would make it reasonable to be brought over by me, allowing him to openly meet with you, Master Tang."

"???"

Master Tang was petrified on the spot.

This short sentence held an enormous amount of information, she took a long time to digest it, yet still couldn’t grasp it all.

Before she could react.

Xie Xuanyi flung Chen Jingxuan out, tossing him into Tang Fengshu’s arms.

"In any case, I’ll leave this guy to you."

"You all... take care."