The boundary river was like a colored ribbon, no one knew who it was tied around.

A thorn boat blocked the waist and approached.

On the boat was Jiang Wang. His clothes were no longer stained with blood and dirt. He sat leisurely, with an air of composure.

Crossing this river meant entering the human race camp he had newly conquered.

Just before crossing the river, he felt something in his heart, but looking up, he saw only the empty vastness. Far away, there was indeed a cloud shadow, but it was also very calm.

In a place like the Maze World, calmness was the greatest blessing.

Jiang Wang threw down a maze crystal, urged the thorn boat, and crossed the boundary river himself.

Several stationed defense war boats quickly came up, filled with spirited armored soldiers. Seeing it was Jiang Wang, they all raised their weapons in salute.

Returning to Ding Mao realm again felt completely different.

Although it couldn’t be like Fuhu Pure Land, which was almost equivalent to the present world, it was still like removing shackles and locks, leaving both body and mind relaxed.

Clearly, during the time he had left to chase and kill Ao Huang Zhong, Kuang Hui Ping, Fang Yuan You, and the others had not been idle. They had already thoroughly purged the sea race forces within the domain of Ding Mao realm.

To achieve such high efficiency, Zhuo Qing Ru and Zhu Bi Qiong must have also put in a lot of effort.

In a place like the Maze World, conquering a human race camp and providing a relatively safe military fortress for human cultivators truly brought an extraordinary sense of accomplishment. Moreover, killing Yu Guang Yuan and resolving the lingering threat of the Blood King made the return journey even more peaceful.

Jiang Wang couldn’t help but stand up at the front of the boat and open his arms: “Today is auspicious!”

The human race armored soldiers along the way all responded loudly—”Today is auspicious!”

The sound echoed through the four wilds, vast across this side.

The thorn boat went to the floating island on its own.

Jiang Wang closed his eyes, feeling the wind on his face, and the human spirit that had become especially enthusiastic and lively after expelling the sea race. For a moment, he seemed to forget the pain in his body.

Hundreds of battles fought by generals were all for this peace!

Within the unobserved cloud shadow, a point suddenly appeared, tracing an inverted arc in the void, very much like an arched door.

Then it was truly pushed open!

Appearing from nothing, solidifying from the void.

A man wearing a magnificent robe and a gold crown tied in his hair suddenly walked out from behind the door.

Those rune-dense boots, as if pulling at the Dao principles, firmly pressed down the ten directions of qi after stepping out, suppressing ten thousand ancient rules, and becoming the center of this realm!

A True King was not enough to possess this might.

Clearly, he was the absolute peak existence summoned by Ao Huang Zhong’s urgent letter, the Great Prison Sovereign Lord, Zhong Xi!

As a Sovereign Lord, he did not concern himself with identity as expected, nor did he care about who would gossip about him bullying the small.

He believed in Ao Huang Zhong’s talent, believed in Ao Huang Zhong’s insight. If Ao Huang Zhong said that this Jiang Wang would become a great trouble for the sea race in the future, then he would view him as a great trouble and descend personally.

Summoning several True Kings over wouldn’t fully demonstrate his importance.

Of course, it also wouldn’t require wasting too much time.

Hurrying to this place, stepping out of the arched door, he just casually extended a hand, wanting to penetrate the boundary river and seize the young man on the boat swiftly crossing the river.

No strange phenomena appeared, no sudden rain or wild waves were seen.

But ten thousand laws were all void, and the constant intent remained unchanged.

As this palm extended, the capture was already determined.

Birds wouldn’t fly from the tips of his five fingers!

But the heaven’s pride who should have been captured, whose soul and spirit should have scattered, did not realize it.

A white paper lantern, swaying, blocked the front of his five fingers.

Zhong Xi spread his five fingers in the air, leaving a deep shadow on the skin of the white paper lantern. He actually felt a burning pain and had to retract his hand!

Compared to the aged appearance of Ao Huang Zhong, the ancestor Zhong Xi actually looked much younger.

At this moment, his eyes held a playful look as he quietly watched the white paper lantern, watching the lantern shadow sway, and a figure, sometimes hidden and sometimes present, gradually becoming clear—

It was an old man wearing a broken leather hat and a broken leather jacket, slightly hunched, just like that, with his eyes wide open, looking over with an empty and spiritless gaze!

It was the leader of the Great Qi night watchmen, that terrifying existence who almost never left Linzi!

“Candle… Age.” Zhong Xi seemed to think for a while before recalling the name, and couldn’t help but laugh: “What, has Jiang Meng Xiong been crippled, and Qi Country has no one left? You are so old, still running around!”

The old man named Candle Age stood with Zhong Xi in this cloud shadow.

Here, a gentle breeze blew, and the cloud layer remained undisturbed.

Who could have imagined that two absolute peak powerhouses were confronting each other here!

Candle Age’s hand holding the white paper lantern was wrinkled like old tree bark, and his voice was slow and drawn-out: “The God of War in the demon world is tired of killing, so he has stopped to rest for a few days. You all, on the other hand, are like smelling fishy smells, daring to show your heads one by one?”

There was a precedent of Frost Wind Valley falling in the demon world.

It was impossible for the Great Qi Emperor to let Wu An Marquis encounter a life-and-death dilemma again when he personally sent him to the Maze World to learn military strategy.

Although it was said that a towering tree doesn’t grow without experiencing wind and rain, for a trip originally intended for prestige and supplementing military ability, if Jiang Wang were to fall into that kind of situation in the demon world again, where would the Emperor’s majesty be?

The existence of Candle Age was to ensure the majesty of the Great Qi Emperor.

Coming out to sea this time, specifically to accompany Wu An Marquis, was close body protection!

Of course, for the sake of Wu An Marquis’s own achievements and cultivation, and to try to fish out the backstage black hand who plotted against Wu An Marquis in the demon world, he would not make a move until the true, unsolvable life-and-death crisis arrived.

If that backstage black hand who plotted against Wu An Marquis in the demon world dared to commit a crime in the Maze World, Candle Age would capture it on the spot.

Unfortunately, this situation did not occur.

That Blood King Yu Xin Zhou was intercepted by the passing Qin Zhen, which he considered unfortunate, but in fact, he was extremely lucky!

As long as there was no Qin Zhen, before he saw Jiang Wang, he would have been wiped out by Candle Age, and simply wouldn’t have been able to even startle Jiang Wang.

“In terms of bragging, you human race are still good at it! As if someone is afraid of someone.”

Zhong Xi’s tone was generous as he pointed to the sky and drew on the ground: “Come, come, come, you said Jiang Meng Xiong can’t rest easy, just come and confuse the world. This sovereign wants to challenge him right away!”

“This old one will certainly convey it.” Candle Age’s blind eyes were without waves, he said calmly: “Great Prison Sovereign Lord’s challenge, I believe the God of War adult will be very willing to see it, and will definitely come to see you. If not this year, then next year.”

Zhong Xi showed no sign of embarrassment: “This king has a myriad of affairs to manage daily, and may not always have free time. If he doesn’t come today, then he doesn’t need to come again.”

Candle Age said: “Everyone is very busy, we can discuss together to arrange a time.”

Zhong Xi probed the realm with his eyes, but only a white flame appeared in his vision, growing fiercer and fiercer, firmly burning back his gaze. He couldn’t help but feel a bit annoyed: “You, an old bone, why aren’t you guarding Linzi well, coming here to do what? Aren’t you afraid of thieves at home?”

“Linzi is a strong city three hundred li wide, with four gates wide open, welcoming guests from all over the world. Why does this old one need to guard it!” Candle Age’s body was hunched, but he had a majestic demeanor: “If you have the intention, you might as well go yourself.”

Zhong Xi waved his hand: “Forget it, no time.”

Candle Age slowly said: “If you are busy, then please leave first.”

Zhong Xi lifted his foot to leave, but then sighed again, looked at Candle Age, and said: “But that little child of my family, keeps saying he wants to compete background with others. I also specially rushed over to support him. If I just leave empty-handed like this, will it hurt the child’s heart?”

“Great Prison Sovereign Lord pities the heart of the juniors, truly moving this old one.” Candle Age said: “But to compete background with Great Qi State Marquis… should the genealogy be printed several more copies?”

Zhong Xi asked with interest: “What’s the use of printing several more copies?”

Candle Age said calmly: “At least it will look a bit thicker on paper.”

“Tsk tsk.” Zhong Xi sized up Candle Age from head to toe, and then said: “Three hundred years ago I saw you, you were wearing this one. Today I see you, you are still wearing this one. Is Qi Country really this poor? Can’t you change to new clothes?”

Candle Age used his old hand, dry like tree bark, to touch his broken leather hat, then slowly put it down, gently stroking his broken jacket. The wrinkles, like gullies, were full of nostalgic emotions: “This hat and these clothes were personally sewn for this old one by Emperor Wu. They have been worn for too long, already broken and old. Cannot mend, also do not want others to mend.”

The leader of the Great Qi night watchmen was actually an old man from the Qi Wu Emperor period, a powerhouse of the same era as the first generation Destroy City Marquis and Nine Return Marquis!

Looking across the entire Qi Country, probably not many people knew about this matter.

At least the younger generation like Chong Xuan Sheng had not heard of it. At that time, when he and Jiang Wang met Candle Age in the ruins of Wither Glory Courtyard, he pondered in countless ways, even spoke to test him.

Of course, after he succeeded as Bo Wang Marquis, he had the qualifications and channels to understand these messages.

Zhong Xi was surprised: “No wonder the workmanship is so poor.”

The candle flame inside the white paper lantern suddenly jumped!

“I mean—” Zhong Xi added in a blaming tone: “And this origin, why didn’t you say it earlier?”

“You didn’t ask either.”

“I did ask, three hundred years ago, why didn’t you say it.”

Candle Age said calmly: “Three hundred years ago, you didn’t ask either.”

Zhong Xi chuckled a few times, then his figure gradually faded away, like a breath, scattering in the air.

Only the blind-eyed, hunched old man holding the swaying paper lantern remained in the cloud shadow.

A desolate white glow.

As the first floating island of the human race’s main camp in the Ding Mao realm, not many troops were actually stationed there.

At this moment, with the sea race forces already purged, the boundary river, which fundamentally had no defensive works, on the contrary became the key point of stationing defense.

As long as the elite of the great army guarded the three newly born boundary rivers, the area beyond the boundary river could be worry-free!

There was no longer any wilderness; military flags fluttered, all for the human race.

The six maze crystal mines left by the great defeat of the sea race only needed several patrol boats to regularly collect the mines. On the contrary, there was no need to consume extra resources to build floating islands.

Great Qi Wu An Marquis pursued and killed Ao Huang Zhong and returned. He stood on the thorn boat, opening his arms to face the strong wind, the green robe fluttering, looking extremely heroic!

Standing on the highest tall building of the first floating island, a Legalist true transmission floated by the railing, gazing into the distance, his face expressionless, very seriously analyzing: “With this posture, is he not wanting to embrace you?”

Sitting in the inner room, exactly a face as if nothing happened, indifferent and unconcerned, the Fishing Sea Tower true transmission, a mouthful of tea sprayed out.

She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, trying not to show any expression: “Say, say what?”

The thorn boat had already flown outside the floating island.

The young State Marquis on the thorn boat silently opened his eyes, put down his hands, and put both hands behind his back… It felt awkward no matter what, so he simply flew off the boat, stepped on the green cloud, and went to the building himself.

“His arms are sore from lifting them, and no one has embraced him, really embarrassing.” Zhuo Qing Ru commented as if it were a matter of fact: “But look, you didn’t go to welcome him, and he came to find you first.”

Zhu Bi Qiong had experienced a lot over time, and was no longer like before. She reached out and picked a piece of tea snack, saying in an indifferent tone: “Perhaps he came to find Teacher Sister Zhuo.”

“Not impossible either!” Zhuo Qing Ru lightly struck her palm, indicating agreement: “Before going out to sea, he even specially came to Three Punishment Palace to invite me to accompany him. Could it be that he really has some idea about me?”

The tea snack in Zhu Bi Qiong’s hand suddenly broke.

Sometimes having too good hearing is not necessarily a good thing, but it’s good that the sound of the immortal realm can be turned on and off at will.

Marquis Jiang laughed heartily and stepped into the building: “Jiang was willful this time, it was hard on the two Dao Friends to look after the floating island. I am eternally grateful! Why not drink together at a table today to enjoy our deep friendship!”

Saying that, he nodded courteously to Zhuo Qing Ru, reached out to gesture, and came to Zhu Bi Qiong’s table as well.

“No need.” Zhu Bi Qiong rose and left.

“Dao Friend Zhu—” Jiang Wang, who had already sat down, opened his mouth to stop her.

“No harm!” Zhuo Qing Ru, sitting next to him, said calmly: “Then we’ll just drink heartily until dawn, not returning until we’re drunk!”

“Also good.” Zhu Bi Qiong sat back down.

Jiang Wang: …

Fang Yuan You, who had hurried over, consciously went to instruct the back kitchen, both determining the banquet specifications and doing some checks.

Furthermore… things that shouldn’t be looked at shouldn’t be looked at, and things that shouldn’t be heard shouldn’t be heard. This was something a personal guard should understand.

“Is Marquis Ye’s brain injured? Why is he always supporting it with his hand?” Zhuo Qing Ru, as if nothing was happening, poured tea and asked as if nothing was happening.

Jiang Wang moved the hand supporting his forehead away: “That… I feel a little tired.”

Zhuo Qing Ru pushed a cup of tea over, and lightly laughed: “Ao Huang Zhong was not easy to kill, right?”

“Indeed, the female rogue is cunning like a ghost, actually hard to touch even the hem of his clothes. The master failed, vainly consuming energy.”

Jiang Wang deeply agreed. He took the teacup, lightly sipped a mouthful, only feeling a warmth like cloud mist steaming into his spirit, for a time relaxing his eyebrows.

Zhuo Qing Ru paid attention to his expression and added: “This is Five Elements Return Origin Tea. It is good for supplementing qi and invigorating blood, regulating internal organs, and benefiting the origin and nourishing the body.”

“Indeed good tea!” Jiang Wang didn’t understand tea, but he understood the medicinal properties. He sincerely thanked her: “Teacher Sister Zhuo has a kind heart!”

Zhuo Qing Ru looked at him with interest: “Miss Zhu specially brewed it for you.”

Zhu Bi Qiong picked up the not completely broken part of the tea snack in her hand and ate it without emotion.

This Teacher Sister Zhuo has such heavy bad taste, I actually didn’t know it before! Taking off that legal crown and ritual clothes, it seems like the nature she didn’t get to unfold during her studies has been liberated.

Jiang Wang looked at Zhu Bi Qiong and said sincerely: “It is still an old friend who understands me. Knowing that Jiang Wang is reckless and weak, often bumping his head and bleeding. This tea was prepared just in time.”

Zhu Bi Qiong ate in a very elegant manner, slowly and methodically swallowing, and then said: “Then an old friend advises you one sentence, do not bump against the southern wall again, okay?”

“Of course, of course.” Jiang Wang said: “I am not stupid.”

He answered perfunctorily with these words, and Zhu Bi Qiong didn’t say anything more.

Zhuo Qing Ru, however, looked at Jiang Wang with bright eyes: “Your injury doesn’t seem to be caused by Ao Huang Zhong.”

“Oh?” Jiang Wang laughed: “Why do you say so?”

Zhuo Qing Ru analyzed methodically: “If Ao Huang Zhong wanted to injure you this heavily, either a large army would have surrounded you, or powerful aid would have suppressed you. No matter which situation, he would not have let you leave easily. You also shouldn’t still be in the mood to drink tea.”

Jiang Wang finished the tea in the cup and lightly placed it on the table: “I encountered the Blood King Yu Xin Zhou.”

Zhuo Qing Ru, a dignified true transmission of the Palace, a student of the Legalist grandmaster Wu Bing Yi, was speechless for a moment!

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