“Sorry.”

This time, besides sorry, Zhao Ru Cheng didn’t know what else he could say.

Before He Lian Yun Yun spoke, he always thought he was right. He always thought what he did was a necessary choice, the path he had to take.

But as He Lian Yun Yun said, did he really consider He Lian Yun Yun’s feelings?

Couldn’t he have communicated with He Lian Yun Yun at all? Or did he simply never think about it?

He thought he could face everything alone. He felt he had bravely embarked on his expedition, and at that moment, he was all in. But perhaps he forgot that he was no longer facing the world alone.

“Sorry… I—”

“Loneliness doesn’t need your apology. What need do the descendants of the He Lian family have for your cheap apology?”

He Lian Yun Yun sat high on her throne, her voice now devoid of emotion: “You have world-beating looks, you can easily get love, but you don’t know how to love. Many people in this world have loved you, and many people will love you in the future, but I, He Lian Yun Yun… am not among them.”

“I think I indeed missed the world’s most precious emotion…” Zhao Ru Cheng was full of remorse. In the end, he had nothing to say. He simply extended his hands flat: “Take me to prison. I will bear all the mistakes.”

Jiang Wang Yue listened, and it felt increasingly wrong.

Why wasn’t it going according to the script?

The plan before they came here was for a beautiful story of a broken mirror reunited. How did it suddenly develop into a prison sentence?

Did I really send Xiao Wu to jail?

Did he come all the way from Yun Country, thousands of miles away, to Mu Country to sit in jail?

But at this moment, it was indeed unsuitable for him to say anything. He could only ponder in his heart… if it really came to that point, he would probably still have to go to Min He Temple and ask Tu Hu to help pull some strings.

He Lian Yun Yun glanced faintly at Zhao Ru Cheng, then lifted a finger. The authority ring on her finger was so magnificent that it captured everyone’s gaze: “You may go. I, in the name of the Great Mu Imperial Daughter, pardon your sin and cancel the warrant against you. After this, you and the grassland are unrelated. This is what I, for my initial blind affection, will bear.”

Zhao Ru Cheng looked at her bitterly: “You are not pardoning me.”

But He Lian Yun Yun was no longer looking at him. She lowered her gaze and only said: “See the guests out!”

The warriors in front of the throne stepped forward together, raising their sheathed curved knives horizontally in front of their bodies. With this vigilant posture, they pressed Zhao Ru Cheng back step by step.

They pressed Zhao Ru Cheng and Jiang Wang side by side.

They pressed the two of them, step by step, out of the luxurious tent.

The entire process felt like an execution.

Until the execution ended, no one shouted, “Stop the execution.”

“Ru Cheng.” Outside the luxurious tent, under the watch of the guards, Jiang Wang reached out to support Zhao Ru Cheng and said nervously and with concern: “You are heavily injured. Your emotions shouldn’t be too agitated.”

Zhao Ru Cheng’s voice was indeed very weak: “Third Brother, you don’t need to worry about me. No matter what… I still won’t die.”

With the Ear Immortal present, it was difficult for He Lian Yun Yun not to hear this conversation.

But inside the luxurious tent, there was no movement.

The tent curtain hung down, as if it had completely ended everything.

Armored soldiers lined up, their knives and spears like a forest. This path of knives and spears finally came to an end.

The heavenly wind brought a spring chill.

Jiang Wang sighed softly.

Zhao Ru Cheng did not speak.

Inside the luxurious tent, Yu Wen Duo, Yun Hall Down’s loyal dog-leg, was still there.

“Hall Down…” He said softly: “Zhao Ru Cheng is truly not lightly injured. When we surrounded and killed Zhuang Gao Xian before, his Nine Tribulations Cave Immortal Finger was just shattered, a spear also pierced his heart, and his divine soul suffered heavy damage. It took a long time to recuperate in Yun Country and consumed many resources just to recover. His body wasn’t completely healed, yet he just ran to the grassland… He was chased and killed everywhere on the grassland, with nowhere to go. True Person Hu Yan intended to teach him a lesson and gave him a harsh one. When I went to get him, he had already been lying in bed for several days, unable to move…”

“Do you feel sorry for him?” The voice on the throne asked.

“I only hate True Person Hu Yan for being soft-hearted!” Yu Wen Duo boomed, half-kneeling on the ground. He drew his knife, his killing intent soaring, and said: “Yu Wen Duo has lived a life of pure love and hates ungrateful people the most. Please give me a chance, Hall Down, let me chase after him and chop him twice! If this knife doesn’t see blood, it will be hard to dispel the hatred in my heart!”

“Unique.” The voice on the throne said: “You also roll.”

“Obey the order!”

Yu Wen Duo sheathed his knife and directly lay down on the ground, truly just rolling out of the tent.

This “Eagle City” is the center of the entire grassland.

People come and go, very noisy.

The two brothers walking side by side, however, appeared very lonely.

“Third Brother, what should we do?” Zhao Ru Cheng asked.

Along the way, Zhao Ru Cheng had asked “what should we do” many times, but it was always with the mood of “let’s see what tricks Third Brother can still play and accompany him.”

Only this time, he was truly asking, truly not knowing what else to do.

Jiang Wang didn’t dare to give bad ideas again. He thought for a moment and said: “Or let her calm down for a period of time? Perhaps she will figure it out herself—”

Zhao Ru Cheng looked at him gloomily.

“Okay, I won’t say it.” Jiang Wang covered his mouth.

If it were a legal dispute, he could give a hundred different suggestions. But to ask how to coax back a hurt woman, that was indeed too big a problem… It’s better to continue with the single challenge against Cang Ming!

After being crushed by Hu Yan Jing Xuan, many more inspirations emerged in his heart. Fighting Cang Ming again, perhaps he could hold out until the fourth round?

Just as the two people were in this kind of silence, the flow of the river and the tide of people, suddenly became sparse.

A “reef stone” appeared, diverting the path in front of them.

Jiang Wang and Zhao Ru Cheng stopped.

That “reef stone” was an entirely dark giant wolf, about two zhang long and one zhang high, with smooth, long fur and a majestic appearance.

Pedestrians on the road were not afraid of it. They all bowed far away and offered some prayers.

It also sat quietly at the entrance of the road, not scaring anyone.

Beside it stood a thin man with a blank expression. He stood there very quietly, yet there was a hidden, not emitted, fierce intent that made people fearful.

Wolf Child, Na Liang!

One person and one wolf seemed to have been waiting for a long time. Only when Jiang Wang and Zhao Ru Cheng stopped did they simultaneously turn their heads and look over together.

The giant wolf’s eyes were calm, even warm, with a faint light wanting to emerge.

Na Liang’s eyes, however, were dark green, like a hungry wolf’s vertical pupils.

His face also had symmetrical wolf patterns on both sides, adding a few points of fierceness.

Compared to his image at Guan He Platform initially, he had changed greatly.

These years, presumably, he had also experienced a lot.

“Jiang Wang.” He opened his mouth very directly and said: “I have come to challenge you.”

Several years ago, at the Yellow River meeting, he was at the Outer Building field, and Jiang Wang was at the Inner Mansion field. At that time, Jiang Wang was still far from being his opponent.

But several years later, today, he was already self-aware of standing in the challenger’s position.

He had no unwilling or indignant expression, just calmly stating his decision.

“I’ll go.” Zhao Ru Cheng took a step forward.

Jiang Wang held his shoulder and said warmly: “Xiao Wu, you can’t steal my opponent.”

Zhao Ru Cheng was in a very bad mood at this time. If he rashly sparred with Na Liang, and their strengths were not far apart… It was easy to run into problems.

Na Liang also said: “I specifically waited here just to challenge Jiang Wang. Zhao Ru Cheng, if you have the will to fight, why not wait until I finish this match.”

“After you both finish fighting, what’s left for me! If you still have one finger that can move, it’s all because my Third Brother showed mercy!” Zhao Ru Cheng was quite impatient, but still walked to one side闷闷, leaving space for them to spar.

Na Liang’s expression was calm. He didn’t seem to feel that Zhao Ru Cheng’s words were wrong, but when he looked at Jiang Wang’s wolf eyes, the fighting intent was like a flame: “I want to try.”

Jiang Wang had no reason to refuse Na Liang’s challenge.

Since he struck the Hear Bell and sought sword from the grassland heroes, allowing Mu Country’s Cang Ming and Hu Yan Jing Xuan to successively sharpen his sword.

He should also accept challenges and help the Mu Country’s Heaven’s Chosen sharpen their knife awareness… and there needed to be an understanding not to hurt lives.

But…

Jiang Wang looked calmly at Na Liang: “I accept your challenge. But with just one of you, I can hardly fully enjoy it, and the Long Xiang Si box will have regrets. I will wait here. You can go and call all three Qiong Lu Junks. We can deduce the limit of God Lin together. That way, it won’t be a wasted meeting.”

The fierce light in Na Liang’s wolf eyes suddenly appeared at this instant. He obviously felt underestimated and became angry.

Their last fight was when Jiang Wang represented Qi Country as an envoy to the grassland. He did lose that sparring match. But in these years, he had tempered himself in life and death, almost living in the border wilderness. He was now different from the past!

The Qiong Lu Three Junks were all strong in the God Lin realm, the Heaven’s Chosen of the grassland. He, Na Liang, was also not unknown. Even if you, Jiang Wang, are strong, you can only fight two at most! You actually opened your mouth and said you would fight four! What kind of contempt, how arrogant!

But Jiang Wang only lifted a finger, and a fiery red light ball flew up from his fingertip. Flame sparrows flew within, flame flowers grew, and the flame city was brilliant. Vibrant life called out, wanting to burst forth!

The fierce light in Na Liang’s eyes was instantly restrained.

The fiery light ball suspended at Jiang Wang’s fingertip was naturally the Micro True Source Fire World.

And in Na Liang’s eyes.

This was already the prototype of a small world.

This was touchable “truth”!

Jiang Wang was not arrogant. He had indeed already touched the limit of the God Lin realm. Just fighting him, Na Liang, alone, was indeed unnecessary!

“I will go and call them.” Na Liang didn’t say any nonsense and directly said: “Where shall we fight?”

Jiang Wang originally wanted to be showy to the end, saying crazy words like, “I will wait for you all right here, fight right here. If the houses and streets are destroyed by you, it will also be considered my loss!”

But he glanced at the dejected Zhao Ru Cheng beside him, and his thoughts turned. He said: “Tomorrow at this time, still at Cang Wolf Fight Field. I will arrange the field. You all just arrive on time.”

Na Liang nodded his head, turned and walked away, disappearing into the crowd with that giant wolf in a few steps.

Zhao Ru Cheng didn’t expect that an ordinary challenge would be arranged to be fought at the fight field by Third Brother Jiang. Normally, he would be excited and cheering, but at this moment, he only felt bored and said dispiritedly: “Third Brother, you go by yourself. I’ll find a place to sleep. Come find me after you finish fighting.”

“Don’t go!” Jiang Wang grabbed him: “How can it be arranged without you there?”

Zhao Ru Cheng sighed: “Forget it, I’m tired.”

Jiang Wang said: “Then after I arrange the field, who will help me send this VIP ticket to He Lian Yun Yun?”

Zhao Ru Cheng lifted his head.

Jiang Wang laughed: “How can the Great Mu Imperial Daughter not pay attention to the strength of Mu Country’s Heaven’s Chosen? The Qiong Lu Three Junks plus Na Liang, with their natural gifts and the power behind them… The Great Mu Imperial Daughter has no reason not to be at the field for such a fight, right? Unless she completely doesn’t need these people and this power for support.”

Zhao Ru Cheng also laughed, and took the initiative to hook Jiang Wang’s shoulder: “Third Brother, you are so fierce. Just this one fire ball made Na Liang see the gap and self-aware enough to call others. That kid is a fierce character, not easily subdued! Come, Cang Wolf Fight Field is in this direction. You follow me.”

Jiang Wang flicked his finger, casually retracting the True Source Fire World: “If Na Liang still couldn’t see the gap between him and me after seeing the True Source Fire World just now, he shouldn’t have waited at the street entrance today. Because that would truly be meaningless.”

Zhao Ru Cheng agreed repeatedly: “Yes, General Xiao Hu also wouldn’t let him go out and lose face. By the way, Third Brother, you also have connections at Cang Wolf Fight Field? This place is not simple, one of the most profitable fight fields on the grassland!”

“I said earlier that I have a little connection on the grassland.” Jiang Wang looked at Zhao Ru Cheng with an ‘you are truly easily surprised’ look and said lightly: “The fight with Dou Zhao initially was also held at Cang Wolf Fight Field. Just selling tickets made a large sum.”

“Third Brother is truly capable, has connections, and has a business mind!” Zhao Ru Cheng praised endlessly and said with a smile: “How are you planning to price this match?”

“This match won’t sell tickets.” Jiang Wang walked calmly: “It’s not good to hurt their face too much.”

Zhao Ru Cheng was silent for a moment and said: “Third Brother, these words should be left for later.”

“How so?”

“It’s very suitable for an open match!” He laughed: “Three out of the four can go crazy inside.”

Qiong Lu Mountain is the holy mountain of the grassland.

Wolf, eagle, and horse are the three most sacred totems on the grassland.

Yu Wen Lie, Jin Gong Hao, Wan Yan Du, these three people can be numbered among the “Qiong Lu Three Junks,” naturally, they are the most outstanding Heaven’s Chosen on the grassland.

Born in families with true blood, they are first-class existences in terms of natural gifts, bloodline, and identity. For a very long time, they shone on the grassland.

But transcending to the Cave True realm is not easy after all. There is only one person, Li Yi, who is a Cave True below thirty years old. It is also extremely rare to be a Cave True below forty years old.

They stopped in front of the Cave True realm, accumulating cultivation and polishing their xinxing.

Waiting for Na Liang to catch up.

Also waiting for Cang Ming to break through to the Cave True realm before forty years old, surpassing them.

People discussing the grassland’s most talented people at this time often skip their names.

But the strength of these few people is beyond doubt.

If Na Liang can truly gather them, even the current Jiang Wang cannot say he can definitely win!

But only such a fight is worth the hand of the current Jiang Wang.

Once the Long Xiang Si is unsheathed, how can it fight the weak with the sharp?

“Third Brother, the ticket couldn’t be sent. What should we do?” In the preparation room of Cang Wolf Fight Field, Zhao Ru Cheng’s handsome eyebrows were tightly furrowed: “Yu Wen Duo can’t even see Yun Yun now.”

Jiang Wang sat relaxed, holding a book on the history of grassland fight field development in his hand and flipping through it. Hearing the words, he glanced at Zhao Ru Cheng: “You used to be so smart, how did you become so stupid now?”

“What’s wrong?” Zhao Ru Cheng was a little anxious.

Jiang Wang finally understood now what it means to be “clear-headed as an onlooker, confused as a participant.” No matter how smart a person is, once they fall into love, they become dizzy and have no direction.

He sighed quite a bit, and with the posture of a wise man, he looked pityingly at Xiao Wu: “I gave you all the VIP tickets for this match, only to be given away, not sold. You just sent one?”

Zhao Ru Cheng walked back and forth in the room: “Even if I send many more, she won’t want them. Yu Wen Duo couldn’t even send them. Who else can I find? Go to Min He Temple to find the Great Priest?”

Jiang Wang sighed: “You go out immediately now and send one VIP ticket to Imperial Son Zhao Tu. Don’t worry about anything else.”

(A new week begins! There will be an extra update at eight o’clock in the evening.)