Chapter 2928

Mingke Xianren and the others did not dare disturb the Emperor's breathing exercises, so they left the pagoda together with Xu Shichu. The latter waved his hand to summon several military physicians, ordering them to quickly bring personnel to treat the wounded of Cangyan and the Shen Kingdom army.

As for the injuries of Mingke and the others, Xu Shichu treated them personally. Both sides fought the heavenly demons with a common hatred, naturally drawing close, and Mingke Xianren and Ling Jinbao, being social butterflies, would of course not refuse.

Another little stone figure incarnation of the Earth Mother stood nearby, suddenly interjecting: "From now on, will you be permanently stationed in the human world?"

"Yes." Xu Shichu smiled, "We cannot return."

The Panlong World is specially prepared for heroic spirits to hide in; since they have already been reborn as humans, they naturally must live in the human world.

"Is this Panlongcheng also different from before?" Most of this ancient Panlongcheng was rebuilt by the Earth Mother herself, and on its back, she could easily sense the difference.

The shape remains the same, but the inner core has changed.

No, it should be said that it was originally just a ruin, an empty city, merely a carrier of history, but now it has come alive.

"The Panlong Secret Realm shattered, and our general happened to take its foundation stone out." Xu Shichu lifted his chin toward the city wall, "Just in time, the real-world city also needs it."

The Panlong Secret Realm originally existed as a powerful link between the Great Square Vessel and reality; it shattered, but the Great Evolution Heavenly Pearl remains. When the virtual became real, the Red General fished it out and re-embedded it into the ancient city, so it can function again.

Two hundred years have passed, and the Great Evolution Heavenly Pearl has finally returned to Panlongcheng.

With it as a cornerstone, Panlong's elemental energy finally has a foothold.

At this moment, Mingke Xianren recalled something: "By the way, we previously captured heavenly demon prisoners and learned that the initiator of this Kunlong Moat plan was Duanmu Heng of the Heavenly Palace, and he had already begun plotting three years ago. This person is still secretly commanding from the western town of Kunlong Moat, but we previously lacked manpower and were busy fighting, unable to divide ourselves."

"This is easy!" Shen Kingdom General Ji Shiyi walked over, having just heard this, and immediately said, "Leave it to us; we will surely search him out and kill him."

He is one of He Yue's deputy commanders; previously, He Yue, eager for revenge, personally led several thousand elite troops to pursue and kill Zhao Shuo, the murderer of his son, while entrusting the slower main army to several deputy commanders including Ji Shiyi.

Only after dawn did the hundred thousand Shen Kingdom troops arrive at Kunlong Moat. Therefore, the fierce battles in the plains and the secret realm were not participated by Ji Shiyi and others, and now their forces are abundant.

Around noon today, tens of thousands more Shen Kingdom troops will also arrive.

Mingke Xianren glanced at him and said meaningfully: "He is a strategist sent by the Heavenly Palace, said to be greatly favored by the Lingxu Holy Venerable."

Hunting down the Baoling General Zhao Shuo and hunting down the Heavenly Palace envoy Duanmu Heng carry entirely different meanings. Does Shen Kingdom truly intend to mortally offend the Lingxu multitude?

Ji Shiyi was also startled, but immediately said: "Before I entered Kunlong Moat, the king ordered me to avenge the Crown Prince, to block the gods... to slay the gods!"

He Yue died heroically in sacrifice, and his life lamp in Shen Kingdom's capital Ducheng went out with him, so He Chunhua instantly received this tragic news.

Therefore, just now the Shen Kingdom troops came to assist the Fengfeng Army in besieging the heavenly demons without reservation.

"But I don't know why, after entering the Earth Mother's plains, we cannot contact our state."

Mingke Xianren pointed to his side: "Without the Earth Mother's consent, messages cannot be sent out of the plains."

Ji Shiyi turned his head and saw, at some point, a little stone figure beside him, who then said to them: "You only need to dispatch personnel; I will send them out of Kunlong Moat. To contact the outside, go through me."

Ling Jinbao volunteered to lead the team, after all he had visited the western town of Kunlong Moat twice, familiar with the terrain—though the first two times he found nothing, this old hand couldn't save face, so he must hurry to redeem himself.

Thus Ji Shiyi dispatched three thousand troops to follow him in capturing people, while he himself hurried to contact Shen Kingdom's capital Ducheng to report the situation to the anxious He Chunhua.

Taking advantage of the moment, Bochai Hai asked again: "Dean Xu, is the Red General merely a robe-and-mud sworn brother to our Emperor?"

No, not at all, not in any way.

Just now I was inexplicably driven out by the Red General, and the more I thought about it, the more wrong it felt.

"This..." Xu Shichu was momentarily at a loss for words.

The Tiger Wing General and the Red General are robe-and-mud sworn brothers, mutually admiring.

The Tiger Wing General and Sun Fuzi are lovers.

As for the relationship between the Red General and Sun Fuzi, uh...

The entanglement in between probably couldn't be clarified in three or five hundred sentences, let alone Xu Shichu himself not having fully understood it, and even now there are still many question marks.

Fortunately, the jade talisman on Mingke Xianren's waist flashed twice at the right moment; he lowered his head to look and exclaimed: "Ah!"

"News from Ju City has arrived, Du Xiang is urging us urgently."

He quickly called Bochai Hai: "Come quickly and report with me."

Previously, the secret realm was not broken, so external messages could not penetrate, including those from Ju City.

The two hurriedly walked to one side and connected with the transmission of Ju State Chancellor Du Shan.

Previously, the Emperor had passed away, and Ju City must have had spiritual manifestations. If the news spread, the entire empire would not know how to tremble.

Therefore, Mingke Xianren's urgent task is to quickly report to Du Shan the subsequent events on the Earth Mother's plains, focusing on the Emperor's death and rebirth, and the return of Panlongcheng to the human world.

Either one is tremendous good news.

At this moment, Shen Kingdom General Ji Shiyi also squeezed over and said to Xu Shichu:

"His Majesty is greatly excited and wishes to converse with the Nine Abysses Great Emperor."

He had just finished reporting everything that happened here, He Chunhua stared speechlessly, then wanted to find He Lingchuan to talk.

Xu Shichu immediately said: "The Emperor is still resting and cannot converse."

"Then who here will take responsibility? His Majesty wishes to speak with him."

"I can..."

Before Xu Shichu's words fell, another voice interrupted:

"I will come."

The two turned their heads and saw, unexpectedly, the Red General appearing silently.

This sudden close encounter made Ji Shiyi suddenly feel immense pressure, as if an ordinary person unexpectedly encountering a tiger in the wild, his waist instinctively stiffening, cold sweat pouring from his forehead.

Fortunately, he is also a veteran of the battlefield, and in an instant he adjusted his state.

How could he be so inadequate? He silently cursed himself while following the Red General to the small house behind the Juoluo tree.

This is a waterside cottage, very quiet, only the cicadas' chirping on the trees can be heard.

Ji Shiyi took out a bronze mirror and placed it on the table, pressing the mirror's edge and rubbing it a few times while murmuring incantations. Behind the mirror, a large piece of crimson black crystal is inlaid.

Soon, ripples appeared on the mirror surface, revealing another scene:

The imperial study of Shen Kingdom's palace, and the anxious-faced He Chunhua.

"Your Majesty, this person is the Red General."

After finishing the introduction, Ji Shiyi stepped out of the hut first, gently closed the door, and then let out a long breath.

Upon hearing it was the Red General, He Chunhua froze, unable to speak for a moment.