Chapter 1487

Seeing Su Yang return, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

As for that flame phoenix, they did not recognize it.

After all, compared to the divine beast that had passed by earlier, this flame phoenix was far too different!

The flame phoenix they were sitting on was merely an avatar of the Annihilation Phoenix; to avoid causing too much disturbance, the Annihilation Phoenix had deliberately restrained the energy of the flame phoenix avatar, shrinking it considerably.

Yu Chenghai and the others assumed this was a fire-type pet beast Su Yang had recently contracted.

Intelligence on the pet beasts in Su Yang's hands had not been updated within the military for a very long time…

Yu Chenghai said, "General Su, did you not find that Beast God? It's fine if you didn't—we can rest for a few days, let you recuperate, and then go cause trouble for the Shoushen Sect again!"

Peng Xiangming also said, "General Su, it's good that you're back. Earlier it seemed the phoenix that passed through our Huaxia Federation eight years ago had appeared again, and we were still worried about you!"

Su Yang said helplessly, "Uh… you've got the wrong idea!"

Xia Na said excitedly, "General Su has already killed that Beast God!"

"Killed it?"

"Really?"

Yu Chenghai and Peng Xiangming looked at Su Yang in excitement.

"Killed it!" Su Yang nodded. "From now on, there will be no more Beast God in the Northwest!"

Peng Xiangming said excitedly, "That's wonderful! Truly wonderful!"

"Yes! Truly wonderful!" At this moment, Yu Chenghai, looking at Su Yang with excitement, was already weeping freely. "Truly wonderful, wonderful…"

Su Yang said nothing more and simply hugged the old man.

He understood—understood why this old general was crying!

The Shoushen Sect had plagued the Northwest Military for over two hundred years!

Over those two hundred-plus years, no one knew how many commoners had been bewitched by the Shoushen Sect, nor how many soldiers had sacrificed themselves in the fight against it.

Half of the generals who had defended the Northwest Military had died at the hands of the Shoushen Sect.

Yu Chenghai hugged Su Yang back, and the two said nothing more.

Everything lay in that unspoken silence.

"Thank you, General Su—I, on behalf of our Northwest, say thank you to you!"

"It's what I should do!"

"May I treat you to a drink?"

"My honor!"

In a somewhat shabby great hall in Qinghucheng, Su Yang, Yu Chenghai, Peng Xiangming, and the King-rank beast tamers from the other three military branches who had come to support them—upon hearing the news that the Beast God had been slain, many of the Northwest Military's King-rank powerhouses could barely contain their emotions; some wept aloud, others laughed wildly, waving their arms and stamping their feet…

But no matter how happy they were, everyone still kept considerable restraint.

An hour later, the banquet ended—there were still many matters waiting for them to oversee.

After all, although Su Yang had killed the Beast God, the Shoushen Sect still existed, and the cleanup work in Qinghucheng was not yet finished.

Nevertheless, now that the Shoushen Sect's "Beast God" had been slain, its experts had been nearly wiped out, and the few remaining Emperor-rank parasitic demon eyes from back then had been destroyed, the remaining members of the Shoushen Sect could no longer be opponents for the three military branches!

They would never amount to anything again!

"We're heading back!"

After the banquet, Su Yang opened the Chuansongzhi Sect.

Yu Chenghai said loudly, "General Su, have a safe journey. If you ever get the chance to visit the Northwest, I'll host a banquet for you again!"

"Right, General Su, come visit us here more often in the future!"

"General Su, you must come!"

"…"

"Alright, I'll be waiting!"

Su Yang smiled and left with Xia Na and the phoenix.

After Su Yang left, a single figure quietly crept out from a dilapidated house next door.

The moment he emerged, Peng Xiangming called out to him:

"He Yiran, I was saying I couldn't find you anywhere—so you were hiding here?"

He Yiran laughed awkwardly. "My stomach wasn't feeling well, I was looking for a place to use the bathroom!"

"You were definitely hiding from General Su, weren't you?"

He Yiran lowered his head, unsure how to reply—Peng Xiangming had seen right through him at once.

"That's a bit of judging a gentleman by a petty person's heart!" Peng Xiangming said. "General Su has probably forgotten about what happened back then. Earlier I even sent people looking everywhere for you, wanting you to apologize to General Su!"

"I also think General Su probably wouldn't hold what happened back then against me," He Yiran said softly. "But every time I recall what happened back then, I just don't know how to face him… it's a bit embarrassing!"

"So you just hid?"

"Mm!"

"Sentimental!"

"A little, I suppose!"

On this point, He Yiran admitted it.

"You've got some thick skin. These years you haven't wasted them—General Su didn't discipline you for nothing back then!" Peng Xiangming laughed heartily. "When you get back, your grandfather will definitely be very happy."

He Yiran scratched his head. "I don't want to go back to the Western Military just yet!"

"Why?" Peng Xiangming asked. "General He actually misses you a great deal. You haven't gone back in several years, have you?"

"Wait until I become a King-rank beast tamer!"

"Ambitious!"

In Jingcheng, inside Su Yang's office.

The moment they landed, Fenghuang blocked his way.

"Your tamed beast is clearly fine!"

"It just recovered!"

"Uh…"