Chapter 514: Fifth Hundred and Thirteenth Chapter: Go, Follow Me In... Back

"We've been deceived?"

This was the Ice Emperor's first reaction.

Xiao Han remained expressionless; in reality, his thoughts coincided perfectly with the Ice Emperor's.

There was no other reason: the Dou Qi Continent was simply too calm, and there was absolutely no sign of any war taking place.

However, both of them soon frowned in unison; there was no mistake, the stench of the Outer Realm Evil Clan.

"Let's go, see for ourselves."

Unable to reach any conclusion, the two chose to go home and take a look.

Unexpectedly, just as they reached the entrance and before they could even cross the threshold, a fierce shout filled with killing intent startled them both.

"Halt!"

"Hm?"

A black shadow whistled toward them in their field of vision, followed closely by four little tails.

However, Xiao Han quickly set his mind at ease and smiled.

"So it's them."

Who were they?

The Ice Emperor was completely confused and could only guess that the other party was an acquaintance of Xiao Han, so he stood still on the spot and waited for them to arrive.

"Xiao Yan, everyone, you have been well!"

"Ancestor!"

"Xiao Han!"

"It's you!"

"..."

As they drew near and saw Xiao Han's familiar smiling face, they all exclaimed in surprise, filled with astonishment.

"What? Can't recognize me anymore?"

Xiao Han spread his arms, spun around in place, and smiled.

Suddenly, a cyan sword light broke through the air, causing people's expressions to change involuntarily.

"Hey, Lao Ye, there's no need for such a grand welcome ceremony!"

Xiao Han easily shattered the sword light and asked the owner of the light in a puzzled tone.

When did his scene of a wanderer returning home to meet his kin with teary eyes turn into an old friend reuniting and brothers meeting again, only to be stabbed in the face?

"You dog, you finally came back!"

Unexpectedly, Ye Jianxin had no intention of having a tearful, dramatic reunion with Xiao Han; he immediately raised his sword and attacked, going straight for his ultimate move.

"Sword Realm: Dustless Land!"

"Sword Asks the Dust Heart!"

Watching his old friend hacking over with a sword, Xiao Han straightened his expression and flicked his long spear.

"Northern Kingdom Killing Realm!"

"Spear Fix, Dark Sun!"

For a time, swords and spears clashed on the field, and the sound of metal colliding was incessant.

While the fires of war raged on this side, the other side was as gentle as a breeze and rain.

"May I ask how to address this Excellency?"

Xiao Yan cupped his hands toward the stranger in front of him, hiding confusion in his eyes; for some reason, the latter gave him a strong sense of intimacy.

"My name..."

The Ice Emperor lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

"It's probably Bing Ling; others usually call me the Ice Emperor."

Born of heaven and earth, he only had a name he gave himself and the title others used to address him; after the passage of time, his old friends had passed away, and now the Ice Emperor had always used his title as his name.

"I suppose I can also be considered to be from the Dou Qi Continent."

"From the Dou Qi Continent?"

Xiao Yan was stunned and looked back at Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan; all three shook their heads in confusion, thinking that this person must be someone low-key!

Given the experience and knowledge of Zhu Kun and the others, they knew the experts of the continent from the past ten thousand years by heart; since none of them had heard of the other's reputation, there was clearly only one answer: he was low-key.

As for the possibility that the other party was a figure from tens of thousands of years ago, Xiao Yan did not think much about it.

Since the other party was brought back by Xiao Han, he must be a reliable person, and since he clearly did not want to mention the past too much, Xiao Yan and the others would naturally not be annoying enough to get to the bottom of it.

Subsequently, a blunt sentence from the Ice Emperor caused the expressions of the group to change drastically.

"May I ask... has the Dou Qi Continent suffered an invasion?"

There was a shortcoming in the Ice Emperor's years of getting along with Xiao Han that the latter often criticized: he spoke too directly!

Just like this time, without even the slightest preamble, Xiao Yan and the others were caught off guard and struck.

"How did you know?"

Xiao Yan asked in a grave tone.

"It seems it is true."

The Ice Emperor made his judgment.

The reaction of Xiao Yan and the others was the best answer.

Glancing at them helplessly, the Ice Emperor spoke in a slightly melancholy tone, pointing his finger at Xiao Han, who was happily sparring with Ye Jianxin in the distance.

"Why do you think I came back with this brat?"

"That guy found out something happened to the Dou Qi Continent and rushed back from the Great Thousand World like a madman; he hasn't slept or rested during this time, he hasn't stopped at all."

"It seems we underestimated you all."

The tone of the Imperial of Ice shifted to one of surprise and approval.

"I never expected you to be able to handle the Man Mo Clan, one of the Sanshier Dazhu of the Outer Realm Evil Clan."

"Your strength..."

Only then did the Imperial of Ice realize that he actually could not see through the cultivation level of the black-robed youth before him!

Ever since refining the Plane Spirit and breaking through the limits of the Dou Di realm, Xiao Yan, who was no longer clear about his own specific cultivation level, said very modestly:

"This junior merely obtained a few fortuitous encounters by luck."

"Heh, this fortuitous encounter of yours is no mere luck!"

The Imperial of Ice looked at Xiao Yan and said meaningfully; being able to help a powerhouse of a lower plane break through the limits of the plane, combined with the feeling the other party gave him, he had already deduced what this fortuitous encounter was.

Being able to gain the recognition of the Plane Spirit could not be brushed off as simple luck.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xiao Yan took the lead in getting to the main topic.

"In fact, there is indeed an exceptionally thorny matter that the current Dou Qi Continent is almost unable to resolve."

Speaking to the end, Xiao Yan's tone was extremely low.

The Imperial of Ice gained a simple understanding and learned that it was the problem of land being unusable and highly corrosive after the invasion of the Evil Clan; for this period of time, Xiao Yan and the others had lost quite a bit of hair over it.

The Eastern Continent occupied almost one-fifth of the area of the Dou Qi Continent; once this land had to be abandoned, it would cause a huge impact on the entire Dou Qi Continent.

The homeless population of the Eastern Continent alone would become a source of unrest, and even though the death toll in the Eastern Continent was the highest everywhere since the war began, the current number of survivors was still a terrifying figure.

This massive crowd of people was temporarily settled by them at the junctions of the Central Plains, the North Continent, the South Continent, and the Eastern Continent, but this was only a stopgap measure; if it went on for too long, the trouble would be huge, and even now, the people of the Eastern Continent had already begun to show signs of causing trouble.

Regarding this, the Imperial of Ice lightly indicated that it was a piece of cake.

If it were other problems, he, an old man, might not be too clear about them, but as for this work of transforming continents, he had also worked as a foreman for the transformation project of the Huan Continent, so he was more than familiar with the process.

The reason the Dou Qi Continent could not resolve it was that the power level was too low to resist the erosion of the Evil Qi; it was time to let the youngsters witness the power of the Spiritual Energy Torrent.

"Where are the people?"

When Xiao Han and Ye Jianxin finished their "friendly exchange" between brothers, allowing the latter to vent his resentment over his unannounced departure, they looked around, but the others had already disappeared without a trace.

"Dilly-dallying, are you even a man?"

Ye Jianxin ignored Xiao Han's reaction, his palm locking onto the latter's forearm like an iron pincer; the strength was so great that Xiao Han could not help but change his expression.

"Hiss—easy, take it easy!"

"Stop worrying about so much! Being injured is just right for your wife to properly discipline you."

"You disappeared for decades at a time, not even wanting your wife and children."

"Children? What children?"

Xiao Han was completely confused.

"You'll know when we get back. Let's go, come back with me!"