Chapter 464: Epilogue (Part 1)

Zheng Anqi Sheng was dead.

His death had neither hysterical anger nor the relief of being unburdened, and he didn't say any earth-shattering or thought-provoking last words.

Li Miao reached out and pressed down on the top of his head.

Until the moment he died, his eyes had no fluctuations.

An assassin should have died like this; it was just that he had avoided death too many times, and only when death was forced before him again did he finally remember this fact.

In a daze, the last thought surged into his mind.

"Why was it that I founded Yingzhou?"

It seemed to be because of a person.

But no matter what, he couldn't remember that person's face, nor could he remember the memories related to him; only a vague "Master" echoed in his mind.

Only then did he realize—oh, the "nature" carrying this part of the memory had already been transformed by him into a nature seed and planted on Li Miao; now it should have already been devoured by Li Miao.

Having harmed countless descendants and survived for a thousand years, in the end, he had even placed the reason for his survival on the gambling table. He had lost everything; until the last moment before his death, his heart was empty, and he couldn't find even a trace of emotion or memory.

Li Miao did not give him the chance to sort out his last thought and let out a final sigh; his fingers exerted force violently, embedding into his skull.

*Crack. *

Red and white matter flowed down the tip of his nose.

Zheng Anqi Sheng lost his breath.

Li Miao twisted his wrist, unscrewed his head from his neck, and turned to gallop toward the direction of the Fengtian Gate.

A few breaths later, he fell into the crowd.

"Guard Commander!"

"Guard Commander..."

"Guard Commander."

Countless responses, countless gazes focused on his face.

Li Miao's gaze swept across the faces of his subordinates, and he raised his hand to throw Zheng Anqi Sheng's head onto the ground, raising an eyebrow.

"Why are you all looking so pleasantly surprised?"

"What, do you have no confidence in your Guard Commander?"

Hearing Li Miao's familiar teasing, almost everyone let out a long breath.

The nature-cultivation realm was too mysterious compared to life-cultivation; even with Li Miao appearing like this, they hadn't dared to completely set their hearts at ease. Only when Li Miao spoke did they dare to finally confirm the victory of the day.

Gao Anyu was about to jump in front of Li Miao, but was pulled back by Cao Hanyan.

Li Miao swept a glance at him and beckoned with his hand.

"Xiao Anzi, Xiao Mei."

"Yes... Guard Commander."

"Guard Commander."

The two ran over and bowed their heads before Li Miao.

An Ziyang was somewhat uneasy; he didn't know if he had done well enough today... even though he had given his all, even calculating his own life into the plan, he had been doubting whether he could satisfy Li Miao.

Until Li Miao's palm was placed on his shoulder.

"Well done."

An Ziyang was stunned at first, and then instinctively wanted to flatter him as usual. Before he could speak, he suddenly choked up, his eyes sour and his throat tight, unable to speak.

Finally, he could only choke out a sentence.

"Yes..."

Li Miao turned his head and looked at Mei Qinghe with a smile.

"Everyone says you are too stubborn; how many times did you use Sword Twenty-Three?"

"Seven times."

"... I shouldn't have taught you; in another hour you would have been dead, do you know that even a god couldn't have saved you?"

"Death without turning back."

"Fine, fine, fine, you are more like an Embroidered Uniform Guard than I am."

Li Miao reached out and pinched her pulse, his true energy circulating for a round.

"Are there any loose ends that need this Guard Commander to clean up?" ===== CHAPTER 465 =====