Chapter 484

As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage!

Not to mention that Xu Que and Lady Ya had been separated for nearly a year; having the opportunity to spend the night together this time, he naturally wouldn't waste a single moment!

"The river is full after parting from you, and the moon is often empty while missing you!" Lady Ya lay in Xu Que's arms, looking at him with sorrowful eyes as she spoke.

The meaning of this poem was that during the days of their separation, she often missed Xu Que under the bright moonlight.

Xu Que gave a wry smile and said, "I have a piece of good news and a piece of bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Lady Ya was not stupid; she might have even guessed what Xu Que was about to say. Her fair, smooth arms immediately hugged Xu Que tightly, and she shook her head, whispering, "Young Master, I only want to hear the good news, not the bad news!"

Huh?

Ji Qiuya, little sister, don't be like this. Why aren't you playing by the rules? Usually, people choose to hear the bad news first!

Xu Que couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and smiled bitterly, "The good news is... I can still stay for five days!"

He had calculated that it had been nearly half a month since he left the Water Yuan Kingdom. Now, staying in the Fire Yuan Kingdom for another five days to set up some powerful defensive arrays, he could then prepare to set off back to the Water Yuan Kingdom to rendezvous with the Empress!

Of course, returning early to rendezvous was also to further improve his strength!

After this battle with the Sea Race, Xu Que thoroughly understood that the strength of those cultivators overseas was extraordinary and could not be underestimated; he had to strengthen his own power immediately!

Otherwise, when he arrived overseas, where experts were as numerous as trees, it would be embarrassing if he failed to act cool and ended up being beaten instead!

"Five days..."

At the same time, Lady Ya, lying in Xu Que's arms, also murmured this duration.

This good news from Xu Que already revealed what the bad news was: that after five days, he would have to leave again!

After Lady Ya was silent for a good while, she asked softly, "Young Master, why don't you take me with you? I want to be by your side!"

Xu Que smiled and gently stroked her head, saying, "This time I am going overseas, and it is very dangerous there. Wait until I carve out a world for myself, and I will immediately return to take you... *cough cough*, I will immediately return to take you away! Wait for me, okay?"

"Okay!" Lady Ya nodded and replied softly.

She would unconditionally obey whatever Xu Que said, simply because her heart had long been captured by him.

"Young Master, I have a question I want to hear from you personally!" At this moment, Lady Ya seemed to remember something, suddenly raised her head to look at Xu Que, and asked.

Her delicate and mature face was filled with a serious expression, with a bit more cuteness added to her charm!

Xu Que was stunned for a moment and smiled, "Are you trying to ask whether I am Li Bai or Xu Que?"

"Mm, Young Master is truly intelligent!" Lady Ya nodded.

"You aren't stupid either. Since you've guessed it, why ask? Hey, don't look at me with those sorrowful little eyes, okay? Fine, I'll just say it: Li Bai is Xu Que, and Xu Que is Li Bai. Do you understand now?"

"Sigh!" After hearing this, Lady Ya sighed slightly.

Xu Que was immediately puzzled and asked in astonishment, "Why are you sighing again?"

Lady Ya lay on his chest and whispered, "I was just thinking about the first time I met you! That year you had just entered the palace, you were just a simple little child. Who would have thought that time flies like a shuttle, and when we meet again, you have become a graceful and talented Young Master!"

"Uh..." Xu Que rubbed his nose sheepishly.

If he could, he would really want to say that the one from back then wasn't him!

At this moment, Lady Ya suddenly raised her head, a trace of playfulness flashing in her eyes, and she giggled, "Young Master, do you still remember? When you stood up back then, you only reached my waist. You were a totally cute little brat!"

Oh my, oh my, what is this situation? Is this teasing me, the King of Acting Cool?

Xu Que was stunned for a moment, and then a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"System, quick, activate the auto-repair function!" Xu Que immediately summoned the system.

"Ding! Auto-repair function successfully activated, consuming one Acting Cool Point!" The system's prompt sound rang out immediately.

Afterwards, Xu Que felt a warm current pass through his body, and he was instantly full of energy again, returning to his peak state!

It really works like this!

His face was full of joy; this system function was simply a heaven-defying cheat!

"Creak!"

A moment later, Xu Que opened the door lightly and quietly left the sleeping palace!

At this time, the sky had already begun to darken.

After a day and a night, countless imperial guards had joined forces to rebuild the imperial palace.

After all, everyone possessed cultivation techniques, making it very simple to move heavy objects. Plus, the Fire Yuan Kingdom still had abundant funds, so building a new imperial palace was simply a breeze!

However, Xu Que came out this time to reinforce the Fire Yuan Kingdom's imperial palace with a few arrays and, by the way, improve the defensive capabilities of the imperial city!

He exchanged for two intermediate-grade arrays and placed them directly in every corner of the imperial palace. With the double overlay, they were even more powerful than the defenses of the Grand Imperial Physician Gate!

After all, he also needed to prevent the Sea Race from actually finding their way here in the future, so everything had to be prepared in advance.

As for the imperial city, Xu Que also rushed to produce more than a dozen Divine Might Charging Cannons, handed them over to several city-guarding generals, and then placed new intermediate-grade arrays on the city walls to strengthen the defense!

"Report! Informing the General, enemy activity detected ten miles ahead!"

At this moment, on the city wall, a city guard hurried over and knelt on one knee before a general.

Xu Que had just finished setting up the array. Upon hearing about enemy activity, he immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Who is so stupid as to dare to invade the imperial city at this time?"

The city guard was stunned. Upon looking up, he realized Xu Que was also there and hurriedly said respectfully, "This humble one has seen Young Master Li. A demon beast was discovered ten miles ahead, suspected to be from the Sea Race!"

"What, people from the Sea Race have come?" Xu Que immediately frowned.

The city guard hurriedly replied, "This humble one couldn't see very clearly either. It seems there is only one, and its forward speed is very slow!"

"I'll go take a look!"

Xu Que immediately strode toward one end of the city wall. At the same time, he concentrated his True Essence in his eyes, and through the pitch-black night, his vision instantly expanded, allowing him to see the situation ten miles away clearly.

"Hmm? Isn't that Er Gouzi?"

Xu Que couldn't help but be startled. During yesterday's great battle, Er Gouzi had kicked a Sea Race man into a blood mist and then ran away, while another Sea Race man chased after it.

But now, the first thing Xu Que saw was Er Gouzi.

This fellow was carrying a demon beast several times larger than its own body and walking slowly toward them.

And that demon beast looked very strange, with a slippery, soft body completely covering Er Gouzi, and it also had several tentacle-like legs dragging on the ground!

Xu Que immediately laughed out loud, "This Er Gouzi is amazing; it actually brought back an ultimate squid!"

Obviously, that squid should be the last Sea Race man who went to chase Er Gouzi. He didn't expect that the result would still be him being counter-killed by Er Gouzi!

"Young Master Li, do we need to close the city gates and prepare for battle?" the city guard asked.

Xu Que shook his head, "No need, that's friendly forces! Don't worry about it; I'll take my leave first!"

After saying this, he turned and left the city wall!

After all, he had just fed Er Gouzi medicine yesterday. Xu Que felt that for safety's sake, it was better not to see it for the time being!

And at this time, the night market in the imperial city was bustling and lively, crowded with people.

Xu Que was preparing to return to the palace to rest, but suddenly saw two familiar backs in front of him, strolling through the night market!

One big and one small, they were none other than the sisters Su Ling'er and Su Xiaoqi!

Xu Que thought for a moment, and seeing that there was no one around, he took off his human skin mask, revealed his true face, and walked up with a grin!

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