"We're finally out!"
Jun Wu Xie looked at the blue sky and breathed in the fresh air, feeling refreshed.
The pressure he felt in the secret realm of the Ancient Burial Ground several months ago was swept away.
He looked around carefully. They were currently at the edge of the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range.
It was not far from the place where he had obtained the Sun True Lotus.
The fiery red spots in the blue sky were enough to prove their current location.
He rushed up to the sky and looked down at the mountains and rivers.
A fiery red sea of magma came into view. Its position was just below the fiery red spot in the sky.
Without the fire dragons and the Sun True Lotus, the magma sea did not continue to spread and the temperature was not as terrifying as before.
Now, it was only slightly hotter than an ordinary magma sea. But even so, the magma at the edge showed no signs of cooling or solidifying.
It seemed that this magma sea would exist for a very, very long time.
"Our current position is not far from the magma sea."
Jun Wu Xie landed and looked at Mu Xuelan and Lilia.
They were both silent.
Mu Xuelan looked into the distance quietly. The mountain wind ruffled her hair and blew her icy blue silk dress.
Lilia stared at Jun Wu Xie, her ethereal eyes watering.
"What's wrong?"
Jun Wu Xie took two steps forward and held Lilia's delicate face.
"Young Master Jun, will you remember Lilia?"
There was a hint of sadness and reluctance in her eyes.
"If you hadn't appeared in time, I would not have been able to escape from the magma sea and would have been surrounded. 49 days in the Tribulation of Passion Secret Realm. Every day, I was entangled. Even if I was cold and made of iron and stone, I would not be able to cut off my feelings. How could I forget you? "
"It's enough to hear you say that." Lilia smiled, her smile as pure and flawless as a spirit from the mountains, but her ethereal eyes were filled with tears. She hugged Jun Xie tightly, her voice slightly choked with emotion as she said: "Young Master Jun, take care! We will meet again in the future! "
Without waiting for Jun Wu Xie to reply, she released her hand, turned around abruptly, and disappeared from his sight like a stream of light.
Jun Wu Xie opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.
Even if he did, Lilia wouldn't be able to hear him.
"She's gone. Are you leaving too?"
Mu Xuelan's slightly cold voice sounded a little erratic.
"Yes, it's time to go back and take a look. I've been away from the sect for more than four months."
Jun Wu Xie looked at Mu Xuelan, who was standing quietly with her back to him, and felt that her current state of mind was not calm at all.
"I want to stay here for a while."
"Ah?" Jun Wu Xie was startled and asked, "Why?"
"My soul has yet to fully recover. Perhaps it will take a few more days. I want to wait until I fully recover before returning to the sect." Mu Xuelan suddenly turned around to look at him and said, "This place might not be safe. Are you willing to stay and protect me?"
"Well … why don't you come back with me to the sect's King Mountain? You can also recover your soul there."
Jun Wu Xie wanted to say that it was not safe here, but she was a half-step Holy Ancestor.
Even if her soul had yet to fully recover, there was no restriction here. Ordinary Fierce Beasts couldn't do anything to her. If she encountered a Beast King, it would be useless for him to stay.
Why did she have to stay in the Dragon's Ridge Mountain Range to recover her soul?
Mu Xuelan didn't say anything. She just looked at him quietly with her clear and beautiful eyes that seemed to be condensed with ice and snow.
After a long time, she sighed slightly and said, "Forget it. Just pretend that I never said anything. Today, you and I will go our separate ways. When we meet again in the future, we will be different. "
"Mu Xuelan, do you have to be so ruthless?"
Jun Wu Xie was helpless. This woman was too strong on the surface, but she had a sharp tongue and a soft heart.
He cut down a few hundred kilograms of peerless grade spirit crystals from the Eternal Temple and handed them to her. "This should be very useful to you. I hope that when we meet again in the future, you will already be a Holy Ancestor."
Mu Xuelan didn't refuse. She put the peerless grade spirit crystals into her storage ring and then took out a snow-white brocade handkerchief with an ice lotus embroidered in the middle. "I know you don't lack resources. I don't have anything valuable on me. You've saved me several times, so I'll give you this brocade handkerchief as repayment for your kindness. "
Jun Wu Xie was startled. He held the brocade handkerchief, which still had a faint residual warmth from Mu Xuelan and her unique fragrance.
In addition to the ice lotus embroidered on the brocade handkerchief, there were also two beautiful words — Xuelan.
"Jun Wu Xie, take care. After we part today, let's forget about each other for the rest of our lives … "
Mu Xuelan's voice was a little shaky, a little melancholy, and a little resolute.
After she finished speaking, she floated away like a fairy, leaving behind only a faint lingering fragrance.
"This love has passed away in vain like a dream. Is the moon in the water still not real? Can you really forget about the past without leaving a trace? "
Jun Wu Xie whispered to himself. His emotions were a little complicated.
Thinking back to the little things that had happened between him and Mu Xuelan over the past few days, he actually felt a sense of loss when she left decisively after leaving behind such resolute words.
"Saying the most heartless words and enduring the most difficult parting. This is you, Mu Xuelan …"
Jun Wu Xie shook his head and looked at the brocade handkerchief in his hand. He really wanted to laugh, but there was nothing he could do.
That stubborn woman had said heartless words, but she had given her personal belongings to him. What kind of contradictory mentality was this …
"Your heart has been moved in the end."
He looked in the direction that Mu Xuelan had disappeared in before leaping ten thousand meters away and quickly disappearing into the horizon.
…
The capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty was still the same as before.
Jun Wu Xie could see the city from afar. It was bustling with people and carriages, bustling with activity.
He didn't directly return to the Zongwang Mountain. Instead, he went to the imperial palace in the capital.
After not seeing him for several months, Ji Liufeng had become much more haggard. He was in the prime of his life, but there were some white hairs on his temples.
He sat in the imperial study with one hand supporting his temple. There were more than ten memorials that were stacked several feet high on the table. His brows were filled with worry.
"Who is it?"
Sensing someone's arrival, he suddenly raised his head. His tired and dim eyes instantly lit up like lanterns.
"Wu … Wuxie!"
Ji Liufeng was so agitated that he lost the majesty of an emperor. He suddenly stood up from the table and staggered forward.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong? You don't have to be so agitated to see me, right?"
Jun Wu Xie hurriedly went forward to support him.
"Wuxie!" Ji Liufeng's lips trembled. His entire body was trembling. He said agitatedly, "Beilan, Beilan, he …"
"What happened to Beilan?"
Jun Wu Xie's heart sank.
"Beilan was captured by Xiao Tianming of the Xiao clan!"
After saying this, Ji Liufeng seemed to have been instantly drained of all his strength. He sat down on the ground.
"Who? Xiao Tianming? "
Jun Wu Xie was shocked and furious!
Why did Xiao Tianming capture Ji Beilan? What was his motive?
This news shocked him. He never would have thought that something like this would happen.
"When did this happen?"
"A few days ago …"
Ji Liufeng narrated all the information he had learned in detail.
The more Jun Wu Xie listened, the colder his gaze became.
"Wuxie, you might think that We are very selfish. But at present, apart from you, no one can save Beilan. Beilan is our most beloved son and the future monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty …"
"Your Majesty, don't be agitated. I don't blame you. This matter started because of me. That's why Beilan was dragged into the grudge between me and Xiao Tianming. Don't worry, I will go to the ancient city of Eastern Wasteland and bring Beilan back to the capital in one piece! "
"Thank you, Wu Xie! However, that Xiao Tianming is very powerful. You must plan thoroughly and don't fall into his trap … "
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Xiao Tianming's actions are only to prove himself and use me as a stepping stone. Since he wants me to go to the ancient city of Eastern Wasteland, I think he wants to fight to the death with me. When the time comes, there will be countless people watching the battle. The higher-ups of the Xiao clan won't dare to act rashly. "
"Oh right, how's the battle with Celine these few months?"
Ji Liufeng sighed heavily and said, "While you weren't here, Celine had already conquered three lines of defense of our Great Zhou Dynasty. Those three lines of defense spanned tens of thousands of miles. Hundreds of important cities and thousands of military routes were destroyed. Our Great Zhou Dynasty suffered more than thirty million casualties … "
"How could it be so fast?"
Jun Wu Xie frowned. The momentum of Celine's army had exceeded his expectations.
"Celine fought on multiple fronts and swept through all the countries. They changed their previous policy of slaughtering everyone and integrated the prisoners of war into Celine's army. This caused their army to increase by ten times! They launched an all-out attack on our Great Zhou Dynasty and invested more than fifty million soldiers! "
"Where is the Celine's army now?"
"They are less than twenty thousand miles away from the capital …"
Ji Liufeng was mentally and physically exhausted. He told Jun Wu Xie that the current Great Zhou Dynasty had lost two thirds of its territory. The number of people who died in the war had reached seven hundred million.
All the cities and towns in the areas that Celine's army conquered had become ruins of death. There were no survivors!
"Based on their progress, I'm afraid that they will reach the capital very soon. Once the capital falls, there will be no more fortified cities in the remaining territories. There will be no more places to defend. The entire Great Zhou will fall in an extremely short period of time …"
"What's the situation of the Black Armored Army now?"
Ji Liufeng's lips trembled and he said in a low voice, "I strongly support the expansion of the Black Armored Army. At its strongest, the Black Armored Army had reached three million soldiers and was made up of one hundred thirty-thousand soldiers. Today, many of the Black Armored Army's military barracks have been destroyed several times and rebuilt several times! Due to the fall of a large number of territories, the population has decreased sharply. Now, the number of soldiers has also become scarce and the number of young adults has decreased drastically … "
"Celine!"
Jun Wu Xie clenched her fists tightly, she could almost imagine what kind of hellish state the fallen area was in!
Celine's army was too crazy. Everywhere they went, they left no survivors!
Even the defenseless old, weak, sick, and newborns could not escape their slaughter!
Those bastards!
"Your Majesty, wait for me to go to the Eastern Wilderness to finish off Xiao Tianming and bring him back to Beilan! Don't worry, as long as I, Jun Wu Xie, am still alive, Celine's army can forget about attacking the capital! "
"Wuxie, the Great Zhou Dynasty's fate may have come to an end. It's just that I am unwilling to give up. Even though I know the final outcome, I still want to fight to the end! Now, the Great Zhou Dynasty's resources have been sealed and the war's consumption is intense. Although you have prepared the war resources, they will eventually be used up. When that time comes, relying on the country's resources alone will be inadequate. The people may not even have enough to eat … "
"I will think of a way. Your Majesty, don't worry. With me around, the Great Zhou Dynasty will definitely not be wiped out!"
Jun Wu Xie left these words and left.
His heart was heavy.
He did not expect that after leaving for a few months, the situation would become so dangerous.
Now, the Great Zhou Dynasty was in imminent danger and Xiao Tianming had captured Ji Beilan.
"Those who offend me, those who offend my friends and family, and those who offend the Great Zhou Dynasty, must be punished!"
After leaving the palace, Jun Wu Xie's heart was boiling with killing intent.
Xiao Tianming, it's time for your life to come to an end!
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