Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

The man continued to complain: "Junior sister, stop laughing. If there is no more news, Ling'er will..."

At this moment, the wooden window suddenly made a banging sound, as if someone was knocking on it from outside. This frightened both of them and they immediately looked over. The man's brows twitched, "Who is it? Is it the wind or someone knocking on the door?"

But the woman stood up and immediately walked to the window and opened it wide.

"Hey, Junior Sister, wow!"

The man called out to his junior sister, but the moment the woman opened the window, a large amount of wind and sand immediately rushed into the wooden house, and the burning fire was immediately blown out by the strong wind that blew into the house.

The man blocked the wind with one hand and shouted to his junior sister, "Mingyue, close the window. Why are you keeping it open?"

"Wait."

Mingyue spoke at this time, but only one word.

Two seconds later, something finally flew in from outside the window. It was a phoenix bird!

Mingyue immediately closed the window, and the Fengming bird immediately jumped onto her hand.

The man immediately stepped forward, looking very impatient: "Who's the letter from?"

Mingyue glanced at the fire nearby, and the man immediately understood and went over to rekindle the fire. Then Mingyue took the letter from the phoenix bird's leg and checked its contents.

After the man relit the fire, he immediately went to Mingyue to take a look. He found that it was news from his master and there were clues about Wanmo City!

"We've found the Wanmo City!" the man shouted excitedly. He continued to read and found that the first person to discover the news was actually his uncle.

"Junior Master, it's him. Isn't he in Tianji Pavilion?" The man looked at the contents of the letter and muttered, "I haven't been able to find any clues to the map. Currently, I can only obtain the map by investigating Da Zhou and Jiang Shanggong. I need support..."

Mingyue looked at her senior brother without saying a word. She just pointed at the signature on the letter with her slender fingers, and then nodded at her uncle's name with her finger.

If it were someone else, they might not understand what this girl meant, but as a senior in the sect, he could understand what his junior sister meant.

She meant that this letter was not only sent to them, but also to everyone in the sect who was on a mission outside. And now they had to rush to Tianji Pavilion immediately to meet up with their uncle and help.

"Walk."

The man shouted, and without caring about the sandstorm outside, he immediately set off for Qingzhou Tianji Pavilion.

At the same time, in the Tianji Pavilion far away in Qingzhou...

The situation inside the Tianji Pavilion can truly be described as a mess.

Over 30% of the buildings in Tianxing Town were destroyed, and a large gap was blasted into the peak of Lifeng. Although there were no casualties, the Tianji Pavilion, which had stood for three thousand years, had never been seen in such a state.

But Tianji Pavilion is Tianji Pavilion after all. Its disciples worked quickly to repair and rebuild Tianxing Town and Lifeng as quickly as possible. It would probably take less than half a month to restore them to their original state.

But this is not the most difficult problem at the moment. The most difficult thing is that Cheng Ying knows the contents of the Exorcism Book, which contains a lot of secrets about evil skills and sorcery from ancient times.

Lord Jiang Shang has already talked to Su Luohua, and Da Zhou and Tianji Pavilion must work together to resolve this matter in the shortest possible time.

The best way to resolve this matter is to catch Cheng Ying and kill him immediately!

Lord Jiang Shang will personally come out of seclusion and go to Wanmo City with the elite troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then stay there to ensure that no one can enter Wanmo City.

Su Luohua will mobilize the elite troops of the Great Zhou to go to Su Qingqiu's tomb, catch up with Cheng Ying and kill her!

"What, let me go?"

In the attic of the Observatory, Ji Xian was summoned by Jiang Shanggong, who then pointed at her in surprise.

Because Jiang Shanggong just said that Ji Xian would also participate in this operation, and that Ji Xian would follow the people of Da Zhou to Su Qingqiu's tomb, not Wanmo City.

"Yes." Jiang Shanggong nodded and said confidently, "Xian'er, as for your cultivation, there is nothing more I can teach you. The rest is entirely up to you."

"Oh, oh oh."

Ji Xian responded reluctantly, and began to think in her mind.

Master...did you see through my identity? Otherwise, why would you make such an arrangement?

Ji Xian guessed this possibility, and even became more certain of this guess when she saw his eyes, but he didn't dare to break this window paper, so he could only agree first.

After Ji Xian left, Jiang Shanggong stared at the direction where Ji Xian left for a long time. His eyes seemed to be recalling many things.

But these images eventually turned into a figure.

A dashing swordsman dressed in white, holding a silver sword and a wine gourd, arrived at their Tianji Pavilion. He gracefully defeated the Eight Sect Masters, the Young Master, and even Jiang Shanggong, and then departed gracefully. He was an unparalleled swordsman.

"Taibai boy, your Ji family... has truly produced an incredible descendant."

Jiang Shanggong made such an exclamation, but no sound came out of his throat, so Ji Xian could not hear it even though her perception was sharp.

Although Ji Xian had no flaws in his words, his figure that was extremely similar to Ji Taibai was enough for Jiang Shanggong to confirm many things. Coupled with his strength and various circumstances, Jiang Shanggong was even more certain.

Jiang Shang Gong had no evidence, but he was so sure. Having lived for more than three thousand years, he understood one thing very well: many things do not require evidence but rely on intuition.

Finally, Jiang Shanggong said one more eloquent word: "May the Five Holy Sons of Heaven this time be able to destroy the evil star and pacify the troubled times..."

Ji Xian, who had just walked out of the Observatory, happened to hear this sound.

"Take orders."

Ji Xian was not a fool. After hearing Huo Lizi and Jiang Shanggong mention the Five Holy Emperors one after another, and considering Jiang Shanggong's action of accepting her as a disciple, he guessed who the Five Holy Emperors were talking about.

3.82 His Majesty the Emperor Heads to the Northern Desert

After leaving Jiang Shanggong, Ji Xian immediately found Su Luoxue. Then the two of them met up with Su Luohua and set off together. After leaving Tianji Pavilion, they headed north to the location of Su Qingqiu's tomb.

Because the situation was urgent, Su Luohua had sent bird messages to all the Great Zhou forces in Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou, asking them to blockade and search with all their might, and report immediately if they found any news of Cheng Ying or Daxuan rebels.

However, Su Luohua had no way of sending troops to the location of Su Qingqiu's tomb to stake out in advance, because according to the map coordinates on the Exorcist Book, Su Qingqiu's tomb was located in a foreign land in the Northern Desert, a place called Ghost Forest Valley.

And this Ghost Forest Valley happens to be within the territory of the Liaodan tribe.

The Liaodan tribe stood on the side of the Daxuan rebels during the War of Revival. After Daxuan overthrew the Dazhou and revived, the power of the Liaodan tribe was greatly reduced, and even one of the three Yang gods died and retreated to a foreign land.

Out of respect for the Great Zhou goddess Yelu Yinxue, the Great Zhou did not kill them all, and has always maintained a wait-and-see attitude with the Liaodan tribe.

That’s about it. The Great Zhou couldn’t send troops directly into the territory of the Liaodan tribe, otherwise it would be tantamount to declaring war.

Although Su Luohua's personality suggested she could just go ahead and crush the Liaodan tribe, the Great Zhou ruled the world with benevolence and kindness, and it would not easily declare war without a reason.

In other words, this matter is too big, not to mention Su Luohua, even Ji Xian can't make the decision.

Therefore, all they could do now was to mobilize a small number of elite forces and head directly to Su Qingqiu's tomb to capture Cheng Ying. Of course, this was done while minimizing the risk of alerting the Liaodan tribe.

The combat force that was mobilized was the deputy commander of the Silver Dragon Guard.

"Silver Dragon Guard Deputy Commander... Hua Lan?"

While riding on horseback, Ji Xian heard Su Luohua talking about calling for support. He was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said the name, as if he had just remembered this person.

Ji Xian didn't have much of an impression of her. It seemed like she had only seen her once when she was a child, and that was all she remembered. To be honest, if she wasn't also a Great Zhou Yang God, Ji Xian probably wouldn't even remember her.

Su Luohua affectionately called her Aunt Hua: "Well, Aunt Hua was originally here to arrest you on your father's orders. Now that something's happened, I sent a message to her asking her to come and help. With her around, I won't be panicking even if I run into Cheng Longjiu!"

"Are you sure she won't suddenly turn against me and take me back?"

"Don't worry, you are the emperor now, Aunt Hua will definitely listen to you."

Ji Xian didn’t understand Hua Lan, but Su Luohua knew everything about her.

Hua Lan, one of the founding heroes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, deputy commander of the Silver Dragon Guard of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one of the strongest people in the world today. Although he is not among the seven commanders, he is not inferior to them in a real fight.

During the Eight Kingdoms Rebellion seven hundred years ago, the Ji brothers launched an uprising in Chang'an and led their army to conquer the world. Among them was Hua Lan's father. During the war, Hua Lan's father was injured, and Hua Lan came out of seclusion to take his place, marching and fighting on his father's behalf, and became famous in one battle.

Later, she became the first general under the Grand Marshal Lu Wen. She was invincible in attacking cities and strongholds, and made great military achievements for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Later, when the Great Zhou unified the country, Hua Lan found military service too boring and petitioned the Emperor for a transfer. The founding Emperor agreed, and Hua Lan was transferred to the Silver Dragon Guard as deputy commander, serving under the Su sisters' father, Silver Dragon Commander.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the two sisters have known Hua Lan since childhood, understand her very well and have a good relationship with her.

She was someone who valued the relationship between ruler and subject above all else. She could even be described as boring, foolishly loyal. The only people in the world who could give her orders were those with a higher status than her in the Great Zhou, meaning orders from a higher authority.

If there are multiple superiors giving orders at the same time, who will Hua Lan listen to? Of course, the one with the highest status.

Therefore, if Ji Xian gave the order now, she could disobey the order of the emperor without even a tremor of an eyebrow. To be honest, it was hard to believe that Ji Xingyu would send her to capture Ji Xian without Kong Mingliang and Su Luohua's involvement.

It was precisely because of this that Su Luohua dared to ask her to come for support.

"Let's go to Beimo Longxue Town first. There we'll meet up with Aunt Hua and the elite Silver Dragon Guards."

Su Luohua said so, and Su Luoxue asked: "Besides Aunt Hua, where are Daddy and Master?"

You know, General Yinlong and Pang Yuanchu are both in Jizhou now. Now that such a big thing has happened, they will definitely take care of it.

But Su Luohua's answer surprised Ji Xian and Su Luoxue: "I don't know. Dad didn't reply. Uncle Pang seems to be operating in the Northern Desert. The distance is too far and the letter can't fly back for a while."

Su Luoxue was stunned: "Dad didn't reply?"

"Yeah, but with Dad's strength, there's no problem. I just don't know what happened. It must be something tricky."

Su Luohua said this with certainty, and what she said did make sense.

Silver Dragon General, the best fighter in the world today.

Jizhou, although the place is in chaos, is ultimately the territory of the Great Zhou. What could possibly happen to this number one master in the territory of the Great Zhou? Therefore, there is no need to worry about the safety of Marshal Silver Dragon.

However, everyone present knew that being able to hold back a master like Silver Dragon Marshal...was probably no small matter.

.......

Ji Xian and others were not the only ones who did not receive a reply.

On a mountain path heading north, Cheng Ying was walking in the mountain stream wearing a dark robe and windbreaker. This time she was not wearing a hood on her head, and her pale and emotionless face was revealed without reservation.

From time to time, she would look up at the sky and calculate the range and time based on the position of the sun.

Now the entire northern border of the Great Zhou forces must be searching the entire area. Cheng Ying didn't dare to take the official road, and she didn't have a regional map, so she could only use this method to identify the direction and make sure she was not wrong.

Then she also calculated the time. She calculated that it was probably one day.

A day ago, Cheng Ying sent a letter to the leader, Cheng Longjiu, announcing that he had read the Exorcism Book and learned its contents. However, a day had passed and the letter had not yet been replied. The leader's destination was Jizhou, which wasn't particularly far from Qingzhou. A round trip was easily within reach at the speed of a phoenix bird.

But now, Cheng Longjiu's reply has not arrived yet, which means that he must be in a very difficult situation.

Judging from his actions and goals, he should have met Silver Dragon Marshal.

Although Cheng Ying carried out Cheng Longjiu's orders ruthlessly and without desire like a tool, she was not a fool. She would do nothing without Cheng Longjiu's order. She had her own judgment.

Their mission as Dieying is to obtain the Ghost Doctor Scripture.

If the leader didn't reply, she would have no choice but to go to Su Qingqiu's tomb in person to see if the Ghost Doctor's Scripture was inside. That place was within the territory of the Liaodan Tribe in the Northern Desert, and the Great Zhou couldn't send troops to take over the garrison so quickly, so she might still be able to make it in time if she went there now.

.....

Then, the Tianji Pavilion had already set out. Jiang Shanggong, Di Kunzi, and Zhen Leizi personally led two hundred elite disciples, along with the elite troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to Ten Thousand Demons City. They would station themselves there, ensuring that no one could enter the city before support from the Great Zhou Dynasty arrived.

On the mountain road where the Tianji Pavilion was heading, there was a man in a white robe standing halfway up the mountain, looking at the Tianji Pavilion team marching towards Wanmo City in the distance.

It’s the white-faced man wearing a mask!

"......"

The white-faced man looked at him silently for a while, then turned and left.

He didn't dare to continue following, otherwise with Jiang Shanggong's methods, he would probably discover that someone was following him. He was also injured, and if he was chased again, he might not be able to escape.

Anyway, he still has the means to find Wanmo City, so there is no need to rush.

Volume 4: Northern Desert

4.1 The Emperor's enemies are still determined to take revenge

Beyond the Central Plains are the four great foreign lands: the East Sea, the Southern Barbarians, the Western Frontier, and the Northern Desert. Speaking of the Northern Desert, this foreign land has been a source of much controversy over the years.

The Northern Desert, with its mostly desert Gobi, also has some grasslands and mountain ranges, presents a rather extreme environment. However, the Northern Desert's alien races, born and raised in this environment, are all strong and robust, with a high level of cultivation.

Excluding the East Sea, a relatively unique foreign land, the Northern Desert is arguably the place with the most Yang Gods among the other three foreign lands. In recent years, some of the more famous ones include Tianxueji, Liaodan Sanyang Shen, and Rouran Blood God.

The Northern Desert is a huge group composed of many different tribes. During the reign of Daxuan, with the help of the rebel empress Zhao Tianyue, the Liaodan tribe once became the strongest tribal force in the Northern Desert, and was even close to unifying the entire Northern Desert.

But at this time, Ji Xingyu appeared and launched a war of revival. In the war, he severely damaged the Liaodan tribe, and the power of the Liaodan tribe was greatly reduced.

After the war ended and the Great Zhou Dynasty was revived, it began to support the Tianyuan tribe, the clan of the Tianxue Ji Ninino. With the help of the Great Zhou, most of the tribes in the Northern Desert surrendered, leaving only a few stubborn tribes such as the Liaodan.

However, the Great Zhou did not completely exterminate the Liaodan tribe. The main reason was that the goddess Yelu Yinxue, who had made great contributions in the war of revival, was actually the adopted daughter of the Liaodan Princess. Because of this relationship, the Great Zhou only maintained a state of surveillance and vigilance towards the Liaodan tribe.

As long as the Liaodan tribe dares to have any dissenting thoughts, the Great Zhou will not let it go.

However, would the Liaodan, an ambitious foreign tribe, really be so obedient?