This Battle, I'll Take It On!
Song Ming and Lang Yun led the army of Yanwu Immortal City in flight all the way until they finally encountered Immortal Lu and the others. Immortal Lu was an old scholar. Upon hearing of Jun Zaijiu's death, he stood there dazed for a long while before two streaks of muddy tears suddenly rolled from his eyes.
It had been a very long time since he had felt emotions such as grief and anger. This was the first time in nearly ten million years that he had experienced genuine feelings.
He had lived too long. He had grown accustomed to life, death, and parting, had even watched Immortal Realm universes one after another turn into tribulation ashes. Long ago, he had ceased to care about any individual's life or death.
Yet the passing of an old friend still threw his Dao Heart into disarray and brought tears streaming down his face.
"Water stays heartlessly green through ten thousand ages; wine is the ageless elixir of a thousand years."
Only after a long while did he calm his chaotic Dao Heart. "The first half of this couplet was Jun Zaijiu's judgment of Yanghuang City, saying that he had been heartless for eternity, his nature as thin as water. The second half was Jun Zaijiu's advice to Yanghuang City, urging him to let go of his obsessions, drink and make merry, and forget his troubles. This couplet was written after Fellow Daoist Jun defeated Yanghuang City. Fellow Daoist Jun cherished his learning and talent, so he did not strike a killing blow. Who would have thought..."
Immortal Lu sighed, then roused his spirits. "Jade Crown Prince, Lang Yun, Song Ming, choose your elites and immediately find Yue Zhaoquan, Li Shangxue, and the others. Tell them about