Ji Si and Beins

"You said that too?" Zhao Xing, somewhat surprised. "Starfire said the same thing."

"If that's the case, is it possible that you—no, the people of Great Zhou— have really misunderstood?" Jing Yan asked.

"Let me ask again." Zhao Xing nodded.

The main body closed its eyes, and its clone in the Realm Star immediately contacted Ji Che using the Starfire Mirror.

"Metaphor"

Ji Che's phantom appeared before them.

"Brother, what brings you here?"

Zhao Xing was taken aback. "Che, you said you encountered enemies in the Annihilating Star Corridor —how exactly did you confirm they were from the Carlos Family?"

Ji Che frowned. "Brother, what are you talking about? The Carlos Family? Never heard of them."

"We were ambushed by the Rainbow Moon Dynasty— "

Zhao Xing felt a chill in his heart.

It's only been Heavenly Timing, yet Ji Che doesn't remember?

Immediately realizing what had happened, Zhao Xing took a deep breath and said, "Hmm, I might have been distracted during my cultivation and misremembered." After calming himself down, Zhao Xing stared at Ji Che and said, "Che, let's withdraw all of Great Zhou's forces from the Annihilating Star Corridor. We don't need the territory anymore; let's develop somewhere else."

Ji Che sighed and said, "This is the only way for now."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and asked, "How is Ji Si?"

He remains in a coma.

Zhao Xing suddenly said with a serious expression, "Do everything you can to save the wounded. Don't let anyone else get hurt. If anyone dares to take advantage of this to bully the Great Zhou, I will make them regret ever being born."

Ji Che nodded. "Brother, rest assured, we have already invited the Gao Ming doctors. With the money you left behind and the Great Zhou's national treasury, there will be no problem treating Ji Si."

Communication was shut down, and Zhao Xing's true form opened his eyes.

Jing Yan, who had been waiting nearby, immediately asked, "How did it go?"

Zhao Xing said, "It was indeed a mistake. I'm sorry, Brother Jing, for causing you trouble. Everything is fine here now."

Jing Yan shook his head. "Why are we talking about these things, we're brothers? Since there's nothing else, let's take this opportunity to get together."

Next, Jing Yan dragged Zhao Xing into a drinking contest, and the two quickly got drunk.

After Jing Yan collapsed, Zhao Xing suddenly opened his eyes and flew to the edge of the balcony.

As the sun sets in the east of Seaweed City, night falls.

"Wow, that's fast. Ji Che just said that a few days ago, and now he's already forgotten what he said."

"Is this an attempt to cover up the truth, or a frame-up?"

"Whose interests did the Great Zhou ultimately infringe upon?"

Based on the original situation, Zhao Xing felt that it was normal for the Carlos Family to be involved. Even if the Great Zhou had offended the Carlos Family, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Jing Yan was right. The highest level in the Great Zhou is only three Dao Domain Realm. It's very difficult to offend any important figures.

At worst, we'll suffer a loss this time and back down for now, letting the Great Zhou leave that place of trouble.

With his identity as Primordial Beginning Realm cultivator, he wouldn't need to cause any more trouble for the Great Zhou.

But now, the situation has suddenly become complicated.

"The first possibility is that the Carlos Family is indeed behind the Rainbow Moon Dynasty. When they discovered that I, Rat Hour of the Gu Luo River, was behind the Great Zhou, they stopped their pursuit and sent people outside the pass to rewrite history, which also caused the memories of Wu Emperor and others to be distorted."

"Large families are accustomed to using this tactic."

Murder? Murder is too troublesome. I won't kill unless I'm forced to.

Simply make people forget about the incident.

In contrast, the people of the Rainbow Moon Dynasty were much cruder in their methods, choosing to kill directly and seize territory. They even launched a surprise attack on the Great Zhou's forces outside the Great Wall.

"Murder outside Jiachen Pass, altering the memories of survivors inside—two groups, two methods," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "This is the terrifying power of an elder family. I didn't even need to ask someone to mediate; Carlos directly provided the final solution—to end it here."

"I also immediately instructed Ji Che to evacuate and leave. I'm sure the Carlos Family will find out soon."

"We can only tolerate this matter and cannot cause trouble for the Carlos Family. Even if the Great Zhou suffers a loss, we can only endure it for the time being. Some interests are not for ordinary people to touch."

Zhao Xing knew very well that things were different now compared to when he was in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom.

In the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, the strongest are those at the Reincarnation Realm, and the same is true for the Dongyan Ancient Clan.

The Red Star Empire is different; an empire is a superpower, Emperor Lord Realm are everywhere, Reincarnation is worthless, and Divine Realm reign supreme.

Even if you call in reinforcements yourself, it won't have the same effect as before.

Even with Lao Qing's personal connections, Lao Qing would never interfere in the affairs of the empire; at most, he could save his own life.

Moreover, it hasn't reached the point where it needs saving lives yet.

"There's another possibility." Zhao Xing's mind raced. "It's possible that the Carlos Family really wasn't involved, but someone impersonated the Carlos Family to stir up trouble within the empire."

The reason I think this way is because of the Ancient God's resurrection incident in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom.

"So many Reincarnation Realm have been reborn into the empire. This has both advantages and disadvantages," Zhao Xing pondered. "With so many Reincarnation Realm appearing all at once, the empire's original power structure will inevitably be impacted."

Resources and territory are limited; if some people eat more, others have to eat less.

More than 20,000 Reincarnation Realm have come from this realm, each one a hero with exceptional intelligence, astonishing perseverance, and outstanding talent.

Would a powerful and ambitious ruler willingly serve an empire? He'd likely harbor other ambitions, perhaps even absorbing some from the Primordial Beginning Realm.

They also need to be tested by their conscience.

What about those who didn't go through the inquiry into their hearts, or even those who didn't participate in the Primordial Convention?

"The Empire is certainly aware of the pros and cons, yet it still chose to accept the offer precisely because it is already exploring the Si Yue Desolate Territory. If westward expansion is successful, it will gain a larger share of the spoils, thus satisfying the needs of all parties. Accepting 2..."

The benefits of the Ten Thousand Reincarnation Realm definitely outweigh the drawbacks.

"Returning to the fate of the Great Zhou, there are both possibilities, and there might even be other reasons I don't know about." Zhao Xing let out a long sigh.

Beins, a remnant of the Sangqing Ancient Kingdom; Devil Dao Scholar Xi He Bo; and Lord Fuwei, the Saint Shennong Fu Wei Lord —none of these three were ordinary individuals. For a time, he was unable to fully ascertain the cause of this strange event.

"Of these three, I roughly know what the Devil Dao Scholar Xi He Bo and the Sangqing Ancient Kingdom descendant Beins are going to do later, but I know absolutely nothing about this Lord Fuwei. He's just too weak."

If he were also in the Reincarnation Realm, he would be fully qualified to investigate, but now he doesn't even dare to investigate.

The Empire's waters run far deeper than those of the Desolate Territory Ancient Kingdoms Alliance.

"We'll just have to wait for Ji Si to wake up and ask her. Hopefully, she'll be alright."

Outside Jiachen Pass, in the Annihilating Star Corridor, on a man-made gray Realm Star.

Starry Sky Historian Beins sat cross-legged on an open book, the pages emanating a greenish aura.

Countless foreign characters twisted like insects.

Above Beins ' head was a closed black and gold book, and the black and gold aura enveloped his entire body, making the historian appear somewhat eerie.

At one moment, Beins opened his eyes, and a world was reflected in his pupils. In this world was a city with bustling streets. In an inconspicuous little restaurant, Ji Si and Beins's phantom sat facing each other.

"Ji Si, your Realm Transmission is quite interesting," Beins said with a smile. "Why don't you let me go out and take a look?"

"I'll let you go after you finish reading this, okay?"

Ji Si remained expressionless. "Beins, if I allow you to invade my Realm Transmission, then I will become your servant. Do you think I would agree to that?"

Beins said calmly, "What's wrong with following the strong? Ji Si, you saw it yourself. I just casually sent out a Biography Clone, and it destroyed the thirty-six Star Cities that the dynasty you serve had conquered."

"Your power is still insignificant before me."

"Is that so?" Ji Si remained unmoved. "If you were capable, why are you sitting here now?"

Beins said, "That's because I admire your talent. You cultivate both destiny and history, and not only were you able to withstand my Biography Clone, but you were even able to break through to the Dao Domain Realm in battle."

"It would be better for you to follow me than to remain in that weak dynasty, where you would only waste your talents."

Beins stood up and walked step by step to the tavern door.

Ji Si's expression changed, and her whole body began to emit light, but it still did not affect Beins's actions.

Beins stood up in the doorway, turned around and asked, "You know things you shouldn't know. I can't let you go. I'm asking you one last time: are you willing to follow me?"

Ji Si shook her head again. "Beins, I advise you not to go see it."

"What a pity." Beins ignored Ji Si's threat, shook his head regretfully, and then stepped out the door.

He began to erode Ji Si's Realm Transmission. Ji Si had only just broken through to the Dao Domain Realm, while he was at the Reincarnation Realm. Even as a Biography Clone, he was still beyond Ji Si's ability to resist.

Beins arrived at Ji Si's Realm Transmission Core, a Time House that recorded many secrets, in just five breaths.

These Time House are records of hidden history.

Just as Beins was about to break open the largest of the Time House and take control of Ji Si's core, suddenly—

One — One "Buzz ~"

Inside one of the Time Museums, a scene suddenly appeared.

In the scene, a young man dressed in white robes is sitting in the main seat on a floating platform, seemingly hosting guests. Apart from the two men and one woman next to the young man, there are nine figures among the guests present.

As Beins looked over, a golden wave appeared on the screen.

It shot out like flames, instantly burning Beins's Biography Clone to ashes.

Then, this terrifying power traveled along the clone and struck Beins ' main body directly.

"What?"

Beins himself was taken aback, and the gilded black book above his head quickly opened.

A phantom image with a dragon's head and a bird's body emerged from the black book and blocked Beins's way.

"Sieve, sieve, sieve~~"

Beins watched helplessly as all 500,240 feathers on the ' Heavenly Winged Divine Bird ' fell out.

Ultimately, he couldn't hold on any longer and hit himself.

"How is this possible? What is that?! My 500,000 years of Ascetic Practice couldn't stop it!" Beins roared.

Fifteen minutes later.

"Um?"

Beins awoke from his daze.

The black book above his head had turned to ash and fallen, and the green book beneath him was also tattered and broken.

"W-What's going on?" Beins exclaimed in surprise. "Am I invading Ji Si's Realm Transmission?"

Why—Oh my god, what happened?

Meanwhile, inside Jia Jiachen Pass, Ji Si murmured as she awoke.

"Idiot, I told you not to watch it—"

"What? Who are you talking to?"

Ji Si opened her eyes and immediately saw Zhao Xing's face.

"The Grand Minister of Agriculture?"

"It's me. I sent an avatar to check on you at the Jiachen Fourteenth Pass," Zhao Xing said.

"How long was I unconscious?"

"Soon, in 3 months."

"Oh." Ji Si seemed to have just woken up from a dream, still not recovered from the afterglow.

Zhao Xing waited a long time before Ji Si finally spoke again.

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, I'm alright, I—"

"Lord Ji, please hear me out first," Zhao Xing began. "The ambush you suffered on the Annihilating Star Corridor..."

"I already know they are from the Rainbow Moon Dynasty."

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, there's more to this than meets the eye—"

Just as Ji Si was about to explain in detail, Zhao Xing interrupted Zhao Xing again, "You've just recovered, don't overthink it. This is just a normal war outside the Great Wall, except that the Great Zhou lost, lost territory, and suffered heavy losses. Do you understand?"

"We can become stronger in the future and take revenge on the Rainbow Moon Dynasty. But for now, you don't need to worry about anything."

Ji Si looked at the cards in Zhao Xing's hand, nodded immediately, and took them. "Yes, I understand."

He understood the Tianning Card that Zhao Xing gave him, and the memory alteration that happened last time occurred again!

This time, however, Ji Si was not flustered, because at least Zhao Xing knew.

"Alright, you've just recovered from your injuries and broken through to the Dao Domain Realm. You still need to consolidate your foundation, so I won't disturb you any longer."

"Remember, if you encounter anything strange in the future, tell me first," Zhao Xing said.

"Okay." Ji Si nodded.

After seeing Ji Si, Zhao Xing felt a strong sense of crisis.

As the second Great Zhou to retain memories during the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom incident, Ji Si's special status was known only to Zhao Xing, who did not believe that Ji Si had made a mistake.

In other words, the heavy blow suffered by the Great Zhou must have some connection to the Carlos Family.

But for now, we can only pretend we don't know.

"I'm only at the Source Origin Realm right now. If something really serious happens, I'll have to take risks. I can't fight and compete fairly. When there's conflict, I can only endure it."

Ultimately, it's because my own abilities are too weak.

"I need to speed up my progress to Coral Grade and increase my favorability with more powerful figures, otherwise I will still be powerless to help if I encounter similar situations again."

Reason told Zhao Xing that now was not the time to seek revenge.

He comforted Ji Si for a while and then left the room.

However, when his clone circled the rest area of Jiachen Fourteenth Pass and saw the seriously injured officials of the Great Zhou, especially Xia Jing in the medical pod, who was left with only a mutilated body, Zhao Xing still couldn't help but feel a surge of anger and clenched his fists.

"Whether it's the Carlos Family or anyone else, I'll remember this debt."

"Once I've finished repairing it, I'll come and settle accounts with them one by one."