"Thank you, Father Emperor." Ye An'er said excitedly to Jiang Ping'an, then accepted the two jade boxes.
She impatiently opened the jade box containing the Enlightenment Tea Leaves. It was her first time seeing them; they were more crystalline than the most beautiful jade, blooming with nine-colored mist.
"Wow, so beautiful," she cried in amazement.
Smiling, Jiang Ping'an said, "An'er, in a few days, dad will take you somewhere fun."
He planned to take Ye An'er into the Divine Origin Ruins.
Ye An'er immediately looked up at Jiang Ping'an and asked expectantly, "What place?"
"Haha, I won't tell you yet. I'll leave you a little surprise," Jiang Ping'an said with a laugh.
Ye An'er clasped her hands before her chest and said eagerly, "I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you, Father Emperor."
They chatted idly until evening before Jiang Ping'an let Ye An'er leave.
Five days later, following Jiang Ping'an's instructions, Ye Tieshi, Zhou Yuanyao, and Zhong Wending assembled three thousand Heaven's Mandate Sect disciples—at the Law Manifestation Realm and above, including a great many Dao Inquiry Realm cultivators—twenty thousand Garrison troops, and three thousand Young Guards. They then set out toward Qingqiu City aboard large flying ships.
The commotion was somewhat large and drew considerable attention when they departed. However, since they were heading for Qingqiu City, it looked like a troop deployment, so most people did not continue paying attention.
Qingqiu City was over sixty thousand li from Ping'an City. After the seven or eight large flying ships, loaded with men, had traveled ten or twenty thousand li, people in Ping'an City could no longer see them.
Anyone who dared to trail and spy on them was undoubtedly a spy or traitor, and all were captured.
Jiang Ping'an did not depart with them. The large flying ships