Li Poxiao froze for a moment, while the young nephew beside him—who had grown extremely tall and vaguely resembled the people around him—cleared his throat, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered, "Uncle says he didn't go to the Corrupted Zone."
"Hmph! Anything that fellow doesn't admit himself doesn't count!" Li Poxiao snorted, then looked at me. "You went to the Corrupted Zone? I heard you even stayed there for half a year?"
I smiled. "As you can see. I only got back a few days ago. What? You rushed over here intending to purge demons and uphold justice again?"
"Xia Yitian, you've really gone too far! Do you know what kind of negative impact doing this will have on forces like ours that haven't been corrupted?" Li Poxiao asked, clearly displeased.
My reception of him this time wasn't an official one. After all, it was already nearing afternoon, and the morning court had dispersed long ago. So aside from me, only Hu Qingya and a few familiar faces were present.
"There was no other way. Who told the Heaven's Boundary's forces to be so small? Does its leader need to go begging everywhere? If I didn't go out looking for food, the Heaven's Boundary would have starved to death long ago. Unlike you—now that you're a Star Lord, your back is straight and your presence has risen. Heh." I sneered.
Li Poxiao walked toward me step by step, seeming still deeply uneasy about me. Only after stopping before the crystal throne did he say, "You and I are no longer young and hot-blooded. Can you stop doing these things that involve wandering everywhere and venturing deep into dangerous places? It's only right to occasionally leave them to the younger generation. How can your current status and position compare to the