"Cai Qing, make your preparations and settle the people around you. I have nearly finished preparing for our departure. At best, we will leave in a month; at worst, two months. We will return to Great Zhou," Ye Zhen said to Princess Changle.
A year spent in Devil Race territory had greatly changed Princess Changle. She wore a beast-hide vest she had never worn before and a long hemp dress. At first glance, she was no different from the human female slaves here.
Yet upon closer inspection, the graceful nobility in her every gesture was enough to draw anyone's gaze. Even barefaced, she possessed an indescribable, pure beauty.
Princess Changle's slender fingers around the teacup trembled slightly. Only after a long while did she slowly raise her head. "We're leaving so soon?"
"I still have so many things unfinished! I have only taught cultivation methods to one percent of the adults. Those young boys, girls, and adolescents have not even learned two-thirds of their characters.
"Only after learning all the basic characters can they be considered enlightened. Only then can they understand and cultivate the Cultivation Manuals I left behind, and study the various books recorded for them in the Divine Records!
"I still haven't..."
Seeing Ye Zhen's fixed gaze, Princess Changle abruptly fell silent. She understood what it meant for her to say such things.
"We don't have time!"
"Over the past three months, at least four groups of Shadow Demons have come to investigate my side. One of them lurked near me for at least seven days, observing me.
"And there are even more around Ji Hua. At least four Shadow Demons have been lurking outside his residence gates."
"Besides, after a year, things on the Three-Eyed Demon Race's side have quieted down considerably. Their inspections have loosened