"Earl, where are you? Are you all right?"
This was the first sentence that came through after Ye Zhen channeled spiritual power into the Mother-Child Conch. It was Gu Tieqi's voice.
"What happened? Did that Western Patrol Envoy Xi Qiangu make his move?" Ye Zhen hurriedly asked.
"Nothing happened, Earl, nothing happened. Earl, where are you right now? Are you all right?" Gu Tieqi asked anxiously.
"Hm?"
Ye Zhen furrowed his brow, somewhat unable to understand what Gu Tieqi was so urgently trying to do.
Liu Feng, who was speaking with Ye Zhen through the Mother-Child Conch alongside Gu Tieqi in North Sea Commandery, caught the meaning at this point and snatched the conch away.
"Earl, nothing has happened on the North Sea Commandery side. The main thing is that half a day ago, Her Highness Princess Changle contacted us through the Small Communication Teleportation Array and asked about your whereabouts. She said you might have encountered danger. We hurriedly tried to contact you, but we simply couldn't reach you. Heh, Tieqi here thought something had happened to you—he was worried sick." Liu Feng explained the matter as quickly as possible.
"Earl, don't listen to him. I firmly believed you wouldn't come to harm, but it's good that you're all right!" Gu Tieqi said urgently.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. At the soonest, I'll be back in North Sea Commandery in two days; at the latest, three or four days. Guard it well and don't let your guard down."
After giving his instructions, Ye Zhen put away the Mother-Child Conch. He had thought something had happened in North Sea Commandery, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
As Ye Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, he also took out the Small Communication Teleportation Array he used to contact Princess