Ye Zhen returned to his fief, North Sea Commandery, with extreme speed.
He left the Ancestral God Hall at noon and departed Luoyi, then left through the Ancient Teleportation Array on Dragon Roaming Plain. Merely two hours later, Ye Zhen secretly arrived at the North Sea Prefecture Duke's Mansion.
Why secretly?
Because Ye Zhen had used A Yuan, the Xiantian Spiritual Treasure Twelve Yuan Chen Celestial Treasure Beads, to return to the North Sea in an extremely short time.
Of course, in order not to expose this spatial teleportation ability, Ye Zhen had still had Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Ah Chou create an illusionary body and bustle about among the various Ancient Teleportation Arrays.
The moment he returned to the North Sea Prefecture Duke's Mansion, Ye Zhen summoned Niu Er.
He had to first understand the current situation before deciding anything else.
However, before Niu Er could arrive, Ye Zhen received another piece of news.
Liu Feng reported that an old acquaintance from Five Immortal Island had come to visit.
This news made Ye Zhen's brows shoot up. "Did you or someone else inform them that I had returned?"
"This subordinate would not dare. My lord's return is currently top secret. Throughout the entire mansion, apart from this subordinate, Iron Banner, and Niu Er, no one else knows," Liu Feng explained.
"Then what is this old acquaintance from Five Immortal Island about? I have only just returned, yet he was already able to send in a message?"
An old acquaintance from Five Immortal Island coming to visit was not frightening. What was frightening was what it represented—that this old acquaintance from Five Immortal Island could grasp Ye Zhen's whereabouts at any time, knowing that Ye Zhen had returned and coming to request an audience the instant he arrived at the