Bad News

Two days earlier.

As the framework of Truth Everlasting collapsed, the gate to the Endless Sea slowly closed, concealing that figure guarded by thunder.

From beginning to end, the former strongest of the fifth rank and East Xia's number one had never exchanged blows.

They had merely looked at each other coldly.

"Rainy weather isn't good for travel. What a pity." Xue Ya set down her beer and sighed softly. "How about we leave after the rain stops?"

The general turned back indifferently and looked at her. "Leave? Go where?"

"Let me think... the border, perhaps?"

Xue Ya pinched her chin and pondered for a moment before saying, "I do have a solution that benefits both sides. It could end the conflict between the military houses and the court nobles in one stroke—the Emperor can gain power, while General, you can gain freedom..."

She said, "Since one nation cannot have two rulers, why not split it into two?"

The Jun Tian White Fox raised a finger like a blade and cleaved apart the burning scene in the distance. "Separate Yingzhou's Present Realm from its border. The Present Realm will belong to that Emperor Emeritus, while the border will become the General's territory.

We have already persuaded the Emperor Emeritus. So long as you accept the coronation of 'Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto,' you will become the true leader of the Archipelago Lineage from then on, free of all worries!"

The general was amused. "Like East Xia? Become a decoration like the Blackbird?"

"General—"

Xue Ya paused, then said with some pity, "The old man you call a decoration is the very one who arranged your current circumstances. Don't you understand yet?"

A long time ago, East Xia had already regarded the general as a destabilizing factor.

And ever since the previous Asian Rookie