What a pity, I still wanted to see you first

Jiang Junyi had caught Virgo's ankle with one hand and Leo's fist with the other.

"This is hardly the way to say hello."

Jiang Junyi gave both hands a jolt and forced the two peak Lesser Grandmaster fighters straight back.

With his own strength alone, he naturally could not have done it, but with the Heart of Shadow's enhancement, Jiang Junyi's power was infinitely close to the peak Lesser Grandmaster level.

Perhaps even stronger.

True qi surged around Virgo and Leo, clearly showing that they were about to get serious.

Just then, Leo's nose suddenly twitched, and the true qi around her weakened as well.

"Lord of Destiny's power?" Leo said strangely.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Virgo asked, puzzled.

Leo pointed at Jiang Junyi. "He has Lord of Destiny's power on him."

Virgo looked at Jiang Junyi with a deep frown. "Who exactly are you?"

"Virgo, Leo, my master told me about you," Jiang Junyi said with his arms folded.

That was right. This was why he had dared to swagger in here.

Since the system had prompted him that the Heart of Shadow contained the Lord of Destiny's power, why not come and report to the Black Palace too?

This would make transmitting information much more convenient, and it would also make it easier to mobilize the Black Palace.

A black ripple appeared in the field, and Mo Jie stepped out. "You're Shadow?"

After receiving Virgo's notice, Mo Jie had rushed over without stopping.

"That's right." Jiang Junyi nodded.

How would he know anything about this Shadow or not? In any case, he had claimed a nonexistent master and would see how the Black Palace reacted.

From the looks of it now, it seemed the Black Palace really had once had such a person.

A trace of nostalgia showed in Mo Jie's voice. "I didn't expect that after the battle back then, Shadow was still alive. Your master... is he well?"

A note of sadness entered Jiang Junyi's tone. "The old man has already passed."

Mo Jie was silent for a moment. "Is that so..."

Shadow had been among the earliest members of the Black Palace. Virgo and Leo were not very familiar with him.

Only Mo Jie knew him well. After all, he had been an old comrade who had often fought shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Welcome, child."

"Don't weaken his name."

Mo Jie walked forward and patted Jiang Junyi on the shoulder.

He turned to Virgo and Leo and said, "He's one of us."

After his identity received official certification, Jiang Junyi brought up the matter of Night Crow. "I investigated and found that another force was involved in what happened back then: the overseas assassin mercenary group—Night Crow."

Mo Jie frowned. "Are you certain?"

"Certain." Jiang Junyi nodded. "And recently, Night Crow has revealed traces of activity. They hijacked goods belonging to the Su Corporation of Jiang City."

Virgo, Wang Hao, and the others exchanged glances.

Could it be?!

"I'm going to meet this so-called Night Crow, but I'm afraid one person can hardly hold up the whole thing alone, so I came here."

Jiang Junyi paused.

"Time waits for no one."

Mo Jie's voice sank. "Virgo, Leo, Mighty Dragon, prepare to move out. Follow Shadow's command in all things."

"Yes!"

Very soon, a fully armed Wang Hao walked out.

A tactical helmet, combat uniform, combat boots, rows of block-shaped items hanging at his waist, and a large black pack on his back.

"Lose skin, lose flesh, but never fall out of formation!" Wang Hao saluted.

By then, Virgo had also finished preparing: a black mask, a skintight combat suit in white and black, and her hair tied into a high ponytail for ease of movement.

Leo was much simpler: a black-and-gold combat suit and a pair of metal knuckledusters.

"I've already arranged the plane. Virgo knows the itinerary," Mo Jie said.

In truth, he had the same concerns Uncle Wu had when calling people in and could not easily go out himself.

Jiang Junyi glanced over. Two peak Lesser Grandmasters, one Half-Step Grandmaster, plus me and Uncle Wu. That should be about enough.

In an era when Grandmasters did not appear, this lineup could be considered quite luxurious.

Even if a Grandmaster appeared, they would still have a chance to arm-wrestle with them.

"Let's go." Jiang Junyi nodded.

"Move out, move out!" Leo bumped her fists together, looking extremely excited.

Wang Hao, meanwhile, watched Jiang Junyi's figure thoughtfully, while Virgo was as expressionless as ever.

Elsewhere.

Wan Qingyun sat alone by the window, lost in thought.

At the same time Jiang Junyi broke through to Lesser Grandmaster, she had also broken through to Lesser Grandmaster.

And this breakthrough had brought her something very different.

For example, images.

Now, when she poured True Qi into her eyes, she felt the scenery around her appear in her mind.

It was just that the images in her mind were made up of chaotic black-and-white lines, blurry and indistinct.

Even so, she could still make out some directions and the rough outlines of certain objects.

"What a shame... I wanted to look at you first." Wan Qingyun sat by the window, clutching the pendant at her chest as she murmured to herself.

Aiya~ You finally broke through to Lesser Grandmaster~

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in Wan Qingyun's mind.

"Who?! Who are you?" Wan Qingyun's expression changed, and she looked left and right.

Stop looking. I'm not around you.

"Where are you? What exactly are you?" Wan Qingyun's brows knitted tightly.

Me? I'm right in your hand~

Wan Qingyun was a little stunned. Her hand?

She touched the Star Pendant in her hand. "This. Is it you?"

That's right. Only when you reached the realm of Lesser Grandmaster could the quality of your True Qi awaken me.

Wan Qingyun asked in confusion, "Then what use are you?"

At that moment, she vaguely saw a mouth actually split open on the pendant.

Me? I can answer all your questions!

Wan Qingyun's face darkened. "What do I need to pay?"

Smart. You only need to feed me, until I feel the value matches.

"Be specific."

Hehehe.

The pendant let out a wicked laugh, but did not say exactly what it needed to be fed.

Wan Qingyun's expression grew uglier and uglier. Could it be that what it needed was flesh and blood?!

After all, this thing seemed somewhat evil.

Should she test it?

Wan Qingyun hesitated. Answer all her questions? Right now, she did need that somewhat...

After a long while, she finally made up her mind. She would try!

Wan Qingyun plucked out a strand of her own hair and fed it to the pendant.

No, what could a strand of hair possibly— Mm!!!

The pendant suddenly lit up with an utterly black radiance, incredibly dense.

You! Hurry... ask!!!

Eh? A strand of hair was enough? That generous?

Wan Qingyun scratched her cheek.

"I want to know whether Jiang Junyi will be in danger."

No!

Ask again!

Now Wan Qingyun was baffled. Normally, shouldn't she only be able to ask once? She could ask again?

Hurry up!

"Oh, oh." Wan Qingyun could tell this thing was in a hurry.

"Then... what did he go to do?"

Fight!

Ask again!

Wan Qingyun let out a soft breath.

After all that, so he had just gone to fight.

Did they really have to go somewhere far away to fight? She heard that offline, real-life meetups were pretty popular lately. Could Junyi be like that too?

Before she knew it, Wan Qingyun's thoughts drifted back to Jiang Junyi again.

Sister, could you hurry it up?

"Then, does he really like me?" Wan Qingyun's little face flushed faintly.

Yes, he fucking likes you a lot!

The pendant was utterly speechless.

What decent person asked that kind of question?

Back in the day, those people had all asked things like—

The Azure Heaven is dead. May the Yellow Heaven rise?

May I take their place?

Where is the imperial seal?

If the enemy can go there, may I go as well?

And so on.

But how did this little girl have such thick favor from fortune on her? It did not seem to be her own...

When Wan Qingyun heard the pendant's answer, her expression brightened, and she plucked out another strand of hair.

Seeing this, the pendant cried out in alarm: Hey, hey, hey? Don't come any closer!