[Year sixteen, age thirty-five.]
[On this day, the Sound-Transmitting Flying Sword left to you by the Sword Master stirred, carrying his resonant voice.]
["The royal family wishes to form a marriage alliance with the Northern Territory to strengthen bilateral relations. Li Lingyue has been chosen. I have joined forces with the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to delay the wedding using the theory of destiny, hoping to prevent it from proceeding too quickly."]
[The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was also one of the Eight Pillars of the Five Domains. It specialized in Bagua divination and deduction. There were not many people in the sect, and every one of them was a little mystifying.]
[In the blink of an eye, I was thirty-five again. It was time to return to the Five Domains and settle matters over there.]
[Upon hearing that you were leaving.]
[The old men of Jiugong Island were ten thousand times reluctant to let you go.]
["Masters, Island Master, my family back home is in trouble. I'm only going back to deal with it. I will return."]
[Zhao Hanzhou waved a broad hand.]
["Who dares touch the family of a disciple of our Holy Land?! I'll have those war-crazed fellows from Divine Sword Island wipe them out! Then we'll bring all your family to the Holy Land to enjoy the good life!"]
[You repeatedly soothed your elderly Master, afraid he would fail to catch his breath.]
[Master Zhao was already over ninety. He was not in the Martial King Realm, so his theoretical lifespan was only a hundred years.]
[However, the living conditions in the Holy Land were excellent, and he had eaten no small amount of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure throughout his life. Living past a hundred should not be difficult.]
["Master, there is no need for this. It