Luoling Sect

"Your Majesty needn't worry."

Jia Wen picked up the wine cup before him and took a small sip before continuing:

"I've already arranged everything in the six camps for after my departure. There's no need for Your Majesty to worry. For the time being, Xia Pengyi will take over my position in the army. If anything comes up, Your Majesty can go directly to him."

Xiao Jue was still "wiping away his tears," but when he heard Jia Wen's words, he suddenly froze:

"Xia Pengyi will take over for now? Minister Jia, do you mean..."

"This time, when I return to Luoling Sect, I won't be gone for long. At most two or three years, at least two months. Then I'll naturally come back."

Jia Wen set down his wine cup, picked up his chopsticks, and put a bite of food into his mouth, chewing it slowly:

"After that, I'll continue assisting Your Majesty, commanding the army and training the troops."

"I see. I see."

Xiao Jue looked as if he had suddenly understood. He nodded again and again, woodenly.

"Why? Your Majesty doesn't seem very happy."

"Minister Jia, what are you saying? You're a pillar of the nation. I couldn't be happier!"

Xiao Jue came back to himself and forced a smile as he spoke in Jia Wen's direction.

His smile looked stiff.

Luoling Sect.

The journey from Great Yan Dynasty to Luoling Sect took three days and three nights in total.

Throughout those three days and nights, Chen Yan stood on the ferry's deck and roughly estimated the distance between Luoling Sect and Great Yan Dynasty based on how quickly the ground slid away beneath them.

It was somewhere between eighty thousand and a hundred and fifty thousand li.

No matter how experienced he was, that was