Journey to Icathia

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's invitation, Ryze was slightly taken aback, then asked with some curiosity, "Travel together? Although my destination is Shurima, I will first go to Icathia."

"No problem, they're all about the same. I also need to go to Icathia to check on the situation."

As he spoke, Yuan Chen clapped his hands. Immediately afterward, the phase of space in front of Yuan Chen began to distort rapidly.

With Yuan Chen as the anchor point, a vortex of gold and purple appeared in front of Yuan Chen and Ryze.

Immediately afterwards, a book carrying a cat by the scruff of its neck flew out of the portal.

This surprised Ryze somewhat. Not because of teleportation magic. Or rather, for Ryze, while teleportation magic was advanced, it was far from being a legendary spell like time magic.

The problem is that Ryze can sense that the other end of the portal should be the border between Icathia and Shurima.

Under normal circumstances, the space at the boundary of such a domain is extremely unstable. Even if you teleport yourself, you can only teleport to a nearby area and then walk into the boundary domain.

But this portal... is no longer just in the border region, but extends deep into Icathia.

This can be seen from the glow of the portal.

Because the portal often reflects a collection of elements and colors from another realm. And this portal is clearly dominated by mysterious pale purple, with less dry sandy yellow.

But what piqued Ryze's curiosity even more was what happened next...

The book seemed to possess wisdom, swaying back and forth a few times towards Yuan Chen, then waking up the dozing cat, before leisurely flying to hang on the strap at Yuan Chen's lower back as if to rest.

Yuan Chen wasn't surprised by this, and instead explained to Ryze beside him:

"This is a magical book, a relic of many portals once built by the Yordle. The book's creator is lost to history, but its current owner is now lost beneath the sands of Shurima..."

Don't be fooled by his presence; we're just business partners and friends.

He stroked the cat perched on his shoulder, Yuan Chen pulled on his hood and wrapped the tough animal hide around his arm.

Because he left in a hurry, Yuan Chen didn't take too many things with him. In addition, since he was currently inheriting the legacy of the Dragonmancer, Yuan Chen simply chose to begin his new cultivation with the Dragon's Horn.

Does Jax know?

Yuan Chen tightened the animal skin around his arm and looked at Ryze beside him.

In response, Ryze recalled for a moment and said, "I know, but not much... I only looked into it after you guys mentioned the Void Wars. Before that, my memory is very vague. I only heard some rumors when I was studying on Fuguang Island."

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't even have known that there was such an immortal being in Runeterra, tirelessly traveling the world in search of a way to fight the Void."

"That's because you haven't paid any attention to the Void."

Upon hearing Ryze's words, Yuan Chen shook his head and said:

"It may sound strange, but your focus on the World Rune has caused you to overlook many hidden dangers... Of course, you can't blame yourself; after all, people always remember what hurt them the most."

"..."

Ryze didn't speak, he just nodded silently.

But after a moment, Ryze couldn't help but say, "I've noticed you like to lecture... Were you a teacher before?"

"Uh... I used to be."

Upon hearing Ryze's question, Yuan Chen grinned, somewhat annoyed, and said with a look of disdain:

"It's just that I wasn't popular... especially in Ionia. It got a little better after I came to Ixialia. Of course, now that I've left without saying goodbye, Qiyana is probably cursing me to death."

Thinking about it, Yuan Chen shook his head helplessly and said, "Did the way I spoke make you uncomfortable? I'll try to control myself in the future."

Upon hearing this, Ryze chuckled lightly, then said nonchalantly:

"It's nothing, I just wanted to vent... Well, although it was a little uncomfortable at first, thinking about it carefully, I also really like speaking in a lecturing tone."

"Haha, that's good."

Yuan Chen said casually:

"After the Void War ended, I fell into a deep sleep, and Jax left Ixialia before I woke up."

Although the Book of Thresholds itself possesses the ability to open portals, its master was absent, and the Lost Void blurred the phases of the mortal realm, so the Book of Thresholds Jax when he left. Now that the portal has been anchored, it has returned to fetch me."

After saying that, Yuan Chen thought for a moment and added:

"Jax's profession is War God. Although his fighting methods and styles are relatively single-player, he excels in duels, charging into battle, sustaining, and recovering."

If there's any crisis related to the Void in the future, just call him, and he generally won't refuse. As for the injuries from the war... judging by the time, they should have recovered to about 70-80% by now, definitely no less than 60%.

Although Jax's arms and body were broken and torn at the time, thanks to the special nature of the War God, as long as his own "energy" was not destroyed, he was able to regenerate his limbs during the subsequent recovery.

Thinking about it, Yuan Chen said with some emotion:

"It's a bit of a pity... Jax's War God class should have already broken through the Epic limit thanks to the nourishment of the Light of Icathia and his own training. As long as he accumulated enough power, breaking through to the Mythic class wouldn't be too difficult. But in battle, he prematurely activated his accumulated power... Without that power, his future breakthrough to the Legendary class will face many more obstacles."

"Then you absolutely cannot let his efforts go to waste."

Ryze, standing nearby, nodded and said, "Otherwise, it would be a loss for the entire Runeterra."

"Ha, we're thinking the same thing!"

Yuan Chen chuckled, "Although I don't know what my future self promised Jax, the revelation should appear once we reach Icathia! Whatever the promise, I will do my best to fulfill it!"

As he spoke, Yuan Chen took the lead and stepped into the teleportation portal.

Seeing this, Ryze believed Yuan Chen to some extent, but he still harbored some doubts and reservations.

Especially when it comes to the Void, if someone intends to harm another, they really won't be able to escape.

Thinking it over, Ryze stretched out his finger, activated the runes around him, and then started walking to follow.