At this moment, Jiang knew nothing of how the secret arts he had just learned were all "stolen goods."
Remembering the kindness of the old monk Kujue, he gave the two secret arts a simple once-over, then pondered them all the way as he returned to Qi State on his own.
Within the bounds of the Eastern Domain, he naturally no longer needed to conceal his tracks. He could practice the secret arts while soaring freely through the skies, without caring whose territory he crossed or whose majesty he might offend—such was Qi State's standing in the Eastern Domain, and the dignity he had earned through so many years of striving in Qi State.
In Chongxuan Sheng's earlier letter, he had mentioned a major matter.
The Military Affairs Hall had formally submitted a memorial requesting an expedition against Xia Kingdom.
This petition for war had been personally written by the Grand Marshal of the Nation and bore the signatures of no fewer than five commanders of the Nine Legions.
And the Emperor of Qi... had personally approved it with his vermilion brush and stamped it with the imperial seal!
That was to say, just as the war between Jing Kingdom and Mu Kingdom had erupted in full and entered its fiercest phase, the war beast of Qi State had bared its fangs as well. Its army pointed directly at Xia Kingdom, intending to complete the unfinished grand undertaking of the Qi-Xia struggle for supremacy all those years ago!
Just as, at the end of that struggle between Qi and Xia, Jing Kingdom's establishment of Yitian Temple within Xia Kingdom had been regarded as the mark of war's end.
Ever since the Qi prodigy had won the Battle of Star Moon Plain and made Jing Kingdom sign the Star Moon Covenant,