The End of the World

"What? You've already set off?"

In the Star River Pavilion of the Great Void Illusion Realm, Chongxuan Sheng looked astonished. "Won't you spend a little more time with An'an?"

They had been exchanging letters on and off for a while, though both had been so busy that even their correspondence was sparse. This was their first time meeting at the Star River Pavilion.

"What's this?" Jiang Wang joked. "Are you representing Qi State in saying you don't welcome me?"

"You're the Baron of Green Sheep Town, a Fourth-rank Green Badge Constable, and a Great Qi Prodigy famous throughout the land. I might not want to welcome you, but you represent Qi State better than I do!"

Chongxuan Sheng beamed. "Still, there really isn't much going on in Linzi lately. Green Sheep Town is running well, and your little maid has grown into the role. Our Desheng Trading Firm is raking in money every day... You really could spend more time with An'an. She's still young, after all, and needs someone by her side."

"I'd like to, too. But staying at High Heaven Pavilion is just causing trouble for them..."

Jiang Wang sighed helplessly and recounted what had happened lately, picking out the important parts.

Chongxuan Sheng gave him a strange look. "You snuck into Zhuang Capital during the war between Zhuang and Yong and killed their Vice Chancellor?"

"Your summary sounds a little awkward, but you could put it that way," Jiang Wang said.

What was a Vice Chancellor? I even killed the Grand Ancestor... Of course, he could only keep that to himself. He didn't have the nerve to say it aloud.

"Then how did you get away? Isn't your king, Zhuang Gaoxian, a Current Era True Lord? I looked up some intelligence on the Western Border before. Didn't