Departure

Since Chi Feng wanted to use his saintly body to seek a glimmer of hope for the remnants of the Barbarian Tribe tribe in this Utterdark Lands, then as his enemy, Li Qingyan naturally had to thwart his plan.

To annihilate the enemy is the greatest respect one can show them.

Chi Feng's corpse was instantly engulfed in flames, causing the surrounding chaotic Source Qi to become even more violent.

Fifteen minutes later,

The Barbarian King Chi Feng vanished from the world in the heart of the Holy City he founded.

The three of them fell silent for a moment.

To be honest, although they didn't interact much, Xu Yuan actually admired Chi Feng, this Barbarian Tribe Alien King.

Even though they held opposing views, it didn't diminish his admiration for this Barbarian Tribe Alien King.

Talent, strategy, and unwavering ideals.

Without the emergence of celestial weapons like the Cloud Qi Bomb, the entire Northern Border battlefield, with its 600,000-strong army of the Great Yan Dynasty and its sects, might have truly suffered a complete defeat due to the sudden blizzard that cut off their retreat.

With favorable timing and location, he unfortunately lacked the right strategy and support.

Otherwise, Chi Feng might have truly transcended being a chess piece and become a master chess player in this world.

Of course, without the emergence of the Cloud Qi Bomb, it's unknown whether the two old men in the Imperial Capital would have still fought this war of annihilation.

But despite my admiration, I still had to loot the corpse.

After all, admiration can't put food on the table. Although he's very rich now, who would complain about having too much money?

In the silence between the two women,

Xu Yuan slowly bent down and picked up the Sumeru Ring that belonged to the Barbarian King from the ground.

It was very hot, but the array patterns on it were not damaged. As Origin Beginning Powerhouse, the Princess with the Blouse was still able to accurately control her Dao essence.

Holding the Sumeru Ring in his hand, Xu Yuan did not immediately examine its contents.

As the leader of his tribe, the Barbarian King possessed a considerable fortune, including various resources, precious herbs and minerals, and even the Barbarian Tribe's scrolls and Cultivation Method.

However, since Chi Feng was killed by him and Li Qingyan together, figuring out how to divide the spoils was a delicate matter.

In thought,

Li Qingyan's voice rang out, tinged with weariness. The Daoist fire she had just unleashed had placed a considerable burden on her injured body.

"Changtian, you can keep this Sumeru Ring yourself."

"Um?"

Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at her. "You don't want it?"

Li Qingyan's voice was very soft:

"The Barbarian King's body, as a saint, is more valuable than the Sumeru Ring. Since I have destroyed it, I naturally cannot take anything else."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan frowned but did not speak immediately.

The Barbarian King's saintly corpse had rotted away over the past few days, so whether it was destroyed or not made little difference.

Although he prefers to do less and get more, he doesn't like to take advantage of his woman in this kind of situation.

Because the debt becomes too large, there's a high probability that the only way to repay it in the end will be through sexual favors.

Ha, just kidding.

Li Qingyan seemed to have read Xu Yuan's mind and casually whispered:

"If you feel unworthy of this, then consider this Sumeru Ring as a token of your gratitude for bringing me out of that underground place."

"You don't seem to want to owe me even a single favor," Xu Yuan said.

"I am Li Qingyan."

"That book, The Six Lines of the Divine Origin"

"That's what you owe me."

"Tsk, why does a family need to be so calculating?"

"Hmph."

Li Qingyan chuckled, "Take your Veil Hat with you, go back and call that Simin, we'll head straight south back to the capital."

Xu Yuan hesitated slightly as he held Chi Feng's Sumeru Ring:

"Don't you have military affairs to handle?"

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Li Qingyan's smile froze, and she suddenly fell silent. After a long while, she replied in a low voice, "There's nothing to deal with. No need for marching, no need for decision-making. The officers below can handle it. My presence is merely to boost morale."

Xu Yuan looked at the desolation in her eyes, his gaze probing:

"Have the soldiers suffered heavy casualties?"

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Li Qingyan pursed her lips slightly, without replying, Luo Xiran: "Senior, I will return first. I will leave Changtian in your care."

Having said that, her crimson robe, as red as blood, vanished into the night.

Standing still, Xu Yuan gently stroked the Sumeru Ring and sighed softly.

When Li Qingyan killed Chi Feng, he actually sensed the impact of that collision on the white-armored army formation below.

The backlash from the general's serious injury causing the army's collapse wasn't actually too severe, but in order to gain the power to fight a sage, the white-armored soldiers below all took three Strength Qi Pill.

The backlash from the military formation directly triggered the side effects of the Strength Qi Pill.

The two injuries combined

In an instant, he sensed that the auras of over a thousand Beifeng White Armor warriors had vanished.

For him to disappear from his senses while Mortal Shedding Strange Ghost, there was only one possibility.

In addition, almost all of the remaining Beifeng White Armor were also seriously injured.

Although he provided the Beifeng soldiers with many precious healing pills afterward, the number of those seriously injured who have not recovered in the past few days will probably increase several times over.

Those who survive will most likely never be able to improve their cultivation level again in this lifetime.

Li Qingyan's feat of killing a saint with an army of over ten thousand will be sung throughout the land, but these soldiers...

One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand.

A general's reputation is built upon the bones of countless ordinary soldiers, both enemies and his own.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan glanced at Chi Feng's burned remains.

Their pity for Chi Feng, who sacrificed everything for his people, is a desecration of the sacrifices of these soldiers.

Xu Yuan clenched his fists slightly, a bloodthirsty glint flashing in his narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes.

In that instant, he suddenly understood something.

Letting out a long breath and calming his mind, Xu Yuan probed his Will Soul into the Chi Feng Sumeru Ring.

immediately,

He was slightly taken aback.

It wasn't that the resources were too abundant, but rather that the Sumeru Ring was practically empty.

A few spirit medicine ores, a few pills produced in the Great Yan, the corpse and demon core of a spirit fox, and some Barbarian Tribe characters engraved on animal hides.

This was the entirety of the Barbarian King's possessions.

Xu Yuan opened his mouth, subconsciously glanced in the direction Li Qingyan had left, then looked at the ground where Chi Feng had been burned to ashes, took a deep breath, and then gave an ambiguous Wan'er.

Chi Feng was indeed a good king for the Barbarian Tribe.

One day later,

A military-grade Class Lion-Eagle Beast took off from the Barbarian Tribe Holy City and sped southward, gradually disappearing into the darkness of the horizon.

As the flying Demon Beast gradually disappeared into the distance, two figures stood silently in the void.

suddenly,

A deep, middle-aged male voice, tinged with respect, said:

"My lord, aren't you going to see Qingyan?"

"Oh"

With a soft, aged laugh, Marquis of Martial Achievement glanced back at the middle-aged man beside him, his gaze towards the sky filled with a hint of affection. "Haven't we met? And since this girl doesn't want to see this old man, why force her?"

The middle-aged man hesitated slightly, then said in a low voice:

"But that Mortal Shedding... is rather strange."

"What bullshit about Mortal Shedding the mortal realm? He's just a Soul Condensation brat."

Upon hearing this, Marquis of Martial Achievement's voice turned slightly cold. "Judging from his appearance, he is clearly that old scoundrel's third son."

The middle-aged man's pupils contracted upon hearing this:

"The reports from your subordinates cannot be wrong. There must be something strange between Xu Changtian and that Mortal Shedding. You're just letting Qingyan take him along like this."

"Ensheng."

Marquis of Martial Achievement interrupted him, staring in the direction Li Qingyan had left, his tone tinged with complexity. "Some things, Qingyan needs to make his own choices."