Three months later, several Vermilion Bird Vessels slowly sailed into Azure Billow Royal City, flames blazing from them.
The Vermilion Bird Vessels halted above the Vermilion Bird Barracks, and Chen Changming descended with the others.
He was still wearing Vermilion Bird Armor, its surface bearing several marks left by battle. His robes were stained with a little blood, but he seemed to be in fair spirits.
"Doctor Ning, hurry and look at my injuries!"
The moment he stepped off the vessel, a large group of Vermilion Bird Guards surrounded him.
"All right, all right, don't rush. One at a time..." Chen Changming agreed with a smile, forming hand seals as he began to cast the Sweet Dew Art.
This mission had been particularly demanding, with many participants, and thus many wounded.
He worked for more than five hours straight before finally finishing his treatments as dusk fell.
This time, he had treated more than three hundred people and earned over thirty thousand Ling Yu in total.
Though he was exhausted and had even needed to replenish his spiritual power once midway through, Chen Changming felt deeply satisfied as he watched the healed Vermilion Bird Guards leave with smiles on their faces.
Once he was done, Chen Changming left the Vermilion Bird Barracks and made his way to the Elder Palace where Elder Spirit Charm resided.
The Elder Palace was entirely black, wreathed in a faint layer of black Demonic Qi that made it seem especially mysterious in the twilight.
Chen Changming had just arrived outside the palace gates and had yet to announce himself when the heavy gates opened on their own with a deep rumble.
"Nephew Ning, you came to visit your martial uncle as soon as you finished your mission?"
A voice that was both coy and delighted