Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden: The Northward Plan (Part One)

For most of the day, Ji Yuan paced back and forth in the courtyard, agonizing over the decision ahead. In the end, he gritted his teeth. "Go! Find someone." Of the two attendants at his side, Ji Da immediately followed. Ji Er hesitated, but Ji Yuan's gaze had already swung toward him. Ji Er jumped in fright, only to hear Ji Yuan say, "You, deliver a letter for me in the city." Hearing that he would not have to meet that fearsome, terrifying figure, Ji Er truly let out a long breath. He hurriedly agreed, afraid Ji Yuan might change his mind, took the already sealed jade slip, and ran off in a puff of smoke. Ji Yuan had still been wavering, unable to settle his resolve, but Ji Er had fled so decisively that he could hardly call him back. Stamping his foot, he strode out. Before long, he arrived outside the inn where Jiu Yan was staying. He no longer hesitated, lowering his head as he walked in, only to brush past a cultivator coming out. As they crossed paths, a shiver ran through him. It was as though an incomparably sharp sword had sliced across his neck. Startled, he whirled around, only to see that man had stopped and was smiling at him. "Ah, Deacon Peng." The man's attire was exceedingly eye-catching: armored beneath a robe, a jade belt at his waist, and a crown binding his hair. He looked like a valiant general, and Ji Yuan recognized him at once. This was naturally Peng Suo, the Golden-Eyed Divine General, one of Sword Discussion Pavilion's twelve chief deacons at Gathering Immortals Bridge, a great expert at the upper Void Stepping realm. It was said that if not for this sudden Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, he