Dai Mubai, Dead

"Not bad."

Ye Yuan lifted his teacup and gently blew away the steam at its rim.

"The Bat King needs Sea God's Light to awaken Tang Chen. If we go empty-handed now, not only will we be unable to open the door, we'll have to waste our strength dealing with that bat ourselves. If those two escape again, finding them will be troublesome."

"So we just wait here?"

Qian Daoliu asked.

"Let them slowly suffer underground."

Ye Yuan took a sip of tea and gazed at the distant sea.

"Tang San urgently needs the Asura Divine Sword to turn things around, and the Bat King is equally eager to possess someone and become a god. The more desperate they are, the more they'll stay there waiting to die."

Ye Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhu Zhuqing, who had been silently standing nearby.

"Zhuqing."

"This servant is here."

Zhu Zhuqing immediately dropped to one knee.

"With your current strength, you're finally qualified to handle matters for me."

Ye Yuan picked up a token representing the Spirit Hall Empire's highest authority from the table and tossed it before Zhu Zhuqing.

"Take my warrant and make a trip back to Spirit City. Handle two matters."

Zhu Zhuqing picked up the token with both hands and listened respectfully.

"The first matter. Star Luo's old nobles haven't been behaving themselves lately. They're still making moves in secret under the Dai Family's banner."

Ye Yuan spoke casually.

"Go to the Death Dungeon in Spirit City. Cut off that brat Dai Mubai's head and hang it from the gates of Xing Luo Province. Make those old nobles give up completely."

At the mention of Dai Mubai's name, Zhu Zhuqing's movements paused slightly.

Her fiancé from her previous life had now become a prisoner of the