Meng Chuan enjoyed a "pleasant" welcome ceremony, Yan Chixia hosted a pleasant welcome ceremony, and host and guest were both delighted.
Well, at least Yan Chixia thought so.
Meng Chuan and Yan Chixia left that pleasant place and flew slowly through Heaven.
Meng Chuan could take in the entire world at a glance, and what he saw surprised him.
This world had changed greatly from the one he knew.
He could not call its government clean or its people content, but Yan Chixia's world was no longer as wretched as the films had portrayed it.
"You've been working hard, Hero Yan," Meng Chuan said. Only Yan Chixia could have brought about these changes.
"Everyone helped too." Yan Chixia knew what Meng Chuan meant.
"Technology, seeds, books, experts—Mingfei gave me a great deal of support."
Yan Chixia continued, "The others gave me advice too. They helped me avoid a lot of risks."
"I want to change this world. At the very least, people should be able to live like people, while Demons can only cling to life—or be wiped out entirely."
"A fine ambition."
Meng Chuan nodded. As for the changes Yan Chixia had already made and the goals still ahead of him, what had happened along the way and what might yet happen—for instance, bloodshed—well, change brought bloodshed.
Yan Chixia did not bring it up, and Meng Chuan did not ask. Yan Chixia was not softhearted. His blade was swift when he killed Demons, and he would not hesitate to kill others. His reputation as the Ruthless Judge was not just empty talk.
A spell of sharp pain was better than pain that never ended.
"Hero Yan, your world is broken," Meng Chuan said after a long observation.
"Broken?" Yan Chixia was puzzled. He had always thought the world was