"Mm... you have a point. Let's take it one step at a time."
Xiao Yuanjun thought briefly, recalling the scene when Zhang Yuan and Li Huixi first met, then nodded.
This True Lord of the Eastern Bian Li Clan had quite an explosive temper and a truly astonishing way with words. If Zhang Yuan came knocking, he would most likely suffer for it. Getting her to help would indeed be difficult.
"Once things are settled at Mount Junya, we'll head back," Xiao Yuanjun added.
Zhang Yuan nodded. The Cinnabar Yang Fire Qi was still in his palm. It would be best to return to Brightheart Residence soon and find a way to refine it-better to get it safely into his own pocket.
After this battle, Mount Junya, along with the ten-thousand-li mountain range connected to it, had been completely razed to the ground.
With the fighting at the border over, He Yang, the Might-Shaking Commandant leading the Ya Kingdom's Earth Profound Army, was recalled to the Capital City. Passing Mount Junya, he could not help exclaiming, "When immortals fight, mortals suffer. Luckily, Mount Junya was a place of barren mountains and treacherous waters to ordinary people. Otherwise, who knows how many would have died, or how many sighs the Chancellor would have heaved?"
"Indeed. And Liu Zezheng really gave me a surprise, too. He does have some ability."
He Yang answered his own remark with a smile.
The next moment, fire flickered in He Yang's eyes. A consciousness awakened within him, growing from weak to strong. Gazing at the barren expanse of level ground, he reached out and grasped at empty space, drawing a grain of golden sand from it. Then he plucked a speck of green light from where the Lords of Heaven and Earth had stood.
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