Chu Xingchen stared at the slightly cracked Imperial Jade Seal, momentarily stunned.
He really had borrowed this thing from Zhao Xuan.
Only after Chu Xingchen had threatened and cajoled him had Zhao Xuan reluctantly handed it over.
Chu Xingchen still vividly remembered Zhao Xuan's expression, pleading with him to remember to return it, or he would have let down all the ancestors of the Black Tortoise Kingdom.
Not that he had seen much respect for his ancestors from Zhao Xuan.
But if this thing broke, even someone as thick-skinned as Chu Xingchen could not pretend nothing had happened.
The Black Tortoise Kingdom's Imperial Jade Seal was the most important thing Zhao Xuan possessed.
Chu Xingchen did not blame Qinghe. His Divine Sense swiftly probed into the seal.
Inside, he saw the black clouds over Bingzhou madly devouring their way toward the Black Tortoise Kingdom's Capital City.
The black clouds over Chizhou were also thickening, beginning to spread slowly in every direction.
Chu Xingchen's expression grew slightly grave as he understood the situation.
Qinghe probably had not broken it by playing with it. Rather, the Thief was preparing to act.
Before leaving, he had already warned Zhao Xuan to watch Bingzhou and prioritize holding his ground.
How had things turned into what looked like a crushing defeat so soon after the opening moves? And wasn't this collapse happening far too quickly?
Could the opposing cultivators have thrown caution to the wind and personally begun slaughtering people?
Just to shatter the national fortune for an instant?
Chu Xingchen looked at the somewhat flustered Qinghe and said solemnly:
"Qinghe, get ready to act."
Qinghe immediately understood what he meant. She breathed a sigh of relief inwardly-as long as she had not broken it.
"Where are we going?!" Qinghe's expression also grew serious, its