This Circuit-Surveying Governor of two Great Jin circuits, Spirit Martial Great General, First-Class Duke, and newly ascended Spirit Transformation Venerable wore neither crimson robes nor Great General Armor today. Dressed only in purple everyday robes, he stood atop a round black stone.
His aura was peaceful, as though he had merely come to admire the scenery.
Yet he was the source of the suffocating oppression that pervaded the valley.
Such was the dignity of Spirit Transformation: even without any outward display, his very existence was rules.
"Fellow Daoist Golden Toad, young friend White Snake."
Xiao Canglan spoke first. "The two of you came together, avoided the Commander-in-Chief's headquarters, and specifically chose this wilderness. Yet Wu Gui actually stayed away."
Thud!
Golden Toad Granny lightly tapped her Toad Staff against the ground, sending out a ring of gray-green ripples. Only then did she barely withstand the omnipresent pressure of rules.
Her voice was dry and hoarse. "This old woman is unworthy of being called your fellow Daoist, Spirit Venerable. I have come to deliver a message on behalf of my Great King, the Southern Yue Royal Court, and the Hundred Miao Villages."
"This war has lasted a hundred and fifty years. Mountains of corpses, seas of blood-both sides have shed enough. It is time for a rest."
White Snake True Lord immediately stepped half a pace forward beside her, his tone sincere. "Spirit Venerable, you command armies like a god and employ men with precision. Your might shakes the Southern Borderlands, and we submit. Our forces have already withdrawn three hundred thousand li from Lotus Prefecture in Qiongzhou and Sanshui Pass in Gui Province, as agreed! The royal court has strictly forbidden all its forces from harassing Qiongzhou in the Lingnan Circuit, the Min River in the Southeastern Circuit, or the