"Ten Thousand Swords, Heavenly Descent!"
As Yanqing entered the second stage, she raised the corners of her mouth, and the wavy grooves on the spine of her sword sprayed out a barrage of pearls.
Each projectile left a caramel-colored trail in the air. They did not fly in a straight line, but followed the fluid trajectory of a vortex, making them more difficult to deal with than the ice blades from before.
"Wow... this thing is a concealed shotgun." Silver Wolf was amazed. "But why does this power feel so familiar?"
"Milk tea, soap... uh, it's [ Eternity ] again." Silver Wolf quickly hid behind Kafka. If that pearl bomb were aimed at her, she wouldn't be able to block it. This [ Eternity ] is like true damage; it can directly penetrate a person's defenses.
With the [ Eternity ] Divine Sword in hand, Yanqing, who was originally at a disadvantage, fought fiercely with Ren and the other two, neither gaining the upper hand.
Dan Heng kept dodging with his Cloud-Piercer. His and Yanqing's weapons were somewhat related to [ Eternity ], so the Milk Tea Sword was focused on hitting him, completely ignoring the blades around it.
"Great! It's the [ Eternity ] civil war that players love most!"
Kafka fanned away the wafting aroma of milk tea; it smelled so sweet, it would be sickeningly sweet.
"This game was exciting... but it's time to end it." Kafka walked onto the field.
"Alright, everyone... [Listen to me]: Stop it." Yanqing and the other two were fighting fiercely when the Spirit Whisper was activated again, and Dan Heng felt a moment of dizziness.
"Well, Blade, are you satisfied now?"
"Hmph." Blade put one hand on her hip, not giving Kafka a direct answer.
"... What did you just do?" Dan Heng became wary again.
"It's just some preparation to welcome the important person... We can't let the dignified General Luofu laugh at my Blade and the two of you."
"Ha ha ha ha."
A pleasant laugh rang out; Jing Yuan had arrived there without anyone noticing.
" Jing Yuan..."
"General!" Yanqing sheathed his divine sword, the battle was forced to end. Although he was unwilling and hadn't had his fill of fighting... now that the general had arrived, the development of events was beyond his control.
After seeing Yanqing off, Jing Yuan looked again at the faces that were both familiar and unfamiliar, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"You two have returned to the Xianzhou after so long, yet you always seem to find yourselves in awkward situations. If you truly value our old friendship, you should have informed me sooner."
"What I needed to do is done," Blade replied coldly.
"Okay, that's all." Jing Yuan looked at Kafka: "You guys did the Xianzhou a small favor, and I'm very grateful. Take him away... This time, I can pretend I didn't see anything."
Kafka put on her leather coat. " Blade, Silver Wolf... it's time to go."
After watching the Stellaron Hunters leave, only Jing Yuan and Dan Heng remained.
"Long time no see... old friend."
"I am not him."
As he spoke, Dan Heng turned to leave, but Jing Yuan stopped him. "Um... sorry. But you can't leave yet, because your train friends are waiting for you in [ Scalegorge Waterscape ]. Shall we go and see them together?"
Since it was on the way, and the goal was to meet up with March 7th and the others anyway, Dan Heng simply agreed.
"So... Blake capsized your little boat with a bar of soap?"
Listening to March 7th and Xing's vivid descriptions, Ye Yan could already picture the scene.
"The trajectory veered to the left. Is this the kind of soldier [ Eternity ] trained? He even accidentally shot a friendly fire unit, hurting the young heart of Galactic Baseballer!"
" Chair Blake wasn't lying to us; there might be a problem with the star network, causing high latency on his end," March 7th added.
"Well! In short, this wouldn't be right without at least a hundred or two hundred cups of milk tea." Xing jokingly demanded compensation.
"You're asking for an exorbitant price, Miss Stellaron! Looking across the entire universe... you're the third person to dare extort the [ Eternity ] Aeon."
"What? There are more experts ahead of me?" Xing was shocked. She thought she was already quite abstract, but it turned out that there were others just like her from tens of millions of years ago! And there was more than one!
"Sigh~ The universe is so vast and full of wonders, you'll get used to these kinds of milk tea scams." Just this morning, Aha stole ten cups of his "special effect" milk tea, Ye Yan had a feeling there would be more similar incidents in the future.
"Wait a minute, why doesn't Teacher Ye Yan create a milk tea that can never be finished?" March 7th discovered the blind spot.
"Ah... there really was such a thing before." Ye Yan briefly recounted the story of his first meeting with Tingyun.
"Using [ Eternity ] to make money is indeed a good business idea, but what happened next?"
"Later... she would come to me every few days to restock, but then she stopped supplying me because she found it troublesome."
Ye Yan mainly opened the shop for retirement. If the milk tea shop really became popular, he would have to hire a bunch of employees to help out, something he would absolutely never do, mainly because his network of connections was a bit shallow...
Soon after, Jing Yuan and Dan Heng set foot on this land.
"[ The Ancient Sea of Lunarescence, a wondrous and beautiful realm], the scenery of this Scalegorge Waterscape remains unchanged, just as it was when I last witnessed it. Yet, you and I, standing here now, are each different."
"It is clear that even Long-Life Species with Permanence bodies cannot stand alongside heaven and earth."
Looking at the surging tide, Dan Heng, "General, you should know the nature Vidyadhara the cycle of rebirth and transformation. The waters of the Ancient Sea have cleansed Dan Feng's sins. Those who stood here with you are no longer here."
He repeatedly emphasized, "I am Dan Heng. Whether Dan Feng is a hero or a sinner is none of my business."
"I have already borne his punishment and accepted permanent exile... I have no complaints, but when the general looks at me, please be sure to cast aside the shadows of the past."
"Sigh~"
Upon hearing this, Jing Yuan let out a long sigh, the pent-up frustration in his chest dissipating into a deep sigh:
Bringing up the past is like stirring up a murky pond, only causing unpleasantness. Perhaps it's your appearance... perhaps it's those dragon horns, that vaguely High Elder, that always makes me connect you with someone from the past.
"... I've already said--"
"Yes, you said it, so what?" Jing Yuan interrupted, "If a single sentence could change someone's attitude towards you, there wouldn't be so much conflict in the world."
"If you want me to stop seeing you as Dan Feng, fine, do one thing for me."
"Do me one last favor as Dan Feng. After this is over, I will let him die and rescind the banishment order against you. From now on, I can guarantee that at least on Luofu Island, you will no longer be anyone's shadow."
Dan Heng considered it carefully. "What Dan Feng can do, I may not be able to do."
"You must do it, or all promises will be meaningless. Blame your past life; if he hadn't done that bastard, if the power of dragon transformation could have been passed down completely, I wouldn't need to force you."
The mission had been set, and Jing Yuan was certain he couldn't shirk it. "As I said before: those of us standing here today are different. Dan Feng is gone, only Dan Heng."
Could they possibly persuade the Aeon to open the sea? That's something the Church's higher-ups should be handling. Of course, Jing Yuan wouldn't let the Church deal with matters within Luofu either.
"And I... I am now General Luofu, and there are some things I still have to do, even if I don't want to."
The serious topic is over. "Let's talk about something happier. Those friends you made on the train are here now, wouldn't you like to meet them?"