Chapter 123: A Month Ago

  Li Xie came from the west and immediately flew to the military camp at the first time.

  The evil army's camp is enormous, from the sky it looks down, the camp is as big as half of Chrysanthemum City. It is a square area surrounded by wooden walls, with much empty space in the middle for training and other purposes.

  Now the vigilance of the evil army's barracks is different from before, Li Xie has just flown in, and the sentry post outside the barracks has already sounded the alarm. By the time the soldiers inside the barracks can see Li Xie, the soldiers inside the barracks have long been ready to fight.

  "It's a giant!" Jack gazed up at the dark shape in the sky, his eyes excited.

  Li Xie swooped down and landed in front of the commander's tent, where Jack was already waiting outside.

  Looking at Li Xie, Jack exclaimed excitedly: "Sir! You've finally returned!"

  "How's Zain and Kano?"

  "Sir, speak in a low voice."

  Two men entered the camp, Jack ordered the guards to leave and report the good news to the city lord's mansion. Then he asked Li Xie to sit in the main seat, and himself sat in the second seat: "Ze En is fine, but his identity has been exposed in front of the evil army. Although I have ordered the evil army to keep it a secret, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be any problems. Sir, this is a trouble! If the secret gets out and the dragon tribe finds out, not only will Ze En be in danger, but we also can't afford to offend the dragon tribe!"

  Li Ye furrowed his brow and said in a low voice, "Keep this matter confidential as much as possible. If it really gets out, we'll think of another way to deal with it then. Where's Kano?"

  "Kano is fine, just heavily injured at the time and still recovering now."

  "It's all right if nothing happens." Li Xie's heart finally relaxed a bit, his eyes gradually turned cold: "The force that ambushed me, what kind of power is it? The Leopard Hunting Corps?"

  "Must be the Cheetah Legion! And Pyongyang City is absolutely in cahoots!" Jack said coldly.

  "Great! Excellent! Leopard Legion! Pyongyang Castle! I won't set foot on them, or my name's not Li Xie!" Li Xie narrowed his eyes and said: "The Leopard Legion can't move for the time being, but Pyongyang Castle...hmm. Jack, if we send troops to Pyongyang, what are our chances of winning?"

  "Dispatch troops to conquer Pu, our evil army will surely win! However, sir, this involves many issues. Dispatching troops means invading another country, and the Da Bang dynasty can only defend itself fully. And if we invade another country with a private army, the imperial court won't agree unless you can get the emperor's consent. But even then, it's unlikely that the emperor will be able to dispatch troops to help us. We'll have to fight against the Da Bang dynasty ourselves, and the chances of winning are uncertain. Moreover, there's also the risk of the Lie Bao army taking advantage of the situation. There is great danger in this. This humble official thinks it's best not to act for now."

  Li Xie nodded and immediately changed his mind, saying in a cold voice: "I won't send troops, but I also want Jin Zhi!"

  In Li Xie's view, Pyongyang Castle belongs to Jin Zhi. Taking down Jin Zhi is equivalent to taking down Pyongyang. In the process, it may also be possible to avoid the contradiction of invading other countries.

  Jack seemed to have been prepared for this and smiled: "Your Honor, I have a suggestion."

  "Say."

  "When the adults visit Pyongyang, it's a matter of courtesy for the host to return the visit. Instead, send an invitation and ask Kim Ji-hyun to come to our Chrysanthemum City."

  Li Xie's mouth curled up at the corner: "Haha! Good! Let Fan Di deliver the invitation and safely escort our Great Leader Jin Zhi to Chrysanthemum City! Also, let Fan Di tell Jin Zhi that I can ambush him on the road, and even in the city, he shouldn't think he's safe! Either come to Chrysanthemum City or never have the chance to come! He thinks he can outsmart me!"

  "What a wise decision!"

  "Alright, flattering isn't your style." Li Xie smiled and said: "This past month, has anything happened?"

  Jie Ke said: "As for official business, we still need to wait for Xiao An's report. As for other matters, the Sunflower City has sent people to request an audience with Your Majesty several times, and Your Majesty has also sent people to inquire about the specifics. I have already informed Your Majesty that everything is fine on our side. As for the Sunflower City, there is no need to worry, now that the master has returned, we are not afraid of them sending troops again. But there is one thing that must be taken seriously!"

  "What's wrong?"

  "The Sea Emperor orders someone to invite the great lord to go to the White Dragon Sea Emperor's Palace!"

  "Hai Huang?" Li Xie recalled the person whose face he couldn't see clearly when they met outside the White Jade Palace that day. However, he had no extensive dealings with him, so why would he send someone to invite him to Hai Huang Palace?

  "Jack nodded and said, 'I delayed with the excuse of a big man going out for an unknown destination, but when the big man returns, he still needs to arrange time to go to the Sea Emperor's Palace. The Sea Emperor sent someone to invite him, no one dares not to go, and cannot help but go.'"

  "Uh-huh, got it. Anything else?" Hai Huang asked someone to come over, and Li Xie could only go over, this was the deterrent power of absolute strength.

  "Raid has already begun to take action, I have sent a hundred Thunderbolt Warriors to assist him. Once Kano recovers from his injuries, we will send more reinforcements and make sure that the commerce of Sunflower City is paralyzed!"

  "Great!" Li Xie smiled and pointed to the small ball of fluff being batted around by a kitten, saying: "Help me take a look, what rank is that magical beast?"

  Li Xie himself had no magical aura, and couldn't see the rank of the demon beast through the fluctuations of the magical aura. He could only use his bloodline's super senses to look at the small ball of fluff, but it only had a thousand points, which made Li Xie not have too much confidence that the small ball of fluff was a high-ranking demon beast.

  As expected, Jack said, "That's just a first-class demon beast. Although the breed is unknown, it may be weaker than a first-class demon beast. It can only be considered... an ordinary animal."

  "Dad... kitty, bullying, hitting..." Little Ball was rolled back and forth by the little cat, and under great distress, could only seek help from what she thought was her father.

  Hearing the voice of Little Fluffy, Jack was greatly surprised: "Intelligent! Can speak! This... adult, perhaps this demon is not so simple!"

  The continent of gods, magical beasts that can exhibit higher intelligence, at least above the fifth-order magical beast, and can speak, except for some low-ranking magical beasts that can mimic human speech, usually only high-ranking magical beasts can speak Hua Xia language.

  And with wisdom and able to speak Chinese, it must be a high-ranking demon beast, and the rank is not low, so Jack would think that Xiaomaoball is not simple.

  Xiao Mao didn't seem to be hiding anything, and Li Xie didn't have much hope either. After all, this little guy only had a first-tier magical aura fluctuation, and he basically had no ability.

  Li Xie walked over and picked up the little ball of fur, glaring at the kitten: "Stop bullying it all the time." Then he said to Jack: "Let's go, back to the City Lord's Manor together."

  The two came out of the tent, just about to fly, but Xiao An rode a horse over, got off the horse, didn't say a word, and rushed into Li Xie's arms, hugging him tightly.

  "Xie ge!" Xiao An held on tightly, a thousand words and phrases all turning into tears that slid down from the corners of her eyes.

  Li Xie felt the warmth and moisture flowing through his chest, a sense of unprecedented warmth in his heart! In the past, he wandered, perhaps dying on the streets without anyone to collect his body. But now, after only one month away, upon returning, there was such an embrace waiting for him.

  It turns out that being missed by someone feels so warm.

  Li Ye stroked Xiao An's long hair: "Alright, stop crying, Brother Ye is back, you should be happy."

  Next to him, Jack said with a sour face: "Hey, in the past when someone's older brother was away from home for a month, he didn't see that person being so clingy and tearful. A girl shouldn't be too attached."

  Xiao An's face turned red, and she suddenly remembered that tens of thousands of eyes were staring at her. Her face turned bright red as if blood was about to drip from it. She hastily pushed away Li Xie, lowered her head, and rubbed the hem of her clothes with all her might, not daring to look up at anyone.

  Li Xie's romantic feelings were limited to books and he had no personal experience, but when he saw Xiao An's appearance, his heart couldn't help but flutter.

  Could it be that this little girl likes me?

  Can't even catch a chick in a month? Isn't that just making trouble for nothing?

  "Do you like me?" Although Li Xie saw through it, this guy had no experience, so he asked such a tasteless and destructive question.

  What should Xiao An say in response?

  As expected, Xiao An got annoyed and jumped onto his horse, running away without looking back.

  Li Xie didn't understand, so he looked at Jack: "Did I say something wrong?"

  "Shake your head, Jack: 'Sir, what's going on?'"

  "Wow! Can you really tell from this?"

  "It's not looking, it's listening! Adults, girls will be shy."

  "Huh? You little brat! I thought you only knew how to lead troops!"

  "Grown-ups are joking, in the army, there aren't many who are foolish."

  "No wonder that kid Kanona is quite skilled in this aspect too! Come on, let's walk and talk, how did you hook up with your sister?"

  "This... " I hit on his sister... Jack's eyes were already confused at that time. Who would dare to say that they hit on his sister and still ask his brother to teach him?!

  "Ah...... haha, I mean, picking up girls, you know what I'm talking about."

  Castle Lord's Mansion.

  Everyone is celebrating Li Xie's return, even Cano, who was seriously injured, has come out. All the core members are waiting for Li Xie at the dinner table, ready to have a welcoming lunch together.

  As for Li Xie, as soon as he returned to the city master's mansion, he immediately entered his own room. There was one thing he had to confirm first.

  In his bedroom, Li Xie looked at the copper mirror and muttered whether he should invent glass!

  The continent of the gods also has glass, but the manufacture of glass is not as mature as the craftsmanship on Earth. Most are made by burning sand and some mixed materials, which makes the produced glass not completely transparent, but with beautiful colors, more beautiful than crystal. In fact, on the continent of the gods, glass is a more expensive decorative item and handicraft than crystal.

  Li Xie had the idea of inventing glass because he was in a good mood and wanted to see his own eyes clearly.

  Because his eyes had changed from light green to dark green!

  Although his green eyes looked a bit gloomy, it meant he had leveled up!

  From blue-eyed vampire to green-eyed vampire, reaching the pinnacle of mid-tier vampires!

  Since Li Xie felt that his flying speed had increased, he suspected that he had been promoted. Now, he can finally confirm that he has indeed been promoted.

  Although it's just a one-level upgrade, this level has a more profound significance than previous upgrades.

  He was immune to 8th-tier magic during the Blue-Eyed Vampire stage, so can't Green-Eyed Vampires be immune to 9th-tier magic?

  But being able to cast ninth-tier magic with immunity will be a qualitative leap!

  Because Li Xie's current enemies, the strongest are only ninth-tier, this means that those ninth-tier mages or sword saints can only cause harm to Li Xie through physical attacks. With his advancement to green-eyed vampire, Li Xie's body has already reached the strength of an eighth-tier sword saint, plus his terrifying recovery ability, this also means that Li Xie is almost invincible in front of ninth-tier professions, at least he can stand undefeated!

  As for whether he can be invincible or not, that still depends on what skills he gets after advancing to a Green-eyed Vampire.

  "Perhaps I should be stronger! Perhaps it's time to counterattack!"

  Li Xie muttered to himself, then closed his eyes and felt the power within him.