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"You felt it too?"

The two looked at each other with extreme astonishment in their eyes...

It was a kind of soul call that almost instantly allowed them to see that location and the boy who was calling them...

"Sister... what exactly is going on?" Ali stared blankly at Zi Yue, why did the image of that child and his location pop into her mind? Why did her mind prompt her to go rescue him?

Who is he exactly? Why can he call out to her?

Moreover, for some reason, this thing that was calling out to her consciousness felt very familiar, as if she had... at some time... possessed it before!

"I don’t know either..." Zi Yue shook her head honestly, standing still, her complexion uncertain.

"Should we notify Chen Qing?"

Zi Yue: "...."

Notify him?

She suddenly had a thought. If both she and Ali received this message, didn’t that mean that all the players who came in their last batch would get this message?

What about Chen Qing?

Was he part of their group?

If so, he should have received the same calling, right?

If not... who exactly is he? Did she really want to share this information with him?

Zi Yue rarely showed indecision in her eyes, as she had always been a decisive person, but this time, she truly hesitated.

But just then, she suddenly remembered something. If she and the others had received it, then he...

"Oh no!" Zi Yue activated her technique abruptly, vanishing from the spot.

Ali was startled and then realized what was going on. That’s right, if they received it, Tianji must have received the message as well!

With that thought, her dragon scales bristled, and in an instant, she too disappeared from the spot. When she arrived, she found Zi Yue coming out of the room with a dark look on her face.

"Tianji, he..."

"Gone!" Zi Yue said with a somber voice, "I’ve asked people around, no one saw where Tianji went. There are signs of spatial turbulence nearby, the guy, he’s used the Destiny Hole to escape!"

Ali: "....."

"What now?"

"Let’s find Chen Qing!"

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"Tianji has run away?" Chen Qing was stunned upon receiving the message.

The guy had been with him for half a year; they had no secrets, and he had shared many things about the King of Qin with him, as well as many heartfelt words. He’d always thought that guy... had already taken his side.

But to have run away?

Chen Qing suddenly felt a bit uneasy though, of course, it was still okay since the other party had followed the King of Qin for so many years. It was understandable for him to leave after helping him out so much this time, but still, it was somewhat uncomfortable.

"That strange call you received was in the Southeast?" Chen Qing frowned and asked.

"Yes..." Zi Yue nodded, "You need to prepare yourself. This time, the Southeast will likely be more troublesome than you think. The North might have to be put on hold for a while."

"I’m afraid the North cannot be paused..." Chen Qing gave a bitter smile, "If we give up there, it’ll be even more difficult in the future."

"Can you handle opening up two fronts at the same time?

" Zi Yue frowned, "You should know that if the North realizes you’re opening a front in the Southeast, they’ll definitely launch a fierce attack.

You might really end up being attacked from both sides.

Are you sure you want to provoke both at the same time? "

"We must fight on both fronts!"

"You..." Zi Yue clenched her teeth, "Why do you always take such big risks in everything you do?"

"It’s not overconfidence, but time waits for no one!

" Chen Qing took a breath, "If I had another twenty years, I’m confident that I could face any ancient being, but not now. It’s come too quickly, and if I don’t take a risk, it’s a slow death.

Once the north starts the blood plundering mode, within a year, they could hatch a large number of Celestial Serpents at the Celestial Serpent Palace.

If we don’t keep up here, we’ll be eliminated within a year! "

"As for the position in the southeast... Not to mention the child that suddenly appeared may be extremely important, just the location itself in the southeast must be seized. My divine path depends entirely on the mountain deities for food. Right now, just a few mountains in Jiangnan can sustain billions of people because the overall quality of the population is not high. But once most people break through to the Transcendent, we will not have enough resources. How much does Ao Zhen eat in a day? How much do those Yaksha generals eat? In the future, to resist the ancients, we must have more and more extraordinary beings on our side, but if logistics can’t keep up, what will we have to compete with? "

Zi Yue: "....."

In the half-year that Chen Qing was away, she was the acting Governor, responsible for the entire food distribution, and of course, knew the scale of the consumption.

What Ao Zhen ate for one meal was equivalent to what ten thousand warriors in the Warrior Army would eat, and those dozen or so Yaksha generals could consume the equivalent of fifty to sixty thousand warriors’ food in one meal—and that’s a conservative estimate, not even accounting for medicinal herb consumption.

Once the beings from the Dragon Palace unseal their extraordinary powers and the overall military strength steps up another level, relying on those few mountains in Jiangnan alone will definitely not suffice.

The mountains in the southeast are the best in the Central Plains and are must-have territory for Jiangnan!

"If we don’t seize them now, it will be much harder to do so later..."

Hearing this, Zi Yue’s face twisted with conflict.

She let out a light sigh, understanding the principle.

If they don’t seize the land now, in the future, as more ancients and monstrous transcendent beings appear, securing even a small piece of land will be extremely difficult.

Given the current military power in Jiangnan is top-notch, if they can’t secure the land now, the future will only be tougher.

"What about Ali? Did she leave any instructions for you?" Zi Yue asked after thinking for a bit.

The north, relying solely on Murong and Weichi, would definitely not suffice—after all, the opponent is a player!

"It’s not possible..." Chen Qing shook his head. "You’ll be facing more than one player, and besides, they are all old monsters who have lived for who knows how many years. Taking Ali with you provides a bit more assurance."

"Then you..."

"Here, with Ao Zhen and Tian Heng, two extraordinary-level masters, the combat power won’t differ much. You can rest assured."

"I’m not reassured at all..." Zi Yue shook her head. "If I’m not mistaken, the Imperial Court’s recent contraction of its forces is mostly due to that guy’s doing. The sudden appearance of that child, I always have the feeling it’s connected to him, and he’s definitely going to make a move!"

"The King of Qin, huh..."

Chen Qing looked towards the east, his gaze growing complex.

Many people have been asking, before... many people said that he resembled the King of Qin, but there were a few times when he also wondered... was he the reincarnation of the King of Qin?

After years of adventures, listening to the legends of the other all the way, now... is he finally going to face this legendary figure head-on?

A person who almost changed the era!

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"It’s quite surprising that you would choose to flee," another said.

Elsewhere, on the way to the southeast, Tianji was walking through the mountain ranges of the southeast with a young man. Zi Yue, perhaps, would never have guessed that Tianji would arrive in the southeast so quickly, and even less likely to guess who he was with now.

Even Chen Qing wouldn’t have guessed it at this moment.

"It’s been hard on you, Minister Shaoting..." Tianji said with a smile and a bow.

The person in front of him was none other than the former Minister of the Judicial Court: Wang Ye!

"I’ve already resigned my official seal, please don’t address me like that anymore," Wang Ye replied coolly.

Tianji laughed, looking not far off, also bowing and saying, "Thanks to Lord Duke of Song!"

Following them, there was a third person—it was Liu Yu, the long-missing Lord Duke of Song!

"Mister Tianji is too kind," the Lord Duke of Song replied with a slight smile.

Wang Ye, on the other hand, stood to the side with a cold expression. He couldn’t understand why someone who had stood by Chen Qing through life and death would, at this moment, leave Chen Qing behind to seek out his teacher instead.

If it were not for Liu Yu’s orders, he would not have kept it a secret from Chen Qing.

"Is there something you want to ask, Minister Wang?" Tianji said with a smile.

Seeing that the other party persisted with the title, Wang Ye didn’t bother to correct him again and went straight to the point, "Why betray Chen Qing?"

"This isn’t called betrayal..."

"Oh?"

"This is called observation..." Tianji gazed into the distance and spoke softly, "There are some things I haven’t seen through, nor do I understand, so at that time, when I was with the King of Qin, I saved Chen Qing. And now that thing has appeared, providing a good opportunity to clear up my doubts. Whether it’s the King of Qin or Chen Qing, I need to see things clearly before deciding how to proceed. .."