Wanda clicked her tongue softly: "Although personally, I don’t like this concession, or breaking promises with the Blade Beasts."

The group of elders exchanged glances, each lost in thought.

Tai Chenggang asked, "Honorable elders, does this mean we have to bow down to Fu Jian?"

"Bow down?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Nierdamon replied indifferently:

"I only offer you two choices.

"First, come up with a way to solve the current predicament, think of a way to close the interstellar gate above us.

"Second, your so-called Six Elders, go and kowtow to the native human military representatives to apologize, thereby expressing our sincerity and achieving power consolidation."

"After this conflict’s exhaustion, our strength not only hasn’t peaked but is even less than a few days ago. The four Pillar Blade Beasts are also a huge threat."

Wanda laughed: "Whether we win or lose, we can retreat unscathed, but you are different. Kids, if you want to follow us out, you must prove your worth. Your pride is really not worth mentioning."

Sabina said flatly: "The above is the purpose of summoning you today."

The Six Elders looked extremely displeased.

Many elders around revealed faint smiles.

...

Half a day later.

Fortress No. 76 Ruins;

The vast yellow sand engulfs the sandy dunes, a tan parasol perfectly blending with the surrounding environment under the sunlight.

A ’legendary’ Spiritual Ability User named Zheng Shiduo lay under the parasol, wearing sunglasses, dressed in simple military attire, a rippling smile on his lips, as he watched dynamic images of muscular men working out on a projected screen before him.

The images were quite old, with somewhat blurry quality.

Finding the mosaic-covered parts amidst the larger mosaic offered a certain poetic beauty.

Zheng Shiduo was enjoying himself when, a dozen meters away, the sand surface arched, and a slanted door opened with two figures climbing out.

It was Wu Man and Ji Xiao returning for rest.

Ji Yale’s child had been born, and now, whenever he had free time, he would run to the General Command Center to soothe the baby and accompany his wife.

Both Ji Yale’s and Ji Xiao’s bloody engagements were overlooked by various departments.

After all, in this era, precious combat strength indeed enjoyed privileges in all aspects.

"Yo," Zheng Shiduo, lying with his arms behind his head, turned his head to look over, "Are you two out for some fresh air? Your vigilance is really lacking, not even carrying weapons or equipment."

Ji Xiao mumbled, "Aren’t you also unarmed?"

Zheng Shiduo waved the bracelet on his wrist: "Right here!"

"As if I don’t have one!"

Ji Xiao retorted with a darkened expression.

His storage magical artifact was not as advanced as Zheng Shiduo’s.

In this regard, now in charge of artifact refining, Uncle Tai and Red Snake also had their preferences and biases.

Wu Man stood under the parasol, gazing around.

Over the past year, he had grown significantly taller, and though still of youthful age, his physique was almost adult-sized, exuding a maturity uncommon for adults.

He said, "I feel the master is coming back."

"Hmm?" Zheng Shiduo jolted upright, and Ji Xiao quickly sat down on the lounger, pushing Zheng Shiduo aside.

Zheng Shiduo rolled his eyes and hurriedly asked, "Did you get a message?"

"Guessed."

Wu Man sat down and grabbed a handful of scorching sand, watching it slip through his fingers.

He spoke softly:

"Now the situation is different from before.

"The Blade Beasts and Bright Wings Spirit Cultivators suddenly tore apart, forcing the Spiritual Ability City to reconsider their stance. Previously, they were bystanders as we fought a war of attrition with the Blade Beasts. But now, they are the Blade Beasts’ primary target, and we are the secondary target."

"The master no longer has to worry about the pressure from Spiritual Ability City."

"I have a different view."

Zheng Shiduo sat beside Wu Man, leaning back on his hands, simply saying:

"Wang is a vengeful person; several times, his conditions involved eliminating Spiritual Ability Users who tried and failed to kill him."

"We all know Wang is hiding to focus on cultivation. I estimate he won’t reveal himself publicly unless his power reaches a certain level."

Wu Man chuckled: "Meeting with us and making a public appearance are two different things... What the gentleman taught us, we’ve actually already digested, he might come to teach us more."

Ji Xiao posed in a ’concubine side-lying’ seductive posture, his stocky frame and belly fat matched perfectly, creating a rather bold scene.

He murmured: "I agree with what Lao Zheng said, Wang will definitely deal with those bastards, but the current situation is just like this, there hasn’t been such a good opportunity in the past hundred years."

Zheng Shiduo shook his head: "Wang definitely won’t bother with Spiritual Ability City."

A soft chuckle suddenly came from beside them:

"What Lao Zheng said is right, I won’t bother with Spiritual Ability City for no reason, even if we don’t act against them now, we’ll settle the accounts after the war."

The three simultaneously tensed their bodies.

Zheng Shiduo turned his head full of surprise and was about to shout in excitement, but then shivered involuntarily.

A huge fluttering moth stood behind the three of them, its body transformed from transparent to tangible, several pairs of thin wings slowly spread, refracting a faint light in the sunlight.

Evolved from a High-level Preacher, Galino!

The three were shocked as the Galino’s body began to slowly shrink, its wings retracted, curled up to resemble a human form, the four blade limbs on its upper body slowly swaying, the thick conjunctiva outside its mouth formed an ordinary human face.

Wang Jixuan’s voice came from this human face:

"It’s me, hmm, War Puppet."

Ji Xiao and Wu Man’s minds went blank, while Zheng Shiduo’s eyes emitted a bright light of evil ways.

"Whoa...crap..."

Luckily, it wasn’t a reverse-spoken word.

The body of this Galino was enveloped by a halo and was absorbed into the nearby stone slab with a swoosh, leaving only a shadow enveloped in faint black Qi.

Wang Jixuan’s Alien Soul.

That stone slab was naturally the one he seized, Old Sophie’s Subspace Stone Tablet.

Peony, who had arrived here unknowingly, stored the stone slab in the storage bracelet on her fair wrist.

Master Wang’s Alien Soul said with a smile: "Everyone seems to be here? Just right, let’s gather the Buddhist Temple Team for a little meeting, I have some matters to discuss with you all."

"Sir!"

Wu Man was extremely excited.

Due to brain damage back in the day, his emotional expression was hindered, now he was even a bit choked up.

After all, believing that sir wasn’t dead and actually seeing him were not the same thing.

Wang Jixuan’s Alien Soul raised a hand to pat Wu Man’s head.

"Wow, you’ve grown so fast!"

Zheng Shiduo grinned beside him: "That’s right, he eats a lot normally, the food supply needs to be one and three portions!"

Ji Xiao then got up a bit nervously: "Sir, you have returned."

"Hmm," Wang Jixuan nodded slightly, "You and Ji Yale have been doing tasks frequently during this period, saving about sixty thousand people directly or indirectly, the sins on you have indeed been cleansed considerably."

Ji Xiao immediately let out a sigh of relief.

"However, as per the rules, merits are merits and faults are faults, merits and faults cannot offset each other."

Wang Jixuan cautioned:

"As long as you continue to strive for the salvation of humanity, and not use your strength to oppress other counterparts, even if they want to trouble you, I’ll help you settle it.

"Heroes can be imperfect and have blemishes."

"Yes," Ji Xiao nodded quickly, "I understand."

"Hmm," Wang Jixuan waved his hand, "You guys gather them first, I’ll take a stroll to Fortress No. 82, also call Deep Sea and Red Snake, it’s fine if either Uncle Tai or Ms. Wan is there, don’t notify Lingtong’s side, I’ll personally go there."

Zheng Shiduo asked softly: "Uh, Wang, isn’t your main body and Alien Soul unable to be far apart?"

"That was in the past."

Wang Jixuan confidently looked at the sky with his hands behind his back:

"Cultivation Technique is something that needs constant improvement, Devil Skills are much easier to modify than Righteous Path Techniques."

The few of them blinked separately.

Zheng Shiduo felt deeply touched.

He wondered when he’d be able to act so carefree and easy-going.

Wang Jixuan’s Alien Soul glanced at the ground, noticing Gao Huating who was recording, feeling somewhat strange inside.

...

(PS: There’s another update later. I can’t stand it, my procrastination is getting worse and worse. Starting tomorrow, if I can’t update on time at noon, even if I’m late by a few minutes, I’ll send a 666 red packet to 188 people in the VIP group of this book! Start coding diligently! Evening updates being late doesn’t count! Recently I’ve been doing renovations, occasionally going out in the afternoon, depending on noon’s timing. If noon is on time, the whole day can be on time.)