Chapter 1489: Old Acquaintance of the Soldier Path

Deep in the Gray World.

The Far North Frozen Sea.

A ship was moving silently through the pitch-black seawater filled with floating ice.

Faint lightning flashed between the low-hanging clouds. At the end of the distant horizon, the sky seemed to be shrouded in darkness. A giant black sword, as if piercing into the firmament, seemed to have thrust out from the bottom of the deep sea. The surging murderous aura mixed with the bone-chilling cold wind made the hair on the back of every figure approaching stand on end!

The giant sail moved slowly toward the giant sword, pushed by the gale. On the deck, several figures were already rubbing their hands constantly from the cold, wisps of white mist drifting from their noses into the air.

“Is this... the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury?” a figure muttered to himself.

“It truly lives up to its reputation as a place that gathers the slaughter of ancient and modern times. This murderous aura is indeed chilling; even a seventh rank wouldn’t be able to withstand it.”

“The murderous aura of the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury does not kill ants; the lower the rank, the less it is affected... If it weren’t for the owners of the Soldier God Path, any other high-rank person who approached would probably be tortured to the point of extreme agony by this murderous aura.”

“Why do you think His Majesty came to a place like this?”

“His Majesty always has his reasons for doing things.”

“His Majesty has been alone in the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury for seven days. According to the original agreement, he should have come out today... but why does it look like there’s no sign of it at all?”

“Perhaps he hasn’t come out yet?”

Everyone looked at the giant black sword approaching in the distance, feeling the surrounding temperature grow colder and colder.

Just as everyone was hesitating whether to get closer, the surrounding seawater began to churn violently. The floating ice on the surface seemed to be pulled by some force, constantly gathering toward the front of the ship, and even the hull of the ship made creaking sounds, drifting uncontrollably toward that direction.

“What happened?!”

“Did the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury undergo a mutation?”

“No... the entrance to the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury has been opened!”

While everyone was stunned, a huge vortex formed in the sea, and a biting murderous aura surged out, directly shattering the large patches of floating ice gathered above!

Bang—!

Amidst a loud explosion, cold seawater and broken floating ice fell from the sky like raindrops, hitting the ship’s surface with crisp clanging sounds.

At the same time,

two figures walked slowly out of the misty water.

As a familiar pressure of the Emperor God Path descended upon the earth, the people on the ship were overjoyed and immediately bowed respectfully:

“Your Majesty.”

Ying Fu was draped in a black-bottomed, gold-threaded robe, his expression still cold and calm. He swept his gaze over the ministers on the ship and nodded slightly.

“During the days I was in seclusion, did any major events happen outside?”

Several ministers exchanged glances.

“Hmm... recently, there was one.”

One of the ministers seemed to remember something, took a newspaper from the cabin, and handed it to Ying Fu.

The headline of this newspaper was the century-meeting between Chen Ling and the Lord of Lingxu in White Dove Plaza. Since color cameras had failed due to the regression of civilization, the pictures in the newspaper were the most primitive black-and-white films. Through the blurry quality, one could vaguely see two figures sitting under a tree communicating.

The content of the newspaper still focused on the scale and importance of the meeting held by the Lingxu Domain, as well as the grand occasion around White Dove Plaza on the day of the meeting. It didn’t detail the specifics of the meeting, only ending with a simple sentence: “The meeting proceeded smoothly, but no consensus was reached.”

Ying Fu glanced at it lightly and handed the newspaper back. His expression was not surprised at all, as if he had guessed the final outcome long ago.

“Any moves from Lou Yu’s side?”

“No, after receiving the refugees from the Xuanyu Domain, the ‘Eternal Domain’ has never appeared again... The Lord of Wuji’s energy should all be on governing his domain now. Plus, with the regression of civilization, he has probably completely disconnected from the Human Domain.”

“‘Eternal Domain’... Hmph, he certainly dares to take such a name.”

Ying Fu snorted coldly.

“Your Majesty, who is this...?” one minister couldn’t help but ask, looking at the black shadow behind Ying Fu.

When he walked out of the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury, there was an extra black shadow behind Ying Fu. He was completely shrouded in ancient murderous aura, and only a human outline could be barely discerned, but the terrifying aura he emitted had already reached an astonishing eighth rank!

Ying Fu glanced at him and replied faintly:

“An... old acquaintance.”

An old acquaintance?

A flash of doubt crossed the eyes of several ministers.

The black shadow before them was clearly not a conventional "person," but rather an existence that had walked out of the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury... Could there be an old acquaintance of His Majesty in this Soldier Path Ancient Treasury?

“This era is about to come to an end, and there are fewer and fewer ministers with potential. I don’t intend to waste time with those domains.” Ying Fu’s gaze swept over the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury behind him. “After the Soldier Path Ancient Treasury, I will go to the Calligraphy Path Ancient Treasury... There, I have another old acquaintance.”

Although the ministers didn’t quite understand, they still nodded:

“Your Majesty, shall we go directly to the ruins of the South Sea Domain?”

“Hmm.”

Ying Fu seemed to remember something else and looked at the black shadow beside him. “But before that, you’d better go to the Ghost Path Ancient Treasury and retrieve your scattered soul... Only then can you be considered initially resurrected.”

The black shadow in the murderous aura was silent for a moment. “...Okay.”

“I have other things to do. Can you go yourself?”

“...Okay.”

Ying Fu didn’t say anything more and stepped onto the deck, his eyes, which were glowing with a faint golden light, looking back at the black shadow standing alone on the sea surface.

“I am waiting for you to return to my side in a complete state...”

“Wang Jian.”

……

Knock, knock, knock.

“Chu Muyun!”

“Chu Muyun!!”

As calls came from outside the door, a moment later, Chu Muyun opened the door helplessly... He saw the 8 of Hearts, wearing a white dress, standing outside, waving a slip of paper in her hand:

“Did you receive the Red King’s mission? Are you also going to the Medical Path Ancient Treasury?”

Chu Muyun’s mouth twitched slightly. He immediately looked around to make sure no one was there, pulled the 8 of Hearts into the room, and locked the door behind him.

“Are you crazy? Is this something you can say outside?”

“It’s fine, I checked when I came just now, there’s no one around,” the 8 of Hearts said righteously.

“...” Chu Muyun was speechless, but seeing the slightly excited look on the 8 of Hearts, he also took out a slip of paper... It was the mission issued to him by the Twilight Society’s high command, the same as the 8 of Hearts’.

“I knew it!” The 8 of Hearts smiled.

“Since we’re going to the Medical Path Ancient Treasury, both of us from the Medical God Path must go... Come to think of it, you were granted the God Path directly by the God Path Star; you haven’t been into the Medical Path Ancient Treasury yet, have you?”

“I haven’t been.”

“It’s okay, I have!” The 8 of Hearts patted her chest and smiled proudly. “This time, Teacher will cover you!”