Jiang Xiaonu’s departure made Jiang Yi sink into an endless cycle of hurt and memories of her. The Eagle Empress, Mo Lingqiu, Xiao Hong, and others had all left. No one in the Blue Lion City knew what had happened. Even the City Lord did not have the right to know. Hence, no one came to disturb Jiang Yi. He sat alone in the hall of the castle for three whole Lower-Domain days.
Shh-shh-shh!
The sound of footsteps shuffling woke Jiang Yi up. Two men had entered. They were Mo Lingqiu and Xiao Hong. Jiang Yi raised his head, looked at the two of them, and then lowered his head again. He was listless and void of energy. Nothing seemed to matter to him at this moment.
“Lad, you are very lucky. When we arrived in the Earth Emanations City, the Eagle King had also just arrived. If we had delayed even one second and he had rushed to the Blue Lion City, your life would probably have been forfeited!”
Mo Lingqiu gave Jiang Yi a look as he spoke, “You can be rest assured that the Eagle Empress had covered this matter up, and the Eagle King had already brought the young princess home. Your Stellarsky Domain is also safe. The array would be completed within half a month. You should remain in the Earth Emanations Domain and cultivate in peace. If you have any problems, you can look for Xiao Hong.”
As for Mo Lingqiu, Jiang Yi was just a small fry. The reason why he had made this trip was entirely to give Jiang Xiaonu face. He also did not want people to say that he was not a man of his word. He saw that Jiang Yi still looked utterly dejected, and so he turned and headed outside. As he was about to leave, he thought of something and looked Xiao Hong in the eye, saying, “Take care of this lad!’
“Yes, my Lord!”
Xiao Hong nodded and was just about to follow Mo Lingqiu and send him off. Mo Lingqiu, however, waved his hand and said, “There is no need to send me off. I can leave on my own. Take good care of this lad. If he dies, I will hold you responsible.”
Mo Lingqiu transformed into a streak of white light as he shot into Blue Lion City. Xiao Hong, however, was in a bind. Mo Lingqiu had given him such a tough assignment. He felt as if he had been given a hot potato.
Furthermore, Xiao Hong did not know that Jiang Xiaonu was not returning anytime soon. Jiang Yi was actually the Ink Feather Race young princess’ young master. If he did not take good care of Jiang Yi and the princess returned to find trouble with him, the Xiao Clan would be finished.
“Bring him to Blue Eagle Mountain?”
This thought floated in Xiao Hong’s mind. However, he immediately rejected this notion.
To be honest, he was very unhappy with Jiang Yi. Xiao Di and the Earth Emanations Pavilion Luo Clan had all been slaughtered by Mu Hongcha because of Jiang Yi and Jiang Xiaonu. As he could not afford to offend Jiang Xiaonu and did not dare to reveal a silver of anger, he could only vent on Jiang Yi. How could he bring Jiang Yi to Blue Eagle Mountain?
Furthermore, from the looks of Jiang Yi’s file, he was a pain in the ass. If he went to the Blue Eagle Mountain, he might probably cause trouble every day. When that happened, the entire Blue Eagle Mountain would be turned upside down by him.
“Earth Emanations Pavilion Luo Clan? Right!”
Xiao Hong suddenly thought about the Earth Emanations Pavilion Luo Clan and had an idea. Now that Luo Xiang was dead, the Divine Eagle City did not have a City Lord. Why not throw Jiang Yi to the Divine Eagle City and make him the City Lord? That way, he would be restricted to the Divine Eagle City!
Once a small Heaven God became a City Lord, he would definitely be satisfied and have the time of his life; why would he run about recklessly then? To complement that—if he gave Jiang Yi a bodyguard to keep watch over him, wouldn’t that be the perfect plan? When the time came and Jiang Xiaonu came looking, he would not be seen as having mistreated Jiang Yi. She would definitely not find trouble with him this way.
As for the fact that Jiang Yi was from the Demon-Killing Pavilion and City Lords here were normally from the Earth Emanations Pavilion, that was not too big of an issue. After all, with Mo Lingqiu keeping an eye on things, who would dare to go against this? Once Jiang Yi became a City Lord, the Demon-Killing Pavilion would definitely look at Jiang Yi in a different light. At that time, they would also send formidable martial artists to protect him. This would complement the plan very much.
“Not bad!”
Xiao Hong decided on this. However, he saw Jiang Yi’s dejected and dispirited look and was at a loss again. He couldn’t possibly carry Jiang Yi all the way back to the Divine Eagle City, right? He had many things to attend to and did not have time for Jiang Yi to slowly recover himself.
Xiao Hong’s eyes shifted, and he suddenly shouted, “Jiang Yi, wake up!”
His shout had evidently contained his soul spirit energy. Jiang Yi was shaken from head to toe as he raised his head groggily. A sense of lucidness had returned to his eyes. Xiao Hong coldly said, “Why is a young man like you behaving like a girl? No wonder the Eagle Empress does not want to bring you back to the Ink Feather Race. If she brought someone like you back, that would only make the young princess a laughingstock.
“If you are a real man, you should be forward-looking and cultivating hard. Once your strength is raised, the Eagle Empress and Eagle King would no longer look down on you. Face is not something that others give to you; it is something you have to fight for! You understand?”
Face is not something given; it is something you have to fight for!
Jiang Yi’s eyes flashed. He was not actually behaving like a girl; he had just temporarily lost interest in everything. At this moment, after being rebuked by Xiao Hong, he grudgingly managed to gather himself. He took a deep breath and stood up, not sure what to say as he looked at Xiao Hong with uncertainty.
“En, this is more like a man.”
Xiao Hong nodded satisfactorily. He shouted towards the entrance, “Xiao Leng, come in!”
Swish!
A cold and cruel-looking middle-aged strongman wearing black armor rushed in. He genuflected and said, “Clan Head!”
Xiao Hong pointed at Jiang Yi, saying, “For now, you will accompany Jiang Yi and will be responsible for his safety. If anything were to happen to him, there is no need for you to return. Jiang Yi, Lord Mo had asked for you to assume the post of Divine Eagle City Lord. Of course… we will not force you to join the Earth Emanations Pavilion. As the Divine Eagle City Lord, you will be in possession of many resources that would be vastly beneficial to your cultivation. You can cultivate in the Divine Eagle City peacefully. If you need anything, ask Xiao Leng to contact me. En… I hope you will give me some face and not cause trouble in the Divine Eagle City. If that happens, I will be in a very difficult position.”
After speaking, Xiao Hong patted Jiang Yi on the shoulder and immediately turned and left. Seeing Jiang Yi made him recall how Xiao Di had died so unjustly; this made him very uncomfortable. He still had to help Jiang Yi at this time… one could only guess at how conflicted he must have felt..
“Lord Jiang!”
Xiao Leng was slightly ugly, and after he had entered, his face had been very dark. At this moment, even his greetings were cold and icy. Jiang Yi did not mind this at all. He was just a little dumbstruck. How had he suddenly become the Divine Eagle City Lord?
“Lord Jiang, should we stay here for a while or head back to Divine Eagle City?”
Xiao Leng’s words shook Jiang Yi awake. He looked about, slightly dazed as he shook his head. “Let’s head back. I do not wish to remain here a second longer.”
Staying even one more day in the Blue Lion City would make him miss Jiang Xiaonu one more day. He told himself that he had to be strong.
As for the Divine Eagle City Lord position, Jiang Yi had not rejected it. This was not something that either Xiao Hong or Mo Lingqiu had bestowed onto him. This was something that had been given on account of giving face to Jiang Xiaonu. He would be an idiot if he rejected this. What he needed now was a huge amount of resources. He was going to cultivate with all his might and become a formidable martial artist. Only then could he be the master of his own fate.
“Go!”
Jiang Yi looked at the castle once more as he more or less recovered his composure. He walked outside the castle, with Xiao Leng following behind him. While Jiang Yi did not know how powerful Xiao Leng was, he could feel that Xiao Leng was definitely stronger than Luo Xiang and Luo Fu. It went without saying that he was probably a Demon-Killing Battle-God-equivalent formidable martial artist!
“Greetings to the two esteemed superiors!”
Xiao Leng wore the Earth Emanations Pavilion battle armor; the petals on his thorn apple flower insignia were different from normal. Everyone in the Earth Emanations Pavilion recognized it. This slightly different insignia was the mark of a Heaven Emanation. The men at the Teleportation Formation naturally respectfully genuflected. Xiao Leng held out a command token and said coldly, “Open the Teleportation Formation!”
The Teleportation Formation lit up as light shot up into the sky. Jiang Yi and Xiao Leng teleported towards the Divine Eagle City. However, as Jiang Yi’s soul spirit was not strong, after seven to eight teleportations, he was forced to stop and rest. This continued on for the rest of the journey. After three Lower-Domain days, Jiang Yi and Xiao Leng finally teleported back to the Divine Eagle City.
There were many people in the Divine Eagle City. It was evident that Xiao Leng had long ago sent a message for everyone to gather in the city plaza. At this moment, there were almost ten thousand people in the city plaza. The Battle God Pavilion Luo Clan, Earth Emanations Pavilion Luo Clan, all the clans big and small in the city, the Demon-Killing Pavilion Branch Assistant Pavilion Lord, Commander Liu, Luo Mei, and others were all present. The information they had received was that Xiao Leng was coming. Also… that the new City Lord was coming to assume his post.
“This…”
Xiao Leng was the number one formidable martial artist of the Xiao Clan. Many people had seen him before. However, what astonished many was why Jiang Yi had arrived together with Xiao Leng. Could it be that he was going to be the new City Lord?
