Chapter 361: Time’s up

As for Prince Jiang’s identity, Jiang Yuan and her original identity, Jiang Wan could no longer be used. She was now Shun Nuo, who came from a small, isolated state.

It must be fate. Back then, the chief of rebel saved her life, and when she woke up, she found herself in a place called bell’s forest. With some research, she realized that that was where the Ji family lived.

This made her more curious about “Ji Xulin” and “Ji Zhenzhen.” The chief of rebels did not care about their lives, showing that they were not part of the insurgents. However, they used a fake identity and were indeed alienators.

After the debate, she did try to look for them. But only to realize that the impersonated Ji siblings did not return from the debate. ~Perhaps, their identity was found out, and they were killed on the spot?~

The past six years had not been easy for Jiang Wan. She left the rebels not long after the chief brought her back and lived up to what she said. She blocked the attack for Fu Yun because she wanted to give herself an explanation, not because she loved him.

Without the Jiang’s as her backbone and limited possessions, she barely survived. But thanks to god, she was lucky and still jumping around now.

The last thing Jiang Wan expected was the changes in the past six years. The emperor and the rebel’s chief were seriously injured, which should have promised up to ten years of peace. But what nobody expected was that the numerous aristocratic families would wage war. It was so severe that even the sea of cloud’s debate planned three years ago was canceled. Even so, the emperor had yet to intervene, which resulted in many guessing that the emperor could not recover.

Whatever happened to the top of the hierarchy would affect the bottom too, being the innocent citizens. Compared to six years ago, Yun Jing was no longer the busy city that it once was. Even if they held the debate once more, it might not go back to what it was at its peak.

Jiang Wan used to be the Jiang family’s wannabe successor, so her foresight would surely be good.

Under Master Bao Guang’s support, the Chu family had improved a lot, and they were soon rivals with the Nies to holding power. The Qin family was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Whether they stood on the emperor’s side or supported Master Bao Guang.

However, these no longer had anything to do with Jiang Wan. Her life may be tough now, but not as tough as having to spend her days thinking about what steps she should take next to benefit her family.

As for why she returned, she just wanted to see the world, and decide what she should do next.

The yamen was right in front of her. And even though it was not as huge a commotion as it was in the past, it was still so crowded that there wasn’t even space for an apple to fall.

Jiang Wan walked over to have a look. As she was about to walk away, she hesitated for a moment before joining the queue.

…

As usual, Lu Mingshu went to check on little daze.

She had broken through the spirit realm a year ago, thanks to the abundant resources available to her.

If she were to talk about it, lady luck did indeed shower her with love. Lu Mingshu got a book on sword cultivating from Qiu Yu. After the drug lord’s experiments, she had successfully formed her sword embryo. While she broke through, she used the method that Xie Lianzhen concluded from the emperor’s research and incidentally, her skills merged with her embryo.

Now, her sword embryo was stronger than that of most sword cultivators. Because of this, her sword energy possessed double the force of a normal one, and she could attack faster. Lu Mingshu was confident that she could take down the few freezing spirit guard guarding the garden now.

As normal, little daze was sound asleep, surrounded by tons of Yuan crystals.

The winter-summer stone at it’s side was now different from when they got it. It was initially a dirty yellow color. Now, it had turned both clearer and brighter. Every three months, the winter-summer would secrete out a yellow colored liquid. Xie Lianzhen told her that the liquid was very useful. It could even help regenerate a limb.

~If a limb could be regenerated, what about meridians? Can they regenerate, too?~

This gave Lu Mingshu an idea. ~If there was really such a thing, master would be able to continue cultivating and not be stuck at this stage.~

So, she proceeded to look for medicine similar to the winter-summer stone in the heavenly wheels and hung a request on the forums, promising a substantial reward.

As she was busy with this, she suddenly felt a wave she hadn’t felt for a long time.

Lu Mingshu’s face lit up, and she ran towards Xie Lianzhen.

~Oh my god! The sea of cloud’s debate is here! Our chance!~

Before she could say anything, Xie Lianzhen shouted excitedly. “Is this the sea of cloud’s debate? I felt the waves.”

“Yeah.” Lu Mingshu suppressed her excitement and nodded. “Little boo.”

“Ka.” Little boo waddled over fast.

“Get ready; we are finally leaving.”

“Okay.” Little boo shrunk and transformed back into its original form, hanging from her clothes.

Lu Mingshu carried little daze up and handed the winter-summer stone to Xie Lianzhen. “Take this.”

“Okay.”

They took everything they needed, and Lu Mingshu removed all their unnecessary spell formations.

After they packed all their stuff, both of them left.

Xie Lian Zhen snickered, “I wonder what the emperor would think if he saw this.”

In the past six years, the many treasures were either turned into pills for both of them to get stronger or wasted in failed experiments.

As for the mine, it was in a better state. Since the mine was the primary source of energy for the sea of clouds, both of them could not take as they liked. Only taking a few pieces here and there, but it is enough for them to lead them a good life.

“Hurry up, will you?” Lu Mingshu glanced over at him. “We did something wrong, yet you still want to stay here longer?”

The two of them scurried to the hole little boo used to go in and out from, Xie Lianzhen snapped his fingers, and a ray of light appeared, enlarging the cave so it was big enough to fit a person.

As they exited, they saw a small trail in front of them, which should have been made by little boo, who used this route daily as they were currently surrounded by rock walls.

The steep terrain made it hard for them to travel. Thankfully, they had already broken through, so it wasn’t that hard for them anymore. In no time, they reached a concealed peak.

Looking down from the peak, they could see the foggy woods on their left and the sea of clouds debate on their right.

The sea of clouds debate had started not long ago, and there were still no participants.

Both of them traveled side by side, and soon, they reached the entrance.

Three freezing spirits were hosting this event, and adding onto the guards who never appeared, there were a total of ten freezing spirits in the sea of clouds.

Lu Mingshu raised an eyebrow and nudged him. “You can ask him to take over if you aren’t confident.”

Xie Lianzhen jumped up immediately and stared at her. “Hey, who am I? It’s just a few people; what could be easier than this.”

“It’s okay; I can help if you can’t do it.”

“I! Can! Handle! This!” He shouted into Lu Mingshu’s ear, word by word. “Just wait and see.”

In the blink of an eye, he was already at the exit.

Lu Mingshu sighed. ~Why does he hate Yan Wugui so much?~