The sky over Moon Pivot Island rarely had clouds or mist.
The golden sunrise fell upon the towering platinum-colored buildings within Moon Pivot City, as if enveloped in holy light, sacred yet elegant.
Xu Zihuang kept watching until the warship carrying Ju Zi disappeared from his sight.
During this time, Yao Yang had gone and returned, his figure gracefully landing beside Xu Zihuang, his expression tinged with a slight sigh.
Back then, the words he had spoken more as teasing had truly become a prophecy.
However, this was all within his expectations. With Xu Zihuang's talent, he was destined to attract many outstanding girls, leading to entanglements.
Yao Yang had seen Xu Zihuang's memories and could somewhat understand Xu Zihuang's current complicated feelings.
"Zihuang, you should head back to the manor first. There's nothing much here on my side. I'll come over later after I finish handling the official matters at hand."
Xu Zihuang took a deep breath, restraining the unusual emotions in the depths of his eyes, nodded, and revealed a smile.
"Then I'll go ahead, Brother Yang."
As he spoke, five black and one red soul rings successively appeared around Xu Zihuang. Although Yao Yang had been mentally prepared, witnessing them with his own eyes still caused his mind to daze momentarily, his pupils abruptly contracting.
Especially at such close distance, he could even clearly feel the domineering and ferocious aura emanating from Xu Zihuang's blood-red hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring.
Immediately after, Xu Zihuang lightly tapped the ground with his toe, turning into an afterimage difficult for ordinary people to catch with the naked eye, stepping through the air as he rapidly headed toward the manor located fifty kilometers west of Moon Pivot City.
Yao Yang slowly withdrew his gaze, revealing a sincere smile, though it carried a solemn and cold intent.
Xu Zihuang's rapid growth allowed him to clearly see hope. The day when they would take revenge on Xu Tianran and that group of evil soul masters was no longer distant.
On the other side, after leaving the range of Moon Pivot City, Xu Zihuang deliberately slowed his pace. Golden light flickered at his chest, and a bone-piercing chill spread outward from his body, cleansing the scent belonging to Ju Zi from him.
The flickering golden light came from the shed remains left by the million-year cultivation of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, and all of this was the ability of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm naturally knew why Xu Zihuang had it do this. It poked its head out above Xu Zihuang's mental sea and faintly said,
"Zihuang, you woke me up just for this? Bro's ability isn't meant to be used like this."
However, despite the complaints, its actions were not slow. After finishing, it dove back into the golden mental sea.
It didn't need to think to know what Xu Zihuang would do next with Ye Guyi.
In the past, at times like this, Xu Zihuang would always seal the mental sea and block its perception.
Rather than waiting to be blocked, it was better to sleep without seeing or worrying. Having thought this through, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's slight depression immediately vanished, and it happily fell asleep.
"Hehe, continuing to meet Bingbing in my dreams."
Hearing the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's sleazy voice, Xu Zihuang, who had been about to respond, couldn't help feeling somewhat speechless. His consciousness immersed in the mental sea returned, his vision focused, and a manor built facing the sea was already close at hand. The north and west sides of the manor faced the sea, while the east and south sides bordered mountain ranges.
Although the mountains were only about a hundred meters high, they were densely covered with flowers, grass, and trees, forming a natural barrier. To enter the manor, one had to cross this barrier.
As soon as Xu Zihuang landed on the top of one of the peaks, he detected movement in the lush forest below. A total of twenty people were rapidly approaching him from various directions.
Through his outwardly released mental power perception, he confirmed the identities of these twenty people; they were all from the original Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion. Meng Lang was prominently among them, and the leader was Meng Lang's father, Meng Cang.
Moments later, these twenty people appeared in his line of sight, facing each other.
Seeing Xu Zihuang standing atop the mountain peak, Meng Lang excitedly shouted, "Young Master?!"
Only then did Meng Cang and the other eighteen members of the original Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion snap out of their daze. Unlike Meng Lang, who had known in advance that Xu Zihuang had returned to Moon Pivot Island, the Xu Zihuang before them felt extremely familiar, but no one would immediately associate it. A certain buffer time was always needed.
At this moment, a golden figure shot into the sky from the castle in the center of the manor. Two pure white wings flapped behind her, her entire body bathed in a rich golden-white light. Like a golden meteor streaking across the sky, she arrived in front of Xu Zihuang in an instant. It was Ye Guyi, who had come to Moon Pivot Island more than half a year ago.
A touch of sacred golden light emerged in Ye Guyi's eyes, her black fifth soul ring shining. Her right hand transformed into a translucent platinum color, and a powerful sword beam burst from her palm, forming a slender light sword completely condensed from platinum-colored light.
Holy Angel's martial soul's fifth soul skill, Holy Sword!
More precisely, Angel Holy Sword.
Ye Guyi raised her right hand, and the holy sword, as brilliant as the sun, descended upon the world, fiercely slashing toward Xu Zihuang.
Xu Zihuang was first stunned. Looking at Ye Guyi's divinely sacred and beautiful face, he instinctively felt a bit guilty. But soon he realized that if Ye Guyi had seen him with Ju Zi earlier, with his mental power realm, it would have been impossible for him not to notice.
Meeting Ye Guyi's gaze, he seemed to understand her intention.
Black! Black! Black! Black! Black! Red!
Those six soul rings capable of shocking anyone rose once more from beneath his feet, and the fourth soul ring lit up accordingly.
Xu Zihuang's hands gripped emptily, and two light swords identical in form to the Angel Holy Sword in Ye Guyi's hand appeared under his control in his right hand. But unlike the Angel Holy Sword, the one in his right hand was completely formed from black-purple thunder light, the Thunder Holy Sword, while the one in his left hand was condensed from deep purple light flames, the Destruction Holy Sword.
Through his fourth soul skill, Imprint, he had perfectly replicated Ye Guyi's fifth soul skill, Holy Sword.
This type of weapon-based soul skill was exceptionally powerful and was the most core skill of Ye Guyi's Holy Angel martial soul. If she held the Angel Holy Sword, then any other soul skills she used would effectively be released in superposition with this fifth soul skill.
Correspondingly, the conditions for producing such weapon-type soul skills were equally extremely harsh. Because this kind of soul skill required the highest level of martial soul origin power to sustain its release.
Ye Guyi mobilized the original power of her Holy Angel martial soul, while Xu Zihuang mobilized the martial soul origin of his second martial soul, the Purple Inferno Thunder Prison Dragon.
Xu Zihuang crossed the Thunder Holy Sword and Destruction Holy Sword in front of him with both hands, clashing with the Angel Holy Sword in Ye Guyi's hand. One side was deep purple, the other dazzling golden-white, distinctly separated.
However, before the soul power impact from the collision could emerge, the two tacitly withdrew their soul skills.
The noble and cold expression on Ye Guyi's face instantly dissipated, replaced by a joyful smile. She extended her jade arms and tightly hugged Xu Zihuang's neck.
"Zihuang, why are you here?!"
"Lingyi sis, everyone's here." Xu Zihuang naturally wrapped his arms around Ye Guyi's slender waist in return, smiling as he reminded her.
"So what?"
Ye Guyi, however, paid no mind to the gazes of Meng Cang, Meng Lang, and the others, humming with a voice full of coquettish reproach. It was only when with Xu Zihuang that she would reveal such a side.
In fact, she had done this precisely to declare her current special relationship with Xu Zihuang in front of everyone. And her earlier use of a soul skill to attack Xu Zihuang was to allow him to appropriately display his strength and inspire the members of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion.
But unexpectedly, Xu Zihuang had also given her a huge surprise.
A hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring, and the previous five soul rings had all turned into black ten-thousand-year soul rings. She knew of the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's existence, so what surprised her even more was that Xu Zihuang had successfully absorbed and fused a hundred-thousand-year soul ring at level sixty.
Moments later, Ye Guyi, with one arm looped around Xu Zihuang's, turned to face the crowd.
Meng Cang and the others' expressions had long been stunned. But what followed was excitement after long suppression.
With the Young Master's talent, how could the great cause fail?
Meng Cang subconsciously asked,
"Young Master, your soul rings?" Over these years, he had also become a Soul Sage-level powerhouse. But precisely because of this, he more profoundly realized just how terrifying and world-shocking Xu Zihuang's soul ring configuration was.
Xu Zihuang smiled faintly.
"It was just an opportunity. Elder Meng, pass down the news of my return."
"Yes, Young Master!" Meng Cang responded excitedly, without probing further. In any case, no matter what, the Young Master having such an opportunity was their blessing.
All the others were also flushed with excitement.
Meng Cang led the group ahead to the castle to notify the others, leaving only five to patrol and guard nearby.
Although Moon Pivot Island was far from the continent and no one would trespass into Viscount Moon South's manor, it was always better to be cautious. This had been their practice for over eight years.
The five left behind were relatively young. Meng Lang, for example, was only twenty-five years old, the oldest, Qing Mu, had just turned thirty this year, and the other three were also in their twenties.
Within the original Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, they were indeed the youngest few.
Although Wang Xiao had long begun recruiting new members for the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, those living in the manor remained only the initial dozen who had rescued Xu Zihuang.
These were the people who could be fully trusted and would become the backbone forces under Xu Zihuang in the future.
Of course, now living in the manor were also Xu Zihuang, Ye Guyi, and Nana, the three of them.
Worth mentioning, after learning Xu Zihuang's true identity, Nana voluntarily joined the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion.
Not only out of gratitude for Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi saving her parents' souls back then, but mainly because of her resentment toward the Holy Spirit Cult due to her parents' tragic fate, and her resentment toward the Sun Moon Empire that colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult. She longed to follow Xu Zihuang to overthrow the Holy Spirit Cult and rectify this filthy Sun Moon Empire.
All of this stemmed from the purest desire deep in her heart.
Xu Zihuang's gaze swept over the five, including Meng Lang, and he waved his hand.
"Qing Mu, Meng Lang, you all disperse to patrol and guard. No need to follow us."
The five respectfully saluted Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi.
"Yes, Young Master." Before their words finished, their figures vanished into the mountain forest, leaving only Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi atop the peak.
Ye Guyi had been watching Xu Zihuang issue orders to the crowd, her beautiful face full of smiles, her eyes narrowed as she slightly raised her chin, letting out a coquettish nasal sound.
"Hmm—"
Xu Zihuang smiled gently, understanding her intent as he drew close to Ye Guyi's face. Thinking of Ju Zi and Ning Tian, guilt surged in his heart. In his views and understanding, having multiple women was normal. Yet he truly felt he had let down Ye Guyi's purest and most sincere feelings. At the very least, he believed he should confess to Ye Guyi about his relationships with Ning Tian and Ju Zi.
The two lingered here for a long while before leaving.
Afterward, Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi walked intimately along the path inside the mountain forest, unhurriedly heading toward the castle in the center of the manor.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the chapters for today (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
"Don't forget there are 40 early chapters available on Patreon
[email protected]/facficmax10--------(@→a)