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The army had left. Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Lin’er came over individually to bid farewell to Jiang Yi, but Su Ruoxue didn’t even take a single glance at Jiang Yi from start to finish. This made Jiang Yi felt a sense of loss and continued to cultivate like crazy.

There still wasn’t any information regarding the Soul-Subduing Herb, and it seemed like there was never going to be any information. Jiang Yi might look calm on the surface: either cultivating or refining elixirs daily. Only Qian Wanguan knew how bitter Jiang Yi was in his heart.

During these few days, the Kingdom War was about to start right away. Hence, there was a lesser demand for elixirs. Jiang Yi felt that he wasn’t earning as much money and simply stopped refining elixirs. He would spend more than half the day cultivating in the cultivation room. He was a Prodigy Cadet; because he won the bet against the college, he was granted free access to any of the southern courtyard’s facilities, giving him a rather comfortable cultivation experience.

Seven or eight days passed by quickly.

On this day, Jiang Yi dragged his exhausted body back to the lodgings. He was expecting to see a whole table of delicacies but saw Qian Wanguan instead, who was feeling low and sitting in the hall. He would even let out the occasional moans and sighs.

“What happened?”

Jiang Yi’s heart sank. Previously when Qian Wanguan had such an expression, something happened to Jiang Yunhai. Could it be…?

“Boss, don’t worry. Nothing happened!”

Qian Wanguan waved his hand and indicated for Jiang Yi to relax. He wanted to say something but hesitated—words came to his mouth, but it wasn’t uttered out.

Jiang Yi sat down and poured two cups of tea. He spoke in a serious tone, “What exactly happened? Did you meet with some trouble? Say it, I will definitely help if I can.”

“Nothing happened to me!”

Qian Wanguan shook his head and gritted his teeth to say it. “It is the Soul-Subduing Herb… there is news of it!”

“What?”

Jiang Yi’s eyes immediately shot out rays of brilliance while his body shuddered. Now that he had the Thousand-year-old Wolfberry Ginseng and the Tri-Petal Septuple Leaves, he just required the Soul-Subduing Herb. With all these, Master Liao was certainly going to help, and that pitiful lass could be awakened again; and she could address him as young master again.

“Something isn’t right!”

Jiang Yi soon got a realization as he stared at Qian Wanguan and asked, “Since there is information, why do you have this miserable face? Is the price extremely expensive? Don’t be afraid of spending money; I will pay even if it is 100 million purple gold.”

“It isn’t the problem with money. If it is a problem that can be settled with money, then it isn’t a problem at all.”

Qian Wanguan had this undetermined look, but he finally clenched his teeth and said, “The Soul-Subduing Herb can’t be bought even if we have the money. Today, the Divine Martial Kingdom announced its rewards. The no.1 participant of the Kingdom War, who is a citizen of the Divine Martial Kingdom, shall be bestowed with the title of Dragon Fang General and a plethora of rewards. Among those rewards… is the Soul-Subduing Herb!”

“Kingdom War again!”

Jiang Yi’s expression became heavy. Now he knew why Qian Wanguan found it so difficult. Qian Wanguan was afraid he might impulsively join the Kingdom War. Once he entered the Kingdom War, he would definitely have to face the obstructions from plenty of martial experts and might fall in the Crystal Stone Plains!

He rolled his eyes around and muttered to himself before speaking, “Your clan has a huge influence in the Divine Martial Kingdom, right? Don’t you have an opportunity to bring the Soul-Subduing Herb out? It doesn’t matter how much money it costs.”

“Sigh…”

Qian Wanguan sighed. “Boss, don’t you see? This is obviously a setup! The objective is for you to go seeking for death. The Divine Martial Kingdom has never been so generous before. Bestowing the title ‘Dragon Fang General’ is already unprecedented; why would they add so many other rewards? What’s more, why is it so coincidentally the Soul-Subduing Herb? From what I know, the royal clan’s stock doesn’t have any Soul-Subduing Herb!”

“A setup?”

Jiang Yi stared blankly and recalled about the incident when all the Wolfberry Ginseng was nearly cleared out. It then dawned upon him. It seemed like Master Liao’s maidservants had been bribed, and someone had known that he was urgently in need of the Wolfberry Ginseng and the Soul-Subduing Herb. They began plotting of all these after they got hold of this information.

It wasn’t hard to predict who this individual was. The Zhangsun Clan was the only one who could influence the royal clan’s decision from behind the scenes.

Zhangsun Wuji is worthy of being the seed of Zhangsun Clan. His political arts of conspiracy are outstandingly brilliant.

Jiang Yi sighed sorrowfully and quickly made a decision. He stood up and looked at Qian Wanguan, “Wanguan, help me arrange it. I want to participate in the Kingdom War!”

As expected…

The thing that Qian Wanguan worried the most had happened, which was why he was in a difficult spot when he knew of this information. If he didn’t tell Jiang Yi and only to let Jiang Yi find out later, it would definitely affect their friendship. If he said it, with Jiang Yi’s nature, he would definitely risk everything to join the war—even if he knew it was a death trap, he would still dive right in.

Of course, the reason why Qian Wanguan was dead set to acknowledge Jiang Yi as his Boss was precisely his character. In the future, if Qian Wanguan was in danger, he knew that Jiang Yi would definitely put his life on the line to rescue him. This was what true brothers would do for each other.

Qian Wanguan didn’t even try to convince him; he remained silent for a moment before he explained: “Boss, this is a minor Kingdom War, also known as the individual war! Martial artists that are below the age of 25 can register. The rules are simply to kill anyone on the Crystal Stone Plains or to snatch the participants’ medal on them. Cast Tripod Realm medals are white and are worth one point. Purple Mansion Realm medals are red, two points. Soul Travel Realm medals are black, three points. The time span of the Kingdom War is one month. One month later, everyone will be teleported back to the outskirts of Stellarsky City. Everyone will then be ranked according to their accumulated points!”

“En.”

The rules of this minor Kingdom War were rather simple. Jiang Yi nodded and asked with a serious tone, “How many Soul Travel Realm martial artists are there? What is their highest realm stage?”

“Not many, but not little either!”

Qian Wanguan was most worried about this point. He had a solemn expression as he said, “Those that can achieve Soul Travel Realm before the age of 25 are all considered talented martial artists. Generally, only exceptional great clans have them; but they will not send all of them. Take the one leading my clan’s team for example, who is a third-stage Soul Travel Realm prodigy, my cousin brother. There are a total of three Soul Travel Realm martial artists that are participating in the Kingdom War. There are at least twenty Soul Travel Realm martial artists in the entire Divine Martial Kingdom. If we calculate it, there should be around 100 to 150 Soul Travel Realm experts in this Kingdom War! The highest stage among them should be around the fourth stage of the Soul Travel Realm. We cannot rule out the fact that there might be hidden prodigies that might be participating, too.”

“So many…”

Jiang Yi gasped for air. If they were all the Purple Mansion Realm, he would be able to sweep across everyone. The problem was that Soul Travel Realm was an entirely different class from Purple Mansion Realm. If he was to go against a Soul Travel Realm fighter with his measly strength, he would definitely die nine out of ten attempts.

If he didn’t have the Silver-Moon Demon Wolf, Jiang Yi didn’t even have to participate because he would certainly die without any doubt. It was because this demon wolf had the speed of a seventh or eighth stage Soul Travel Realm expert; hence, Jiang Yi dared to enter and take a risk. His eyes looked around before he asked, “Is there any map of the Crystal Stone Plains?”

“None!”

Qian Wanguan spoke coldly, “There is a formidable restriction within that place. It transforms the terrain for every Kingdom War, and it is very complicated! If Boss is surely going to participate, I will ask someone to prepare a detailed analysis of the Kingdom War for you. You have to set off within these two days and catch up to the college’s army before they arrive at the royal capital. Or else, you will never be able to make it in time. Yes… I can let Liu Lao bring you there, it will be safer and faster.”

“There is no need!”

Jiang Yi shook his head and said, “I will go myself. I have the Silver-Moon Demon Wolf which is much faster than Liu Lao! It will be easier for me to conceal myself if I am alone. Just give me a map of the continent will do. Furthermore… I have to go search for some items. There is going to be a lot of people who will try to kill me. I cannot just go in without any preparations, right? That will be equivalent to seeking for death.”