"That's good." Si Qianyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"How long have you been watching over me?" Ye Xingchen asked, looking up at him.
"Seven days," Si Qianyu replied.
"Seven days?" Ye Xingchen was genuinely surprised. Seeing that Si Qianyu's eyes were bloodshot, he realized that she probably hadn't closed her eyes at all in those seven days.
"Go and rest, I'm fine now." Ye Xingchen sat up, stroking her hair with a touch of tenderness. "Why were you so silly? Didn't you know how to take better care of your body?"
“I was worried something might happen to you, so I’ve been protecting you. I’m relieved that you’re alright.” Si Qianyu smiled slightly and then said, “We’re currently at the Prison Mountain Base. There’s someone here that I think you’d like to meet.”
"Who is it?" Ye Xingchen asked.
“Li Zhenye, the chief steward of the city lord’s mansion,” Si Qianyu said. “He was Jin Zhihuan’s most trusted subordinate before. When you triggered the Heavenly Tribulation and Heavenly Fire, he narrowly escaped. Now he has been captured and taken to Prison Mountain. I think he should know the whereabouts of your father.”
"Okay, I understand. You should go and get some rest," Ye Xingchen said, standing up.
Si Qianyu nodded, then turned and left. Ye Xingchen pushed open the door and went out, and Liu Xuesong walked towards her.
"Xingchen, you're awake?" Liu Xuesong looked at Ye Xingchen with surprise.
"You're awake." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and nodded.
"It's good that you're awake. You have no idea how worried we were these past few days." Liu Xuesong breathed a sigh of relief: "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, everything's great." Ye Xingchen opened her arms: "Look, I'm doing great. It's time for you to pay back the two debts you owe me."
"Don't worry, I can call you anytime," Liu Xuesong said with a smile. He stared at Ye Xingchen, his brows furrowing. "I feel like you're a little different since you woke up this time?"
"What's different?" Ye Xingchen asked, somewhat puzzled.
“You’ve become more profound than before. Before, when I stood next to you, I felt that you had a very gentle and mild personality, but now it’s different,” Liu Xuesong said.
"How does it feel to be standing next to me now?" Ye Xingchen asked with a smile.
"I can't quite put my finger on it." Liu Xuesong stared at Ye Xingchen for a long time, then shook his head and said, "You give off a profound feeling. I feel your personality is different from before. You've lost that gentle and refined demeanor and gained a bit more..."
Liu Xuesong racked his brains, trying to find a suitable word to describe how he felt about Ye Xingchen, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't come up with a word to describe it.
"A bit more... sinister?" Ye Xingchen said it for him.
“Yes, yes, that’s the feeling. I once went on a mission to hunt down a ruthless killer, and that’s the feeling I got. But you’re not as sharp as him. His ferocity and evil were almost written on his face. You’re more reserved.” Liu Xuesong slapped his thigh. Ye Xingchen’s description couldn’t be more fitting.
"That's normal." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said leisurely, "This time, I slaughtered the entire Jinluo City. More than 30,000 people in the city died in that great calamity."
"All the causal forces and all the killings have been bestowed upon me, so it's normal for me to have some evil in me."
"So...that's how it is. Are you alright?" Liu Xuesong was taken aback.
"Don't worry, I'm still me." Ye Xingchen said with a smile, "It's just that my fate has changed in the dark. No one can say for sure where I will go or where I will end up in the future."
"Brother, you... have endured too much." Liu Xuesong sighed, feeling sorry for Ye Xingchen.
"It's alright, I think it's worth it." Ye Xingchen waved his hand dismissively: "Such a big thing happened in Jinluo City this time, how are the other places explaining this?"
Yes, this time, the Mountain and River Fortune Map was used to summon heavenly tribulation and heavenly fire, which destroyed the entire Jinluo City.
Such extraordinary celestial phenomena could not be kept secret from ordinary people, and newspapers everywhere must have been vying to report on them. I wonder how various countries managed to cover it up.
After all, it's impossible for the public to know about such a large number of deaths at once, otherwise it would cause panic.
Especially since these things are not real natural disasters, but rather real man-made disasters.
"Don't worry, the media in various countries are keeping their mouths shut," Liu Xuesong said. "They say it's a fragment of asteroid impact that crossed the atmosphere and landed in southwestern China, killing thirty people and injuring more than a hundred. The local residents have been safely evacuated..."
"..." A string of ellipses appeared in Ye Xingchen's mind. He said incredulously, "Is it really that simple?"
"Yes, it's that simple." Liu Xuesong spread his hands, revealing an expression of helplessness.
"It seems that no matter where the media is, they are all the same; you can't believe what they report." Ye Xingchen said, both amused and exasperated.
This time, Jinluo City lost nearly 30,000 people, and in that great calamity, almost all of them were completely wiped out.
The place where Jinluo City is now is a huge pit, where all the evils have vanished with the great heavenly tribulation triggered by Ye Xingchen.
These people were villains in life. The Jin family of Jinluo City, together with the Red Sleeve Army, repeatedly committed crimes on the border of China, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, organ harvesting, and arms smuggling...
It can be said that their existence has caused countless families to be torn apart and lives lost.
However, after death, dust returns to dust, and everything these evil people had in life was annihilated along with this great calamity.
Ye Xingchen would never regret what he had done. He was the one who did it, and if there was any retribution, then let it fall on him; he didn't care.
"By the way, Miss Si has brought back someone. This person is Li Zhenye, the chief steward of the city lord's mansion. We're interrogating him now, but he won't say anything." Liu Xuesong said, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
"I'm looking for him." Ye Xingchen's gaze deepened. "Where is he?"
"He's been in the base's prison for seven days straight, refusing to eat or drink, and only wants to die," Liu Xuesong said. "He must be one of Jin Zhihuan's men. This guy is ruthless; he's truly devoted to Jin Zhihuan."
"I'll go and meet him," Ye Xingchen said.
"Come on, I'll take you there." Liu Xuesong nodded and led Ye Xingchen toward the prison.
Li Zhenye was Jin Zhihuan's most trusted confidant and the person in charge of all affairs of the City Lord's Mansion.
Ye Xingchen took down his father's urn, inside which was only one of his father's belongings, a general's star from his military uniform.
Adding to the two previous dreams he had entered, Ye Xingchen was certain that his father was still alive, but he didn't know where he was.
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