After leaving the snow-capped mountains, Xia Xiao did not go to the grassland immediately. Now was not the right time. He just headed east, where the Yun people he had come to were.

All the practitioners above the third level in Yun Country were dispatched to look for Wang Yaping, the root of Yun Country. Someone happened to pass by this place and received the order to move forward face to face with Xia Xiao.

After flying for a while, Xia Xiao landed and walked. If he remembered correctly, the land under his feet should be Rongcheng, the prosperous city where many stories happened. Now there is no trace of it. The high towers of Jinmen have all turned to dust, which makes people unable to recall it, and can only sigh.

When Xia Xiao was searching for the past footprints and lamenting like a poet, a familiar face appeared in his vision, which made him stop from killing.

The man was elegant and well-mannered, but his expression was full of worry. He looked behind Xia Xiao and didn't see the person he wanted to see, so he asked:

"Where's Wang Yaping?"

"Dead."

Xia Xiao said it lightly, but the more he said it, the more frightened the man was. He was Jian Qiu, the divine envoy of the Jian family, one of the small families in Yun Country. When Xia Xiao first went to Yun Country, he was quite polite to him, so Xia Xiao did not take action at the moment. He just looked at him for a long time and couldn't recover, so he licked his lips and smiled evilly:

"I devoured her soul with the power of magic. It was a rare delicacy."

"Our relationship doesn't need to be so strained, but if you kill her, you will truly be the enemy of the Yun Nation."

"From the moment you started to have evil thoughts about Ah Zhu, we have been enemies."

Jian Qiu hesitated to speak, but his position was firm at this moment. He represented the Yun Kingdom instead of the Jian family, so no matter how shocked and panicked he was, he emboldened himself and said:

"It was my fault that Yunguo did that, but you caused a big disturbance in the Wang family and killed many people, which was considered to be a relief. Although we had evil thoughts when we captured you this time, you kidnapped Wang Yaping and successfully took revenge. If you kill her again, wouldn't that create hatred again?"

"I didn't argue before, but since you're the only one here today, I'll say it. First of all, I made a scene at the Wang family because you were the first to do so. And even though I entered the devil's way, I didn't target any of the people during that battle. Their deaths were caused by our fighting together. Why put all the blame on me? I didn't absorb their life energy. Also, I absorbed Wang Yaping's life energy because she was dying under that mark, and it would be a waste if I didn't absorb it."

"You mean to say that she was killed by the Mark?"

"How long do you think she can live if she suffers torture every day? The previous pain was more severe than before. Her injuries have never fully healed, and the cycle continues, getting worse every day. Rather than dying in an ordinary way, it's better to make some contribution, such as... increasing my strength."

Jian Qiu was silent. The Great Elder had been irritable recently, but it was hard for him to accept that Wang Yaping died in this way. When Xia Xiao felt that Jian Qiu was easy to deceive, he was silent for a long time, and when he spoke, he blamed her.

"To put it bluntly, you are still a devil! As long as you spare her life, even if it is a threat, the Yun Kingdom will no longer bother with you. But if you kill her, it will be a real life-and-death battle. And your previous sophistry is all fallacy, as if you did nothing wrong."

"What have I done wrong? Your Yun Nation lost so many people just because of your greed. You wanted to take a shortcut, so you wanted to start with Azhu and me, but you failed, so you started saying things like this. If Azhu had been killed by you, who would I turn to for justice? You are obsessed with creating gods, but in reality you can't even be a good person!"

Xia Xiao was angry, and the evil spirit rushed out from the fire space, with hot steam and flames all over its body. When melting the snow, its hot claws pierced Jian Qiu's arm and knocked him down. His strength was just like a fruit, and he had no power to fight back in front of the evil spirit that was breathing a fishy breath. His slender body was as fragile as a piece of sugar cane. But Xia Xiao did not kill it to vent his hatred. He was now refreshed enough, so he let the evil spirit return to his side and said:

"I won't kill you today. Go back and tell Wang Shixing that he should have killed me in front of the master. Now I am free. I will kill one of you if you come one by one. If you come in pairs, I will kill a pair. I will kill all the practitioners of your Yun country. Let's see how you can float in the sky!"

"You are so stubborn, you really can't recognize your mistakes?"

Jian Qiu covered his arm and stood up, but Xia Xiao, who was more than ten meters away, just shrugged. This casual attitude made Jian Qiu angry, and he risked his life to shout out Xia Xiao's crimes one by one:

"Your biggest mistake was to break into the Cloud Country from the beginning! The Cloud Country is a closed country. It has always only had a proper understanding of the outside world, never interfered, and never reached out to it. Maybe to you, we are pedantic and boring, but every place has its own way of life. You don't have to impose your ideas on us. We are the oldest country in the Great Wilderness. We have existed the longest and have an uninterrupted history, but the country you know is just an institution created by the rulers to achieve their goals, and the dynasty may change at any time."

“That makes sense.”

Xia Xiao thought about it before saying this, and then he did not defend himself, but just expressed his own opinion. During the conversation, his eyes were full of wisdom and rationality.

"You are right. It was me who broke the tranquility of the Cloud Country. I shouldn't have entered the Cloud Country. But sometimes, it is not me who can control the fate of the people around me, because I can't even control my own fate. I can't decide when I will be born, and it is difficult to determine when I will die."

"Where to go and what to do have always been arranged by others. What I thought was my own decision was probably just my own cleverness, and I was just moving forward on the given track. Going to Yun Country is what I want, but how can I tear the barrier apart with my strength? The guy behind me is the one who interferes with everything. And I am just his puppet. He twisted the strings into a ball, and I tried to tear them apart, that's all."

Jian Qiu frowned and looked at Xia Xiao in the snow. He didn't see his back, but he felt that he had gone through a lot. He couldn't imagine what this guy had been through and what he was doing at this moment. But as he said, everything he was doing now was not what he thought, but to break free from those strings. Is the other end of those strings the rumored Human Emperor?

Jian Qiu had heard about the Human Emperor many times from Xia Xiao, and he went to Yun Country to confirm the whereabouts of the Human Emperor. But even if she was on the moon, what could it do? Jian Qiu found it difficult to understand many things, but he just listened to Xia Xiao:

"Please help me tell you something. If Wang Jinlong wants to kill me, come quickly. Otherwise, after a while, when my strength is stronger than his, he won't have a chance."

After Xia Xiao finished speaking, he walked towards Jian Qiu. The man and the dog were very intimidating. The latter's pupils shrank, he was a little scared, his heart beat very fast, and he was sweating profusely. But Xia Xiao just brushed past him. For the former, this extremely simple action made Jian Qiu feel that the world was black and white in an instant, and life and death depended on the other party's thoughts.

Fortunately, he was not hit. It was embarrassing. He was a divine messenger, but he was like a turtle in front of Xia Xiao, wishing he could stick his head into his stomach. When he turned around, Xia Xiao had disappeared in the white snow. He seemed to have experienced all kinds of hardships and looked down on everything. Jian Qiu couldn't guess or see through him, and didn't know where he was going.

This kind of Xia Xiao was obviously something Jian Qiu had never seen before. Without Ah Zhu by his side, he put away all his patience and gentleness, and all his positive and optimistic qualities, leaving only endless violence and cruelty, and he would fight to the death if he disagreed with her.

Jian Qiu stood there, and after the bleeding stopped, he did not immediately return to Yun Country, nor did he want to continue to appreciate the snow scenery that Yun Country did not have. He went to the snow mountain, where the fluctuations of the mark came from before. He wanted to go and have another look, as the saying goes, if the person is alive, he must see the person, if he is dead, he must see the body, so that there would be an explanation. After all, the root has a great influence on Yun Country, and it must be clarified.

Standing at the entrance of Xuelong Road, the snow-capped mountains everywhere were springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain. The vastness and breadth of the mountains made Jian Qiu dazed, not knowing where to start.

How to find Wang Yaping in this vast snowy mountain? The latter is true, with such strong strength, can't get rid of Xia Xiao? He doesn't believe it, but Xia Xiao is indeed a mysterious guy. From his three trips to Yunguo and escape, we can see his ability. This is not something that can be blindly summarized by the word luck.

However, Jian Qiu still couldn't understand how the Great Elder, who was so powerful, could hold Xia Xiao in his hand, but he broke open her fingers and escaped. How did he do that? Unable to understand, Jian Qiu stared at the strong snowstorm for a long time, and he was at a loss.

In Yun Country, many practitioners can fly because they are at a very high altitude and are less affected by the outside world. But here, the natural wind and snow alone prevent them from taking off. You can imagine how helpless he is.

"You are at the place where the mark is emitting vibrations?"

The voice of the Great Elder rang in his mind, and Jian Qiu immediately replied respectfully:

"Exactly."

"Have you found Wang Yaping?"

"There are mountains everywhere here, the terrain is steep, and the wind and snow are always raging. I can't find her."

"Her mark is damaged, and the tenuous connection is broken."

The elder's tone was anxious and angry, but he said this to make Jian Qiu continue to search, no matter what the terrain was, he had to find it. But Jian Qiu's answer made him anxious, regretful and unbelievable, but more of it was a rage that could not be extinguished.

"I just met Xia Xiao. He said that Wang Yaping couldn't stand the pain of the mark and her injuries became more and more serious. When she was dying, he used his magic to devour her life energy."

"Where is Xia Xiao?"

"I can't catch up with him."

After Jian Qiu finished speaking, the voice of the great elder in his mind immediately stopped. Although Jian Qiu rarely saw him, he could imagine the old man rushing here from somewhere like chasing the stars and the moon. But when he arrived, Xia Xiao had already disappeared. He was so cunning, how could he not run away? Perhaps, this was the gap between them and Xia Xiao.

When he was about to leave, Jian Qiu looked back at the snow-capped mountains. He couldn't believe that the root of the Yun Kingdom had died in such a tragic way. But an eagle cry came from a very far place, sending him away and successfully awakening Wang Yaping.