Xia Xiang felt she had no obligation to explain the sudden humor to him, so she simply closed her eyes and waited quietly.
Soon, they were almost completely submerged in lava. The boy gradually lost his composure and became anxious. "The lava here is flowing. It's going to overflow right now. Should we move to a safe place first?"
"No need," Xia Xiang replied calmly.
——
"The demon army is already approaching the Iron Dimension, and you still have the leisure to wait here?" Diablo, the Demon Lord, hovered in mid-air in a cloud of black mist.
Xia Xiang didn't even raise her eyes. She raised her hand and struck out with a palm, piercing through the black mist called Diablo Demon Lord and blasting the crooked stone pillars not far away into pieces.
"I don't like being looked down upon, thank you," Xia Xiang said unhappily.
Diablo: ......
"I've already given you a lot of face by waiting here, but I'm not happy about your double-crossing behavior," Xia Xiang said, glancing at the boy next to her.
"This person is a good match; he resembles Jiu Wu to three points and Ting Feng to six points."
The boy's feet and hands were covered in fresh wounds, without even calluses. To make sure she could see his features, his face was very clean, with very little ash on it, making him look dirty overall, but his neck was unusually white.
This is definitely not the kind of person who survived all the hardships in this environment.
Moreover, his imitation of Tingfeng's expression was too deliberate.
The boy's body stiffened, but the next second, Xia Xiang mercilessly slammed him into the lava. He didn't even let out a scream; only a wisp of smoke rose from his body.
“I told you, if you were to become a demon, Huai Yuan Chu wouldn’t be able to bully you at all, but you just wouldn’t believe me,” said Demon Lord Diablo.
"Please, nobody wants to clean up this mess you've made," Xia Xiang said, exasperated. "But if you're willing to cooperate with me, I can consider showing you the way forward."
......
After Xia Xiang finished talking with Demon Lord Diablo, the demon army advancing into the Iron Dimension halted its advance.
The Fire Dimension naturally fell into darkness and death amidst the raging flames.
——Iron Dimension——
"Since the Demon Realm is currently making no moves, the forces from the other two timelines will temporarily retreat to their original timelines after completing their exercises," Xia Xiang said solemnly.
"We have to admit that the three of us from different time periods working together are not enough to go head-to-head with the Demon Realm, so we need to start preparing and strengthen our training during this time."
The four city guards from the east, west, south, and north also agreed, acknowledging that the power of the Demon Realm was indeed far too great.
Xia Xiang then said, "Yan Zheng, the Southern City Guard will be under a lot of pressure in the coming days. Do you think we need to increase manpower?"
"I really need this. I thought you were trying to work me to death again." Yan Zheng was so moved that tears were about to come out. "No, you have to come to the training ground with me right now. I'll pick the people myself, right now."
"Hey, I haven't finished my work yet..." Xia Xiang innocently raised her hand, but Yan Zheng pulled her away along with her chair.
"Let's continue..." Xiu was speechless. He was really lucky that he didn't know this guy named Gongliang Yanzheng before.
Why would someone with such a tough-guy appearance act so erratically? It's said that Xia Xiang was very close to him since childhood. Could it be that he played a part in corrupting Xia Xiang?
—Training Ground—
Yan Zheng quietly pushed Xia Xiang to the second floor, where they could see everything on the training ground on the first floor.
Xia Xiang rested her chin on her hand, looking at the small friction below, and said, "Yan Zheng, you brought me here on purpose, didn't you?"
"How could that be!" Yan Zheng exclaimed. "I can't predict the future, how could I possibly know?!"
“Such things happen often, but your young lady is smart and strong enough that she wasn’t bullied,” Yan Zheng said. “However, you also know that some people really don’t know how to talk nicely. You must have felt that deeply when you were a child.”
"Moreover, this would have a negative impact on the entire group, so should I transfer her to the South City Guard?"
"Gongliang, you're trying to please me but don't want to take on the pressure you should be taking on. Is this how you treat your boss?" Xia Xiang said, glancing sideways at Yan Zheng.
“I wasn’t trying to curry favor with you,” Gongliang Yanzheng rolled his eyes. “If I really wanted to curry favor with you, I should have just helped you solve this problem.”
The two then fell completely silent until the farce that followed came to an end.
"Getting into the South City Guard isn't that easy," Xia Xiang said. "If we hire these gossipy people, how will my Grand Alliance continue to operate?!"
"Let's have an open selection process. The first test is to recite the entire book on citizenship and morality from memory."
"It's your decision," Yan Zheng said, rubbing his nose. "But I suggest we recruit more people. We still need to retain the original functions of the South City Guard. Let Brother Fu be in charge. What do you think?"
"You're the commander of the South City Guard, you're in charge," Xia Xiang said before leaving.
——
"How did she, an illiterate woman, get into the Imperial Guard?" Passerby A scoffed.
Passerby B: "Please, is there even a question? Of course, it's through the back door."
"Be careful, it won't be good if someone hears us." Passerby C glanced around nervously.
"What are you afraid of?" Passerby A retorted. "Everyone knows what their family's affairs are like."
"If you weren't afraid, why didn't you say it in public?" Passerby B mocked.
"So even though you know so much, you still don't dare to say it," Passerby A said, glaring at Passerby B. "Isn't it because you're afraid of her rich and powerful older cousin, the second cousin of the Ultimate Iron Man, the eldest cousin of the future Xia Lanxingde family head, and possibly the younger cousin of the future Alliance Leader's wife?"
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