Realms In The Firmament

Chapter 1922 : Imperial Guards Return

Bai Chen gave a big laugh in a flash of understanding. “Xiu’er, this open praise and secret disdain, open disdain and secret praise of yours is becoming perfected the more time goes on. You just directly said that Young Master would attain his goal by hook or by crook, why should you still need to take a turn like that? Furthermore, you can just directly say, I, the Young Master, am precisely a matchless formidable and ruthless character, and Ye Xiao is actually a matchless hero! In our eyes, this so-called matchless hero really does choose to make many impossibly stupid actions, hahaha…”

Xiu’er’s bright and beautiful eyes blinked a time. “Young Master, this evaluation of my considerable assessment, sure enough painstakingly fine and detailed, Xiu’er thinks that it isn’t as good as yours comparatively, I’m completely ashamed.”

Bai Chen laughed uproariously, and suddenly embraced Xiu’er, fiercely saying, “Xiu’er actually dares to slander this Young Master, I must heavily punish you, this mouth that said it was completely ashamed is not okay, I must give you a severe punishment to make you appropriately and genuinely completely ashamed!”

As he finished saying this, he sealed Xiu’er’s cultivation level and directly entered the bedroom with her in his embrace.

“Wan’er, save me…” Xiu’er’s cry for help could actively be heard.

Wan’er’s whole face flushed red, and her eyes turned. With a sigh, she escaped without a trace…

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Another side.

Ye Xiao looked at the disorderly casualties. He couldn’t help but have a deep and profound sigh in his heart.

He originally knew that this day would come in the end, but… he didn’t expect that it would arrive this unexpectedly quickly!

Mo Feiyun and the others went to the limits of their strength to save people, but because they weren’t allowed to expose their identities, even if they had prepared in advance and hid long ago, they were only able to save five people in the end and nothing more.

Old Man Guan, Old Man Qin, Old Man Song, Old Man Yun, Old Man Yue.

Old Man Qi and Old Man Ju actually unfortunately died, and from now on yin and yang strangers.

(TLN: as near as I can tell this is a shortening of the phrase: from now on yin and yang these two are apart, when we meet again we will be strangers.)

The old friends departed from this life. Ye Xiao couldn’t help but think about the years that he got along with Old Man Ju, and for a moment he was sad and dejected.

Actually, there was more than just the departed Old Ju and Old Qi. The five men who luckily survived were similarly in bad shape, and they all remained unconscious, their bodies riddled with scars. It really was a tragic sight. If not for Mo Feiyun and the others carrying Ye Xiao’s Spirit Medicine in bulk, those five men might not have been capable of surviving!

Fortunately, the majority of the important later generations of the seven big family clans were secretly shifted out before by Ye Xiao during those few days. Generally speaking, although the seven big family clans had inevitably suffered serious injury, they didn’t yet have a fundamentally final injury.

In contrast, the actually genuinely miserable ones were Heaven’s Leaf… Without exception, the entire Ye Family clan’s bloodline was stationed there, and they were truly dead without a single one remaining, having cut the weeds and eliminated the roots.

Ye Xiao genuinely hadn’t considered this point. Rather, he absolutely hadn’t thought that Ye Hongchen, this world-shakingly famous for a hundred thousand years’ Big Mister Ye, would not have prepared even a little bit behind the scenes to protect his later generations!

Ye Xiao believed that this kind of iconic military fortification of the Ye Family forces must sooner or later be the target of being wiped out, and that it was no more than a question of whether it was sooner or later. Yet, among every family’s direct line of descent, surely Ye Hongchen and the Seven Golden Lotuses wouldn’t always sit by and not be concerned?!

Ye Xiao’s preparations were at most simply adding flowers to brocade, improving upon perfection and providing the crowning touch. Arriving at that time would simply be out of good intentions for an old friend!

But something he hadn’t thought of had come to pass. This group of old fogies… seriously were unconcerned?!

This person who was only prepared to add flowers to brocade truly became someone to genuinely deliver charcoal in the middle of the snow! (TLN: providing help in the hour of need)

However, this result caused Ye Xiao to be all the more bitterly disappointed.

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Even if the flames of battle were developing more and more fiercely, gradually permeating the whole Human Realm Upon Heavens, the Life and Death Hall’s tree fortress remained the safest place in the world. Originally, the people in the vicinity of it were still able to have their hearts remain smooth and steady!

However, for the Eastern Sky Imperial Guard members who had been staying in front of the gates of the Life and Death tree fortress for quite some time now, their hearts were currently fluctuating wildly, anxious and hard to calm down.

The Human Realm Upon Heavens has comprehensively started to battle, what course should we follow now?

On top of that, from beginning to end they hadn’t had a single command come down. This… what to do?

If Ye Xiao had stayed like he had in the past, remaining completely neutral and not taking action, the group of Eastern Sky imperial guards could have continued to pass their days smoothly and steadily. After all, the Monarch’s Hall wasn’t involved in the war matters, and even though there was a centuries-large battle outside, as long as no one destroyed the sect, everyone just continued to be amusingly free and unfettered.

It was especially so that residing in the surroundings of the tree fortress to protect Miss Yeyue nearby would be better said to be a big opportunity instead. Cultivating in this area was absolutely better than cultivating in a so-called heavenly paradise. The group of Eastern Sky imperial guards had, on average, progressed by a level of strength or more during this time. This kind of peaceful, smooth and steady environment in addition to the holy land atmosphere, they would be stupid if they disliked spending even 1800 years there!

However, right now the situation had already radically changed. First, Ye Xiao had gotten involved in the century-large battle, and his neutral identity was lost. Even further, he had joined hands with Heaven’s Leaf together to perform a joint strike at the big Western Sky, causing the big Western Sky to arrive luckily at a defeat. Both sides already had no margin for error. No matter what, the West side Sky King was precisely the blood brother of the Sky Queen. They could only say that Ye Xiao joining hands with Heaven’s Leaf was equivalent to finding oneself on the opposite side of the Eastern Sky.

Because of this kind of identity’s standpoint, the group of Eastern Sky imperial guards couldn’t help but feel awkward. In any event, they shouldn’t be helping to guard the Monarch’s Hall’s front gate. Even if they still regarded themselves as guarding the gate, would the other side be able to trust them?!

Finally, Su Yeyue came out to clear up the matter. “You all go ahead and head back. I will stay here and accompany Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao is my husband, and even if it is dangerous he will also protect me. You all from beginning to end are the Eastern Sky Imperial Guard, and you have inseparable ties with the Eastern Sky. In this conflict for the whole world, perhaps we will also come into a conflicting position… You all staying here will only make things even more difficult to manage. It would be better to leave as early as possible and return to the Eastern Sky to report on the completion of your mission. This kind of impossible situation where advance and retreat are both hard naturally cannot continue.”

The little girl Su Yeyue’s words caused those people to fall silent.

Miss Yeyue’s words are very reasonable. Right now, the whole world is in chaos. Along with the Monarch’s Hall’s Monarch Ye entering the battle, the towering meaning of this event already cannot be concealed. Clearly a conflict of positions has already started to appear, and along with time passing, the conflict will only continue to escalate. How would they deal with this?

Since it was like this, they might as well directly go to the Eastern Sky army. Even if they died, they would be able to die with their hearts at peace.

A good long time later, the leader of the group of Eastern Sky imperial guards issued out an order, leading his force to strike camp and return.

Watching this group of people’s banner gently sway as they walked off into the distance, Su Yeyue had a sour feeling echo in her heart.

Yes, in the future… what should I do?

Right now… apart from relying completely on Ye Xiao, I truly have no other place to go in the Human Realm Upon Heavens…

The little girl stood there in a daze, her state of mind blank for a time.

“Girl, what are you thinking of? Your expression is rather strange?” Ye Xiao’s voice came through.

Hearing this familiar clear and sonorous voice, Su Yeyue’s many trains of thought abruptly came to a halt and she relaxed. Yes, ah, I only must stay at Big Brother Ye Xiao’s side. I… what am I afraid of?

Her lovable and delicate body slowly leaned over and entered Ye Xiao’s embrace. Su Yeyue showed a rarely seen trace of weakness. “Big Brother Ye Xiao, I was thinking that it has really been a good long time since I have seen Father and Mother…”

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