CH 423

423: Return

Ming Xi and Jier understood why the holy envoys for Spring and Fall ended up at the tomb after talking to Fall.

“It turns out the two of you were sent here to be my side because the High Priest foresaw I would be in danger.” Ming Xi never expected they were there because of him.

The High Priest of Star Marshall hall had foreseen Ming Xi’s trip was doomed, that he would end in grave trouble if no one was there to help him. Though he wouldn’t die, his vitality would be severely depleted.

The four great emperors were vital figures in the human world so their successors were protected by Star Marshall hall. Anytime the hall knew a successor was in mortal danger, assistance would be immediately sent.

The High Priest dispatched two envoys from the hall to help Ming Xi, the future king of the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom, after he foresaw the danger Ming Xi would be in.

This was why the two envoys pretended to be siblings and had a “chance” encounter with Ming Xi. Scarlet was the Spring Envoy and Mojia was the Fall Envoy and both had put in a lot of effort to keep their identities secret.

They had nearly rushed in back when Ming Xi’s soul was on Death island. But the two refrained after contacting the High Priest and learning the island was not where they would be needed.

It was a good thing they waited, because Ming Xi did return alive.

Jier was not sure how he felt when he found out the two pretend siblings were his future colleagues and that they had hidden under his nose without him suspecting who they really were. He had suspected they were hall agents from the start, but he never suspected they were holy envoys.

Future colleagues! He did not feel good about it at all!

A huge water cyclone popped out after Fall finished his explanation. The water column was meters high and quite impressive looking. It remained for several seconds and caused the boat to capsize before disappearing. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

A young lady with deep-red hair and wearing a white cheongsam appeared in the sky after the cyclone faded away. She slowly descended onto Ming Xi’s boat. Such an entrance, of course people wondered who she was.

“Phew. All settled.” The red head entered the cabin with a relaxed expression. This was of course Scarlet, the Spring envoy.

“What did you do to the sea god?” Jier was still behaving quite familiarly with Margaret, despite her secret identity as Scarlet, and didn’t hesitate to ask her.

Ming Xi had explained some of what had happened inside the tomb. His story telling was much better than Feng Wu. His simple words managed to convey the tension and drama so well that Jier could picture everything in his mind. He was anxious for them, even though he knew the ending.

“Everything is fine. I sealed the tomb back up. This time, it should be locked up tight and no one should be able to find it.” Scarlet blinked indifferently while she playfully smiled as though what she did was not a big deal.

The tomb was sealed again. As expected of a holy envoy for the four seasons who succeeded to the throne. Jier knew he couldn’t have done it, seal a tomb back up.

Ming Xi was relieved to hear the news. The sea god’s tomb was too dangerous and it was better to keep it locked and lost beneath the waters.

Feng Wu was worried about her friends, the king and his attendants. He had held off on reincarnating because he wanted to save all the other kings inside the tomb, but now Feng Wu didn’t know how he was.

“Don’t worry Xiao Wu. All of them reincarnated already.” Rui Baby telepathically reassured Feng Wu.

“That’s good.” Feng Wu was relieved to know everyone was all right.

Rui Baby had let the kings and everyone around him reincarnate when they entered the last level of the tomb. They were all spirit bodies that should have reincarnated long ago, but the selfishness of the sea god forced them to remain and suffer in the world for thousands of years.

The last level wasn’t something they could help with anyway. No matter how powerful a spirit was, it had no advantages when standing before a god. Not only would the spirits be unhelpful, but they would have only gotten injured standing before divine aura. It was senseless to have them stay after considering all this, so Rui Baby had let them all reincarnate when they entered the final level.

“By the way, this. . . ” Scarlet said as she took out a staff with a sapphire embedded from her space ring.

Ming Xi and Feng Wu knew what it was with one glance. Wasn’t that the sea god’s scepter?

Though it had downgraded to a quasi-heavenly item, it was still a rare treasure. So many people would have fought over it if they knew of its existence.

Scarlet had her own divine item though, so the staff was worthless to her. She brought it out to see if Feng Wu wanted it, but before she could finish her sentence, the staff turned into a stream of light and escaped to the sky.

She shrugged as she looked at it flying away. “I wanted to give the staff to Xiao Wu to play with, but it doesn’t look like that will happen.”

“Looks like it developed spiritual consciousness. A creature like that will find its own master. It must be looking for a new owner.” Mojia explained.

Feng Wu didn’t have any particular feelings about losing the sea god’s scepter even though she knew Scarlet had wanted to give it to her.

And with that, trip to the sea god’s tomb finally came to an end.

Ming Xi was noncommittal when Jier told him about Yanran, Oleen, and Milty’s return. He would report the facts as they stood. As for what the school planned to do about it, he had no interest whatsoever.

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Standing in front of the academy gates made Leo feel refreshed! There had been small disasters, big disasters, and the trio pig teammates who managed to come back alive. He must have done something in his previous life to get this kind of karmic reward.

“We’re finally back! Let’s have a big meal together!” Leo felt he had to eat more to make up for the courage damaged by the excessive worry he had.

“I’m coming with. Senior Leo won’t mind inviting us fellow junior brother and sister for a meal right?” Jier didn’t miss his chance to mooch of off his senior. Of course he made sure to include Feng Wu in on the deal.

Feng Wu: Delicious food!

Leo’s mouth twitched. This was going to be an expensive meal, but he wasn’t stingy; so though he was worried about the money, he nodded and agreed.