"... More formidable than me."
Yue Bi’s voice trembled slightly, his heart churned like waves, unable to calm down!
Much more than formidable?
The strength of the Moon Knights, the southern and northern confrontation lasting these few days, who doesn’t know?
Every time a Moon Knight appeared, casualties would be heavy, requiring two or three Major Generals to lead forces to confront!
And according to the latest military communications, wasn’t this Nightmare Purple Moon assassinating a Great Flame’s Xuanwu Upper Moon and a Snow Mink Guard Major General in the Eastern Battle Zone just recently?
How did he suddenly appear here, and still be killed by Su Yuan!
Yue Bi realized that his understanding of Su Yuan seemed inadequate, not merely what Brother Huang had mentioned.
How could a target warranting the Nightmare Purple Moon’s personal assassination be simple?
Thinking this, Yue Bi casually flipped to the next page and was immediately stunned.
Yang Aoshan exclaimed, "Major General Yue?"
Yue Bi didn’t respond to Yang Aoshan, absently swallowed his saliva, and quickly turned to the last page.
Upon seeing Layton’s information, Yue Bi’s pupils contracted, his mind buzzing as if he were dreaming.
Yang Aoshan noticed something wrong with Yue Bi and quickly said, "Major General Yue!"
But Yue Bi gazed blankly at the photos, unable to snap out of it, even doubting if he was dreaming.
Nightmare Purple Moon Gareth, Crimson Moon Caroline, and the chief of Qiguang Holy Hall—the Yellow Moon Layton!
Were these three here to ambush an Envoy who wasn’t even a Moon Lord?
And... all three of them were counter-killed?
Damn! Is this world f*cking crazy?!
Su Yuan finally calmed down Ruan Ruan and looked up at Yue Bi.
"Major General Yue, since these three broke through to here, there are likely further setups along the way, I request Major General Yue to report upwards and conduct a thorough check."
Yue Bi looked at Su Yuan in front of him, opened his mouth to speak, yet nothing came out.
In that instant, Yue Bi felt as if the other was standing at an immeasurably distant place, becoming unreachable.
After some time, Yue Bi finally steadied his heart and quickly responded, "Okay... okay!"
For safety, Yue Bi immediately fired the pre-prepared signal flare, requesting support.
Not long after, a Burning Sun Expert from Rashamon City came to cover and escorted Su Yuan and the others back to Rashamon City.
Upon learning the details from Su Yuan’s mouth, even the City Lord of Rashamon City and the captain of the City Guard were shocked.
They promptly transmitted the message back to the Great Flame via emergency communication.
The Great Flame responded directly, sending an Imperial Envoy expert to liaise with Su Yuan and Yang Aoshan!
Many days later, Su Yuan and the others returned to the Capitol City.
Before Su Yuan’s arrival, within a few days, the matter of the "March Killing Trap" outside Rashamon City had become known to all, shaking everyone from top to bottom in the Yan Court!
Su Yuan, after single-handedly counter-killing three Moon Knights including the chief, his reputation spread throughout the Great Flame, across the Central Five Domains, through Black Snow Huo Luo... even reaching the North!
After all, the explosive deaths of three Moon Knights were something that the Holy Temple simply couldn’t cover up!
But in the storm’s eye, after Su Yuan met with the Vermilion Bird Throne, he quietly returned to the Qingming Realm.
Inside the Qingming Realm, Yang Aoshan hadn’t left yet, chatting with Yang Yifeng, who had woken from slumber.
Both being academy teachers, Yang Aoshan was conveniently seeking advice on many matters.
Yang Yifeng was also in high spirits, not to mention, Su Yuan’s Qingming Realm was far livelier than the dark dungeon-like barrier under the Book Tower.
Even if he didn’t eventually recover his Origin, peacefully dying here would be far better than dying like a mouse in the dark under the Book Tower.
"Teacher, Teacher Yang." Su Yuan approached, greeting them.
Yang Aoshan said, "Just call me Aoshan."
"Uh..."
Yang Yifeng’s eyes glanced over the two, then chuckled, "Yes, Su Yuan, calling young Yang ’Teacher Yang’ would be redundant with my title."
Su Yuan couldn’t help but laugh at that.
Seeing Yang Yifeng seemingly return to his lively, spirited former self, Su Yuan was very pleased and said according to advice, "Alright, Aoshan."
Yang Aoshan nodded slightly, "Mm~"
Yang Yifeng, satisfied, stroked his beard and then asked seriously, "The Sun Spirit Pill, did you get it?"
"Of course!"
Su Yuan flipped his hand to produce a box, opened it, revealing the elixir with golden Sun Corona patterns—the Sun Corona Pill.
And not just one, but two!
Yang Yifeng’s eyes lit up, "There are two?"
Su Yuan smiled, "These were just given to me by Fang Yu, saying that for escorting... Aoshan back and vanquishing the three Moon Knights, my contributions were significant."
"Good!" Yang Yifeng nodded heavily, looking at Su Yuan, "So what do you plan to do next?"
"This battle with the three Moon Knights yielded much for me, and the persistent bottleneck seems to have loosened somewhat.
Coupled with these two Sun Spirit Pills, everything is ready; there’s no reason to delay anymore..."
Su Yuan’s eyes focused as he continued, "I plan to start seclusion immediately, digest the gains from this battle, and then break through to Burning Sun!"
Yang Aoshan was shocked in her heart, wide-eyed at Su Yuan’s words.
She couldn’t quite grasp what Layton and the three Moon Knights represented.
But what it meant for Su Yuan to break through to Burning Sun... Yang Aoshan knew very well!
This young man, three or four years younger than herself, was actually preparing to break through to Burning Sun?
Yang Yifeng, looking at Su Yuan’s confident and vigorous appearance, felt both emotion and comfort.
Patting Su Yuan’s shoulder, Yang Yifeng said, "Good! Go for it, Su Yuan!"
Su Yuan nodded, called over Ruan Ruan and Ashley to give them some instructions and to take care of the teacher.
After all, breaking through to Burning Sun would likely take quite some time.
After completing his instructions, Su Yuan bowed to Yang Yifeng, then looked up at the high Qingming Peak, taking a step and instantly teleporting up...