Red Heart Patrols the Sky

Qiao Jingzong took a small sip and laughed, "I haven’t been in Zhuang Country for long, when I arrived, he was already gone. What could I possibly know?"

"Just chatting, it doesn’t have to be about what you’ve seen or know," Chu Zicheng said with a smile, "It’s okay to talk about what others have said. For instance, how do the people of Zhuang Country view him?"

"How else would they view him?" Qiao Jingzong replied, "Dare to be angry but not say anything."

"Oh?" Chu Zicheng asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Qiao Jingzong stopped short, pulling back his neck cautiously, "Can’t speak carelessly, people of Qi Country are quite fierce now... forget it, let’s not talk about this."

"You’re piquing my curiosity like this," Chu Zicheng looked around, lowered his voice, "Come on, tell me! How could anyone be punished for idle chatter? Rest assured, Qiao, what you say today will only be heard by me, no third person will know."

Qiao Jingzong refused again.

Chu Zicheng persuaded again.

Probably from drinking too much, Qiao Jingzong finally snorted, "There’s actually nothing much to say, just about the Zhuang Country Maple Forest City Region... you might have heard? His bulletin is quite famous. Many people in Zhuang Country believe that in the Maple Forest City Region affair, he was the greatest beneficiary. Recently killing Zhang Linchuan, causing a huge stir, pulling the Church of Lifeless up by the roots, was merely to silence him. Zhang Linchuan, like him, was also from Fenglin City in Qinghe County, and came from one of the three big families. What was the predecessor of the Church of Lifeless? Wasn’t it still Bone Tao!"

"This... so it’s like this!"

Of course, Chu Zicheng knew these old topics among Zhuang Country’s upper echelon. However, he still acted shocked.

Then he said, "So now that he got into trouble, you all must be quite happy, right?"

"Hah, how to say this?" Qiao Jingzong replied, "I’ve only been in Zhuang Country for less than two years, honestly, I don’t feel anything towards that big figure. Whether he’s responsible for the crimes in Maple Forest City Region, I’m also unsure. So I can’t say if I’m happy or not. But perhaps my colleagues... they are very happy, I suppose?"

"That might be, he has no connection with you..." Chu Zicheng drunkenly echoed, while pouring him another drink, suddenly thought of something, "By the way, at the end of last month when I went to find you to drink, why weren’t you there? Made me waste a trip!"

Though Gao City is a big city in the Monster Realm, with plenty of taverns and gambling houses, allowing warriors to have a place to relieve their emotions from the life-and-death battles. During the war, soldiers are naturally in the barracks, their actions governed by military orders. Those on rotation are arranged with dormitories in the city. With Qiao Jingzong’s cultivation, he can already live in a single room in Gao City, enjoying considerable freedom outside of battles.

Qiao Jingzong frowned heavily, alcohol in his breath, "End of last month? Which day?"

Chu Zicheng, half drunk, confusingly said, "Can’t remember... the twenty-eighth? Twenty-ninth of the winter month?"

"You drank too much, didn’t you?" Qiao Jingzong pointed at him in mockery, "Those days we were still in the barracks! Even though we weren’t fighting, daily exercises couldn’t be missed, the curfew wasn’t lifted... which drinks were you trying to have with me?"

This year’s twenty-eighth of the winter month is a relatively sensitive day, as the Marquis Wu’an of Qi Country fell into Frost Wind Valley on this day. The widespread investigations across various cities started from this incident.

"Look at my memory!" Chu Zicheng patted his forehead, "Forgot all about it! Maybe I went to find you later... but I definitely visited and you indeed weren’t home!"

Qiao Jingzong drank, smiling gently, "Chu, you know I like to gamble and roam around, seldom at my lodging. Next time you seek me out, you’d better arrange beforehand in the barracks. Else you come empty-handed and blame me."

Chu Zicheng, being an experienced intelligence officer of Mirror world Platform, naturally wouldn’t dwell on a single topic, raising suspicion among his target. Instead, he laughed drunkenly, "Then let’s agree, after the next round of battles, if we’re still alive, we’ll come back here to drink!"

"Alright!" Qiao Jingzong first nodded, then shook his head, "No, not alright, not alright!"

He squinted, smiling cunningly, "Haha, almost forgot, the Court sent a letter, summoning me back! This year’s training is enough, I probably won’t participate in the next round of battles."

Chu Zicheng was stunned, then said, "That’s right! You can’t hang your life on the line for too long. Someone like Qiao, with your talent, should be well cultivated by Zhuang Ting. Come, Qiao, I toast you, let’s consider this your farewell party!"

"Chu." Raising his cup, Qiao Jingzong earnestly added, "When you return to the real world, come to Zhuang Country and find me, I’ll treat you to authentic Qinghe wine, Daishan venison!"

For those battling in the Monster Realm for years, this is undoubtedly a sincere blessing.

Chu Zicheng felt somewhat emotional for a moment: "Unknowingly, three years have passed in the Monster Realm, all of it spent in Gao City, seen every corner, almost forgotten my hometown’s appearance!"

From his childhood life in Ji Country, secretly undergoing Mirror world Platform’s training assessment, to these years of alternating light and darkness in the Monster Realm... sometimes he can’t distinguish who he really is.

He composed himself with Qiao Jingzong clinking glasses, "Borrow your lucky words, I’ll fight on for two more years, then return to the real world. By then, Qiao will surely be a high official in Zhuang Country, don’t forget me."

"What kind of talk is that? We went to battle together, that’s a friendship of life and death. Who could forget?" Qiao Jingzong raised his voice, "Come on! Tonight, we won’t leave until we’re drunk!"

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