When the Rose Empress appeared before the public without her white veil covering her face, her identity was naturally exposed.

Jun Changxiao was dumbfounded.

So this woman was the Soul Clan Continent’s Empress!

That’s not right!

Soul Number One and Two had said that Empress Lingping had limited aptitude and lived year-round on the barren Soul Clan Continent. Unless she ate immortal pills and spiritual medicines, it would be extremely difficult for her to have extremely high cultivation!

Dammit!

They must be screwing with him!

The system said: “Those two Soul Clan members invaded Xingyun Continent ten thousand years ago. It’s normal for their information to be outdated.”

Jun Changxiao naturally understood this reasoning, but thinking about how he’d been bullied by that woman since entering the plane, he couldn’t suppress his rage: “I don’t care, it’s their fault! I’m going to make Er Ya torture them even more crazily!”

Faced with the host’s childish temper, the system could only choose silence.

Back to the street.

General He who was bound by the Rose Empress’s terrifying power currently had a face like death: “No… no crime…”

As commander of the City Guard Army, giving someone a trumped-up charge was extremely easy, but facing the Empress at this moment, he had no courage to lie.

Of course.

Even if he had lied, it would have been useless, because…

The Rose Empress said coldly: “They’re innocent, but you’re guilty, and it’s—”

She raised her hand, her gaze cold: “A capital offense.”

“Bang!”

General He exploded on the spot. Because of the energy binding him, his flesh and blood didn’t splatter outward.

The large cities of the Soul Clan Continent all had City Guard Armies, which the Rose Empress had implemented after taking the throne, with the purpose of maintaining order and protecting the city and its people. Now that General He had abused his authority and arbitrarily charged innocent citizens, she was extremely disappointed!

With the general annihilated, the dozens of soldiers kneeling on the ground trembled.

The scoundrel young master collapsed on the ground, so frightened he wet his pants. After all, just moments ago he had actually urged General He to arrest the Empress and bring her back—even with ten thousand lives, it wouldn’t be enough to die!

“Whoosh!”

Just then, powerful energy pervaded the area.

The scoundrel young master was bound, then under the Rose Empress’s guidance, flew toward the City Lord’s Manor.

Jun Changxiao knew this woman must be going to cause trouble for the City Lord, since he had such a useless son.

Wait!

Wasn’t this a good opportunity to escape?

“Whoosh!”

Without a second word, Jun Changxiao flew out of the city at maximum speed, then randomly chose a direction and frequently traversed space before disappearing.

When the Rose Empress finished dealing with the City Lord and his son, and appointed a new City Guard Army commander, she returned to the inn they had stayed at before. Finding that fellow had vanished without a trace, leaving only the toothbrush and cup on the windowsill, she shook her head with a smile: “He ran away just like that?”

More than ran away.

He had run a hundred thousand and eight thousand li away!

“How hateful!”

Finding a place to hide, Jun Changxiao raged unwillingly: “When has this old man ever suffered such grievances!”

Having always sailed smoothly on Xingyun Continent, coming to the Soul Clan Continent and being bullied like this—he was just like a wronged little wife who had suffered injustice.

The system was very puzzled: “I still can’t figure out why the host ran away.”

“Nonsense!”

Jun Changxiao said: “That woman is the Empress of the Soul Clan Continent. If she finds out I’m human and from Xingyun Continent, the consequences would definitely be extremely severe!”

“Didn’t the host figure out why you’re so handsome?”

“…”

“Isn’t being handsome naturally meant for seducing empresses?”

“…”

Don’t hit people in the face, don’t expose people’s shortcomings.

This sharp verbal operation by the system was simply too fucking… gratifying!

“I just boasted a bit—is it necessary to bury me like this?”

Jun Changxiao said helplessly: “Besides, after spending so much time together, don’t you know that for the sake of developing the sect, I long ago severed all romantic feelings?”

“Bah!”

The system said: “You want to sever them, but unfortunately you don’t have any!”

Jun Changxiao directly grabbed his own neck and roared furiously: “This old man was already annoyed, and you keep babbling. Believe it or not, I’ll take us both down right now!”

“Come on, come on!”

“…”

Under the setting sun, Gou Sheng grabbed himself and swayed left and right.

If any passersby saw this, they would definitely think this was a huge idiot.

However, after the commotion ended, the system said seriously: “Since that woman is the Soul Clan Empress, if the host subdues her, wouldn’t that be equivalent to subduing the entire plane?”

“Eh?”

Jun Changxiao’s expression froze.

At the time, seeing the opportunity, he had only thought about running away, completely failing to consider that if he subdued the boss here, wouldn’t he become the boss’s boss?

“Now that there’s also a side quest, and the opponent is the Soul Clan Empress, as long as you defeat her, it would kill two birds with one stone,” the system said.

“…”

Jun Changxiao fell silent.

The system added: “A high and mighty empress usually has many experts protecting her and rarely walks around outside. The host has run away this time—in the future, wanting to find her would probably be harder than ascending to heaven.”

“Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

“I just thought of it!”

“…”

Jun Changxiao sat on a rock, his eyes showing regret.

The system was right. Being able to unexpectedly encounter the Soul Clan Empress without any expert escorts was truly the best opportunity to subdue her. Instead of seizing it, he had foolishly run away. In the future, wanting to see her again would probably require going to the palace forbidden grounds!

Having watched too many TV dramas, he naturally knew that where these kinds of plane bosses resided was definitely impregnable and full of experts!

“If I go back now… would I still make it in time?” Jun Changxiao asked.

“Doubtful.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao sighed: “If I miss this chance, I miss it. I’ll wait for the Space-Time Insect to awaken, leave this place first, raise my cultivation, then come back in.”

“The Qiankun Talisman was bought for nothing.”

“How is it for nothing? Keeping it as a trump card isn’t bad either.”

Jun Changxiao really was reluctant to use this kind of major realm-boosting talisman. If he could use his actual strength to defeat the Soul Clan Empress fair and square in the future, that would be best.

“Let’s go.”

“Find a secluded place to take out the Space-Time Secret Realm first and see if I can accelerate time to make the Space-Time Insect quickly awaken from its slumber.”

Having made his decision, Jun Changxiao set off. But he had barely taken a few steps when his expression froze and he turned his head. In that distant area where yellow sand flew, a graceful figure could be seen faintly.

“Xiao Bai.”

The Rose Empress walked over, smiling: “We haven’t fought yet—how can you run?”

Jun Changxiao appeared calm on the surface but inwardly roared: “How did she find me!”

The system speculated: “She probably quietly left a special mark on you when you made contact.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao shook his head, then sat down and gave a side profile, his eyes melancholy: “I wasn’t running. I just came out to look at the scenery.”

“Looking at scenery requires running a hundred thousand li away?” The Rose Empress smiled.

“Don’t worry.”

Jun Changxiao said: “A gentleman’s word is his bond. Since we have a wager, eventually…” His expression suddenly became solemn: “We must have a battle.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

The Rose Empress raised her hand, binding Gou Sheng with energy.

“What’s the meaning of this?”

“Afraid you’ll secretly run off to look at scenery again!”

One can be killed but not humiliated. Jun Changxiao’s face flushed red as he raged: “Fight! Fight now!”

“Are your injuries healed?”

“Healed!”

“Sure you don’t want to wait a few more days?”

“Right now, immediately, you and I will battle!”

“Whoosh!”

The Rose Empress removed the flowing light bonds: “This place is rarely visited within ten thousand li. It’s also suitable for battle.”

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