567 Endless Beginning and End (2/2)

Thinking back to not long ago, the situation near Cloud Saint City, Zong Shou's heart sank. All he didn't do was sigh out loud.

That monster on Demon Corpse Mountain, along with the Nine Yin Death Witch... if they came out at the same time, what would happen?

Why was he so dumb, there were so many places to bury. Why did he have to bury such a huge calamity?

It seemed like even the heavens was unwilling to see him delighted.

\”Oh?\” He felt a stab in his heart. Zong Shou's gaze turned dark and sunken as he looked towards where he felt an abnormality.

He felt an aura disappearing right away, such that there was nothing weird at all.

Zong Shou's brows furrowed tightly. This person was really good at hiding and staying invisible.

If not for being too confident and spreading his spiritual sense a thousand feet around himself, he wouldn't have noticed anything.

This technique was really familiar. It seemed like the Illusionary Heart Mirror; not the replica in his hand, but the true one!

There were people who cast spells worlds away, and used the Illusionary Heart Mirror to cover their tracks.

So, it was people from the Xue family?

A few years had passed and this Eight-Tail Xue family hadn't done much. He thought that the bloodline had given up on Gantian Mountain, who knew that they would show their tracks now.

How bold...

Moving coldly, Zong Shou stopped bothering about them and landed on the peak of Gantian Mountain.

The army camp outside was only for show. With such a comfortable area like the Hanyan Palace here, obviously Zong Shou wasn't willing to live a tough life there.

The moment he returned to the Palace, the people waiting to receive him were all waiting in Chongzheng Hall for him.

Apart from Xuanyuan Yiren and the girls, and Leidong and Jin Buhui, there were the other old officials of Gantian Mountain.

They were all bowing excitely towards Zong Shou.

They bowed the way one bowed to the king in advance!

Even Renbo, who was usually calm and composed, was out of sorts.

If it was normal circumstances, Zong Shou would be delighted and enjoy their treatment. However he didn't have the heart to, just faking a smile, saying some gentle words to send them away.

What was surprising was that Kong Yao, who took charge of the East-Conquering Army, was also here. She looked over in disdain.

When Zong Shou looked back, she scoffed coldly and shifted her head away, not exchanging glances with him.

She was thinking that if their Great Shang Majesty faced such a situation, he would rest outside of the city, to suffer along with his subjects.

How did Zong Shou look like a great ruler?

Thinking about that, her expression dulled. She probably didn't need to return to Great Shang and the Gong family anymore.

Thinking about this sad point, she couldn't help but tear up.

Zong Shou didn't understand and looked to Yiren with a questioning gaze. While he was not here, Gantian Mountain listened to her and thus she should know what was going on.

Her expression was really weird as she placed a scroll in front of Zong Shou.

\”This is the document sent over by the Great Shang envoy. Yiren made the decision to call sister Kongyao back...\”

That scroll was bright yellow in color and had dragon patterns drawn on it. In it there was the king energy which he was really familiar with, just that it was much thicker.

Zong Shou's expression was really serious. This was a letter of credence, a decree from the heavens…

Opening it and taking a look, he couldn't believe his eyes. He blinked once more and looked carefully, those were in fact the words written.

...With someone as virtuous and able as her to marry your country's Ruler, and form an alliance between our nations.

After which there were words about how both countries would become brothers, alliances, etc.

Zong Shou didn't react at once, he was a little stunned. This future invincible general, Great Shang army god, was so simply married away by Great Shang?

It was also from the mouth of the ruler of Great Shang…

A moment later did he came to his senses. At this moment Kongyao had barely shown a glimpse of her potential. Her war results were really few and she was far from being a famous general.

But Gantian Mountain now stood tall over Donglin, and had became a strong country in the east.

In that instant he had the urge to burst out into laughter.

He was worrying about not having talents to conquer the outer regions, now he was just getting whatever he wanted.

His mouth opened wide and he smiled. Zong Shou then thought about Gong Xinran, his face freezing up and the corners of his eyes twitching.

At the start, when Xuanyuan Yiren saw how happy he was, she was slightly dejected. Actually she was prepared, and knew that Zong Shou, as a Ruler, couldn't be totally devoted to her alone.

However, she felt really sour deep down. Was Zong Shou really so happy being able to get this Kong Yao?