Rebirth: City Sovereign

"This is the end of today's meeting. Dismissed."    

In the vast hall, Pang Baozong stood up from the podium and spoke into the microphone.    

He folded the documents into a pile and put it on the table, tapping it twice.    

Dozens of people in military uniform stood up from their seats, and after saluting to Pang Baozong, they orderly left the hall.    

Pang Baozong carried the documents with one hand and just as he walked out of the hall, he saw that in the corridor, one of his subordinates was looking around anxiously.    

"Zhou."    

Hearing Pang Baozong's voice, the subordinate turned towards the direction of the voice and walked towards Pang Baozong quickly.    

"General Pang."    

Pang Baozong nodded: "What's wrong?"    

Just as the subordinate was about to speak, he realised that they were surrounded by a crowd, and many of them were staring at him and Pang Baozong. The only thing he could do was to stick close to Pang Baozong's side, lean right next to his ear and mutter in a low voice that only Pang Baozong could hear.    

"Instructor Ye is here."    

After Pang Baozong heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Then, he opened his mouth and asked: "Where is he?"    

"I'm already in your office."    

Pang Baozong nodded, then the two walked side by side towards the office.    

Pang Baozong pushed the door open and saw Ye Kai leaning against the wall with a bored look on his face.    

"Instructor Ye."    

Pang Baozong straightened his posture and spoke to Ye Kai. The officer by his side also saluted with his military salute, causing Ye Kai to nod his head.    

"Instructor, please take a seat." Pang Baozong raised his hand, but Ye Kai shook his head.    

"No need, I'm in a hurry. I'll leave after asking."    

"What is it?" Pang Baozong asked subconsciously.    

"Where's Loong Qingyun?"    

Hearing what Ye Kai said, Pang Baozong was slightly stunned.    

"Instructor Ye, why are you looking for Mr. Loong Qingyun?"    

"Where is he?" Ye Kai didn't answer, and spoke again.    

"Loong Qingyun's identity is extraordinary, and is inextricably linked to his China. Ye Wudao might not know about it, but your military definitely know about it."    

Seeing Ye Kai like this, Pang Baozong had a complicated expression on his face.    

Pang Baozong had long predicted that such a day would come, but he still tried his best to avoid Ye Kai asking about Loong Qingyun. However, he understood that since Ye Kai wanted to know more, even if he did not say it, he would think of ways to get information regarding Loong Qingyun.    

After a long sigh, Pang Baozong opened his mouth, feeling conflicted.    

"Alright, old mister Long Qingyun's whereabouts are unknown, but most of the time, he should be here …"    

Zhou stood beside Pang Baozong with a strange expression and asked.    

"General Pang, who exactly is that Loong Qingyun person and why don't you want to reveal him to the Instructor Ye?"    

Pang Baozong only shook his head.    

"With the Instructor Ye's way of doing things, there's only one thing that we can do to find old mister Loong Qingyun, and because of this, it's very likely that a huge war will break out between the two of them. And the person that the military sectors don't want to see conflict with the Instructor Ye the most is old mister Loong Qingyun."    

"Why?" Zhou was slightly taken aback, and asked.    

Pang Baozong revealed a meaningful look, looked out of the window, and said slowly: "Because old Mr. Loong Qingyun is my China's Protector."    

Sea of China.    

As far as the eye could see on the horizon, there was nothing but blue water and the horizon that connected the sky and the water.    

, the old man from the Ye Family, supported his oar alone and steered the small wooden boat forward on the surface of the sea.    

This solo journey had already lasted for ten hours, but Ye Jinxuan did not feel tired at all. After all, although he had abandoned the martial way for many years, his body's internal energy and muscles that he had trained in the past still existed. Even if he travelled alone for a whole night, Tianyi would not feel tired at all.    

After about an hour, the wooden boat arrived at a corner of the ocean. On an empty surface of the ocean, Ye Jinxuan threw away the oars and stood up.    

He stretched out his hand and felt the air before him. His right hand, which should have been extended out, was blocked by a wall and stopped moving.    

Ye Jinxuan raised his hand, as if he was confirming something. He lightly knocked on the invisible Inhibition, and wave-like light patterns immediately appeared and disappeared. Ye Jinxuan nodded.    

"En, it's here."    

After he finished speaking, he took out a charms that looked old to the point it almost cracked, and stuck it onto the transparent Inhibition.    

With a hum, the talisman actually released a white light, ripping a crack through the Inhibition and allowing Ye Jinxuan to enter.    

No one would have thought that there was actually a set of Islet hidden within the sea realm of China using a Inhibition.    

Coming out from the other side of the Inhibition, Ye Jinxuan stepped onto the ground filled with plants and stones, steadied his body, and looked up.    

Above the Islet which was filled with flowers and plants, numbers, creatures, and dense spirit energy, a mountain peak that was towering like the clouds stood at the center of the Islet. Ye Jinxuan paused for a few seconds before letting out a long sigh.    

"It's been so many years. Fortunately, I didn't forget the way here."    

With that said, Ye Jinxuan took a step forward and headed towards the mountain peak.    

The scenery of the island was extremely beautiful, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a paradise on earth, but Ye Jinxuan did not have the mood to stop and admire it.    

The scene of Ye Xuan getting crippled with a finger couldn't be forgotten. At this moment, in Ye Jinxuan's heart, other than hatred, there was nothing else.    

The mountain peak was extremely steep and there were no flat mountain paths. However, Ye Jinxuan did not slow down at all, and skillfully walked around various forks in the road, towards the peak. It was obvious that this was not his first time here.    

After a few hours had passed, Ye Jinxuan finally arrived at the mountain peak that was shrouded in clouds.    

He wiped the fine beads of sweat off his forehead and raised his head to look up at the peak of the mountain. What he saw was a small mansion.    

Ye Jinxuan walked to the door, and just as he was about to knock, the door actually opened by itself.    

Faintly stunned, Ye Jinxuan walked in. He saw a young man sitting on a rattan chair in the courtyard, with a coffee table placed beside him.    

"After so many years, you still remember the way here? It was not in vain for me to leave you the Glyph for destroying the Inhibition." The man picked up his teacup and spoke unhurriedly.    

The two were of the same age, and the latter was even older. However, in terms of appearance and mental strength, the man was countless times stronger than Ye Jinxuan, to the point where even Ye Jinxuan was unable to see his appearance clearly.    

Ye Jinxuan's face was complex, standing at the door, seeing that, the man raised his hand and pointed to the vine chair.    

"Sit."    

Ye Jinxuan then closed the door and entered and sat on the rattan chair.    

After a long while, the man still did not speak, and finally, Ye Jinxuan was unable to hold back and spoke.    

"Qingyun, I came here this time because I have a request …"    

The man raised his hand, signalling Ye Jinxuan to stop.    

"I know, you want me to take revenge for your Ye Family right?"    

Ye Jinxuan was startled, then nodded with a gloomy face: "Yes."    

The man who sat opposite to Ye Jinxuan was Loong Qingyun himself.    

What no one knew was that back then, Ye Jinxuan was also a Warrior who protected the nation like Loong Qingyun, and he was once a comrade.    

It was just that later on, Loong Qingyun did not fall into the mortal world and only focused on pursuing the martial way. As for Ye Jinxuan, he came to the capital alone and started his own business from scratch, wanting to establish himself in the capital. Only then did the two go their separate ways.    

Ye Jinxuan clenched his teacup tightly and looked at the green tea in the cup. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence.    

"Not only did that White-Clothed Sword Immortal destroy my Annual Meeting of Ye Family, he even killed the pillar of my Ye Family and crippled my most precious grandson."    

"I can't take this lying down!"    

"Qingyun, on account of me helping you block the fatal blow when we were fighting against the enemy in Jinling City, help me kill that Ye Kai guy one last time!"    

Loong Qingyun did not reply, he only finished the tea in his cup and put down the teacup.    

After a long while, he slowly spoke.    

"So many years have passed, but you still haven't changed at all."    

"When you were established in the capital and told me about your ambitions, I knew that you would become like this one day."    

"To fall into the mortal world, to give up on one's martial talent and become intoxicated with the desires of things. Even today, several decades from now, looking at you now, I can't help but sigh in my heart."    

Hearing Loong Qingyun's words, Ye Jinxuan silently lowered his head.    

"If it wasn't for today, when something happened to your Ye Family, I'm afraid that even if I waited until the day I went to hell, I still wouldn't have seen the mighty Ye Jinxuan of your Ye Family of Beijing." Loong Qingyun sighed.    

"Leave. This is the last time I'll help you. From now on, you and I have nothing to do with each other."    

Hearing Loong Qingyun's words, Ye Jinxuan opened his eyes wide, revealing a look of disbelief.    

After half a minute, he recovered, stood up, and bowed deeply towards Loong Qingyun.    

"Brother Qingyun, thank you so much. My Ye Family will never forget this kindness."    

Loong Qingyun just nodded his head. After a few seconds of silence, he turned and walked away.    

Not long after Ye Jinxuan left, a white-clothed youth smashed the Inhibition outside the island with a palm strike and gently landed on the ground of the Islet.    

Ye Kai swept a glance over it, then smiled indifferently: "Spirit Qi is abundant, Immortal Wood is flourishing, this is the Sacred Ground used to train the state of mind."    

Then, with his hands behind his back, he charged toward the center of the island.    

"Mr. Loong Qingyun, I am here to pay my respects!"