Chapter 326: Reassembly

Chapter 326: Chapter 326: Reassembly

Watching Yi Xiaoyao so easily annihilate the experts from the Imperial Army Mansion, and even slay Biao Li in three slashes, the bearded man’s jaw dropped, his face filled with admiration and awe.

"The Grand Alliance Leader is mighty! But, Grand Alliance Leader, you killed people from the Imperial Army Mansion. What will we do if they come for us?"

The bearded man asked, worried about the Second Lord. After all, Yi Xiaoyao had already been defeated by the Second Lord once before.

Yi Xiaoyao just smiled faintly. "Even if they don’t come for me, I’ll be going for them."

With that, he descended toward the Carefree Alliance headquarters ahead.

Within the Carefree Alliance, the bustling guards were listless. But when they saw Yi Xiaoyao, clad in a black robe, fly toward them, they immediately took to the air to block his path.

"Who are you?" a guard asked.

The hood on Yi Xiaoyao’s head stirred without a wind and fell back on its own.

When the guards saw his face, they all froze in a daze.

"What are you waiting for? Greet the Grand Alliance Leader!"

The bearded man arrived right after and shouted at the guards.

The guards jolted. Their listlessness vanished in an instant, replaced by excitement as they cupped their fists in a unified salute.

"We greet the Grand Alliance Leader!"

"No need for formalities. Take me to the Vice Alliance Leader and the others," Yi Xiaoyao said with a casual wave of his hand.

The guards answered in unison and led the way.

In a courtyard, Jin Sanbao was with a few of his hand-picked subordinates, buried in a pile of metal materials as they built puppets.

"Yi Xiaoyao is dead, and the Carefree Alliance has fallen so low. How can you still have the heart to be fiddling with this stuff?"

A voice reached Jin Sanbao’s ears.

"Who says Xiaoyao is dead! When he returns, the Carefree Alliance will surely rise again!"

Jin Sanbao roared angrily and poked his head out from the pile of metal.

Instantly, Jin Sanbao’s expression froze, then transformed into one of pure delight as he looked ahead.

"Xiaoyao? You’re finally back!"

Jin Sanbao started crawling out of the pile, laughing heartily.

Yi Xiaoyao shook his head with a smile, then raised an eyebrow and asked, "The rumors outside are rampant, all saying that I’m dead. How did you know I wasn’t?"

"To be honest, I thought you were dead at first too." Jin Sanbao stood up, panting, and grinned. "But your dear Ling’Er was absolutely certain you weren’t."

Yi Xiaoyao then had a flash of understanding. He, Yun Mengling, and Little Hei were all connected by life. If one of them was alive, it meant the other two were as well.

Then, Jin Sanbao stepped forward to complain, "Xiaoyao, you have no idea! We’ve been living like prisoners. Half a month ago, someone from the Imperial Army Mansion even tried to take your Ling’Er away!"

"What!"

Yi Xiaoyao was instantly enraged, but his heart eased at Jin Sanbao’s next words.

"Of course, as your brother, Xiaoyao, how could I just stand by and watch my sister-in-law be bullied? I immediately activated the Nine Kills Godslaying Puppet Array and killed that guy from the Imperial Army Mansion on the spot!"

Jin Sanbao gestured wildly with his hands and feet as he spoke, spittle flying from his mouth.

"The Nine Kills Godslaying Puppet Array?"

Yi Xiaoyao gave a helpless smile. ’This fatty is getting more and more boastful, giving a few puppets such an overbearing name.’

"I say, Fatty, if you’re going to try and get credit with me, you should at least be calling Ling’er ’sister-in-law’ properly. Since when did I become your younger brother?" Yi Xiaoyao grunted, feigning dissatisfaction.

"Aiya, Xiaoyao, how can you still be hung up on things like that!"

Jin Sanbao frowned. "The most important thing is that the person I killed from the Imperial Army Mansion had a pretty high status, but not only did the Imperial Army Mansion do nothing to me, they even ordered their people not to be disrespectful to us anymore!"

"This is too strange, it doesn’t make any sense!"

Jin Sanbao continued, "And that’s not the only strange thing. When the Imperial Army Mansion attacked us, the Celestial Fire Alliance and the Ten Thousand Poison Alliance actually stepped in to stop them. Why would they help us for no reason?"

As Yi Xiaoyao listened to Jin Sanbao, a faint smile remained on his lips.

"You damn fatty, you can’t just keep packing on the pounds."

"What do you mean?"

"It’s time to grow a brain!"

Yi Xiaoyao shot him a look.

Then, he explained to Jin Sanbao, "The Celestial Fire Alliance and the Ten Thousand Poison Alliance stopped the Imperial Army Mansion from destroying our Carefree Alliance because they were thinking of themselves. If the Carefree Alliance and its fifty-three subordinate alliances were wiped out, the Chaotic Alliance Domain would no longer be able to stand against the Great Xia. How could the Celestial Fire Alliance survive peacefully in the Chaotic Alliance Domain then?"

"Oh! If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. I get it!" Jin Sanbao nodded in sudden realization.

Yi Xiaoyao continued, "And the reason the Imperial Army Mansion hasn’t touched you or Ling’Er is because the bond of loyalty I have with the fifty-three alliances still exists. If they did anything to you two, it would undoubtedly enrage all fifty-three of them!"

"If those fifty-three alliances attacked the Imperial Army Mansion out of their loyalty to me, the Celestial Fire Alliance and the Ten Thousand Poison Alliance couldn’t just sit back and watch. In that case, even without me, the entire Chaotic Alliance Domain would temporarily unite against a common enemy. Even the Imperial Army Mansion would have to be extremely wary of that!"

"That’s why the Imperial Army Mansion doesn’t dare to casually make a move against you, Ling’Er, or the Carefree Alliance."

Hearing this, Jin Sanbao felt as if he had been suddenly enlightened.

"So, you’re saying that me, my sister-in-law, and the Carefree Alliance have become the lynchpin of the current situation in the Chaotic Alliance Domain? If anything happens to the Carefree Alliance, a massive war will break out between the Chaotic Alliance Domain and the Imperial Army Mansion!"

Jin Sanbao asked with a proud grin, not forgetting to take a little jab at Yi Xiaoyao.

Yi Xiaoyao shook his head. In truth, the real key—the ones the Imperial Army Mansion was truly wary of—were the two giants, the Celestial Fire Alliance and the Ten Thousand Poison Alliance.

The Carefree Alliance was only safe because of the loyalty earned when Yi Xiaoyao had once traded his life for the lives of the allied armies. But how long could such a bond last?

Therefore, Yi Xiaoyao had to step forward again and unite the entire Chaotic Alliance Domain!

"Sanbao, get ready. I’m going to gather all the alliances under the Carefree Alliance once more!" Yi Xiaoyao said.

「Half a day later.」

From the Carefree Alliance, fifty-three elite experts, each carrying a box, shot off in all directions.

...

The Great Day Alliance was the seventeenth-ranked power, led by Bai Ye.

Now, although Bai Ye’s Cultivation had broken through to the Ninth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation, his alliance’s ranking had fallen instead of rising. This was because the Second Lord had broken through his blockade back in the Great Xia, causing him to lose too many experts.

"Alliance Leader! An emissary from the Carefree Alliance requests an audience!"

A subordinate came forward to report.

"An emissary from the Carefree Alliance?"

Hearing this, Bai Ye’s expression grew serious.

’Isn’t the Carefree Alliance under lockdown by the Imperial Army Mansion? Even I can’t do anything about that General Biao Li who is enforcing the blockade. How could an emissary possibly get out?’

Nevertheless, Bai Ye cast his doubts aside and said hurriedly, "Quick, show him in!"

A short while later, an expert from the Carefree Alliance came forward and presented a jade box.

Bai Ye took the jade box and opened it. Inside lay eight fifth-order Nascent-Consolidating Elixirs, all of them Five-Stripe Perfect Elixirs.

Instantly, Bai Ye’s expression changed dramatically. The elixirs Yi Xiaoyao had given him back then were identical to the ones in the jade box now.

Inside the box, there was also a silk cloth. Unfurling it, he saw the image of a token, engraved with two words: Azure Sky!

"This..."

Bai Ye’s face showed his shock, but in the next moment, the corners of his mouth curved upward, and a brilliant light shone in his eyes.

"Pass down my orders! The Great Day Alliance is to assemble and head to the Carefree Alliance!"

It wasn’t just Bai Ye’s Great Day Alliance. The other fifty-two alliances that had followed Yi Xiaoyao all received their corresponding tokens of trust. One by one, the Alliance Leaders gathered their experts and set out for the Carefree Alliance!

Because their Commander, their Grand Alliance Leader, had returned!

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