Chapter 1093 - 389: Girl, It’s About Time—Let’s Get Moving!

The voice of the Black Marquis grew more respectful.

"The servants will immediately attend to it and search for more people for you immediately."

The scarlet giant eye coldly gazed down at the trembling shadow on the platform.

Moments later, the red glow in the eye slightly diminished.

That terrifying oppressive pressure weakened accordingly.

"Get lost, you waste, don’t disappoint me again."

"Yes, my great lord!"

The Black Marquis spoke with his head down, maintaining a prostrate posture, and gradually moved backward.

Only when he reached the edge of the stone steps did he dare to slowly rise.

Along those seemingly endless circular stone steps.

He walked towards the place illuminated by light.

When the Black Marquis re-emerged at the surface entrance.

A royal elder, bent with age and with a face covered in wrinkles like dried bark, had already been waiting respectfully at the side.

"Lord Black Marquis."

The elder bowed deeply, his voice hoarse.

The pure black figure of the Black Marquis did not pause.

He headed straight towards the snow-filled exit.

His voice returned to its usual indifference as he asked, "How is the progress on the human side?"

The elder quickly followed, reporting clearly, "Reporting to my lord. Except for the Dawn Corps personally led by Fang Qingyu, which has continuously eliminated six of our outer strongholds, the advance on other fronts has remained slow; Hong Qitian and those human pillars have yet to show themselves."

Upon hearing Fang Qingyu’s name and his terrifying speed of advancement.

The shadowy form of the Black Marquis seemed to momentarily freeze.

But he did not comment on this, merely continued forward, saying softly:

"Find a way to make them faster."

The elder was startled: "My lord, you mean...?"

"Let them push through faster."

The voice of the Black Marquis was cold, "Let them launch a full-scale attack sooner."

"I can hardly keep them at bay."

"Yes! I understand!"

The elder solemnly accepted the order.

"I will immediately make arrangements to ensure they gather swiftly at the foot of the Royal Court."

...

Beyond the Great Wall.

At Bibo City, in the City Lord’s Mansion.

A man dressed in faded, patched coarse clothes.

Carrying a tattered blue cloth bundle, looking as if he just strolled off a countryside path.

Was swaggering down the corridor of the City Lord’s Mansion, paved with precious Cold Jade tiles mirrored like glass.

The elite guards standing on either side held a solemn aura, their eyes scanning the surroundings.

Yet they seemed oblivious to the presence of this old man.

As if the old man was completely invisible.

The old man appeared familiar with the place, humming a nonsensical tune.

He leisurely strolled to an elevator embedded with ice-blue Crystal Stones and casually pressed the button for the lowest floor.

The elevator descended silently and swiftly.

When the elevator door opened and the old man stepped out.

The two officials inside only belatedly realized, exchanging puzzled glances:

"Huh? Who pressed this floor?"

"No idea, no one came in, right?"

They looked around the empty elevator cabin in confusion.

Entirely oblivious that an old man had just shared the space with them.

The old man didn’t care about the confusion behind him and headed straight towards a door at the corridor’s end with no markings, made entirely of deep blue metal.

Standing guard at the door were two guards whose aura was nearly at the Peak of Third Tier.

The old man didn’t even glance at them, passing through like moving through water.

His figure moved effortlessly through the tightly closed metal door.

Beyond the door wasn’t a room, but a spiraling staircase carved into hard ice-blue jade.

Chilling air seeped around, the lower he descended.

The Water Element fluctuations in the air grew increasingly pure and intense.

At the end of the staircase, the space suddenly opened up.

It’s a chamber not too large, yet enveloped in flowing water-blue soft light.

At the center of the chamber was a pool, about a meter in radius, engulfed in a hazy cold mist.

The pool water was deep and transparent like it concentrated the entire Ice Sea, emanating a bone-chilling spiritual energy.

Below the water surface.

Countless tiny star-like ice crystals could be seen faintly floating and rotating.

Reflecting a dreamy blue light.

A graceful figure was quietly suspended above the Cold Jade Pool water, about a foot above.

Enveloped in water-blue radiance.

The radiance resembled the softest velvet, or a flowing liquid sapphire, gently wrapping her figure’s outline, appearing blurred and sacred.

Hong Qitian’s figure abruptly appeared at the entrance of the chamber.

He watched the figure floating in the pool, grinning, revealing a mouthful of fairly aligned white teeth, and cheerfully greeted, his voice exceptionally clear in the silent chamber:

"Hey, sister! The time is almost up, we should get going!"

Upon hearing this, the figure... couldn’t help but tremble, as if startled.

Soon, a cold voice tinged with anger rang out.

"Hong Qitian!!"

The radiance instantly withdrew inward.

Revealing the figure of a woman.

She stood barefoot in the void, wearing an ice-blue gown seemingly woven from flowing aurora, her figure exquisite and unparalleled.

Her appearance was exceptionally beautiful, her eyebrows like a painting, her skin as white as snow, like sculpted ice and jade.

But at this moment, those clear cold pool-like eyes.

Were glaring fiercely at the old man standing at the door.

"Did I ever tell you, when you come in, come through the main door and report! Walk in properly and according to the rules!!!"

Hong Qitian, stunned by the yell, instinctively scratched his graying hair, and looking innocent with a hint of bewilderment, said: "I did come through the main door, and I walked in openly and properly according to the rules."

Luo Qinglian looked at Hong Qitian’s expression and felt a surge of frustration block her chest.