Chapter 512 – Sword Saint’s Pursuit

　　Northern border of Daxia.
　　An airplane crossed the sky.
　　In the cabin, Zhou Ping’s eyes suddenly contracted as he saw the scene below through the porthole.
　　”What is this …… all about?”
　　Looking down from a high altitude, above the pale earth, a straight black line cut through half of the city, and a large number of streets and buildings were chopped off by this black straight line, the breaks smooth and unrivaled.
　　The left side of the black line is the intact half of the city, while the right …… side of the black line is empty.
　　There were no buildings, no streets, no ground, no life …… The ground had neatly sunk nearly a hundred meters, as if there was a huge shovel that had scooped up this half of the city from the ground and disappeared without a trace.
　　This half of the city that disappeared stretched all the way to the border of the tumbling mists.
　　”Where is this half of the city?” Zhou Ping turned his head to look at Ye Fan.
　　Ye Fan gazed at the earth below and slowly spoke:
　　”After Wind God Hugh came out of the world, he dug out this half of the city closest to the misty border, and along with the ten thousand or so people on it, as well as the mountain ranges, forests, rivers …… and the Feng Du body underground, they all disappeared into the mist.”
　　”He took half of the city with him?” Zhou Ping spoke in shock, “Why did he do that?”
　　”I don’t know.” Ye Fan shook his head, “This happened two minutes ago, and I just got the news.”
　　The plane slowly descended, and before it could come to a stop, Zhou Ping and Ye Fan jumped out of the plane and landed on the edge of the half of the city that remained.
　　It was a wide asphalt street, however, the road came to an abrupt end less than ten meters ahead, black straight lines cut it off here, the road ahead had disappeared, and in its place was a vertical cliff.
　　Below the cliff was a flat and pale land.
　　”The residents of this remaining half of the city have been evacuated.” Ye Fan frowned at the half of the city that had disappeared in front of him and continued, “Anta County’s own harsh environment, coupled with its proximity to the Misty Border, means that it doesn’t have much of a population, and the moment the Hugh descended, the astral winds swept through the entire city, knocking everyone to the ground.”
　　”What about the watchmen stationed here?”
　　”Along with that half of the city, they disappeared.”
　　Zhou Ping crouched down and wiped his fingers across the edge of the cliff, the cut of the break was so neat that it was as if a knife had slashed across the land and cut off half of the city.
　　”Cough cough cough ……”
　　He was about to say something when he looked down and covered his mouth, coughing softly.
　　”Uncomfortable?” Ye Fan asked with a frown.
　　”No…… just coughing twice.” Zhou Ping waved his hand and continued, “Where’s Emperor Fengdu?”
　　”Before the Heavenly Court was repaired, the Great Dao wasn’t complete, and the gods of Daxia couldn’t leave the territory of Daxia, so the Great Emperor Fengdu couldn’t make a move, and could only barely protect the residents of the city from being corrupted to death by the mists with the laws of Fengdu through the connection between him and Fengdu.”
　　”In other words, we can only rely on ourselves now.”
　　”…… Yes.” Ye Fan’s face was a bit grave, “Aside from Guan Zai who’s still in seclusion, I’ve already asked Lu Wuwei and Chen Fuzi to rush towards this place, so they should be able to arrive soon. ……”
　　”I’ll go.” Zhou Ping suddenly opened his mouth.
　　Ye Fan froze.
　　”If the Great Xia Gods can’t make a move, someone has to guard the Great Xia’s borders, the more people who go after that half of the city, the weaker the Great Xia’s defenses will be, maybe that’s what they want ……” Zhou Ping said calmly.
　　”Fu Zi is trespassing and must stay in Daxia, you are the commander in chief of the Night Watch, you can’t go either, as for Lu Wuwei …… his speed is too slow.”
　　”You go alone?” Ye Fan frowned, “Do you know, where is the last target of that city?”
　　”As the Nine Pillar God of Egypt, his goal, of course, is the Egyptian Kingdom of God …… Heavenly Temple.”
　　”You’re alone, going to break into Egypt’s God’s Kingdom?”
　　”The distance between Daxia and Egypt is not close, even the Wind God, with such a large piece of earth debris, would not be able to arrive in a short period of time.” Zhou Ping said seriously, “As long as I intercept this fragment back on the way, it won’t enter the range of Egypt’s divine Kingdom.”
　　”Perhaps, things aren’t that simple.” Ye Fan shook his head, “The situation beyond the mists is beyond our control, we simply don’t know what those foreign gods are plotting, perhaps not far beyond the borders of Daxia, there is a group of foreign gods waiting for you in ambush, which is a trap in itself ……”
　　”Since it’s a trap, the fewer people who go to step on it, the better, of course.”
　　Ye Fan fell into silence.
　　Zhou Ping looked up at Ye Fan’s eyes, “On that fragment, there are still more than 10,000 lives, no matter what, we can’t just watch them die …… Since there is always someone who has to go after it, I am the best person to do it.
　　Only I can take it back from the hands of the wind god.
　　The person who goes, it can only be me …… And, there can only be me, because at this time period, the other ceilings can never leave Daxia.
　　The fact that you specifically took a plane to pick me up instead of picking up Chen Fu Zi or Lu Wu Wei is also precisely because you thought of this long ago, isn’t it?
　　You chose me from the very beginning.”
　　Ye Fan looked into Zhou Ping’s eyes and fell into silence.
　　”…… Yes.” Ye Fan slowly spoke, “This matter, only you can do it.”
　　”Actually, you don’t have to beat around the bush.” Zhou Ping sighed, “If you can be a bit more straightforward, perhaps we can really become very good friends …… just like Guan Zai and I.”
　　”…… I’m sorry.”
　　”However, you’re not like us, you’re the commander-in-chief of the Night’s Watch, and you’re carrying too many things on your back …… so I can understand.” Zhou Ping carried his sword case and said calmly:
　　”But next time, you wish you could just tell me where I should go and who I should kill ……
　　I will not run away from the responsibility that I should bear.
　　After all, I am the Sword Saint of Da Xia.”
　　Ye Fan looked at Zhou Ping in a daze, “You ……”
　　Doubt surfaced in Zhou Ping’s eyes, “What’s wrong?”
　　”It seems that during this period of time, you’ve been getting along with Lin Qiye and the others very well.” The corner of Ye Fan’s mouth rose slightly, “In the past, you wouldn’t talk to me like this, or say so much in one breath, and …… you rarely look down at your toes anymore.”
　　Zhou Ping was stunned, he was silent and pondered for a long time, nodding slightly, “Maybe ……”
　　”Before we leave, do you have anything else to instruct?” Ye Fan asked.
　　Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment, pulled out two envelopes from his pocket and handed them to Ye Fan.
　　”Help me deliver these two envelopes to the two squads 007 and 006.”
　　Ye Fan swept a glance at the envelopes and smiled bitterly, “Actually, it would have been better if you had just told me.”
　　Zhou Ping shook his head, “I hope, I can accompany them to take this training to the end …… even if it is in this form.”
　　”I know.”
　　”And ……” Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment, “If, I didn’t come back …… don’t tell my third uncle, you just say that …… I went out to work.”
　　Ye Fan fell into silence.
　　After a long time, he slowly spoke, “Good.”
　　”And ……”
　　”I think, you can’t say anymore.” Ye Fan said seriously, “The tone you’re using right now, it’s like you’re giving an account of the aftermath, it’s not good to say this kind of thing too much.”
　　”……” Zhou Ping paused, “Tell Lin Qiye that the tomato fried tomatoes he made …… are actually very average, and it’s far worse than what my third uncle made. “
　　Ye Fan: ……
　　”Let’s go.”
　　Zhou Ping turned around and tapped his sword case.
　　Ding–!!!
　　A loud and clear sword chirp echoed in the air, and a flash of sword awn instantly pierced through the misty border and disappeared without a trace.
　　Ye Fan stood alone at the original spot, stopping to look remotely at the direction where the sword awn had left, not leaving for a long time.