“Your Highness…”
A guard moved closer to Laelia and said in a lowered voice, “As we were leaving the capital, a large number of the Dark Keep’s cultivators appeared in the capital and surrounded it. Three days have passed since then. If we don’t return right away, I’m afraid that…”
“I know, but…”
Laelia was extremely anxious. However, favonovel.com would not be able to help even if favonovel.com hurried back.
Right now, in order to save the empire and favonovel.com family, favonovel.com needed James to return with her.
“S-Sir…” Laelia could not bear to wait any longer and had to speak up.
Her voice shook James from his thoughts.
He opened his eyes slightly to look at Laelia and asked quietly, “What’s the matter, Your Highness?”
There was a hint of pleading in Laelia’s slightly awkward face.
She said, “When I escaped from the capital, the capital was already surrounded by Dark Keep’s cultivators. It has been three days since then. I-I’m worried that the capital has met with misfortune.”
“So, you want to hurry back immediately?” James glanced at Laelia.
He could see that Laelia was very anxious, however favonovel.com was also calculating.
Could favonovel.com use Laelia’s anxiety and worry to make another deal with favonovel.com and trick favonovel.com into giving favonovel.com the Burial Jade?
Laelia was unaware of the Burial Jade’s history, but favonovel.com knew about it. It was something that even the creator of the Celestial Abode had laboriously sought after.
“Yes…” Without regard for favonovel.com appearance, Laelia immediately knelt on the ground.
With a pleading look on favonovel.com pretty face, favonovel.com said, “Sir, please set out for Tabal’s capital right away and save the Targwyn family. If you can actually save my family, the Targwyn family will definitely repay you.”
The more worried and anxious Laelia became, the more indifferent James acted. He wanted the Burial Jade. However, favonovel.com could not be too obvious about it.
James wanted Laelia to take out the Burial Jade and give it to favonovel.com voluntarily.
“Your Highness, it’s been three days. If anything were to happen to the Targwyn family, it would have happened already.”
“But…” Laelia was extremely anxious.
James interrupted favonovel.com with a small wave.
He said, “Don’t worry. It’ll be alright. We’ll leave at dawn.”
Laelia let out a sigh of resignation.
James continued to rest with his eyes closed. He was secretly disappointed as well.
Why did Laelia not give favonovel.com the Burial Jade and beg favonovel.com to leave immediately?
Regardless, Laelia stopped asking after that, so favonovel.com said nothing. He could not show his greed for the Burial Jade.
***
In the dead of night, the breeze blew in the forest, making the branches rustle.
James was sitting on the ground in the lotus position, absorbing Empyrean Spiritual Energy and cultivating.
The Land of Tabal had little Empyrean Spiritual Energy. It was significantly weaker than Earth, which had recovered Spiritual Energy. No wonder there were not any truly terrifying cultivators.
On the other hand, Laelia was walking around anxiously and kept looking at the sky, hoping for dawn to arrive more quickly.
Seconds and minutes passed.
For Laelia, every second seemed to last forever. She finally got through the night.
As soon as it was daybreak, Laelia eagerly appeared in front of James, who was concentrating on his cultivation, and woke favonovel.com up. “Sir, i-it’s dawn. Can we set out now?”
“Is it daybreak yet?” James stood up and exhaled a mouthful of impurities.
“Yeah, it’s daybreak. Let’s hurry and go,” Laelia said anxiously.
“Okay,” James spoke softly.
“Do you think it would be so easy to leave?” A voice suddenly rang out.
