After a while,
Shen Yi was standing in the void above the central square of Yan City.
Looking at the land and important buildings below illuminated by moonlight,
'So this is major territory… Jia Ma really takes good care of its subjects.'
Shen Yi thought to himself as he glanced at the direction of the large land encompassing almost a square kilometer area and the large courtyard in the middle.
He raised his hand, and the void gap opened in front of him. The next moment, a middle-aged man figure was displaced in front of him; he had black eyes and a little gray in his hair.
"Where am I? What is this?"
Suddenly he was startled, and his face changed as he glanced at the surroundings and then looked at the familiar courtyard far below.
He suppressed his fear and fast heartbeat, started looking around, and the next moment his pupil shrank as he noticed Shen Yi standing in front of him.
He hurriedly saluted and bowed, asking humbly, "I wonder why your excellency brought me here."
Shen Yi's clone turned his head and spoke, "You are Mayor Hao. I heard you colluded with the Jin clan and Misty Cloud sect in order to suppress my Shen family. I have already killed the envoy Jin."
Immediately Mayor Zhang's face changed, and he hurriedly replied with sweat beads condensing on his temple.
"Your Excellency, I didn't know the Shen family has such an expert, or I wouldn't dare to suppress them. I apologize for my action; please allow me to deal with the remaining Jin and make amends for my mistakes."
Shen Yi turned and glanced at him intriguingly. "You are really smart; you guessed the reason why I brought you here."
After speaking, he raised his finger; a small blue dot flew and merged in between Mayor Zhang's forehead without him noticing.
"Go; you have a week before fixing everything. After that, resign from your post."
Mayor Zhang hurriedly bowed and spoke, "Sir, don't worry, I won't disappoint you."
He found himself returning back to his room; looking at his sleeping wife, he sighed in relief in his heart.
…
The next morning,
Inside the Sacred City of the Jia Ma Empire,
In the middle of the royal competition square, alchemists gathered from all around the empire in order to attend the Grand Alchemist Meeting.
There is a boy of seventeen and a half years old with a wheaty complexion and spiritual eyes; he registered for the meeting with the disguised name Yan Xiao, but if someone familiar with him sees him, he will immediately recognize him as Xiao Yan, the fallen genius of the Xiao Clan.
As the competitors gathered and registered themselves in line, similarly important figures also arrived and gathered in the guest hall of the royal building.
'This is the Alchemist grand meeting; the alchemist is really the main supporting field of this dimension.'
Shen Yi was walking toward the VIP spectators area while looking at the direction of the alchemist gathering on the stage. There are some special participants, like Pill King disciple Liu Ling and princess of Jia Ma Jia Yue'er. He even noticed Xiao Yan among them.
'Here is this guy; he probably got the blue lotus flame by now. I wonder if he has encountered Yun Yun like in the plot, as I have already taken away the reason, and even the winged lion died.'
He thought and then didn't care and moved forward.
After a while,
He noticed his father sitting among the VIP guests talking to another man beside him with a smile. His appearance didn't change much in these years; he had the same brown eyes and hair with a little grayness, and his hair was spotlessly tied in a crown. While his gestures and manners were extremely approachable and full of wisdom, these characteristics made him one of the most successful and wealthiest merchants in the Jia Ma empire.
Shen Yi then glanced at the floors above the VIP area, which is reserved for the prestigious members. He noticed the Ice Emperor Hai Bidong, Chairman of the Alchemy Association Fa Ma, and the Jia Ma Empire guardian Jia Xing Tian.
'It seems despite being the wealthiest man, my father couldn't secure a place in that position just because he is a normal dou master. Anyway, after a while even the emperor of these small empires will bow in front of him.'
Shen Yi thought to himself, and then he walked forward toward Shen Han.
"Father…" He greeted calmly after reaching beside him; immediately, Shen Han and the other guests around him were startled, and they glanced in his direction.
Shen Han hurriedly stood up and walked toward him with an excited expression; he grabbed Shen Yi's shoulder with a trembling hand and red eyes and spoke with a laugh,
"Hahaha, Yi'er, my son, I knew you would return."
Immediately the guests behind him were startled and started whispering amongst themselves.
"Is he… Shen Yi,"
"I heard he destroyed the Mo clan and killed a dou spirit expert… How did he do that?"
"He disappeared for two and a half years; I can't believe he is this alive."
Just when the commotion spread through the VIP area, the experts sitting on the main podium also started paying attention to it.
"Who is this young boy?" "Hai Bidong?" he asked, looking at the direction of Shen Yi and his father calmly.
"I didn't expect him to be alive; I wanted to find him and confirm the rumors about Mo Clan destruction, but he disappeared two and a half years ago… I thought he died; I didn't expect him to return at this moment."
Jia Xing Tian's brow furrowed, and he replied, looking at Shen Yi and his father, and then he walked forward and added,
"Wait for a while; I should meet this little guy. It's a good opportunity to confirm the authenticity of all those rumors."
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