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Half a month later.

East Capital City.

In the early morning, the gates of East Capital City gradually opened, and the City Guard Army on duty suddenly saw a person standing at the entrance, waiting to enter the city.

”Oh, it’s Commander Qin, greetings, Commander Qin!”

”Commander Qin, you should have said something earlier. If we had known it was you outside, we would have opened the gate for you right away. You’re one of us; there’s no need to wait outside the city gates.”

The two City Guard soldiers recognized Qin Tian and naturally fawned over him.

Qin Tian remained expressionless and said flatly, ”The conflicts between East State and the Dragon Clan haven’t ceased recently, so you should act according to protocol and not be careless.”

Having said this, Qin Tian walked directly into the city.

One of the guards responded, watching Qin Tian’s silhouette fade away. After Qin Tian left, one soldier sneered, ”Hmph, pretending to be the boss and lecturing us. We’re not even under his command.”

”Exactly, just a commoner who became a commander. Who does he think he is? We give him respect, and he takes it seriously. Hmph, I reckon this commander position is the highest he can aim for in this life.”

...

After entering the city, instead of heading straight to East Han Academy or reporting to the City Guard Army, Qin Tian went directly to the Qin Elixir Medicine Shop.

When Zhou Yang opened the Elixir Medicine Shop early in the morning, the first thing he saw was Qin Tian. He was so shocked that he rubbed his eyes again and again to confirm that it was indeed Qin Tian who had arrived.

”Boss, you should have knocked when you returned! Standing at the door scared the life out of me!”

Seeing Qin Tian return safely, Zhou Yang was overjoyed and rushed over to give Qin Tian a big hug.

”How’s business been lately?” Qin Tian had been away for more than two months and was a bit worried about the business at the Qin Elixir Medicine Shop.

Zhou Yang laughed and said, ”With a super alchemist like Feili Xue overseeing us, how could business not be good? Sister Bing is even planning to open a branch.”

Qin Tian was taken aback, saying, ”Our business is good entirely because of Feili Xue’s help. But Feili Xue had always stated she would only help us with alchemy for a year. After a year, nobody can predict our situation. Sister Bing is planning to open a branch? Isn’t that too risky, given there are so many elixir shops in East Capital City.”

Zhou Yang said, ”Boss, you might not know this—Sister Bing has already apprenticed under Feili Xue, who is teaching her alchemy now.”

”Oh?”

Surprised, Qin Tian asked, ”Wasn’t Feili Xue known for not taking apprentices individually? And Sister Bing isn’t an East Han Academy student. How did she convince Feili Xue to take her as a disciple?”

”I have no idea, but Sister Bing managed to persuade Feili Xue somehow.”

As they were talking, Fan Bing came out of the shop. Seeing Qin Tian, she beamed with joy. Clad in a white long dress, she ignored the passersby in front of the shop and directly threw herself into Qin Tian’s arms.

”You finally returned! You know, in this Spiritual Domain, without a phone, I was so worried because I couldn’t contact you. It’s been over two months, and I just couldn’t put my mind at ease... But now it’s all fine; you’ve finally come back.”

Fan Bing said while Qin Tian gently patted her head, ”I told you, I would definitely return safely. There’s no need to worry.”

After a brief pause, Qin Tian asked Fan Bing, ”Sister Bing, I heard you became Feili Xue’s disciple. How did you manage to persuade her?”

”Oh, I managed to convince her in my way. Don’t be curious about the methods, hehe. Anyway, I’ve succeeded and have been learning for two days. Once I’ve mastered making elixirs, the first thing I’ll do is open a branch—hmph!”

Releasing Qin Tian, Fan Bing proudly looked at him and said, ”I told you I have a knack for business, right? Guess how much I made in just two months? I earned ten thousand high-grade spirit stones, haha, all net profit.”

Fan Bing gestured excitedly, then hurriedly brought Qin Tian inside and enthusiastically narrated how she made her first bucket of gold in East Capital City.

Qin Tian, after listening, naturally encouraged her and then, remembering something, curiously asked, ”Sister Bing, over the past two months, has Murong come to see you? Has she returned to East Capital City?”

”She hasn’t come to see me. I heard she still hasn’t returned to East Capital City,” Fan Bing said, looking at Qin Tian.

Qin Tian immediately frowned, ”Still hasn’t returned?”

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After having breakfast at Fan Bing’s place, Qin Tian went to report at East Han Academy and then to the City Guard Army.

At this time, the situation on the East State side was something Qin Tian knew more about than the City Guard Army.

He had just returned from a journey to the west beyond the East State River and knew that the negotiations between the Dragon Clan and the Tianyuan Dynasty had reached a deadlock.

Long Tianwu, as Qin Tian had predicted, initiated peace talks. However, the hostage offered to the Tianyuan Dynasty was not an orthodox prince or princess of the Dragon Clan but an illegitimate son of the Royal Family.

This directly angered the Ice Emperor. The prideful Ice Emperor had the eyes of the Dragon Clan’s peace envoy gouged out and sent back to the Dragon Clan, seemingly to intimidate them further.

However, the Ice Emperor clearly underestimated Long Tianwu.

Less than five days after the peace envoy returned to the Dragon Clan, the Dragon Clan army regrouped west of the East State River, poised to launch a significant offensive, shocking the Tianyuan Dynasty into alertness!

By now, the Ice Emperor’s decree had already reached East Capital City. Governor Xiao Zhan, the City Lord Mansion, and the marquises of East State’s major military camps were all gathered at the City Lord Mansion to discuss strategies, and by the time Qin Tian returned, they had been in meetings for two days straight.

”Qin Tian, although Long Tianwu’s approach is as you anticipated, sending an illegitimate son as a hostage only adds fuel to the fire. Obviously, the Ice Emperor would not accept such peace terms.”

Zhao Lanjin said to Qin Tian in the City Guard Army’s tent, ”In my view, the war between the Dragon Clan and the Tianyuan Dynasty is unavoidable now.”

Qin Tian nodded, ”Indeed, it’s unavoidable. I was a bit puzzled by Long Tianwu. I thought she would be ruthless enough to send a prince and princess as hostages, but she surprisingly has a soft spot. She was probably persuaded by the Dragon Clan’s Royal Family and couldn’t bear to send a direct lineage noble over.”

”That’s why I believe the war is just beginning,” Zhao Lanjin said.

Qin Tian nodded, ”Yes, so we must prepare early.”

”Isn’t it too soon for preparations? I heard that, following the Ice Emperor’s orders, the City Lord Mansion has already dispatched the East Camp, South Camp, and West Camp, totaling three hundred thousand troops to the East State River, ready for a decisive battle with the Dragon Clan.”

”The Dragon Clan’s army is said to only number two hundred thousand. We outnumber them by half, and with the combined forces of three camps, even if Long Tianwu’s abilities are extraordinary, our advantage of one hundred thousand troops would prove insurmountable for her.”

Zhao Lanjin added, ”So, I think East Capital City is still safe, and the City Guard Army doesn’t need to go to the front line.”