Unfathomable Senior

Chapter 621

“...”

“Is something wrong?”

“Oh? No, everything is fine...”

“Is that so? You think that I wouldn’t know if my own husband wasn’t worried about something?”

“Ah...It’s just, Everything is going too well.”

“Is that such a problem? Wasn’t this what you were fighting for?”

“Well yes but ...”

“Think you might be worrying too much? We still have troubles at the sea and then there is still that brother of yours.”

Zhang Dong nodded at Liena that was standing right next to him. The two were both in their new house where they could see both their children training their martial arts outside. Ever since the war had started the two had been focusing on getting their skills up, it was as if they wanted to help out their father and mother during this conflict that could last for centuries.

A week had passed since the Emerald Phoenix Emperor had died and his main forces were driven out of the east side of the empire. Just like with the demi-humans, a few stragglers remained here and there. They were now getting hunted down by bounty hunters and people trying to go back to their old cities that had been destroyed.

Where the bridge to the Emerald Phoenix Empire existed a large stronghold was being built. It would have giant spirit cannons and protective formations established to not let another group of them inside. The base they had there could be transformed into something like that so the building process would be rather quick. With this there only existed one obvious bridge that hadn’t been closed and that one belonged to Lucius and his forces.

For the time being Zhang Dong decided to let them be. Some people from his side contested this idea as to them it was a bomb that could explode at any moment. He had of course relayed the information he gained from visiting their base and also explained that he believed that their main troops were on standby on the other side. To his people it wasn’t a risk worth taking and forcing Lucius and Argus out to their own kingdom was the best idea. They were no match for the current United Elemental Sect’s forces.

Then there was the second option, that nothing would actually happen. After the war between empires was over there would be nothing standing in his way of ascending. The system wanted him to ascend after fainting some trials and tribulations but it didn’t really seem like it wanted him to die. It was possible for an inept system user to perish but even Wang Long with his disregard for anyone was able to persist. If Zhang Dong wasn’t there, he would have probably conquered the entire empire, eventually.

‘I’ll never know what this is about until I cross over... but if I do, what will happen to all of them?’

Through the window, he could see his wife slowly walking over to his children. After arriving by their side she started scolding his daughter for not being easy on his son. Little Jun was holding in the tears while holding his nose that was punched by his sister. Before Liena arrived Xiu was making fun of him for being so slow. Now she was almost ready to run after seeing the stern face of her mother.

He wanted these days to continue, it wasn’t that long since he had become a father and by losing five years in the other dimension he was even more behind. There was a real chance that if he advanced to the next cultivation level he would be forced to leave this place. It was also possible that where he went to could have another time variation like before or even worse, he could not be able to ever return. This world gave him a long life and at least before making the attempt he wished to see his children grow up and find their own paths just like he did.

‘But it shouldn’t force me out, that guy that came before me was able to postpone leaving until he was more than a thousand years old, I should be able to do the same. After I clear things up in the north and then settle things with my dear ‘brother’ I should be able to relax for a couple of hundred years...’

This was his current plan. First, he wanted to clear up the disturbances in these lands before going into a retirement phase. Perhaps this wasn’t feasible but he wanted to at least enjoy a few years with his family before he tackled the problem with the system. If it was possible he would not interact with the scary overseer and slowly gather more power.

There were still some truths that he might be able to unearth in his predecessor's old home. While most of those tapes there had turned to dust Bob was working on restoring some of the lost materials. However with the main version used for other purposes that part was being stalled.

‘I’ll have to consider that the Azure Dragon and Golden Dragon might not be able to coexist with each other. The story that he told me might have been a lie and the moment the issue with the Cerulean Empress is done, they might strike... though with Lucius around, they might not act...’

He started seeing Lucius and Argus as a possible buffer between him and the end of the scenario. Normally a game would only move to the last stage after all of the main story events were finished. If the golden knights are never defeated and just stay around searching for their holy armor, it could give him time to prepare. It might be even better to hide the armor if he finds it to prolong their stay in this empire.

‘But where could that armor be? It wouldn’t be strange if it was somewhere at sea, I already found the sword at the Golden Dong Palace so there shouldn’t be another one there... unless they hid it away in their treasury or something... It wouldn’t be strange if that Overseer lady placed it there...’

There was a possibility of his enemies playing around with the settings. He did not trouly know what these moderators were tasked with besides hard resting the setting if a strange bug appeared. This happened in the other world that he visited and could happen here if they find that his cultivation was different.

‘I guess I’ll have to take that into consideration, for now It’s time to pay those fish a visit and upgrade the palace, maybe it would be wise to make it waterproof...’