Wanwan is not Wanwan: Who will spoil you after you are reborn?

Aside from that dog, the Emperor, no one would dare touch the Soul Lamp stored in the Star-Picking Tower.

How dare he?

How dare you destroy his soul lamp!

The Imperial Advisor was so angry he was practically fuming.

The Soul Lamp is equipped with an array. Anyone who harbors inappropriate thoughts towards it will be injured by the array once they touch it, and will eventually become nourishment for their soul.

But the formation was related to his life; if he died, the formation would naturally cease to exist.

Even so, as long as the Soul Lamp is there, his soul can always be nourished by the mysterious power within the Soul Lamp.

The Imperial Advisor never expected that the person who had always obeyed him would dare to do something that would leave him with no chance of recovery.

When the soul lamp goes out, it only means the physical body dies; the soul leaves the body and can be resurrected by finding a suitable new body.

The destruction of the soul lamp completely severed his possibility of resurrection through possession.

One can imagine the anger in the heart of the Imperial Advisor.

But it hurts so much.

The pain was like having your entire soul torn apart, or like being burned on a fire, so intense that your soul almost immediately dissipated into the world.

The Imperial Preceptor held his head in his hands, his soul almost crumpled into a ball, rolling around in agony.

Do not!

He can't just disappear like this!

Cang Jinyu stared at the scene before him, his eyes filled with astonishment, but even more so with shock and fear.

The Imperial Preceptor no longer cared about fighting him for control of the body, but he also did not leave it.

He tried to control his body, but failed.

Strangely, he had the illusion that he was trapped inside his own body.

This realization intensified his fear, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

But there was nothing they could do but feel fear.

"You dog Emperor, since you are so ruthless, don't blame me for being ruthless too!"

The Imperial Advisor endured the tearing pain, staring at Cang Jinyu's soul with a fierce glint in his eyes.

"You, what do you want to do?"

The Imperial Advisor's eerie gaze terrified Cang Jinyu, bringing his fear to its peak.

Even after all this, the Imperial Advisor still wants to devour him?

"Since I cannot devour you, then I will merge with you, so that you will never be able to leave me, and I will live forever..."

The Imperial Advisor used all his strength, his entire soul transforming into a wisp of black smoke, tightly binding Cang Jinyu's soul.

"Do not……"

Cang Jinyu watched helplessly as the Imperial Preceptor, who had turned into black smoke, entangled with him. His eyes widened, and his entire soul trembled.

He wanted to escape!

But they were unable to move and had nowhere to hide.

The black smoke rose along Cang Jinyu's soul, finally entering through his mouth and nose.

Cang Jinyu endured all of this in despair.

He actually devoured the soul of the Imperial Preceptor!

These were Cang Jinyu's thoughts before he completely lost consciousness.

No one else knew what happened inside the room.

Three days later, Cang Jinyu opened his eyes again, surrounded by black smoke invisible to ordinary people.

He stood up from the floor, opened the door, and went outside.

"Someone! Pass down the order: depart immediately and return to Japan!"

"But Your Highness, what about the Imperial Advisor..."

That person simply couldn't understand Cang Jinyu's decision.

Three days ago, the prince suddenly ordered the ships to stop, went back to his room alone, and ordered that no one was allowed to approach.

This wait lasted for three days.

The soldiers were anxious, but none of them dared to knock on the door.

Having finally emerged from the room, he immediately ordered a return to Japan.

As the head coach, how could he be so childish!

However, the prince seemed much colder than he had been three days ago.

Are you questioning my decision?

……

Nan Yao Kingdom, Commander's Camp.

"Report--"

Breaking news! The Japanese have withdrawn their troops!

They withdrew their troops?

At this moment, only Gu Beichen and Xie Moxuan were in the commander's tent.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

No one was able to process the sudden withdrawal of Japanese troops.

Given the Japanese style, once they've invaded someone else's doorstep, there's no way they'd leave empty-handed.

Twenty years ago, when the Japanese invaded Nanyao, they committed all sorts of atrocities, burning, killing, looting, and leaving behind a trail of corpses wherever they went, much like a locust plague.

After realizing the crisis of national annihilation, the people of Nanyao mobilized all their troops and rose up in resistance.

After suffering several defeats, Japan took the initiative to cease hostilities and seek peace, and shamelessly demanded that Japan cede territory and pay reparations.

Nan Yao naturally wouldn't agree to such an unreasonable request.

Seeing that there was no hope of ceding territory, Japan demanded three million taels of silver in compensation, otherwise it would not withdraw its troops.

"Then let's keep fighting!"

Nan Yao flatly refused, his attitude firm.

They will never bow down to Japan. Even if it means mutual destruction, they will spare no effort to drive the Japanese out of Nanyao Kingdom.

Although the Japanese were unwilling, they had no choice but to sign the ceasefire agreement and took many of Nan Yao's belongings with them during their retreat.

How could they possibly give up their invasion of Nanyao so easily, given their petty and opportunistic behavior?

There's definitely something fishy about this!

"Investigate again! Closely monitor the movements of the Japanese warships, and report back immediately if any unusual activity is detected!"

Not long after, Xu Tao strode into the commander's tent.

"I have heard that the Japanese have withdrawn their troops. This must be a trap, and we must be on guard!"

After personally inspecting the preparations of each detachment, he immediately ran towards the commander-in-chief's tent upon hearing the news of the Japanese retreat.

"That's definitely unusual."

Gu Beichen's expression was solemn. "Immediately issue the order to be ready to provide support to Jizhou and Xuzhou at any time."

Fortunately, the sand table was well prepared, including not only the complete topography of Jiangzhou, but also most of the topography of the three neighboring states.

The three men sat around the sand table, analyzing which city the Japanese would ultimately choose to attack.

Shen Wanwan, Nangong Wanning, and Ye Tianlan entered the tent and saw the three of them strategizing around the sand table, so they stood aside and watched quietly.

After a moment, I roughly figured out what was going on.

Nangong Wanning muttered softly, "Wanwan, why do you think the Japanese suddenly withdrew their troops?"

"I don't know."

Shen Wanwan frowned deeply. "However, judging from their intentions, the Japanese may be feigning a retreat, but in reality, they intend to use Jizhou or Xuzhou as the starting point for their invasion of Nanyao."

"The Japanese are indeed cunning. Since they can change their route, can't we immediately notify Ji Province and Xu Province to prepare for battle?"

Shen Wanwan glanced at the three people who were discussing matters and shook her head slightly. "The Japanese are cunning and fickle. If they really change their route to Jizhou or Xuzhou, it may not be a good thing for us."

Jizhou, Xuzhou, and Jiangzhou were all coastal prefectures.

However, the three provinces are far apart. If Ji Province or Xu Province has sufficient troops, they can naturally hold out for a while.

However, if the troops are insufficient like those in Jiangzhou, which already has insufficient troops, the number of reinforcements that can be sent there is limited.

"But if they really wanted to change course, why did they linger at sea for three days?"

"For Jiangzhou, three days did buy time for the evacuation of the people, but those three days were also enough for Japan to prepare for a full-scale attack."

When the confirmed news arrived, the atmosphere in the commander's tent suddenly became strange.

"The Japanese really withdrew their troops like that. It doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it."

Xu Tao didn't believe what he was hearing at all.