Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

By the time Jing Yuan arrived, everything had already settled down. Both Su Chang and Yan Qing were completely exhausted, lying on the ground panting heavily without any regard for their image.

As for the molten torch, it had already been captured by the Law of Knowledge, and was just waiting for Huo Huo to come and finish things off. Jing Yuan looked down at Yan Qing lying on the ground and a look of relief appeared in his eyes.

"Yanqing, have you learned anything from this incident?"

"Of course, Yanqing..."

Yanqing was about to say something when Jingyuan raised his hand to interrupt her.

“We’ll talk about this later when we get back. Right now, we should also talk about how you were possessed by Suiyang and injured one of our comrades.”

"Yes, Yanqing is willing to accept the punishment."

"Yanqing, you should have been punished for attacking your fellow Yunqi soldiers while possessed by Suiyang. You should have had your rank revoked and been expelled from the Yunqi Army as punishment. However, considering your outstanding military achievements, the other party has chosen to forgive you. Therefore, I am willing to give you a chance to make amends. Yanqing, I hereby order you to be suspended from duty for three months and not to participate in any matters related to the Yunqi Army. Also, your flying swords will be handed over to the Works Department for safekeeping. This order will take effect once you regain your mobility."

"General..."

"Any questions?"

"No, Yanqing understands now!"

"Good that you understand. Next, the Cloud Riders in Plain Skirts."

"Huh? Here!"

Although Su Chang wanted to get up, her body was too weak to exert any strength. After struggling for a while, she continued to lie on the ground at Jing Yuan's signal.

"These past few days, in addition to your regular work, you have worked tirelessly to assist the Ten Kings in reclaiming Suiyang, and you have also successfully prevented Yanqing from making a serious mistake. Your achievements are outstanding. I am now rewarding you with a three-day leave and a promotion in your military rank. You will find out the specific amount of the promotion when you return."

Later, Huo Huo successfully retrieved the torch, and with the help of Jing Yuan and Gui Naifen, everyone returned to Suiyuan.

With the torch resealed inside the tower, the escape of Suiyang finally came to an end.

"This is the last Suiyang. Thank you all for your help. Xueyi, on behalf of the Ten Kings Division, presents the rewards to everyone."

After everyone received their rewards, the ghost-catching team officially disbanded. Gui Naifen and Su Chang left Suiyuan, joking with each other. They still had to discuss tomorrow's itinerary. Su Chang, who had finally gotten three days off, was able to go out and enjoy herself without worry.

Xing then took Huo Huo and Yan Qing straight to Jinren Alley. She had already made an appointment with Bai Lu to take Huo Huo for a good stroll and relax in Jinren Alley. As for Yan Qing, since she had promised Jing Yuan that she would be Yan Qing's teacher, Xing felt that she should make amends to Yan Qing after this incident as an apology for not teaching Yan Qing these past few days.

Jing Yuan smiled with satisfaction as he watched the crowd gradually disappear into the distance.

"I never expected that in less than a month, you would have produced a genius whose strength is no less than Yanqing's."

"It's nothing, it's all thanks to Su Chang's own talent. Although we used some less-than-honorable methods when we were teaching her, we made her memorize all the sword moves we knew as well as all the moves of her counterpart, but being able to use these moves one by one is truly thanks to her own talent."

“Su Chang, I know this name. Her family is a famous military family in Xianzhou Yaoqing. She was forced to practice swordsmanship by her family since she was a child. Because she got up too early every time to practice swordsmanship and was sent to school without rest, her academic level is worrying. The reason she came to Luofu was because her parents used their connections to send her here, hoping to let her leave her familiar environment and start from the bottom.”

"That's really strange. Usually, people use connections to try and keep their children away from dangerous places. As far as I know, even the lowest-ranking Cloud Cavalry, who are only responsible for patrolling the streets on weekdays, are sent to the front lines during wartime, right?"

"That's true, but I'm a little curious how you knew that?"

"It's nothing, it's just that lately I've been dragged around reading a bunch of books whenever I have free time. That's what I learned from the books. Wait, you still haven't answered my question!"

"Hehe, it's actually quite simple. Because Yaoqing is the immortal ship with the highest martial virtue in the entire Immortal Ship Alliance, and also the one that has participated in the most expeditions and achieved the most great victories. In that kind of atmosphere, every military family in Yaoqing has a yearning for war deep in their bones. Sending them to Luofu is only because their family has a considerable status in Yaoqing, and they are worried that Su Chang will be spoiled in the army and lose that fighting spirit. However..."

"But they didn't expect the waters of Luofu to be deeper than they imagined, did they?"

"You really can hide anything from me!"

"Of course, I'm the Herrscher of Consciousness. Knowing what you're thinking is a piece of cake. I can even modify a person's consciousness. How about we thoroughly clean up those 'garbage' in the shadows of Luofu before we leave?"

Jing Yuan didn't speak; he just stood there looking at the Herald of Knowledge, his deep eyes seemingly devoid of anything.

Finally, he laughed, a very happy laugh, and then he spoke.