Martial Saint through Reading

His aged, twig-like hand trembled as he gestured at the head of the bed, implying that Little Black Head was only as tall as the bedhead.

"Grandfather, I’ve grown up," General Heiqing remained humble, maintaining a respectful demeanor, "Have a sip."

"Have a sip, grandfather."

The old man’s mind flashed back to the time of famine when Little Black Head somehow found a bowl of thin porridge, urging him to drink just as he was doing now.

Perhaps this similar scene touched the old man, and as he looked at the imposing Black Armor General, he finally opened his mouth and took a sip.

"Take another sip."

As General Heiqing was about to feed him a second sip, his brow suddenly furrowed.

"If there’s something to attend to, go ahead, I’ll drink it myself." The old man noticed the change in General Heiqing’s expression.

General Heiqing put down the medicinal broth and solemnly said, "You must finish it, grandfather."

Then, he urgently walked out of the inner tent, flipping his hand to produce the Vine Stick.

The Vine Stick was now emitting a dark green glow, even more intensely than when it devoured the Exotic Beast’s corpse earlier.

Yet, there was no Exotic Beast corpse in front of him, why would the Vine Stick...

"Hmm?" General Heiqing sank into Heart Spirit Sensing, his expression changed once more, "It’s the summon sensing, just like two months ago!"

"Could it be..."

His eyes instantly turned into Black Abyss, staring into the outside world.

At the same time, atop the clouds, Chu Ming was contemplating his next move.

If General Heiqing were merely a general of Jingyue Kingdom, he would act without hesitation to figure out the cause of the strange Blood Bead’s anomaly.

But the person in question was not only a Jingyue Kingdom general but also the grandson of the bedridden old man...

Just then, a subtle sense of probing suddenly swept over.

Chu Ming remained composed, yet his gaze became more profound.

The probing locked onto him, or rather, onto the strange Blood Bead in his hand.

The opponent’s investigation could not penetrate the Book and Painting Realm, but it could lock onto the strange Blood Bead.

This indicated that not only could the strange Blood Bead in his hand sense the summon, but something on General Heiqing also could sense the strange Blood Bead!

With this in mind, he immediately invoked the Sealing Secret Technique, isolating all senses of the strange Blood Bead, and returned it to the Golden Plate Storage Space.

On the slain bodies of Black Flame Sect’s Luo Mu, Black and White Divine Palace’s Ming Feng, and Ming Meng, all had sealing-related secret techniques that he had previously taken time to deduce.

All of this took only a blink of an eye, then Chu Ming’s figure flickered, hiding in another location.

Meanwhile, below, in the main tent.

"The sensing... has disappeared."

General Heiqing wielded the Vine Stick, his eyes turned entirely pitch-black as he intensified his investigation.

After a moment, seemingly due to forcibly activating Black Pupil, his face turned pale.

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Still nothing..."

After probing, the sensing transmitted by the Vine Stick vanished without trace.

The expression on his face, which was supposed to be majestic, gradually became heavy.

"The Vine Stick is quite peculiar, this is the second consecutive time of summon sensing..."

A bad premonition had already arisen in General Heiqing’s mind.

"No, I can’t continue as a general of Jingyue Kingdom, I need to quickly take grandfather away."

He had a very strong feeling that if he didn’t leave, he might end up losing his life here.

Without much thought, General Heiqing hurriedly rushed into the inner tent.

The elderly man was drinking medicinal decoction when he saw General Heiqing’s panicked appearance and immediately realized something had happened.

"General, I’m just a useless old man, you should leave by yourself." The old man put down the medicinal decoction and slowly said.

General Heiqing looked at the old man, said nothing, and with a slight exertion, the blanket wrapped up the old man, tying him onto his back.

"Grandfather, don’t speak, I’m taking you to see a broader world."

With that, he stepped out of the tent and then soared into the sky like an arrow shot toward the heavens.

And at his display of true Sea of Qi Realm strength soaring into the sky, meanwhile, in another tent, the two National Guardian Realm experts of Jingyue Kingdom instantly sensed it.

The two of them rushed out, also soaring into the sky, chasing after General Heiqing.

"Black Armor General?"

The faces of Jingyue Kingdom’s two National Guardian Realm experts, Yann Luo and Shang Yi, changed suddenly.

"Goodness, General Heiqing, you unexpectedly....."

"Junior brother!"

Before Shang Yi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yann Luo’s low shout.

Yann Luo, worthy as Jingyue Kingdom’s strongest, his prowess and mind far exceeded ordinary men, seeing it was General Heiqing, promptly reacted.

General Heiqing was Sea of Qi Realm, not the previous Meridian Unlocking Realm general they thought he was, Shang Yi’s reprimanding words could no longer be spoken.

Yann Luo sternly stopped Shang Yi, then stepped forward, cupped his hands, and smiled, "Brother Heiqing, you’ve really kept me in the dark. Since you are Sea of Qi Realm, how could you settle for a general’s position."

"Our Jingyue Kingdom may be small, but it still counts as brother Heiqing’s home country. I wonder if brother Heiqing..."

He intended to invite General Heiqing to become one of Jingyue Kingdom’s National Guardian Realm experts.

But before he could finish speaking, General Heiqing coldly replied, "Move aside!"

"General Heiqing, you are merely at the initial stage of the Sea of Qi Realm, how dare you speak in such a manner to my senior brother!"

Shang Yi’s temperament had become increasingly irritable since the death of his junior sister Lux Ning.

"Shang Yi!" Yann Luo reprimanded again, then once more cupped his hands in apology towards General Heiqing:

"Brother Heiqing, Shang Yi and his junior sister Lux Ning were childhood sweethearts, you are aware of Lux Ning’s death, please do not hold it against Shang Yi."

"Brother Yann Luo, I won’t hold it against Brother Shang Yi, but please step aside!"

General Heiqing had no interest in quarreling, the object causing the Vine Stick’s anomaly might be lurking in the shadows, he just wanted to leave this place quickly.

Yann Luo gazed at General Heiqing, neither persuading further nor stepping aside.

He pondered why General Heiqing suddenly exposed his true abilities and insisted on leaving.

Given their previous meeting, he should have contemplated continuing to serve as the Grand General for the conquest against Nine Hordes Kingdom’s Nether Witch Horde.