71: Unexpected good news

"Eat it? That's a bit too extravagant..."

A figure suddenly appeared in Su Ze's mind: "Captain Guo has helped me many times, and this time I've also implicated him. Why don't I... give this egg to him?"

Among the few experts in Beishan City, besides Xiao Xu whose attitude toward him was unclear, the other two were very friendly.

Now that Guo Linshan had lost his beast because he was implicated by Su Ze, Su Ze felt uneasy if he didn't lend a hand.

"It's settled then!"

After making his decision, Su Ze left the underground space.

The sun, which he hadn't seen for three days, felt very blinding, and Su Ze couldn't help but close his eyes.

Lin Xi still had that lazy look, watching him emerge from underground without the slightest surprise.

"What's wrong? Has that little bird successfully undergone Nirvana?"

Su Ze nodded and said, "Sort of, but she wants to continue using the fire seed to improve herself, so she hasn't chosen to hatch yet."

Su Ze didn't hide anything; after all, that underground space, including the fire seed, was under Lin Xi's supervision.

If Feng Qingyi wanted to use it to level up, Lin Xi had to be informed.

Lin Xi nodded and didn't stop him: "Then why did you come out now? There are many people outside who want to test if the rumor that your beast is dead is true."

"Could it be... you remembered that you promised to help this Old man with his work?"

"I'm telling you, over the past few days, it's been your little girlfriend who's been helping you finish your work."

"Little girlfriend?" Su Ze thought for a moment and guessed he was talking about Xu Yao.

In fact, that was exactly the case.

Su Ze hadn't shown his face for many days, and combined with the rumors about him spreading like wildfire, Xu Yao was worried sick.

In the end, under Xu Yiming's hint, she found Lin Xi and had been pestering him for news about Su Ze for the past few days.

After learning that Su Ze was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief. As compensation, she had now taken over all the work in the breeding area.

In a little while, she would be coming over to help after class.

Su Ze also wanted to let Xu Yao know he was safe before looking for Guo Linshan, but Lin Xi, while rocking in his lounge chair, said, "Oh, since you're out, do you want to go see Guo Linshan off while you're at it?"

"Captain Guo? What happened to him?" Su Ze asked.

Lin Xi said, "He has resigned. From today onwards, he will no longer be the captain of the Beishan City Daxia Spirit Guard."

Su Ze's eyes widened. "Why?! Is it because the Corps headquarters blamed him for this incident? That shouldn't be; it's entirely the Jiang Family's fault!"

Lin Xi replied, "Although the investigation sent by the Eastern Corps proved that this incident had nothing to do with Guo Linshan, they couldn't do anything to the Jiang Family either. In the end, they had to push all the blame onto the Fusang Dark Guards."

"It's just that Guo Linshan is indeed getting old, and having lost his strongest beast this time, his strength is no longer sufficient to hold the position of Detachment Commander."

Given Guo Linshan's strength and age, he was already close to the Great Xia Spirit Guards' requirements for retirement.

That was also why he had been so anxious to find a monster beast crystal core.

Having encountered this incident, his retirement date was officially moved up.

Su Ze couldn't wait for Xu Yao any longer and immediately rushed toward the direction he remembered.

Without Feng Qingyi's help, his traveling speed was much slower.

But fortunately, having walked the path so many times, he already knew the route by heart.

After a short while, he found the location of the new camp, just to the east of the ruins of the old one.

With military speed, they had built a camp with all normal functions in just a few days.

Some other facilities with higher requirements were still under construction.

This time, he didn't encounter anyone monitoring him, which he found a bit strange.

But once he entered the camp, everything made sense.

Everyone was gathered together, seeing Guo Linshan off.

Although he was of advanced age, he had originally been full of spirit; now, he looked much older.

He wore a crisp military uniform, his chest covered with medals.

The Great Xia Spirit Guards were the soldiers of this world!

Su Ze's appearance was immediately noticed by Guo Linshan, who waved his hand, and the crowd immediately cleared a path.

"Why did you come too? I heard from that senior that you were busy in seclusion."

In the past few days, Guo Linshan had visited the Beast Taming University and met Lin Xi.

Combining that with the fact that the Fusang Dark Guards had collectively entered a dream before his eyes, he easily guessed Lin Xi's identity.

It was precisely because he knew Su Ze was protected by Lin Xi that he could retire in peace.

Guo Linshan was like an elder to Su Ze, gently patting the top of his head.

He was truly satisfied with Su Ze, especially since he had no children of his own.

Su Ze was also slightly moved by his gesture.

Seeing this, Guo Linshan smiled and said, "Haha, why the long face?"

"Let me tell you some good news. For now, only we Spirit Guards in all of Daxia know about it."

Su Ze looked up; in this situation, he really didn't know what kind of news could make him happy.

Until Guo Linshan said, "Mount Fuji over in Fusang has erupted! Unlike our Tianyun Volcano last time, which was a dud with no casualties, I heard they suffered heavy losses there—even several squads of the Dark Guards were wiped out."

"Haha, how satisfying! Back when they were plotting against Tianyun Volcano, everyone was so helpless. Now they're getting what's coming to them!"

This news truly dispelled the cloud of gloom in Su Ze's heart.

For the people of Daxia, there really was no news more heartening than seeing Fusang suffer a setback.

However, although Mount Fuji was much more active than Tianyun Volcano, it shouldn't have reached the point of eruption yet.

Could it be... Su Ze looked at Guo Linshan, who was also looking at him with a smile, leaning in to whisper in his ear: "The Fusang Dark Guards have plotted against us so many times; do they really think the Great Xia Spirit Guards are pushovers?"

"This operation was a revenge mission led by Lord Xiao Sheng and spearheaded by our Eastern Corps. The goal was to trigger Mount Fuji's eruption, for no other purpose."

"Hehe, it's a pity I ran into this mess, otherwise I might have been able to lend a hand."

Su Ze looked up in surprise. He hadn't expected even a Level 100 War God to take action. From that perspective, just triggering Mount Fuji almost seemed beneath him.

But what he didn't know was that Xiao Sheng hadn't actually lifted a finger.

He had merely ridden atop the Biyun Flood Dragon and flown a few circles around the entire island nation of Fusang.

Everyone on the island became restless because of it.

Their Emperor and the high-ranking officials of the Fusang Dark Guards even brought out all the originals of the three divine artifacts, standing by in full battle array.

While all attention was diverted to Xiao Sheng, the Great Xia Spirit Guards were able to make their move.

At the moment Mount Fuji erupted, Xiao Sheng simply said one sentence nonchalantly: "Ah, a walk after a meal really helps with digestion. Alright, Biyun, let's head back."

Then he departed.

After Xiao Sheng left, the people of Fusang didn't dare relax for a long time, fearing he might double back.

Only after confirming that Xiao Sheng wouldn't return did they take countermeasures against the volcanic eruption.

It was precisely because of this that such massive casualties were caused.

After all, the spirit of sacrifice of the Great Xia Spirit Guards was something they could never learn.