All Heavens: A Role-Playing System Starting from Tianlong

Chapter 139: Epilogue?

Before long, the group had reached the foot of the mountain. The 50,000-strong army was still lined up and waiting.

Zhang Cheng stepped forward, exchanged a few words with the commanding general, and then waved for them to return. The soldiers obeyed orders without question, immediately assembling their ranks and setting off in a grand procession.

Next came the people from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands. Zhang Cheng praised them and gave them a few more words of advice, such as "do more good deeds," before sending them off to their respective destinations.

After everyone left, Li Qiushui turned to Zhang Cheng: "What are your plans next, Sect Leader?"

Zhang Cheng casually replied, "Naturally, we'll continue to visit the remaining two capitals."

Of the four capitals of the Northern Song Dynasty, he only made a scene in Luoyang, the western capital, and only briefly visited Bianliang, the eastern capital. He also did not visit Nanjing, Yingtian Prefecture, or Beijing, Daming Prefecture.

Li Qiushui nodded: "In that case, Sect Leader, you and Senior Sisters can go first. I'll go back to Xixia first to talk to Liangzuo and coordinate with Sect Leader's next move."

Upon hearing this, Duan Yanqing also spoke up, "In that case, I will take Yu'er back to Dali first and inform Zhengming and the others."

The two exchanged a glance, clearly having reached some kind of consensus. Zhang Cheng didn't elaborate, only saying, "Then I'll trouble you two."

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One year later, inside the Lingjiu Palace in Tianshan.

Zhang Cheng habitually woke up early and tried to get up, but found that he couldn't move at all.

Turning his head slightly, he saw Mu Wanqing on his left, her head resting on his shoulder, breathing lightly, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, as if she were having a sweet dream.

Sunlight streamed through the window and fell on her face, making her already beautiful features appear even whiter and more like jade.

On the right is Zhong Ling, who is lying sideways with one leg draped over his stomach and the other leg somehow extending off the bed.

Her hair was scattered all over the pillow, and a glistening drop of drool clung to the corner of her mouth; she must have been dreaming of something delicious.

Li Qinglu and Wang Yuyan slept to Zhong Ling's right. The two cousins ​​were quiet, but Wang Yuyan's hand had somehow ended up on Zhong Ling's arm. She had probably been woken up by Zhong Ling in the middle of the night, so she just casually moved it aside and left it there.

The two women looked exactly alike, almost like sisters.

Azhu and Abi slept to Mu Wanqing's left, their bodies curled up slightly like two kittens. Azhu's hand rested on Mu Wanqing's waist, while Abi was tucked into the blanket, only half her head showing, her breathing even.

Zhang Cheng released his protective internal energy slightly to create some distance between himself and Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling, and then quickly withdrew.

As he dressed, he reflected on the busy year ahead.

Throughout the year, Zhang Cheng was busy with the task of unifying the world.

Even with top-tier control skills like the "Life and Death Talisman" and highly efficient intelligence gathering abilities like "Sound Transmission and Soul Search," it still took him a long time to complete the incorporation of Tibet and the Liao Kingdom.

The main reasons were the disorganization of the various Tibetan tribes and the lack of a unified authority; the Liao Dynasty was also internally unstable and unable to resolve conflicts by quickly taking control of the central government like the Song Dynasty.

He could only travel back and forth, negotiating with one tribe after another and pressuring one power after another. It took him more than half a year to barely manage to bring them under control.

Afterwards, Zhang Cheng persuaded all the states to recognize them as part of the "New Han Dynasty" and to acknowledge him as emperor, thus barely achieving the unification of the world.

Of course, this was just a facade. The various states were actually only vassal states of the new Han dynasty; integration was not complete, and the powerful clans would need to be purged later.

But regardless, Zhang Cheng had achieved a partial victory. He immediately took a vacation and rushed back to Tianshan to hold his wedding.

Besides Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling, and Wu Xingyun, Li Qiushui also managed to squeeze Li Qinglu and Wang Yuyan into the bride's party. It's unclear how she managed to convince the three women not to object.

Azhu and Abi were also included as maids in the dowry.

Abi was forced into marriage by Li Qiushui, and as for Azhu's marriage, Duan Zhengchun didn't object, and Azhu didn't resist either, so they were all added to the picture in a daze.

The wedding was small, with only close relatives and friends of Zhang Cheng invited. Even so, quite a few people attended. The main reason was that Duan Zhengchun, the "hanging man," brought quite a few female companions.

Dao Baifeng, Qin Hongmian, Gan Baobao, Ruan Xingzhu—and a few others whose names Zhang Cheng couldn't recall—sat in a large group, making Zhang Cheng's eyes twitch.

Wu Yazi also arrived. After personally killing the traitor Ding Chunqiu, he led Su Xinghe and the others back to the Central Plains and settled down in the Valley of the Deaf and Mute.

Zhang Cheng had inquired about the fate of the Xingxiu Sect disciples, and they replied, "We interrogated them one by one using telepathic soul-searching. Those who committed heinous crimes have been executed, while those who could be saved have been kept by my side for education." Zhang Cheng then knew that the vicious little girl, Azi, must be dead.

But it doesn't really matter; keeping Azi around would only cause trouble. As for Duan Zhengchun losing a daughter, he's found so many daughters in one go, so losing one is no big deal.

In addition, Duan Zhengchun lived a very relaxed and comfortable life during this period. He had already handed over the position of Prince of Zhennan to Duan Yu, ostensibly to "train him to take over the administration of state affairs," while he himself took the opportunity to go out and meet his lovers all over the world, and after coaxing them, he brought them home one by one.

The Prince of Dali's Zhennan Mansion is bustling with activity. Although Dao Baifeng accepted that the other party brought so many people home, he did not say that they would not secretly fight each other on ordinary days.

Li Qingluo was among them. Li Qiushui spent months running around for her daughter, traveling all over the country, and finally obtained the understanding of all the victims' families, saving her life. However, the Life and Death Talisman was still planted. It would flare up once a year, making her life worse than death.

Speaking of yesterday's wedding, because Wu Xingyun was one of the brides, Wu Yazi didn't dare to sit in the high hall.

In the days immediately following his recovery, he was constantly being disciplined by Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui. Now, his legs go weak whenever he sees his senior sister.

Li Qiushui, on the other hand, sat down gracefully and watched the newlyweds bow with a smile.

Even through the red veil, Wu Xingyun could "see" objects using her inner strength. She "saw" Li Qiushui sitting upright in the high seat, and she was so angry that she almost ground her back teeth to powder.

Li Qiushui sat there, her eyes crinkling like a fox stealing a chicken, occasionally casting a smug glance at Wu Xingyun.

But since it was her wedding day, Wu Xingyun couldn't afford to lose her temper, so she could only angrily follow along and pay her respects to her parents.

On their wedding night, Zhang Cheng was too busy to be in two places at once, so all seven of them squeezed into the master bedroom. He was surrounded in the middle, like a piece of meat being hunted by a pack of wolves.

Fortunately, he was strong and healthy, and after a whole night of activity, he was actually more energetic than the others.

Zhang Cheng dressed neatly and walked out of the bedroom into the courtyard. As expected, he found Wu Xingyun, who had disappeared early that morning.

She was fighting with Li Qiushui on the ground, clearly seeking revenge for yesterday's wedding banquet.

The two did not use internal force or any special moves; it was simply a matter of pulling hair and slapping faces. Although they were protected by their own internal energy and were not injured in the slightest, this kind of fighting was obviously extremely humiliating.

When the maids of Lingjiu Palace nearby saw that their master was fighting with their junior sister, they all hid far away and no one dared to look in their direction.

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