LOL: Let me touch your steel

Nasus, who attached great importance to Ixalken's request for an alliance and went to Ixtal in person, finally returned to the capital of Shurima and to the palace bathed in the sun.

Seeing the only minister he relied on slowly approaching, Azir's eyes showed a little excitement. Before Nasus could open his report, he took the initiative to ask:

"Where's Zhang Xu? Didn't he come back with you?"

Restoring the glory of Shurima is a difficult task, and the number of people he has now is far from enough.

If Zhang Xu could come back to undergo the ascension ceremony at this time, he would be like having his right-hand man. Azir even imagined a beautiful scene where Nasus would make plans at home while Zhang Xu would conquer and restore his homeland.

Unfortunately...

Nasus shook his head helplessly:

"I arrived too late. Zhang Xu...had already left."

"Gone? Where did he go?"

Azir's voice suddenly rose, and the fantasy in his mind was instantly shattered.

"Yuental didn't know where Zhang Xu had gone. He only said that Zhang Xu said goodbye in a hurry and left the territory of Ixuokun. But Yuental was very happy and signed the agreement for renewed cooperation very happily."

Azir waved his hand to stop Nasus and did not let him continue speaking.

I am so tired...

My loyal minister Zhang Xu, why are you unwilling to return to Shurima?

Azir sighed softly, looking a little worried.

Seeing this, Nasus raised his head hesitantly:

"Your Majesty, although I did not find Zhang Xu, according to the portrait provided by Yuntal, I found that there were two followers beside Zhang Xu."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Azir's eyes suddenly lit up and he instantly perked up.

Although I don’t know why Zhang Xu is unwilling to return to Shurima, it seems that... we can start with the people around him?

"Come and tell me!"

Nether heaved a sigh of relief.

After learning that Zhang Xu had left before he went to Ixoken, Nasus knew that King Azir would be very disappointed, so he took the initiative to ask about the people around Zhang Xu.

"There are two women accompanying Zhang Xu."

"Oh? I didn't expect that my loyal minister is actually a playboy?"

As soon as he heard the first sentence, Azir smiled knowingly and waved his hand generously: "Even if he brings all his confidantes back, what can we do?"

"Ahem, Your Majesty. Only one woman is Zhang Xu's lover, and the other woman is his disciple."

Nasus coughed twice, interrupted Azir, and reported softly: "I discovered that this woman's name is Taliyah, and she is also a child of Shurima. She lives in a tribe near Koharise, and is also one of the tribes that refuse to return to Shurima."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Azir frowned and his expression instantly became serious.

This news...

You really arrived just in time!

Azir has made up his mind to make an example of others and destroy those tribes that openly resist Shurima, so that those tribes that are still wavering can think carefully.

If it weren't for this news, Taliyah's tribe would also be within Azir's target!

Azir narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a while, and finally said:

"Since you are Zhang Xu's disciple, let this tribe live. When Zhang Xu returns to Shurima, I believe he will convince this stubborn tribe."

As he spoke, Azir's face was filled with emotion again: "Zhang Xu is really Shurima's number one loyal minister! He single-handedly facilitated the connection between Ixooken and Shurima, and even left Ixooken without asking for anything in return. He is truly an example of someone who hides his merits and fame!"

"Nasus, Zhang Xu's loyalty and awareness may even surpass yours!"

Azir was inexplicably happy and even started teasing Nasus.

"Your Majesty, you are joking. Zhang Xu is indeed a rare talent."

Nasus's expression remained unchanged, and he was not dissatisfied with Zhang Xu because of the bias in Azir's words. On the contrary, he admired Zhang Xu's behavior. If those disobedient tribes could learn more from Zhang Xu, he would not be so worried now.

"Your Majesty, I think... one Ascension Ceremony may not be enough to reward this meritorious official. We can perform the Ascension Ceremony together with his lover. In this way, they can be together for a long time."

"Shurima has just reappeared, and the sun disc has re-emerged. Almost all tribes are watching. If they see Zhang Xu, who has devoted himself to Shurima, being rewarded like this, they will be moved and willing to return to Shurima and make contributions to Shurima."

"Not only did it not disappoint the loyal Zhang Xu, but it also served as a role model for other tribes. It also demonstrated your majesty's magnanimity and generosity. It can be said that it achieved three goals with one stone!"

Azir's eyes gradually revealed a thoughtful look...

Chapter 125 Smart Malphite

Zhang Xu, who was far above the Ixtal Jungle, had no idea that he had indirectly saved Taliyah's entire tribe, and he didn't know that in order to win over this "loyal minister", Azir was even willing to grant the ascension ceremony to Kaisa as well.

If Zhang Xu knew, he would probably turn around immediately and head straight for the Shurima Desert.

what?

You said that a real man was born between heaven and earth, how could he be depressed and inferior to others for long?

Do not!

Zhang has been wandering for half his life, and only regrets that he has never met a wise master. If you don’t abandon me, Zhang is willing to be your adoptive father!

It’s a pity that Zhang Xu knew nothing about this and could only miss it with regret.

......

"Something seems to be wrong down there... There seems to be a very obvious rock energy."

Taliyah frowned. Even though she was on the back of an ancient dragon, hundreds of meters in the air, the surge of elements below was still extremely obvious.

Moreover, this surge of elements... has exceeded the scope of what Qiyana can control, and is even infinitely close to Skarner.

"Xina, go down and take a look."

The ancient dragon had no objections and chose to dive down directly.

Those two punches had completely made her realize the reality, so Xina had no intention of disobeying any of Zhang Xu's orders. She didn't want to be punched twice more because of her refusal.

The place where I was hit still hurts a little!

"There seem to be people down there! They shouldn't be Ixtal people, right? Could they be the Piltover people that Qiana often talks about?"

Looking at the workers below who were trying to mine, Taliyah instinctively felt a little disgusted.

After hearing from Qiyana what Mrs. Piltover had done, it was really hard for Taliyah to have any good feelings towards these bandits who wantonly exploited other people's homes.

but...

It's just mining, why is there such obvious fluctuation in rock elements?

Could it be that there is something under the mine?

There was a hint of doubt in Taliyah's eyes.

Xina's huge body descended from the sky and soon attracted the attention of the miners. Such a huge beast made each of them look terrified.

One of them even mumbled a series of words that no one could understand, a strange dialect from Zaun.

Xina finally found some sense of pride in these ordinary mortals. She even showed off her skills amid their screams of fear, circling twice in the air before landing steadily on the ground.

The workers, who had already been frightened out of their wits, had already run away in panic.

Zhang Xu did not blame Xina for her behavior, nor did he care about those irrelevant workers. He walked straight into the mine and looked down at the scene inside from a high vantage point.

The interior of the mine was not as dark as expected. There was even a faint light inside, which should be the lighting that the miners did not have time to take away when they escaped.

With the help of the lighting, several people could clearly see the scene inside the mine.

The mine is not deep, nor is it the squeezed sedimentary limestone near Zaun's underground rock formations. The entire rock wall reveals a rough texture. It seems that the rock formations here are more like something that would appear underground in the Shurima Desert.

"Taliyah, are the elemental fluctuations you felt inside this mine?"

"Right inside."

Taliya nodded affirmatively. Even now, the energy fluctuations of the rock element had not subsided at all. As time went by, the element fluctuations became even more obvious.

"Then go down and have a look."

An impulse surged in Zhang Xu's heart. There seemed to be something in the mine below that was constantly attracting him.

"be careful."

Zhang Xu asked Xina to wait on the side, and then he jumped down first, followed by Kassadin and Taliyah.

The faint light below came from a lantern. Zhang Xu picked up the lantern and walked to the end of the tunnel. His fingers pressed against the rock wall and felt a rough but warm touch on his fingertips, with a strange brown color.

"This rock... seems a little strange. I don't recognize this kind of rock."

Taliyah subconsciously stroked the rock wall, with a look of doubt and confusion on her face.

She could hear the voice of the earth calling her, and had the gift of being guided by the rocks. But from this rock wall, she heard no voice, nor received any guidance.

Kassa raised her head and leaned against the wall of the tunnel, her face gradually becoming filled with shock.

She looked up and just saw the rugged stone wall moving!

Something is moving in the rock wall!

The stone wall shifted, rubbed, and changed its shape. In amazement, Kasa saw two deep pits emerge, like a pair of closed eyes, and a raised stone cluster that might be a nose. Dust spewed out from an arc-shaped, jagged gully, like a huge mouth coughing.

The face filled the entire stone wall in front of her, which was ten meters wide and twenty meters high!

It's just the size of a face!

The face alone is this big...how terrifying would his entire body be?

Kassa subconsciously took two steps back and retreated to Zhang Xu's side.

Zhang Xu took a step forward and protected Kassadin and Taliyah behind him.

Under Zhang Xu's gaze, the eye sockets on the stone wall opened, and the huge stones made loud friction noises, as if it was some old object that had been in disrepair for a long time.

Zhang Xu's eyes met those eyes, and his eyes were like flowing yellow gems.

“This stone is infested.”