"I came to give New Year's greeting to the brothers who serve the country and the people," Chang Geng turned to Chen Qing Xu. "The reward and support funds from the court are being sent down, they could also be considered as New Year gifts...just in time, I will stop here to wait for a while."

Chen Qing Xu: "What are you waiting for?"

"News of victory." Chang Geng said, "The first news of victory, I will be bringing it back while on the way, for the Grand Council to discuss the next step for suppressing the countries in the Western Regions."

Chen Qing Xu carefully watched Chang Geng's face and said, "I heard that Your Highness has been on a non-stop journey. First went south to Jiangbei to rectify the cruel officials and traitors along the canal, then returned to the capital to instruct the Ministry of Housing and the Ling Shu Institute, then rushed to the Northwest before the New Year no matter the cost. You have not rested, yet you seem to still be in a good mood?"

This was quite strange. When she left the capital, Chang Geng's Bone of Impurity was almost beyond control. She assumed that as he had been exhausted both physically and mentally for more than half a year, there was no telling what stage he would be in. When she received the Lin Yuan wooden bird, Chen Qing Xu had been worried about seeing that ominous red glint in his eyes.

Who knew that Chang Geng's face would be much better than she imagined? The state of ‘even if heaven falls, I am at peace’ seemed to have returned on Yan Wang's body.

It was almost the same as those years when he followed General Zhong while living a simple life, wandering the pugilist world.

But there seemed to be another difference: he did not appear to be bland to the extreme as before, he now carried a hint of the smoke and fire of the mortal world.

"Only running a few errands, it isn't much." Chang Geng said indifferently. "It is said that everything is difficult at the beginning, but in truth, I don't think it's necessarily the most difficult at the beginning. You see, now the whole dynasty has reached the point of breaking. Even if I were to do a more horrible job, the only thing that could happen is that the Westerners will surround the capital once again, there are no worse outcomes. This matter will soon be accustomed to by the gentlemen in the court, they would not blame me much.”