Chapter 1063: Despondent Bai Xiaosheng

Returning to the world three years later, in stark contrast to the festive atmosphere elsewhere, Kaixin felt the heavy mood in Bai Xiaosheng’s residence growing as soon as he entered the game.
In the past!
In the Central Plains, every martial artist took great pride in being able to enter Bai Xiaosheng’s residence, considering it a symbol of status and power.
But ever since Yipin Tang took control of the capital, even the gangsters there dared not come anymore. Many of Bai Xiaosheng’s disciples of the Book of Changes left as well, leaving the residence deserted. When online, all Kaixin saw was Bai Xiaosheng sitting alone in the pavilion, playing an unknown tune.
“…”
Seeing this, Kaixin couldn’t help but take a deep breath. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped into the pavilion.
Perhaps awakened by the sound of footsteps or having sensed Kaixin’s approach earlier, Bai Xiaosheng finally spoke as Kaixin entered, though he didn’t stop playing the zither: “All this time, I thought that as long as I stayed away from the intrigues of the martial world, no one could take away or replace my title as the ‘All-Knowing One’ of the martial world… But in the end, I still couldn’t resist getting involved in these conflicts.”
The sound of the zither was intermittent, yet rhythmic and melodic, complementing Bai Xiaosheng’s calm and refined tone to create a certain artistic atmosphere.
Kaixin remained silent, stopping to listen to Bai Xiaosheng’s confession.
“However, I don’t regret getting involved in these martial world conflicts this time.” Bai Xiaosheng raised his head slightly, his tone gaining a bit more strength as his gaze lightly swept over Kaixin’s face. “With such an outcome, there’s nothing I can do. I believe Yipin Tang and the Wild Wolves Organization won’t be able to dominate the Central Plains for long. But what’s most regrettable is that Xifeng Tower will disappear from the Central Plains, along with my disciple Fengling…” At this point, a dissonant ending interrupted the rhythm of the tune.
“…” Kaixin still said nothing, only sighing inwardly.
After this battle, Yipin Tang, allied with the Wild Wolves Organization, had firmly established its dominance in the Central Plains. Xifeng Tower no longer had the strength to resist; its downfall was only a matter of time, and it wouldn’t survive much longer…
As for Fengling…
Although she managed to avoid disaster by logging off, in the current martial world context, a woman with the Nine Yin Life-Ending Pulse, and a disciple regarded as a thorn in Yipin Tang’s side, would find it extremely difficult to survive, no matter how skilled she was…
“Xifeng Tower is beyond redemption, but I can escort your disciple Fengling to your residence.” As he spoke, Kaixin sat down across from Bai Xiaosheng.

A confident remark suddenly lit up Bai Xiaosheng’s eyes, only for them to dim again soon after…
“Even if we escort her back here, it will be extremely difficult for Jiu Yin Jue Mai to go any further. Meng Yun would risk sending a top expert to prison rather than let Feng Ling leave this place easily.”
It was the first time Bai Xiaosheng had shown such pessimism and helplessness in front of others. Whether in this world or the one from three years ago, it was the first time Happy had displayed such negative emotions on his face.
Frowning, Happy took out a wine flask and two cups from his Qiankun Bag, filled them carelessly, and picked up one cup for himself. “Why worry so much? Just take it one step at a time. How much worse could things get? Things might improve in a while.” He gestured for Bai Xiaosheng to take the wine as well, looking at him firmly: “Wish me good luck on my journey!”
Clang!
As the cups collided, Happy downed the wine in his cup in one gulp! Then, under Bai Xiaosheng’s astonished gaze, he stood up and headed outside the mansion.
“Where are you going?”
Bai Xiaosheng finally noticed something unusual in Happy’s tone and couldn’t help but get up and chase after him out of the pavilion.
Without looking back, Happy replied, “Of course, I’m going to the main headquarters of Xi Feng Lou. After I deal with the people from Yi Pin Tang, I’ll send a pigeon to tell you to bring Feng Ling here.”
“But…”
Bai Xiaosheng was shocked. He didn’t expect Happy to act so impulsively without even planning in detail. “That place is now a no-warring zone. You won’t be able to do anything to them if you go there.”
“That’s something for me to worry about! You just contact Yi Di and ask him to act as a bodyguard again.”
Happy left Bai Xiaosheng’s mansion without looking back!
Bai Xiaosheng frowned and paced back and forth in the pavilion several times. Eventually, he decided to write letters to Yi Di and Mei Ying, informing them of Happy’s decision. He knew Happy wasn’t reckless, but to protect Feng Ling, who hadn’t appeared yet, in the safe areas of the city and bring her back to his mansion from the area under Yi Pin Tang’s watchful eye, there was no other way but to fight fiercely.
…
“Lord, let us handle these trivial matters. You should go rest.”
“No need.”
“Lord Wu, please persuade her… If this continues, her health will suffer.” In a restaurant near Xi Feng Lou, hundreds of Xi Feng Lou disciples watched Mei Ying busily responding to and sending pigeon messages nonstop in the center, feeling distressed for her.

From yesterday to today, Shadow has sorted through thousands of messages sent by homing pigeons. Over more than a day, she has only taken intermittent breaks of less than two hours, and all of those breaks were taken within the game. Starting with messages from gang leaders and vice-leaders, followed by messages and replies from renowned experts in the martial world, she personally reviewed each one and carefully crafted replies. They understood why Shadow was working so hard! It was for the Xifeng Tower! To save it, Shadow was fighting desperately! There was no time left for her not to exert every effort—its main hall in the capital had been destroyed, its location kept changing, while branch halls across the country were being destroyed one after another. Now, out of over 300 branch halls, less than 200 remained, each in grave danger. It could be said that the Xifeng Tower was like an egg in a storm, ready to shatter at the slightest mistake! Only Shadow realized that her time was truly running out… To contact and unite as many people as possible, she used all her rest time, refusing even her assistants and confidants to interfere, handling every message personally. In a corner of the tavern, Emperor sat motionless for half a day, staring at Shadow. Seeing the large number of homing pigeons and piles of notes in the tavern, he several times wished to go over and shatter them all with a sword. But every time he saw the hope light up in Shadow’s eyes when she found important messages, he held back. Just then… Whoosh! Amid the sound of flapping wings, a homing pigeon descended from the sky. Emperor felt nauseous at the sight of it, but only a few people usually sent him messages via homing pigeon, and they generally wouldn’t contact him unless it was urgent. He quickly took the pigeon and unfolded the note. Upon seeing it, he instinctively gripped the black sword at the table. This action immediately caught the attention of many in the tavern. Taking a deep breath, Emperor regained his composure. Under the astonished gazes of all the Xifeng Tower disciples in the tavern, he picked up his sword, stood up quietly, and said, “I’m going out for some air.” As he passed by Shadow’s table, she frowned and suddenly caught one of the newly arrived pigeons accurately. After unfolding it, a voice came from behind Emperor: “Master Wu, take the Xifeng Squad and go get some air with Emperor.”

Upon hearing these words at the entrance of the restaurant, Yi Di paused slightly, stopping for half a second before reluctantly continuing on his way.
Wu Kuo quickly realized that what Yi Di meant by “taking a breath” was likely that he was about to take action.
“Go!”
At that command, the sound of swords being drawn rang out continuously, and one-third of the hundreds of seats in the restaurant were soon vacated.
…
A group of top experts from Xi Feng Lou followed Yi Di out of the restaurant, immediately drawing the attention of many people from Yi Pin Tang and the streets.
Several homing pigeons took off into the sky!
“Where are they going?”
“I don’t know!”
“Yi Di is leading them personally—there must be some action. Let’s follow them.”
“Huh?”
“It seems they’re heading toward Xi Feng Lou’s main headquarters…”
“Weren’t those ruins already? Why go there?”
“I’m not sure…” “Wait, it seems there are still some brothers stationed there… I’ll send a message to the sect leader right away.”
The capital, which had already begun to calm down, was once again stirred by a small disturbance.
…
Yi Pin Tang’s main headquarters was built on the original site!
As the situation in the capital gradually stabilized and the surrounding cities came under control, Meng Yun and other high-ranking members of Yi Pin Tang urgently discussed their next plans in the newly established headquarters hall.
“…Once Xi Feng Lou is destroyed, there will be no force in the Central Plains capable of fighting us. However, I suggest continuing to focus on dealing with the remnants of Xi Feng Lou to prevent the same incidents from happening again as a year and a half ago.”
“Exactly.”
“And the resources… With over a hundred gangs destroyed across the region, shouldn’t we use the freed-up resources to recruit more players for living professions and expand our branch headquarters to five hundred?”
While listening to the discussions among Yi Pin Tang’s high-ranking members, the Evil Emperor wasn’t very interested—until Yan Lang suddenly whispered something in his ear, which immediately caught his attention…
“He’s online.”
“Where is he now?”
“The Prophet says… Happy seems to be heading toward the ruins of Xi Feng Lou’s main headquarters…”
“What’s he doing there?”
The Evil Emperor frowned slightly.
In the entire Central Plains, there were only two people who could capture his attention: Yi Di and Happy. But since Yi Di appeared in the Central Plains, he hadn’t shown up in front of the Evil Emperor. The latter guessed that Yi Di might have realized the gap between them after their fight with Happy, and thus hadn’t come to challenge him—after all, the Central Plains was already very fragile, and Yi Di’s defeat would undoubtedly crush its already weak morale.
Yan Lang shook his head:
“We still don’t know for sure.”

Before he could finish speaking, Meng Yun beside him crumpled the note in his hand and turned to face him: “If I’m not mistaken, he went to the ruins of Xifeng Tower to save someone.”