Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 1364: Chapter 424: Jiu Provinces Zhongyuan Order

The wind whistles and the rain drizzles, Lord Zitang leaves and does not return.

Thus, Master Wuya of Lonely Moon Sea became the most unfortunate Sect Leader in history.

Zitang Su "ran away from home."

Before he left, he took the Three Realms Eagle and stuffed the Shishen Refining Demon Cauldron into Ye Lingyue’s Life Qiankun Bag.

By dawn, Zitang Su was already standing at the Ancient Pass.

In front of him were nine city gates worn smooth by the sands of time.

Anyone entering the Ancient Nine Provinces needs to pass through Newbie City before they can reach other cities in the Ancient Nine Provinces.

The place Zitang Su needed to go was the location mentioned in the letter from Ye Lingyue regarding the Jiu Provinces Hunting.

The letter in the Ancient Nine Provinces is different from the modern ones.

It has no postmark or address.

Yet Zitang Su still had a way to find Ye Lingyue.

Though usually taciturn and expressionless, Zitang Su was highly intelligent, and in his mind, he had mapped out a clear route to Xuanwu City.

"Pass Order."

The guards at the Ancient Pass stopped Zitang Su.

Everyone traveling from the Jiu Provinces to the Ancient Nine Provinces needs a Sect’s Pass Order to enter Newbie City in the Ancient Nine Provinces.

The man before them had silver-gray hair, yet a ridiculously youthful face, so the guards naturally assumed he was a newcomer from some sect going out for training.

Zitang Su’s lips pressed into a straight line; aside from his own disciples, Zitang Su’s principle was to act rather than speak.

He continued moving forward, as if the city guards were mere air.

"How audacious, breaching without a Pass Order."

The guards had seen such reckless intrusions before and they raised their spiritual artifacts, intending to tear the ignorant newcomer into pieces.

But in that moment, the flash gleamed, and the guards’ spiritual artifacts instantly turned to dust.

A chill rose from the guards’ feet; they stared at each other, watching helplessly as the newcomer floated past.

At this point, the Three Realms Eagle following Zitang Su landed in front of the guards, waving a Token right before their eyes.

The Three Realms Eagle mourned for these oblivious guards; a bunch of mindless fools.

Simple Earth-grade Spiritual Artifacts dared to flaunt in front of his master’s Black Fire; ordinary artifacts couldn’t withstand the intimidation of Black Fire and self-destruct.

However, speaking of which, his master’s memory was really getting worse.

He seemed to have completely forgotten that years ago, he casually gifted the Pass Order to the Eagle as a necklace.

The Three Realms Eagle shook his head, following his master toward the Transmission Array.

Upon seeing that Token, the guards were struck as if electrocuted, their faces turning pale.

"Is that the Jiu Provinces Token?"

In the Ancient Nine Provinces, the supreme authority undoubtedly belonged to the Jiu Provinces Alliance. Including the Alliance Hierarch, there were elders from all nine continents—members of the Elder Council each possessing a Token.

There are nine Jiu Provinces Tokens in total.

A Jiu Provinces Token signifies that the bearer can traverse any region in the Ancient Nine Provinces unfettered.

Could it be that the young man was an elder of the Jiu Provinces Alliance?

But he seemed too young!

By the time the guards came to their senses, Zitang Su and the Three Realms Eagle had vanished.

"Hey, that really was the Jiu Provinces Token, but why did I see four characters on the Token?"

One of the guards rubbed his eyes, dazedly staring at the spiritual artifact turned to powder in his hand.

They were merely guards at the Ancient Pass; they had only heard of the Jiu Provinces Token’s appearance but had never seen it in person.

Typically, the Jiu Provinces Token would have inscriptions like "Jiu Provinces. Qing" representing different continents, yet the young man earlier—the beast pet’s wings clearly had the Token inscribed with "Jiu Provinces. Central Plains."

Is "Jiu Provinces. Central Plains" really a Jiu Provinces Token?

The guards were puzzled but dared not report this up the chain.

If he truly was an elder of the Jiu Provinces Alliance, offending an elder was an offense punishable by death.

In fact, these Ancient Pass guards were truly ignorant.

The Jiu Provinces Tokens issued by the Jiu Provinces Alliance were more than nine; in contrast, there were ten Tokens issued by the Jiu Provinces Alliance.

And the most mysterious and significant Jiu Provinces. Zhongyuan Token was not only issued by the Jiu Provinces Alliance.

It was also jointly issued by the Demon Clan of the Central Plains and the Jiu Provinces Alliance—there is only one Jiu Provinces. Zhongyuan Token in the entire Ancient Nine Provinces.

This Token not only signifies a unique status within the Jiu Provinces Alliance but also symbolizes the Central Plains Demon Clan’s compromise; the holder of the Jiu Provinces Central Plains Token can even enter and exit the Central Plains freely.

Yet not long after it was issued, it vanished.

No one would have thought it had become a beast pet’s necklace.

Shortly after Zitang Su received the letter and left Qing Province, a letter also reached Lan Cai’er in Xia Capital.

By the time the letter reached Lan Cai’er, three days had passed.

"Jiunian went to the Demon World on his own?"

Lan Cai’er put down the letter, her face full of worry.

In the days since Jiunian left, she was distracted, couldn’t eat or sleep, her entire being restless.

She feared Jiunian would suffer in the Ancient Nine Provinces, and feared he would be bullied, until she received this letter from Ye Lingyue.

Ye Lingyue’s letter stated that Little Jiunian went to the Demon World on his own and seemed to be searching for his father.

Seeing this, Lan Cai’er fell silent.

For the first time she realized, in her son’s heart, his father held great importance.

He never mentioned it but only refrained to avoid upsetting her.

She naively thought Little Jiunian was too young to understand, planning to tell him about Yan Jiu when he grew older.

Perhaps Little Jiunian had long started questioning his origins, or heard rumors outside.

She should have told Jiunian about his father earlier.

She wanted to tell him how much Yan Jiu was looking forward to his birth...but alas, it’s all too late now.

Maybe just as Ling Yue mentioned in the letter, the Demon Blood in Little Jiunian guides him to choose a different path.

As his mother, she cannot just sit idly anymore.

Thinking of this, Lan Cai’er’s eyes cleared.

"Cai’er, don’t worry, Ling Yue and Bo Qing will definitely find Little Jiunian. Though young, he is a very self-determined child."

Dao Ge softly comforted Lan Cai’er.

When Little Jiunian went missing, he too was anxious. With Yan Jiu gone these years, he held complex feelings as a guardian for Lan Cai’er and her child with Yan Jiu.

He had struggled before, but watching Little Jiunian grow day by day, he gradually grew fond of the child.

Should there be a way to the Ancient Nine Provinces, he would do anything to rush there.

Even knowing that when he reached the Ancient Nine Provinces, he might witness Lan Cai’er, Yan Jiu, and their child reunite as a family.

Yet he would not let this mother and son who have suffered so much face any further hardship.

Lan Cai’er set down the letter, and her eyes changed slightly.