# 1055
Chapter 1056: Nice to See You Again
"Several decades ago, a man found the entrance to the Kunlun Ruins. After meeting me, he asked me to forge him a standard-issue Straight Blade that would never break."
The Queen Mother of the West recalled, "My Kunlun excels at sword-forging, but we don't craft blades. I originally refused, but the man knelt at the entrance of my Jade Pool for seven days and seven nights. Considering his sincerity and his patriotic ambitions, I agreed to forge blades for him during my spare time between sword-crafting.
From then on, every ten years, I would forge a batch of Starlight Blades and have the Pearl Spirit deliver them outside the Kunlun Ruins. By now, there should be several thousand of them."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye couldn't help but ask:
"Who was that man?"
"His name is Nie Jinshan."
Nie Jinshan...
Lin Qiye murmured the name, feeling it sounded familiar.
Nie Jinshan?! Was that the first Supreme Commander of the Great Xia Night Watch, Nie Jinshan?
During his time at Night Watch headquarters, he had read about the lives of all previous Night Watch Supreme Commanders. This Nie Jinshan was originally the leader of Great Xia's Special Biological Response Team 139. Shortly after the Mist descended, he established the Night Watch based on Team 139.
Early on when the Night Watch was just founded, Commander Nie had already found the Kunlun Ruins and personally met a分身 of the Queen Mother of the West, obtaining the Starlight Blades?
No wonder the Night Watch had always emphasized that no matter the circumstances, the Starlight Blade in their hands was a weapon that could be trusted. Even Commander Ye back then and current Commander Zuo continue to use this blade, and it never broke even in battles against deities...
A blade forged by the Queen Mother of the West's own hands—unless a Supreme God personally intervened, how could it possibly break so easily?
Lin Qiye's heart was filled with admiration and gratitude toward Commander Nie.
It was only at this moment that he truly understood that the portraits of past commanders hanging in the Night Watch headquarters represented far more than just a position. In their respective eras, each of them had shouldered the entire sky of Great Xia.
Lin Qiye's gaze swept across the disheveled Alchemy Hall, and he said with some helplessness:
"Your Majesty, the Immortal Elixir... was taken by them."
"I know," the Queen Mother of the West said calmly. "They cannot take it with them."
She raised her fingertips slightly, and the numerous alchemy cauldrons scattered on the floor of the Alchemy Hall simultaneously lifted into the air, rapidly shuttling through it, returning to their original positions.
In just a moment's time, the Alchemy Hall was restored to its original state.
At this moment, as if noticing something, the Queen Mother of the West furrowed her brow, her gaze falling on a ghostly green alchemy cauldron in the corner of the hall.
She beckoned with her hand, and the cauldron landed in her palm. She gently lifted the lid—the cauldron was empty inside. The Poison Soul Devouring Pill that had been stored within was already gone.
The Queen Mother of the West's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she stared at the empty cauldron, lost in thought.
"Your Majesty, why is the Immortal Elixir's cauldron empty?" After much deliberation in his heart, Lin Qiye still asked this question.
The Queen Mother of the West casually placed the empty ghostly green cauldron back into the air and said indifferently, "The Immortal Elixir left the Jade Pool more than two thousand years ago."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye's heart sank, and a certain speculation in his mind became increasingly clear.
Immortal Elixir, 【Immortality】, two thousand years ago...
The name of this elixir was the same as Jialan's Wangxu, and the timing when the elixir was taken perfectly coincided with when Jialan obtained 【Immortality】.
Coincidence?
"What happened back then?" Lin Qiye probed carefully.
The Queen Mother of the West's brow furrowed slightly. She didn't answer his question, merely rubbing the string of jade beads in her hand. If one looked closely, the spacing of these six jade beads was somewhat odd—two in the middle had a gap, as if one bead was missing.
Lin Qiye knew he had asked something he shouldn't have. He didn't pursue the matter further, instead saying proactively:
"I have something I wish to ask Your Majesty for clarification."
"Speak."
"I have a friend. Her name is Jialan, and now..."
Upon hearing the name Jialan, the Queen Mother of the West's eyes trembled slightly, but her expression didn't change at all. She continued to listen calmly.
Lin Qiye described Jialan's abilities and the predicament she was currently facing, then asked earnestly:
"...So, I want to know if there's a way to wake her prematurely. Your Kunlun Mirror touches upon the power of time and space, perhaps..."
Before Lin Qiye could finish, the Queen Mother of the West shook her head. "The Kunlun Mirror can only capture moments of time and replay them. It cannot动用如此巨量的时间去 accelerate her awakening."
Lin Qiye fell silent.
The Kunlun Mirror couldn't do it either...
"Then may I ask Your Majesty, where should I go to find a way to wake her?"
The Queen Mother of the West let out a long sigh. Those beautiful eyes gazed at Lin Qiye for a moment, then she shook her head slightly, turned, and walked toward the exit of the Alchemy Hall. The hem of her gilded purple-patterned divine robe brushed against the ancient threshold, and the next moment her form vanished without a trace.
In the vast Alchemy Hall, only Lin Qiye stood alone. He was stunned for a long while, confusion flickering in his eyes.
The Queen Mother of the West's reaction was strange to him.
If you know, say you know; if you don't know, say you don't know... She gave him a look without saying a word, then left. What was that about?
Lin Qiye contemplated for a long while but couldn't find an answer. He simply shook his head and flew directly toward the mountain peak where his guest quarters were located.
...
Pamir Plateau.
In the endless wind and snow, a black light bloomed from the void. Loki's figure stumbled out of it, his black robe already soaked with blood.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, glanced back at the emptiness behind him, and a cold smile curved his lips.
"Hehe... I told you, a mere分身 can't kill me... Now that your Gods of Great Xia have mobilized entirely, how many people in Great Xia can stop me?"
He took a deep breath, spread his legs, and walked directly toward the Great Xia border.
He had only taken two steps when in the distant wind and snow, a bright headlight pierced through the falling snow, slowly approaching from afar.
Beep beep beep—!
The moment that familiar horn sounded, a certain unpleasant memory suddenly flashed through Loki's mind, and his body stiffened.
Astonishment appeared on his face.
In the wind and snow, a yellow electric cart roared out!
A young man in a helmet and uniform was carefully driving the electric cart. On the seat behind him sat a figure draped in a dark red cloak, a Straight Blade at the waist.
"Hmm?"
Zuo Qing, sitting in the back seat, raised an eyebrow at the bloodied Loki.
"Is it him?"
"It's him." Lu Wuwei said with certainty. He pulled a ticket from his怀中, and at the bottom of the ticket, under the recipient's name, were two neatly written characters:
—Loki.
Zuo Qing calmly jumped off the vehicle, his right hand resting on the Straight Blade at his waist, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Lu Wuwei made a sudden brake, positioning the electric cart horizontally in front of Loki, then quietly removed his helmet.
"God of Mischief, Loki." Lu Wuwei said coolly. "Nice to see you again."