Ning Chen said, "Little Xixi, have your people go all out to find the Earthly Yin Pendant... We have to get our hands on it before Kang Baobao does."

In the old days, if someone had told him some object had the power to turn the world upside down, he'd have scoffed.

But he had crossed over himself. The stranger and more fantastic something sounded, the readier he was to half believe it.

If the Heavenly Yang and Earthly Yin Pendants really could twist time and space, could they send Kang Baobao back, and then bring her here again?

If they brought back some devastating modern weapon, it would be a catastrophe for this world.

Whether Kang Baobao simply wanted to go home or meant to do something else, he wasn't going to let them have their way.

Xiao Yanxi gave a small nod. "All right. I'll have people go all out to track it down!"

Ning Chen said, "Also, send word to Prince Wu to pin Kang Baobao down whatever it costs. Ye Xingjue may be in Bianzhou too... He can use any means he likes, as long as neither of them lives."

Xiao Yanxi smiled faintly. "Don't you have anything to say to Tantai Qingyue?"

Ning Chen thought about it. "Wish her good health and a hearty appetite!"

Xiao Yanxi rolled her eyes. "That's way too half-hearted."

Ning Chen laughed. "That's the most sincere blessing there is."

Xiao Yanxi let it drop and changed the subject. "Oh, right. Gaoli's talks with Nanyue have failed.

Gaoli's Third Prince brought thirty thousand troops, and only ten thousand made it home alive.

Kang Luo lost over ten thousand men too."

Ning Chen's mouth fell open, and his face lit up. "What happened? Gaoli was the one suing for peace. Even if the talks fell through, there shouldn't have been any fighting."

Xiao Yanxi gave a soft laugh. "Because during the talks, Gaoli poisoned several of Kang Luo's trusted officers and then tried to surround and kill him.

But Kang Luo really is something. Every guard he took in with him died,…