Chapter 1860 — The Immortal Veteran of the Battlefield

The Woodcutter Sage did not press him to stay, but watched him go. Only when his figure vanished among the ridges of Lanfeng Vale did he draw back his gaze and call out, "Little Black, come out and grind the axe!"

The Black Tiger God hurried forward. "Master, is there really going to be a war? It has been peaceful for billions of years now!"

The Woodcutter Sage swung the great axe, whirling up a fierce wind, and said in a deep voice, "Preparedness averts peril! Grind the axe well—together we shall go seek out old friends!"

His voice was loud and resonant; within him a long-dormant fighting spirit burned again, and his hot blood seethed once more.

"Zhuocha has reincarnated, and Yanyunxi clings to him day and night; we must drag the two of them out for a stroll! And that fellow Dishi Tian—what was he called after reincarnation? Right, Tian Shu went to the Ancestral Court, didn't he? Fetch him here!"

"Do you still know where that fellow Hantang has gone? And that scoundrel Qinghuang! Right, and Hantang's two fish..."

"Master, you've forgotten—Celestial Master Hantang is already dead," the Black Tiger God said cautiously.

The Woodcutter Sage looked blank. "Didn't he reincarnate?"

The Black Tiger God said, "Master, he was beaten into chaos in the Battle of the Heavenly Court; you searched for him for many years. And the Green Emperor, His Lordship has also passed away. Have you forgotten the cenotaphs you built for them here? Last year, when you visited the graves, you even asked whose graves they were..."

The Woodcutter Sage was silent a moment, then said in a muffled voice, "Then we won't go looking for them..."