"Master."

"Master?"

A few days later.

Sakura Shogunate, near Mizusawa County, nameless valley.

Li Guanqi approached this colorful valley full of soul flowers, but he seemed a little confused.

Because logically speaking, Wang Xiu should have come out as soon as he entered this valley, but what about people now?

I didn't even feel the other person's breath at all.

"Master?"

"division……"

The words stopped abruptly.

Li Guanqi stood in the middle of a sea of ​​colorful flowers, his pupils shrinking suddenly.

In the depths of the sea of ​​flowers, next to the huge stone with the seventh-level wind and thunder sword stuck in it, stood a rough stone tablet with four simple characters engraved on it.

——Wang Xiu’s Tomb.

"How...how is it possible..."

Li Guanqi's expression changed dramatically, and he crossed a hundred meters in an instant, rushed directly to the tombstone, knelt down on one knee, and carefully checked the signs around the tombstone.

Judging from the digging of the soil and the handwriting on the tombstone, it seems that the tombstone was erected about three months ago.

In other words, the master died 2 months after he left the Nameless Valley?

Who erected the monument for him?!

"boom!"

Suddenly, the sky seemed to be torn apart by some existence, and a space crack filled with twisted and colorful brilliance appeared.

Li Guanqi quickly turned around and looked up, his eyes full of disbelief.

I saw an expressionless woman in a gold dress slowly walking out of the crack in space.

She wore an extremely luxurious gilt dress, had long golden hair that seemed to be brighter than the sun, and equally bright golden eyes.

Her flawless face exuded an indescribable coldness, and her deep facial features with European characteristics highlighted her aloof and superior temperament.

[Nine Palace Level Demon Hunter Knight—Projection]

"..."

Li Guanqi looked at her, his face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Nine palaces!

Demon Hunter Knight!

Only Tulip's different-blooded humans are called demon hunters or demon hunting knights.

But...projection?

Isn’t it the real person?

"Um……"

The space cracks above the sky slowly closed.

The noble-looking woman in the gold skirt lowered her eyes and cast her gaze on Li Guanqi.

"See Her Majesty the Queen!"

Li Guanqi faced the woman in the gold skirt, bowed his head in salute - bent down, clenched his right hand into a fist, and placed it on his left chest.

"You recognize me?"

The beautiful queen wearing a gilt dress stepped out step by step, like stepping on invisible stairs, and came to the sea of ​​colorful flowers. She stood in front of Wang Xiu's tombstone, looking down at the inscription with an expressionless face.

"The honor of Her Majesty the Queen spreads throughout the mountains and rivers of the world."

Li Guanqi lowered his head and said.

This is not a lie.

The Queen of the Tulip Empire is of course a popular figure. When various travel notes mention the Tulip Empire, they will include a beautiful portrait of her, which can add color to the entire article.

This woman is the contemporary queen of the Tulip Empire—Isabel!

That is, the Nine Palace Queen who was rejected by Wang Xiu but still gave birth to a son for Wang Xiu.

And this also explains why the other party did not come in person, but came as a projection in a special way.

After all, as the empress of the Tulip Empire, she has a special status and cannot physically enter the borders of another country.

But this also made Li Guanqi breathe a sigh of relief.

Because this queen is coming as a projection.

And the projection cannot carry a spiritual instrument. In this case, it is absolutely impossible to see that he has any magic skills.

There is absolutely no way to hide your martial arts cultivation.

After all, he appeared in this valley and called Wang Xiu master, which is obviously Wang Xiu's disciple.

And it is impossible for Wang Xiu to accept a pure magician as his apprentice.

"So you are Li Guanqi, his apprentice, then...has he ever mentioned me to you?"

Queen Tulip looked down at Wang Xiu's tombstone, her red lips slightly opened, and her voice was cold.

Although she is the master of the Western Empire, she speaks fluent Oriental at this time.

"..."

Li Guanqi hesitated a little, but finally said bravely: "I think I shouldn't lie like this in front of you, so... Master never talks about your affairs. If I mention it occasionally, he will get it."

Ignore it, or make it clear that you don’t want to discuss it.”

"Son of a bitch."

Isabel raised her head, closed her eyes, and murmured softly.

The bright sunshine shone on her extremely fair face, and her wing-like eyelashes were clearly defined, adding even more color to this most beautiful woman's blond hair.

Li Guanqi lowered his head and did not dare to look.

Even if the real person of this stunning queen is more beautiful than the portrait, even the adjective "beautiful as a 30,000-meter sea of ​​flowers" seems inadequate to describe her.

But this woman is no gentle tulip.

The top expert at the Nine Palaces level can be called a poisonous rose with sharp thorns that can sting a person to death.

Li Guanqi is not his master Wang Xiu, so how dare he gasp in front of this woman.

"Her Majesty the Queen."

After a while, Li Guanqi still couldn't help the worry and anxiety in his heart. He raised his head and looked at the Tulip Queen carefully, "Excuse me, what is the situation with this tombstone? My master..."

"I erected the tombstone."

Isabel, the beautiful blonde queen, turned her head slightly and looked at the sky in the distance. Her golden eyes looked a little erratic.

"He is dead."

…

…

——2 months ago.

"Why are you here?"

Nameless valley, deep in the sea of ​​flowers.

The burly old man in gray singlet frowned slightly, turned around and looked at the queen in the golden skirt a hundred meters away.

"How would I know you were going to die if I didn't come?"

Isabel looked at the man who had once fascinated her so much and fell in love with her with complicated eyes, "Why are you so stupid? Why did it take so long... If you had sent me the message right away from the beginning, you wouldn't have had to

Damn it, but if you wait for so long, the damage to the foundation of your soul is irreversible, why?!"

"I'm not a free-spirited pretty boy!"

Wang Xiu waved his hand in displeasure, turned around, and turned his back to the beautiful queen, "Ganggun, I only have so many years left to live, so don't disturb my purity!"

"..."

Isabel pursed her lips, biting her red lips lightly, and there were tears faintly appearing in her beautiful golden eyes that fascinated countless men.

She didn't say anything in the end, she just raised her hand to wipe the tears from her eyes, then turned and left, walking to the outskirts of the valley.

The tulip queen walked out of the valley, then took out a folded piece of paper from her space necklace and threw it into the haystack nearby.

"Wang Xiu!"
To be continued...