Inside the Seat of Divine Foresight, Jing Yuan was currently chatting with Welt.
"General, I wonder, in all the Amber Ages the Xianzhou Alliance has been sailing through the galaxy, have you ever come into contact with a planet called Earth?"
"Earth?"
Jing Yuan pondered for a moment, not replying immediately. Instead, he searched on the Luofu's terminal before shaking his head with regret.
"My apologies, Welt. In the navigational records of the major Xianzhou ships of the Alliance, there is no record of any planet related to Earth. Is there something wrong with this planet?"
"It's nothing... it's my home planet, but I've lost its coordinates now."
Welt sighed with some regret. He had thought that with the vast reach of the Xianzhou Alliance, they might have encountered Earth, but he never expected that even they hadn't.
"I see... I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help." Hearing that Earth was Welt's home planet, Jing Yuan couldn't help but show a hint of apology on his face.
Welt quickly put on a smile. "It's alright, General."
Jing Yuan was now also getting curious about Welt's homeland, and at the same time, a little confused. Why would Welt lose the coordinates of his own home planet? Could it be that he didn't encounter the Astral Express on Earth?
"Mr. Welt, how did you end up joining the Astral Express? And why did you lose Earth's coordinates? If it's inconvenient to say, just pretend I never asked."
"It's not inconvenient at all."
A hint of reminiscence appeared on Welt's face. "At that time, I had left Earth with another companion and coincidentally came across the Astral Express..."
Just as Welt was telling Jing Yuan about his past, a sound of footsteps came from outside the office, followed by a knock on the door.
Welt had to stop his story, looking towards the office door in confusion.
Jing Yuan called out loudly towards the door, "Come in."
The office door was pushed open. Fu Zhu walked in, carrying Jingliu on his shoulder, while March 7th dragged Luocha in behind them.
"Oi! Jing Yuan, you want this merit or not?"
"Merit? These two are..."
Jing Yuan looked in confusion at the two people brought back by Fu Zhu and March 7th. His gaze swept past Luocha's face and then settled on the woman being carried by Fu Zhu.
Because her back was to him, Jing Yuan couldn't see her face, but her clothes seemed strangely familiar. The next moment, he remembered something, and his expression changed instantly.
As for Welt beside him, he glanced at Jingliu, then his eyes fell upon Luocha, who was tied up with the Lead by March 7th. When he saw Luocha's face, which was filled with embarrassment, his pupils contracted, and his right hand began to tremble uncontrollably.
Fu Zhu and March 7th, who were originally all smiles and ready to claim their reward, saw the sudden change in Welt's and Jing Yuan's expressions, as if they had seen something terrifying.
The two couldn't help but look at each other, seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
March 7th couldn't help but lean closer to Fu Zhu and whisper, "Fu Zhu, why do I feel like General Jing Yuan's and Uncle Yang's expressions are a bit weird?"
"More than a bit. There's definitely something fishy going on here!"
Standing around and guessing wasn't Fu Zhu's style. Since he had noticed the abnormality in Jing Yuan and Welt, he simply put down the Jingliu he was carrying on his shoulder and looked up to ask Jing Yuan.
"Jing Yuan, you know her?"
Previously, he wasn't completely sure just from her clothes, but now that he saw Jingliu's face, Jing Yuan was certain. The person captured by Fu Zhu was indeed the Luofu's former Sword Champion, his master, Jingliu.
Jing Yuan's expression was a bit complicated as he nodded and sighed.
"I won't hide it from you two. She is the former Sword Champion of the Luofu, and also the person who taught me my martial arts, Jingliu."
Fu Zhu and March 7th were stunned for a moment, then their eyes widened in disbelief. The former exclaimed in surprise.
"What? Your master? Doesn't that mean my seniority just dropped a level for no reason?"
He and Jing Yuan were both Yanqing's masters. But Jingliu was Jing Yuan's master. Rounding it all up, his own seniority was a level lower than Jingliu's?!
The moment he thought about his seniority being lower than Jingliu's, Fu Zhu couldn't help but pinch his chin and mutter, "Things have come to this... it seems the only option is to expel Yanqing from my tutelage."
March 7th, who was still shocked that she and Fu Zhu had actually captured Jing Yuan's master, heard Fu Zhu's muttering and slapped him irritably.
"Is this really the time to be talking about that! Yanqing would be heartbroken!"
Jing Yuan gave a dry laugh before asking Fu Zhu, "Can you tell me what happened here?"
Fu Zhu nodded and recounted the story of how Jingliu and Luocha teamed up to rob him of his Stellaron to Jing Yuan and Welt.
"I have to say, she's worthy of being your master. She was really tough to deal with. To subdue her, I had no choice but to cure her Mara-Struck state and then capture her when I had the chance."
As soon as he said this, both Jing Yuan and Luocha stared at Fu Zhu in astonishment. The latter was even more shocked, saying, "You... to capture her, you cured her Mara-Struck state?! Wait a minute, the Mara-Struck state can be cured??"
Fu Zhu rolled his eyes at him. "Don't make such a big fuss. It's just the Mara-Struck state, not some terminal illness."
The Mara-Struck state... just?
Luocha's eye twitched violently. As a physician who had traveled with Jingliu for a very long time, he was naturally well aware of just how difficult the Mara-Struck condition, which stemmed from the blessing of [Abundance], was to treat.
At least, before Fu Zhu, he had never heard of anyone curing the affliction known as the Mara-Struck state.
Jing Yuan now asked Fu Zhu with some urgency, "Young friend Fu Zhu, did you really cure the Mara-Struck state on Jingliu?!"
"Of course. Why would I lie to you."
However, Fu Zhu glanced at the quietly lying Jingliu on the floor and added.
"But, it's only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. She still possesses the blessing of [Abundance]. As long as that constitution remains, just as she fell into the Mara-Struck state before, she will fall into it again for the same reason in the future."
There was nothing Fu Zhu could do about this either. It was just like how a Zombie Villager, after being cured back into a villager, could still be infected by a zombie and become a Zombie Villager again. As long as the blessing [Abundance] bestowed upon the people of the Xianzhou existed, there was no possibility of completely eradicating the Mara-Struck state.
After hearing Fu Zhu's words, although Jing Yuan was a little disappointed, he was already very satisfied.
"To be able to pull her back from the Mara-Struck state is already quite remarkable."
Fu Zhu grunted in agreement, then turned his gaze towards Welt. From the very beginning, Welt had been staring intently at Luocha, making it hard not to notice.
"Uncle Yang, do you know him?"