The Almighty Dragon General

Chapter 2136
Right now, in order to save the empire and her family, she needed James to return with her. “S-Sir.” Laelia could not bear to wait
any longer and had to speak up.
Her voice shook James from his thoughts. He opened his eyes slightly to look at Laelia and asked quietly, “What’s the matter,
Your Highness?”
There was a hint of pleading in Laelia’s slightly awkward face. She said, “When I escaped from the capital, the capital was
already surrounded by Dark Keep’s cultivators. It has been three days since then. 1-I’m worried that the capital has met with
misfortune.”
“So, you want to hurry back immediately?” James glanced at Laelia.
He could see that Laelia was very anxious, however he was also calculating. Could he use Laelia’s anxiety and worry to make
another deal with her and trick her into giving him the Burial Jade?
Laelia was unaware of the Burial Jade’s history, but he knew about it. It was something that even the creator of the Celestial
Abode had laboriously sought after.
“Yes.” Without regard for her appearance, Laelia immediately knelt on the ground. With a pleading look on her pretty face, she
said, “Sir, please set out for Tabal’s capital right away and save the Targwyn family. If you can actually save my family, the
Targwyn family will definitely repay you.”
The more worried and anxious Laelia became, the more indifferent James acted.
He wanted the Burial Jade. However, he could not be too obvious about it.
James wanted Laelia to take out the Burial Jade and give it to him voluntarily.
“Your Highness, it’s been three days. If anything were to happen to the Targwyn family, it would have happened already.”
“But...” Laelia was extremely anxious.
James interrupted her with a small wave. He said, “Don’t worry. It’ll be alright. We’ll leave at dawn.”
Laelia let out a sigh of resignation.

James continued to rest with his eyes closed. He was secretly disappointed as well.
Why did Laelia not give him the Burial Jade and beg him to leave immediately?
Regardless, Laelia stopped asking after that, so he said nothing. He could not show his greed for the Burial Jade.
In the dead of night, the breeze blew in the forest, making the branches rustle.
James was sitting on the ground in the lotus position, absorbing Empyrean Spiritual Energy and cultivating.
The Land of Tabal had little Empyrean Spiritual Energy. It was significantly weaker than Earth, which had recovered Spiritual
Energy. No wonder there were not any truly terrifying cultivators.
On the other hand, Laelia was walking around anxiously and kept looking at the sky, hoping for dawn to arrive more quickly.
Seconds and minutes passed.
For Laelia, every second seemed to last forever. She finally got through the night.
As soon as it was daybreak, Laelia eagerly appeared in front of James, who was concentrating on his cultivation, and woke him
up. “Sir, i-it’s dawn. Can we set out now?”
“Is it daybreak yet?”
James stood up and exhaled a mouthful of impurities.
“Mhm, it’s daybreak. Let’s hurry and go,” Laelia said anxiously.
“Okay,” James spoke softly.
“Do you think it would be so easy to leave?”
A voice suddenly rang out.