Volume One, Chapter 30: Intoxication and Awakening

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“Damn!”

“Dongzi, it isn’t that I really want to curse you, brother, but you truly are asking for it, don’t you think?”

“As for that woman, I have only one thing to say: a leopard never changes its spots!”

“Of course, you’re not much better. You never learn.”

Looking at A Long’s furious expression, I felt that he might slap me twice the very next second.

But even if he really hit me, I would not harbor the slightest resentment, because I currently needed his help.

Just now, I had told him that A Qing had come to see me, explained what I had learned, and shared my thoughts with him.

Although I kept reminding myself that A Qing was not worth it, in the end I still found it difficult to let go completely. And besides, to stand by and watch...

The lean man offered an explanation, but this time he did not deny Lin Liang’s earlier speculation.

For the rest of the evening, Sun Hao used Chen Xu as an excuse to deliberately ingratiate himself with Liu Tianfeng. By the time they had nearly finished drinking, the two of them were even walking with their arms around each other’s shoulders, looking every bit like sworn brothers.

The Flowing Cloud Sect had a rule regarding these challenges: unless the master of a particular place of cultivation was in seclusion, he had to accept every challenge. After each challenge, he was allowed seven days of rest. Once those seven days ended, he would again be open to challengers.

Han Ke no longer paid any attention to Su Wenwen, nor did he look at her expression. He merely grinned and started the car.

The fat man himself realized that the donkey could not bear being ridden any longer. He swung himself down, took the whip, and began shouting from behind to drive it onward.

“Marks left at the very top of the Ice Pillar!” Xintian automatically ignored the Ice Clan Heavenly Lord’s final remark and raised his head to carefully examine the Ice Pillar before him.

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More than forty million perfect puppets above the Qi Sea realm—and that did not even include the perfect puppet-mutants and the like on Earth. The number was simply far too enormous.

At the second watch of the night, Nan Feng returned to his room and lay down to rest as usual. No one noticed anything unusual about him.

As for the human cultivators who had been rescued, they had long since been moved out of Great Wilderness City and scattered throughout the most remote corners of the vast Great Wilderness Star.

Chen Xu did not want to stay there, but Sun Yanjie had requested it, so he had no choice but to sit on the sofa and chat with them. He answered the questions everyone asked as simply as possible.

Yet cultivators sought nothing more than a heart free of burdens. In everything they did, they naturally followed their true nature, regardless of whether the result was right or wrong.

This was the stratagem Chen Gong had offered Lü Bu during the battle for Xiapi City. Unfortunately, Lü Bu was too preoccupied with beautiful women to heed his advice.

“All right. I’ll be right in. Goodbye.”

I hung up the phone, my heart beginning to pound uneasily. Bracing myself, I entered the general manager’s office and stood before his desk.

According to the information the other party later revealed, the famous mountains and great rivers into which the witches transformed after death not only had the ability to shelter spirits, but once enough ghosts gathered within them, the immense concentration of spiritual force would create, beyond ordinary reality, a subspace dependent upon the mountain itself. They called it the Netherworld.

Liu Xiangyin’s heart was filled with hatred for Dai Xiao. She had disliked Dai Xiao even before, and after the incident involving the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Dai Xiao had stolen her credit, making Liu Xiangyin hate her even more.

Because the properties of the two bloodlines were completely different, yet both possessed tremendous resilience and vitality, the conflict between their powers after being consumed together had a certain chance of reaching a precarious balance within the fragile human body, rather than overwhelming it and causing instant death.

Judging from its surface alone, this stone, which had weighed only a few ounces moments earlier, was already dazzling enough to blind everyone present.

“Mr. Qian, sorry to keep you waiting. Let’s go in.”

Fu Bin extended his hand in invitation, and we entered the café.

Immediately afterward, Fang Lang was enveloped in a faint holy radiance. Every root that came into contact with it turned into black ash and scattered into the air.

“Moo!”

The Black Bull King let out an enraged roar, raised its hoof, and brought it down toward Ling Fengchen.

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In the eyes of the disciples of Red Snake Manor, who stood some distance away, that pale golden fist struck Qiu Sihai. His body exploded with a thunderous bang, transforming into a cloud of blood mist.

But no matter how frantically he dodged, the flying knives’ assault did not weaken in the slightest. They continued pursuing Tang Feng as before, leaving him utterly astonished. It was almost as if ghosts or gods were controlling the knives and using them to kill. Otherwise, why would they pursue Tang Feng alone no matter how often he changed positions, while never chasing him?

Within a few days, both the prefect of Quanzhou and the military prefect had been replaced. Wei Liaoweng was transferred to Fuzhou, while the former prefect and his staff from Fuzhou were transferred to Quanzhou. Liren’s intelligence network reported the matter to him at the earliest opportunity.

“It just doesn’t have any flavor!”

Long Zhong complained in dissatisfaction. His elder brother had finally come for a visit, yet they could not even prepare a decent meal. Wasn’t that terribly embarrassing?

Ye Luo’s words left Feng Zhongguo so happy that he nearly fainted. He truly wanted to seize Ye Luo and give him a fierce kiss.

“I don’t care what it’s worth. You have ten seconds to drive it away. Otherwise, I’ll smash it.”

Ye Bai wiped his nose and spoke.

“Time is of the essence. Please have Elder Hu and Master Hua come in. Shall we begin?”

Smiling, Han Xiao no longer dared delay. After giving Zhizhi a brief embrace, he immediately spoke.

Liren was now in an army camp on land, while everything at sea had long since been entrusted to Li Hai. As more than a dozen officials were escorted into the central command tent, he glanced at Marshal Li Dayuan, who was still pretending to be foolish, and chuckled.

“Your Majesty, I have learned that the Empress Dowager has not only two nephews from her own family, but also an adoptive father who has always kept a low profile. She guards all information concerning this adoptive father extremely closely and has never acknowledged him.”

Shi Miyuan slightly raised his head and observed Zhao Yun’s expression.

Li Tiezhu did not answer Li Fan directly. Instead, he asked Li Fan a question of his own.

“We’re alive. I don’t know why, but those mud-built tribesmen suddenly stopped moving, and we managed to escape with our lives.”

Wang Ming’s sudden words startled Chen Ziyang, who hurriedly replied.