Chapter 94: Who Exactly Are You?

At this point, Old Li lit his coarse pipe with a series of sharp puffs. He coughed once from the smoke, and the haughty air he once carried was gone at last.

How could Meng Lianqiao not have seen through the scheme?

It was precisely for that reason that Meng Lianqiao had silently agreed to let me come back and help.

Only now, listening to their exchange, did I finally understand: I had been sold out and still counted the money for the very people who betrayed me.

Meng Lianqiao did not...

Suddenly, the falling snow turned upward, the clear pool thawed, and golden light shot straight into the heavens from the water’s surface. Beneath the cold abyss, it seemed that two dragon shadows were entwined, slowly rising as they crossed and shifted.

Wang Bugui knelt before Yun Jinghong and struck his forehead to the ground three times in deep reverence. Seeing his master’s white hair, the weathered face, and the growing lines carved by time, a pang of sorrow rose in his heart.

“I never could before... but now I can,” Thunder said, pausing in the act of taking ingredients from the refrigerator.

As the saying goes, wherever there are people, there is a world of struggle; and wherever there are people, there will surely be justice as well as forces of evil.

The sphere of light continued to expand. Wherever it passed, scattered stones were lifted from the ground and then shattered into dust before they could travel far. When all the brilliance and smoke had finally dispersed, the people saw only a figure standing there, bathed in golden radiance.

The Martial Emperor still could not understand and ordered edicts posted throughout the realm, offering a tremendous reward to anyone who could uncover the truth behind the ant mystery. Tempted by the bounty, a white-haired old scholar came forward to reveal the answer. He was in fact an old steward from the household of Hu Lv Xiaoqing, who had only recently fallen in battle. The old scholar said he knew the secret of the ants, but he sought no reward; he asked only that the Martial Emperor release Hu Lv Xiaoqing’s imprisoned family.

The imperial guards all knew that a member of the Scorpion Needle clan had arrived with a great quantity of supplies, so when they saw me wandering about, they did not stop me. After all, I was a guest of the crown prince.

At last, a flash of radiance burst forth, and Su Dacong vanished from where he stood. If nothing went wrong, he should already have been sent to the Western Realm.

Yet all signs suggested that Jiang Feng was a schemer of deep calculation and formidable cunning, above all gifted in reading people and using them well. Could his sincerity itself be part of the plot? Or did the plot itself conceal a genuine heart?

Wang Bugui gave an awkward laugh. For Mei Qing, beauty was measured entirely against the elegant robes of the East, and those were all lavish garments she herself had worn before. Naturally, there were not many Western brands that could compare.

News that Britain and Russia were about to sign a new accord put Frederick on alert. He was deeply concerned about Russia.

He still had some brains, at least, and did not intend to charge in by himself. Instead, he meant to stir others into becoming the first to step forward.

A lush Bodhi tree, dripping with green, had taken root beside the spiritual spring. Dao-light flowed through it, and its presence was wondrous beyond measure. The leaves were covered in patterns of the Way, exuding a rich and profound aura of Dao charm.

“Walk safely,” Lu Xuan said at the doorway. He did not step outside. After Kishimura Kuma left, he casually closed the door behind him.

In a short time, the ferocious beasts in the primordial wilds had greatly diminished, and there was indeed some sense that the world was recovering its clarity.

“As for whether the Buddha’s words are true...” Huo Taixian smiled. The Conferred God List was a treasure unique in all this world. More importantly, there was only one Conferred God List; even if one tried to imitate it, what was copied would still be nothing more than another Conferred God List.

Those quick of reaction had already retreated within the range of starlight. When the blood-colored shadows rushed in and touched the starlight, thick crimson mist immediately burst forth, and their forms were flung backward in an instant.

Li Shimin paid no heed to anything else. He strode forward and brought down a single knife-hand strike directly on the man’s spine.

Huo Taixian looked at Cang Yun and could not shake the feeling that the other man was not telling the truth, that he was hiding something from him.

Damn it, another spiritual-grade weapon. Its attack ceiling was already above my Ten-Thousand-Stone Bow. Although the attack bonus added by its attributes was ten points lower than my bow’s, the second added attribute made up for it. In any case, this halberd was absolutely a top-tier weapon for knights.

Tian Sheng said nothing. Instead, he stared deeply at the teleportation array, carving the positions of those six white spirit stones into his memory. He decided that once he returned, he would study it carefully with his third senior brother, Tong Xiao, and see whether they could recreate this teleportation array.