Chapter One Hundred Thirteen: The Intriguing Young Lady

After the kidnapping incident had finally blown over, she at last found an opportunity to visit the studio. Julie had accumulated quite a backlog of orders while running the place.

“Look who finally decided to show up. We’ve nearly worked ourselves to death waiting for you. That girl even claimed to be your fan, but after working for just two days, she immediately jumped ship and ran off. I honestly don’t know what I was thinking when I first took her on.”

Now that Miss Mi had finally cleared the game, her greatest interest was in building her studio into something respectable. The brand might not be a famous one, but at least it could be developed gradually.

“Heh-heh. Even if they know it’s a trap, plenty of people will still go, won’t they? Is that his purpose? To use such despicable methods to make them eliminate part of their own ranks…”

After a brief silence, Crouch continued explaining the rules of the competition. “The first task—the retrieval of the dragon’s golden egg—will take place on November twenty-fourth. It must be completed in full view of the other students and the panel of judges.”

“Heh-heh… Meina, are you saying that you like me?” Ji Qingcheng asked Ji Meina with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

A moment later, seeing that Dou Wei was still staring at him with an inscrutable smile, Cao Xinkuo finally shouted furiously.

As Dongfang Yunyang threw three ninja stars, Kinoshita Rokuzo and Yamada Saori did not hesitate in the slightest. They moved at once, turning and darting back the way they had come. The gesture Dongfang Yunyang had just given them meant retreat.

“Then we owe you an even greater debt, Mr. Liang. You truly are our guardian angel! But we absolutely cannot accept the money this time. The fault lies with me. I mistakenly thought they could not afford to pay, so I struck them,” the proprietress said. She seemed genuinely aware of how rash she had been.

Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas looked extremely excited as they beckoned them over.

She appeared to be only twelve or thirteen years old. She wore a silver-red padded jacket, a green satin vest with embroidered edging, and beneath it, a finely pleated white silk skirt.

The Emperor was overjoyed. On the spot, he rewarded Grand Commandant Qu with fifty taels of gold. He had restored the dignity of the Tianzhang Kingdom and preserved the honor of the Celestial Empire. The crowd erupted in cheers, and the entire court was thrown into a frenzy. The Emperor even intended to proclaim the news throughout the realm, so that people everywhere could celebrate.

Yang Hua was delighted as well. He hurriedly stowed away the black wood in his hand, then led the way toward the exit.

“I’ll give it a try!” Prometheus declared. He slammed a fist viciously into the “Zero Base,” and it shattered at once. Yet in a matter of seconds, the ruined Zero Base had restored itself completely.

Xing Zhiqiang wavered inwardly. Lu Youcai stared at him intently. After a long deliberation, the temptation of five thousand taels of silver finally won out.

Yan Beifei seemed very familiar with the place. He led Nangong Chu and Ye Feng straight inside, turned through a corridor, and arrived before the door of an emergency room. Without even knocking, he opened the door and walked in.

“I’ve already sent Dongsheng to my room to bring over the bedding. He can sleep on the sofa in the outer room for one night. That way, we can look after him if anything happens,” Sheng Yuanhang said.

Seeing that the tactic of using human shields was effective, the soldiers of the Western Army grew even more confident. They continued forward until they were barely a dozen paces from the Shang family army’s defensive position, then discarded their human shields, raised their swords and spears, and charged forward with wild cries.

He retreated another five or six meters, drawing close to the place where Darrie and the others were hiding. Another dull impact rang out. Hagrid took a brutal blow to the chest, and his two-hundred-pound body was sent flying, crashing into the heap of rocks behind him.

All the venomous lizard’s power suddenly surged into his left arm, reshaping it along the path the current had taken moments before.

Night had fallen deep when Li Dong crept to the door of Jibuchuhe’s room. He had just raised his hand to knock when a sorrowful song drifted out from within.

Once night had fully settled, Bori Tiecina heard, besides the wind, a rustling sound all around his camp.

Index hugged herself with both arms and watched Mizuma Tsuki warily. Clearly, she had not yet come to trust someone she had only just met.