Volume 1, Chapter 27: The Fog of Truth
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Who the hell is friend, and who is foe?
Damn it, Liu Ruoxi... how is she?
The thought had barely flashed through his mind when the air behind him trembled faintly.
He spun around!
Sss!
An icicle slammed into the bamboo stalk beside him, and frost exploded across it in an instant.
Several dark figures closed in from the shadows of the bamboo grove.
“Su Haoming.”
The voice was cold and hard, utterly devoid of human warmth.
“Save your strength.”
He did not move, but every muscle in his body tensed to the breaking point.
Moonlight filtered through the grove, illuminating the approaching figures.
Not their faces.
Masks—black, marked with twisted red patterns, sinister and strange.
“Are you from the Cold Moon Alliance? Or sent by the Azure Profound Sect?” His voice was tight and breathless.
The masked leader said nothing...
Lu Mo had gone completely mad. Driven by the frenzied circulation of his soul power, puppet after puppet burst from atop the hundred-zhang battle puppet, exploding one after another.
Before long, the refinement of the witch blood was complete. A brand-new ninth-grade essence-blood drop appeared within Xian Cun’s heart.
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Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and caught her before she could collapse. Only then did he truly imprint the admiral’s figure completely in his mind.
Ji Zili rolled her eyes at him, turned, and walked out. After arriving at the inn’s kitchen and speaking a few words with the owner, she began bustling about inside.
From this angle, the ferocious beast seemed even more powerful than a cultivator in the Golden Core Realm. In reality, however, it was merely equivalent to the Demon General Realm—one entire major realm weaker than a Golden Core cultivator.
Because of her icy body temperature, everyone who came into contact with her felt frightened and uneasy. Even her own parents were apprehensive around her.
At that moment, Elder Chen looked toward Zhou Chen. Mo Heng did the same, and the meaning in their eyes was unmistakable.
Countless times, Yao had returned dragging his exhausted body behind him, several times hovering on the brink of death. Yet, unwilling to disappoint Gu Wuyai, he had persevered again and again.
Mo Yu Jingchen slowly channeled all his true energy into Yi’er’s body. A layer of icy vapor solidified around her, and her pale complexion gradually began to improve.
By now, Xian Cun had already used Beibei’s clone-disguise ability to alter his appearance. Even those closest to him would be unable to recognize him.
At that moment, Fei Ling was instead relieved. The two groups were clearly not working together. Once they began fighting among themselves, she would benefit. The four experts who had attacked her moments earlier had coordinated with astonishing precision; even she had felt tremendous pressure.
Kong Xuan suddenly realized that he possessed the innate divine ability known as the Innate Five-Element Five-Colored Divine Light. Day and night, he had deduced the principles of innate yin, yang, and the five elements. Yet innate yin, yang, and the five elements could form a single Great Dao, or be divided into the seven innate Great Daos of yin, yang, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Everything in the universe contained them.
Days passed, and before long, ten days had gone by. The Ailin family had also sent its reply, stating that they were willing to seize Twin River City in exchange for Eagle’s Nest City. However, they required a senior general of the Flagless Family to serve as a hostage, lest Li Lingyi refuse to honor the agreement in the end.
Li Lingyi now understood much more. Although there were quite a few A-rank ghouls, they were not so common that one could find them wandering the streets at will. That was why the two of them had sought out the ghoul restaurant, hoping to complete the main mission in one stroke while all the ghouls were gathered together. They had not expected Li Lingyi to disrupt their plans by accident.
For now, morale within the Kong Family Army was already wavering. To plunge them into complete chaos, they could only wait and see.
Everyone exchanged glances, uncertain what Guibao intended to do next. A killing formation for destroying the blue-eyed fox would certainly be useful, but setting up a defensive formation seemed rather strange.
Once the soldiers stationed in the city had been eliminated, everything that followed became much easier. As for the civilians inside the city, to be honest, they felt a strong sense of belonging to the Lannisters, because old Tywin had always treated them well.
Tian Xuanzi merely sneered in disdain. With a lift and sweep of his hand, he sent the man—and the fork he was holding—crashing aside. The wall he struck collapsed at once.
The phoenixes singing in harmony symbolized the bond between husband and wife. The emperor’s decision to bestow such a meaningful hairpin upon Princess Dongxiao was self-explanatory.
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Jing Rong strode to the bedside and lifted the gauze curtain. “Have I disturbed you?”
He supported her by the shoulder and helped her lie back down.
Wang Xiaoling was consumed by jealousy. She could not be sure whether, if something ever happened to her, Wu Tianhe would care for her with the same devotion.
At that moment, Han Yang’s phone chimed with a text message. He took out his phone and glanced at the contents. A smile appeared on his face.
Why did Fu Hanci sound so strange? Could it be because he had seen Grandma give her a bracelet but give him nothing, and was upset about it?
The birthday banquet was about to begin. Seeing that the conflict between the two had nearly run its course, the people around them hurried forward to smooth things over.
“Many years have passed since anyone dared speak to me like that. Tell me—what family are you from, or which sect is backing you?”
Mo Que’s smile vanished. Killing intent churned in his eyes, and his red pupils turned a sinister, blood-red hue.
After a moment, he composed himself, secured the storage ring, and turned to search for the storage rings of the other elders. Half an hour later, everyone gathered once more before the mountain gate. Zhu Xuanyu swept his gaze around and noticed that a few people were missing. He curled his lip in disdain. There were always those who harbored a lucky delusion, dared to come into contact with his phoenix poison, and brought disaster upon themselves.
Lu Wanzhi sighed softly. Seeing those familiar things, her eyes reddened slightly. She had never imagined that she would return to North City within her lifetime.
“A few days ago, our master encountered your disciple in Doom City, and some unpleasantness occurred. We have come to demand an explanation.”
Mo Guan changed his tone and began recounting the matter with utter seriousness.
A man named Fang Heng had inexplicably appeared in one of the photographs in the files. He had tracked him down and, quite naturally, obtained the so-called information. But documents could be forged, and people could be bought.
The evening breeze sent her sleeves fluttering. From a distance, she resembled a pure snow lotus blooming gracefully between heaven and earth, yet she seemed even more like a tranquil snowflake drifting slowly down from the sky, turning and turning and turning.
With that final word, the matter of Zhou Chu recruiting soldiers on such a massive scale was no longer obstructed from any quarter.
Jiang Ming and A-Feng immediately understood that the Grand Princess and the three princesses were not of one mind. That was why the three princes consort treated A-Feng kindly, while the Grand Princess could hardly bear to look at her.
“Hmph. You are no different. You have merely hidden it better than I did. I hate myself for not seeing your true nature sooner.”
Shang Yi’s face no longer existed. Standing before Leng Wuchen was Leng Wuji, the present empress’s son.
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