Volume 1, Chapter 51: Discussion
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“Everyone, there is no need to worry. I am an envoy from a distant land, and my name is Yun Ying.” Yun Ying’s voice was gentle yet firm. His gaze was calm as still water, but it held an undeniable strength. “I sensed the disturbance here and came specially to lend my aid.”
The surrounding onlookers began murmuring once more:
“More reinforcements? This person looks incredibly strong too!”
“These young people are truly fortunate to have so many experts helping them.”
“It seems peace may yet return to this land!”
Liu Ruoxi frowned slightly. “You are an envoy from a distant land? How did you learn of what happened here?”
Yun Ying smiled faintly and answered unhurriedly, “I...”
Although Jiang Luoli was outgoing and boisterous all day long, the kind of man she liked was mature and steady.
It had never occurred to her that she was judging the Mo and Bai families according to her own way of thinking. Since she herself cared about public opinion, she naturally assumed that everyone else felt the same.
Even Li Wei, as he was now, could easily split boulders and shatter stone after activating the Eight Gates Technique. Even martial arts cultivated to their ultimate limits in a wuxia world could hardly reach such a level, could they?
Yun Huang was still bewildered when she suddenly felt a movement in her abdomen. It was extremely faint, yet clear enough for her to detect. Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she lowered her head to stare at her still-flat stomach.
Yet no one could have expected that Man Niang, frightened out of her wits, would put one foot wrong and tumble from the sheer cliff.
“There is no need to trouble Senior. I have a cauldron of my own.” Xu Jingnian swept his palm toward the ground, and the Purple Cloud Cauldron appeared before him. Elder Gongye had already entrusted it to Xu Jingnian for his use, so he could summon it at will.
Li Wei suddenly opened his eyes. He was lying on a bed. After blinking, he sat up and looked around. He was in a spotless white room that contained nothing except the bed on which he lay.
Crack!
The long whip struck the ground with tremendous force, splitting it open and sending dust billowing into the air. Although Ning Xiang’s lash had missed, he was not flustered. Using the momentum, he swept the whip along the ground toward Xu Jingnian’s feet, intending to trip him.
Meanwhile, when Tang Yan and Wenren Jingmeng entered the classroom together, they immediately caused an uproar.
When Mo Ye Si pushed open the private-room door and walked inside, this was the scene he saw.
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There were faint dark circles beneath the boss’s eyes. It seemed he had not rested well the previous night. Now he had appeared together with Singer Li—which meant... had they already reached an agreement? Was he bringing the club’s new owner to announce the handover?
“Is this the River of Time and Destiny? Why doesn’t it look like the one I saw?” Dami finally could not hold back his question.
“Hey, hey, hey! Don’t pull my ear again. I only happened to see it by accident!” The male voice let out an exaggerated wail, followed by a string of honeyed praise.
The defender of Sishui Pass was named Han Rong. He possessed little ability, but he had one virtue: absolute loyalty. Otherwise, Emperor Yi would never have entrusted him with the position when he was on the throne.
That way, everyone would benefit. The country would no longer have to fear placing its key technologies in the hands of foreign companies and becoming subject to others at critical moments.
Though this was not the matter they needed to consider most, and though they had gradually grown accustomed to it, a part of them still could not help sighing inwardly: How could someone so young, so beautiful, and so fresh-faced be so seasoned and so ruthless...? Could all of this truly exist?
If that person ever awakened and still happened to have a bad temper, crushing them would be absurdly easy.
Even if they suffered a temporary loss for special reasons, they would never stop looking for an opportunity to reclaim what they had lost... It was the instinctive law of living creatures—cruel and realistic, yet perfectly logical.
Upon hearing this, Song Shan did not know what to say. There was some truth to that theory. For instance, a dying person might cling to life by a single breath. Many would call it a miracle, yet once that person’s final wish had been fulfilled, the breath sustaining him might fail him at last.
She pushed his hand away, then saw her underwear lying on the floor. Xu Qingchen reached back to strike him, but Jiang Yuanzhou caught her arm.
After this continued for a while, the phone I had only just bought began ringing beside me again. This time, the caller was Chen Yi.
The process of subduing the prisoners went smoothly. Once they had surrendered, the first thing Lang Zhan did was order them to retrieve their own weapons and equipment, then follow Hawkeye and the others onto the island to hunt down Bugat and the other stragglers.
A sweet, coquettish voice rang out. Jiang Yu’er had arrived at some point, and with both hands she folded a flower crown and mischievously placed it on Yang Lie’s head.
But things were different now. In this otherworld, Wang Yang had only the brothers of the Red Dragon Sect.
The three men had no desire to waste words with the old man. They hurried toward Zhongshan City. If the old man from the Zhongshan Sect knew that he had allowed the sect’s wanted criminal, Xu Bufan, into Zhongshan City, he would probably regret it until his guts turned green.
By now, everyone knew that Fang Sheng had approached Wan Yuning because of the medical accident years ago. After Xu Qingchen learned the truth, how could the two of them possibly avoid contact?
“Commander!” The brigade commander whom Lang Zhan had knocked to the ground either could not get up or simply refused to do so. He raised his head and shouted toward Altai.
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“You mean the Lord Sovereign whose status is second only to your Demon God Emperor?” Xuanyuan Tianxin asked.
She said nothing. Clearly, the mood for joking and chatter had vanished completely along with this incident.
“Good, good. You really are my fine brother!” Young Master Songzan’s eyes shone as he repeatedly cast flirtatious glances at Jian Li.
“Hey, madman! Someone is about to tear your courtyard apart. Aren’t you going to do something?” Yi Feng shouted toward the thatched cottage.
Bloody Mary’s seductive voice seemed to carry a trace of displeasure and reproach. She glared at Xiao Long with her large eyes, looking aggrieved.
Some immortal cultivators spent their entire lives without ever managing to establish their foundation, let alone form a Golden Core or Nascent Soul. Yet figures such as White Peacock and Kong Zhi could transform in the blink of an eye from ignorant beastfolk into fourth-tier demons.
Hearing Jian Li’s shout, the immortal cranes in the mist stopped playing and turned their heads toward him.
Mo Xiaosheng knew that Huang Ergou was not exaggerating. He had once seen a soldier shot in the left shoulder die because the bullet had not been removed in time. The resulting inflammation caused a high fever, and the soldier ultimately lost his life.
Li Zhi did not know whether to laugh or cry. Was he really such a nuisance? If it were not for her birthday, would he have traveled thousands of miles to come back? Did he have nothing better to do?
At the same time, Gao Jun had another thought: “People enter and leave public restrooms all the time. When most people see someone of the same sex relieving themselves, they remain numb and look away, because there is nothing worth looking at.”
Someone might ask, “Why are there so many students here? Don’t the teachers manage them?” It was Sunday afternoon, when students returned to school, and they were still allowed to go out and buy things.
The charity gala was scheduled for eight in the evening. No one yet knew how long it would last. The invitation had already arrived, sent by people from the Immortal Realm. But he had made discreet inquiries, and apparently the organizer was not one of the immortals. As for who it actually was, it seemed to be a wealthy man from the Special Administrative Region.
Li Yanzi’s large eyes were filled with terror. Only after a while did she slowly recover, then reached out and patted Shen Lian’s broad hand.
This was a truly powerful figure—someone whose every stomp could make the entire nation tremble three times. For him to speak one’s name aloud was something many people would willingly give everything to obtain.
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