Chapter 68: Flower Drum Lantern!

Chen Zhihe shoved Gao Yang aside with a look of annoyance. "Open your big head! Our Chen family aren't the Forty Thieves!" She walked up to the front gate and began carefully feeling around the lower right corner.

Therefore, the only option was to sever everything belonging to the Xu family entirely. This would at least allow their clan to preserve some of their strength, and Xuan Ziling surely wouldn't just sit by and watch her beloved die.

However, when Haoran came stumbling down the hillside with a rifle in both hands, looking quite disheveled, with several figures trailing closely behind him, everyone realized that this was by no means a delusion.

The two of them gradually ascended. Mule Back Mountain was originally not a very tall peak, but perhaps due to an earthquake, it had risen significantly in elevation, so they walked for a long time without reaching the entrance of the ancient ruins.

Xu Feiqiong: The internet is like a long river—a river that exists between us, yet does not exist in reality. I am on this side, and the gentleman is on the other. It is merely a form of watching from afar, an expectation filled with longing and dreams. When the dream shatters upon waking, one realizes that nothing remains.

Wang Kaixuan chimed in with a drifting gaze, while Qingfeng paused inwardly, thinking to himself that the real show was about to begin.

Qi Yang let out a deep sigh, his entire body throbbing with pain. The wound on his back was still festering, and he simply lacked the energy to scheme about so much.

Liu Tianhao felt a wave of mixed emotions regarding He Miao's hospitality. Having neither fame nor prestige at present, He Miao naturally had never heard of him. Under such circumstances, the only bargaining chip available to gain entry into He Miao's grand hall would be gold, silver, and material wealth.

Team Leader Wang grew anxious on the spot and, stammering timidly, confessed the whole truth to Wu Guoqi.

Fan Lihua interrogated Grili Jinzen for a long time, finally discovering Gar Qinling's current predicament.

She admitted that she liked him, but her heart already belonged to someone else; otherwise, she probably would have fallen in love with Jun Meili long ago.

Driven by pressure, Wu Pengfei had no choice but to swallow his pride and deal with prominent aristocratic families, attempting to recruit some gifted scions from wealthy clans into the Honghu Martial Arts Academy to raise the quality of the student body and increase the graduation success rate. The Rong family was the first noble house he approached because, at the very least, they gave the impression of being much more approachable than other influential families.

Hearing Liu Liu say this at that moment, Su Ranran voiced her own thoughts. Her primary purpose in coming to Mountain City was to see her big brother. If she went off to play, wouldn't that mean she wouldn't get to see him after all?

Following the shift in Bo Sixiu's expression, Xie Shenchen's heart soared and plunged like a roller coaster. Just as she was still recovering from the shock, for some reason, the other party's mood seemed to sour again.

Liu Liu of course hadn't come out to help with such chores; rather, this friend had brought him to a dining establishment to grab a quick bite.

Wei Yu sat in his chair and reclined for a while. After waiting for a long time without seeing Wan Yueli return, a trace of doubt arose in his mind.

She slowly stood up. Adorned in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robes, with red dressing cases spread across the floor, she wore heavy, luxurious jewelry on her brow that caused her extreme discomfort.

Faced with the final instructions, the other party did not say much more and simply left the scene.

As a professional investor with a career spanning many years, she had witnessed countless entrepreneurs. Ninety percent of founders lacked the bold and heroic spirit possessed by Fu Weiwei.

After spending the weekend teaching Master Song the basic cooking techniques for culinary classics, Hua Shang went to the training base every day to borrow space, practicing the art of riding the waves to fly and consolidating the sword techniques of the Folding Swallow Formation.

"The smartest decision I ever made in my life was jumping ship to Jinglong!" Zhu Zhijian thought to himself as he started his workday.

Ye Yuan knew that Leng Qiuling hailed from the Imperial Capital. Despite her youth, she was already on the verge of breaking through to the Celestial Deity Realm.

They all assumed Ye Yuan had reached the end of his tether, but who could have expected him to still possess so many hidden trump cards?

Having watched from behind for quite some time, Zhang Jing discovered that these masters actually possessed some genuine skills—at least they played tricks far more elaborate than those seen in movies.

Whenever there was credit to be claimed, she never received any share of it; but the moment something went wrong, the entire blame fell squarely on her shoulders.

With just this infinitesimal transformation in his combat power, Jiang Chen stepped into the realm of the Seven Prohibitions and Seven Mysteries.

Sima Youyue was seen pulling out several formation stones and tossing them around the house, prompting many onlookers to recognize that she was setting up an array.

As this technique was unleashed, crimson light continuously flared and expanded across the surface of the Blue Moon Sovereign's body, forming a massive halo of light that drew in countless streams of vital energy and plunged her into a berserk state.

However, after stepping into the Great Perfection of the True Dan Realm, Jiang Ning儿 did not advance any further. Instead, she came to a complete halt, repeatedly refining the remaining energy and channeling it directly into her father's soul.

"That coward Wanyuan ran away long ago! Sob, sob... Senior Brother Su, as long as you are willing to save me, I'll do whatever you want!" Liu Ruoshui finally revealed her true feelings at that moment, crying with a pitiful vulnerability.

"Wrong? Do you have any idea how close I came to dying when I fought her before?" Facing Jiang Shier, she naturally had no pleasant attitude to spare. Although Hai Ling'er was her younger sister, she had once nearly taken her life.

This close friend was her best companion from childhood, whom she hadn't seen in five or six years, and she missed her dearly.

The only reason they were gathered here was due to the special nature of the day. A prominent figure was hosting a banquet for the majority of the influential families in Jianghai City.

With no other hosts present, Liu Ziqiang's current relationship with Qian Tuhe was not yet sufficient for him to be introduced to other members of the Qian family. Only after they grew more familiar would he likely be introduced to his family members.