Volume 1, Chapter 58: Water Resources Exhausted, Mountain Bandits Are Pursuing!

Closing the ranch gate, Shen Shuli carefully tidied up the vegetable plot. She sowed various vegetables and fruits, watering them once with diluted spiritual spring water. Seeing the diminishing water level in her dimension, Shen Shuli grew anxious.

The ranch held nearly fifty livestock in total: thirteen top-tier warhorses, ten cattle, fifteen donkeys, and eight mules. With so many animals, the daily water consumption alone ranged from one thousand to fifteen hundred catties.

Yulu nodded gently without speaking, turning her head to gaze at the flowing clouds and cascading water outside the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly pondering everything that had happened over the past few days.

"Jiaojia, if you do it like this..." Lu Meiyan whispered into Ji Jiaojia's ear, prompting a triumphant smile to spread across Ji Jiaojia's face in response to her words.

This sudden situation caught them completely off guard. If Chen Qingdi had not issued an early warning, it would have been nearly impossible to evade this catastrophe.

"Mother, why did you let them leave so easily?" Di Xian'er looked at her meditating mother, pouting her lips and asking with a puzzled expression.

Is human nature truly like this, always needing to go through turmoil and struggle before discovering the most genuine desires hidden deep within one's heart?

"The Eight Vajras?" The tuna's body shook violently, terror plastered across his face. Let alone him, even Silver Fox and Chen Qinglang, who had maintained their composure from the very beginning, saw a flash of startled panic in their eyes, feeling utterly surprised.

"Useless trash." Upon seeing Shadow Charm subdued by Chen Qingdi in a single move, Madman Cao flew into a rage and hurled his teacup directly toward where Chen Qingdi stood.

After a brief moment of awkwardness inside the tent, Lin Xiao stepped out of it, while Mei did not bring up what had just happened, acting as if nothing at all had occurred.

Within the Aux Empire, Lothering looked at the powerful upper-god realm expert not far away, a hint of doubt flashing through his eyes.

Putting aside whether Mo Junxian was genuinely interested in Ling Baolu, his remark could at least serve as a test of Qi Yu's stance.

"Brother Crown Prince! Thirty years from now, I'll be a fine hero again! It doesn't matter!" Jiandong slowly drew his firearm at that moment.

After exchanging a few jokes with them, Xiao Tienu had people take them into custody, yet ensured their food, clothing, and polite treatment were not lacking in the slightest, restricting only their freedom to wander about. Although they were still not entirely free, their living conditions were worlds apart from the harshness of the desolate village, allowing Zhao Ji and his son to gradually set their minds at ease.

Bullying the Southern Emperor's Inspector General was equivalent to slapping the Great Emperor of the South in the face. Not to mention the Great Emperor of the South, even someone like Huang Zhen could not tolerate it. Since the person he had dispatched had been bullied, how could he not stand up for his own subordinate? Such simple logic was something Huang Zhen could figure out with his toes.

Under these circumstances, the Whirlpool Demon General did not make a move. Instead, he watched coldly from the sidelines as the battle unfolded between Jiang Nan and the Thousand-Faced Demon King—though it could hardly be called a battle, as it was entirely a display of dominance by Jiang Nan's side.

Zhao Gou peered down from the second floor, and seeing that both sides had reached an impasse, he hurriedly dispatched an envoy to inform Dowager Empress Meng that he had resolved to submit entirely to Miao Fu's demands and requested her to issue an imperial decree accordingly. Dowager Empress Meng still stubbornly refused to consent.

"It's the Ink Plum Sword!" Exclamations rose one after another from the people surrounding the banquet. Ink Plum was one of the ten ancient divine blades; it was impossible for no one to recognize it.

Their daring to undertake such self-inflicted combat training relied heavily on the knowledge imparted to them by Muxiao. Seeing them push themselves so desperately, Mu Xuanyin deemed them trustworthy and, out of kindness, secretly passed down a wealth of pharmaceutical knowledge for them to study, enabling them to use supplies to maintain and heal their bodies.

The Xiang family was also a fairly renowned immortal-cultivation clan in Tongzhou, operating under the patronage of the Dugu family.

Aside from Bai Qu crying out "Master," none of the others made a sound, fearing they might frighten Lin Feng and cause him to hide away once again.

However, none of this concerned the Taoist of the South Sea or Situ Ping. They returned to the City Lord's Mansion carrying the primordial spirits of the three men surnamed Han, and went directly to see Lin Feng, as the Supreme Elder was waiting for them.