Chapter 31

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He turned and left with Qingyi, never once considering that he should greet the old woman he had met before. Yet she suddenly called out to him.

He was like his own name suggested: a sapling struggling to grow among towering trees. After all these years, he was finally about to rise above those great trees that blocked the sunlight and stretch his leaves toward the open sky.

By then, the torrential rain had already filled the well to the brim. Diao Deyi stepped both feet into it, then withdrew them and muttered to himself, “No good. The water’s a little cold.”

“My pupil technique is called the Soul-Shaking Eye. What is your spell called?” Ye asked. His technique was renowned throughout Black Mountain, so there was no need to conceal it. Anyone who made a few inquiries would know of it.

Gu Renshui said, “When every peach blossom covering the mountains has fallen within a single day, you may return to the Eastern Sea.”

A month had passed. His cultivation, vitality, and spirit—which had once been nearly exhausted—had recovered considerably, but he was still extremely weak. It would take at least another three to five months for him to recover completely.

With such a major incident having occurred at court, the Son of Heaven would ultimately have no choice but to place the matter in their hands. There was no escaping it.

Troubled Heart suddenly understood. As the saying went, a nephew overcomes his aunt—meaning the problem lay with your residence, which had brought misfortune upon your nephew.

A thunderous tremor resounded throughout the Eastern Immortal Realm. Dark clouds blotted out the sun across the entire immortal world, and the atmosphere was oppressively heavy.

Although Jiang Feng had taken up residence in the Mu estate for quite some time, he had never once thought of changing the plaque from “Mu Estate” to “Jiang Estate.”

“Is it that you dislike it? Then Yan’er won’t come over…” Xiao Yongye had already been led astray by someone; between the sheets, he was becoming increasingly bold and uninhibited.

Wu Qing was there as well, endlessly chiming in with, “Yes, yes.” Nian’er hurriedly covered Wu Qing’s mouth, stopping him from adding his two cents.

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Having witnessed everything, Mo Zhi’an’s face suddenly flushed crimson. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, clearly showing that the destruction of the Red Wind Chariot had injured him as well.

The past was already behind us, and the future had yet to arrive. So let us simply enjoy the feeling of the present.

The troublesome question now was where those two items had been placed. How could they make cautious inquiries without arousing suspicion? According to their division of labor, Zhang Fazun was to steal the sword, while Huang Ren was to steal the medicine. The two objects might have been kept together, or they might have been stored in separate places. Finding out their exact locations was the first problem the two of them had to solve.

Both sides suffered casualties, but with the chariots providing cover, the number of deaths on Luan Ye’s side was clearly far lower than among Mang Hei’s men.

“Whether I’m useless or not, we’ll find out after I try! Don’t forget, I’m also a guardian warrior of the Maya tribe!” Ganba replied coldly.

He could not help recalling an occasion when he had encountered two young men, both around twenty, at a Guilin rice-noodle shop. After seeing how much chili he added, they asked whether he often got into fights at school. At the time, Chen Yi did not know how to answer. He had been in a few fights, certainly, but he would not say it happened “often.”

The mechanism for opening the city gates was inside the gate tower. He would have to descend to the ground and fight his way into the tower before he could release the thousand men.

The horse jolted and bucked, tossing and leaping. No one knew how long the ordeal lasted. In any case, they traveled from three poles past sunrise until three poles past sunset, and at last the chestnut steed’s strength gradually failed. It slowed and finally came to a halt.

This was a connection between souls, entirely different from a contract. Even if a god descended into the mortal realm, there would be absolutely no way to sever such a bond between souls.

If, for the people of Huaxia, calling one another brothers could be done around a banquet table, then for Russians, it could be done in a nightclub.

This was not some sort of factory. It consisted merely of several buildings enclosed on all sides. Although Mu Xiaofeng and the others were still some distance from the structures, they could already see scattered lights, though no people were visible. The entire base seemed shrouded in a mysterious veil of mist, giving it a somewhat terrifying air.

Mi Heng said displeasedly, “You ask questions to which you already know the answer. Of course Mr. Mi’s surname is Mi.”

“You know your surname is Mi? How can you face your ancestors of the Mi family?” Liu Bin immediately turned hostile and challenged him.

Mi Heng laughed inwardly. There it is. Let him say a few words first; then I shall refute and rebuke him point by point.

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“Suit yourself. It’s not as though I can stop you from exercising!” Chlorophyll wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with a towel, then stopped to begin stretching exercises.

The Liao family was now immensely influential in South Zhi County, capable of calling the wind and summoning the rain, and they also had considerable connections among the upper ranks. Otherwise, merely handing over one old veteran after the battle over the commercial street would never have been enough. One Old Fourth Wei was certainly insufficient to settle all the trouble.

It was not merely a matter of being short by two hundred thousand tons. If one took into account the one hundred thousand tons that would fall into the hands of the Anti-Japanese Coalition, the gap would amount to at least three hundred thousand tons.

Renault nodded and carefully accepted it, placing it in his bag. He then muttered a long string of words to Misha beside him before looking up at Zheng Nan, signaling for Misha to translate them.

Chang Xi suddenly felt that leaving herself and these three fellows behind did not seem like such a wonderful idea after all.

“Come in quickly. Do you want the neighbors to see me dressed like this?” Fan Bingbing was not bothered in the slightest by Ace’s up-and-down appraisal of her body. She turned and went straight back inside.

Su Xueyao found the sight inexplicably glaring. She quickly withdrew her gaze and, without looking back, boarded the carriage and left the imperial palace.

Li Huoyue had originally intended to sound out the Noble Consort and ask whether she could choose a body for herself. But given the current situation, she no longer felt like saying much of anything.

Su Yu clenched his fist and tested the strength he now possessed, unable to keep from marveling at how powerful he had become.

“I doubt anyone would question a decision of yours, Your Majesty. The Son of Heaven is wise, and everything Your Majesty does has naturally been considered with great care.”