Chapter 68: Deception

Fang Zhixu waited at the Fang residence until nightfall. He knew that, aside from Madam Fang, there was no second person who could spirit Zhao Baitong away right under his nose, causing him to vanish completely.

Finally, there was a sound from the courtyard. Madam Fang was complaining to the servant holding her umbrella, "Mrs. Li was simply too lucky today. Good heavens, the money I won this morning was all poured back out by the afternoon..."

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After landing, Li Dao used the moonlight to look over and discovered that the things attacking him were actually two venomous snakes. The serpents flicked their scarlet forked tongues, their bodies covered in blue scales, marking them instantly as highly toxic creatures. Judging from their attacking speed and spiritual intelligence just now, they should be mutant beasts from the Beast Camp, and both must have been treated with the first-generation Ghost Temple potion.

His previous palm strike had not held back at all, and given that he had already severely injured Chen Qingyang beforehand, he simply could not believe that Chen Qingyang could still be alive.

At Hong Xin's command, dozens of figures instantly soared from behind him and flew straight into the canyon. Watching the earth, which seemed as though a subterranean dragon were turning over, everyone's hearts tightened involuntarily.

After exchanging pleasantries with Long Xingyu, the Thunder members began to inquire about what had just happened. They couldn't help but feel astonished: why was the Avatar of Cangyun—which previously required the combined efforts of the five of them plus Guizhong Yan to resist—slain by him alone?

With that, he stepped back and, treating him with the utmost respect as if he were an elder, deferentially welcomed Xiao Feng up to the second floor.

Meanwhile, Li Qing and the others grandly became the distinguished guests of Heaven and Earth Pass. At the very least, they knew that those who had seen them kill those offering-bearers were already dead, allowing the group to enter and exit the imperial city quite openly.

After completing his analysis, Zhao Yi said nothing more. At this moment, it was up to Ziyan to make her decision. Whether she would return with her clansmen or stay with Zhao Yi depended entirely on her own choice.

I guessed inwardly, closed my eyes, and mentally constructed various possibilities... Yet I could not determine whose dark hand was behind this. The Council?

"How could it be this kind of situation? How could it be this kind of situation?" Bai Xue sat on the ground in distress, burying her head in her hands.

Tch, who cares about you at a time like this? Go die. If you want to blame someone, blame the Veronika royal family that turned you into this.

It took a great deal of effort for Qin Yu to help Sheng Jiayi settle into the wheelchair. Afterward, Sheng Jiayi kept staring fixedly at her, her gaze completely unlike that of someone who had just undergone surgery and whose anesthesia had not yet worn off.

Although Nurse Supervisor Chang said this for the good of the hospital, when these words fell upon everyone's ears, they carried a different flavor, leaving people with an uncomfortable feeling in their hearts.

Ye Hao pointed fiercely at Zhang Yuanqiang as the latter fled in panic, shooting out a beam of true qi that pierced straight through Zhang Yuanqiang's heart in an instant.

Amidst his dizziness, Suo Ou was still subconsciously murmuring. From the beginning until now, he had endured eight rounds of such flame eruptions. Each round of eruption had been fiercer and deadlier than the last, and Suo Ou could only keep telling himself to endure just one more round—holding on for one more round meant gaining an extra glimmer of hope.

"Your dad is back again?" Ye Hao said somewhat angrily. If you're going to use me as a shield, can you give me a heads-up beforehand instead of leaving me overthinking like this?

Watching her leisurely finish the steamed bun he had handed her, he showed not the slightest intention of touching his own chopsticks.

The middle-aged man cursed inwardly as he noticed a thick layer of white frost forming on the surface of the "Tomb Mountain" for some unknown reason. The frost spread at an alarming rate, followed immediately by a terrifying, bone-chilling cold capable of freezing the air itself.

"Then if you act as a surrogate for them, how much money will they give you? Surrogacy for twins outside, especially a pair of boys, should cost at least one hundred and fifty thousand, right?" Dr. Zhou finally thought of this question.

Liu Sisi looked at Cheng Yiyan with suspicion, feeling that Cheng Yiyan had been acting rather strange lately.

Gu Jiujiu stuck out her tongue, well aware that her alcohol tolerance was only average. With the holiday being celebrated like this, if she got drunk and started acting wild, it would be utterly mortifying.