Volume One, Chapter 27: The Woman Who Loves Fu Yancheng

“Lili, that was wonderful!” Mu Li shouted encouragement. “Lili dances so beautifully. Aren’t you all completely captivated?”

For a long while—about half a month, perhaps—Officer Zhao never again summoned Sun Naizheng for questioning. Each day, only Squad Leader Li from the Commune People’s Security Office kept him company, chatting and playing chess. They had always been old acquaintances who could talk about anything, so with Officer Zhao absent, neither of them felt as though one was investigating the other.

“You were always with Cheng Xuan at the company, so you must know his whereabouts very well, right? Do you know where he usually goes after work?” Fu Guodong asked.

Standing before Misty Rain Tower, Yun An’an narrowed her eyes slightly. The chill in their depths flashed like a sword, cutting down every passerby.

If the two of them brazenly went to a public place to play games, it would certainly be exposed the very next day.

Every word Bai Shiqi spoke was meant to tell Yun An’an just how valuable the clothes she had casually removed and tossed aside last time truly were.

“Then stay like this! I’ll go find someone else... someone healthy! Someone who isn’t sick and doesn’t need me to look after him!” The White Rabbit turned with a smile.

Seeing that Yun An’an was about to fall, Beichen Yi seized her hand. Before the others could react, the married couple vanished before their eyes.

Only after the officials they had summoned had gradually arrived did they emerge from the shadows and slowly make their way toward the palace gates.

Then the Demon King of Fate himself suddenly clenched his countless enormous tentacles around the entire Earth—the Earth, nearly thirteen thousand kilometers in diameter.

Jun Nuo hurriedly turned his head and called out, “We are a married couple traveling together. We encountered bandits on the way and fell from a cliff. After enduring countless hardships, we finally made it here. My wife has even fainted. Please, save her.” Jun Nuo did his best to keep his tone ordinary. When had he ever spoken to anyone with such gentleness?

The demonic wyrm lashed its tail. Jack let out a muffled groan as blood burst from his entire body, and he was smashed into the earth in an instant, leaving only his head exposed. Blood seeped from his eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth, and the ground shook violently from the impact.

Caster carefully examined the whale. It was roughly ten meters long, and its largest wound was large enough to fit an adult inside. That meant the creature’s true body had to be even larger than the whale itself.

“The law of causality... Without a cause, there can be no effect... I see. So that was why you said those things to me back then, wasn’t it?” Levi’s eyes briefly lost their focus before locking onto Aike as he pressed the question.

Row upon row of bone spines shattered, scattering fragments across the sky. The Netherbone Dragon slowly spread its wings, revealing Qiu Zhong’s cold, stern face.

Roaring waves of flame swept through the air, sending the surrounding space into turmoil. The Flame Moon Phoenix faltered for the briefest moment, only to see in horror a fist bearing a golden seal smash straight down toward it.

Amid the crisp sound, the magnificent Fire Phoenix beat its flaming wings, wreathed in violet fire, and soared into the sky, completely blocking the opening behind the Azure Nether Ghost Demon.

Everyone understood it in their hearts, but no one ever said it aloud. Each of them secretly hoped to earn the merit of supporting a new ruler. They all believed that if Zhang Qiang’s future led him to the throne, they would become the founding heroes of the new dynasty. It was an unspoken understanding shared by all.

The interviewer was deeply annoyed. Since the matter had landed in his hands, it would seem inappropriate to reject the applicant outright. After all, the man’s qualifications were genuinely excellent, and other colleagues were watching as well. An outright rejection would be difficult to justify.

“I hear that the one called An Yu is extremely formidable. He was once a disciple of the Jade Mountain Sect!” said the Eighth Prince.

Under such circumstances, the air-security officer naturally stopped being polite. He directly seized Mu Rong Jie, who had cried thief while being one himself, and forcibly dragged him into the aircraft’s isolation chamber.