Chapter 32: A Bit Presumptuous

"Qingsheng, tell me, what method could we devise to convince Miss Xiao and her family to move to town?"

They owned several small courtyards in town—well, "small" was a relative term; in reality, these properties each boasted seven or eight rooms, far more spacious than the house the Xiao family occupied in Shuikou Village.

"Young Master, why would you ask me? How would I know something like that?"

Qingsheng thought to himself that if his master’s own wits were lacking, how could he possibly expect his own to be any better? He truly was the wrong person to ask.

"Then tell me, I—"

Just then, a guard arrived to report that Jesus and Muhammad, from Yanzhou in the south, had come to request an audience. Kunpeng frowned upon hearing this, wondering to himself why these two had chosen this moment to arrive.

You Yitian had no interest in listening to the praise; he offered a few perfunctory responses while his mind raced, trying to figure out how to stall for time or how to escape.

Among the two hundred great dragons, about one hundred and eighty were adults. There were also a dozen or so that were over five thousand years old, and more than ten that were still young. This was the current state of the dragon clan as known to Ivana.

Zhao Zhengce possessed the cheat of foresight; without it, he would have lacked such strategic vision. After all, what ordinary mayor of a prefecture-level city would concern themselves with the issue of access to the Sea of Japan?

"Rest assured! It is absolutely safe! If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself!" Principal Avance said confidently.

The crowd shouted in unison. No one expected that Invincible, who had just dismissed the two members of the Temple of Light in a few sentences, would still remember that they had come to eat.

"Conducting business with Hong Kong." Zhao Zhengce’s words were earth-shattering, leaving the two men thunderstruck.

PS: I have been in a bad mood for the past few days, and I have rewritten this several times without being satisfied. I don't want to do a sloppy job for you all. I will see how things are tomorrow morning; if I can update, it will be in the afternoon.

The intersection where the Behemoth Empire, the Baya Principality, the Aujin Tribe, and the Three Feudatory City held sway was a powder keg. If a major war were to break out here, it would not merely change the fate of one nation or clan; it would represent a total redistribution of power among the major forces across Oslo.

"Wuwu~ I want to eat the same thing as Daddy." Yui rested her chin on her fingers, seemingly lost in thought for a moment, before looking up at Chen Mingtong with a sweet smile and reaching out her hands.

Zhe Yuanfeng did not need their help at the moment; he only needed them to be mentally prepared in advance.

Yu Chumeng saw a flash of her father’s drunken state pass before her eyes, and a complex mix of emotions welled up in her heart. She blinked, forcing back the sting of unshed tears.

Glancing at the fallen fop and then at the Avalanche, who had not yet run far, the corners of Lan Si’s mouth tilted upward in a mocking smirk. He activated his Flash skill again, catching up to his target in a few blinks.

"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to hear about any yo-yos. Gu Yitian, what exactly did you do to Yunyun?" Old Madam Gu’s eyebrows arched in anger as she stared fiercely at Qing Yunqian.

However, news of the Shimazu clan defeating the three major warlords of Mizuuchi District single-handedly spread rapidly. The first to know was the Kurita family of Zenko-ji, followed by the Ichikawa family, to whom Ozaki had defected.

But entering the racetrack required qualifications; one had to spend twenty taels of silver to register as a member before being allowed to place bets.

Regardless, he had already collected all the famous immortal herbs from the original story. Even if Tang San truly found any, they would certainly not be of immortal grade, and would likely be of the incomplete, inferior variety.

"I—I didn't say you couldn't look for someone! That’s your freedom!" Qin Huan said, trying to mask her embarrassment with a lack of conviction.

At the banquet, Tadanao and Kagetora chatted happily, pouring wine for each other until their faces were flushed with red.

For Lan Mi, who had encountered deadbeat dads in her previous two missions, being suddenly bathed in the warmth of a good father’s love was a feeling of happiness beyond words.

Today, watching Bai Yuqing leap from the city wall with sword in hand to charge into the torrential flood, Miaoyin felt a slight tremor in her heart. She even wondered if Bai Yuqing might die in this battle, and she found herself weighing whether his death here might allow her to break free from this illusion and return to reality.