Volume One, Chapter 107: Su Tingxue Goes to the Countryside

At once Su Tingxue spotted Qin Zhaochuan on a nearby field ridge, digging earth with several village men. She quickly set down the hoe in her hands and trotted over to him, starting to chatter brightly, “Big Brother Qin, is there anything I can help with?”

Her face shone with a brilliant smile. One of the young men turned red and said, “Who makes a newcomer work on her very first day? You should rest properly.”

“It’s nothing. Since I’ve come to the village, I’m part of it now. Of course I should help build the place up!”

She spoke with complete righteousness.

Behind her, Xu Chunhua frowned and called out, “Comrade Tingxue, the field still hasn’t been plowed yet. Hurry back—”

The tip of the Soul-Extinguishing Nail hung down right from the center of the doorway, hidden by the lintel. If anyone came out of the room, they would not be able to see it.

After Li Si finished speaking, she hurriedly glanced left and right, and her heart lurched. At the floral glass doors of the closed banquet hall, it seemed as though shadows were moving; she even heard voices speaking.

And at this moment, Gogo Ruri only then realized that although Chu Yue was indeed excellent enough to be a romantic partner, she still knew far too little about him.

The three of them journeyed through this primordial world, encountering all manner of bizarre birds and beasts along the way. They were all low-level evil creatures awakened to spiritual awareness, and sensing the formidable aura around the three, they scattered and hid far away.

“Were we just followed?” Upon hearing this, he immediately set aside the meeting concerning the George Company that was in progress and hurried to see how she was.

At this extremely perilous moment, two blood-red daggers silently spun out from behind Chekhov, slicing across and colliding fiercely with the shattered blade fragments controlled by Locke. In an instant, the air rang with countless sharp, grating sounds of steel meeting steel.

Jun Mowen, holding the heart-protecting mirror, grew more and more curious. Full of enthusiasm, he summoned his own spirit entity and, following Yun Mu’s method, merged it into the spirit entity’s body before throwing a punch.

Just then, Yuan Shanlun and Haizi were both in Ye Yuezhi’s office as well. This was a major change, and with the release date approaching, even Ye Yuezhi needed to discuss it with Yuan Shanlun and Haizi.

Once the corridor fell quiet again, a black shape silently dropped from the ceiling. Looking closely, it was none other than Xiao Yao, who had earlier returned to his room to sleep. It turned out that he had only pretended to go back to bed, while in secret he had been crouching outside the room of the Yin-Yang King to overhear the Fire Worship Cult’s men leaking their secrets.

The one tailing him froze for a moment, then broke into delighted excitement and took out his phone to dial a number.

After that wager was settled, both Leng Bingshuang and Keke wore smug, self-satisfied expressions as they looked at me, as though gazing at a fool. To them, I was clearly courting death all on my own, while they held victory securely in their hands.

“Captain Wang, my men have suffered too many losses, and more and more are deserting in the heat of battle. What should I do? What should I do?” The leader of the Red Spear Society rushed anxiously to find Wang Shijiu, acting commander of the mobile regiment of the Restoration Army.

Facial features like those were best of all—soft, refined, exquisite. They were the Eastern face he liked most, the features he believed most classically beautiful. Since childhood, he had liked Lu Zhen’s appearance.

Though she said as much, the evil woman showed not the slightest trace of ferocity. Instead, a coquettish, licentious smile spread from between her brows.

She had originally thought this Harry was merely after her beauty, but she had never imagined that he was a complete and utter criminal. Now he had colluded with so many people to remove every transplantable organ from her body. In that case, she would certainly not survive; it was no different from being killed, and killed without even a complete corpse.

“You really want to spar with me?” Under that gaze, Lin Qi raised his head and gave Sun Jian a cool, languid look.

No, it absolutely could not be because of his own promise. Murong Mingyan knew clearly that her agreement with Ye Xingchen had not reached the point of making him throw caution to the winds. The only possible reason was Su Shan inside.

As for Wan Daoyi, he sighed and moved behind Tang Qiao. In his prime, against a ghostly, tentacled octopus at the eighth layer of meridian passage, he could have slain it within three moves. But now his cultivation was sealed, and he could not even bring out a tenth of his strength. So upon seeing the monster, he could only leave with a headache.

In front of Master Mu, the Zhang family had plotted against Song Cailian, and here in the Plum Courtyard, Mu Lingxue had never truly trusted them either.

The atmosphere grew somewhat ambiguous; no one knew what to say, let alone how this night, this day, was to pass.

Even now, my parents have gradually grown old, their hair turned white and their faces lined by age, yet I know that the love in their hearts for me has never grown old.

How could Luo Bei simply have been too lazy or practiced too little? In truth, after Duantianya left yesterday, Luo Bei had gone through the sequence more than a dozen times and had already mastered all thirty-six movements quite thoroughly. It was only because Duantianya was present that he grew nervous and ended up like this.

With the Mid-Autumn example before them, everyone at Chaoqing Hall had also begun hoping that Liuli would manage this year’s affairs with proper care. The servants did not dare speak to her directly, so they bought delicious things to bribe Yuegui and Haitang, asking them to make suggestions before Liuli. During this period, the two of them were kept busy both in hand and in tongue.

I did not know why Yanzi suddenly became so close to Ning Meixuan, but I knew how terribly such behavior would look: for someone meeting Ning Meixuan for the first time to be so casual in another person’s home, and after knowing her for only a few minutes, to sit there while the host was eating. It would leave a dreadful impression.

Not long after, the chief eunuch, Zhang Sheng, appeared in the Grand Harmony Hall and exchanged a few words with an official from the Palace Administration.

Those martial retainers and servants led Ying Nantu and Qiu Wu through several more turns before finally stopping before a quaint, secluded courtyard. This was where Master Changzhen was being held. And as the courtyard gate was opened, Ying Nantu saw Master Changzhen inside.

The pervasive stench of blood made it plain enough that these people were all seasoned through real life-and-death struggle. Moreover, those who could truly remain were likely doing so with the resolve to die.

“There can be no mistake. Cloud Crane must have worried about Luofu’s revenge, which is why he spread this news—to let Luofu’s enemies deal with Luo Bei first.” Qi Lianlian Cheng looked toward Mount Zhaoyao, faintly visible dozens of li away beneath the heavy night, shrouded in dense black mist, and said so.

“Don’t worry, I’m leaving.” Chi Zhongtian patted Qin Shang’s shoulder, then changed his clothes and left together with Yongmen Zhen.

He Jin very much wanted to stride over and slap this fellow a few times. In the court, he had recommended Huangfu Song, Yuan Kui had recommended Zhu Jun, and Cai, who seemed to have no connection whatsoever with the court, had recommended Lu Zhi. As for Zhang Rang and the others, they had recommended Dong Zhuo.

Jiang Huiyun, Chen Jin, and Chen Lin all turned to look at Huo Tingshen, not understanding what he meant.

He stared fixedly at Huo Chunlei, killing intent surging in his eyes, yet now he no longer had the strength to fight.

“Good.” Ye Chedian’s eyes lit up at once. He had been worried that after school there would be a stretch of time when he could not see Bai Qijin, but he had not expected there would still be time.

Lu Songjin rose to his feet. Towering and upright, he looked down at Jiang Yue from above, his eyes upon her as though upon refuse—coldly contemptuous, utterly merciless.

Jiang Feng looked stunned. Before he could react, Zhao Ruizhe had already pulled him over and made him sit down.