Volume 1, Chapter 124: They Are All Gone!

This was clearly abnormal. At this time of day, Du Qing and Yun Changhong should not have left home yet. She picked up her phone and called Yun Changhong’s assistant, as well as Du Qing’s close colleagues at the school. The replies she received were that neither had been seen. The two had not gone to the office or school yesterday. This was understandable; given the incident with Yun Ruoxia yesterday, they were naturally in no mood to work, and taking a day off was excusable. The problem was, where had they gone so early in the morning?

"Clang! Clang!" The two magical artifacts wielded by the green-robed, ghost-masked figures shattered the light shield of Gui Bao’s spiritual defense. They struck his thick, yellow crystal armor squarely but were immediately deflected. The armor, however, remained completely undamaged, having fended off the attacks entirely.

Chen Hu had just fought a fierce battle with a visceral-refining-stage beast nearby, making the area quite unsafe. Chu Xiu had no desire to take such a great risk to extract demon blood himself.

"Step back ten more paces!" Wang Dan cast a quick glance outside before issuing a new demand.

And so, the three of them fled the "Sacred Deer Festival" rituals. They quickly packed their belongings and, taking advantage of the lack of onlookers, led their horse, Treading Snow, and secretly slipped away from the Sacred Deer tribe, returning to the vast, boundless wilderness.

"Alright, we can leave now. Let’s first find a way out of here," Qing Feng said, changing the subject.

Much like the big, fierce-looking fellow who had fought with her brother when they first arrived—that older brother with the Tyrant Body of the Heavens—despite his intimidating size and fierce appearance, he was unexpectedly easy to get along with.

Bards had no organization; they were a loose, scattered bunch. True bards were proud and solitary, disdaining the scramble for power, which was why the scene had unfolded this way. Yang Yi was curious to see Andre’s reaction and his ability to handle the situation, so he did not intervene, instead nodding at Andre to signal that he had his back.

"Heh, fellow cultivator, if you were an enemy, we might still find a way to cooperate. But if you are a friend... hmph, hmph..." The stubble-faced cultivator let out a cold snort, staring at Gui Bao and then glancing at the others with a sneer.

"You’re going to take care of it?" Sha Dan was instantly enraged. He leaped up from the ground and lunged at Elken.

Seeing this, Qing Feng did not bother to speculate on why Murong Tianxue’s attitude had shifted.

In a way, no one is perfect. Her lack of hands-on ability actually gave her a more grounded, human quality, free from an air of aloofness; in fact, it could even be considered a good thing.

After Yang Wei finished speaking, she selected the character Asuna and activated her transformation ability. A white light erupted, catching Yang Tian completely off guard and making his eyes ache.

Gu Yue narrowed his eyes. It seemed that the method he had used all these years of having Yueyue send bills to Wuxiang had been effective after all. Wuxiang had indeed developed a rift with this disciple. Having previously sworn that he would only ever take one student, he had already taken in three behind his back.

After all, the resources of a mid-tier prefecture were limited. Even if a family exhausted everything they had, it would barely be enough to support a push into the upper tier.

On the road, Snakehead gathered a few of his subordinates, issued some orders, and then prepared to head to the Savage Boxing Arena himself.

Li Shimin stood still in front of Wei Zheng, slowly crouched down, and reached out to retrieve the leaf.

"That long!" Gu Yue was startled, a sense of urgency rising in him. "Those things invade the consciousness. The longer they attach to a person, the greater the toll on their soul." If it were an immortal or a cultivator, it might be fine, as they could perhaps endure it for a few hundred years, but if attached to a mortal, the result would inevitably be the total dissipation of their soul.

As the score on the scoreboard changed to 103 to 104, Yu Yichen told Al Harrington, who was going to the baseline to inbound the ball, to pass it directly to him.

No matter the danger, Chen Zhan was determined to eliminate this viper today, or there would be no telling how much trouble it would cause in the future.