Volume One, Chapter Ninety-Six: Yun Mojiu Blushed

When Yun Mojiu arrived, there was no one in the downstairs sitting room.

She went upstairs.

Just as she reached the stair landing, she heard the sound of running water coming from Xiao Junhe’s room. She thought he must be washing up, so she was about to go back downstairs and wait for him there.

But just as she was about to turn and leave, Xiao Junhe’s voice came from inside the room.

“Is that Miss Yun?”

Yun Mojiu stopped in her tracks and answered softly, “Mm.”

“That...” Xiao Junhe’s voice was filled with hesitation, as though he had something difficult to say.

“What is it?” Yun Mojiu asked.

Xiao Junhe let out a faint sigh, looking very helpless.

“Just now, while I was bathing, my soul left my body...”

And those ten warships were all among the navy’s sturdiest and most offensive vessels, more than enough even to deal with Sea Kings. Each warship carried roughly a thousand soldiers.

Chen You’s expression shifted uncertainly. In truth, he had considered other methods, but regrettably, this was already the greatest move he could make.

The Dream Green Dragon was merely the flagship Blue Dragon’s escort vessel, one rank below the Titan Star Fortress. Naturally, the power of the Green Dragon’s main cannon, Emerald Dream, could not compare with the three main cannons of the Titan Star Fortress.

Yet right now, standing before the gate, was the greatest obstacle to this prison break: Magellan, the man who would soon become the warden.

Zhou Xiao answered Shen Fengxing’s questions one by one, though she did not dare delve too deeply. Matters of equity were something she would have to ask Chen Fang about, and she did not understand them very well either.

Because of Shao Yunqian’s matter, and also because of those words Shen Fengxing had once said when he divorced her, along with the ridicule from those people, the memories kept replaying in her mind in endless loops. The more wildly she thought, the less she could sleep; the less she could sleep, the more irritable she became. At last, she could bear it no longer and opened her eyes, sitting up.

Just look at it—this was the difference. Before he knew she could help him, he had not even deigned to give her a smile; now that he knew she could cure his chronic illness, in an instant they had become brother and sister.

“Heh, Your Highness is joking. Zhang Feng plotted against an imperial official; his crime was truly monstrous. Now that he has been executed, his family’s property and land naturally belong to the state and are to be turned over to the authorities,” Zhu Hansan replied with a calm expression.

What nearly made him spit blood in fury was that the Federation’s heavy assault mech, Crimson Dawn, was far more sinister than the Dragon God Conqueror.

Two knights, their entire bodies blazing with searing firelight, exchanged a glance, then turned their eyes together toward Cobra, trembling in the corner.

Someone was coming from the direction of the Grand Garden Hotel. The four men hidden in the buildings on either side knew the situation had changed. Hardened in resolve, they suddenly charged out as well.

Once the more than thirty rings had been cast into shape, came the final step: carving a formation inside each ring. Only a formation could store his elemental power, and only then could the ring truly become a magical artifact.

The sharp-eyed Hall Master Xia still suspected the steward Du. His words, pregnant with meaning, also carried a hint of trying to break apart the alliance between Steward Du and the White-Eyebrowed Elder.

Wang Renweijia’s eyes curved into crescents with laughter. Very satisfied with the answer, she could not help but cling tightly to Zhang Zhen’s arm.

Having been caught sneaking away, Liu Mengmeng could only turn back with an apologetic look and ingratiate herself with Tang Yin. Although Tang Yin had said she would not hit her, her expression clearly carried the look of someone ready to beat this traitor to death, frightening her so much that she could not help shrinking back, too afraid to take even one step forward.

“Meng Yan, Meng Yan, Meng Yan...” At first it was only someone casually shouting his name, but before long the calls rose and fell like waves. Whatever the reason, Meng Yan now seemed to have become the public choice of the freshman year.

“Heh, I’m afraid I’ve made a fool of myself before Master Chen. With a great matter at hand, everything must take second place to it.” Only after Director Chen spoke did Ming Xuebo finally suppress the anger in his heart.

As for the territory of the three-way alliance, the Divine Giant Spirit Nation accepted it all, including the vast domains of the Xuantian Sect and its various affiliated powers, as well as the lands ruled by Golden Sickle Saint Lord in the Kunling Realm, and the three major demon-world factions under Ghost-Eye Demon Venerable.

In the next instant, Luo Rulong and Dina arrived on a plain. Luo Rulong looked around. The plain stretched without end, dotted here and there with tufts of grass. Aside from the darkened sky and the occasional flicker of lightning overhead, it looked much like any ordinary grassland.

I did my best to sweep away all distracting thoughts, took a long breath, and steadied my breathing. Then, as the starting pistol rang out, the race officially began.

Lin Zhaolong had been in Vietnam for more than a month. At present, the troops stationed there were mostly concentrated in the Cham region and around Prubango, but their numbers were only a little over ten thousand—so few that not even two divisions were at full strength, let alone the newly formed Second Army.

“Judging from the Earth Shadow appearing in the royal palace, I think it is highly likely that the God-Destroying Society will attack the royal capital,” Xuan Jian said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Peng roared and transformed into a golden-winged great roc over two zhang tall. Yet on the roc’s breast there was unmistakably a pair of human arms, an oddity that set it apart from birds.

Zhi Xia’s injuries were not too severe. The Third Soul Immortal Venerable, unwilling to miss even a morsel of food, had shown great restraint even in that furious strike; her vomiting blood had been entirely the result of sorrow and indignation striking together.

“I need to see the Emperor. Where does the Emperor reside? And what place is this?” Bao’er turned and looked up, seeing several characters on the gate.

“This general sent men to search by the lake, but they found no wet clothing. Could there be some technique to throw off pursuit?” General Feng asked.

He quickly calculated all the routes of war. At this moment, it was not suitable for him to act. At the very least, he would have to wait until Wu Sangui and Prince Kang had fought each other into utter chaos. As for that Princess Jingning, he had already all but forgotten what she looked like.

A streak of green light flashed and vanished, followed by a blinding white radiance enveloping the true form of the Shock Elephant. Countless pure-white bolts of lightning burst forth, carving winding, searing trails through the air.

The meeting ended, and just after Qin Songwang returned to his office, Luan Xu and Chen Yan came looking for him. Because of the special investigation team incident last time, Qin Songwang and Chen Yan were already quite familiar with each other.

If he killed those corrupt police in the name of justice, then when he turned to examine himself, how would he prove that justice existed at all? He, the murderer, had not been punished, had he? At least not yet.

In truth, no one did not want to know exactly what had happened last night. It was just that unlike Mu Qiqi, they did not dare confront Ye Che face-to-face. Still, since there was a secret to hear, naturally no one wanted to leave.