Volume One, Chapter 50: No Regrets

The fat man shouted once, sweat breaking out on the bridge of his nose from the pain. Chen Xi hurried over and carefully reattached the fat man’s arm. Just now, the fat man had withdrawn too forcefully, causing his own arm to come off. If that hadn’t happened, there would have been no way to retract that slash.

Although the standoff had now stabilized, the matter of the Frenzied Pearl was still a cause for concern. As a result, Nie Xian’s mission to the Demon Emperor’s Tomb was delayed once again.

On the Cangshan Mountains, the snow lay thick and deep. In the distance, white mist rose from the hot springs, but the red-crowned cranes that had been dancing about were nowhere to be seen. Fan Xian carefully read through the letters sent by his father and Wang Qinian, then rubbed them between his fingers until they turned to powder, casually tossing the dust out the window.

“How can this be? How could I harm the prince!” Aotian exclaimed in shock. He would rather die than cause even the slightest harm to Xia Ying.

In the Sheng family’s eyes, the Fifth Young Master was a disgrace, forbidden from being discussed by outsiders. Yet the other four eldest sons were the family’s pride.

“You’re wasting your efforts too!” Yijun glared at Wu Baiji, tugged at her blue robe, and cast a glance around the cold, deserted Kunhua Palace. She shivered involuntarily. Among the four nations, in terms of national strength, Huazhu was now first, but... from what she had seen on her journey, it was not even half as prosperous as Shouhuang.

However... having the Left Metropolitan Censor watch over the Censorate and report directly to the inner court was tantamount to placing the Censorate under the palace’s direct scrutiny.

The three of them left the Zhengde Palace. The guards were probably accustomed to Zhao Ji’s outings by now and asked no questions. Seven or eight elite imperial soldiers in plain clothes trailed them at a distance. Whether there were other covert sentinels elsewhere, Shen Ao could not say.

The Iron of Destruction appeared highly unstable, constantly shifting shapes at random. It seemed composed of countless grains of black sand, sometimes forming endless forests, other times towering mountains. These transformations appeared unaffected and uncontrollable by any external force.

It turned out the question’s introduction had connected to the main topic, not by overturning the sage’s words but by using them to explain why one might not be pleased when a friend comes from afar, while simultaneously affirming the question—only a certain misunderstanding in interpretation had occurred.

“No one?” The impatient veteran flung his rifle over his shoulder and strode into the village with long legs. Within minutes, he had scoured the entire village. “There really is no one,” he said, scratching his head in frustration. Zhao Zhi and the others had just approached the first hut when the veteran had already run through the village.

Chen Ren cheerfully high-fived Gan Ning as a pledge. Then Chen Ren walked up to He Qi, extended his hand to help him up, and smiled. “Come with me!” Without waiting for a response, he turned and headed straight for the ship at the back.

The White Zephyr, a divine beast rarer than the phoenix, was said to know the weaknesses of every magical beast in the world! With it, what beast could not be conquered?

“Of course, we should go in and speak to the master here.” Zhao Wuyou felt puzzled—couldn’t they at least pay their respects to the owner?

“Damn, I should have come earlier.” Having abandoned all hope, Chen Ye cursed under his breath, then reached out and removed the single-shot heavy sniper rifle adjacent to his Barrett sniper rifle from the mount. He opened its attributes in frustration, but soon his eyes lit up.

After a while, Li Guoxiong woke up. He remembered nothing from his hypnosis, only feeling momentarily dazed when he saw Chu Nan still sitting in front of him.

Though some players needed to join the national team for combined training, the practice still proved highly effective.

In the following days, Ru Yi never heard that Jin Yuyan accompanied Yong Cheng to visit the emperor at Fangbi Grove. Whenever Yong Cheng requested an audience, Li Yu politely blocked the way with excuses. Even Yong Cheng himself visited the emperor less frequently than before.

This time, the navy dispatched eight warships to escort Chen Ren’s new troops to Hanzhong. The lead ship and two at the rear were navy vessels for escort, while the five in the middle, besides the necessary crew, carried the Mountain Blade Battalion headed there.

Ding! Crisis alert: after clearing the level, the first wave of zombies will attack, estimated at five hundred in number.

Tears welled in her eyes. She shook her head with difficulty, trying to prove her innocence.

Lin Jiao remained seated in the living room, lost in thought. When Gao Yuan returned, she showed neither displeasure nor welcome and said nothing.

Sure enough, during the team dinner, he continued to snore soundly. No one disturbed him, and he slept until well past ten at night, only waking when the worms in his stomach stirred him to get up.

The sudden visit from the Western Jie was clearly ill-intentioned; everyone understood that much.

“I support you!” Yuan Shanbao was the first to agree. After all, he had nearly witnessed firsthand the history of friendship between Du Yuesheng and Kang Youwei.

“Su Qing, if I really do this, the wolf spirit will surely punish me.” Xi Yao shook her head, still harboring some reservations.

Mu Wanqing simply sat on the ground, breathing slowly, trying to ease the ache in her heart.

While Ye Chen was lost in thought, Yu You’s call of “brother-in-law” snapped him back to reality. Following Yu You’s pointing finger, he saw that familiar graceful figure and was stunned.

Du Yuesheng’s little “meat” puzzled me, but I didn’t dwell on it. Zhang Xiaolin may not know yet, but once the word gets out in the underworld, he’ll certainly find out. Once he does, he’ll come back immediately.

Chen Yueyue glared at the BMW she could no longer manage, snorted through her nose, and stared at the car’s background for a long time. Only when the BMW turned the corner and disappeared did she remember she had to investigate nearby.

Then, both hands were suddenly free, and in the blink of an eye, a spear made entirely of transformed energy flew from the slender monkey’s grasp.

For the second spear, he could choose to confront Li Yujun head-on, demonstrating his professionalism as a soldier.