Chapter 52: New Year's Eve

Cui He walked into the house, appearing rather constrained.

"Come on in and sit down, Educated Youth Cui, it's warmer here."

"Alright, thank you."

The three of them were not very familiar with Cui He, having only gone to the supply-and-marketing cooperative together that one time, when she had kindly reminded Su Yao. They had not had much contact since.

Cui He did not know what to say to them, and suddenly asking for their help felt a bit presumptuous given how little they knew each other.

Seeing the books on the table, she asked, "Are you reading high school textbooks?"

With the roof riddled with holes, the windows letting in drafts from time to time, and some unidentified filth on the floor, Jiang Muran's entire appearance and attire bore no resemblance to her previous demeanor, instead looking much more like her eldest sister, Jiang Muyan.

Upon hearing this, the other person gave her a reassuring look, then gathered all her internal energy into her palms, channeled her force, and struck fiercely against the wall in front of her.

"Let's go back." Xiao Sheng said faintly, his slightly sighing tone making her heart skip a beat again.

I didn't hesitate at all and agreed to go with him; since he was in trouble, I would definitely help him.

Blue Spirit could not lie at all. To Chu Feng, she gave the impression of pure innocence. The moment she spoke, there was a clear trace of hesitation, and even nervousness, in her eyes.

There were only eight Heavenly Lords to begin with, and the original Heavenly Lord of Juntian had long since kicked the bucket.

"Forget it, what trouble could possibly befall the Family Head with the Prince of Yan here? Even if the Prince of Yan were to get hurt, he would absolutely never let the Family Head suffer the slightest bit of harm." With that, he forcefully pulled the Fourth Elder away and left.

"Roar—" The black bear failed to dodge and was pierced, but this also caused it to shift its gaze onto Xi Xuan.

Afterward, the group set off in pursuit to rendezvous with the lost forces. There were still some surviving enemies secretly excavating resources, so they had to scatter. Letian looked around for Huo Ling'er, but she kept hiding from him and refused to show herself.

Although the damage inflicted by the Divine King was massive, it was not fatal. They owed their thanks to the Golden Ape and White Dragon for arriving just in time.

Since Chu Xieruo also knew that she had changed her "temperament", why couldn't she believe that it came from the sincerity of her own heart to fulfill her wishes?

Tianming immediately walked toward that large gate. Along the way, through the light shining from the gate, Tianming saw numerous skeletons. It seemed this place had indeed been visited before, except that many people had already perished at the very first trial...

Hongluan silently left the room. At this moment, apart from Jin Ge, there remained only the quiet stillness of the room and two intertwined heartbeats.

Tong Xiyan extended her fair, delicate right hand and gently stroked Liu Pingfan's handsome face, as if trying to smooth away the pain etched upon it.

He said: "Don't try to drown your sorrows in alcohol; drink the Great Wall white liquor instead. If you get drunk, I'll have to take care of you again and won't be able to sleep all night."

Of course, one could also flee abroad, but now foreign countries did not seem much better off than China! The American mainland was facing the threat of the Japanese Navy; not to mention Britain and France; only the Soviet Union was slightly better off, having just won a major battle to defeat Germany, though it was also in extreme chaos.

Feeling that his life was hanging by a thread, Zhou Jieren immediately erupted with the greater part of his divine power and used Rebirth from the Ashes to barely restore his physical condition.

Chairman Mao personally pressed the button, and the surging national anthem echoed across the entire venue and the entire country. The five-star red flag slowly rose in the square, while 300,000 people in the square simultaneously took off their hats, stood in solemn silence, and raised their heads to gaze up at the five-star red flag.

Yet this time he died with a grim expression, the impending storm on his face not fading, but growing even heavier.

The ghost guard on the left wore a terrifying expression, while the one on the right was amiable. Pointing at the other wandering spirits entering the Ghost Gate, he said.

Xing Tianyi walked along that cave opening toward the inside. It turned out to be a tunnel, pitch-black, with only a glimmer of light visible at the very end. What made him find it strange was that the light inexplicably made him think of moonlight. He walked forward along the tunnel, pondering a question as he went.