Volume One, Chapter 105: A Scheme

The letter was sent back to the capital, and Elder Han was preparing to depart.

The night was thick as ink, and two closely nestled figures stepped out beneath a cloak of starlight.

"Don’t be angry. I went too far!" A chill flashed in the blue-clad youth’s eyes. He tilted his head and narrowly avoided Mo Qi’s heavy punch, growling the words through clenched teeth.

This man, whom he had once been involved with, had now shed that cold shell. Perhaps he himself had not noticed, but to his former lover it seemed nothing short of a miracle. Strange as it was, he truly had become a mature and charming man, no longer the childish boy he had once been.

One employee said, "There’s really no problem with the matter itself, only that the time is a bit short. Excluding the travel time, even stretching and trimming it, we only have three or four days. That won’t solve the problem."

At that, everyone burst into laughter.

This feeling had lingered in Xia Tian’s heart, impossible to shake no matter what he did. Even the thought of taking a little rest now could not come to pass.

A great swarm of fireflies suddenly gathered in the air, shifting through every color as they scattered and reunited, like blossoms of brilliant fireworks bursting one after another. From afar, faint voices of others drifted over.

He Liannuo nodded heavily. What sort of man was Gongsun Rang? He had never doubted a single word Gongsun Rang said. Since even Gongsun Rang regarded it so seriously, how could it possibly be wrong?

"..." The couple from the Gong family looked at the thing in his hands and decided it was best not to offer an opinion, lest Third Sister-in-Law lose face.

"So even Lord Ulquiorra Vastorod has come." Quite a few Hollows recognized him as one of the few Vastorod-class Great Hollows in the Hollow Realm.

Xia Tian was overjoyed. Could it be that Yue Rong and Hu Lijing had finally shaken off Hu Meiniang and come to comfort him? There was no danger here, and using his divine sense to sweep everything into his mind was no fun at all. He would much rather savor the buoyant thrill in his heart at this moment.

"Those who accomplish great things must always sacrifice something. Besides, what happened back then was never something we could control. To kill or be killed, we had only those two choices!" A sharp gleam flashed in Helian Shuo’s eyes, and his expression turned ferocious.

Yet Nicholas Caesar’s face seemed cast in iron and steel, unchanged in the slightest, as though that dreadful wound had not even been inflicted upon him. Taking the bandage handed over by the attendant, Nicholas Caesar personally wrapped it round and round the injured spot, even tying a crude little butterfly knot at the end.

"What? Sha Er, you can really open slots for equipment?" Black Peach said excitedly.

"Although the time was very short, I did see a rather unusual creature. Do you know what it is?" Lin Leyao looked at Chang Ge with questioning eyes.

What was more, using the Heavenly Silkworm Treasure Armor in no way restricted Po Jun from using those two defensive soul skills.

With a single slash from Qian Wuchuan, a streak of true energy swept through. The Shura Hunter had no chance to resist before its head exploded at once.

Lei Xiong finally found his chance to fire. As one of the cannon ships once again rumbled into action, the blaze from its muzzle exposed its position right within the range of the machine cannon under Lei Xiong’s control. Without hesitation, Lei Xiong pulled the trigger.

Several ancient-looking characters, carrying a touch of weathered age and natural grace, entered Po Jun’s field of vision.

"Vice Guild Leader Chang Ge, don’t you think your decision is far too unfair?" Clearly, Feng Xing’s urgency at this moment was no less than that of the vice captain.

Of course Brother Shan understood, but he had already fallen into a dead end. In his heart there was only stubborn resentment, and he could no longer think of anything else.