Volume 1, Chapter 27: The Birthday Gift I Gave

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Elder Wang stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Dean Vermilion Bird. How could she possibly know that they had encountered members of the Black Night Assassins on their journey?

Over the following hours, Dongfang Xiao recounted to Dongfang Yu and the others everything that had happened after his return to the family, as well as every detail of the mission. Dongfang Yu and the others likewise told him about their own mission and what had happened to them at the Mo residence. Before they knew it, evening had gradually fallen.

My mind was filled with doubts. What puzzled me most was how someone could have left a mobile phone here—and then forgotten it.

“You certainly thought this through. In that case, send men at once through the rear gate to Yun’an to seek help from the King of Chu. I shall go to the city wall myself and face those Song rebels!”

As Gong Zheng spoke, he and the enemy troops set about their respective tasks.

Azure Dragon Island was truly enormous. Calling it an island hardly seemed adequate; it was more like a vast piece of land floating upon the sea, no smaller than Vermilion Bird Island.

Old Qin, whose feelings had genuinely surfaced, came in with a long face. His rough hands moved slowly from the beard on his chin all the way up to his flattened hair.

There was a sudden cracking sound as an iron caltrop was cleaved apart. The Demon Emperor Blade continued forward, sinking into the contact point between itself and the evil python’s scales.

Dongfang Xiao fell into deep thought. What the young man had said did make some sense. According to the information they had gathered, every Overlord Ant nest was guarded by hundreds of Overlord Ants. Although none of them was especially powerful, their sheer numbers would still cause them considerable trouble.

The old physician nodded, then followed his attendant away to write out the prescription. From beginning to end, he had paid no attention whatsoever to his patient, Cang Luochen.

The two of them had originally been in fine spirits, but after the interruption, even the fresh and succulent sashimi tasted like wax in their mouths, utterly devoid of flavor.

“Your Majesty, the Yan family has produced only one Yan Xiange throughout the generations. The rest are all ordinary people,” the adviser said from the side.

Hah! It was also possible that the Demon God senior had left it here. Gu Yun chuckled inwardly, feeling that the chances of breaking the seal had increased greatly.

In the Ghost Realm stood the Netherworld Palace, where the Ghost King resided. The Path of Reincarnation lay directly before it, guarded by heavily armed sentries.

Lan Zhu’er was startled. Only then did she realize that a huge jellyfish had suddenly darted out from behind them. Since when had the sea beasts learned to take advantage of others’ misfortune?

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Cang Luochen’s injuries were not particularly serious. After Qin Xiuming forcibly made him rest for two days, he was more or less recovered.

Shen Yu had expended half his spiritual energy in a single strike. With no time to wait for his strength to recover, he hurriedly swallowed a spirit-nourishing pill and began forming hand seals again.

Apart from obtaining a few divine medicines and sacred fruits, they had gained nothing else. Their predecessors had taken everything with them when they left. Only the spiritual roots of those divine medicines had grown back over the countless years, and even now, their grades were still remarkably high.

That very night, Zhao Linghan made Chen Xu’an feel that he had truly, genuinely grown up. Yet that same night, Zhao Linghan also became so unfamiliar that Chen Xu’an scarcely recognized him.

Only after the Tiger King’s figure vanished from sight and everyone was certain that he had truly departed did they dare breathe heavily.

People came to the tavern to drink precisely for its atmosphere and wine. If someone started causing trouble while drunk, would that not ruin the ambience and give the customers a miserable experience?

Li Ze, standing nearby, was somewhat horrified. It was not because of anything else; Dai Shang’s attitude was simply far too strange.

Outside the house Yao Yao had chosen stood a restaurant that was available for rent. The charitable acts Yao Yao and the others had carried out in recent days had brought them a great many customers. Though the restaurant had opened only one day earlier, the spirit stones it had earned already far exceeded their previous takings.

Luo Fu spun around and swept a whip kick into Lestrange’s abdomen. Like a rootless duckweed, he was sent flying and slammed hard into the wall. His face turned deathly pale as he spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood.

The greatest advantage of staying at Zhang Ye’s side was that one could not die. Even if someone did die, Zhang Ye could use energy points to bring them back to life.

If the results were good, they would certainly rush to Shen Yuan and beg him to inspect the place and offer his suggestions.

The Joyous Sect was the largest gathering of evil cultivators. Its members committed every imaginable crime against ordinary cultivators—burning, killing, robbing, and violating them—and relied on plundered cultivation to do whatever they pleased. They were the most despised of all evil cultivators, and everyone who encountered them sought to kill them.

The man who had assaulted me was indeed dead, but his family refused to let the matter rest. They wanted to accuse my father of intentional homicide and have him sent to prison.

Xie Luan yanked the other man aside, never noticing that a hidden crossbow was also attacking from behind him... In the next instant, the Ninth Young Master seized him and hurled him violently to the side.

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The Si family had deployed nearly all its elite forces. Even the three Grand Supreme Elders, powerful figures who had guarded the Si family’s ancestral grounds for years, had been brought out. Clearly, they intended to crush this repeatedly provocative enemy outright, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

At that moment, the great residence rang with screams and furious roars. The townspeople eating outside clearly knew what was happening, and gathered together to sigh over it and discuss the matter.

When the time came, all she would need to do was say a single word. Not only would formally taking over the work from her be impossible—even her current position as acting substitute might fall through.

When she entered, Nan Yuheng had already shut down the computer. He stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, apparently deep in thought.

“The red mask represents law enforcement; the black mask represents guarding; the green mask represents recording; the white mask represents patrols; the gray mask represents logistics; and the gold mask represents the leader of each group,” the man replied blankly.

She walked over and pulled away the coarse cloth covering the basket, revealing four long glass jars tucked along the far left.

But now that they had discovered Li Yongnian had merely been trying to frighten Li Banxian away, the meaning of the matter was entirely different.

Enduring the excruciating pain in her arm, she drew a short knife from the side of her leather boot and lunged at the leader who was preparing to strike Yun Yi.

Uncle Bo had withdrawn outright. With no competition left at all, and comparing herself with Lu Han, Xia Mo would obviously help her.

It seemed that she had come to know Mu Yun anew. This fellow had apparently been hiding his abilities all along. The skill of conjuring ice from thin air had clearly surpassed the bounds of traditional martial arts. In her understanding, only supreme experts who had fused with the bloodline of an ancient dragon could accomplish such a feat.

“I was picked up. Even if I have relatives, I have no idea where they are,” Xiang Xiang replied indifferently.

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