Chapter 30: A Lesson Learned!

Mi Tang was planning to lead a group up the mountain to search when he was rooted to the spot by the sudden appearance of Gu Xiaomai and her two companions.

Equally startled were the members of Wang Muyuan’s team, as well as Liu Ju and the others, who had been keeping a watchful eye on the mountain, worried because the trio had not yet returned.

Wang Muyuan’s team had already reached a consensus: as soon as they returned, they would have Gu Xiaomai prepare a batch of purified plants for them to try. If the food proved delicious, they intended to collaborate with her long-term, rather than wasting the ingredients themselves.

This was certainly not because he was humble or polite, but simply because he preferred to face people head-on rather than turning his back on them.

Now that there was no need to speak, Xincheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble, which benefited everyone.

The great master had attempted to form his primordial spirit ten years later... and failed. However, no one could rashly overturn what he had said a decade ago, could they?

Du Qianjie’s perception swept over these individuals, and he froze. He had actually spotted an acquaintance—what a coincidence! In the vast universe, with its countless trillions of living beings, he never expected to encounter someone he knew, let alone an acquaintance he had been searching for all this time.

In truth, Master Yan was never particularly skilled at business negotiations. He had a mental valuation of what things were worth, but he was not adept at convincing the other party to accept his price or haggling them down to the absolute limit.

Lin Taiping sat on the stone steps nearby, head in his hands, staring blankly into space, lost in his own thoughts.

Even though she was anxious beyond measure, she had to compose herself once more, focusing her energy to seek a way to break the formation.

This sentence hit Wei Qinghuai like a heavy punch to the face. His expression darkened instantly, and without another glance at Qin Jinyu, he turned and bolted away with extraordinary speed.

Pu Tianhua nodded, and Du Qianjie followed Pu Tianhong outside, though he had no idea what kind of tricks this Uncle Fiemu was up to.

On the surface, he was following behind the Disciple of Light, but in reality, Du Qianjie’s soul power had already spread out. There were no ambushes nearby, and he sensed no tension in the air, which put his mind slightly at ease.

"When you get home, tell your father that you don't want to spend the Lunar New Year at your husband's family home. Ask him to help you find a way; I believe your father will have a solution," Lin Dong said.

"Anything else you’d like to say, Andireo?" Xiu Jian tilted his head back, looking down from a position of superiority. Even if he wanted to be humble, the current situation made it impossible. The disparity in power between him and Andireo was now exactly the same as the gap between them when he first met Andireo in Lulusini—there was no suspense left.

In Du Rui’s past life, this would have been simple; a large electric blower could reach that temperature easily. But now, to generate electricity, he would need at least a large steam engine, along with generators, batteries, and transformers. Du Rui knew how to build some crude versions of these machines, but at the moment, it was nothing more than a fantasy.

However, the capital served as the barometer for political trends. The Mayor of the capital had come in person, proactively requesting that Hongxin Group’s environmental technology products be put into use within the city.

The Tang troops below the city walls were also struck with terror. Fortunately, the soldiers were skilled in archery and horsemanship, and they managed to calm their warhorses. Looking ahead again, they saw that what had once been a wall was now nothing but rubble, and they could only stare at one another in shock.

The meat-eaters were narrow-minded; they never realized that it was these very guards who, by stealing what they were meant to protect, accelerated the collapse of the Ayyubid dynasty. Later, Mamluk generals murdered the dynasty’s heirs and established a reign that lasted two and a half centuries, keeping Egypt and Syria under the rule of the Mamluks and their descendants throughout that period.

Therefore, the soldiers of the insurance regiment held no particular prejudice against rebellion, nor did they possess any genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm for it. Furthermore, this mission was merely to break a siege. Even though the Party-member officers understood the significance of this breakthrough, the soldiers had yet to grasp its historical importance.