Chapter 85: The Tender-Hearted Su Manman

The old lady knelt before Su Manman, heedless of the stunned gazes all around her. Her face was stricken with remorse, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Even an unrelated stranger seeing her like this would have found her pitiable and been moved to help her back to her feet.

That act made Su Manman and Ye Feng, not far away, pause slightly in surprise.

Su Manman had never imagined that someone so proud...

Lin Hang and Elder Wang both nodded. Under the Grand Elder's arrangements, the four of them took up residence in a grand hall, recovering the strength they had spent on the road these past few days, before beginning formal cultivation.

It was said that Su Jingling had taken the initiative to show favor to the man, and the two had been deeply affectionate, willing to devote themselves to each other, only for Zhao Dong to barge in and stir up trouble, even declaring that Su Jingling was his woman and that no one was allowed to touch her.

Xie Cheng and Qiao Jian pushed the door open and went in. Everyone's eyes were red, a sign that no one had rested well the night before.

Before long, a paper crane carrying a message flew in from the alley entrance, followed by the unlucky star, wrapped up like a dumpling.

Zhu San opened his mouth as if he still wanted to say something, but in the end he only sighed, turned, and left, returning to his own room.

In anger, Song Xiaowei carried her bowl back to her dormitory, set it down on the table with a bang, and sat on the heated brick bed seething in silence.

"Jiu'er, where did you go at noon? We turned around and you were gone. We were even thinking of calling you to come eat with us," Mu Zhixia said first.

"A tiger will never lie down like a cat, and a dragon is bound to take to the skies sooner or later. Xie Yuming is no serpent; his rise is only to be expected," the young man replied softly, his eyes narrowed.

Cui Yi's overall mood always seemed to run a bit too hot at times. He was probably not the kind of person who would be easy to handle.

Then Xia Zhi said excitedly to Gu Beicheng that in just over two months, she had already earned nearly two hundred thousand.

Besides not breaking the law, she also could not betray him, and that betrayal was not limited to business; it included her feelings as well.

Yet, immersed in what she took to be the truth, Yun Qingying failed to notice that everyone was looking at her as if she were a fool. There was not only contempt, but also scorn and mockery.

More than twenty seconds later, most of the staff had already awakened. Roof tiles and pieces of wood kept crashing down inside the house, and she gritted her teeth and stepped onto the corridor, preparing to take another passage.

In the imperial court, reports from the border said that the nomadic tribes had repeatedly sent scouts to wander about the Great Qian frontier, as if preparing for war.

"The cultivation goes to you, and I'll take a larger share of the star source stones. Fair and reasonable," Jin Dou said, holding five in one hand and passing over one. It made her feel as though she had become the one keeping the accounts.

"..."

Zhou Yang fell silent for a moment and gave no answer, but his gaze told Chen Yunyao that it could be done; only, he did not know how to make such a promise.

The young man froze in place. His astonishment turned to a frosty chill as he snapped the branch in his hand and looked coldly at the two people embracing not far away, his gaze dark and profound.

For some time, Zhao Tianci had heard nothing about the main body cultivator from the Azure Wind Star Realm. He began to consider striking at those star realms whose realm lords had already departed as body cultivators, leaving disciples from Blue Star to manage them.

If Fu Wenyan had taken out the gold token just now, how would Wen Tingchen have had the nerve to say he would take her away for a lesson?

Though Li Xinran spoke lightly of it, saying that she had happened to be able to help when difficulties arose and had lent a hand, the matter was certainly not that simple. It was only because there were so many people present that it was inconvenient to say more.

Having figured out the source of that familiar feeling, Li Xinran thought no further on it and sat with Li Xinyi at the same table, drinking cool tea as well.

That innocent flower tray would instantly swell dozens of times over, opening a great maw filled with barbs and digestive fluid.

With the protective grand array completed and three Nascent Soul old monsters in residence, the days that followed were indeed rather peaceful.

Seeing Prince Kang bare his teeth and wear a flattering smile as he begged for mercy, the anger in the Princess Consort's heart had also mostly dissipated.