29 A Letter from the South
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“General Xu, allow me to say a few words. It is already June. After we successfully rescued our people from Goguryeo in April, they immediately began preparing to retaliate against us. By now, they have had two full months to make their preparations. Do you really think they will wait until after the autumn harvest to send out their troops? Why would they not strike during the summer harvest?” Yang Pengfei, who had remained in Sanqi all this time, was the one who spoke.
The next moment, the air fell utterly silent. Not a single person spoke to break the stillness. Then Su Wushuang glanced over toward Ouyang Nuannuan. Seeing no sign that she was about to awaken, she let out a soft sigh.
She had never told him when Chen Manli had arrived in San Francisco. Naturally, he knew even less that Chen Manli had never remarried; she had died of tuberculosis.
Seeing this, Zi Lingtian stepped forward and summoned the God-Slaying Sword. He slowly thrust it inside. After sensing no abnormalities, Zi Lingtian drew a deep breath.
“Have you had enough fun?”
Zi Lingtian entered the jade carriage, and his indifferent voice rang in the ears of everyone in the guardian corps.
Even so, one could still vaguely make out that the two stone carvings somewhat resembled qilin—or perhaps some other mythical beasts.
Only when the brilliant glow of lamplight suddenly appeared beyond the woods halfway up the mountain did they discover the parking lot. After winding around the bushes, they saw that, in this desolate wilderness, nearly half the lot was filled with cars. In a Chinese village, such a sight would have seemed almost like something out of a tale of ghosts, fox spirits, and immortals.
The fire wall made no other move, nor did it show any intention of disappearing. It simply watched the cultivators in silence, waiting for their answer.
“Are you going to marry me or not?!”
Anger stained Su Wushuang’s face as she looked at Gu Xi. She had begun resorting to force, trying to make him agree to marry her.
When he reached this part, Xize turned to glance at her, immediately earning a cold look from Huaizhen.
The villager who had come with Acheng was named Xu Guang. He was forty-two that year. After earning some money working away from home, he had returned to his village three years earlier to develop the local area. For the convenience of the villagers, he had funded the construction of the mountain road behind the village.
Sun Wukong could no longer move. Every ounce of strength in his body was being used to resist the pressure imposed by the Constellation Realm.
When Qiao Yan returned to the office, Zeng Jinling and Wan Xing were watching a video in front of the computer. She leaned over for a look and was astonished to see her own dazzling image speaking eloquently on the legal program they had recorded previously.
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He stepped forward and pressed down lightly on Jian Yixin’s shoulder. An aura instantly dispersed from her body.
Outside the realm, the gods of the Church of Justice and the Church of War could still fight side by side against a common enemy. But once they entered the realm, there was no room left for such cooperation.
The supernatural appraisal showed that this Nine-Dragon Blue-and-White Porcelain Plate was definitely not from the Kangxi era, but from the reign of his son, Yongzheng. It had been fired in the first year of Yongzheng’s reign, not long after Kangxi’s death. Insisting that it was somehow connected to Kangxi was not entirely unreasonable.
I turned my head and spat the soup right back out. Then I panted heavily, letting the cool air lower the temperature in my mouth.
Consort Qian snorted coldly and walked in with her chin held high, clearly looking down on Yao’er and Ju’er.
Jiang Qiu walked out of the office. Leng Jingxuan knew that her pregnancy probably could not remain hidden for much longer. Perhaps she felt that the present happiness was only temporary.
No one could blame Li Jiale for being so shocked. After his last failed attempt to scale the cliff, he had returned to his master and recounted the entire affair in meticulous detail.
Besides, there were hardly any decent men. When a licentious madam encountered a wealthy patron, the two naturally hit it off, corrupting the morals of the entire trade and giving rise to the so-called unspoken rules.
Qin Feng was dumbfounded. He hurriedly signaled to Li Shimin with his eyes. Had they not agreed that it would merely be a sinecure? How had he been granted such an outrageously powerful position in less than three months?
“Because these conditions are not things that can be fulfilled with ease. In other words, we have no way to guarantee that we will definitely obtain them, so they are all factors beyond our control.”
Yang Yi should never have left Yang Mingxuan there alone. He ought to have known how cunning that old fox was. Now, Yang Yi could only be thankful that his long-range ability had not been used just moments ago and that he still had enough points to pay for one more use.
The Dragon King of the Jing River stood frozen in place. His dragon head fell to the ground, and only then did his lower body collapse into the Jing River, dyeing the water a vivid crimson.
As soon as these words were spoken, Huangfu Tianyi fell silent. Even his teacup stopped halfway to his lips, and he did not continue drinking.
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Next, the second in line advances to become the leader and repeats the leader’s movements. Every person behind him does the same in turn. They need only wait until it is their turn to repeat the movement.
Jiao Yang said even less. Huangfu Tianyi wanted to test things personally, which was naturally ideal. It meant that he had begun to believe what An’an had said.
Ye Fei could not stand seeing people expressing gratitude until they wept bitterly, especially grown men.
He was warm and pleasant toward everyone else, but only with Kongque did he become as unpleasant as possible. Whenever he could retort, he did so at once.
“What sort of person am I? Do you not already know?”
Wu Yan looked at the four of them with an amused, inscrutable smile.
She ground her teeth. Her face began to pale, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She felt as though something were vanishing from her body, and her heart began to spasm.
He might still have hesitated before, but after Qin Muchun appeared, his heart told him with perfect clarity that he wanted her to become his wife.
“We cannot rule out the possibility that, once she regains her freedom within Rengel, she may sacrifice herself to restore the situation.”
Beixi’s words plunged everyone into silence.
Third, this news report completely ruined Shalana’s reputation. How important a girl’s reputation was in China was something foreigners might never understand. It could be said that this report would affect Shalana for the rest of her life.
After seeing Lord Longhuo’s fate, everyone was stunned by Li Lingtian’s Iceflame Nine Heavens. These injuries had been caused by Li Lingtian’s Iceflame Nine Heavens. Although it had not killed Lord Longhuo, it had beaten him into his present state.
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