Chapter 54: The Fish in the Cage of the Beautiful King 12

Lu Ningshi gave him a "job well done" look, then wrinkled her nose in a feigned display of dissatisfaction. "What’s there to show off about those scraps of yours? They don't even hold a candle to His Majesty’s mountains of gold and jade."
"Your Majesty, you are the King of the Merfolk, always the most generous of all. You will surely treat me even better than my father, won't you?" Lu Ningshi asked again with an expectant look.
"...Y-Yes, of course."
The Merfolk King, having dug his own grave and jumped straight into it, saw his expression shift, turning stiff and awkward.
In fact, the superior-grade-dharma-tier Six Ding Six Jia talismans had already been successfully crafted quite some time ago. It was just that the spiritual materials required for their creation were equivalent to those needed for treasured-tier-middle-grade talismans. During this period, Dumu Xiaotian and Kun Han had continuously attempted to use supreme-grade-dharma-tier or inferior-grade-treasured-tier spiritual materials to forge the Six Ding Six Jia talismans, but every single attempt had ended in failure.
"Then... Xiaotian, why have you been in closed-door cultivation all this time and caused such a huge commotion?" Ao Shun inquired.
Han Dao glanced at the surrounding terrain. After being leveled by the matter oscillator, it was essentially a clearing about a thousand meters in radius carved out right in the middle of a vast expanse of mountain ranges. Aside from this spot, the surrounding area was filled with densely packed, precipitous peaks—a truly impregnable natural fortress.
"So there were such twists and turns behind all this. It seems I truly wronged him." Hearing what Wei Tuan'er had said, and connecting it with what Yang Yushu had previously mentioned, Li Xian was now certain that he had indeed misjudged Zhao Yinhuang, a sudden sense of guilt welling up in his heart.
The five hundred taels of silver from Xie Jinlian was truly difficult to handle. To return it directly would make it blatantly obvious that Xie Jinlian was going back on an agreement she had already made after Gao Jun returned.
This posture and state gave Mu Xiaotian's words a few more grains of truth. However, Sun Yanfei and Ma Xingye directly chose to ignore them; they would have to be fools to believe him.
Right now, the momentum of the geomantic energies was heavily suppressed, and even the slightest interference would allow the Heavenly Convergence Force to find a breakthrough opportunity.
At that very moment, the battle inexplicably came to a simultaneous halt. The teams on all four sides lit up torches to take a look, only to discover that every single one of them was dressed in Tibetan attire! Not far opposite Garcung Goinbu stood a gloomy-looking Gar Qinling.
Yang Tian smiled and said, "I don't want her help. I still haven't figured out who those people monitoring the villa are; they might be here to deal with Li Yuxih."
Hearing this, Yang Tian was also astonished, thinking to himself: Could this man surnamed Yang be the exact same man surnamed Yang from twenty years ago? What unbridled audacity this fellow has, to actually return twenty years later.
Once these words were spoken, even if the crowd did not completely believe them, what they witnessed upon entering clearly matched her statements.
Naturally, Alchemist Kongxuan harbored an intense hatred for his clan; he would rather die than leave that three-star pill corpse to the family.
Seeing Zhao Fangran's excited expression, coupled with Xing Yi'an's pampering look, Nie Pan maintained a detached and indifferent attitude.
The shop had belonged to Yu Shi even before she was married, mostly left to her by her biological father, so it should have rightfully belonged to Lu Chengxuan.
After she finished speaking, her boneless, tender hand reached into the front of my shirt and fished out the handgun, and she also brushed against the jade pendant resting on my chest. A trace of bewilderment flickered across her expression, immediately followed by a faint smile.
As long as he was her man, no matter what form he might take, she would do everything in her power to protect him and cherish him.
Elder Zhong nodded with ruthless intent, having already figured out how to deal with those two Yue family disciples. He had even devised the optimal method to make them disappear without a sound.
The crocodile dragon slowly uncoiled the body it had been tightly coiled around, exposing the slave-branded corpse it had been strictly guarding. The slave-branded corpse looked at Yining with an exceptionally brilliant smile, its words brimming with the smug confidence of someone holding absolute victory in hand.
"It's getting late. Head down to rest; we need to wake up early tomorrow," Zhang Hao said as he stood up, breaking the silence. Qinro Xi felt a wave of disappointment, having originally thought there might be another opportunity, but she hadn't expected Zhang Hao to get up. Not saying much more for the moment, she simply stretched her back and turned to head downstairs.