Chapter Thirty-Seven: Restrictions Lifted

“Not at all! I have merely been feeling unwell these past few days, so I had my younger brother receive you in my stead. I hope you will forgive me, my lord!” No matter how dissatisfied Jia She was with Jia Zheng, he could not afford to disgrace the Jia household, and so he had no choice but to offer his apologies.

The visiting official naturally knew of Jia She’s circumstances. Privately, he was astonished. Everyone said that this Marquis of Grace Jia was a womanizer, incapable of shouldering responsibility, and that the true master of Rongguo Mansion was Jia Zheng. Yet now, judging by his skill in dealing with people, he felt that Marquis Jia was far superior to his younger brother, Jia Zheng.

“I wonder…”

The barbarian generals’ expressions tightened. Having heard that even more provisions awaited them, and already having acquired a taste for them, how could they be willing to let others lay claim to the spoils? Their spirits rose once more, and they continued the pursuit through the night.

Unfortunately, this place was not very suitable. Had they been in the outside world, they could have made a proper spectacle of things.

The Clan Master of the Qi family was driven backward step by step beneath the Sword Dragon’s charge. Each time he retreated, the bricks and stones beneath his feet split apart in spiderweb cracks. Several powerful figures nearby, unable to withstand the Sword Dragon’s ferocity, were shaken until they staggered about.

As an elder of the Heavenly Fragrance Palace, once the Holy Elder had decided to protect Lin Xiao, it would no longer have been appropriate for Jiang Yu to continue attacking him.

The golden divine consciousness left behind by the Dragon Ancestor also drifted uncertainly amid the golden waves. In that instant, as though a mountain were bearing down from above, Jing Ye gazed at that cluster of red light and found himself seized by wave after wave of inexplicable murderous emotion.

A squad of heavily armed soldiers from the Wenyue Kingdom guarded the city gates, occasionally stopping and questioning anyone they deemed suspicious.

If that Thousand Thunder Sword truly broke, the power unleashed by the explosion would likely be enough to kill a mighty expert of the Dragon Vein Realm outright.

Their expressions were entranced, and their graceful movements resembled phoenixes spreading their wings in flight. As their flowing sleeves fluttered, they were speckled with silver starlight. The utterly ordinary ground now seemed as beautiful as the Milky Way, and the dancers appeared to be treading upon stars as they danced.

“Why didn’t that white dragon dodge the lightning? Why did it just stand there like an idiot and take the strike head-on?” someone muttered suddenly.

Xu Hongyu had intended to plead his case once more, but the old beggar would not listen. He slapped Xu Hongyu across the face, cursed a few times, and walked away impatiently.

Thus, for the next few days, the Tortoise and I had no choice but to try every possible means of leaving this world.

This time, the mountain ogre seemed to have no intention of playing with them any longer. The low-level demon monsters attacked for two full days, until all three of them were utterly exhausted.

“Xiaxia, listen to Grandfather. Your Third Uncle is a bad man. We won’t play with him anymore. We don’t like him, all right?” Old Master Lu squatted down, gripping Lu Xia’s shoulders with both hands as he looked at her gravely.

Having received the answer he wanted, he went to Young Master Yan’s room in a cheerful mood. Inside, Young Master Yan was, as usual, sitting with his eyes closed in quiet meditation.

Although Lü Bu and Guan Yu were also angry with Liu Bei, their feelings were not nearly as complicated as Liu Tianhao’s. Hearing what Liu Tianhao said, they hurriedly sealed the wine jar again, pulled out a handful of large coins, tossed them onto the table, and followed Liu Tianhao outside.

The mounted scouts hastened to report to Yue Tuo that Lu Xiangsheng had not moved his troops to Daming Prefecture. Instead, with a starving remnant army, he was searching for the main Qing forces in order to fight a decisive battle. Yue Tuo immediately ordered all his elite troops, under his own command, to advance against Lu Xiangsheng’s army. He handed the rest of the troops to Dudu, instructing him to continue making a great show of force as he marched south toward Shandong.

The adults, Sakura, Chehua, Fengling, Shuiyue, Felicia, Ariel, Arcueid, and I all confessed our love to bustling Tokyo before coming to Hawaii, this paradise resort.

Wang Bai immediately caught the fresh, delicate fragrance in the air. It seemed to be a perfume she was especially fond of—did she spray a little on herself every morning?

The house looked small from the outside, but in fact it concealed a passage leading underground. Following the spiral staircase, Xina entered an even gloomier corner, where she could smell the odor of mildew.

“Daoist Priest, this second sheet of paper contains a sword manual. It has the air of a martial-arts story. Could it be… one of those long-lost manuals, like the Evil-Exorcising Sword Manual or the Nine Solitary Swords? I would like to hear your thoughts, Daoist Priest.”