Chapter 35: Tender Affection

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Then, another voice swept across the Bayuan Continent: The Sixfold Pact takes effect immediately. I have suspended half of the Supreme Dao Codex, compiled by Wisdom, upon the Key of Time. The Divine Key can accommodate up to thirty thousand people at once and accelerate cultivation up to a hundredfold. The slots for entry are to be distributed by Bayuan’s own representatives.

After saying this, she found it odd: How could she be so adept at these political machinations?

Dewey, having finished speaking, disdainfully tossed the cluster of leaves and twigs from the table onto the ground and kicked it aside.

The Demonic Spirit Burst, a secret technique of the Sea Demon Clan to stimulate their own potential, caused far less harm than the self-mutilation techniques of the human clan, and naturally, the potential it unleashed was inferior as well.

She had been here for ten thousand years. Ten millennia had made her incomparably powerful—and unspeakably old.

This city was one of the few between the Three Rivers and Yingchuan Commanderies that had yet to suffer the ravages of war. The city guard still wore black armor: the soldiers of Qin.

Green vines covered both sides of the valley; steep cliffs rose on either hand, with barely three meters of space between them.

In the previous battle, Alga City had been almost destroyed. So Zheng Xiyuan had no qualms, dropping bombs from the bombers as if they cost nothing, raining down upon the phalanx of Saintlight Empire’s land mechs, instantly sending up clouds of earth mixed with shattered machine parts.

Hearing his younger brother’s transmission, the headmaster could only shake his head helplessly and look apologetically at Guyu.

Wu Di glanced at Manager Gao, who still said nothing. He knew there was no telling how much peril awaited him in the future; perhaps misfortune was just around the corner.

Teach felt something was wrong. The auras of Zihan and Huoyan were rising rapidly. A sense of dread welled in his heart: If I don’t deal with them, they’ll finish me instead. He hefted his flying wheel and charged at the two of them.

At the docks, a massive treasure ship was moored, and many disciples of the Heavenly Way Sect had already started boarding.

When I saw their faces twisted in rage, I left the room in high spirits and quickly caught up with King Rong and the others.

Luo Ying, who always wore a smile, was solemn this time, listening intently as Luo Bao recounted the tale.

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Cai Qi looked at the character portrait Ma Susu had sent. Though she lacked the peerless beauty of Luo Luoshen, her features bore a five- or six-tenths resemblance.

In truth, that shirt was quite fitted and showed off her figure; the jeans were tight. Clearly, when Jing Shimo had looked at her just now, it wasn’t because she wasn’t in her work uniform.

As she spoke, Madam Zhao was first to pick up a morsel for Old Master Liu. After that, everyone began to eat.

Up in the stands, Wang Tianyi muttered to himself, “As expected,” for he’d only just realized that Han Xin on the field might be planning to use the “Openly repair the plank road, secretly cross the Chen Cang” strategy.

Seeing her weep, her face streaked with tears, Xiao Fan could only sigh helplessly, so softly that Chu Qiaoruo did not hear.

Old Master Su knew nothing of what had passed between Su Fu and Su Shi before, but just from their recent behavior, he could guess a little.

When the food was served, the 66th Army’s guards had brought Liu Xiang chicken congee. Liu Xiang frowned at the sight—yet again a patient’s bland meal, utterly tasteless. How was a lover of strong flavors supposed to eat it?

Meanwhile, Song Kexin was waiting in bed for Xiang Yang, hoping to use this chance to reconcile. She’d even imagined he might have gone out to buy protection. She waited eagerly, not wearing a stitch.

“I won’t go. Mr. Zhuang, see the guest out.” Her voice was especially cold, her gaze even icier than the winter outside.

“…Sorry.” The handsome man seemed a little embarrassed, but there was some suspicion in his eyes. After all, he’d seen news stories about minors pretending to be adults to get into clubs.

“How can you be so sure those legends are false? Maybe they really were in love!” At the mention of the topic, Catherine puffed up with indignation, immediately retorting to Li Yang.

I thought to myself: Lord Long’s temper is truly something else! Such a trivial matter, yet he’s still angry now.

Sensing Li Yang’s resolve, the Golden Centipede instantly swelled, transforming into a colossal beast ten zhang long, lunging at the Boneless One. Sparks flew in the air, and the clash of gold and iron was deafening.

Of course, one can’t deny that sometimes, when some clever commoners stand up to duel with the werewolves, it does throw the wolves off and force mistakes. But such occasions are exceedingly rare.

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No one asked Yu Yan why he’d joined this G-rank mercenary group, which had only three members. Some people needed no questions; evidently, Li Xiangfeng considered Yu Yan to be one of them.

As they marched, unknown spiders and other insects kept appearing. In the name of safety, Alberta cremated them all without hesitation.

He might even claim to be helping his elder brother get a promotion as an excuse to force her to marry. Still, Yao Siping wanted to find Yao Siyuan.

After some idle conversation, Cao Yunsong wanted to spar with Xie Yan. Upon learning that Xie Yan’s internal injuries from his last duel hadn’t healed, he left regretfully. Before leaving, he solemnly urged Xie Yan to use the fragment only as a reference and never to actually cultivate it.

The bosses immediately perked up. “Who’s playing the male lead?” They tossed out several names, all current superstars.

After clarifying the situation of Liu Baoyuan and the others, as well as the true strength of the Blood Wolf Gang, Wang Buyi didn’t wait for Cao Yunsong—the late-stage inner strength expert who could guarantee his safety—before taking action.

Jin Ranran spent the entire afternoon listening to the Jin sisters gossip. She even heard about the Wu family gaining a new grandson six months ago, but not a word about the Fang family.

At Pegasus Ranch, Shang Zhen received the news and quickly dispatched spies to investigate. Soon the scouts returned with a report. Seeing the urgency, Shang Zhen summoned the ranch’s six great families, along with Chen Nianzu and Lu Miaozhi, to the council hall to discuss matters.

Since yesterday, Jiang Yi, Zhou Liubai, and Zhou Jiuxin hadn’t been seen. Before leaving, they’d told He Xinyue not to worry, that they were just running some errands and would be back soon.

After speaking, Qiao Feng led Lu Miaozhi, Zhui Ming, and Yang Guo and Guo Jing—who had just arrived after running for half a day—back toward the Apricot Grove.

Ren Tingting bounced off the bed in delight, ordered the servants to prepare hot water so she could wash up, then went to the household shrine to burn incense for Gu Qianqiu before heading to the back garden.

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