Chapter 81: When Paths Cross in Narrow Straits

Most of the eleven brothers ranked next were men who had followed him through thick and thin, so she had no worries about their loyalty; the only concern was their lack of ability, which was one of the reasons Cui Xiangqun was so furious.

“How’s it going with that Jiang Yuan fellow you were supposed to find?” Cui Xiangqun asked.

“Brother Cui, according to my guys, Jiang Yuan is just the figurehead, but behind him...”

However, when Wang Kai had just arrived at the viewing room, things were quite different. He hadn’t come willingly; there was a hint of coercion, because in their eyes, Yang Chao’s team stood no chance of winning.

“Cough, cough...! So you’re not here to mess with my throttle, but to blow me up...! Don’t pull me!” Mori coughed painfully and pushed him away, even though Bo Yi had saved him in the nick of time. Yet Mori’s attitude had undergone a complete shift.

This time, Yang Chao deliberately seized the kill on the Tidal Hunter, his aim being to ensure his own development.

Even when they could no longer merge the power of the Laws, they would be swallowed by it, utterly destroyed, turned to ash. Yet, this process would take at least three or four hundred years. In other words, the aliens would have a lifespan of three or four centuries at minimum. And during that time, they could maintain their youthful appearance.

The unique property of the Gathering Fiend Pill lay in its penetration ability; it could emit a special aura that pierced through a beast’s hide and the protection of their spiritual force, directly stimulating the beast and luring it toward the source.

He Ping had never met Lu Chengxuan, nor did he know her temperament and character—he couldn’t blame him for that. But he himself had witnessed Lu Chengxuan’s skill and courage.

“If letting him go makes you an accomplice, then what about the rest of you? Who here has actually struck at the Three Commandments Venerable? Does simply watching make you an accomplice? And the one who let him go was the Emperor himself—so is the Emperor also an accomplice? He’s right there at the Mountain-and-Water Pill Pavilion, why hasn’t anyone questioned him?” Ye Zi’ang demanded loudly.

Lu Chengxuan bit her lip, her face pale, sweat pouring from her forehead in pain, but she stubbornly pushed Zhao Zhi aside.

It wasn’t that Wang Huai was unwilling to summon his True Form, but he simply couldn’t. The grade of the Threefold Nether Fire was far too high—despite his spiritual power and mastery of the Laws being comparable to an ordinary early-stage Harmonization cultivator, he was still unable to summon the Three-Eyed Nether Crow’s True Form.

She hadn’t truly intended to pry anything out of Hao Caiyi; she merely wanted to make use of Hao Caiyi’s identity.

Yet even so, the weakness accumulated during the Song Dynasty had long made them vigilant. And so, when they heard Yue Wudi utter those words, they were deeply affected.

“That’s fine. Go forge a set first and let me see. If it meets my standards, Lord Han will reward you handsomely!” Yue Wudi said to the head craftsman.

It turned out the box contained the half piece of purple jade that Hao Lianxiu had purchased at auction for 540,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Ding Qingyang’s words were meant to say that I, Li Fan, am a toad lusting after swan meat—that I, weak and frail, am unworthy of her.

Such behavior is proper; clearly he was forced to come, so how could he accept it joyfully? Yet she still insisted she had no other demands, but the Fourth Prince would not believe her.

Though Flower Immortal’s status in the sect was decent, it was mostly due to her grandfather’s influence and her own amiable nature. However, if the stewards disagreed about letting outsiders stay in the sect’s residence, she wouldn’t press the matter.

She was clearly a soul body, yet the pounding in her chest threatened to overwhelm all her senses.

Deep Blue realized that the power of the Yellow Springs Weak Water was no longer enough to fend off the enemy, and began channeling the strength of the River of Yellow Springs. A massive octopus-shaped monster slowly rose from the river, its countless enormous tentacles woven from the Weak Water, freely lashing above the river.