Volume 1, Chapter 27: The Grand Exposure of Infidelity
Jiang Jinshu’s face broke into a smile upon hearing this.
"Very good. We can sit back and watch the show now."
"Shuanghua, keep watching. As soon as Meng Wan and Tao Feng head to Donglaishun, report it to me immediately."
Southeast Street.
Meng Wan prepared the dishes Tao Feng liked, just as she always did. After Tao Feng had eaten half a bowl of rice, she began to speak.
Ying Wushang’s body trembled at the sound, a flicker of astonishment crossing his cold, dark eyes, though it vanished as quickly as it appeared.
Jian Chen withdrew his sword with his right hand, pointed his left at Liu Lin, and flicked his finger into the void, sending a beam of sword energy streaking out.
"Don't assume all men in this world are as disgusting as you. Haoran hasn't done anything to me; he is far more noble than any of you," Zhao Xiwen retorted, refusing to back down.
Upon receiving the order, the man quietly approached the door of the secret chamber, opened it, and slipped out. The moment he caught sight of the outer hall, his pupils visibly constricted. The hall, some four or five zhang square, was littered with the corpses of Xiliang soldiers, scattered in every direction. Almost all of them had their eyes wide open, filled with disbelief.
"I await your command at any time, General," Zhang Liao said, his spirits lifted as he stepped forward and spoke in a booming voice.
Sasuke’s smile, in particular, made her heart feel warm. It was a sensation of being cared for, like warm sunlight shining upon her body—a feeling she had never experienced before.
Huang Xuanling paid no mind to the confusion of his nephews and nieces. Having reached the Nascent Soul stage, he remained in the appearance of a young man, and he well understood the bewilderment of those trapped on a closed-off world like Suyang Star.
Hearing these words from Wei Ziqing, Meng Huo began to look him over carefully. At that look, he sneered, and upon seeing the inscription on the wooden tablet in front of the Bamboo Grove Villa, his sneers only grew more frequent.
As a man himself, having lived through many years of rebellion and indulgence, Wei Ziqing had grown to dislike certain traits common in boys.
It was no secret that there was bad blood between the nine clans of the Underworld. For millions of years, the Underworld Ice Clan and the Underworld Flame Clan had been at odds. Now that a general of the Underworld Ice Clan had entered the Divine Province and gained an early advantage, all he could do was strive to redeem himself through meritorious service, even if Hals truly was never coming back.
At that time, Kuroko had already told us there was no such thing as a water ghost; perhaps it was because we had trusted him too much in the past.
Under the appeasement policy of Britain, France, and the United States, the League of Nations was eventually forced to declare Italy an aggressor, but it failed to impose an embargo on strategic materials like oil. It posed almost no obstacle to Italy’s invasion. Italy was even able to use the British-controlled Suez Canal to transport supplies without concern.
She lifted the brick again and, sure enough, discovered a thin line on the other side. It wasn't a real thread, but a crack. To be precise, someone had neatly sliced off that end of the brick, glued it back on, and left the mark behind.
As for the remaining senior army generals, how many of them had not been hand-picked and promoted by the Führer himself?
The moment the battle ended, Jian Xiake was exceptionally happy and enjoyed a grand feast with the other twelve Chosen Ones, though he was also handling related matters behind the scenes.
They were old acquaintances of Lu Dongbin, but compared to them, Lu Dongbin’s talent was simply too high.
The interior of the Divine Province was already chaotic enough, and now that external forces were joining the fray, the land that had been peaceful for less than a month suddenly became turbulent once more.
However, Su Yunliang felt that while these actions could strike a heavy blow to the Du family, they were not enough to completely shake its foundation.
"Why don't we capture a few actual commoners and carry out the Prince's plan accordingly? Wouldn't that be flawless?" the confidant suggested.