Chapter 27
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Besides, he clearly possesses the strength of a Grand Magus, yet insists on wearing a magic apprentice’s robe. He is probably pretending to be weak so he can rob people more easily. If that is not underhanded, then what is?
Everyone turned to look at Wang Chun. He remained as calm and unruffled as ever, showing neither pride nor alarm. Faced with their astonishment, he slowly nodded.
However, most of the commanders of these noblemen’s private armies were themselves noble scions. How could they possibly endure the hardship of being stationed in the wilderness? Besides, Yanjing—a magnificent city of the continent—stood right before them. Who would willingly give up the comforts of the city to live in barracks and tents outside its walls?
The Imperial Guards, streamlined because of the war, seemed today to have donned their splendid ceremonial armor once more. Their long feathered capes were still as bright as ever, but on closer inspection, every Imperial Guard wore a solemn expression. The majesty of former days was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Bingyan, who had descended from Eternal Treasure Mountain, had already entered Yong’an City. After all, she had spent nearly two months deep in the mountains, accompanied each day by green hills and clear streams, eating nothing but wild mountain fruit. Even someone as indifferent to worldly affairs as she was would inevitably grow unbearably bored.
Control abilities might not match spiritual power in destructive force, but they possessed their own unique wonders. In many matters, control abilities were even more useful than combat techniques.
Yang Lin had long been accustomed to being secretly photographed. Naturally, such an amateurish technique could not escape his senses. He merely raised his teacup and smiled faintly in that direction, giving a subtle indication that he had noticed without taking any excessive action.
Wang Chun’s figure continued to dodge amid flashes of red and white light, while the giant claws pursuing him grew more numerous by the moment. At first, he had thought the claws must eventually be limited in number, but unexpectedly, they seemed endless, surging on without the slightest sign of stopping.
Immediately afterward, they sensed a tremendous change in the magnetic field around them. The alteration triggered numerous anomalies, including the mechanical horses beneath them.
The struggle for the position of acting sect master appeared to be nearing its conclusion. The result was so free of suspense that everyone present could already guess it.
At the Tang Corporation’s headquarters, another grand press conference was being held. More than a thousand reporters from around the world had gathered there.
“Indeed. Staying here any longer would be rather pointless. Come on, let’s go to Arak City and talk there,” said another Demon God.
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Yang Du departed with a spring in his step. Wang Yongjiang watched Vice President Yang’s motorcade leave the gate of the Premier’s Residence, then let out a long sigh of relief. Turning to look at Tian Jingfu and Yuan Zi behind him, he asked a question.
Whenever Bai Yue complained to her, Cheng Bian had always patiently comforted her. And whenever she heard Bai Yue say that she did not want to tell Han Jun about these matters, Cheng Bian would tease her for being foolish. “Why keep a boyfriend around if you’re not going to make use of him?” Bai Yue would simply smile and say nothing.
Just as Li Yuanhong was cursing the rebel troops, his long-awaited chief of staff, Rao Hanxiang, finally arrived at the Presidential Palace. This greatly surprised Li Yuanhong, because the troops surrounding the palace had repeatedly declared that no one was permitted to enter or leave.
It was not merely fear of the ferocious beast. The main reason was that his meridians had been burned, and the pain was excruciating—like knives scraping through him.
These past two days had been truly bizarre. Ever since he had last spoken with Han Jun on the phone, two or three groups of people had come to the village, all wanting to inspect the copper mine. In the past, that would have been a heaven-sent blessing, and Wang Kangtai would probably have been so delighted that he would not have known which way was up.
His father had spoken lightly of it, but Han Jun could still sense the danger hidden between the words. His father had been injured a week earlier and had kept it from him all this time, which left Han Jun more than a little displeased.
I gave a cold laugh. I hoped it was merely an April Fool’s joke, despite the fact that the next April Fool’s Day was still half a year away.
“If there is nothing else, Father, I’ll go and pack my things first.” After Wei Yang finished speaking, he ignored the reactions of Conglong and the two angels in the main hall, turned around, and walked straight out.
Yan Xiaotong fell silent, clearly pondering Chen Ling’s seemingly simple yet profound question.
Unless they were extraordinarily unlucky and encountered an overwhelmingly powerful opponent in the first round, there was no way they could be eliminated at the very beginning.
However, they also saw that Zhang Zilin and Qin Zong were chatting happily with Chu Jiang and were evidently quite familiar with him, so they put their worries to rest.
Shisui instinctively used the Body Flicker Technique to put some distance between himself and Orochimaru. Only then did he realize that he was covered in cold sweat.
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The trouble was that this fellow simply refused to buy one. If he were still as poor as he had been when he first arrived, it would be easy enough to persuade him. But now he had far more money than Zhao Ge did. Forget buying one—even ten would be no problem. What a money-grubber! He cared about nothing but money! That was what Zhao Ge thought to himself.
In the passage beneath the steps, Scorpion walked some distance after passing through the sealed wall before finally stopping in a secret chamber. Sun Yan was leaning against the wall nearby, cautiously poking his head out to observe the other man’s movements. His face still bore an expression of puzzlement.
Just as Yun Tianyang was marveling at the power of the mirror cannon, an aged voice slowly rang out behind him.
The enormous blade-throwing cart resembled a bed frame. Its base consisted of three wheels half a man’s height, which allowed it to be pushed forward. The inside was covered with a dense array of gears. Once the tri-edged sword blade was fastened to the bowstring and the string was slowly drawn back, the gears could be seen interlocking and turning against one another.
Most Grand Magi disliked working in the tower. Apart from attending meetings, they almost never appeared there. But some people liked the place—for example, Lane.
Since Seiryō shared the same wish of plunging Mino Province into chaos, and since the Ro Clan could use Saitō Dōsan’s methods to deepen its influence over the Mino region, Seiryō naturally agreed to Saitō Dōsan’s request without hesitation.
Just as Takeuchi Hisakatsu had expected, they really were members of the Mori family. This time, they had disguised themselves as ordinary refugees. Their plan was to seize the mixed grain that the Ro Clan had provided for the displaced people, then distribute it to the genuine refugees.
As a result, the Ro Clan’s land-and-sea forces dispatched against the Saeki family in southern Bungo Province numbered more than twenty thousand troops.
“Very well. Stay at the Celestial Master Sect for a while. I’ll go to Mount Tai to see you in a few days. You can spar with several of your senior brothers. Their cultivation is deeper than yours, and you can learn a great deal from them.” Yang Xuan remembered that Mi Zhu still needed another month to complete her secluded cultivation, so he was in no hurry to meet her.
Given Bai Dong’s status and position, would he really need someone like Yunu to put on an act? If it was not an act, then what kind of person was he truly? Why was he so loving and merciful? Was such magnanimity not the very quality possessed by the geniuses of the Light Heaven?