Chapter 91: Taking Action

“Hmm?”

The words left his mouth, and Wang Chengze’s eyes stalled for a moment, then a ripple of mocking laughter followed.

Who goes to a bank to repay a loan at six o’clock, when people are leaving work?

And that too, for the bank manager himself to come in person and collect it?

Is that how one bores out a boast?

Wang Chengze kept a wicked smile on his face, though he said nothing.

A blade of cold light flashed in his tone as he snapped, “Don’t you know your place?”

His icy voice made everyone around him shiver.

That familiar voice was one Luo Yue would never forget in her lifetime. She turned her head silently.

“Young men, who sent you? I am Su Qian, son of General Su. I have never had any grudge against you.”

Su Qian kept his composure, yet at the thought that Mu Qingyi was now blind and that the other side had far greater numbers, a flicker of panic touched him.

“Excellent,” she said. The bead was so large that even touching it seemed as if it could prolong one’s life. Delighted, she moved forward, and just as her hand brushed the bead, she suddenly saw the man on the bed open his eyes.

Alas, the curses only grew louder.

The devotees shouted and strained to break free, but they were slain one by one, crying even as they died: “Praise the Compassionate Father—Compassionate Father, save me!”

Though the doors and windows were shut, bright moonlight still seeped through the gauze shutters, dimming the candlelight on the table.

In only two strikes, the entire Norsca raider force was rendered ruined; thousands of raider soldiers and hunters lay sprawled in the snow, almost no corpse left unbroken.

The impact was that severe that even warhorses were torn apart.

She was calling Fei Wu, telling him they could row together in one boat. Somewhere nearby, faint voices drifted, but at first she could not make out what they were saying.

Luo Yue had heard that Yucheng was a no-man’s land where beasts of every kind moved in loose confederation, belonging to no state at all, a refuge for many beyond redemption. Yet its ghost market was the finest in the whole continent: everything could be bought there, and everything could be sold, including one’s life.

As for Dao’er Ping Tianhan, he was indeed the sovereign of the Yiliboli generation, and they regarded Great Ming as the Heavenly Empire, the emperor of Great Ming as a father.

Another night came, the full moon hanging high at the sky’s edge, beneath red-tinted clouds, looking most uncanny.

In the fifth year of Xianheng of the Tang court, the Daoist master Taisu Zhenren of Chuzhou dwelt at Zhishan Sanqing Temple. Through hidden acts of grace and by rescuing all sentient beings, his fame rose across the land.

He lived reclusive in the deep mountains, ignoring worldly affairs, his heart fixed on seeking immortality and asking the Way.

Yet in truth he felt this Celestial Fragrance Pill should have been flawless, but he believed no elixir in this world was perfect, so he spoke of it as ninety-nine percent true.

As it happened, ever since the day he parted from Xuanyuan, Wang Zhongxing had truly followed Lu Yuan’s advice and headed northeast all the way.

“Someday,” Lin Xiaoran said darkly, “I will carpet Kaishan Sect in blood, and with the heads of your sect members, I shall honor the spirits of Linjun City’s departed.”

Biya’s brow furrowed more and more.

The Ten Directions Locking God Array could not possibly let anything pass. That means if the other side had not left before the formation was set, then they must possess a heaven-defying spatial divine artifact—or at least a divine-king implement.

He watched the old chieftain, trembling and nearly spent, watching him pour all his strength into himself.

Chu He had always obeyed him to the letter. The two of them, one on each side, extended a thought-field over the dragon-like, magnificent Great Wall below; even at night, it still held a vast, majestic force.

I have no real advantage to offer, but I have the Mo Sect at my back. Aside from your puppet crossbows, what else can you rely on?

Kelo glanced at the battle below and gave a faint smile. The tide of war was already decided; Tianba City’s destruction was within a blink.

Though he could not defeat Yun Jie at once, holding him back would be enough.

Zhang Changgong looked down and noticed many scattered gold coins at his feet. He first tested the ground with his toe, made sure it was firm, and only then dared to step forward.