Chapter 44: The Children of Martyrs

Fu Zheng didn’t argue with his younger brother. He smiled with his usual good temper and kindly reminded him, “Besides, the more beautiful your girlfriend is, the more likely she is to attract attention. Without Grandfather backing you up, relying on yourself alone, you won’t be able to protect your little girlfriend…”

“Haha, I guessed it right.”

As the two brothers were talking, Wang Fan’s bold, unrestrained laughter rang out by their ears. “Class rep, did you start crying when you saw Zheng? Turns out the one you really admire is him…”

By now, quite a few players had rushed back from other areas, and the once spacious corridor suddenly seemed crowded.

On the tenth day, the members of Azure Dragon’s Edge stood in the central square. White streams of energy slowly rippled outward, and a pillar of light descended from the sky. This pillar was thicker and more majestic than any before, shooting straight down and startling everyone present.

Fish-Dragon Street was the largest main avenue in the imperial city, but despite its size, it was notorious for poor security. True to its name, the street was a mix of all sorts—every kind of person, every kind of business.

“If that really happens… we’ll have to deal with it then.” Yue Lin replied.

The plot had changed. In the original storyline, the Autumn Wind was never surrounded, and there was still a glimmer of hope for landing on the Halo. But now, even that faint hope had been sealed off. Everyone understood what this meant, and despair swallowed them whole.

“What do you mean by that?” Suika frowned and took a few steps forward, but Yuugi had not returned to her original state. Suika had to strain her neck even more to look up at Hoshiguma Yuugi’s face.

Qing Xuanzi understood better than anyone the temptation this technique held for Yan Xu. Precisely because of this, he wanted to see what lay in the young man’s heart.

“Not good!” At that moment, Ao Lie’s pale face turned grim. His eyes locked ahead, immortal energy swirling around his hands, his entire body tensing with alarm.

The current problem was that he didn’t have any spiritual pills on him, nor were there the herbs or conditions here to refine them. He would have to wait until he reached Stonefield City to gather what was needed to concoct the Triple Essence Bone Restoration Pill.

“We’re trapped in this infinite world. After gaining so much cause-and-effect reversal power, we still can’t change our fate. It’s rather ironic.” Qin Rui murmured.

After speaking, he led Zi Yan to sit aside. Then Ye Feng stretched his body, clenched his fists, and rolled his neck.

Huang Taiji was about to curse, but when he saw it was Hai Mingzhu, the foul words stuck in his throat and he swallowed them back down.

The steamed buns were oddly shaped, cut into neat cubes instead of the usual round form.

Lu Liang was uneasy and suspicious. Having killed so many of Storm Terrace’s men, he knew well that Blood Fusion Pills were their most crucial weapon.

But Lin Xi’s only aim now was to stir things up, to make the protagonist love and hate him most of all.

The villagers were overjoyed, for generations they had scraped out a living from the land. The fields were their foundation for survival, the bedrock of their lives.

This was not the time to alert the enemy. He had no means for stealth or coercion, so he decided to regroup before taking further action.

Of course, there were also those who discussed the connection between Fortune Trading House and Zhong Nan. After all, the relationship between Lou Dong and Zhong Nan was no secret among the upper circles in the capital.

Before the words were finished, Hao Xi’s figure had already darted forward, appearing directly before Shen Lin.

Lord Zhang had truly been frightened out of his wits by Chen Yuanqing. After speaking, he dropped to his knees at Chen’s feet, wailing with his forehead pressed to the ground.

At this moment, the wolf tribesman from the grasslands had already lost consciousness, but he was not yet fully dead; each slash had avoided his vital organs, yet his body had been sliced into pieces, fresh blood spreading all over the ground, and only a pair of resentful eyes still blinked with unwillingness.