Volume One, Chapter 50: The Crown Prince's Aid

Madam Yu, accompanied by a large retinue, made her way to the old matriarch’s courtyard.

Her heart brimmed with delight.

Her maternal uncle had specially brought her a bottle of colorless, tasteless poison. It was said that just a small amount would prove fatal within three hours.

According to the law of entropy, the universe itself would one day march toward death. What kind of energy governs entropy? What lies beyond the cosmos?

Among more than twenty households and dozens of children, even if not all could serve her, if just one child possessed exceptional talent and dedicated themselves to her cause, then her efforts today would yield the greatest reward.

“Tell me, which one commands the highest price?” Wei Ken furrowed his brow, casting a glance at the man beside him before tossing him a Jeru coin.

“Hah…” Woodswal exhaled deeply as he accepted the water offered by the coachman. He glanced back at the dark prison gates behind him with a look that spoke of survival against all odds.

That fellow would surely say something like that, wouldn’t he? As a patrol soldier, he steadfastly upheld his duties.

Morin had some experience dealing with such spiders. Their defenses were generally concentrated on the front chest and back, with their weak points just above the lower abdomen.

Mo Li was, of course, well aware of the connection between the two, though she wouldn’t reveal it. In truth, it was a deal struck between him and Hai Mo Zhi.

The sky was thick with dark clouds, heavy with moisture, casting an oppressive suffocating atmosphere. Few pedestrians remained on the street; all awaited the dispersal of the gloomy rain. Such gloom was unusual for the height of summer.

Even Caesar could not help but sigh, “Old heads are often the wisest.” Scorpion had now reached the level of an S-ranked ninja. Compared with the third Kazekage, what he lacked was only experience and a deeper understanding of ninjutsu—qualities not easily acquired in a short span.

Xu Yang was offering the other party a graceful exit. He also knew that Yuangsheng would be in contact with his organization. Yet today, he had inadvertently exposed his future utopia plan, having come here to seize a bargain. Now, everything had changed.

After all, for a man to fuss over every little detail like a busybody nanny, reminding the housekeeper repeatedly, surely anyone would be moved by such care.

Caesar had a habit of arriving five minutes early to appointments, while Richard preferred to step into the conference room on the hour. Others arrived even earlier, a testament to the meeting’s importance, which in turn revealed the anxiety these men felt to Caesar.

Han Mingchao smiled upon reading the text message, his expression devilishly enigmatic, making him difficult to read.

The sound of a body being kicked through the air echoed. All eyes turned towards the flying figure, where a Jisa lay sprawled on its back, eyes rolled white, utterly powerless on the ground.

“Hmph!” Mo Ning’s gaze darkened slightly at Sun Yan’s failure to act according to plan. With a cold snort, the crimson scaled tail behind her sliced through the air again, accompanied by a vast surge of blood-red mist that swept forward like a storm.

Listening to Butler Xu’s introduction, Xu Yang understood a little more—it was a semi-official fence for stolen goods. Since that was the case, it was safe. Seeing no further business, Butler Xu took his leave. Xu Yang sat alone in the room, lost in thought, slowly rolling a pair of walnuts in his hand—a pastime famed in the Old Beijing’s Forty-Nine City.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Kai finally had a sudden realization. In other words, the force behind his punch had been dispersed into tens of millions of parts. Under such circumstances, the power was naturally negligible.

“Indeed, quite beautiful.” Ji Xiaoyun would never tell him that this had originally belonged to her and her son—and that one day, she would reclaim it all.