Volume 1 Chapter 52: Searching the Courtyard

The Duke of the State turned cold, forced a smile, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince must have misunderstood this humble subject. The estate doctor woke up quite early. In my mother's courtyard, the doctor also stated that the old matriarch of the household merely ate something disagreeable and is in no serious condition."

His words were not entirely incorrect either.

"You've got to be kidding me! He approached you? I just turned down the Prime Minister earlier, though I didn't expect him to bother you with this," Lin Feng grumbled into the phone.

Yufeng and Sheng Jiahui hurried into the departure lounge side by side, and before long, the boarding queue had already begun.

From Yu Fan's perspective, the safest approach was to hunt down the cult members one by one. That, however, would require venturing into danger alone to capture all the cult operatives at once. Unwilling to let Nangong Changyun put himself in harms way, he had no choice but to apprehend them individually. Although slow, as long as the arrests continued uninterrupted, there would eventually come a day when they were all rounded up.

When they arrived at the border, the scene before their eyes shocked them deeply. Troops were encamped everywhere along the frontier. Initially, they assumed these forces belonged to Sikong Yun's grand army, but upon moving closer for a better look, they were surprised to discover that everyone there was an acquaintance of Yinling.

I placed the crystal ball back into my inner pocket and zipped it up tightly to prevent losing this mysterious object while running, as Sister Dong had once warned me that I must never lose this crystal ball, lest it bring mortal danger to my life.

After taking a sip of water, Fang Jiren reported on his visit to see Regiment Commander Yu Genshan at Shuihe Village, as well as the urgent mission assigned to the Replacement Regiment by the brigade headquarters on behalf of the general headquarters and division headquarters.

Yet they forgot that they had less than ten-odd seconds remaining. In these last remaining seconds, they were still arguing, quarreling with the companions who had once shared life and death with them.

"It's fine, I can understand all of this. You've already made things clear with them now, right?" Zhang Dong said politely.

"Uh, I left it in the car, I'll go right down and bring it up for you," Fu Yan suddenly remembered. Actually, he had thought of it while taking a shower, but after being tossed around by Xiao Feng and Cheng Dinghuai, it completely slipped his mind, so he quickly agreed.

Bark, who had gone to inspect the subterranean cavern, returned at that moment and reported to Fang Li that besides vast quantities of iron ore ingots, the cavern also contained massive amounts of grain and animal pelts—it seemed the orcs had stashed their entire livelihood away in that place.

Xiao Hanyan's remark could be described as exceedingly clever. While it sounded like a routine opening pleasantry to bridge the distance, it actually conveyed a subtle message to Su Wanqing.

When the blade swung down once again, Chen Yifei seized the opportunity and abruptly grabbed Lan Xixi's arm that was holding the knife. After a brief struggle as they grappled with each other, the knife suddenly plunged with a squelch into Lan Xixi's abdomen.

Without the slightest hesitation in uttering those three words, Hua Rong inexplicably felt a twinge of guilt first. She even couldn't help but glance back while holding her phone; Jiang Yunshen was still sitting on the living room sofa, and she had casually pulled the French doors shut behind her.

As for Youyu, he had no spare attention to give Wang Shougui and his son; he was currently concentrating all his energy on defending against Wang Yi's attacks. Just after Wang Hu shouted those words, Youyu could distinctly feel the intensity of Wang Yi's attacks suddenly increase by several degrees, clearly harboring the intention to finish him off and leave him here permanently.

From the clothes she was wearing to his bringing her to their "home," to him punching in the passcode to open the door a step ahead of Hua Rong, and even that use of the word "guest."

At that moment, Zhang Feng couldn't help but frown, suddenly calling into question their past adversarial relationship. It felt as though he and she were friends, rather than enemies.

The number of scaling ladders was immense, and amidst the suicidal climbing of the Liao soldiers, a few actually managed to scale the city wall.