Volume 1, Chapter 31: A Token of Gratitude

"Would you like to send someone to notify your fiancée to join us for the memorial rites?" Before their departure, Ning Shu asked Shen Ji with a hint of playfulness.

"Better not!" Shen Ji shook his head with a bitter smile. "I have some history with the Xu family. This marriage, I fear, will face complications. Let's not have Xu Wan come along."

Ning Shu pursed her lips and smiled. "Thunder and dew are both favors from heaven! This is a marriage decreed by the Emperor himself; how could there be complications?"

"Does the Princess not know what kind of man Xu Qizheng is?" Shen Ji looked at Ning Shu with a pained expression. "Princess, why don't you speak to His Majesty? I don't want those two thousand households of fiefdom income. Could you ask him to rescind the order?"

Ning Shu shot him a cold glance. "Do you think an imperial decree is child's—"

"Princess, please don't move your eyes."

"Keep your body a bit straighter, like this."

"Hold it for a moment longer, it will be done soon..."

Zhang Qian was unaware of the internal turmoil within the Ten Emperor Clans. Watching the divine bird Bi Fang charge directly toward the divine city of the Fire Emperor Clan in the water mirror, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pity for them; such a magnificent divine city was about to be reduced to ash.

The fox said that the man she loved was him. If so, what kind of feelings did she truly hold for him?

Shen Na sighed. Whether by coincidence or something else, the girl had woken up at this very moment. It seemed she was warning her not to speak of those things, so there was no need to continue. She walked over immediately.

As the voice fell, the youth could feel an overwhelming pressure bearing down on him, crushing his body and shaking his very soul.

The bar was already shattered beyond recognition, with only a ruin standing tall, a testament to the ferocity of the explosion. Inside, everything had been reduced to a chaotic mess.

Before they could board the carriage, they saw another group arriving on horseback. The visitors were none other than the Fifth Prince and Zhang Lian.

Bai Yanxi had a carefree personality and was not one to hold onto grudges. Unless it was a deep-seated hatred, she usually took revenge on the spot.

After all, everyone clearly remembered that when the four members of the Yellow Springs group appeared, the human bomb had specifically asked for Chen Kui.

The golden blade of Yan Tiangang, the silver blade of Yan Tiandu, and the personal treasures of Yan Chiming and the others were all forged from countless rare divine metals.

"Tell me, why exactly?" The Emperor took a sip of strong tea, drew a deep breath, and said in a heavy voice.

Qin Ling scanned his body with spiritual perception and was astonished to discover that the man had no cultivation at all—he was a completely ordinary person.

Wu Liang shouted directly at the man who looked like an Asura. His words were so harsh and resounding that they drew looks of admiration from a series of Saints.

In an instant, Zhou Shan felt a wave of dizziness. The wind-formed wings dissipated, and even his spiritual perception vanished as the vertigo took hold.

Of course, it was not his combat power that had increased, but his endurance. Previously, two attacks would exhaust all the active substances in his dantian; now? Zhou Shan estimated he could launch a hundred.

"Is that so? It seems I must use my full strength," Colt thought to himself. Behind him, earth-yellow light coalesced into the phantom of a Triceratops, and the earth giant charged toward the riverside.

When he woke up, the beautiful woman in his arms was already gone. He scrambled up and went out of the room, only to see Su Xiangcao carrying plates of food.

Lin Qiao hesitated. No matter how casual she had appeared before Gu Nuannuan, she could not truly treat her with such indifference in her heart. Instead, she felt a greater sense of caution. Although she was anxious to return and tell her parents the news, she felt that attending to Gu Nuannuan properly was more important for the moment.

"I haven't even asked you what you're doing here," Tang Shilin retorted directly. In truth, she was simply too lazy to answer Lu Zheng's question.

"Almost there." Hu Guiyang led the two to the side of the boat and looked down; the river water was pitch black and bottomless.

"Grandmother, once I secretly overheard people saying that it was actually them who harmed my mother and brother, which is why Father is so heartbroken now. Is this true?" Luo Shengnan looked up at her grandmother, her face set in a stern expression as she asked.