Chapter 108: A New Companion

“Feng Xu, you’re overthinking this. Even I can’t bear to part with such a beauty, let alone you,” he said.
“It’s just that with everything that’s happened involving the Li family, I don’t want a repeat of those troubles.”
“The Jiang family has already caused me enough headaches. If the Li family stirs up more trouble, I’m afraid none of us will make it out.”
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The two sides clashed fiercely, blood flowing like a river, soaking the dark earth until it softened beneath the flood of crimson. At the summit of Minghai, spiritual and demonic energies intertwined, spells and radiant auras collided; blood rained down amid flying corpses. This was a cataclysmic battle, one that would decide the future course of the Nine Provinces.
He strode in casually. The palace attendants of the Six Esteemed Bureau, startled by his sudden appearance, quickly knelt to pay their respects. Li Heng didn’t even glance at them and walked straight inside, where he heard faint voices—apparently Du Qiu was speaking with her.
Yet the one suffering most now was Liu Yan. He wished he could slap himself and say, “Why did you have to show off? Why did you have to jump? You should’ve just left early and saved yourself.”
“Long Bing, it’s nothing. If you can’t talk to her, I will,” Chang Kuan said. He must have known this news long ago, for there was not a hint of surprise in his voice.
The trap was truly cruelly devised—anyone who fell into it stood no chance of survival. No one knew how many lives had been stained with blood on those iron spikes, nor how many unfortunate souls had been buried there.
“...” Indeed a treasure. She thought of the hundred-thousand-year-old herbs she had collected and suddenly understood—it must be related to the water in that jade box.
Li Ming and the other team members charged forward unwilling to yield. If they didn’t give it their all now, the enemy would likely be wiped out by Liu Kai and Guo Fei’s combined assault.
Although a dark mass loomed ahead, oddly, not a single soul-devouring ant leapt onto the altar; instead, they swarmed around it like stars encircling the moon.
The wind across the Mongolian grasslands was fierce and harsh, like threads drawn from distant northwestern lands. He felt like a kite drifting amid those threads—rising and falling, floating and swaying—yet strangely carefree.
Though Qiao Yu said nothing behind her, she felt a prickling unease, as if she didn’t need to turn to know exactly how he looked—probably gazing down at her with lowered eyes.
Although Ailin possessed some mysterious powers, Tony clearly did not believe those so-called miraculous abilities could handle the two raging giants nearby.
Gao Yingbing gritted her teeth and kicked fiercely, knocking Chen Zhiji to the ground, then held her neck stiffly as she looked toward Qin Xiu.
Xiao Doudou instantly deflated like a burst balloon, feeling utterly ridiculous after getting up early and dressing up so fancifully, only to become a laughingstock.
After Jiang Zhun’s raise, several sharp businessmen rushed into EDG’s conference room, eager to discuss exclusive live streaming rights and various endorsements for Nexus.
Kunpeng and his men inspected the bodies of the grey-shirted men thoroughly, finding only some simple tattoos.
It seemed he hadn’t noticed that, unknowingly, the man who once took revenge as his creed had gradually transformed his goal into spreading the glory of machinery.
But he really wasn’t the type to stray. Marrying a wife wasn’t easy; he would surely cherish her dearly.
Zeng Lin waved at him, her eyes sparkling as she pointed to the vegetables on the table and spoke.
When Gu Lin saw this, he was taken aback—bodyguards and all. No longer daring to act recklessly, he obediently followed Gu Fanxing.
I wonder if my grandfather was wrong. To support his family, he did something unscrupulous, then regretted it deeply. He was willing to sacrifice his life to protect his descendants. Even if he knew he might have been deceived by Xiong Jiu, he still ventured into the Severed Head Gorge. Perhaps not even my grandmother knew this secret.