Volume 1, Chapter 34: The City of Fengdu

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Seeing that the Volunteer Army on the eastern front was about to be completely swallowed up by the American forces, Headquarters ordered the besieged troops to scatter and break through at once, while decisively committing every reserve unit at its disposal to the eastern front to cover their retreat northward.

Consort Ding froze, her eyes filled with disappointment. Yet when she saw him striding away, her brows drew together once more.

The anti-aircraft shells streaking into the sky were not the ordinary kind Jin Bin had known. Rather than flying stupidly past when they missed the enemy aircraft, they seemed to have eyes and brains of their own. The moment they drew near a plane, they exploded in midair.

Seeing Old Yuan turn over and sit up, she looked outside through a gap in the tent flap and found that dawn had already begun to break. She rose as well.

Many people had come to the meeting. Besides several department heads, the leaders of every division were present, along with several directors from the High-Tech Zone Public Security Bureau and key members of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Bai Qi’s intelligence network was even more solid than the Japanese one. The agents the Japanese had once employed still needed disguises, whereas Bai Qi’s people required none at all. They were Chinese to begin with, which made gathering intelligence much easier.

Companies like the Galloping Horse Group and Standard Oil were already unrivaled giants in their respective fields. The influence they wielded together was not as simple as one plus one equaling two. It ought to equal three, or perhaps even four—that would better justify all the trouble Li Mu and Rockefeller had gone to.

In truth, something had already gone wrong. General Yi had suffered a terrible loss, and once Yin Gezhi put everything back where it belonged, the damage would be even worse. General Yi would not even know how he had lost it.

“James, I need to have a serious talk with you.” Arthur interrupted James Garfield’s inspirational speech. It was not out of rudeness; Arthur believed that James Garfield had already entered a very dangerous state.

The room was in utter chaos, while Yin Gezhi calmly sipped his tea. He waited until dusk, listening to the commotion outside, then rose, picked up Fengyue, and stuffed her into the cabinet in the room An Shichong had prepared.

Though disappointed time and again, Du Yunfeng still held a measure of hope for the next two opportunities.

The yang energy surrounding him was like the explosive inside a grenade. After being stimulated by the new influx of yang energy, it immediately showed signs of detonating.

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When Li Tian opened his eyes in the morning, he felt completely refreshed. Although Earth was such a barren, ruined planet, his cultivation speed was no slower than that on an ordinary cultivation world, all because of the spiritual-energy formation he had constructed.

The two had not only lost the qualifications for equal cooperation; they had even lost the right to bargain. Even if ordered to mobilize their entire army and station it in the Northern Army’s western camp, they could do nothing but obey.

It was the New Year, and to spare herself trouble and noise, Sister-in-law Lu did not force Second Sister Lu to come and help. To treat everyone equally, she even sent First Sister Lu, who had come to help, back to her room to rest.

Today they had to go shopping for the personal items needed for the engagement feast. Originally, Caroline had handled it for them.

Looking at the procession of people filing in, Liu Er’s eyelids twitched violently. He wondered whether he should simply move out first. The house seemed to be in some danger.

“The doctor said that since Tangtang is this old, it would be best to nourish her with food. If she can avoid medicine, she should avoid it,” Madam Ma prattled on.

This time, I was utterly crushed. My parents are both very conservative. If they found out, they might think I was their shame. Perhaps they would even wish they had never given birth to me.

Cookie swam in the direction she indicated and bent down to look. Sure enough, around the lakebed encircling those butterfly-crystal clams, a ring of black protrusions seemed to be emerging.

Even with the help of the Source of Life, cultivating these spiritual medicines would take considerable time. After Qin Ming finished setting all the instruments, he finally let out a long sigh and turned his attention to other matters.

Nanxi smiled without answering. Before long, she pulled out a perfectly wrapped record and slapped it triumphantly. “This is the one.”

She stood up, but because she had been sitting for so long, darkness suddenly swam before her eyes when she rose. Dizzy and unable to keep her balance, she was fortunately caught by Ou Guan, who stepped forward at once.

One had to understand that these nine vortices had once been the bizarre and terrifying black flames. Yet now they had entered his body, and he could no longer sense anything abnormal. How could Yun Xiao not be terrified and horrified?

“But honestly, isn’t fel energy something that can only be used with Arthas’s personally bestowed blood essence?” Guo Lang asked curiously.

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“What a pity?” Leng Miqian blurted out. She and Itohara could be considered friends, and if Tianyin had noticed something amiss, it would be good to let Itohara take precautions in advance.

Ningning bit her lip and nodded firmly. The only person left in the family whom she could trust was her uncle.

After hearing the man’s words, Qingzi barely raised her eyes, then uttered that single word to him.

Meanwhile, Ye Feifei, who had just attacked Hua Yunliang with her thin, elongated heel, rose swiftly and shook out her beautiful, voluminous curls. “I heard from the big boss long ago how terrible that variety show of yours is. Go by yourself. I’m not going.” With that, she headed outside.

So at this moment, as Akiyama Mio and Tainaka Ritsu grew tense, there was only one thing he needed to do.

Beside the old man stood a respectfully deferential figure who looked like a steward. Had Steward Li Wuxian been there, he would have recognized the man at a glance, for it was none other than Mu Yigan.

Startled by the faintly scolding voice, the man hurriedly held his breath, stilled his voice, and concentrated on casting the spell.

All in all, the opening battle offered by the two teams was quite entertaining. At the very least, it filled everyone’s stomachs, and the audience directly dubbed it “the appetizer match.”

Though it possessed profound magical power, its true form was nothing more than an ordinary tree that had gained sentience. How could it possibly withstand such overwhelming strength?

Qin Feng held up a finger toward Ouyang Huxiao. A wound that had not yet healed ran across it.

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