Volume 1, Chapter 50: The New Friend Turns Out to Be the Ancestral Master

"Thank you very much!" Jiang Heng said with a smile, expressing his gratitude.
Stowing the jade talisman directly into his spatial bracelet, Jiang Heng walked out toward the sect's gates.
Halfway there, he ran into the senior brother he had met previously.
"Got your jade talisman?" that senior brother asked cheerfully.
This was hardly the first time they had a "chance encounter" with Xue Rong. To put it practically, almost every time Shen Liancheng came to visit Xue Yun at his eldest brother's home, Xue Rong was there. Naturally, this wasn't an intentional setup of a "chance encounter" by Xue Rong, but after happening so many times, Shen Liancheng couldn't help but suspect that Xue Yun was intentionally engineering these encounters for them.
After pondering deeply over and over, and consulting with numerous advisors multiple times, Liu Ze ultimately dispatched his trusted confidant and advisor, Ximen Liang, along with several capable assistants and dozens of highly skilled martial arts guards, to rush to the reinforcement of Liu Gan in the capital.
Judging by that tone, the demon general was thoroughly angered. He thought to himself that he must no longer converse with him in this manner; otherwise, he would undoubtedly be led in circles by him.
Hua Yu'er understood Lu Zexi's intention, and very well—since you are unwilling to be involved in this, I will resolve the matter in my own way.
Feeling the imposing aura emanating from Xiao Yan, just this single aura surpassed anything he had possessed even after breaking through to the Immortal realm. If it were as he imagined, Xiao Yan possessed the ability to merge clone avatars just as he did.
In the outer room, Qingling and Yuhe saw Li Jiang leave with a taut face, entirely stripped of his usual leisurely and graceful demeanor. Exchanging glances, they instantly guessed that something grave had gone wrong.
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"If we are talking about alibis, aside from Zheng Shaoshui, everyone else can be eliminated. Liu Yuan, Zhong Xin, and Zhong Jian were all still in Demon Sea City at the time, catching the six-thirty flight in the evening and leaving straight away after departing the bar."
The next instant, a cry of agonizing pain rang out. A spear directly pierced one of the Azure Extreme Ice Phoenix's eyes, and only then did the wielder of the spear appear. His figure flashed as a majestic surge of Yuan Qi surged from his body, and he charged directly at the Azure Extreme Ice Phoenix to launch another attack.
"My name is Kuisong." Kuisong's face looked somewhat like a bear's face, yet not quite; it resembled a cat's face more, though only vaguely.
Qinglian's face remained veiled. Following Youlian's treatment, the scars on her face had faded significantly, though they were still faintly visible.
However, the Emperor's health was currently poor, and his mind was not entirely lucid either. If Consort Shi were to genuinely collude in causing chaos, there was no telling what kind of malicious falsehoods she might whisper into the Emperor's ear concerning her.
Wanfu bowed down slowly, intentionally or unintentionally exposing the bruises—some blue, some purple—on her wrists, instantly drawing the gazes of everyone present.
Ji Shiyun had no idea how profound Shen Rong's martial arts truly were. Even though Helian Chen had mentioned a thing or two, such an undertaking was simply too perilous. Moreover, the moment she vanished, no shortage of people would come searching for her, and by then, they would genuinely be forced to live as fugitives on the edge of the world.
From returning from the State of Wei to venturing out of the palace this time, the journey had been fraught with twists, turns, and constant brushes with danger. She had gradually come to understand many things.
"I certainly cannot give it, but the crown prince of the borderlands country can, isn't that so?" Shang Qing stared intently at Zhu Xiumin and said.
"Qing'er, what on earth is going on? Why are those people looking at me like that?" Because Shen Xin had just returned from outside, the Old Lady had specifically arranged for Qing'er to look after her. Qing'er was slightly older and had been in the Shen residence for nearly twenty years, making her thoroughly acquainted with everyone.
Sheng Mingzhu could not help feeling a measure of appreciation. If such a clever person could be employed for her own use, it would truly be marvelous. But if she were exploited by someone with ulterior motives, she would likely prove to be a disaster.
Things that had never been imagined would eventually come to pass. The tempest still had its precursor, yet the storm between them had arrived far too abruptly.