Chapter 84: Do You Want Me to Keep Pursuing You?

Si Yao gave her grandmother no chance to speak further, rising and driving away without another word.

After only a few hundred meters, she stopped the car, her mind in turmoil, and irritably lit a cigarette. Suddenly, the window was tapped.

Xu Yinian’s house was close to Xing Jue’s courtyard, and now she was parked right in front of Xu Yinian’s door. Si Yao frowned and lowered the window, flicking ash outside, “Is there…”

“Alice, what are you doing?” Lu Yu looked at Alice’s terrified eyes in the darkness. Her fearful expression made Lu Yu feel a pang of compassion.

Li Suo responded, riding a crimson steed with a red flag in hand, bells hanging from the flagpole. He moved ahead, and Jiang Ling saw faint light glowing on the pale violet stones flanking his horse.

Finally, a comrade of Xiao Lin, whom Li Ming recognized, walked inside. When he came out, Li Ming grabbed him.

“Tch, talk if you want.” An Ya rolled his eyes at the person before him, only three or four years older, but already smug from crossing the threshold into adulthood.

Old Zhuang said nothing. He had been biding his time, but now struck swiftly, raising his hand to unleash a thunder seal, righteous energy surging from the cloud sea, carrying ten thousand bolts of lightning, mercilessly pressing down on the Golden Toad.

Yin Yufeng glanced back; the delayed signal fire from the fortress’s beacon tower had finally appeared. With new confidence, he shook his feather fan and laughed heartily: “Ha! Old He, loyal and true, never failing his duty. Clearly, the soldiers are weak; let the bandits rest here, I’ll return soon.”

The crossbowman atop the roof was beginning to falter as well. Supporting from afar consumed less physical strength than close combat, but drained much more mental energy. If he shot the wrong target, letting a foe survive to harm a companion, it would be his own fault.

Such treasures were extraordinarily rare, naturally endowed with powerful spiritual essence. If refined as a personal weapon, their initial grade would be at least celestial, and could evolve with their owner into the ultimate weapon.

The monster’s expression was distraught, nailed firmly in place, its aura surging. Seeing the Gudu Stone, suspended and brimming with dark energy, its face changed dramatically, fear rising at the mere thought.

After much fruitless discussion, Lady Xunfei Du Yu had to take her leave. The northern frontier was plagued by constant raids from the Wala, and Eagle Wolf Manor was near the border, so Du Yu departed from Xunfei Wang to return and gather news.

But Huzi said that Xi’er insisted no matter how good the Huang family was, it could never compare to her own, and if given the chance, she would surely leave that place.

“Hanshuang, are you awake? It’s time for dinner!” This child must have played too hard—still asleep at this hour.

Qi Yu sat opposite Wen Mo, taking a chip from the bag on the table and popping it into his mouth.

Every time Han Shengrui returned, there would be a meeting to resolve important matters—always something related to Hua Qingxin. She always attended these meetings, but found herself fighting off drowsiness at their talk, enduring as best she could.

Ning Chang and the others, called guests, were more like advisors than servants, and naturally all sat at the table.

In the innermost room at the bow of the boat, Qi Zhiyan’s door stood open, revealing him cradling a vertical harp, eyes lowered as he plucked its strings.

Seeing Zui Lifeng join the treasure hunt, the white mist within the crystal ball trembled ever so slightly.

“Who are you, really? What are you?” Liu Wu suddenly murmured to himself, bewildered, his gaze vacant, as if lost in a dream.

Lu Feifan and Ding Yongdai followed Zhao Xin, chatting as they walked. Zhao Xin pushed the luggage cart and immediately spotted Gao Yu, standing guard at the exit, with no one else within five meters.