Chapter Eighty-Six: Self-Rescue

Yang Rui swept his gaze across the hall, and in his gentle eyes there was a trace of urgency and anger.

It was as though he too were worried for the children abducted by the bandits.

When the magistrate saw everyone pleading bitterly, a faint, cold glint flashed in his murky eyes.

He seemed about to speak, yet whatever he had thought of made him close his mouth again.

That hesitant, half-spoken expression was far too obvious, and Yang Rui, seated above them, saw it all.

Clearly, the three had already reached an accord. They all loved Xiang Yu, and had agreed to love him each in their own way; as for the rest, there was no need for them to meddle.

The hall fell silent once more, as still as the dead of night. The rise and fall of emotions was strangely unsettling, and only Wang Ping, together with Huang Shalei, Gang, and Luo Huan beside him, remained composed and unchanged from start to finish.

"You Jing, don't push your luck!"

Yan Guohua was finally driven to fury by July, and shouted at her with bulging eyes.

Su Yongzhen's brothers were also burning with excitement. All their lives they had thought they would walk a single road to the bitter end, and never imagined they would follow their boss to found a business. Just thinking about it was thrilling.

Before, though they had heard the system being tormented, they had not seen it with their own eyes. Now that they had a chance to witness the system having its throat slit by someone, July was too delighted to object. How could he possibly try to stop it?

And upon hearing this finger before him say that someone had reversed his fate, a look of sudden enlightenment flashed in Ling Feng's eyes.

Zhu Siqi also knew he had been busy all day and was indeed exhausted, and it seemed his family was waiting for him as well. It would not do to return too late; in any case, as long as he could make it back himself, that was enough.

After offering a word of comfort, Ling Feng solemnly handed the blood essence of the Nine Heavens Blazing Flame Python to Grand Master Changfeng, then withdrew several zhang away and watched intently as Changfeng and Yan He faced each other.

By now he understood Xiang Yu completely. He was nothing more than a supreme con artist, and anyone who managed to take advantage of him must have seen a ghost.

At the end of the first of three parts.

A stabbing pain struck his chest, and another large mouthful of blood surged up. As it was spat out, Chen Chen's face had already turned as white as paper, as if a gust of wind could send him tumbling to the ground.

He knew of the curse's existence, but he had never, because of that curse, given up on Mu Huang, nor ceased to love Mu Huang.

No wonder her head hurt so badly. He had experienced the agony of a hangover before, but never like this; this time it was so severe that she even had the absurd feeling that she wanted to smash open her own skull.

With this kind of ammunition loadout, the combat power unleashed in an instant was naturally beyond doubt. But it was also truly, brutally expensive, and whether it could ever pay for itself was indeed a serious question.

In the span of a few breaths, blackness flooded the heavens; the sky turned dark as ink, with not a single thread of light remaining.

It seemed the head of the Steeve family still had some measure of integrity. With a single phone call, he immediately summoned Lilian back.

The Shura King flushed red. Though his face was covered in blackness, Long Fengxuan could clearly sense the change in him.

She had already lost all clarity, yet she still remembered that it was all right to go mad because of Ji Qiang, but not to cry because of Xia Chengmu.

Nan Chen smiled happily as he greeted Long Fengyu along the way, and everyone stared at the scene in dumbfounded silence. This Nan Chen was probably insane.

By the time they reached Han City Town, it was already around the hour of the serpent.

The four master and disciple had not eaten since dawn. As soon as they entered town, they first looked for an inn to rest and take a meal, and while doing so they inquired in the marketplace whether the local money and grain shops could exchange Imperial Coins.

"Junior Brother, if our bodies had not been corrupted by demonic energy, I fear the two of us would already have lost our lives by now," said Senior Brother Lu indifferently, though his face had already grown somewhat pale.

"Of course it can be fused. After fusion, my light attribute can also advance to the level of a chief god, and then my strength will increase by a great deal. I fear that aside from a god king or a supreme god, the other chief gods will not be my match," Victoria said with confidence.

"No. If I were younger, I would do the same thing too. If there is an advantage to be taken and you don't take it, then you're a fool," Ji Xuan said with a shameless sneer.

"So that's how it is!" Although Lin Feng had not explained it very clearly, Gao Teng and the others understood immediately. Since Wu Changming was a friend of Lin Feng's parents, it was only natural for Lin Feng to address him as Uncle Wu.

If not for the fact that the exquisite grand formation had formidable defensive power, that strike would likely have landed squarely on Wei Yan's body.

"Of course not! It's just that sleeping in my own bed when I go back is more comfortable!" Chen Mengying's face reddened. After all, saying she did not like living with her grandfather would be disrespectful to the old man.

Everyone now more or less obeyed Lin Xifan's words without question, so the moment he spoke, they gathered around him.

Then Lin Xifan recalled the dangerous situation before he had lost consciousness. Slowly, he stood up, and the first thing he saw was Fu Yuyao not far away. He walked over, checked her breathing, and immediately felt relieved. Though her breathing was rather weak, at least her life was not in danger.

In the end, Long Zhenyang took all the blame upon himself, and only then were Long Tianlang and the others able to leave the Long family. When they stepped back out into the world, it felt as though they had emerged from a lifetime away.

Lin Long, Chen Minghua, and Ximen all could not help but speak up to stop him at once. Ge Yang did not say a word, but the worry on his face was impossible to hide.

"Tell me, what on earth happened here?"

Only then did Sun Xue have the chance to ask about everything that had happened today.

The first time should have been when Ling Tian was on Earth, and saw that Millennium Falcon starship.

At this moment, Ling Tian also noticed that streams of radiance were surging over the white jade and condensed-gold bricks beneath his feet.

Cao Zihua was utterly convinced. To wield both favor and fear, the stick and the sweetener together—how could that possibly be the conduct of a mere youth? Before meeting these people, he had thought himself precocious enough already, yet he was no match for someone as scheming as Su Qiong.