Chapter 39: Seeking Shelter from Father

Meng Lianqiao timidly hid behind me, peeking out with one eye at my father and Yameng.

I knew this was something we’d have to face sooner or later. I tugged gently at Meng Lianqiao’s hand, pulling her out from behind me, then looked seriously at my father.

“Dad, please don’t get upset. Lianqiao, she...”

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Pierce was in high spirits. After a series of carefully laid plans, he now felt victory was within his grasp. Greene inheriting the Roffey family estate was as good as certain, and as Greene’s vanguard, Pierce’s own prospects would rise accordingly.

Meanwhile, the sea would not recede; the mechanical creatures in the water and the players above seemed to have their roles reversed.

When the Bundesliga resumed, Yan Tao was no longer with the team. He didn’t even come to collect his things from the locker room himself, but instead asked Feng Kai to have someone from his agency retrieve them. Bayern’s number 13 jersey was now vacant, awaiting a new owner.

A mutated blood claw, brimming with unstoppable force, struck out fiercely at Zeng Ao, who was charging in with his own fist raised.

At last, some control was restored. The two operations officers took turns covering each other, protecting Tan Zhijie as they ran up the mountain. The slope was overgrown with weeds; perhaps there was a chance to lose those assassins in pursuit.

The Nine Cauldrons of the Divine Land were the very symbol of the legitimacy of the Great Zhou’s royal authority—no less important than the Son of Heaven himself.

Even if they could not suppress him, as long as they could hold their ground and keep Wei Wuji in check, it would be enough.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Luo Hebin and subtly learning that he was currently unemployed, they saw no need to waste more time on him. Once everyone else had left, they continued to socialize with others.

“Brothers of the Five Immortals Sect, let’s head into the city first. I’ll make sure to teach that magistrate of Yongning a lesson!” Chen Feng comforted them.

Real Madrid launched a counterattack, but under the double-team defense of AC Milan’s players, they couldn’t get within thirty meters of Milan’s back line. Chen Zihua kicked the ball out of bounds.

On a distant black floating vessel upon the sea, a murderous aura surged, condensing into a terrifying force of slaughter that drove the surrounding white fog back by dozens of yards.

If resentment brewed without cause and was left to fester, over time it could break relationships—and might even invite murderous disaster.

That was why half the warriors were equipped with spears, while the other half used superior bows to kill the enemy. This seemed, for now, to be the most effective defensive measure.

Qingxue Lian felt a burning sensation in her abdomen, as if a surge of energy was burrowing deep inside.

When the dragon clan’s powerful warriors appeared, Feng Mingze and the young fishermen flushed with embarrassment. So that was why Long Qingchen wasn’t worried at all—the mighty dragons had been hiding nearby all along. Truly, no one could take anything from the dragon clan right under their noses.

“Hmph—what don’t you want? If you keep refusing, that leg of yours will be utterly ruined!” Long Linfei sneered coldly, glancing at Gu Ling’er who, eyes shut tight, waved her hands frantically.

After the sacred, heavenly, and earthly martial arts on the Divine Cliff were all wiped away, a wholly new force seemed to emerge from the ruins.

Hearing Qin Qiao’s words, Chen Li no longer cared about Qin Luo’s darkened expression, and went straight over to examine things carefully.

In the end, this was the sorrow of Xu Zhiling as a mother. Her excessive pampering and indulgence had sapped her son of any ambition or drive, leaving him a decorative hollow shell.

“Hmph, if you won’t drink a toast, you’ll drink a forfeit! Master, from now on, you’d best worry about your own safety!” Tang Fusheng flung his sleeve and strode off.

“Later, we met the Crown Prince—your father. He said he had fallen for me. Back then, I was naive and unsure of how to refuse. It was then that someone approached me and revealed that I was the princess of the previous dynasty, and that the current emperor was, in fact, my enemy.”