Chapter 138: Take It Down

“Then go have fun without us. Qingxue and Qingya are both staying today. I’m throwing Qingxue a birthday party.”

Lu Fei shrugged, making no attempt to indulge those spoiled youngsters.

He immediately called Yin Tiancheng and asked him to reserve a banquet hall for Bai Qingxue’s birthday celebration.

Lin Mingming, Wu De, and the others instantly changed expression. They had never heard that Bai Qingxue had anything—

“A promise is a promise!” Long Tianwei said without hesitation. Faced with such inferior liquor, losing would be utterly humiliating.

Even the bar Ying Si had once owned had a counter, but it would never have been made of stone. Styles sometimes needed to be changed, and furnishings might have to be moved; a permanently fixed stone counter was certainly not the best choice.

As frost coiled around the wings behind Liu Tian, his body vanished. At that instant, an angelic warrior wearing a knight’s helmet flew to the captain’s side, ready to receive his orders.

Fortunately, several streetlamps stood outside the courtyard, their bright light still illuminating everything within.

“No contact? Don’t try anything clever with me, or I won’t mind making you comfortable for a little while longer.” Brother Zhang threatened the assassin, wanting to see whether he was telling the truth.

Thunder rumbled without end. The wind and rain grew fiercer, and the darkness deepened until it seemed to press down upon the crown of the head like the palm of a devil.

A middle-aged man had come with them as well, but the way he looked at Yuan Xing was distinctly unfriendly, leaving Yuan Xing more and more perplexed.

Ten minutes later, Su Zimo and the others arrived at an open construction site. Beneath the blazing sun stood a burly man nearly two meters tall, carrying five heavy sacks of cement on each shoulder as he walked toward the unfinished building. Every step he took was accompanied by a dull, thunderous thud.

Yet the old man merely extended one arm—thin and withered, looking as though it possessed no strength at all. Somehow, it completely caught the ax Hu Lu had brought down with all his might. With a light pinch between two fingers, he flung Hu Lu away.

As for Su Zimo, who passed right by him, the old man did not notice him at all. He merely thought the young man looked somewhat familiar.

Besides, every time that happened, her grandmother would fret and nag for several days, then hide the oil jar away, refusing to bring it out until the busy farming season arrived.

The more Lu Chen read, the more bewildered he became. At last, he came across several lines of official jargon stating that unusual objects in the laboratory were on the verge of losing control, and requesting that more purification items be dispatched.

Thinking of how An Ruoqing had been rushing about with him during this period, Mo Nanshen felt even more pity for her.

Yan Mingxuan suddenly slammed on the brakes. The car came to an abrupt stop, sending An Zhiqing and Yan Mingzhou pitching heavily forward.

The instant Lie Zihan suddenly intervened, Xiao Jian dispersed his oppressive aura. Even so, Lie Zihan was forced two steps backward, her face flushed crimson.

Besides, even if Ye Zheng were defeated by sheer luck, who could break through Mo Mountain’s spirit formation? What would they do if Ye Zheng returned?

The leader waved a hand, signaling the others to stop. He glanced at Lü Yifei without saying another word, then led the group out of the private room.

Han Yan held Jin Sha’s hand tightly. Watching her gradually return to normal, just as he had, he spoke with confidence, conveying that confidence to her.

The person who usually muttered “Hungry, hungry, hungry” dozens of times a day—why had she suddenly stopped?

“There was one, but now there isn’t!” Tang Chen’s voice was somewhat low. The words had reminded him of things he had long since forgotten.

After freezing for a fraction of a second, Tang Chen shouted through the team channel, a trace of tension in his voice.

He could almost see Erlang and the others charging rapidly down through the forest. They had fired several shots as well.

They had never expected Zhao Gou to choose restraint. They had rushed to carry out their plan, only to fall straight into the trap Zhao Gou had laid. Open attacks were easy to evade, but hidden arrows were hard to guard against. Since they had acted so brazenly, Zhao Gou no longer had anything to fear.