Chapter 176: Keep It Up

“You want to make big money too?” the man beside Xu Yunyao asked excitedly.

Lu Fei nodded. “Of course. Who doesn’t?”

The three of them immediately broke into broad smiles, as though they had just reunited in triumph.

Xu Yunyao introduced the man to Lu Fei. His name was Wang Dao, though everyone simply called him Brother Dao.

Wang Dao said with a secretive smile, “…”

“Mm! Since we’ve found the place, there’s no time to waste. Let’s set off!” Chu Yi said.

Chunrui had already been suffering from this illness when I entered the palace. Her cough was the result of Liancheng Jinxiang’s kick, which had injured her lungs; because she never received proper treatment afterward, the condition had become chronic. I urged her several times to summon the imperial physicians, but she refused every time.

It was only because Gu Nian interrupted that everyone’s attention shifted away from Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and cast Gu Nian a grateful look.

Early that morning, Huzi came in carrying a bag of wild fish from Bohu. Seeing how travel-worn he was, Juanzi hurriedly mixed a basin of warm water and urged him to wash his face.

The cool fragrance of plum blossoms filled the air. By the time Xiaosa came back to himself, he had already reached the edge of the plum grove.

But this Kong Feng was strange. He had once been deeply dissatisfied with Zhou Nan, yet now he was being just as evasive about allowing him to join.

Following his gesture, they saw that the place was indeed enclosed by pale pink walls. Several trees laden with red blossoms clustered together, their crowns spreading like canopies, blooming in a blaze of color.

Aaron gave a thunderous shout and brought his blade down. Countless fiery serpents whipped through the air, and a violent surge of energy roared toward Lancer. The technique was exactly the same as Lancer’s attack moments earlier.

He released Shunyu’s hand. She scrambled up from his leg in a panic, using both hands and feet, her cheeks flushed as she hurriedly straightened her clothes before quietly reaching back to touch her backside.

Ordinary demons could not casually create bodies capable of housing souls, nor could ordinary mortals remain in the human world for several hundred years without consequence.

Xiazhi kept her face rigid. “Pack mine separately.” There was no way she was going to eat food from the same plate as him; it made her feel sick.

“I know. He asked me about it. All right, it’s getting late. I need to sleep for a while. If an emergency comes in during the middle of the night, I’ll be finished.” After saying this, Tang Boqiang left the nurses’ office and went to rest in the doctors’ duty room.

“How dare you, Zhou Yu! Do you realize who you are? How dare you make His Majesty wait for you?” A harsh voice rang out, shrill as a duck being strangled.

The thought flashed through his mind. Suddenly, the office door was pushed open. Song Zhengquan frowned in displeasure, but when he saw who had entered, he remained silent.

At the center stood a massive martial arena. It looked somewhat ancient, and no one knew how many years it had stood there. It rose into the heavens, grand and imposing.

“Th-then fine. If you won’t say it, don’t say it…” Xiao Bei rolled her eyes and slowly shifted her gaze to the sketch in front of her.

There was one more thing: Tang Songyuan had to be told that, because the new spacetime had provided the original spacetime with “new species genes,” numerous technological and financial powers around the world had set their sights on it.

Of course, the deeper reason was that the Xu family possessed sufficient influence in Kyoto’s official circles. They did not hold the most important posts, but it was still better than being mere merchants. This was Zhao Wanqing’s way of thinking, which was why people called her old-fashioned and conservative. It was a matter of ideology.

The fox-spirit girl was tending to Commander Wang, but when she saw that everyone remained motionless, she said angrily,

All along the way, Zhuge Liang sat inside the palanquin, secretly laughing. He had finally dragged Old Qiao into the pit. As long as Da Qiao was rescued, this tiny place called Wancheng could be abandoned. He would no longer have to remain trapped here and could turn his attention to expanding into a much larger territory.

But now it was Zheng Feng’s turn to make a move. Zhou Yu was arrogant about his talent and did not take his opponent seriously at all. Zheng Feng looked so carefree and unserious—what kind of decent antithetical couplet could he possibly produce?