Volume 1, Chapter 43: Letting Go of the Past, Embracing a New Beginning

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the entire Anning Temple in a golden hue.

Ji Shu and Gao Xia stayed at Anning Temple for the better part of the day before coming down. The two of them went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, and by the time they finished, it was almost eight o'clock.

After getting into the car, Gao Xia wore a mysterious look, and Ji Shu noticed that she was not driving along the route back home.

This sudden turn of events shocked everyone who had just crossed over. It was too abrupt; originally, they thought they only had to face a single, limit-surpassing supreme terror, but they never expected that another would be equally terrifying.

"Could you be trying to redeem your crimes with meritorious service and falsely reporting military intelligence?" The chubby cat narrowed its golden eyes slightly, casting a suspicious gaze at the dog knight.

"You don't even reach the standard of a golden treasure chest? No wonder you can only be ridden by others," Chen Wei shook his head and sighed.

"Hey, this is not a place for smoking." The match that Addis had just lit was blown out by Hathaway.

The secondary engineer, who was still playing "you chase, I run, hehehe" with the cat-girl, looked extremely unwilling when called over.

If not for the leader's reminder, one wouldn't be able to tell at all just by looking that the person in front of them, once stripped of her clothes, was no longer the original Angel.

With just a single move, Su Li shattered the Eternal Immovable True Self Great Immortal Art mastered by the Supreme Heaven. The terrifying immortal saber, containing absolute lethality, descended instantly upon the body of the Supreme Heaven.

Just in time, Cailian returned. Leng Muhua glanced calmly at Qingzhi and shook her head slightly.

However, if someone wanted to cast a monster into a bronze statue to keep them company in the afterlife, he wouldn't object.

Whether it was the several divine medicines on the cliff with shimmering treasured light, or the patches of dragon-scale grass under the corner of the cliff not far away, these were all nurtured over millions of years by massive amounts of true dragon Qi. All of them could be called peerless precious medicines that could fetch an astronomical price even in the nine heavens.

The cyan-white jade plaque was a rare soul artifact that Tong Xuanyun obtained from the Flaming Earth Continent. Named the Hongyun Plaque, it could both enhance a person's fortune and disperse bad luck. Legend has it that it was a soul artifact originating from the Ten Demons Assembly.

Mu Yidai spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, as if liking Feng Chenyi was something worth showing off.

Coming from a special forces background, he was well-versed in training elite troops. On top of standardizing physical fitness and basic skill training, he further divided the force into reconnaissance, sniper, and special operations teams.

Gan Tian saw the corners of Shen Mengyuan's statue's mouth twitch, but in the end, nothing was said. She tilted her head and looked into Yan Yun's eyes.

Baili Nuyun lowered her voice mysteriously and whispered to him, "Last time when we argued, I called him a stinking mute. This sachet is something I snatched from him on a whim!" Of course, this was sheer nonsense; she simply didn't want to bring any more trouble to Shi Lantao.

The strategies of yin and yang must be applied in the right context. If you fail to distinguish them and use them wrongly, your life will truly be tragic—what you wish to obtain, you will not get, and what you wish to avoid, you will receive in full. Wang Yuchao simply couldn't turn this corner in his mind, which was why he remained entangled.

Sun Liaoliao looked at Liu Shasha in front of her, her aura gradually growing weaker. After all, Sun Liaoliao had been engaged in high-consumption battles all along, whereas Liu Shasha had just made her move and was fresh blood. After that last burst, Sun Liaoliao was already starting to falter.

Why had her attitude undergone a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn at this moment? It was naturally somewhat baffling.

Diaochan perceived her worry and said to her, "Sister-in-law, if you like Minister Muda, interact with him more. Brother Feng specifically spoke to me about you; he hopes you can find someone who loves each other and have a good destination."

In truth, both were probing each other's bottom line. Cultivators reaching the demigod stage do not come easily; at this realm, a casual strike can determine life and death. If the two of them fought in pitch darkness like just now, the outcome would be decided in fewer than ten moves. Once one was caught by the other in a mistake, death was certain.

Tian Shoulou said no more and meticulously recounted the recent events in the capital to Jiang Anyi, reminding him that this appointment to Huazhou was suggested by Grand Marshal Zhu, with Right Prime Minister Kong Sheng and Zhu Zhipiao seconding it, and Kong Sheng in particular being the one who persuaded the Emperor.

I quickly ran to the kitchen to boil a bowl of porridge for Zixuan, fried a few eggs, grilled some sausages, and wrote on every egg and sausage: "Please enjoy, Madam Wife."

There was some distance between Pingshan Town and Xinqi County, and Chen Shide certainly wouldn't just sit in court waiting. With a wave of his sleeve, he adjourned the court.

When Jiang Anyong and the others arrived at a secluded spot, Siyu shared her idea: half a hour later, they would feign surrender to the Rongmi army, and after luring the Rongmi people into the city, Jiang Anyong would lead the light cavalry to slaughter the Rongmi generals and temporarily lift the siege of Hecheng.

Qinjie looked at the ruins before her, wondering why she was in this place, yet feeling that this was not a place she liked. It felt as though it had just been through some war, filled with the scent of misfortune and suffering.

By then it was already noon. Presumed to have been reported by Teacher Lin, Qiao Hao had called Teacher Lin for consultation while handling paperwork in the morning, so he knew he was returning.

Compared to Qiao Hao, Qi Si naturally trusted Chu Feng more, which made Qiao Hao's actions appear abrupt and unreasonable.

"But I... I don't know if I can control it..." Muzi Yun's eyes were filled with worry, his mind entirely consumed by those who died in the flames, including the scapegoat who had framed him out of jealousy, whose name Muzi Yun still did not know.

This was even stranger: why was Guxi unharmed after being bitten by the flying monster, while the other two acted as though they had been poisoned?

Aiqiaohao knew well that just shedding tears was useless. She wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve, only to notice that Zhang Wu was holding a piece of raw meat in his hand.

It was just like the group of traitors that Shunzi and the others discovered resting and camping beneath a hot air balloon. Not long after nightfall, Shunzi spotted "stars" drifting slowly toward them in the night sky.