Chapter 36: Consultation

The man said nothing.

The girl did not press him either. She laughed twice. “By the way, the weather in Sea City is lovely today. It’s already the end of December, yet the sun is still shining brightly. How is the weather where you are?”

He raised his eyes to the dazzling lights and revelry of Sea City, but the words caught in his throat. He did not want to lie to her, yet he had no way to explain.

But some things truly were mere coincidences; he did not need to—

However, the fact that her first time had been given to her own student was something Zhao Yina simply could not understand.

Ye Tan lifted his foot and stamped out the bonfire before him. Then he looked up and asked these people a question.

By then, the boat had come to a complete stop. The shadow that had been rowing it had vanished without a trace, leaving only the distant, lingering sound of a bone ocarina.

Shen Yu did not yet know that she was in grave danger. She was still angry that, after Chu Yun had seen her body, he had reacted as though nothing had happened. For some reason, Chu Yun was still standing guard in her room at a time like this.

“Go ahead and report me! But let me warn you: if what you’ve done reaches the police station, I guarantee you’ll spend several years in prison—perhaps more than ten, or even the rest of your life!” Lin Chen leaned back against the seat, wearing an expression that said she could do whatever she pleased.

An old mage was being watched over by two young mages, and he looked extremely displeased. To him, such treatment was an insult.

“Is that so? I never said I was going to climb over the wall. But your gate isn’t locked. Surely coming and going as I please doesn’t count as breaking the law!” After saying this, Lin Chen raised a hand, pressed it against the huge iron gate, and shoved with all his strength.

Wang Jin reckoned that if he were struck, he would certainly end up with several more holes in his body. The Blood Gu would then enter him directly and suck out his vital essence, leaving him utterly helpless.

It was clearly not a genuine human figure, but a cloth doll fashioned in human form. Its facial features had even been deliberately embellished, making it look astonishingly lifelike.

Those words struck Du Xi like a clap of thunder, leaving him dizzy and disoriented. It took him a great deal of effort to calm himself and organize his thoughts, just to make certain that what he had heard moments ago had not been a hallucination.

The moment they heard this, the Eastern Sovereign, Jieyin, Bodhi, Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the others all underwent a drastic change of expression. Fuxi, however, remained calm and indifferent, as though he did not think much of it.

Peilan watched as one of them threw a tantrum and wept bitterly while the other sat with a dark expression, saying nothing. Neither was willing to yield.

Only then did Cang Li relax. If anything had happened to An Zhaoyuan because of her, how could she possibly have found peace?

“Of course we’ll eat first. Look at the time—it’s enough to starve someone to death. Make the arrangements and find us a restaurant with some style. We’ll eat while we’re there, and relax a little at the same time.” Lu Hao leaned against the back of the taxi, his face bright with laughter.

Yet only the Black Tortoise understood the true advantage of this sword. Perhaps even Chu Fan himself did not know that the ice sword he had created by accident was the only one of its kind in the world.

Upon hearing this, Hong Yun’s heart jolted. He abruptly raised his head and looked over, only to see the enormous dragon eyes of the Ancestral Dragon gazing at him with relief. The Ancestral Dragon, who had once possessed an aura that soared like a rainbow and dominated heaven and earth, was now covered in wounds from head to toe, his body battered and scarred.

Ever since their first meeting, Qin Wanyi had seemed to regard opposing him as a habit of life. If she did not challenge him, she appeared certain to feel uncomfortable all over.

For the first time, he called her by name. Yet it was only this once, and Ren Rushuang suddenly had a feeling.

The flashlight had already fallen. She kept comforting herself, telling herself that she probably could not see those things anyway. Thus, she summoned her courage. After watching Feng Yan enter, she hugged Mengmeng tightly, bent down, and went inside as well.

As the elder of the Dragon Clan’s chief holy son, Long Qingchen strode out first, wearing an air of absolute confidence.