Volume One, Chapter 116: Stripping Away the Mask of Hypocrisy

Yang Chun was intimidated by Jiang Ning.

More precisely, Jiang Ning’s words had struck directly at her weakness.

It was true that Nine-Rank House dealt harshly with fighting, brawling, and disorderly conduct. Someone had already been dismissed for getting into a fight at the company.

She knew the company regulations even better than Jiang Ning did. She had come to block their way today, but she had never intended to make a major incident of it.

She only wanted to... scare them a little.

Jia Xu spoke while Xiao Yi and Guo Jia listened with utmost attention. To employ a strategy of sowing discord, one had to possess a thorough understanding of the other party’s character; only then could one go with the current and achieve twice the result with half the effort. This was especially true in intelligence work, where no detail could be overlooked. Guo Jia had long since grown accustomed to operating in this manner.

“You imprisoned me here through even more despicable means!” Big White Legs shrieked furiously. Her eyes had turned completely black, and the yin energy surrounding her had transformed into baleful force. At that moment, the domineering might of a demon was revealed in full.

This was an event that had shaken the entire county. Some people envied it, others resented it, but regardless, everyone—including the Chu clan—understood that the rise of the Tang and Chen clans was an unstoppable force.

In Ke Jingyi’s eyes, Huang Xuanling would always be a child who never quite grew up. She also knew that this had certainly been caused by his experimenting with some martial technique, so she did not scold him too harshly. She merely told him to clean up the courtyard himself.

Jian Chen looked around and discovered that the ancient sword had vanished. In its place stood the gleaming treasure sword, radiant with flowing light. The Five-Element Divine Swords guarding the center of the Sword Pool revolved ceaselessly around him, while wisps of energy were drawn in and absorbed by that sword.

Douglas shrugged helplessly. Since Qin Xu still needed time to repair the runway, he had no choice but to postpone the plan.

Although some people among the ancients possessed great intelligence, the foolish were still in the majority. Even a thousand years later, humanity had made little progress. How many people had swindled others under the guise of being miracle physicians, repeatedly getting in the way? Thus, Chen Caozhi’s performance was not based on treating the people of Yan as fools. Many of them simply were fools.

Yet no one relaxed because of this. They all knew that the next step would be crucial. Everything would hinge on the final move. It might turn decay into something miraculous—or it might all collapse at the very end.

If this had happened to someone else, they would certainly have grown wary of Yakushi Kabuto, fearing that he would become too powerful and divide the New World among himself.

Back then, Miaoshan had said that she should never have appeared, much less killed Jin Zhengzhong. If she killed him, it would be tantamount to taking his destiny for herself.

Power surged wildly throughout its body. The violence of that force drove its consciousness completely insane. The forcibly twisted and embedded genes fused with one another at that very moment, and heaps of rotten flesh began to writhe as well.

The research base had only just begun operation. Once the Juying organization took notice of it and moved to suppress the facility, what could they possibly use to resist?

The chill of the floor seeped into his body. The burly men pressing down on his back were just as cold.

Guo Huahua had formed her own opinion by now: all men were useless pigs’ trotters. If she wanted one, she could simply find one and gnaw on it a few times. There was no need to settle on a permanent one.

Wu Jingshan and the other three remained at the scene to continue their examination. Zhao Mantun arranged for someone to call the police and sent others to wait at the village entrance. As soon as the police arrived, they would lead them directly to the scene. He also had additional lighting equipment brought over. By then, night had fallen completely.

The guards lay sprawled across the seats in every direction, their snores rising and falling like great waves.

The others were also furious, looking as though they would have gladly killed Xi Bu on the spot. If Fang Zhiqiang had previously been seeking personal revenge, then the employees were now standing up for a public grievance.

Several powerful experts whose strength had reached the level of Hunters were concealed in various locations, lying in wait. At any moment, they were prepared to use their supernatural abilities to stop Gu Fan.