Chapter 28: Fear Alone Cannot Solve the Problem

After Ruan Mianmian exited the conference room, Xu Weiwei asked her anxiously, “Mianmian, are you alright?”

She had just seen Li Xiaofei and Fang Yali return to their seats with angry faces, but Ruan Mianmian was nowhere to be found. Worried that something had happened to her, she was just about to go look for her.

Ruan Mianmian smiled and said, “I’m fine. What could possibly happen to me? It’s not as if they could eat me.”

While she was still in the conference room, she’d calculated her points. From the morning until now, she had earned quite a sum.

Qin Yu’s courteous behavior had clearly satisfied the four high priests, making their smiles even warmer. They offered their blessings in soft undertones—words invoking the protection of the Sea Spirit and the like.

Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last. Halfway through their journey, the two of them encountered an extremely treacherous killing formation and were quickly ensnared.

When the young man saw his nearly completed Spirit Summoning Array destroyed in an instant, he was furious. With a flip of his palm, he unleashed a terrifying force, striking toward Yi Qiu.

Meng Yunce’s words were like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, leaving Shen Yian gaping in astonishment, momentarily at a loss for how to respond. The mistress of the Cui family, on the other hand, was overjoyed, her face beaming as she looked at Meng Yunce and Shen Qianxue, her heart brimming with happiness. Shen Qianxue could not hide her delight, glancing bashfully at Meng Yunce. The two gazed at each other with deep affection, oblivious to everyone else.

As evening fell, Zhuang Chong found a youth hostel that seemed decent enough, and everyone settled in for the night. Although they didn’t have identification, money was a universal language in any world. Zhuang Chong left an extra few hundred yuan at the front desk, which smoothed things over.

“Tell them to prepare to depart early tomorrow. Send word to General Lin stationed in Jingzhou, instructing him to dispatch an additional thirty thousand Meng family troops to Jinyang Pass to join forces with the Flying Cloud Cavalry,” Meng Yuanheng ordered.

“You all wait here. We move out in half an hour,” the middle-aged man said, then entered the main hall of the courtyard. Though there were no guards, anyone with any discernment could sense the sharp, imposing aura emanating from within.

Despite the enemy’s sudden raid, his soldiers remained calm and orderly, packing up essentials and running to their aircraft in under a minute.

“No, no, these three must have done something truly wicked. Teacher Duan, quickly cast a divination for them!” Ergouzi immediately grabbed Duan Jiude, urging him to tell their fortune.

From the surface of the sea, the tornado where Jiang Twelve stood was shattered and dissolved by the waves surging up from below. Yet the dispersed seawater did not fall back down; instead, it hung suspended in the air.

Despite the twenty-first century’s technological advances and conveniences, crafts of this kind are increasingly rare—especially in a metropolis like the imperial capital, where such an encounter is all the more unlikely.

“Brother, what is this? Why are you carrying it?” Mi Xue looked curiously at the bronze door.

By rights, after swallowing the Golden Crow’s flames, the fire ravens should have had a chance to evolve. But what happened? It was Jin Zhu’s flames that evolved on their own, their life level ascending, while the fire ravens could neither digest them nor expel them.

But if this affair had nothing to do with the Gu family and was just a rumor fabricated by someone else with ulterior motives, it would actually be less worrisome—because in that case, the illusion might still exist. After all, the Gu family and hers would still end up suspecting each other, becoming the two factions with the deepest mutual resentment.

“Alright, let me put it in terms you’ll understand. You’re fired. Go spread your wings and fly free,” Zhou Kai said with a cheerful grin.

For Jiang Twelve, it was an utterly unfamiliar feeling—yet at this moment, a faint, indescribable warmth flowed through his heart.

The old turtle misunderstood, thinking that An Nuan’s silence was out of embarrassment. After all, to refine a Revival Pill of such quality showed she had great talent in this area. If she didn’t know other types, she could always practice them later.

Si Zixuan hurriedly pulled over, jumped out of the car, and rushed to check if Bai Qi was injured—only to her surprise, Bai Qi had vanished without a trace.