Chapter 90: Meeting Li Xiaobao Again

Just as Lin Yu finished his examination and stepped into the banquet hall for the longevity celebration, an out-of-place voice sounded behind him.

“What? I have to be searched too? Do you even know who I am? Do you know that I don’t even need to be searched when I go into the imperial palace of Great Xia?”

Drawn by that discordant voice, Lin Yu turned around and saw a man in a black suit...

A man is innocent until he is in possession of the very thing that invites ruin. For the prince’s manor to have more grain than it needed was no different from placing itself squarely in the eye of the storm. Could Chu Chaoyang really be ignorant of that?

The old man lifted his head and asked for her identification card. After registering it, he turned and took a key from the wall behind him, preparing to come out and lead her the way.

“If you are in a hurry, you may go looking for it yourself.” Ye Zhen let out a long breath and glanced at Xuan Yuan Mo.

Chu Liangrao was kneeling beside the old madam’s mat, her head dipping again and again, clearly exhausted to the point of sleep.

That man who could once have been bound to her by a red thread no longer existed. If the person was gone, what was the point of this anymore?

“If you regret it now, it is still not too late.” When they reached the door, Ye Luchen suddenly turned back and spoke to her.

She went to the dining hall and bought a bowl of noodles, forcing herself to eat them though they tasted like nothing. Only then did she begin to regret her impulse from earlier. She had brought the general back—yet to whom should she entrust him for care?

“Then this old man shall take his leave. If fate allows, we shall meet again someday.” With that, he glanced at An Yujing and strode away without looking back.

Such a scene made his heart feel as though it were being torn apart, every cell of his body lacerated alive.

Perhaps before long, word of this matter would spread through the capital. By then, how was she supposed to bear the shame of it?

“What are you still worrying about now? Come over quickly.” Sima Lie took Xiao Yue by the hand and led her toward the edge of the cliff, pointing into the distance. The twisted expression on his face made it impossible to tell whether he was shocked or overjoyed.

Chu Yaner and Yang Yun exchanged a look, then immediately made the “wisest” choice: never mind it. Since the elders had already started eating, all they had to do was eat too.

Luo Yanxing said slowly, “There are two treasure maps. One of them can definitely be traced back to the Gale Gang; the other is most likely from the Wang family.”

The zither and the guqin are not the same instrument. The guqin has seven strings, while the zither has twenty-one. The guqin has a much longer history and is harder to play, with greater emphasis on a certain lingering charm; the zither, by contrast, focuses on technique, and its pieces are relatively dazzling and ornate.

“What should we do? The spellcasters of the Heavenly Calamity are catching up behind us at once!” Xie Mengya was clearly so anxious that she had begun to lose her composure.

Thus Mu Qian’s expression was somewhat grim, while Zhen’s father remained smiling and unconcerned, and the colleague of Zhen’s father was also outside helping maintain order.

Xiao Yue looked in the direction Sima Lie pointed to with some suspicion. When the fluctuations of elemental power came into view in the distance, those red eyes could not help but widen.

It turned out that this man was the third son of the current emperor, Liu Chengping, twenty years old, the son of Lady Zhou.

Even a tiny fragment of the Path-Seeking Jade containing the power of the Six Paths would be enough to shatter all ordinary ninjutsu of wind, lightning, water, fire, and earth. Unless one possessed the natural energy of immortal arts, there was no resisting it. That was a difference rooted in essence itself.

“Nothing much. Today our Mr. Liu is treating.” Yun Feiyu said with a smile, patting Liu Yaoxi on the back. With that one move, Liu Yaoxi nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Still, Liu Ju also knew that Liu would not necessarily agree to let him join the battle. After all, his most important duty was to protect the people at home. Though Liu Ju looked blunt, he was not foolish. He did not go directly to Liu to ask for the chance to fight, but instead found Che Ning and asked him to speak on his behalf.

That was why he had no choice but to come in person today. Otherwise, he could have sat in his office and waited quietly for Frand to come calling, and by then he would surely have been able to squeeze much more out of him.

“We’re leaving!” Whether from fury or shock, Park Yonghao’s voice trembled as he spoke to Park Zhiyong and the others. Then he was the first to slam the door and storm out, not even sparing a glance at the innate martial artist bodyguard whom Ye Xinghun had frozen in place.