Chapter 37: Second Brother Breaks the Engagement

"Oh, Qiqi, you're back from school?"

Fifth Aunt Liu Guoqin smiled stiffly as she saw the siblings return. "My, little one, you've grown so much! Where have you been playing?"

"I wasn't playing; I was at school."

Sensing her mother's sour mood, Yi Rongkun bypassed Liu Guoqin and went straight to her mother's side, calling out cautiously, "Mom?"

"There's a good girl, go do your homework." Liu Guoqin did not let her emotions show in front of the children.

Lin Yunfei had slain a Martial King using only basic fist techniques, a feat he had never imagined possible before.

However, they remained deeply hidden, and information about them was so scarce that it was impossible to learn anything.

"You!" Bai Tongxi choked on her words, only to see Meng Peiyuan turn and walk out the door with a boisterous laugh.

Li Xing was a man from the Jade Vast Realm. Having entered the Chaos Space and witnessed Chu Feng annihilating the Wu Venerable and others, he knew Chu Feng's strength and therefore refrained from attacking him.

"Hmph, even so, my Prince would never take orders from them," Qianxue said with dissatisfaction. She had met those princes and did not believe they were worthy of standing above Jing Ge.

It seemed as though countless strands of energy followed the movement of Situ Yu's fists. As her already immense true essence merged with this energy, it not only bolstered her aura by another seventy percent but also pushed the true essence of her powerful techniques to the absolute limit.

As the voice faded, the dark world ceased to ripple. A vaguely visible figure gradually became clear, and a pair of eyes like black pupils shot out two hellish flames that seemed to incinerate everything, causing the entire dark world to tremble.

"Oh, I forgot until you mentioned it; my legs are still aching. Carry me," Ningning said with a sweet smile, jumping onto his back and wrapping her arms around his neck.

This key, which controlled the entire Blazing Sun Immortal Mansion, was a low-grade precious artifact. It had no offensive power; its sole value lay in controlling the mansion itself.

If Old Man Qi were here, he would surely be shocked enough to pin him down and give him a sound thrashing. To have learned it after watching Yu Yun perform it only once—what a monster of talent.

Thus, though he felt a touch of regret, he could only watch helplessly as Fang Yan handed this opportunity over to the Yunxiao Sect. After all, he understood that this matter was vital to the young man, and he had to see it through.

There were about a hundred of them, and instead of reasoning with Lin Yue and his companions, they surrounded them and demanded they hand over the beast carcasses.

They had been assigned to serve the new mistress and had worried about whether she would be difficult to please. Now, it seemed their worries were for nothing; the new mistress appeared quite easygoing.

Faced with the gathering forces of Dong Zhuo, Liu Ye continued to lead his men in a desperate struggle, yet he understood all too well that they were trapped in a heavy encirclement.

Yin Ruojun looked at the girl helplessly. Was her ability to articulate thoughts always this poor? If he didn't know her well, he would certainly have misunderstood her.

His own death didn't matter, but he had an elderly mother, a wife, and children. Without him, their lives would be even harder.

He dared not gamble with the lives of his mother and master, but if he did not destroy the chessboard and reset the game, they would never be able to escape and would perish all the same.

I picked up a lotus leaf pancake, laid it flat in my palm, and added two slices of roast duck along with a bit of every vegetable available. I rolled it up into a big bundle, just like eating Korean barbecue, and stuffed it into Fourteen's mouth. Fourteen had always eaten whatever I gave him; he opened his mouth wide, took a big bite, and his face beamed with satisfaction.

"How could there be ghosts? Don't overthink it, girl. You were just so excited that you closed the door again," Yin Ruojun said helplessly.

Therefore, for a sect to flourish, it must have a practitioner of great divine power to hold the fort, but to contend for the fortune of heaven and earth, one must have a quasi-sage in command.