Chapter 54: The New Year's Bell Rings, A New Beginning for the Family of Three

Lu Zhenguo’s study was solemn and quiet.
The air was filled with a faint fragrance of ink and the scent of aged wood.
Zhou Susu followed him inside, feeling a bit nervous in her heart.
Although the old master had backed her up fully in the hall just now, calling her in alone... was this going to be a settling of accounts, blaming her for exposing the second aunt’s dark history?

"Sit down," Lu Zhenguo motioned toward the mahogany chair opposite him.
Zhou Susu sat down as told, keeping her back straight.

"Indeed, these are not naturally occurring Devil Fruits; they are artificial Devil Fruits," Elwu stated bluntly.

Upon hearing the Emperor's words, Ji Feng suddenly understood. He hurriedly took his leave of the Emperor and led his men to search everywhere within the imperial palace.

Nine-Tails muttered another word, then turned around to fiddle with the flowers Xuanyun had grown for it.

As for me, I bade farewell one by one to my nephew-disciple Yi Yun and my grand-disciples. Thinking that I was about to leave and that if I didn't bully this bunch of nephews and grandsons now, my itchy hands would become unbearable, I called all the disciples before the main hall doors.

Those robots would not let the matter rest. They would likely mobilize the majority of the forces in Scrapyard City to hunt them down, and might even summon those stray mercenaries.

Zhang Xuewen shouted like a madman, his last hope shattered along with it. Just a moment ago, he had been thinking that he might be able to use those fifty thousand yuan to force Chen Haoran into claiming that the video had been synthesized using special methods.

Though he usually appeared decisive and even murderous in his ways, all of that was reserved for his enemies.

As for her imperial brother, it didn't matter. He had always regarded her as a thorn in his side and a nail in his flesh; the two of them were natural adversaries, so one more crime of avenging their father made little difference.

"I know City Lord Chen has recently been looking for some pills to strengthen the body, and City Lord Chen should also possess a fine body-tempering manual. This bottle of Tier 4 Flaming Sun Bone-Tempering Pills will serve as a token of our meeting," the man in black said, tossing the pills directly to Chen Yu.

"Uh, how could I dare..." I hastily smiled ingratiatingly at Huoyan and reached out to grab his hand.

Ningshuang also believed that Venerable Daozhen had departed, but with this fellow just walking away like that, where on earth could she find another cover story?

"Boss, are you really sure Elder Xia won't kill anyone?" Bai Linglong leaned against the sofa and asked with a somewhat complicated expression.

Hearing Pei Ren say this, the other organs, which had been very active just a moment ago, suddenly seemed as if someone had pressed their stop button, all turning their heads simultaneously toward where Pei Ren was.

"Is the money you're taking enough? Do you want me to give you a bit more?" As soon as they got out of the car, Bai Xue asked her younger brother a very sensitive question.

She had just finished an exam for a non-major course today, and her mind felt much more relaxed. Exams in university were just like that; once a course was finished, the exam was held immediately, saving students from being overwhelmed at the end of the semester.

There was no fear in her heart as she might have imagined. Even upon hearing a heartbeat-like thumping sound coming from inside the coffin, she felt no tension, but rather an indescribable sense of peace.

November in Nanjing could not yet be considered cold. For a southern city, it was just the changing of the seasons, and people on the streets wore all kinds of outfits. However, the withered plane trees beginning to shed their leaves on both sides of the road were telling everyone that winter was quietly approaching.

Yet now, they had turned toward them, showing clear intent to attack and refusing to retreat even a single step.

The door was opened by the housekeeper. Seeing Luo Qianfan arrive, the person nodded slightly as a greeting and then invited him inside.

"Target has been destroyed, the opponent has no movable vehicles left," came the standard judgment from within the spacecraft. Yog nodded and continued browsing the news of the Sea of Stars displayed on the ship's screen.

In the medicine hall, Feng Yi was drying herbs. Feng Yi had been feeling very depressed lately. Feng Yi couldn't figure out why he wanted to see Alv, but Alv seemed to dislike him visiting her and instead appeared extremely nervous about that injured leader Yu.