Volume One, Chapter 90: Don't Be Friends

Shen Zhaowu smiled. “A friend.”

Of course, a friend.

Yet Fu Ming was displeased again.

He did not want to be a friend.

What was so good about being just friends, when even holding hands required an excuse?

A faint restlessness rose in Fu Ming all at once.

He wanted a cigarette.

His long, lean fingers curled slightly and slipped into his pocket.

The metal lighter was cold, carrying a chill that seemed to seep into the bones.

The pad of his finger rested lazily against it.

Absentmindedly, he rubbed over the lighter’s smooth surface.

Still, there is an old saying: when the soldiers come, the general blocks them; when the water rises, the earth banks it off. Faced with this situation, Tang Xiao was not at all rattled.

The only thing worth celebrating was that the guard had not said the name that had kept him on edge. That made him breathe a little easier.

The three of them entered the hotel lobby together. The staff had initially wanted to stop them and ask what business they had there, but seeing Gale’s fierce and brutal bearing, they lost their nerve at once and could only watch as he led Wang Xudong and Lin Hu into the hotel.

“Perhaps Second Sister-in-Law will have good news as well. Good things are never afraid of coming late; just wait in peace.” When it came to the second young mistress, Jin Yu had always spoken plainly. If one used roundabout words with her, it would only leave her more confused.

Cheng Sinian forced herself to stay alert and lifted her head to look at Zuo Qingkong. His gaze had remained fixed on the ceiling all along; she knew he did not dare look at her, and a wave of discomfort rose in her. She could only lean into his arms and barely close her eyes.

She cast a gust spell on herself, broke into a run, and clung tightly to Nicole’s trail.

“The commitments on equipment manufacturing in the trade negotiations were drafted by your Equipment Industry Corporation, weren’t they? In order to secure the best conditions for your sector, the state made major concessions on agricultural products, rare-earth export quotas, and the like. You don’t know that?” Wang Zhenbin asked in return.

Dragon Cave was not like Myoboku Mountain; there was no habit of respecting the old or cherishing the young. Here, strength was the only law.

Although Meilin could not clearly see her own heart, she could keenly sense warmth surging from the place where it beat, spreading outward through her body.

Shen Feng waved a hand to silence them. He had only consumed one Immortal Wind Fruit just now, and he intended to refine the remaining one into a Long-Life Pill as well.

Chi Yuan held the needle filled with the raw fluid and glanced again at Mah Lu Da, who was lying on the white bed, struggling with fear and fury in his eyes, and frowned.

Her hand was twisted sore, yet Lu Ziqi still showed no reaction. In the end, she could only let go with lingering reluctance.

I was baffled too. Why did that mysterious person fail to help me at the crucial moment? If he had stepped in at the very last second, how could I have been seized by Sha Pojun? How could I have ended up in such a miserable state?

I stared carefully at the door on the fourth floor for a while, and two clear silhouettes gradually came into view. A closer look told me they were none other than the famed top-ranking soul-snatching underworld envoys who could deal with both the living and the dead alike: the Black and White Impermanence.

Ordinary cultivators were different. No matter how great their potential, at best they were merely self-taught; they could never touch the essence their ancestors had uncovered within martial sorcery, and in the end they were bound to be surpassed.

Just as Jihong Fang had analyzed, Yuan Wei, having forcibly used the Short-Distance Shift technique, had once again exhausted all his spiritual power and could only lie prone on Yun Yi’s back, striving to recover.

Tian Tian was also so hungry that she felt dizzy and light-headed. She had no mind even to watch television. To conserve energy, she chose to lie motionless on the bed.

Just as Slade in Blood Wolf Valley had single-handedly taken on the strongest of the Ault Angel Army, Tang Feng, who arrived at the battlefield together with Li Xuanming and the others, asked the two old fellows hidden in the cloud mist not far away, who understood Slade all too well, a question.

The handkerchief fluttered and drifted down the mountainside. She wanted to chase after it, but she was already powerless, and could only watch helplessly as it vanished before her eyes.

After finishing her flirtation, Shangguan Lin walked out of the room with a smug air, the expression on her face looking as triumphant as someone walking away after zipping up their trousers.