Volume One, Chapter 55: Taking Advantage of the Fire

Just as numerous ancient martial artists were speculating on who would claim the position of the new sect master, Bai Fang slinked back to the Mend-Heaven Vanguard base. After offering explanations to Leng Qingyan, he earned her forgiveness and permission to return.

Moreover, the majority of the candidate locations were restricted zones completely inaccessible to ordinary people. Under such circumstances, with less than two weeks of permissible stay left for us, we had no time to move at a leisurely pace.

"Commander, Commander! These little bastards are using bullets like pouring water! If this keeps up, we'll run out of ammunition reserves. What on earth will we do if something happens?" Old Zhang asked with a worried expression.

In the end, Johnston intervened and grabbed Firefly around the waist, preventing her from delivering a loving headbutt to Li Huamu.

"You go notify the medical team to take away these ship girls lying here first," Kongou said calmly, shifting to another matter.

Gan Tian gritted his teeth in secret. An urge surged within his heart, yet it stubbornly refused to release, while the three principles pressed down upon his chest like three massive mountains. But now he understood that the three principles were incomplete; a fourth principle needed to be gestated and born, and that was the critical key.

Just as they were about to crash onto the ground, Feiyu feared that Emerana might get injured, so he immediately caught her in his arms and landed steadily on the ground with her.

"Oh right, Huamu, how are you prepared for the second round of the preliminaries? The competition starts tomorrow," Lin Zhi finally recalled this important matter.

Seeing the front lines rout, Zhao Yun's army formation behind them also retreated along with the fleeing soldiers. Only Zhao Yun remained unfazed, brandishing his spear and riding his steed straight toward Qu Yi.

A massive flood of information fragments poured into his mind. Feng Ling rapidly digested them, and once they fused to form a complete story, he learned everything that had transpired between Ji Sheng and himself over the past year or more.

Raising one hand to stop Zhou Yuande from trying to help, he kept his mouth open, placing both palms flat on the ground and pressing against it to feel the coolness brought by the air conditioning, allowing his already somewhat chilled self, upon learning the truth, to completely calm down.

"Sigh, I've always wanted to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with you. Communication between us has encountered problems during this period, and of course, I won't deny that in certain areas, we superiors made mistakes," inside the grand hall, the Chairman looked at Lin Feng and said with a sigh.

During the process where Zhang Dong and his students were waiting for their flight at the Beijing Capital International Airport, they were recognized by travelers at the airport. Instantly, enthusiastic crowds in the waiting lounge surrounded Zhang Dong and his students.

Lin Tian felt puzzled and, mustering his courage, reached out to grope upward inch by inch. First, he touched a large, ice-cold object; moving further up, he encountered something about the thickness of a bowl's rim that felt somewhat elastic; touching even higher, an indescribable sensation arose in his heart.

"Should I bring some skincare products for Aino next time?" Fang Li looked at the dashing and spirited Aino, and inexplicably, such a thought popped into his mind. When the time came, if he slightly repackaged them and gave them a makeover before presenting them to her, it would probably be far more lethal than gifting any swords, spears, halberds, or armor.

Fire and flowing water—two elements with entirely contrasting properties—were linked together using the sword as a medium under Liu Ling's fantastical imagination. The flames flowed far and wide within the flowing water, no longer distinguishable from one another.

High above in the Heavenly Court, Generals Heng and Ha reported the events that had taken place at Mount Huaguo. The immortals all watched as that 'monster' surged into the sky through the cloud mirror, charging straight toward the South Tianmen. One by one, they gasped, exchanged glances, and maintained a collective silence, fearing lest the one above vent their wrath upon them.

Casually tossing one of the pills into the mouth of an idle spirit snake belonging to the Spirit Control Sect, the three of them swallowed the remaining three pills respectively and sat cross-legged on the ground to recover their spiritual energy.

The blade qi within his body was still suspended in mid-air, and the heaven and earth vital energy absorbed was still insufficient. However, it was much better than when he had just broken through to the Innate Grandmaster realm. The period of weakness was gradually passing, and every day of quiet meditation made him a fraction better.

"My dad... he died when I was ten years old." Hearing Li Si's question, Ao Lingxue seemed to recall painful memories, and after speaking, she began to sob.

Feishi had been chosen by Li Lin when it was still just a puppy. In his haste, kicking it still caused him some heartache. Li Lin squatted down and stroked Feishi with his hand, prompting the dog to emit whimpering sounds, as if it were voicing its grievances.

The vanguard team would not carry such low-tier items. Putting aside the fact that everything they ate and used consisted of top-tier supplies issued by the military, they wouldn't even carry garbage-like low-tier protein blocks on missions.

"Boss, most of Yiyi's functions are linked and bound to the Fireseed. Right now, the Fireseed has insufficient energy, so Yiyi cannot activate other functions," Yiyi answered gently.

Arranging the items, I took out a lighter, had Haohao ignite it, and the two of us knelt there burning paper money for our parents.

Wan Ying was sold into servitude at the age of twelve and chosen by Princess Huachen to serve in the Huainan Prince's Mansion. Although Li Lin governed the household and subordinates strictly, he never treated those around him harshly. She had lived a comfortable and decent life all these years, and upon seeing A-Yu, it inevitably stirred up memories of her childhood, causing her to spend half the day shedding tears alongside A-Yu.

I also want to thank my editor, Big Brother Wuxing, for his continuous support and help to a newcomer like me.

Quite good, as handsome as ever, except for a few more red blood vessels at the corners of his eyes... His eyes... looked like he had been staying up late.

"Thank you, Senior! I certainly won't let you down!" Zhao Huibin looked at Tang Lei excitedly, bowing repeatedly to express her gratitude.

A-Yu seemed to vaguely understand what Li Lin was going to do, and sat quietly in her chair with her head lowered, twisting a silk handkerchief between her fingers, her eyes burning slightly. Why was she always wanting to cry on such a joyous day?

She had already been perceived as a pretentious white lotus taking the initiative to show off and provoke. Now, if Shen Xici were to misunderstand Yan Run as well, that label would be permanently glued to her.

Lin雅 had indeed been coming to the company over the past few days, but what on earth she was here to do remained unclear to them. However, Vice President Liu clearly remembered the matter of him firing Zhang Le back then because of Lin Ya's exclusive interview.