Chapter 93: In for a Penny, In for a Pound

Ye Cheng reacted swiftly. The moment the blade flashed toward him, he slipped back and evaded the icy sword light.

These two palace maids were astonishingly skilled, both reaching beyond the sixth rank.

Lin Yourou had once said that there were no palace maids of such caliber at the empress’s side.

It was obvious that this was someone Empress Dowager Chen had specially obtained from Chen Shanling, for this very round of coercion mixed with inducement.

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“Hey, Fourth Brother, what are you saying? Why should I gnaw on claws while you get to eat the meat? Don’t forget, if Big Brother and I hadn’t schemed day and night to lure the monkey and its descendants to the Narrow Sky Pass, would the old immortal have begged the Great Lord Xingtian to grant us the Nest-Space Bird?” Hong Jian grumbled, quite displeased.

The dead infant’s ear was tickled by Estrela’s breath, yet her words sent a cold sweat over him.

Fan Shuiqing waved a hand. This brought nothing but benefits and no harm—why refuse? In the words of the ancients, was this not a refined and delightful affair?

With Michel’s explanation, El suddenly understood. It was like striking a wall again and again with a heavy iron hammer: if cracks appeared, then the wall’s interior must already be riddled with wounds. The thicker the wall, the more true this was.

While the elder of the stone pillars was speaking, some of the new disciples had already entered the Black Tortoise Pool, and the moment they did, they began madly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the water.

Sun Shilin and Shangguan Shitaiqing sat in a corner and knew very well that anyone speaking in this conference room today was certain to be watched. That was exactly the effect they wanted.

Invisible sword shadows flickered through the black world. From the fall of darkness to the moment light returned, that brief interval was El’s best chance to launch a surprise attack. In just those few seconds, more than a dozen iron-black puppets had been permanently put out of commission.

“At least wait until the fighting is over,” Qing Ruifan said without pressing further, merely offering a few words of guidance. No matter where she wanted to go, safety was the first thing that had to be guaranteed.

“Old Gui, words from a madwoman may not be taken seriously, but they sure as hell cannot be dismissed lightly!” Long Batian’s full-throated voice rang out.

She had run into a man who looked exactly like Xia Xun, with a completely different temperament yet identical mannerisms; and in the face of her assassination attempt, his reaction was utterly unlike the others, leaving her restless and confused.

The demonic beast range was not far from this mountain. The hunters, the moment they felt the earth shake, immediately fled in terror toward the exit. It could be seen how terrifying the tremors were.

As he spoke, he laughed and entered the resting room, where Xue Dingrong and the others were already waiting. He stepped forward and embraced him.

What difference would numbers make? They were still nothing but human targets. The head of the joint army wanted to break out, but by then he no longer had that ability. Heavy weapons fire suppression was no joke. The joint army men fell in heaps, and in the end they raised their hands and wept with their heads in their arms.

This was an important witness. If luck was on their side, and he truly had that white-linen inner token on him, then there would also be physical evidence.

Professor Luo usually valued this assistant very highly, so upon hearing it he nodded and let her go. But he did not take the matter to heart, and instead turned back to discuss it with the researchers in a vexed mood.

Xiao Shaohua felt that the reasoning made sense, because the route taken by the group ahead would inevitably pass the laboratory entrance. The cleanroom changing area had to be entered from there as well, the conference room was on the right side opposite the laboratory, and the emergency passage and safety isolation door were also at the far end of the corridor, after turning right.

The oath was not very long, but Han Xiao’s learning had been limited at the time, and what he could presently recall amounted only to roughly these few lines.

Thinking back on it, that was indeed so. If he had discussed it with Li Chunyi yesterday and sent people to investigate overnight, they would naturally have discovered it was nothing more than a farce.

“So that’s how it is.” Yue Li nodded, then after a pause said, “Then I am even more certain why you wanted me dead.” As she said this, Yue Li was looking at Gao Yuan.