Volume One, Chapter Eighty-Seven: Calm Before the Storm, Chen Pingchuan Remains Serene

In fact, compared with all that, I have something far more important. He stopped there at once, but since he had just said he was going to complete a task assigned by the government, neither Xiong Duan nor Wen Wanfeng pressed him further. Hearing Wu Yan's reply, Zihan felt a deep discomfort in her heart. It was true that the fact someone liked Long Yuling meant he was charming and that her own judgment had been sound, but she still could not shake the feeling that something was wrong. The dream of the philosopher becoming a butterfly, and when the dream ends, who can say whether it was the philosopher who became the butterfly, or the butterfly who became the philosopher? Things once thought so profound were only now beginning to reveal a little of their meaning to me. "Thank you, Invincible God." Lei Ting had not seen his father in so many years that he happily followed Lei Se out. Feng Qingye, deep in thought, was interrupted by a sudden, tender voice and looked over in puzzlement at Luo Shuiyi. His awareness had already returned. Whenever Bai Yuzhen lowered her lovely body, he instinctively thrust upward to meet her; the infant soul within him spun wildly, swiftly drawing in Bai Yuzhen's pale-gold true essence and transforming it into his own native energy. Because my injuries had not yet fully healed, Xiao Yu, Linghu Yue, and the others would not let me leave, and Bai Jingqi and the others would not let me go ahead on my own either, though I felt at ease with the three of them and did not think there would be any major problems. Fortunately, Xueronghua was in a good mood today and was even speaking very little. As was only natural at a banquet, the conversation could not escape the Blood Demon Jade Crystal, so Beidou Star spoke of the worries he had mentioned earlier and asked Sun Xiangyu and Yang Kunlun to help find a safe place to store it. As a result, the recruiting point was not as lively as the others, and most people were merely there to watch. The last time she came, Mother Yong had already noticed that Ye Lainiang liked these wild delicacies, so pheasant, river fish, and wild greens had been prepared early in the morning. Qin Jie looked at the signal flare in his palm, did not refuse Yun Bing's kindness, took it, and then led Min Xing into the palace. As expected, by the time the arrow had flown to within a meter of Lin Han, his true energy burst outward, springing it away. The arrow seemed to strike an iron plate out of thin air, suddenly rebounding upward before falling like a dead leaf to the ground. Once, before Yang Fan had even stepped into the refining realm, he had lived here until he broke through. It had not been long before I saw Guo Xiang emerge from Mi Rou's office with his head lowered and a very ugly expression on his face. In general, the old captain Yuan had belonged to Xiahou Xuan's faction, but he was often at sea, and as the saying goes, orders from the ruler do not fully bind a man who is out in the field. Leaving aside everything else, what if the Star Tower, when facing the Devil's Chosen, happened to react half a beat too slowly again? Being able to watch someone else shoot at the target from close range would at least broaden everyone's horizons and give them something to learn from as well. "Shaohua and the others must have died at the hands of the mountain ghost," Zhao Chan muttered to himself, his heart filled with worry. Because Officer Zhao and Officer Liang were planning to question every villager the next day, we slept that night at Zhou Daping's house. "What's your name?" Having learned that all the members of the Xiao family were here, Li Qing smiled faintly and asked. Seeing that both of Songyang's great treasures had been restrained, Wang Chen finally could no longer suppress the fighting flame in his heart. With a fierce shout, the green and purple twin swords burst from his body and transformed into a storm of sword rain that pounced toward Songyang. "Sit down too and have something to eat," said the Hall Master of the Third Month Hall unhurriedly as he put away his chopsticks, his gaze searching for something appetizing. After speaking, the teacher vanished, and the students below, seeing that the teacher was gone, one by one also disappeared. Quite a few of the ghosts looked at Ye Ji and the others, these living people, with unwilling faces as they gradually faded away and then vanished. But should he really not go in and take a look? If he did not, would not his identity be exposed? "Master!" Qi Yun cried out happily. She was just about to rush over when she suddenly remembered her own identity and the occasion, and quickly forced herself to stop, standing there somewhat timidly and uneasily. The white cat beside her sensed its master's sorrow, leaped onto her shoulder, licked her with its blood-red tongue, and let out soft whimpering sounds. If nothing unexpected happened, Earth and the great world where he had originally been were parallel existences, even their passage of time in perfect accord. During the time the young master had been away from Earth, China launched the Liaoning aircraft carrier, the leadership changed, and the city where he lived had become something else entirely. Wang Chen had long known that the demonic dragon was an ancient monstrous fiend and absolutely not easy to deal with. Now that they were trapped within the Dragon God Sky-Sealing Grand Formation, if they did not fight a quick battle and eliminate the demonic dragon first, there would be no chance at all to break the formation and escape; in the end, only death in battle awaited them. Han Chi, standing at the front near the chief seat, hurried forward to lead Zhao Yi in, and the other elders all rose as well to show courtesy. Han Yue's younger sister, Han Xue, looked at her sister and Zhao Yi with some astonishment. "I am growing more and more doubtful whether this mission will even give me a reward!" Li Ming lamented, his fighting spirit utterly gone, as he walked toward the next level. The gray impurities within the crimson liquid flowing through the vessel were removed by Liu Chuan with blazing fire. But now that Zhang Yang had decided not to flee and had even said he was willing to exchange, there were so many people here that who exactly was he planning to return it to? As everyone thought this, they became wary of the people around them. Just as Mo Lisha was flailing about wildly in the air, Moli Hua made a rapid downward evasive move, and the toad chief stretched out its tongue from an astonishing distance, nearly sweeping them all in. At this moment, Wang Zha decided that unless absolutely necessary, he would first choose to stand by coldly and watch how events unfolded. In truth, only by standing aside at the proper time can one observe human nature more clearly. As the saying goes, those in the midst of events are confused, while those watching from the side can see clearly. Wang Zha had long grown used to scenes like this. Compared with that time in the lingerie shop, this was a world apart, and he did not take it too seriously. Li Yesheng lavished praise upon the Jurchen troops, saying, "Men like tigers, horses like dragons, on the mountain like apes, in the water like otters; their momentum is like Mount Tai, while the Central Plains are like a stack of eggs." In other words, the Jurchen army's combat power was formidable: in foot combat they were like tigers, on horseback like flood dragons, in mountain warfare like monkeys, and in naval fighting like otters.