Chapter 97: Going to Negotiate Peace
The southern region’s military and political officials gathered in the grand hall, flickering lamplight casting unsettling shadows across their worried faces, giving the scene a sinister and eerie air.
“What are we going to do? Our army’s provisions are nearly gone; at most, we can hold out for half a month!”
“My unit is even worse off—we can barely last three days. Once the food runs out, how can we command the soldiers? This is a real problem!…”
Seeing herself forced step by step into a corner by Mu Yun, Sang Li’s clear eyes flashed with both panic and fierceness. Did Mu Yun press her so ruthlessly today because he believed Sang Li had no power to fight back?
She ordered the valley to be made into an execution ground. After the killing, no markers or flags were set, only a peculiar stone monument with a pointed top and square base was erected. With supreme mastery, she altered the valley’s terrain and laid down a formation; from then on, no one could easily trespass into the Forest of a Thousand Monuments.
“Lin Xiru, I have never been so resolute. Shangguan Ao is my man, and I will make him fall in love with me—no matter what.” With those words, she turned and left the ward; she was going to see Shangguan Ao.
If it were truly so, he would never let Sang Li and Gu Yu off! Anyone who dared betray Mu Yun would be hunted to the ends of the earth, and he would dig three feet into the ground if necessary, making them taste the consequences of their treachery.
Ximen Zhe’s eyes suddenly shone bright, fixed on a cloud drifting overhead, and a wave of panic swept over him. Unconsciously, he raised his hand to the back of his head, feeling the scar there.
Such words, so dismissive of her, made Sang Li’s heart blaze with anger. When she looked up, her clear eyes flashed with a strange light, so intense that Su Mu, seated high upon the dragon throne, felt the atmosphere in the grand hall grow so tense he could barely breathe.
Bai Xiaoyu knew this was a risky move, certain to arouse Fu Qingdong’s suspicion. But at this point, she had no way out.
With a thunderclap resounding across the heavens, a giant mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky. Bess’s punch landed like the descent of the moon, instantly reducing the earth for a hundred meters around to ashes. A massive crater appeared before everyone’s eyes, and the ground trembled violently.
On that day, Li Xiao mounted his horse himself, just as they had when first starting out, with nothing but the blade in his hand to prove and challenge everything.
“Damn it, why didn’t you follow?” Nangong Unbeaten looked frustrated as Lei Yu failed to respond at the critical moment. He had planned to trick Lei Yu—if Lei Yu raised the price, he would back out, but who could have guessed Lei Yu would back down instead?
After speaking, Qin Ye’s hands gripped his coffee cup so tightly it seemed he might crush it in the next second, a clear sign of how tense he felt at that moment.
“Return? Ha!” Mu Xiu shook off Aiqi’s hand and drained the bottle once more, then called for the bartender to bring him another pitcher.
Did they really think such behavior, like street hooligans, was acceptable? In truth, it felt pretty exhilarating to him.
Behind him followed two graceful figures, their long black hair cascading to their waists, eyes large, skin pale and delicate, exuding a unique cold beauty. They stood tall and elegant, their robes fluttering in the breeze.
Ye Shicheng continued, “Will the method you mentioned really let me live a little longer?”
Master took a sip of tea and went on, “The Underworld Clan and the Ghost Clan share many similarities; we both possess soul bodies. But the Ghost Clan has souls of the yin attribute, while the Underworld Clan’s souls are a blend of yin and yang. That’s why I can use soul arts, ghost arts, and even immortal arts! Do you believe it?”
When Pang Tong visited Liu Bei’s camp to seek out Zhuge Liang again, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang became even more perplexed. Pang Tong spent half the day boasting with Zhuge Liang, drank copiously, and then left. By now, Zhuge Liang was starting to suspect Pang Tong only came to mooch wine.