Chapter 31: Take It Off
She was the Old Mistress's trusted aide and rarely made public appearances.
The two merely exchanged a glance, and Song Qiao immediately understood why she had come.
Sure enough, after Mother Feng offered a polite greeting to the three of them with a smile, she stepped forward and whispered a few words to Mu Yi.
Mu Yi furrowed his brows and shot a look at Song Qiao, clearly feeling quite reluctant.
However, after Mother Feng patiently persuaded him for quite some time, badgering him with soft words, he finally gave in.
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During this time, I had thought about going to see Qiao Maizi, but then I considered that Old Man Qiao had only recently passed away and she was still in mourning. Furthermore, the matter of Zhao Youcai moving the corpse at Fox Slope had been weighing on my mind, so I didn't go. Besides, it was the New Year, and everyone had their own relatives and affairs to attend to; it wouldn't have been appropriate to go and disturb the Qiao household.
It was a case of having no trump cards left, being pushed to the brink of collapse by the enemy in the heat of battle, only to achieve a breakthrough at the final moment and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Yet, the soothing, melodious tune and the intimate, profound lyrics caught Yang Weifan completely off guard.
The images in his mind gradually blurred, and Sandro’s thoughts were pulled back to reality by the projection of flickering firelight. The surrounding tents had begun to thin out. Through the gaps between the row of tents in front, the fat wizard could clearly see a massive pavilion standing in the very center of the camp, illuminated by the glow of the bonfire.
It is said that Madam Ma eventually heard that Jiang Ziya had become a high-ranking official, wielding power equal to the sovereign, reaching the pinnacle of his career, and attaining boundless wealth—a level of success rarely seen throughout history.
Many knew that the five Great Spirits had come for the Void Stones, so those who possessed them took the initiative to seek them out for trade. But the Great Spirits were far too intimidating. Anyone who came to sell a Void Stone was treated by them as an invincible powerhouse who lacked nothing but the stones, and they demanded exorbitant prices, essentially treating them like fools.
"Appear, my blade aura!" Gu Chao let out a long shout. At that moment, an intensely powerful aura erupted from his entire body. This aura radiated outward, and it seemed as if the surrounding trees stopped swaying for an instant, while the ants crawling past Gu Chao died on the spot.
A thud. Several arrows pierced his body. He could only let out a cry, stumbling forward a few steps before finally collapsing to the ground, becoming a sacrifice to the skeletal arrows.
Mount Aderson was three thousand miles away from the City of Light and Darkness, a distance that took only half a day for Akasha, who was proficient in Blink and teleportation magic.
Maximum HP forty thousand, maximum divine power one hundred and ten thousand. Intelligence sixty, Charisma forty. Divine magic amplification forty percent. All skill levels plus ten. Absolute spellcasting time reduction thirty percent, absolute cooldown reduction twenty percent. All resistances forty percent, damage reduction twenty percent. Unlimited use of learned metamagic techniques. Recovers ten thousand points of divine power daily.
Long Fei tried for nearly an hour, but even with the help of the endless spiritual energy around him, he simply could not break through that feeling of stagnation. Could it be the Demon-Sealing Ring?
His vision blurred, and when he looked again, he found himself inside an incredibly magnificent palace. The white marble pillars were coiled with golden dragons, and the ceiling was embedded with no fewer than a thousand night-luminescent pearls, making it brighter than the surface despite being underground.
Su Zhenhua had intended to say that even if this man named Luo Nan was not a suspect, he possessed many strange qualities and should be placed under stricter surveillance. But the words died on his lips.
Watching the flames grow from a mere flicker, the protector was about to leave when he suddenly heard someone speaking.
"Why waste magical energy killing them? Just make them hand over all their treasures and place a restraint on them before letting them go! Anyway, releasing people after placing a restraint is our standard practice for enemies who cooperate with our work!" Chen Cheng thought for a moment and said.
On the nine fire-men, crimson flames burned fiercely; the blaze was so intense that all one could see was a giant mass of fire, lacking even a human shape.
Finally, the doors to the secret chamber where Long Teng and Fenghuang had been in seclusion opened, and two figures, seemingly filled with an aura of nobility and dominance, slowly appeared at the entrance.