Chapter 56: Reaping What One Sows (Congratulations on Your Great Fortune)

At noon, Tian Xiang used the ticket Chairman Jiang gave her to take the little one upstairs to eat.

The second floor mainly served stir-fried dishes along with dumplings and noodles.

Tian Xiang ordered a serving of steamed pork ribs with rice powder, a portion of stir-fried shredded pork, and two bowls of rice.

The aroma of the meat made the little one drool. Tian Xiang handed him the chopsticks, but he held back, asking if he could bring a portion to his mother who was still in the hospital.

Tian Xiang smiled, “Go ahead and eat, your mother has food too. The nurse will bring her meal.”

The snake descendant, feeling pain, couldn’t help but scream miserably. Being cut in half at the waist was undoubtedly excruciating for them.

The first matter concerned that unfamiliar acquaintance, the short, freckled man. For some unknown reason, he hadn’t acted against Ling Xu last time. But then again, even if he had, Ling Xu wouldn’t necessarily be afraid of him.

The Demon Shade Sect was a major cultivation faction. Among its ranks were several Nascent Soul elders, making it one of the top sects in Yunzhou. Rumors even spoke of a Supreme Elder at the Departure Stage within the sect, though the truth remained uncertain.

Chen Nie was gloomy and sorrowful, hunched over so deeply that his body seemed to curl into the dust, wracked with unbearable agony.

“Rabbit?” Qin Huanyu questioned coldly, thinking Yu Peihan intended to brush off his inquiry with a mere rabbit.

In that fleeting moment of respite, Bei Zhihan suddenly snatched the dagger from her hand and pressed it against her chest with his back turned.

But all this hinged on the crown prince Gu Zhixing successfully becoming the next ruler. Now that the prince had gone missing in Huizhou, if anything untoward happened, it would mean total defeat.

In the past, Yiyi had always come running to him for no particular reason. This time, she had been gone for over a month refining pills and hadn’t been seen since returning.

The Xiao family was a prize to be won. As Gu Zhihui warned, there were many disturbances at court, and the Xiao family, a distant royal clan with its own army, was a coveted asset. So Song Zhao advocated first establishing contact with the Xiao family, and if they proved useful, to strike first.

In his black eyes was the image of Xia Qingyi crying. In an instant, Xiao Qi’s body surged with murderous intent, frightening the matriarch and Xia Weiwei, who both panicked.

“I doubt your secrets are fewer than mine. Everyone has secrets—things they don’t want others to know,” Dai Mo said with a smile, careful not to frighten Yue Huanting by revealing too much.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Sheng cupped his hands and expressed his thanks. After all, the information from the Xuanyuan Great Tree was too complex and would take him some time to digest.

Killing intent shot from his eyes as Xiao Yu appeared instantly within the cave. His terrifying spiritual force stormed into the cavern like a tempest.

At the cry for help from the green-robed martial artist, the others snapped back to their senses. They shouted angrily, feeling as if they had been insulted.

Lin Annuan didn’t know where he had gone, so she hurriedly tidied up and took out some flavonoids and Jia Rong tablets from the medicine box to help stop the bleeding and replenish the blood.

“Third brother?” Some in the room had yet to realize Chang Li’s identity, but others’ eyes flickered, especially those who had just been glanced at sideways by the crown prince’s heir.

Gu Qian exploded upon hearing this, sharply pushing him away, tears welling up and streaming down her face.

At such a critical moment, how could the Yang family bother to reprimand their servants for waking up late in the middle of the night?

Among the capital’s officials, many knew of Gu Yunjin’s friendship with Princess Shou’an. Even if they knew it was Jiang Muyuan who arranged it, they would assume Princess Shou’an had lent a hand. But Xia Yi understood it was far more than that.

The Remnant Wolf, unaware that his whereabouts had been exposed, kept making calls, instructing his underlings to lay a deadly trap for Chen Xinghai and his three companions. His mind was fixed on obtaining information about the descendants of the Maze Sect and Taiji Sect’s residences, so he could return to his sect early and claim the Bone-Washing and Muscle-Strengthening Pill to advance further in martial arts.

Shi Miyuan took the notice and read it carefully. At first glance, it didn’t seem important, but when he looked closer, he was so shocked he collapsed to the ground. The notice contained excerpts from letters he had written to Jia Yiren on specific dates.