Chapter 89: A Deep and Bitter Grudge, More Like

When she was very young, her grandmother died, and Lu Qingfei understood for the first time that when some people leave, they truly leave.

At that time, Lu Shilan crouched down and, with patient tenderness, explained it to her again and again:

Farewells are always painful, but that does not make them wrong.

Ming Yi often adapted cases into fairy tales to teach Lu Qingfei all kinds of lessons. Even if they were your biological parents, the law bound them to support you, but it did not bind them to be kind to you without condition.

The first thought that flashed through Wang Qihu's mind was an eerie figure and face. That bold, unrestrained profile and uncanny smile remained vivid in his memory.

Seeing Luo Wei standing by the window, her silhouette lonely, he had never seen her like this before. Even when she had learned she was unexpectedly pregnant that year and had been at a loss, she had not seemed so solitary and helpless.

Now that the circle of core industries had begun to take shape, this area naturally stood apart on its own.

When had she become like this? Needing someone else's malice to set off her own goodness.

These people, having seen little of the world, inevitably betrayed their inexperience and exposed their flaws to others.

Da Kui was very expressive with his hands and body, gesturing as he spoke. When he got to the part about Kang Ge hacking Big Cat to death, I could feel a chill run down my spine.

At last, Huo Tianyu opened his mouth. Qin Mengshi held her breath so tightly she seemed to stop breathing, but just as she heard the first word, "You..." a voice cut in and interrupted him.

Although Qiao Guang did not know why Bai Xue had suddenly choked just now and hurried back to her room, he only knew that her leaving was rather timely, because he himself had something he wanted to say to Xiao Geyan.

But no matter how youthful he dressed, the old man was surely already in his fifties, so Qin Mengshi calling him "uncle" was not out of place.

"I don't know who the other party is, but I've already had my men look into it. I'll give you a satisfactory answer to this matter," Lin Feng promised.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. So this is what they mean by instant karma? See? This is why you shouldn't do bad things all the time. The retribution has come, hasn't it?" Yet Lin Feng still looked perfectly unbothered, teasing from the side.

Chen Yu jolted awake. He instinctively reached up and wiped the sweat from his face. For about two seconds he was dazed, and then the events before he lost consciousness surged back into his mind like a tide.

The more than ten thousand immortal corpses of the ancient imperial burial site had now been sealed beneath the Five Elements Divine Mountain forged by Kong Xuan. Kong Xuan himself coveted those corpses as well. Ji Tian possessed a divine feather given by Kong Xuan, and with it he could still pass through the seal of the Five Elements Divine Mountain.

After sweeping the room with his eyes, Chen Yu finally let out a long sigh and pushed the locked box in his hand back into the depths beneath the bed.

Thirty thousand troops moved at once; banners whipped through the air, and in an instant they formed a great array, surrounding Ji Tian so completely that not even wind or rain could pass through.

Everyone turned to look, only to see a lean figure slowly walking in from the doorway.

Old Feng immediately did as he was told. Though he could feel nothing, the moment his hand touched his lips he let out a scream like a slaughtered pig, because he had touched a swollen lump as large as a tumor.

A crowd so dense it looked as though it were out sightseeing was truly rare; even in ordinary times, it could be called a once-a-year spectacle.

What was more, this was the territory of the Cloud Sea Gang. With their numbers and power, it would be easy enough to intercept and kill Chen Qingdi, who was traveling alone.

Just as Zhao Guo had feared, Tuoba Weiwei had brought one hundred thousand troops, and the northern invaders numbered more than a hundred thousand as well. Joined together, their total strength was again two or three hundred thousand, enough to overwhelm Eastern Xia.

Hearing that Luo Tian was only delivering a message, Qin Zhan smiled. He told Luo Tian that the empire had once troubled over message delivery as well. But later, they came up with a good solution: they established a miniature teleportation array.

Tuoba Heiyun had already dispatched troops in an attempt to break out from Upper Commandery. Several days had now passed, and the Chen Kingdom's court at the Han Palace might well have learned of his message. They might also choose not to head to Lingwu, but instead force a route through Upper Commandery from the upper reaches of the Wang River.