Chapter 99: Concern
"Do you think that by saying all this, I'll thank you?" Chi Yi still had not recovered from his fury. In truth, Shen Jin was right: this road would not be safe just because they chose how to walk it. The one in the palace did not want them to return alive; at the very least, one of them had to die. Whether Shen Jin or Chi Yi.
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"Albert is willing to protect Her Royal Highness the princess." Albert lowered his head, the very picture of noble defiance.
They had only just met—how had this man so casually decided what kind of person she was?
"Thank you, Professor Angus!" She reached out and took the note, then looked up at Angus with a radiant smile.
As for the emperor's venomous hostility, the Empress simply turned a blind eye. He disliked her, and she disliked him in return. Since they were mutually repelled, they ought to have seen as little of each other as possible, but the man in question seemed to have a penchant for self-inflicted humiliation, always eager to put on airs before her, force her into an inferior position, or make her beg him for something.
Just as he was about to speak, the wall beside the head of the bed gave a dull knocking sound. There was no need to guess—it was Chu Tiankuo tapping it with his green bamboo fan.
"Shao Hua, stay here and keep Second Sister company. Have fun with her. I have things to attend to, so I'll be going first."
Qian Ye rose, no longer paying any heed to Qian Ye Yi, and headed straight out.
Monk Su blinked and carefully examined the air around him from top to bottom, left to right, and front to back, but found no trace that anyone had intruded.
Jiang Zhi shook his head. Seeing Ye Shuli's wandering thoughts, and the man whose attention was plainly elsewhere, he swallowed back the question on his lips.
What sort of chief executive holds a meeting with an aquarium brought in, then refuses to let anyone touch it, as though afraid something disastrous might happen?
A demonic red flash swept past Mo Fengye's eyes, and the air all around seemed to twist violently. Terrifying sword qi surged forward in a mighty flood, each stroke carrying the dreadful force to shatter heaven and earth, while overwhelming pressure crashed down from every direction.
Not long after Helou Yu returned, Helou Yuan came back as well. Because of the heavy snowfall, anyone outside could not be seen even a few steps away, so the visitors who had originally come for leisure could only stay indoors, their spirits for sightseeing considerably dampened.
The demonic silhouette standing atop the dragon skeleton let out an irritated roar. With a swift stamp of its foot, the already unconscious Six Sword True Lord was swept up by gale-force wind, vanished with a whoosh in midair, and then crashed heavily onto the bone dragon's back.
"Then get out of here." Ye Yangfan waved dismissively, his face full of disgust, signaling Jiang Tian to leave at once.
Flames seemed to blow from Su Tong's nostrils. He clenched his fists in fury, and from deep within his bones came crackling sounds.
"Whatever the case, thank you, you odd old man." Su Chen still felt grateful to the eccentric old fellow.
As the sect master, he had to think of all these things in advance, lest he only start scrambling for solutions when the time came.
"The last corpse puppet was ugly enough; I never expected this one to be even uglier." Qian Jigui spoke harshly, yet quickly fetched soft bedding.
Father Tang looked Tang Yixin over in disbelief. When his gaze fell on her belly, he saw that it had already begun to round out.
The sharply edged blossoms struck the golden ribbons one after another, making booming sounds, but in the end they failed to break through the defense system and burst apart.
Star Light had only just crushed the opponent's attack, yet its rate of destruction could not keep up with the other's rate of repair. Before long, this round of assault was shattered and came to nothing.
"Yes, yes, yes! We'll do it at once! We'll do exactly as you said!" The bald man with the dangling earring did not dare delay for even a moment.
Unfortunately, at such a moment everyone was still in chaos and panic, each wishing they were not ordinary people but elite long-distance runners; only two people remained where they were, unmoving, and listened to me finish this needless explanation.