Chapter 91: The Birthday Banquet

They say that when enemies are destined to meet, there is no avoiding it. Li Xiaobao had originally thought that avenging last night’s humiliation would require waiting a while longer. He had never expected fate to grant him his chance so quickly, and in such a coincidence at Old Master Xu’s birthday banquet he ran into the very person who had put him in his place the night before. Li Xiaobao thought that since the timing was so perfect, then it might as well be perfect all the way through. He reached into his pocket...

Jiang Se sat by Gu Qingcheng’s bedside while someone treated his wounds. She did not want to leave him, and she had called a doctor to give him a full examination as well, uncertain whether that violent struggle from just now might have harmed him.

Suddenly, she felt another surge of malice before her. Xi Jiaxin opened her eyes, tears still clouding them, and only gradually made out the figure in front of her.

After three rounds of torment, Jiang Se lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling with wide eyes. Life was truly miserable. She had never imagined that after losing her first time, she would immediately lose her second and third as well.

With a swish, Liu Qiangwei’s face flushed scarlet at once, as though a well-aged vintage had turned her into something intoxicating.

“I think I heard a clap. Third Brother, did you hear it?” the crown prince said, poking the head beneath him.

What Butler Bai meant was that whether Rui Tianling was in the palace or not, they had their informant within it; if anything happened to Chen Zixuan, Rui Tianling would be notified at once.

Yang Ran’er smiled and said nothing more. The purple gold coins were of little use to her anymore. She had a premonition that she would not remain in this world for long; if she left, all those purple gold coins could do was provide a trace of purple gold for drawing spirit talismans. In truth, there would not be much left.

“What are you planning to go do again? You’ve already skipped most of this week’s classes. Will you still be able to keep up?” Chen Jing had only just said it when she checked herself. The other party was a top student, yet she was the one worrying about his studies.

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Leng Yiran had already prepared a full table of dishes. It had been a long time since they had gathered together like this. At noon, everyone was in high spirits and drank a little, so in the afternoon they simply decided not to leave. They agreed to have hotpot in the courtyard that evening. Zhuo Xiong had gone into the mountains two days earlier and brought back a wild mountain sheep, and today it was just right to slice it thin and rinse it in the broth.

The ground was strewn with lime, and the task of prying open the coffin was left to Tang Yuanshan and one of his other men.

“Does the senior still need any items?” As he spoke, Si Qi even took out a whole box of spirit stones and beads for Mu Cang.

Asking Xiao Zichuan to hold back the Dark Sovereign and the other great powers of the Age of Dharma’s decline, while she herself slew the Earth-Suppressing King, one of the Seven Tribulations of the Age of the True Dharma, was the best strategy.

“Good. You may go down for now.” In the office, a square-faced, broad-shouldered man in uniform removed his glasses and looked toward Ye Tian.

“Would anyone like to go swimming after dinner?” Although Jin Haizao was asking everyone, her pair of sea-blue eyes were fixed on Hugo, as if, should he refuse, she would drown him in the blue liquid of those eyes.

After the meal, Xu Yingying posted guards outside the rooms of Master Liu and Baozi. She had dealt with the Blood Tiger Gang on many occasions and knew well that those people would stop at nothing. Methods like assassination and sneak attacks were hardly beneath them. Over these three days, absolutely nothing could be allowed to go wrong.

Given that low-grade spirit stones had been found outside in such density, this spirit mine was sure to contain medium-grade and high-grade spirit stones, and it was even possible that the exceedingly precious top-grade spirit stones might appear as well.

Ye Tian only felt a wave of dizziness and then knew nothing more as he fainted dead away, giving no response at all.

U Lòng raised both arms and released blue currents of electricity, drawing the lightning in the sky directly down into his own body.

Gao Ye smiled and said, “My lord holds Senior Fu in the highest esteem, so he has specially ordered me to bring a generous gift in tribute. I hope Senior Fu will graciously accept it.” He opened the bundle he carried, revealing a great many treasures inside, along with a thick stack of banknotes.