Volume 1, Chapter 37: How Could She Not Cause Me Concern

When Xie Ruyue saw Zhiqiu come looking for her, her eyes lit up for an instant.

“I heard Second Sister fainted. Is she all right?”

“The physician said the young lady’s constitution is somewhat weak and that she’ll need careful recuperation from now on. Special attention should be paid to her diet. He didn’t mention anything else.”

In other words, there was nothing seriously wrong with her, though she did suffer from a number of minor ailments.

Xie Ruyue nodded thoughtfully, then looked up at Zhiqiu. “Go back for now. I’ll change my clothes and come over shortly.”

“Yes.”

A surge of deep emotion suddenly welled up inside him. With an expression full of tenderness, he picked up the bamboo chopsticks in his hand, lifted a piece of pastry, and held it to her lips. He accepted it with satisfaction, and the blissful smile on his face shone even more brilliantly than the bright spring sunlight outside the window.

That was only natural. Yao Hanzhuang could at most be considered an amateur expert at fighting. But as for Wutong, Li Jinghong could sense from his aura and martial prowess that without more than a decade immersed in Wing Chun, there was no way this man could possess such strength.

What stood out most was the terror in Lu Shuang’s eyes. I had intended to say a few stirring words, but when I saw the expressions on everyone’s faces, I swallowed them all.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gan was thoroughly enraged as well. A man like Bai Zhi’an truly deserved whatever punishment he received; no matter how harshly he was dealt with, it would not be excessive.

He suddenly pulled her into his arms. Her head tipped back from the force of it, and her hands instinctively came to rest on his shoulders. When she raised her face, she met his suddenly complicated gaze. In the depths of his eyes, she saw a conflicted struggle.

“Even though he treats you well now, can you guarantee that he’ll go on treating you this way for the rest of your life? Without his protection, how will you survive in this palace...” Nan Ruocheng had seen straight through her heart long ago.

And yet drinking was what he loved most—or rather, he was fond of drinking to excess. Fortunately, he generally drank only at home, so even when he became drunk and unruly, he posed no danger to the people.

Her thoughts had been exposed, and she lowered her head awkwardly, no longer bothering to answer him. The gentle turn of her head instantly swept away every one of Prince Xin’s troubles.

The moment Guo Lin stepped out of the room, he saw Liu Quansi leaning against the railing, waiting for him.

“Young Master, good morning.” Liu Quansi wore a smile, apparently in a good mood.

The carriage raced through the night. All they could hear was the rumbling of its wheels. Su Yirong quietly watched the scenery before her recede bit by bit, feeling as though she herself had not moved at all and it was the road that kept retreating. She did not know how long they had traveled before the carriage finally came to a stop.

Just as Ye Feng was anxiously preparing to charge forward, Salin suddenly came to her senses. Her beautiful eyes glared furiously at the great sword descending toward her, yet she made no attempt to dodge.

The Demon-Slaying Sword spun, and streams of withered-yellow sword clouds surged into motion. When the dragon and tiger struck the sword clouds, it was as though they had plunged into a swamp, their tremendous force finding nowhere to go. Instead, they were steadily weakened within those withered-yellow clouds until, with a thunderous crash, they shattered.

After trying several times, Qingxin realized that this method was far too clumsy. Before she could break through the layer of ice, she would have smashed her own head to pieces.

“What? A cultivation manual? A manual for immortal cultivation!” Bai Su leaped three yards into the air, wishing she could trample Lu Yue beneath her feet and grind her deep into the mud.

One ought to know that even the four chief commanders of Island City were not qualified to appear on the ranking of renowned masters. There were simply far too many experts at the peak of the Dust-Breaking realm in this world. Anyone capable of making the top one hundred on that ranking possessed at least one astonishing ultimate technique. Even those who had only just entered the Human Limit realm had to remain wary when facing someone ranked among those renowned masters.

“Brother Lang and all the others left with Xia Gang. Or, more precisely, Xia Gang hid them all away. No one knows where they are now. He did it to contest Qingshui for control over you.” Ran Hu answered every question truthfully.

“There’s no other way. This is all we can do.” Seeing Yilin flash away after launching a wave of attacks, Zhang Yu appeared a short distance from her.