Chapter 7: Siege

A boundless expanse of golden sand glittered under the sunlight. The dunes resembled giant golden waves rolling across the desert.

A wind blew from time to time, yet offered no relief from the heat.

Heatwaves distorted the air, and with identical scenery stretching in every direction, one could not help but wonder if they were merely walking in circles.

Feeling thirsty, Lianfei ran toward the agreed-upon meeting place, hoping that once there, she could search for water together with the other three.

Madame Liu had not gone out of her way to be so obliging simply to offer a kowtow of apology; otherwise, wouldn't that plate of pastries have been given away for nothing? Seeing that Zhang Qingting no longer pursued the matter regarding her younger sister, she felt relieved and finally brought up what was really on her mind.

Lin Jia solemnly responded, kowtowed, and then turned her gaze to Nanny Ye. "Does Nanny have anything to say to Jia'er?"

Lin Yunzheng caught sight of Leng Mochen, and naturally, she saw Qin Yaying as well. Never in her wildest dreams had she expected that Qin Yaying would also come to this place.

She was the one who had set out to find the Sea Emperor's Scepter, so why did it now feel as though the Sea Emperor's scepter had come looking for her to settle scores?

None of them expected that this guard would resort to violence without the slightest hesitation, drawing his blade openly on the main street. Was he actually going to hack this young man to death right here?

"What do you mean by that?" Fu Zijun glanced at Qin Yaying, then turned his gaze back to Leng Mochen.

The maidservants in the room were stunned, momentarily at a loss for words. Was this Miss Qi actually going to administer acupuncture to the Princess Consort?

With no other choice, Hermes used his power as a lord to forcefully open a dimensional gate, sending Annie into her mother's first homeland—the Charlotte dimension—while hanging a rose-emblazoned token bearing Annie's name around her neck.

"I don't know either. It just ran off on its own right after we arrived here, and we haven't seen it for so long!" Luo Xinglan replied.

"I'm going to teach you a lesson." With that, Sun Li rushed toward Jiang Wei and swung his palm, intending to strike her across the face.

"It's simply going too far! We aren't competing anymore!" Long Ying chimed in indignantly from the side.

When the Primordial Lord of Heaven was building the heavenly ladders across the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks, he received a notice from the Supreme Heavenly Emperor one day. The Emperor summoned him to the celestial realm to discuss matters of great importance. Daring not to delay, the Primordial Lord of Heaven hurriedly journeyed up to the heavens to pay his respects to the Emperor.

Overwhelmed with sudden joy, Lin Sui'er lunged forward. The baby Vajra beast she had yearned for day and night was finally before her, sending her heart racing with intense excitement.

Luo Qingyue had all along assumed that Long Yun uttered those words purely as a facade, with the sole purpose of putting on a show for her, as well as for Guidi Ying and Bai Lingxin.

While leading everyone in resisting natural disasters, Emperor Fuxi also earned the boundless love and devotion of the masses through the majestic and righteous spirit of the towering Mount Tai. Unable to fully express their adoration, the people revered Fuxi with pious devotion as the supreme leader of the Divine Land, bestowing upon him the title "Taihao".

Right within Jiang Yin's field of vision, a middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter was staring anxiously at the cards in his hand, wondering how to make his next move.

Such an ordeal was something ordinary cultivators in the Heavenly Mysterious Realm would never experience, primarily because the lifespans of most cultivators are simply too short. Except for some demonic cultivators who sever all earthly passions and emotions, most cultivators only trigger the Tribulation of the Lost Self between the ages of fifteen hundred and twenty-two hundred.

To his surprise, however, the fireball struck only Jiang Yunze's afterimage. Jiang Yunze had already silently severed his head with a dagger, moving with a speed too swift for him to react.

While examining the Myriad Spirit Pearl just moments earlier, Jiang Yunze had sensed two distinct presences in the area and thus launched an attack instantly, though Guo Xue had still managed to escape.

Old Man Thousand Bats and the others glanced at them from the side. Though they remained silent, they slowly clenched their fists.

When it comes to such high-end food, with claims that consuming it can grant eternal life, you have no way to refute it.