Chapter 20

Little Black's return commotion attracted the attention of quite a few players, and Song Yu was the first to notice. Because Little Black had been away for so long, she was very worried and had been keeping an eye on the situation outside. Pushing open the door, the biting cold of the outdoors instantly rushed in, making the firelight flicker. Song Yu couldn't help but shiver all over; it was simply too cold. Snowflakes drifted down onto her head and shoulders, and Little Black excitedly bounded into her arms, knocking her right into the snowbank.

No matter what scheme Daoist Chen Bai was plotting, Yang Yi was confident in his ability to handle it and had no fear of him.

It should have been taken over by the Moxuan Greater Domain, but the Moxuan Greater Domain had suffered heavy casualties, leaving it incapable of jurisdiction. Moreover, the twenty high-tier legions it had borrowed had all gone to waste, so the territory was directly given to the Qingyi Greater Domain as compensation.

Held securely in the arms of the wryly smiling Qingli clone, as she waved her hand to untie White Charm and the other demons, Qingli also slashed open a spatial rift.

Given that she had become sworn relatives with Jiang Yi, barely counting as family, naturally, according to the customs of Hua, visiting relatives and friends was expected during the New Year and festivals. Therefore, inviting them to spend the New Year in her hometown was a very proper choice. With more people around, it would be much livelier.

"Li Xining, are you harboring some unhappiness? If so, just speak your mind, and I am more than willing to help you." Besides, you already promised to marry me in the future, is there anything between us we cannot discuss?

The Bone Rakshasa, who had just broken through to the Earth Star Realm, and his own newly broken-through Primordial Soul Body were both frantically absorbing the pure energy contained within the Blood Fiend Demonic Origin to temper themselves. The situation of the Primordial Soul Body was even more special.

According to the rules of this session of the Star Martial Battle Assembly, only those endowed with the fortune of the Ziwei Emperor Star were qualified to form teams to battle the entities of the extraterrestrial starry sky.

"I don't know. I tried to sense it, and these two are simply the strongest ones," Mo Qingyuan also said somewhat perplexedly.

He grabbed Tang Qin's hand and squeezed it tightly. Tang Qin frowned and turned to see An Jie's ice-cold face. After a moment of thought, she decided not to speak and remained silent. This only made An Jie even angrier, and he gripped her hand harder.

"My beauty, to trade for these servants at the cost of falling ill like this is simply not worth it. You've been sick for over a month..." Lotus Leaf tucked a kang pillow behind Lingxi's back and muttered softly.

Along the way, the wife of Chen Jinchai and the wife of Zhou Baishan kept waiting for Jun Li to speak and inquire what the matriarch Yang had summoned her to do. Believing that Jun Li had always been generous with her spending, they figured that as long as she opened her mouth, there would be benefits for them to reap once more.

Anyway, there were only these herbs at the bottom of the pool. Even if many of them had been extinct for too long and they were unfamiliar with their medicinal properties, they could still figure them out through slow experimentation.

Depending solely on selling firewood could only keep one alive, and that was assuming no unexpected accidents occurred. If someone fell ill and needed medical treatment and medicine, it was truly far from enough. Poor families simply could not afford to fall sick.

Although it was not yet time to burn charcoal, Qiao Mingjin had prepared it early on. The colder the weather, the more expensive firewood and charcoal became. Third-grade charcoal could even fetch the price of first-grade. She was exceptionally good at calculating such matters.

Before long, ahead came Hou Cheng and Zhang Fei engaged in battle. At this moment, Hou Cheng was in an utterly disheveled state; his hair clasp had long since vanished, and his unkempt hair hung down loosely. With his long spear, he was reduced entirely to parrying blows, with no power left to counterattack.

Chen Gong and Ma Chao were overjoyed. Chen Gong even went so far as to tell Zhang Liao that on the day the lord ordered him to come to Xuzhou, he had already intended to win Zhang Liao over, which moved Zhang Liao beyond measure.

As for the Shadow Army hidden on the high mountains flanking the mountain path, they had already seized the high ground. Certainly, they could press forward with a large force, but given such a massive commotion, the enemy would easily detect them, making a surprise attack utterly impossible. As for a frontal clash, no matter how one phrased the strategy, it would be disgraceful to speak of it aloud, so it was better left unsaid.

Presently, Yuan Shao's forty thousand troops were blocked outside Jiezhou by Zhang He's twenty thousand men, while Liao Hua led a force of ten thousand to pin down Cao Ren's forces in Chenliu, superficially maintaining a slightly favorable situation. However, completely eliminating Yuan Shao would still require some effort.