Chapter 24

After finishing discussions regarding the coal mine, Song Yu left Yuhua Town without lingering for a single moment.
Upon her departure, she took along the new tokens of gratitude given to her by Chu Lang and Tang Hong.
A sack of rice capable of providing one thousand points of satiety, alongside two ammunition bandoliers each loaded with three hundred rounds.
Such unpretentious and practical tokens of gratitude deeply won Song Yu's approval.
This was precisely what she was currently in dire need of.
The exploration of the coal mine was scheduled to take place after the third cold wave, waiting for—
The fireball collided with the vines bursting forth from the earth, instantly swallowing them up as the raging flames surged into the ground, spreading further along the roots into the depths.
Upon seeing the news, she immediately expressed her desire to come to the hospital to accompany her, but Yu Nuan persuaded her in time, banishing the thought from her mind.
Time soul mark! A fierce internal struggle raged within Yang Xi. He wondered whether this was merely the haunting of his inner demons or if he had genuinely encountered an expert capable of mastering the time soul mark. For a moment, deep contemplation yielded no answers.
Seeing that Yang Xue was stuttering and failing to form complete sentences due to nervousness, Lin Yifeng voluntarily smiled and extended his hand toward Zhao Ming.
"Zhang Liao, commander of the Xuanwu Cavalry, and Zhang He, commander of the Baihu Cavalry, pay our respects to the military strategist." Once Guo Jia stepped down from the carriage, the two prominent generals advanced a step and spoke in salute. Behind them, with the left flank clad in black and the right in white, stood several thousand imposing cavalrymen, all of whom had dismounted at this moment.
A gigantic black rodent beast, its entire body pitch-black and its back covered in scales, was yanked out from beneath the earth by her and tossed away with a backhanded throw.
However, contrary to what Jia Changfu had anticipated, the moment the meeting began, Feng Wanchun shifted the blame entirely onto him.
"The General is acting in accordance with military law, so Huang has nothing to say." Hearing this, Xu Huang hesitated briefly before speaking. Regardless of the reason, a breach of military law had occurred, and offering far-fetched sophistry was certainly not the conduct of a true man.
At that very moment, two familiar figures closed in for an attack, and a pendant on Xue Shan's chest emitted a barrier of light, sheltering the two of them within.
Not only that, but the space beneath the abyss was as vast as a desolate wilderness. Right at the absolute center of the abyss's bottom, directly beneath the landing spot of Ye Han and his party, a colossal entity stood tall and upright.
He found it somewhat perplexing; since the matter had already been resolved, why was Wen Yahui still associating so closely with Li Xuan? A faint intuition told him that within this inexplicable relationship, a trace of secrecy lay hidden.
During the conversation between Wang Jie and Qin Chen, everyone in the venue focused their attention, speculating on what the two of them could possibly be discussing.
"I knew it... Big Brother Shi is still just like before, and he treats Le'er the exact same way as in the past!" Liu Le'er's eyes radiated an extraordinary luster, her previous reserve instantly vanishing as she tugged at Old Ancestor Liu's sleeve and began to act like a spoiled child. Immediately realizing the impropriety, she panicked, retreated half a step, and lowered her head, her cheeks flushed a brilliant crimson.
"Hmph! For this girl to be so devoid of manners merely shows my usual failure in strict discipline. Fellow Daoist Han, please forgive this laughingstock. I shall punish her to a century of secluded cultivation upon our return. With such a temperament, how does she resemble a cultivator at all!" Old Ancestor Liu raised his thick eyebrows and rebuked sternly, frightening Liu Le'er so much that she dared not utter another word.
Ye Lengleng and the others closely scrutinized Dismassk for a few moments before turning their gazes back to the Graveyard and the Serpent.
At that moment, another miserable scream echoed from a nearby cell. The voice had changed tone; it must have belonged to another of Qin Feifan's sons.
As for the invitations to the selection tournament, a group of Saints had already dispatched them. Within the span of just a few short days, the invitations had been delivered to every major faction except the Clear Sky School.
Fortunately, the distance was short, and both Uncle Jiang and Court Physician Xu entered the inner hall, set down their medicine boxes, and stepped forward to diagnose the Empress.
Along with the subtle changes in his physique, the silver steel particles within Li Xuan's body also began to spin at hyper-velocity, continuously drawing upon the stored energy within his arms.
The conference room fell into absolute silence, every single eye staring straight at me. Zhang Ruolei's heart must have been brimming with righteous indignation by now, but I knew him far too well; his outward expression remained entirely calm.