32 Reputation Damaged (Part 2)

“I understand. As for the three-tailed demon fox, I’ll send someone to deal with it. Also, I hope you won’t harm the animals that have gained intelligence on East Lake Tea Mountain.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t do anything unnecessary!”

With the Special Administration Bureau stepping in, Yun Ran finally relaxed. The group began learning how to make tea from the master craftsman they had hired.

Their next task at the street stall would be to sell the tea they had roasted themselves.

The morning was still full of excitement.

Although the Nine Directions Tower also had nine leading figures, their relations were far more united than those within the Secret Alliance. They might have lacked a little in military strength, but they were exceptionally capable when it came to developing the economy.

In truth, the old ministers’ accusations were entirely justified. If these former officials, once so utterly loyal to him, had not been disappointed beyond all hope, how could they have done such a thing?

He remained in his room, calmly typing away, while Lu Ying and Bai Lu were visibly exhilarated.

Of course, people bought tea in every season. But the cheapest tea in the shop cost three thousand for half a kilogram. Those who could afford that price no longer needed it, while those who wanted to taste it could not afford it.

By contrast, under foreign intimidation, the Qing court repeatedly gave way. It not only invited humiliation upon itself but also aroused the fierce resentment of its own people.

Just now, he had tested the Spirit Transformation Grandmaster and confirmed that the man was seriously wounded. He had therefore attacked without the slightest hesitation.

Light and shadow flashed.

The old ox’s body vanished into thin air, erased from the pitch-black night sky in the blink of an eye.

After leaving the hospital room, Wu Senmin did not delay. He took a car to the hotel, quickly packed his luggage, and then set off for Yellow Sea City.

Li Qian gradually returned to her former social circle and would occasionally drag Bai Lu along to go shopping with her.

The Qing court reacted swiftly, revealing how shocked and enraged it was by yet another crushing defeat. The newly appointed Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Yuan Shuxun, was already on his way to take up his post. As for Zhang Renjun, he was removed from office and sent back to his hometown without being referred to the Board for deliberation—a relatively lenient punishment.

The hairpin Zong Ziyan had dropped when she first met him had remained by Mu Rong Qi’s side all these years. Although Zong Ziyan had later broken off their engagement and married Mu Rong Qi’s father, he had kept the hairpin as carefully as ever.

She considered herself naturally beautiful and no less attractive than anyone else, yet she could not help admitting how popular Linlang was. The moment Tan Yujia imagined that even after entering university she would still be surrounded by praise and discussions about Linlang, she could not bear it. In the end, she changed her first choice to Huada University.

It was as though Yi Feishi of the Xie Dynasty had drowned in an instant in the memories that had been unsealed—after pursuing him through several lifetimes, holding him tenderly in his palms and warming him for decades, he had suddenly fallen into an icy chasm and frozen solid. Xie Mao pulled Yi Feishi out of that chasm. Become close again? That was impossible.

The situation had already slipped beyond Ye Jiarou’s control. She turned to Ye Chu for help, hoping he would speak on her behalf.

Whether he was saying it to himself or to someone else, Qi Daochun slowly made his way toward Dove God Peak, speaking with sorrow and emotion.

The brothers’ shouts shook the heavens, and they were clearly exhilarated. They had trained for so long and had been eager for a chance to prove themselves; they had simply never been given one.

The matter naturally came to light. In truth, Shen Ping had never expected to keep it hidden from his father. He had known for a long time that this day would come.

If there were only a little over a hundred dark creatures, then six thousand natives would still be able to suppress them with ease at a ratio of sixty to one. But what if there were a thousand dark creatures? At six to one, within the subterranean environment familiar to those creatures, the outcome would be impossible to predict.

The only imperfection was that the film’s presentation still lacked sufficient realism. To experts like them, some parts seemed far too artificial. The fighting movements, for instance, and the way the battles were conducted were practically child’s play.

Shen Jiu beside him was extremely talkative, and Lu Huai found him somewhat noisy. Following Shen Jiu’s pointing finger, he looked over, but all he saw was Ye Chu’s familiar back.

I wondered whether this place was meant for collecting money or something else. After all, we had already been robbed on the way here. Although money from the mortal world could be conjured, the people here clearly were not ordinary mortals. They could probably see through it at a glance.