Volume 1, Chapter 42: The Coming-of-Age Ceremony

On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, Shang Yinqiong was dragged up early by Ling Yu to get dressed, and was carefully admonished, "Miss, today is a big day; you must not procrastinate any longer."

Shang Yinqiong woke up while yawning.

Zhou Qi was not one for grand lectures either. After giving this single instruction, she left, handing an envelope to Yuxuan before departing.

As the words fell, streams of golden light enveloped the rolling merchant vessel, and under her guidance, it headed toward Fisher Forest Island, without showing the slightest trace of strain from beginning to end.

As for this method of mine, it is the best and only way I can think of right now.

However, I am a bit worried that Wen Jin might become too emotional upon seeing me and expose my identity in front of Zheng Zhu. I would rather Zheng Zhu not know my identity, because the more Zheng Zhu knows, the greater the danger she will be in.

Sun Chongyuan looked at me, his eyes already holding a trace of reluctance. Just as he was about to speak, I swung my baton and struck myself across the body once more.

Of course, there were new variables now, because Anna had arrived—an otherworldly light-attribute esper with a face identical to Linda's. Anna had also seen through the essence of this magic circle and entered the center of the altar; she was also going to enter this inner world of my dreams—or rather, this spiritual world that had been distorted beyond recognition.

He had once even thought of catching a shooting star, though that was a long time ago. Now he had very few fantasies left, and almost no memories to look back upon.

Because as long as I killed someone, she would hold something over me. Such a fatal piece of leverage was far more reliable for controlling me than simply buying me off with money directly.

"I want to ask one last thing. You once said that humans would be the first to launch an attack on anything that might pose a threat to them—is that true? You were referring to the Root of Destruction, weren't you?" This was what Catherine had always wanted to ask.

Yu Tingxue was also furious. Had the Western Liang forces broken away from their usual mode of declaring battle, choosing instead to navigate the paths by night and launch a sneak attack?

Furthermore, Zhuoguang City was located in the northern part of the Green Ox State, which was also where the Green Ox State stationed its heavy troops. Having been occupied only recently, the pressure it faced was naturally even greater.

Yet previously, he had possessed no Grade-A superpowers genuinely suited for combat. His "Flame Control" superpower was only Grade-B, and his only Grade-A superpower had been acquired from Yui Aragaki—a superpower hardly suited for fighting.

"What a sleepyhead you are." He reached out and took the flower basket from her hands. It was filled with flower branches she had pruned; with nothing better to do, she had taken to tending these blooms. She had even brought along that dog, which was now playing with a ball in the garden.

This was the largest military scale mobilized in the history of the Great Qian Dynasty, yet its targets were three demon realms already plunged into complete chaos.

Zhang Wei, Chen Xuanfeng, and Gu Bei were all Triple-S grade gifted individuals. The former had joined Huaxia long ago, and while the latter two had committed crimes, under Chen Qi's absolute control, betrayal was impossible.

Of course, whether to "bundle up" and take away all the disciples and followers of the martial families in the end, or to leave some behind as chess pieces, would depend on how the situation on Penglai Island unfolded next.

Ever since she arrived from the capital at the beginning of the month until right before her wedding, she had always been timid and submissive. Although her relationship with Ye Liuer had always been good, when had she ever joked and laughed with Ye Liuer like this?

What Qian Yuan was explaining actually fell entirely within the duties of a Chief Historian and Administrator. As the Chief Administrator of a princely manor, one's role was not merely limited to managing the prince's archives and secretarial affairs; one was also responsible for overseeing the manor's direct subordinate institutions.

Chen Qi also began teaching Wang Momo the methods of refining divine artifacts. At the Second-Rank realm, Wang Momo still found it somewhat strenuous to use artifact-refining techniques.