Chapter 152 Delegating Authority

"How can you help?"
Xu Yu was slightly startled.
"You can become Shen Yue's assistant and let him take you on a few projects. With Yilan Mountain backing you up, at least you won't keep running into walls everywhere."
Mrs. Shen lowered her head and averted her eyes, her voice dropping as a faint sense of guilt seemed to ripple through it. "Shen Yue likes you, I can tell."

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Amidst the darkness, the Demon General slowly regained consciousness. He tried to move his arms, only to feel a certain binding restraint that rendered him completely immobile.

"Hehe, I'm going off on a campaign soon, jealous aren't you?" Cheng Chumo said smugly, infuriating Wang Zhi to the point that he immediately lashed out with a kick.

Returning to the room, I stripped off my drenched clothes. Just as I started drying myself, a knock sounded at the door.

Shadows flickered everywhere in the breeze of the summer night. I suddenly felt a wave of hunger wash over me; saving that young lady made time slip by in a flash before I even knew it.

Night Owl was non-committal about the arrival of Pork Rind and the others, simply assigning them a patch of open ground at random before busying himself alongside the other instructors.

For this research trip, Professor Chen had extended the leave by about another week, a tacit permission for us to thoroughly enjoy ourselves in the great metropolis of Kyoto and take in its beautiful sights.

A family council came to a close just like that. Bai Yiman, who had arrived the latest, was the first to leave, followed in breathless haste by the two brothers Bai Liangbi and Bai Kangshi, and finally Bai Hongfang.

Dozens of breaths later, nothing was left in Wu Hanyi's hand except for a single piece of crystal marrow. The grade of this crystal marrow was not low either, having already reached the fifth tier.

At that moment, Xie Heng finally understood why Wang Zhi had led the fleet away—he realized there was a terrifying horror here, an existence even more dreadful than the winds and waves outside.

Flying swiftly toward the back of a Buddha statue situated right in the center of the grand hall, Zhu Di watched as a hidden aperture beneath the carved wooden and lacquered gold lotus petals of the Buddha's pedestal sprang open. He picked up a candle and plunged inside in a single bound.

Yet why was Dayong not playing the fool this time? The Crown Prince calculated inwardly; if they truly followed Dayong's demands, they would have to cough up hundreds of thousands of silver taels along with a considerable quantity of warhorses and furs.

Meeting Qi Yang's slightly wounded gaze, Ling'er felt a pang in her heart. Had she perhaps spoken too harshly?

Watt, the patriarch of the Dark Mage clan, showed no expression whatsoever on his face in response to Zhang Xiaofeng's question. Instead, he casually raised the index finger of his right hand, pointed toward the 'Light Energy Crystal-Weaving Cannons' on the ramparts of the Light Holy See headquarters, and said to Zhang Xiaofeng.

Although Lin Yan knew that his father might indeed look like a child in the eyes of someone of Tang Ao's generation, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable hearing this. Just as he was about to open his mouth to retort, Tang Ao's next words caused Lin Yan's train of thought to pivot instantly.

Hearing Sun Wukong's words, the Bodhisattva Guanyin felt a secret shock, sensing that this monkey possessed an insight far superior even to Chen Xuanzang's. What made her even more vigilant was that Sun Wukong's words seemed to carry an intent to lecture Chen Xuanzang.

Immediately afterward, with a flicker of his divine sense, Zhang Xiaofeng transported Tao Fuyu and the other two, along with the Chaotic Silver Flood Dragon and the Flying Tiger, straight into the Nine Dragons Space within the Nine Dragons Imperial Jade.

Emperor Yongxuan kept his lips tightly pressed together. His face showed no emotional fluctuations whatsoever. As usual, he simply spat out a single word—"Investigate!"—and dismissed the court.

This outcome undoubtedly caught many people completely off guard, and deeply disappointed a few ambitious schemers who had hoped to sit back and reap the spoils like fishermen.

Along the way, Qi Yang kept a close eye on the movements of the surrounding guards, only to find that everything was no different from before. Could it be that the disappearance of that patrol squad had not yet been discovered?

For a moment, Zhang Xiaofeng suddenly felt as if two things were involuntarily streaming down from his nostrils, while his heart began to pound fiercely with a rapid thumping rhythm.

After Ziying finished listening, he thought that an army of over ten thousand men probably constituted the entire military force of Minyue, and a portion of those able-bodied men would still need to be left behind to guard their various settlements and hunt for food. This was likely the entirety of the force Minyue could possibly muster.