Chapter 93: You Took the Initiative

Stumbling Block The Wind Carries the Falling Catkins 1300 words 2026-03-20 06:24:41

In the overlap of light and shadow, she lowered her lashes slightly and saw the tall white young man whistling, his blue eyes bright and smiling.

"Really caught a cold?" Shen Liangyan’s large hand suddenly came down over Xu Yu’s head, and before she could dodge, he had given her a thorough check.

"Or do you have a fever?"

She ducked left and right, but Shen Liangyan seized her wrist...

Heh. Though he left in haste, a few months later he came to me again. Only then did I learn he was a prince. Unfavored though he was, he was still a prince, and as an illegitimate daughter, I was already reaching above my station.

"There’s actually a formation here." After Feng Yufei followed Mo Ming’s inexplicable guidance for eighty-one steps, the scene before her suddenly opened out.

"You don’t necessarily need to attend a famous university. Isn’t my cousin Gu Chen still living just fine?" Nie Suyao caught a hint of mockery in the other’s tone and smoothly changed the subject.

Shangguan Honglie had no time to care about any of that. He rushed straight into the estate, only to find that the small courtyard was also guarded by dozens of soldiers, clearly to keep Zhang Huaijiang from escaping.

Every one of those murmurs reached Lin Xiao’s ears, and of course they all reached the bearded guest’s ears as well.

He was also a being whose strength was close to that of the demon emperor, a pity that he had his own schemes and could not be used by them.

Staring at Wu Nishang’s stunning face, Wu Qingning’s bewitching features were filled with venomous hatred. It was this face that had seduced her Brother Jue. He had once had feelings for her; if not for her meddling, the position of empress would never have gone to her.

Forcing down her disgust, she smeared plenty of beast blood over herself and disguised herself as a mercenary who hunted beasts.

"I say, you’re having these ordinary people fight me?" Ye Tian looked at the people before him and cast Qiangzi a strange glance.

With his back straight, a layer of golden sword light quickly rose along the sharp edge of the Royal Authority Sword, while a ripple-like surge of power coiled rapidly around the blade.

After all, at this point, Huaxia was not ruled by the Lin family, nor by Lin Zhenhua. As long as we hand the evidence over to the Lin family’s enemies, I believe they’ll have a headache too!" Lin Xiao said with a cold smile, immediately turning to Gu Tianming beside him.

The north gate of Luoyang City creaked open, its dark archway blending into the night.

The armed forces of Refugee City, however, were a very fierce and formidable army, ranked among the strongest in the entire alliance, perhaps because of its vast population and its tough social climate.

Missiles and the like can certainly kill through the damage caused by fragmented shrapnel, but for mechanical beings made of metal, the cost of such weapons is disproportionate to the damage they inflict.

The fallen minister swiftly got to his feet and returned to his place, saying, "This old minister is incompetent. I beg Your Highness to punish me!" As he finished, he closed his eyes, as though he could not bear to look upon the prince’s miserable state.

Because his strength was so terrifying, and because he had trained so relentlessly during the past month, I discovered that I was no match for him at all; I even found it difficult to take one of his punches.

"Young Master Xiao, are we giving them a warning this time, or wiping out their Black Dragon Society?" On the road, Long Ju, who was driving, asked Lin Xiao with curiosity.

Dreaming, unaware that one is but a guest: suddenly there are so many troll armies from Mu Qingyue’s side, and their lines are all exactly the same as before. How awkward.

Since ancient times, the grasslands and the Western Regions have produced warhorses in abundance, giving Northern Wei, which rose from the nomadic peoples of the steppe, a natural advantage. Cavalry was, of course, one of Tuoba Tao’s trump cards.

A once-famous man once said as much. And Liu Jianfei had now unquestionably become a faithful practitioner of those words: advance by retreating. If you cannot advance, retreat first. Retreat is for the sake of advancing. To surge ahead recklessly without thinking of retreat is only blind advance, not wise advance.