Chapter 137: First Entry into Yangzhou (Combined Chapter)

Pingnan Commandery lies on the outskirts of Yangzhou. As a crucial hub connecting the imperial capital and Yangzhou, however, the carriage caravans outside its towering gates bustled in an endless, lively stream.

Pei Xiunian and his companion entered the commandery along with the Du family's caravan. Because this trading party was fully compliant with all regulations, no one bothered to meticulously verify the identities of the escort guards like Pei Xiunian, and thus their arrival caused no commotion.

After all, Yangzhou had once been considered as an alternative site for the imperial capital at the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Thinking of the Beast-Taming Arts, Wang Zhe inevitably recalled the wandering deceased. He could never forget the indescribable look the wandering deceased cast toward him before drawing his last breath; that image would remain eternally branded within Wang Zhe's soul.

The most troublesome aspect was that practicing ancient demonic arts made one far too prone to going mad, and as mindless madmen, they rarely lived long lives.

Tian Xi blinked in puzzlement. "Looking for trouble? Also?" Could that person possibly be a magnet for trouble?

Just as the lookout finished explaining the situation to the person in charge, that Caucasian had already walked up to the settlement's gates, a gentle smile on his face as he quietly observed the person in charge, his mouth seemingly moving in a continuous stream of speech.

"So you came here to search for missing people?" Upon hearing this, the villagers broke into grim grins, seemingly believing Wang Zhe's words. After all, many others had previously approached this place in search of missing relatives, only to meet the exact same fate as those victims.

He then channeled his consciousness to search inside, discovering mostly miscellaneous items and ordinary medicinal pills, before his gaze fell upon a map.

Amidst this abruptly appearing crimson sea of light, Yun Tian sensed an extremely dense undulation of spiritual energy, feeling as though it were suppressed to the absolute extreme and could erupt at any moment.

An ordinary person would likely think, "That's simply too dangerous!" Yet these favored sons and daughters of the Martial Alliance were brimming with excitement. When she was first trapped within the realm of inheritance, Yu Xi had also been flustered and lost, but when truly facing a challenge, she had never actually cowered.

Although Zhao Yan harbored certain doubts in his heart, he did not dwell on them too much. Even if these twenty thousand men were entirely new recruits, that fact could not be stated aloud in public; otherwise, the boost to morale brought by the reinforcements would be severely undermined.

The sky grew increasingly dark. The rain had been falling for quite a while, yet showed not the slightest sign of stopping, and faint wisps of electric light seemed to dance within the ever-thickening clouds. Bai Wei raised her head to look at the sky, a lingering sense of foreboding whispering in her heart.

Rather than letting criminals waste food inside prison cells, it was far better to utilize them to form a bandit army.

Emperor Huangting looked down from above, his detached gaze sweeping once more across Emperor Shitian. Although on the surface Emperor Shitian was merely at the Great Perfection of Void Immortality, the demonic intent sealed within him was clearly something even Huangting lacked absolute confidence in handling.

No wonder he had been invincible in every battle after obtaining the Heaven-Quest Sword—this was half of the Great Qin's national fortune protecting him.

That was why the incident where Xu Yingshi's son, Xu Ziran, trampled across farmland on horseback seemed so egregious once word reached Chang'an, forcing Xu Yingshi, in his capacity as Left Chancellor, to personally make a house call and offer an apology.

Ning Jianguo and the others had never expected Nezha's abilities to be so formidable, allowing him to defeat the Yamata no Orochi with such ease. His strength was virtually on par with that of Sun Wukong before him.

Previously, Xiang Yu had always believed that Chen Wu and Fan Kuai could command at most a hundred thousand troops at their sides, which he considered the absolute limit.

Yelü Longcheng's expression shifted drastically; this time, he could finally no longer manage a smile, his eyes locked fixedly upon the golden divine bow in Huangting's hand.

Meanwhile, Bai Yang arrived atop the roof of Stark Tower, and his very first sight was the massive device sustaining the portal, with a pale-blue energy shield visible on its exterior and the Tesseract serving as its inner core.

The dark shadow cast by the invasion of China's forbidden grounds by Sakura Country warriors had long since dissipated and vanished into nothingness.

Consequently, the Wall of Life was successfully implemented, and over the past three years, the construction of the Wall of Life had essentially reached completion.