Chapter 131: The Empress's Bottom Line

Boom—

The gong sounded, marking the end of the second round.

Sun Shangong came to stand before the tent, just as Chen Mo lifted the curtain and stepped out from inside; the two came face to face.

"Sun Shangong."

"Chen Company Commander."

Noticing the odd expression on Chen Mo's face, Sun Shangong didn't think much of it, assuming he was worried about the upcoming match, and offered some comforting words:

"Chen Company Commander defeating the chief of the Tianxu Pavilion has already brought glory to the imperial court—don't put pressure on yourself."

Faced with Ah Si's string of questions, Shinji looked quite helpless; after all, he had only met Xiba once recently, trained with him for a short while, and hadn't even caught a glimpse of him since.

Nothing unusual, except that among the guards were some of the palace's imperial troops mixed in. They wore the same clothes, but their eyes and movements were out of the ordinary, and Weng Yukou had noticed.

Didn't expect bro's hair to be this silky—God must've used top-grade materials when He made bro, right? This hair feels so smooth and satisfying to touch. And bro's skin—oh no! Whiter than mine even. We're all eating the same food, so how come there's such a difference? Not fair.

After hearing Qin Le's words, Mu Yi was a bit angry too—he had a temper of his own. If Qin Le had spoken politely and discussed it with him nicely, he might have agreed to his request. But since Qin Le was so rude, there was no need for him to be polite either; after all, he wasn't someone to be pushed around.

There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. He understood this principle well enough. To gain something, one must give something.

After smoothly passing through the Demon Witches' perilous terrain—the Hurricane Barrier—everyone sat down on the corridor lined with blue soft carpet without needing to be told, each of them panting and staring blankly. Even Ouyang Jue, the most agile among them, now wore an extremely unpleasant expression; it seemed the blue tornado pillars had given them quite a rough time.

Sakemoto dismissed Xiranu, and the nervous Xiranu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Though he didn't know why Sakemoto was letting Shinji off, at least having preserved his own life, Xiranu didn't dare to think further.

As for Zhang Zhiping, he solemnly accepted Gu Jianyi's bow. Though it was mostly because the one present here was a clone stand-in that he was willing to accept the Divine Sword's karmic bond, what Gu Jianyi sought was simply to live up to the Divine Sword's conviction. Since he could do this, he had naturally found what he sought.

The man stared at him and said, word by word: "If you truly don't have even a shred of strength left, I'll kill you." Ding Linglin shouted loudly and pounced over.

"Oh wow, comrades, that Count Dracula is really high-end and classy—the meeting gift he gave me is absolutely awesome. Heh heh, honestly, I'm very satisfied." After the group used a Return Scroll to reach the imperial city, this guy Optimus Prime started strutting around the bustling market district.

Everyone spoke up one after another, but none of them said anything about helping—truly showing the selfishness of human nature.

Li Haoran smiled, shook his head, and said: "With Brother Xiaoyao's cultivation and natural talent, why worry about not finding a Dao companion? Heh heh, it's just that the timing hasn't come yet." The two exchanged a few pleasantries; to outsiders they seemed very friendly, but in their hearts each harbored his own schemes.

The four agreed to meet at the entrance of the hotpot restaurant at eleven. Shen Shuangyi got up a little past nine, slowly finished her makeup, and just as she was about to change and head out, He Jiali, who normally disliked wearing makeup, brought her face over.

Lying in bed, Lin Ge was in very low spirits. The moment she thought about having to go back soon and never seeing Xuanyuan Shen again, her heart ached terribly, and she couldn't muster the energy to do anything.

Chu Yan'er's child was temporarily safe. After going through all these events, she suddenly saw through many things—her past self had been far too willful and reckless. She decided that from now on she would shut her doors and live her own life properly.

He had also thought about fulfilling his original dream: donning a flashy white robe and entering the Sword Sect.