Chapter 175: We're All One Family, After All

Huazhou.

"The Duke's army is truly fierce — with only a few hundred cavalry he took the prefectural city of Huazhou and defeated the rebel general Zhang Shirong. I am full of admiration."

Wei Xiaokuan walked at Li Shuang's side as he inspected the Huazhou prefectural city's storehouses.

Su Chuo, accompanied by a group of advisors, was tallying the supplies in the storehouses and compiling them into a register.

Seeing Li Shuang arrive, Su Chuo cupped his fists in a salute.

"My lord!"

"How much grain is in store?"

"The grain stored in the storehouse—"

"Clack-clack—" The soldiers beside Lu Yuan pulled back their bolts, aiming their muzzles at the National Army soldiers behind the barricade. "How dare you speak to our officer like that — are you looking to die?" Huang Haishan, his own pistol drawn, snarled threateningly.

The Earth-Dragon beast's spirit felt as if bound by an invisible hand, unable to break free, the grip tightening until it could barely breathe.

Many people were utterly baffled, but Xiao Long understood perfectly — this was because of the relationship between space and time.

"Go ahead and kill me!" Qin Caiyun's face was calm, not a trace of the will to live in her eyes.

Yi Fei also knew that in such a public place, it was indeed somewhat improper for the two siblings to be catching up.

But now, faced with Xiao Long's questioning, that excuse seemed so pale, so feeble! When the Bloody Mary clan leader had come to talk to him, he had no choice — playing the rogue didn't work — so, with no other option, he had once again trotted out this excuse to fob off the clan leader.

In the innermost seat by the window sat a man of twenty-five or twenty-six, in a black suit, white shirt, his hair combed to a glossy shine.

At the broken places of Buddha Ghost Emperor's body, no fresh blood flowed out — only evil ghostly qi seeped from the flesh, drifting and dispersing into the air.

Moreover, Xiao Long also discovered that his current position was not at the very bottom of this divine weapon; an unknown length of it still plunged deep underground — quite possibly reaching all the way to the core of Neptune.

Because of his slow speed, Witskarlo very rarely lunged in to dispossess his opponent; he always kept a certain defensive distance — close enough that the other side could not easily accelerate and break free, yet always allowing him to find an opportunity to tackle the ball away directly.

Seeing Yang Yan reverse the situation in a single move, the leaders of the various great powers in the VIP stands suddenly changed expression, becoming immensely excited, breaking into animated discussion.

Soul qi is an extremely mysterious energy; it does not possess the might of spiritual qi, but for the soul it is a tremendous nourishing substance. However, soul qi is like primordial chaos — extremely difficult to sense.

No sooner had Fatty spoken than every lamp in the room abruptly went out. The next instant, a gust of yin wind swept through the room.

So carriages could come in after all. Yingtao could not help sighing — a great household was indeed a great household; even the side gate could admit a carriage.

After hearing Huang Zijian's report, Li Tiansheng seemed not at all surprised; he looked up, smiled gently at this right-hand man of his, and pointed to the empty seat beside him, motioning him to sit.

"M-Mu-Mu-Mu Ze-ge?" Yun Meng's eyes went wide, startled and frightened; the handkerchief in her hand dropped to the ground without her noticing. The old woman beside her also panicked, hurriedly signaling the coachman with a glance, then stood with lowered head to one side.

Tang Tianlin nodded and said: "The Tang family is a top-tier clan in Huaxia. In Yanjing, the only families that can compare with the Tang family are the Lin family, the Lei family, and the like — a very small number of great houses. Of this vast Huaxia, nearly half is controlled in the hands of the various great clans."

Only now did Fang Jie realize how extraordinary the arm he had bought as a bracelet truly was, but he was even more curious as to why Pu Cao understood this foreign object so deeply.

The night curfew had already taken effect, yet lamps could be seen everywhere in Jingcheng, and the inns in particular were brightly lit — these were scholars preparing for tomorrow's examination. The Examination Hall had long been cleaned; today, the special officials responsible for supervising the examination had already moved into the Examination Hall, and throughout the three sessions of the exam their meals and lodging must all be within this Examination Hall.