Chapter 96: Half a Day

“Old Gao.”

“Old Gao, Old Gao!”

One call after another echoed in succession.

Deputy Commander Qian kept waving his arms, shouting for General Gao, finally catching his attention; Gao turned toward him, and Qian swiftly stepped forward, lowering his voice: “We can’t go on like this.”

“With these broken troops, we won’t get away.”

“We must abandon them, let them buy us”

The six-chamber revolving mechanical repeating musket roared to life; the explosive force of gunpowder propelled the bullets while simultaneously activating the sliding mechanism to push another barrel into position before the striker. Tai Shi Kun only depressed the trigger for ten breaths, yet sixteen bullets were fired.

Ye Lai Xiang silently winced, thinking that perhaps only Tai Shi Kun in this world dared show such contempt for imperial authority.

“This is unavoidable—the fate of the branch family is to protect the main family,” said Hiashi Hizashi.

“Leader.” “Leader.” Zanetsu and Minako also spoke. Minako opened her mouth as if to ask something, but held back, for some reason.

San Taifu, though puzzled, followed Zaito’s instructions, leaving the Hokage’s office with a faint smile of relief; he feared he had not done enough, and even after returning to the inn, he kept smiling, still smiling in his sleep.

“Alisa, the organizing body for the open audition—who do you plan to assign it to?” asked her assistant Lan Ruo. In America, she had decided such matters herself, but since returning home, Gu Yan insisted she must approve everything.

“M-Master, is she… also a demon?” Hu Wanyu shrank back, speaking with both fear and curiosity.

This time he truly panicked—he had such a fine blade yet could not wield it; no matter how hard he tried, he achieved nothing. Was it because he was not strong enough?

Meanwhile, heads of state from around the world, regardless of whether it was midnight, morning, or any hour in their own countries, simultaneously boarded emergency flights bound for China, all sharing the same destination: Beijing, the capital of China.

No need to strike, no need for aura—just their breath alone made them feel extreme danger; the person walking up behind them, they could not stop.

In the past, our grievances were minor; back then, you were lowly and opposed me, so I naturally could not swallow that insult.

“Your subject has heard that the new ruler of Baiyue is under ten years old, still immature. I fear he may be manipulated by schemers—we cannot rule out that possibility,” said Bo Heng.

Before she could finish screaming, Zhu Jiu struck her with a palm blow, knocking her unconscious, then slung her over his shoulder and carried her out; before leaving, he tidied the elder’s appearance, removed the golden needles embedded in Lan Yao’s knees, and combined them with the remaining eleven needles to pierce the elder’s body.

Xu Wan thought to herself: Given time, she too would move her home into this territory—at least to ensure she could shop whenever she pleased.

Before leaving, Wang Xian hoped I would look after Yun Zhi, whose health had become very frail; so I brought Yun Zhi and Yan Er to the Kunning Palace.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Wan let go and slipped away like a slippery fish.

The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear was Zhao Yun’s strongest technique, so before the duel, he focused his energy on increasing the number of Cold Crows.

A Wu Po Jing cultivator found climbing a mountain no great challenge, especially since this mountain was not tall—barely three thousand meters.

The taxi driver was talkative, and Li Xiang’s emotional intelligence and conversational skill were no less. They passed much time in idle chat; drivers had carried passengers from every corner of the land and knew something about everything, never lacking topics. Some of his remarks even struck Li Xiang as deeply philosophical.