Chapter 180: Tokyo, Tokyo

Gazing at the bustling crowd of travelers at the city gate tunnel, Mu Wanqing said, "Mother…"

A trace of barely suppressed joy flickered across Qin Hongmian's expression: "Wan'er, when you see your father later, you absolutely must not be as rude as last time!"

Mu Wanqing's eyes dimmed slightly, and she said nothing. Her master had become her mother, and the sworn archenemy they had agreed upon had become her father. At first she truly could not accept it in her heart. After returning to the mountains and calming her mind for a long while at Kufan Temple, she gradually came to accept the matter.

That day she

As long as she could pry the secret formula for the forging technique out of her, the boss might be so pleased that he would give her a ten-percent share of the profits.

She looked at the Zhimo before her. No wonder Qin Zhen had been so arrogant—these two maidservants beside her were indeed no simple matter.

He must be in great pain at this moment. His own clansmen had been brutally slaughtered by the enemy army. As a monarch, how could he remain unmoved?

Chi Shuyan watched the two ghosts charge forward, her delicate brows furrowing, her eyes glinting with cold light: "Hopelessly stubborn!" She pulled out two Talismans of Suppressing Evil, pinched them between her fingers, and with a forceful flick, the two talismans flew precisely toward the two ghosts.

Dear friends, the holiday is over. Work and school have returned to normal, and the busy life has begun again. Wishing all of you success in your lives, work, and studies.

The youth's tone was quite willful, but a closer look would reveal the dejection hidden in his eyes, and even his usually soft, cooing voice seemed to ripple with unease.

The next morning, after the assembly horn sounded three times in succession, all the soldiers of the Qian army swiftly formed square formations within the camp, mounted on horses, weapons in hand, bows on their backs.

If Gu An were here, he would surely recognize this person as the barbarian translator who had spent the entire day putting on a show of busywork alongside Hu'erzhatai.

His Highness the Second Imperial Prince stood with his mouth half open, frozen in place like a perfect sculpture, staring dumbly at the back of his beloved Miss as she stormed off in a fury.

Entertaining guests? Only these three maidservants kept lingering in place. They still believed the people of the Bai household would treat her as they had before her marriage. Even after such a long separation, they still believed Bai Yuexiang was the Bai family's precious darling, that the moment she returned everyone would treat her like an honored ancestor. Fools—things had long since changed.

Watching the teacher's departing back, Tian Tian shyly stuck out her tongue at the classmate beside her, her face still burning hot, her heart pounding wildly.

Chu Lian tore open the envelope and pulled out several sheets of paper. When she unfolded them, there really were several pages, all covered in fine, dense writing. But when she lowered her head to look closely, Chu Lian's face darkened.

Alliance Leader Ouyang shook his head: "Old Hua, who doesn't want to live an easy, carefree life? But a person in the jianghu is not his own master—how can one simply withdraw whenever one wishes?" This lament made Wang Hou think of Lin Meiying.

Wang Hou cupped his fists in return: "So it is Sect Leader Bai. Congratulations as well on making the top nine. If you hadn't run into my big brother this morning, your ranking would have been even better." Wang Hou's words were not wrong. Sect Leader Bai's Profound Ice Sword was a divine artifact, but it had encountered the even more divine Sun-Falling Mace. One cold, one hot, they countered each other, and in the end Zhu Ziping still came out ahead.

"He did mention it twice, a mysterious ancient castle ruin he had always wanted to visit. The place was covered in magical incantations and magical prophecies, but it had been sealed." Black Diamond, finally fed up with White Diamond's relentless pestering, revealed part of what he knew.

Zhuang Zhaoxue urged anxiously, "Release our people first." "What's the rush? Once you win, we'll naturally release him; if you lose, we'll release him too—just missing one leg, that's all." Taisang's tone was icy, which only made Zhuang Zhaoxue and the others even more anxious.

This Ziyun still had not given up on the Blood-Pupil Black Toad. If she learned that the Blood-Pupil Black Toad was the king among venomous creatures, she wondered whether she would still harbor such intentions.

Because they had to wait for Prince Hani to return from his inspection before the banquet could begin, the table was only set with cups and a teapot, along with snacks like fried bananas and glutinous rice cakes, for the guests to sample at will. Abu picked up the teapot and cups, pouring a cup for each person. The group discovered it was not tea, but a grayish-black beverage, and they had no idea what it was.