Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Chessboard

"Where did you get the other half?"

At that moment, a servant entered with freshly brewed tea. Shen Hua picked up the cup and took a small sip.

"The tea is excellent. Is this the newly harvested Biluochun from this year?"

The servant bowed, nodded, and retreated.

Shen Hua continued, "Jiang Guanghe gave it to me when I was handling some matters for him. His old servant told me that a merchant from the Western Regions had gifted the jade pendant to Jiang Guanghe over a decade ago, and the merchant had told him that the pendant..."

The ferocious, aura-shrouded beasts, filled with murderous intent, suddenly ceased their tearing and biting, abandoning their innate supernatural abilities.

There were simply too many items, and Yun Cai did exactly as she asked; despite his many complaints, he still got the work done.

Some unscrupulous alchemists would inevitably rely on such external aids to increase their success rate, but Ye Wuchen truly disdained them.

However, Fu Simo seemed completely deaf to their words; not only did he not let go, but he even tightened his grip.

The reason he did not interfere was, first, that the Nie residence was guarded by police, leaving Ji Rongsi no opportunity to act against the family; and second, although the elder of the Nie family was advanced in age and had just recovered from an illness, he had once been a formidable figure who commanded the winds and clouds—he would not be so easily undone by the likes of him.

"Exterminated..." A sharp, inexplicable pain pierced Shen Qing's heart. Familiar faces flashed through her mind, only to end in blood.

Tang Qingcheng looked at the data regarding this organization on her computer. There was a wealth of information available, and as Fu Simo had said, it was indeed quite authoritative.

"Very well, we shall wait for the guards to arrive and see if your identities and backgrounds can save your miserable lives. You are at death's door, yet you still wish to bite back at me? How truly ridiculous!" Xiao Fan smiled helplessly.

"No," Murong Jin shook her head with a faint smile, "it is nothing." She carried Song Jinyu down the stairs, leading into a sealed stone chamber.

Ye Wuchen did not even glance at the area within ten meters in front of him. Suddenly, a cold, chilling aura of battle bloomed from his body like a lotus flower, and an immensely powerful force instantly swept in all directions, its momentum seemingly capable of destroying anything that dared to challenge him.

"What are we wagering?" Before Qin Yu could finish, Xiao Jian-tian said calmly, as if there were no need to discuss the consequences of losing... because he was confident of victory.

Having effortlessly taken several cities in quick succession, Huang Zhong grew to underestimate the enemy. By the time he faced the encirclement of over a hundred thousand troops, it was already too late.

What was terrifying was that the man stepping on the snake's head seemed even more insane than the beast itself, charging forward with his bare hands.

There were three matters within the country waiting to be addressed. Fortunately, it was time for a showdown with YouTube; once the shares were settled, he could leave without any lingering burdens.

Though she disapproved of Liu Shuangen's various behaviors, he was, after all, her own brother by the same mother, and she still felt a desire to protect him.

"That's not right. Back in the Ghost Realm, Li Shuqing of the Heavenly Sword Sect once said that Ye Kong was the Sacred Sword Child; how could he die here?" Qin Yu suddenly recalled Li Shuqing from the Heavenly Sword Sect whom he had met in the Ghost Realm, and his heart grew even more puzzled.

Due to the force of the collision, Zheng Chen nearly fell from the air. He immediately steadied his feet on the Liangshi Sword and, after rebounding over a dozen meters, regained his balance.

"The two of you, those who attend the black market are generally divided into buyers and sellers, and the seating is different. May I ask if you are here to buy or sell?" Zheng Ling'er inquired.

He could not see the distant battle clearly, and from time to time, messengers would climb the hillside to report the situation on other fronts to Liu Fan.

"If there were no Lin Zhuxuan in the Eight Great Profound Territories, I fear no one could stop this man named Zheng Chen!" a man from the Taihuang Territory sighed.

A monster above level 30 being nearly finished off by a single E-rank spell—at this stage, there were likely only a handful of players capable of such a feat.

He had left the imperial palace for the Mika Forest solely to see this Dugu Liuli, who had risen to fame recently, to see if she was truly as miraculous as everyone claimed.