Chapter Forty-Five: The Feeling of Being Protected

Qin Yanzhou's face was ice-cold. "Just because she's from the countryside gives her the right to hit people at will? You're dragging the reputation of country folks through the mud!"

Chen Liao's expression turned rather unsightly. "My mother was just too emotional. I apologize to you on her behalf..."

Qin Yanzhou's voice grew even colder. "She certainly owes an apology, but the person she should be apologizing to isn't me!"

With a leisurely tone, he continued, "I suppose your mother is hardly a child anymore. Does she really need you to help her apologize?"

Chen Liao's heart choked with even more frustration.

Although the source of the fragrance remained unseen, they still had to press forward first. Perhaps as they walked, the scent would eventually reveal itself.

Naturally, Rat refused to admit defeat and remained unconvinced. Thus, the battle continued, and the moments of suspense persisted. Cards were dealt and hands were organized, while he sat idly cracking melon seeds.

"You're so wicked! Did you deliberately throw him into the pig demon's cave?" Every time Ling Xi'er heard those rumors, she would laugh until she was almost out of breath.

Seeing his parents happily toiling away, Chen Shi felt a sense of comfort within himself. As long as his parents could be happy and healthy, he would gladly do anything for them.

Almost at the same instant, several dim beams of radiance burst forth from the base of Red Cloud Mountain, fleeing rapidly into the distance. Had they been even a fraction of a second slower, they would have been swallowed up by the crimson torrents surging forward like a deluge from the ninth heaven.

After bringing the cat-eared loli back to the vicinity of the tent, Sikong Xu retrieved some water and food from his storage pendant and handed them to her.

As long as he was within a certain range, Gilgamesh could freely open golden ripples at any position he desired!

The two walked along the street for a long time before finally finding a tavern in the process of closing its doors, which bore the sign "Drunken Immortal Pavilion."

"So what? Xuanyuan attained the Dao and reached Mahayana long ago. But what about us? What about us? You were bound within the Xuanyuan Sword, while I was locked away in this sunless altar? All of these sufferings were brought upon us by Shui!" Chiyou roared furiously.

"Then stop wasting your breath on me here. Why have you become so long-winded, Nightmare? Let's go," Blood Thorn said coldly. With that, he turned and walked away.

Having said that, Tian Boguang unleashed his light-as-snowfootsteps qinggong and pursued the direction in which the pretty nun had fled.

Qingsuo and Fangfei had finished attending to Shangguan Ruomin's bathing and changing of clothes. Just as they stepped out of the guest room, the two began whispering to each other, and every word of their murmuring was overheard in full by Crown Prince Ya.

As time ticked by, with only a third of the sandalwood incense remaining, a full-scale melee erupted, and everyone became entangled in a chaotic battle.

Han Wei first helped Zhong Fabai sit in a wheelchair and pushed him right up to the front entrance of the clinic.

Two consecutive low, dull impacts rang out. Immediately following that, terrifying kinetic energy surged outward in all directions with the three of them at the center. Lu Chen stood firmly in place, unmoving like a monolith, while the two who had traded blows with him head-on were sent coughing up blood and flying backward like broken kites amid gasps of astonishment.

Upon breaking through to the Saint realm, Xiao Mu had already sensed that the Great Freedom Incarnation Technique could ascend to an even higher level.

He felt as though he had kicked against a steel plate—no, ordinary steel plates were not nearly this hard.

Gaoming Yuan selectively recounted to Lin Shasha the events of yesterday, when he had encountered the subordinates of Sea Shark Ancestor.

They could clearly have let bygones be bygones and reconciled with mutual respect; why did they insist on harboring resentment and oppressing one another? It truly ought not to be.

"Baby, didn't I say so? With a bag of flat peaches on our backs, we can travel across all the realms," an immortal maiden in purple said excitedly.

Looking at Li Yang's calm expression, the old man shivered violently and instinctively looked away.

"It's Brother Wang and Sister Jiang who are kind-hearted. Brother Yang is deeply grateful to you both," Jiujiu also smiled.

"Heh, your temper is still as fiery as ever. Let's go, don't stand in other people's way," Zhao Tianhao said with a sinister tone.

"Much better. It should be able to suppress it for a bit longer. Once Old Hei gets things sorted out over there, I'll bring him back to the branch and seek out the Hall Master; he should have a solution." Elder Bai fed Murong Yunhai another medicinal pill before sitting down to regulate his breath.