Chapter 41: Rules

"Yuerong, you must trust me." Xie Liwen's expression was extremely complex. His brows were knitted into a dead knot, and his eyes were full of struggle, looking both helpless and in pain, almost to the point of tears. "I harbor not the slightest bit of romantic affection for her. Yet, after all, it was I who ruined her reputation. Reason and emotion alike dictate that I must take responsibility for her."

Hearing this, Lu Yuerong slowly stood up and walked with lotus steps toward the window.

The sunlight outside the window spilled over her, yet it only made her figure appear increasingly frail.

Accompanied by deafening roars, massive volleys of artillery fire poured onto this boundless black tide. With every shell that landed, dozens or even hundreds of zombies were blown to pieces.

The blood coffin lay quietly right there. I stepped forward, slowly pushed open the coffin lid, and before the evil entity inside could surge out, I leaped directly into the blood coffin.

"I have matters to attend to this evening, and I made it very clear when I applied for this job that I do not partake in social entertainment!" Li Meijie said in a calm, composed, and deep voice.

At that moment, a reporter's cell phone suddenly rang. After taking the call, the reporters instantly erupted like a boiling pot.

He treated the object as extremely precious, as if the item in the palm of his hand were a supremely important treasure.

Lin Yu's decision was not a momentary impulse; a spirit child transformed from a spiritual herb was an extremely rare treasure even in the Immortal Realm, usually kept by immortals as attendant pages to tend to herb nurseries on ordinary days and assist in medicine making and alchemy.

"The situation is lost? Heh! That only means Qilin is more powerful than you!" Jin Mingchang was still unwilling to accept the reality before him, unwilling to accept that he was a member of the universally detested Demon Clan. To dampen the morale of the demons, he brought up Qilin.

Subconsciously, he began to examine how on earth he had bullied her to make her cry so pitifully?

A dark complexion was inevitable, after all, she had gone abroad, and to a beach at that. With such blazing sunshine, how could her skin possibly avoid getting tanned?

"Wife, you already have so many pieces of jewelry. Why are you still buying more? What's the point of buying so many?" A man's voice drifted in from outside.

"Fine. Although Pei makes a lot of money, it is also very tiring. Since it will arouse the imperial court's suspicion, we simply won't do it."

From the current perspective, seeking out the Earth Immortals still required finding the "Black Sheep" first, rather than wandering aimlessly through the maze-like tunnels following the Bashan apes. We had no choice but to continue walking toward the end of the air-defense tunnel, which approached an area of crisscrossing ravines beyond the reach of the witch-salt veins—the very region we had originally planned to investigate.

"That is only because magical treasures are not allowed in this bout; otherwise, that single strike just now probably would have decided the victor," Xi Yue nearby couldn't help chiming in. Naturally, her stance was the same as Tao Rui's, and hearing Huye speak thus, she felt somewhat unconvinced.

Tao Yaqing transformed into a gossiping busybody, inquiring with curiosity: "How did you guys resolve it last time? She won't tell me when I ask, I just want to glean some experience and lessons, you know."

After hearing An Feng finish, Yuan Futong said no more and began to concentrate on observing the changes in the Revolving Five-Elements Array, cross-referencing them with the array diagram provided by Daoist Huazhu to deduce the mechanics himself. By verifying one against the other, he sought to discover the profound mysteries within. An Feng also sat quietly there, observing the array while refining the power within his body.

Zhang Xuan said that his expression was even unhappier when others were unhappy. I lowered my head to glance at him, then shifted my gaze away. That morning when submitting the paintings, he had been the most enthusiastic one, picking and choosing meticulously, carefully selecting several pieces before finally settling on that particular painting.

For all the suffering I endured when I first returned to my parents' side, for the whip lashes my father inflicted upon me, for the eternal hostile confrontation between Li Xiu and me, for the teacher's partiality, contempt, and belittlement, and for that evergreen tree which was so vividly green yet which I had painted in shades of gray.

"Rest assured. Once we repel the Demon Clan this time, there should be some breathing room," An Feng said indifferently.