Chapter 43: Within the Palace

The lazy glow of the setting sun spilled over the bluestone pavement of the capital as an elegantly adorned carriage moved forward slowly, its rolling wheels producing a muffled sound.

Inside the carriage, Lu Yuelong sat quietly. Her expression was slightly fatigued, and her delicate brows were knitted together as her mind endlessly replayed the unpleasant events that had transpired at the Xie residence.

The attitudes of everyone in the Xie family pricked at her heart like needles.

The carriage suddenly came to a sharp halt, and a wave of noisy commotion broke out outside.

Su Xuanyi made the first move. Combining the Seven-Star Steps with Xingyi Quan and genetic skin hardening, although he was only a Level 7 Awakened, the prowess of a generation's martial arts grandmaster was no empty reputation as he dared to strike the Level 8 Severed Ear.

The Sphinx lifted the carriage curtain and stepped down. Inside the carriage, Xi Wuque was sitting in a chair, weak and frail, yet a faint smile hung upon his lips.

The Dragon Sovereign's Martial Map was inextricably linked to his very essence. The objects depicted on the map might very well offer him some assistance. It was indeed a trip worth making.

During the recent battle, the number of evil ghosts slain was barely a few hundred, not even reaching a thousand.

Qiu Xuan frowned. People from the palace? Could Ye Xiao have some matter to discuss with him again? How did Ye Xiao know he had emerged from seclusion? Qiu Xuan spoke aloud, "Have that eunuch come in." Hearing Qiu Xuan's words, Jenny bowed in compliance and then stepped outside.

This bull-headed monster, having just appeared, seemed still in a dazed state. Its pitch-black bovine eyes, devoid of any whites, flashed with an eerie light as it roared and bellowed incessantly. The golden blade qi cleaved steadily down onto the top of its head right between its two horns in an instant.

On the island, mountains rose in overlapping ridges, rivers flowed mightily, and plateaus, basins, forests, deserts, and oases coexisted—all geographical features were present. To call it a continent would not be inaccurate at all.

Within the Ye family, there was a massive boundary fissure connected to the Demonic Realm. Almost every single moment, powerful fiends would attempt to break through the seal and charge onto the Primordial Continent. For hundreds of millions of years, however, this had always been suppressed by the Ye family without incident, and a great majority of the Ye family's formidable experts served their duties right here.

"Hey, hey, what was that behavior of yours just now?" Watching Kurozawa Rei depart, he immediately asked Ling Yan.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran smiled awkwardly, then lowered her head to retrieve a red porcelain bottle from her Qiankun pouch, poured out two blue pills, and swallowed them.

As soon as these words were spoken, the sea beasts were inwardly astonished; the sect master had actually taken on a disciple—this was truly a major event.

She had only given it a cursory glance earlier, but now she saw clearly that the pustule looked far more severe than she had imagined.

The wind from the corridor blew into the back of my neck, and I couldn't help wrapping my arms around myself and rubbing them, the words Han Yusang had spoken lingering constantly in my mind.

Just as everyone was inwardly sighing, watching as Lin Han was about to be swarmed by the crowd and directly crippled.

Hearing this, the people in the courtyard also began to criticize Liu Haizhong one after another; Banggen was still just a child, and if he made a mistake you could talk to him, but resorting to physical violence was completely out of line.

"Yay! Ranran is back... Grandma! Grandpa?" Second Brother Zhou was also quite surprised to see Grandma appear; as for Grandpa, he just followed Zhou Ran's address.

Xu Qianxue bounced up upon hearing this and said, "Great, great! I'm going home to pack my things right now and will be back before off-work time." With that, she vanished without a trace.

Zhou Ran had the foresight to rent three wheelchairs. It wasn't for anything else, but based on the experience she gained from traveling with her parents in her previous life, the elderly were getting on in years after all, and having a wheelchair could better ensure the elders got proper rest.

Thus, the few of them chatted in the living room for a while. Because of Wan Wanwan's arrival, the laughter in the home increased significantly. Finally, until Wan Wanwan was tired of playing, Xu Qingqing put Wan Wanwan to bed, and the few of them tidied up to go to sleep respectively.

The black tentacles, like a giant python hunting its prey, coiled layer upon layer around Makise Kurisu's body, tightening continuously. Bound and unable to move, Makise Kurisu found her breathing growing increasingly difficult as she felt the air inside her body being squeezed out.