Chapter 37: Changing Faces

In the dead of night, when all was utterly still.

Suddenly, shadows began to move outside the house.

If memory served, Yanye’s room was on the fifth floor.

At three in the morning, even the liveliest streets should not have been filled with the clang of gongs, the beating of drums, and the blare of horns.

The person sleeping in the darkness slowly opened their eyes and stared at the ceiling for a while. Then Yanye concealed their presence, came to the window, lifted one side of the curtain, and looked outside.

Under the dim yellow streetlamps, black shadows appeared one after another—

Covered in snow, the shrine of blessings lay quietly atop Christ Peak. Because of the great altitude and bitter cold, few birds or beasts ever came here. The brief pauses in the two men’s conversation seemed especially silent and desolate.

“Fine, fine. I won’t say anything, then. Let’s begin. Since you’re the newcomer, I’ll let you attack first.” Cao Zhang rubbed his fists eagerly. He was not usually fond of wasting words with others; he was merely somewhat excited now.

His eyes vacant, he stared at his own palm as he slowly entered a strange state.

“Choose some men. Be ready to infiltrate Fuzhou City and rescue them.” Looking at the middle-aged man before him—whose features were unremarkable, but whose pitch-black eyes gleamed with shrewdness and icy light—Chu Shen felt a trace of hesitation deep within his heart. This was a man who had followed him for over twenty years, one whom he himself had trained.

As if sensing Jin Yun’s gaze, Mu Yi turned his head toward where Jin Yun stood. Their eyes met unexpectedly in midair.

“Hey, you’re not that excited, are you…” I scratched my head awkwardly. Seeing Lin Qinghan’s flushed, feverish expression, I instinctively shifted my gaze away.

“Your mind is filthy. You need to wash it with soap powder, big brother.” Yuezi pointed at her temple and spoke to me lazily.

“Everyone, rest for a while. One of the students has yet to arrive. Guided by the principle of never abandoning a single student, the Grand Elder and I have decided to wait a little longer.” Elder Chen transmitted his voice, and it resounded throughout the entire Heavenly Feather Spirit Academy, so that everyone heard him.

Ning Cheng casually tossed it over, and Tang Yun caught it just as casually. Then he saw the clear, pale-green T-shaped mark.

Boom!

The various attacks finally arrived. The Black Tiger shuddered violently, and then a cold, emotionless mechanical alarm began to blare.

Once he broke through the Spirit Wandering realm, he would be able to step into the true chapter of the Great Dao, opening an entirely new domain—a new world, utterly different from this one.

Yet they could only watch helplessly as the flames slowly spread into the temple, even setting the entire main entrance ablaze.

Paying a New Year visit did not mean one could simply put down a gift and leave; that would be far too rude. One still had to sit for a while and exchange a few words.

After Jia Cong and Jia Lian escorted him out of the Salt Administration Office and returned to the rear residence, they reached the covered corridor winding through the rockery. Jia Cong was just about to say something to Jia Lian when he saw that, at some point, his brother’s face had become streaked with tears.

The dark night finally welcomed a thread of light. Dawn slowly emerged through the cracks in the darkness at the horizon, then surged toward the boundless night like a rising tide.

The people of the Xiao family also slunk away in disgrace, silently abandoning the fight. In the confusion, they carried off Xiao Pingkuo’s corpse and departed.

As for Princess Redshift, when she heard that Empress Wanfeng was still alive, she could not help but be startled. Just how many secrets were hidden within this imperial palace? Such a momentous matter, and she had known nothing about it.

In the central area of the training ground, after the Lightning Release: Rasengan clashed with the Wings of Ascension, Dongfang Yunyang and Kinoshita Yukina drew slightly farther apart.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. You are all veterans of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so you know perfectly well what the Guard’s family laws entail.

Gazing at the sky ablaze with stars, Lin Chu recalled an occasion in his childhood, when he and his older male cousin and eldest female cousin had spent the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar together.

“Stop staring and come help.” Uncle Zhang twisted open the black metal cap and tossed it aside, revealing an opening in the capsule.