Chapter 57: She Pushed It Too Far and Broke Down in Tears...

Pei Dongzhou never expected Shen Shuyi to be so utterly reckless. What on earth was going on in this woman's mind? Or could it be that she had set her sights on him long ago and simply seized the opportunity while acting as the top courtesan to take liberties with him?

Recalling how he had suffered a crushing defeat at her hands last time, he was determined to fight her to the bitter end no matter what.

Since she wanted to play the role of the top courtesan, he would gladly grant her wish!

What Shen Shuyi was gambling on was that Marquis Pei would look down upon the women of the Hundred Fragrance Pavilion; even if he recognized her, there was no way he would actually touch her.

As she clung to Marquis Pei—

This family of three was remarkably wealthy, having purchased the ten-acre old estate belonging to former Squire Liu, along with hiring two maidservants, an elderly housekeeper, a coachman, and two martial guards.

Everyone understood what this implied: Li Mingqing intended to end Qin Yang's life. For a Heaven Realm martial artist to harbor a killing intent of this magnitude was already terrifying enough, but what made it even more alarming was that Li Mingqing was a figure listed on the Heaven Ranking.

"Uh..." Lin Yue was momentarily at a loss for words. The first two explanations were manageable, but this one certainly could not be described as a mere friendship.

"Will this allow the Extreme Flame Divine Fire to discover me?" Qin Yang asked with a hint of worry, knowing that two divine fires could sense each other's presence.

"With just this young sovereign alone and a single sword, I shall cut down all of you worthless weeds—" Jiang Yun's expression was cold as he struck out with a golden holy sword.

In the real world, the copper-mirror-masked man had also discovered a strange mirror. At first, he thought it contained some hidden mechanism, and even after clearly seeing himself "meet" Chen Cen through it, he still clung to that belief.

The expressions of the other martial artists also changed drastically as they retreated far from the area; the wrath of the Liu family and the Purple Cloud Palace was not something they could afford to bear.

"At this hour, Xinling should be arriving soon. I must go out to welcome him," Tantai Yuanyian laughed heartily.

Ye Fei drove the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon provided by Wang Kang, with Tantai Mingjing sitting in the front passenger seat, and Tantai Zijin and Lu Hanlin occupying the back row.

"You all know how Old Brother Li is..." Li 超 glanced around at the crowd, his gaze flickering with a hint of anxiousness to explain when his eyes met Mo Chen's.

Yu Nannan was watching television in the living room while Yu Yijian kept her company, and Wei Zijie had gone over to Hua Ruyan's room.

Although the Shangguan family had dispatched their own clan's elite spirit-infiltrators, they had not attempted to stop that mysterious faction from encroaching upon the peripheral forces. Both sides had engaged in bloody clashes, resulting in mutual losses. That certainly explained why the Shangguan and Yao families had suddenly decided to seek a marriage alliance.

As for the warden of the Deep Sea Detention Center, his gratitude toward Yang Weizheng was beyond description; he was practically ready to set up an ancestral longevity tablet for Yang at home, praying that he would live forever and remain firmly in the seat of the Mayor of Deep Sea City for the rest of his days.

He had even, for a time, truly become the inept fool that rumors portrayed him to be.

The Third Prince paid no attention whatsoever to Lin Dong's actions, his gaze remaining fixed upon the searching party as he anxiously awaited the outcome. Perhaps even if he had noticed, he would merely have assumed that the slap had frightened Lin Dong into cowering submissively behind the others, utterly incapable of guessing Lin Dong's true thoughts at that moment.

"Many thanks, Master. Your disciple was momentarily anxious and nearly suffered a deviation into demonic obsession. I have disturbed Master, and I beg for your punishment," Meng Qi wiped away the trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, turned around, and bowed deeply to Qing Fengke, who had just stepped out from the species pavilion.

The moment their bodies united, a wave of extreme yin and frost surged frantically from the point of union directly into his body.

"I've come to see if you are a coward." The cold, emotionless voice belonged to Xuanji.

Although Chen Junhua was worried, upon hearing the black giant bird's nonchalant tone, he realized that Jiang Yuan was likely in no mortal danger. Hearing the bird's strange squawk just then, he instinctively glanced over at Jiang Yuan's spiritual treasure spear, and at the sight of it, a look of astonishment inevitably crossed Chen Junhua's face.