Chapter 56: Gu Qichuan Forced to Compromise

Gu Qichuan's gaze shifted from the phone screen to her furious face. His voice was strained, "Please, listen to my explanation. I was just afraid that you might be in danger when going out. You know I have many enemies..."

"Haha... Actually, hasn't everyone noticed that the two of them are quite a match?" Zhao Tailai burst into laughter.

The bullet barrage pouring from the six-barrel Gatling machine gun swept forward like the sickle of death. The Chimera Ants, charging fearlessly without regard for their lives, were torn to shreds. Even those Chimera Ants at the squadron leader and troop leader levels, capable of high-difficulty aerial flight, could not escape the lock-on of infrared-guided air-to-air missiles.

Unexpectedly, Yunhu Lake, which had been cleared out, suddenly became so crowded. Without needing to guess, anyone would know this was Chu Zifeng's doing.

She patted Black Potato on the shoulder with one hand and said, "Move aside a bit, we're sitting right here."

Following closely beside him was an old man with graying sideburns and a goatee, possessing a gloomy and sharp gaze. This was none other than the master jadeite appraiser he had invited, He Xinglu.

"It's nothing, don't worry." Shangguan Qing comforted Jinse. He didn't necessarily trust the one in red, but what they said made sense. With the night so late and the cold so piercing, if they didn't start a fire, Jin'er would likely fall ill by tomorrow.

"Your friend?" Zhou Zhouxuan asked. The speaker was a young man, and a premonition arose in his heart that trouble might be brewing shortly.

The two of them were quite familiar with the routine, and within moments, they got straight to the point, instantly changing the atmosphere.

"You, you, you..." The Old Matchmaker surveyed the situation before him in utter dismay, too terrified to speak a single complete sentence.

Black Phoenix, Purple Phoenix, and Yellow Phoenix—the three giants of the Phoenix Society—arrived at the Earth Courtyard together and stood before Lu Qingchen's dormitory.

If Ji Rencheng had ultimately won in a one-on-one fight, he would be a hero right now, and the elders of the Sacred Land would praise him to the skies.

The Four Seas Alliance indeed had a rule: unless summoned by the elders, disciples of the Lower and Middle Courtyards were strictly prohibited from setting foot in the Upper Courtyard's area, let alone trespassing into the residences of Upper Courtyard disciples.

Wang Hao held not the slightest bit of contempt for the old man before him. Anyone capable of becoming the head of a clan, even if ordinary in other respects, must possess extraordinary qualities.

Zabuza was utterly perplexed by Sakura's words. As everyone in the ninja world knew, missing-nin were treated like street rats that everyone wanted to beat up. Other hidden villages rarely accepted rogue ninja from foreign lands, as doing so was equivalent to making an enemy of the traitor's original village.

For a long time, he had directly addressed him as Lord Ape Spirit. Now, asking him to suddenly change his form of address was genuinely difficult, so in the end, he simply omitted the previous title and addressed him directly as My Lord.

With no other choice, Eric had to let Lilia enter the city first to find Jeff and have him think of a way out.

It was right nearby, vast and boundless, shining even more intensely than the radiance of the eleven stellar secret treasures.

One could see that at the entrance of each shop stood an exceptionally beautiful cherry blossom tree. It was precisely these cherry blossom trees that endowed the entire village with an aura of elegance and tranquility.

All of this would only be known if Young Master Ning himself could be found. Yet ever since Mammy Fang fell into the water, Young Master Ning seemed to have vanished into thin air, and no one ever saw him again; even at the friend's estate where he was staying, no trace of him could be found.

The pain originated from the lower right side of her abdomen. She pressed down hard on the spot with her hand in an attempt to alleviate the agony.

"No, no, no! I only... I only guessed it after seeing the 'Closed' sign at the door," Su Momo hurriedly explained. In truth, she never would have imagined it would be him under any circumstances. Because every time they met, it seemed so "special"—he didn't seem like the type of person who would send her flowers and ask her out on a date.