Volume 1, Chapter 60: Taking Responsibility for Lu Xiaoyun

Meng Zicheng and Liang Feng had also arrived.

Normally, the preliminary rounds would not warrant such widespread attention. However, considering this was the qualifier for the incumbent president of the Student Union, any amount of attention it drew should hardly come as a surprise.

To make a long story short, once the four of them finished their meal, cleared away the remains, and reseated themselves at the table, Ye Qing began unwrapping the two scrolls.

When Jiang Yuxuan walked toward Yan Wuchen with a distinctly malicious glint in his eye, Yan Wuchen trembled from body to soul; Jiang Yuxuan's might far surpassed anything he could have imagined.

Following the dramatic upheaval of heaven and earth, Kazama Kanyue’s cultivation had reached the Great Completion of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown Divine Realm, making her one of the most formidable individuals in the entire Longteng Manor.

She felt so utterly embarrassed and flustered that she wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide in, lacking the courage to even raise her head and meet the gazes of Nian and Lina.

"Why didn't you just die with dignity right away? Why must you insist on living such a shameless and despicable life?" Mu Chendong retorted tit for tat against Xu Sihai.

Before starting his work, however, Chu Tian produced a key. It was carved from stone, covered in numerous intricate gears, and even inscribed with bizarre symbols.

At fifty paces, Yue had already reined her radiance down to its barest minimum to conserve energy, but at this moment, it dimmed even further—her core essence had finally burned to ash.

The onlookers all wondered what was happening. Chu Tian, meanwhile, condensed a sphere of the Five Elements and hurled it forward. The elderly man let out a cold snort, took a deep breath, and inflated his entire body into a massive sphere.

"He is the Culinary King! Besides, I originally wanted to invite him in with us, but he stated that if we wanted him to enter, the Third Young Master himself would have to come out and welcome him," Zhao Jiatian said.

This was merely a matter of going through the motions. Therefore, once Fairy Qingshui spoke these words, Yang Jun and Zhou Chi offered nothing more than polite remarks such as "The referee has been impartial, and we have no objections." The surrounding cultivators, having witnessed the duel between the two just moments prior, felt thoroughly satisfied as well. Thus, this bout could be described as a happy outcome for all.

"Senior, do you remember Mu Zishan?" Xia Yongning asked as Wang Mingyang walked past her.

I stepped forward to help her up, but my hand was slapped away. The young girl replied with an icy voice, "Get your stinking hands off me, I can get up by myself!" Yet, could she possibly manage it? She merely released her right ankle, planted both arms on the ground, and began to crawl forward, apparently trying to reach her crutches.

"Tiantian, let's go to that forest ahead. I need to heal my wounds, and I have no idea how long it will take to fully recover this time!" Tianxin said to Tiantian.

This peculiar sensation reminded Qingshan of the theory of compressed explosion mentioned in physics—yes, extreme compression inevitably triggers a rebound of matter, resulting in an explosion.

"Yes, and you needn't bother trying to stop me. My mind is made up!" A resolute determination that brooked no argument hung upon Chen Xing’s stern and handsome face.

A month later, when he arrived in Yingtian, it was already the season of orioles flying and grasses growing lush. As Zhu Quan rode into Yingtian on horseback and gazed upon the bustling crowds filling the streets and the peaceful lives of the common folk, looking back on the bloody battles in Qingzhou before his expedition to Liaodong felt like a lifetime ago.

Long Yun'er was having the time of her life, wandering through the marketplace, looking this way and that, touching this and weighing that, acting just like a curious toddler who had never laid eyes on such things before.

She had only taken two steps when she was yanked back by that blockhead. The sudden force caught her off guard, causing her to tumble directly into his embrace.

Cheng Kun, Chenying, Yinchen, and Gudu were all super experts with formidable cultivation bases, making them the natural primary choices for reconnaissance, while the other six were elite trackers selected from various legions, with Chang Qiu being one of them.