Volume 1, Chapter 40: No Longer Fresh

He casually slipped his phone back into his pocket. Under Ye Zhaoying’s astonished gaze, he removed his suit jacket and wrapped it around her waist.

“No, you don’t have to…”

Of course, in the course of their work, the task force also had to identify dangerous and backward elements among their assigned counterparts and submit recommendations for dealing with them. And those recommendations often meant the difference between life and death.

Heavy clouds hung low, blotting out the stars. This night was destined to be far from peaceful, and Zhu Pingjin was far from the only person who could not sleep.

Mu Xue dealt with Xinghui, then turned and ran toward Gu Chen. She barked twice in her clear voice before sticking out her long tongue and repeatedly licking his handsome face.

Wrapped in the Mending Heaven Dao, Gu Chen’s body underwent another transformation. His skin grew even fairer, while every impurity within him turned to vapor and steamed away. The pain etched across his face also eased somewhat.

Never before had he yearned so desperately for funds, nor had he ever been filled with such fighting spirit. Pressure truly could drive a person forward.

Zhang Tianyi also received good news. Xu Jinyi, his first friend in Nanjing, the man who had given him immeasurable help, had returned from abroad. What excited him was that someone as well-informed yet cautious as Xu Jinyi would dare come back only if he was certain Qian Ruyi was finished.

When he saw Li Xiang, Luo Yubin nodded as well. His face revealed neither joy nor sorrow, and his manner showed no particular closeness or distance. This only made Li Xiang even less able to discern what kind of person he was; he could not see through him at all.

After the expeditionary forces left Chengdu, Shu Guoping, Sun Hong, He Zengbing, and the others led the infantry onward, while Zhu Pingjin, Liao Daheng, and the rest took the cavalry away from the main body and hurried toward Huaikou Town in Jintang.

Following the sound, Zhang Tianyi looked over and saw an old man with completely white hair watching him with keen interest.

Yet just as Gu Chen stopped moving because his strength had run out, he saw Mu Xue open her mouth and lick her lips. From the look of her, she seemed to have just eaten something delicious.

The only way he could help Zhong Ling was to make her feel secure enough to rely on the Heaven Alliance’s power. Given the Heaven Alliance’s current position, how many people throughout Linlang City would dare stand against it?

Wang Xuefang closed his eyes, doing his best to prevent the rapidly approaching danger before him from affecting his ability to direct the primal energy within his body.

For the first time, Pei Xiulin admitted that he, too, could misjudge someone. By then, regret was already useless.

Ziji faced his opponent as though confronting a formidable enemy. At that moment, the person before him felt like a black hole; he could not fathom the depths of his strength at all. Indeed, for a heaven’s favored one, every breakthrough brought about a complete transformation.

Looking at the bloodstains on the ground and the several disheveled figures, Liu Feifan had no idea why they had fought. It had nothing to do with him.

The mysterious man raised his gun and shot Aniao dead. Then, still fuming with anger, he vanished with his men.

The moment Nongpa Gaosi saw Nan Xingyu break through the barrier and rush out, he charged toward her without a second thought. After all, being watched at all times by a marksman with perfect accuracy was immensely intimidating; the slightest lapse in attention could leave him caught off guard. Eliminating this threat first was therefore the obvious priority.

But the person who had said this was Su En, which left him utterly helpless. At the same time, he was intensely curious as to why Su En would say such a thing, for he knew Su En’s character all too well.

He had been given Song Yihao’s address by He Fengzhu last time, so Su En drove there directly.

“We can’t go on like this.” A vicious glint flashed through Ji Xuanhao’s eyes. “At this rate, I’ll be worn down to death. We have to break this deadlock.”