Chapter 136: Caught in the Web 16

Mo Qinghan, one hand braced against the wall, waved the kraft-paper document envelope in her other hand. Deliberately wearing an utterly hopeless expression, she said weakly, “I’d love to lie in bed and rest too! But my finances won’t allow it! My boss is waiting impatiently for this confidential document, and who can blame me for running into a bona fide bloodsucker?”

She deliberately emphasized the word “confidential,” drawing it out slightly.

The pretty young nurse had originally intended to offer to carry it for Mo Qinghan, but upon hearing that the envelope contained confidential documents, she abandoned the idea. “Walking looks rather difficult for you in that condition. How about I help you to the elevator?”

Mo Qinghan nodded in agreement.

Green Vine naturally had no objections. After all, she had spent half a year creating this, and although the work had been interrupted from time to time, she had still devoted an enormous amount of thought to it.

Before leaving, she dug up the mandrake and oleander plants she had cultivated and took them with her.

Chen Qingqing drew her Vajra Sword back into her abdomen. The leaves had vanished without a trace, leaving a thick layer of red powder scattered across the ground—the remains of those leaves, shredded by the sword wind.

The moment the Bai Family was mentioned, Green Vine understood. Even in the capital, bear paws were not something as common as cabbages, available for purchase everywhere. Even the emperor could eat them only a few times a year.

Linghua Shimodaira was faintly shaken. She suddenly found herself unable to meet Luo Jie’s gaze and hurriedly pretended to fiddle with her clothes, turning her eyes elsewhere. She was afraid that, with her composure wavering, she would become lost in the gentle web this man had woven around her.

Just as Athena was expressing her admiration, a strange pillar of light rose from Tang Seng’s body. It was something that appeared only on the ninth level.

The only real design highlight of this sapphire-blue dress was probably its two enormous puffed sleeves—another hallmark of 1990s fashion.

As for Cat King, with the White Tiger clan having been wiped out, he decided to remain behind, search for survivors of the clan, and rebuild it.

Sheng Xiaoyang and Su Guo’an had already become slightly tipsy. Upon hearing Luo Xiaoxiao’s words, both of them were momentarily dumbfounded.

He had even worked as a mercenary in the Middle East for a time, and tanks and helicopters were things he had played with regularly. The only exception was supersonic fighter aircraft. Although he had encountered them before, he was admittedly unfamiliar with them, though he could operate one with some effort.

The two of them returned to the inner courtyard. Before they had even entered the house, they heard laughter, playful shouting, and the cries of cats and dogs from inside. Jiang Yue and Pea Yellow were the loudest. He Cheng’s spirits lifted at once, and even Jiang Zhanwei’s expression softened.

Many other streamers stopped broadcasting as well. It was originally their scheduled streaming time, but they no longer dared to go online.

The tall girl had only just been untied when she heard him say that. She looked down at herself and her excellent figure, then wondered whether he was even a man for saying she looked bad.

At the sound of the unfamiliar voice, Xiao Qiang suddenly turned around and swept them with a wary gaze. Apparently realizing that they meant no harm, she relaxed at once.

Only then, somewhat exhausted, did she lie back down on the bed. Turning onto her side, she stared at the empty companion bed beside her, and Chu Zimo’s figure unconsciously rose in her mind.

The autumn preserved in that memory had ultimately carried a measure of parting sorrow into the depths. It was mournful, yet bound by an inescapable fate, while darkness battled and devoured everything around it.

“In that case, we won’t enter Silver State City either, and we won’t be going to the Earth Fiend Sect,” Chu Guanghui said.

That person had first hidden me away in Qingyang Town. Later, taking advantage of the fact that I was often out, he began slipping photographs through the crack beneath my door. By then, he had already calculated that I would see those photographs, and had determined that I would return from the Undersea City.

Everyone in the Qin Family was deeply moved. Qin Pojun had once been faintly regarded as the foremost member of his generation among the Six Great Families, but he had lacked the strength to support that reputation and had been nowhere near powerful enough to contend with the Six Kings. Yet now he had killed an old consecrated elder with a single palm strike. Such might was in no way inferior to Chu Kunlun’s; it might even have surpassed him.

Xue Ne suddenly let out a thunderous shout. His entire body rose sharply, and his right foot came crashing down upon the eleventh step. Just as Xue Ne struggled to withstand the terrifying pressure through sheer physical strength, he discovered that the golden energy hidden throughout his body had begun to disperse once more, merging again into his muscles.