Chapter 133: A Price Must Be Paid

Cao Bin was naturally no exception. Eating the same thing every day, he would occasionally crave something different.

It was like how people used to ask: Your wife is so beautiful, a top-tier beauty and even a famous actress—why would you still cheat on her? Why would you still visit prostitutes?

The answer was painfully obvious. No matter what it was, if you kept using it for long enough, you would eventually grow tired of it.

...

However, during that period, he had been busy preparing for the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, and had not paid much attention to such matters. Thinking about it now, the cold, stern man before him should have been one of them.

When Xueming first completed the Stone-Bestowal Ceremony, many different factions of the Senate would wait outside the Path of Radiance and invite the new arrivals to join them. At that time, what the underworld lacked most were adventurers gifted with psychic abilities.

Jiang Xueming had long known that Zhao Jianying would never amount to much. If Boss Zhao could truly end up with Guan Xiangxiang, that would still be a happy occasion.

Anyone watched by Sasuke’s six-tomoe Rinnegan could activate a space-time ocular technique and exchange positions with themselves, whether with a person or an object. Its priority was extraordinarily high.

He had not even reached that state yet, and this was under circumstances where he had already used every means at his disposal. How could there possibly be no chance of turning the tables against the odds?

Since Gao Lian had arranged this gathering, Ye Yan could not refuse to show him some respect. Besides, with the Grand Elder of the Horse-Calling lineage apologizing in person, the resentment in Ye Yan’s heart soon vanished completely.

Judging from the state of decomposition, a bloody battle must have taken place here not long ago.

Yunya had not wanted to pay any attention to it in the first place. Since she was exhausted and sleepy that night, she simply ignored this sudden stroke of luck.

The one carrying the burden also had to scout the road ahead. After all, countless dangers lurked across this vast grassland.

Bai Lanyi only hoped that she would not end up paralyzed from the waist down. She no longer cared whether she suffered a few injuries.

Sure enough, an off-road vehicle appeared in their field of vision. Fortunately, it was not the same model as the one before them; this one looked even more imposing and domineering. It also refused to follow the ordinary roads, racing straight across the grassland and crushing clumps of lush green grass beneath its heavy tires. A clear trail of flattened stalks stretched across the meadow.

Several days later, after finishing his business in the capital, Chu Nan chartered a plane to London, the capital of the Eagle Kingdom.

He had no idea what this mist was made of. It seemed to be a mixture of yin energy and some other aura, and it could not be absorbed.

The old man had once told him that if he wished to improve his cultivation in the future, the Violet Palace and his two natal stars would require an utterly terrifying amount of energy. Their advantage, however, was that the two natal stars represented the origins of power between Heaven and Earth. With yin and yang complementing each other, they could absorb any form of energy and make it their own.

Shuyue Wu’s astonished, regretful, and disbelieving expression eventually turned into utter heartbreak. Then... she turned around and ran.

“Yes, his name is Li Yu. He only recently joined the outer sect of our Star-Thunder Sect.” Lan Tian then introduced the group of deacons to Li Yu. Although Li Yu had only reached the peak of the ninth rank of the Starry-Sky Emperor realm, his actual combat strength was comparable to that of a ninth-rank Star Lord and had long surpassed these deacons by a wide margin. Even so, he still politely clasped his hands in greeting.

“What is filial piety? Is clinging stubbornly to the rules truly filial piety? Bearing descendants, bringing honor to our ancestors, preserving the Yan family bloodline, and ensuring our children and grandchildren enjoy wealth and glory—that is true filial piety.

“Beneath the great mountain, the ground had been leveled flat, and numerous palaces and towers stood there. Li Yu and the other disciples followed Elder Dongfang to a palace bearing a plaque that read ‘Outer Disciples’ Hall of the Six-Star Alliance Academy.’ A disciple wearing a blue waist token came forward and said, ‘Elder Dongfang, are these the new outer disciples you have recruited?’”

The work these two men did was extremely important, so they were paid well. After writing for a while, whenever they had some free time, they would also be served four dishes and allowed to drink at their leisure.

The two of them were still standing in the middle of the street. Clearly, their voices had been too loud just now and had startled the people nearby.