Chapter 923: Aftershocks and New Beginnings
by xennovel“For two thousand jin of premium Yellow Lantern Potatoes with Devastation Element content between 6.5 and 8.0 per mille — calculate the exact amount of fertilizer you’ll need and report it to the office before the end of the day.”
Xia Qing first answered the question from Planting Division Director Mao Chuntai, then turned to Yan Yue. “Yue, we need to keep the center’s fertilizer stockpile full. For anything we can’t compost ourselves, place the order in advance. This afternoon, contact the Planting Division and tell them: if they don’t credit our account with what they owe us in three days, I’m taking it straight to the Base Director.”
A week had passed. Everyone in the Li Family Residence had already moved out. Li Xiaozong’s casket was escorted back to the ancestral home in Yuzhou for burial. Only Li Chao remained in the once-bustling compound. Of the entire Yan Capital Li clan, only Li Chao and the still-unconscious Li Nie were left.
“Show your hand! Yang Fan, I don’t believe I can lose twice in a row!” Li Xiu wasn’t willing to admit defeat. He simply refused to accept he might lose again, so he staked everything on this round, betting that Yang Fan’s hand wasn’t any of the three he was expecting.
The pressure from four Saint-level auras sent the other faction representatives near Basturu reeling — faces pale with shock. Except for the Bantu Tribe, nobody could believe the Liushuang Empire had so many Saint-level powerhouses.
“Maybe… maybe we pushed the training too far, and the horses’ hooves got badly damaged. They split open, so now they just can’t keep running for so long…” Gu Han stammered, unable to look up.
That day, the starlight around Ning Yue finally faded. His form appeared again, and he stopped walking, eyes opening. Zhang Ye couldn’t quite put his finger on it, but Ning Yue seemed… different from three days ago. Somehow, inexplicably changed.
“Glad you made it. The Old Director and I desperately needed someone to spread the word for us.” Su Yang grabbed Yan Lang’s hand, grinning with excitement.
He’d started laying his plans way back when he first used Blood Sea Surge with Swiftfeather Blade. When two hundred God Kings surrounded him wielding Soul-Eater Spears, he’d adjusted his formation just enough to account for the new factor.
“How’s it your business?” The man in the red robe shot Tang Guchang an annoyed look. In his eyes, even the Tang Clan’s Branch Lord from Xijing City was nothing but an insect — never mind this old guy who wasn’t even a Branch Lord. Who did he think he was?
When Wang Ping’an got back to his tent, he realized he’d somehow ended up buying two huge suitcases full of stuff. One was packed with gems and jade, the other mostly snacks. He planned to stock the snacks in Li Lizhi’s supermarket, see which ones sold best, and set up a regular trade.
“You two clowns — care to tell us what’s going on with the man from that family?” Ye Gui sighed and looked back and forth between them.
Su Wannian never actually explained who ‘he’ was — but her listeners didn’t care. As long as they believed it, whoever ‘he’ was could be whoever they needed him to be.
The marriage arrangements were hammered out in the tense standoff between the two armies. Old Chancellor Zhang Xun shuttled between the Tartar camp as envoy, negotiating with General Tuoli. He faced endless difficulties, but finally, the day before King Li Chongguang of the Tatars’ Southern Court arrived, he reached an agreement. The next day, the ‘Peace-Bringing Wedding Ceremony’ took place.
This news hit everyone like a bolt from the blue. People struggled to process such shocking information, stunned to silence.
Although he was a serious criminal, the prison still rushed him to the hospital for treatment out of basic humanity. Diagnosis: acute pancreatitis. He was operated on just in time.
Toto leaned against the city wall, his blinded left eye still shut, but his right one sparkled as always.
She tossed her phone on the bed, not bothering to hang up. Her mom was still chattering on the other end. She’d mumble a response now and then, but had no idea what she was actually saying.
All the spirit beasts in the space seemed to sense something massive had happened. They sprinted wildly in every direction, their roars echoing non-stop.