Chapter 117: The Eagle’s Secret Order, The Edict of Jingzhou

Once Zhao Fan had departed, the vast Chisong Dojo fell into a profound silence, devoid of a single soul.

Lin You stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the ominous aura of catastrophe gathering in the sky. Amidst the auspicious vapors and mists of the dojo, strands of black fog were weaving together, converging primarily upon the main peak, where the Progenitor Pine stood as their target. Beyond this, a human-wrought calamity was relentlessly closing in, coalescing into the faint shape of a blood-red longsword that surged toward the dojo with a thirst for slaughter.

His gaze shifted.

Mo Ran drifted once more into a dream, this time choosing to revisit the fierce battle against Li Zhiyu at the Three-Hammer Workshop auction house several months prior.

The dragon breath of the Underworld Dragon was unique; because the creature lacked body heat, its breath was not scorching like that of biological dragons. Instead, it was deathly cold, as frigid as the nether-vapors of hell itself. Though the elemental properties of dragon breath varied, its formidable power remained a constant.

"I will teach you in time," Mr. Omen said. "Do not be impatient. First, learn to coexist peacefully with the power of the Ancestral Dragon; familiarize yourself with it, and only then will you be able to wield it properly."

Gitanjali, the ancient automaton, bowed its head to Elder Eva. Then, a large hole suddenly split open in its worm-like body, from which it retrieved a long, thin metal box.

As Shen Kong spoke, he struggled internally, yet he understood Fang Tianxing’s decision—after all, the situation had not yet reached a point of no return.

Li Yao stopped in her tracks and nodded. While her partner may have feared that she would claim all the rewards, there was truth in her words: she was uncertain of success and was testing the waters on his behalf.

Fortunately, King Wuyang had declared these rules; otherwise, Guihai Yijian’s intention had been to eventually challenge Long Jiankong to a duel himself, for he wished to defeat Long Jiankong personally rather than through the proxy of Fang Tianxing. It was a relief that the King had established the formality of the tournament.

"Nie Wei, I’m getting on in years," Ma Dong said, watching as Nie Wei inserted the flash drive into the equipment. "If I can’t remember the lyrics and end up forgetting them on stage, ruining the performance, don’t you go blaming me."

Just as Mo Ran and the others were casting disdainful, sidelong glances at Ren Guangsheng, a thick crack split the wall of the stone chamber.

Upon hearing Fang Tianxing’s words, Nangong Jian and Yun Zhongke were both taken aback, but Nangong Jian eventually found an open field and landed the ship at the base of a hillside.

In the end, under pressure from Harris, everyone—willing or otherwise, sincere or feigned—left behind the relevant information.

Seeing no hope of escape, the Japanese officers drew their Nambu pistols and engaged the soldiers in a firefight.

A-Huan was over five months old now; she was always very receptive to her mother’s teasing, flashing a gummy grin and even letting out a giggle.

Ling Han couldn't help but laugh and scold Zhang Junjie for deliberately misinterpreting the meaning of the number "three" in their "three-chapter agreement."

Ever since news of the Princess of Yan’s pregnancy had spread, he felt an immense pressure every time they were intimate, wondering after each encounter if she had conceived.

Although the Japanese soldiers were constantly on the move, which increased the difficulty for the soldiers’ aim, the latter, having held their ground and waited for the enemy, achieved far more effective results.

The story of the Crown Prince’s knee pads being exposed after Prince Lu pulled down his trousers had already reached every corner of the inner palace. As Prince Lu’s mother, Consort Ning naturally heard of it.

Feng Yan offered an explanation for this, for in truth, had Su Mubai not died, it should have been both Su Mubai and Feng Yan participating in this trial.

Qin Ge insisted on leading them in physical training, constantly emphasizing the philosophy that "the body is the foundation of all things."

He had struck down the head of the Qin family and the Sun clan, who had ridden roughshod over the people, and watched as the Shen family, who had frequently oppressed them, gradually declined, no longer able to prey upon the local community.

The netizens, who had been feeling drowsy and were on the verge of leaving the livestream, found their curiosity successfully piqued by Shen Huai.