159 Back in the Days of Youthful Ignorance

He was a man to begin with, so Yu Shen had never thought there was anything unusual about going bare-chested. Yet at this moment, he felt as though a fishbone were lodged in his throat, thorns pricked his back, and he were sitting on a bed of needles.

His entire body felt ill at ease, and even his movements had become timid and constrained.

He looked exceedingly stiff.

The director, however, was quite satisfied with this reaction. This was precisely the effect he wanted.

When the medicine was being applied, Yu Shen had already closed his eyes, as though doing so would make him invisible to everyone else.

Yu Nanxiao’s gaze wandered over him with even greater abandon.

His body was somewhat slender, yet his abdominal muscles were quite distinct. What drew Yu Nanxiao’s attention, however, was still his waist.

It was very slim.

What did he usually eat? How could he be so thin? He seemed even thinner than before.

Zi Xin clearly felt the scorching sensation after being struck. The first thing he thought of was the power of water suppressed within his kidneys. Thus, even as he held back Si Shan’s attack, Zi Xin tried channeling the water force into his eyes. Sure enough, the burning sensation rapidly subsided.

“If you wish to kill, then you must be prepared to be killed! What do you say... is that not so?”

At that moment, Ji Cheng merely stood with his hands behind his back, then swept his gaze over them one by one, as though he intended to etch every person present into his memory.

Lei Ming nodded. The fat bastard was hateful, but among all these people, he and Lei Ming had known each other the longest. They had endured life and death together, so if he could lend a hand, he would.

Shan Chenyi said sorrowfully, “My junior brothers and I immediately formed the Three Origins Sword Formation and fought those three monsters to the death.”

Lei Ming had handled that matter well. He had not taken his anger out on anyone else. Yuan Canghai, Jian Jiu, and Ya Liu of the Azure Dragon Guard had all died by his hand. Although two others had escaped, if he survived in the Northern Frontier, he would not let them go.

He shook both hands. The gleaming claws at his fingertips shot free, as sharp as talons forged from steel. They could have torn even an elephant to pieces with ease. Ten curved lines swept around Lei Ming’s body, crisscrossing behind him and outlining a vast web that seemed to seal heaven and earth.

“Looks like a savage beast. Its cultivation is probably comparable to that of a martial grandmaster in this world.”

In his mind, Jiang Linxian offered a reminder. Since arriving in this world with Shen Tu’s remnant soul, he too had been steadily gaining an understanding of the cultivators here.

The Ancestor Hongjun first went to Mount Tai, where he found Pangu’s wood essence soul. He then traveled to Mount Hua and found Pangu’s metal essence soul; next to Mount Song, where he found Pangu’s earth essence soul; afterward to Mount Heng in the north, where he found Pangu’s water essence soul; and finally to Mount Heng in the south, where he found Pangu’s fire essence soul.

The throwing knives halted in midair. The men in black remained frozen in strange postures, terror visible in their eyes.

Gu Quan glanced at the charred King of the Mohe Water Leeches and immediately felt sick. He nearly vomited everything he had eaten the night before.

If any member of the Zhao family encountered misfortune or suffered an accident outside, the soul imprint that person had left in the Soulfire Hall would be extinguished.

Go farther in!

Aier repeated the thought silently. Although the Three Sundials now appeared enormous before him, Aier firmly believed that they were still outside the refraction layer.

Although Fang Jia wanted to purchase the magitech device in Ami’s possession, the price he offered was not particularly high. A merchant was still a merchant; even friendship with the Princess of the Seven-Colored Flower could not justify an exception.

Some areas that had once been locked in stalemate had become secure bases, while some regions firmly controlled by the Japanese puppet regime had turned into guerrilla zones. When the truth of the matter was finally uncovered, and they learned that the entire chain reaction had been triggered by Li Ziyuan deciding to take advantage of the situation on his way back, the deputy commander and the division commander exchanged glances and shared a bitter laugh for a long while.

They stopped at the edge of the woods and concealed themselves in a place from which they could observe the boundary between the forest and Demon Spirit Village. Then they watched everything taking place in the village.

The disciple was named Hua Sheng. Among the eight Aperture Fusion Realm disciples of the Void Sect, he was probably the strongest after Tang Xiao.

Mo Ke personally led the village’s surviving residents back to Demon Spirit Village. He knew, however, that until the demon spirit was found, the village would never truly be at peace. Yet he had no other choice. For the sake of Demon Spirit Village, he had to shoulder this arduous responsibility.