Chapter 84: The Top Scholar
Palace.
Inside the Hall of Diligent Governance, the emperor sat upon the dragon throne, flanked by several officials bowing respectfully on either side. Ten policy proposals lay spread across the dragon table before him.
The emperor carefully reviewed each one.
Every proposal had been carefully selected by the officials below as the finest submissions.
By this time, the anonymity had been lifted; before reading the proposals, the emperor could see the names of their authors.
Among them was Lu Jingyuan from Yongzhou.
The emperor inquired, "What about the others?"
"My lord, I have already retrieved them," came the response.
The Moon Gazing Palace, where Shen Gui had spent the longest time, ironically housed the fewest palace attendants among all the celestial halls.
The man before him was Zhao, once the security captain of the Nine-Dragon Huairen Hospital; naturally, the two had met several times.
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If it weren’t for a shred of self-control, Liang Jia CD wanted to overturn the table outright. Had all his years of effort been wasted? Was there no justice left in the world? Was there no human dignity?
Over the course of more than three months, Raina had amassed a substantial amount of equipment once again. Coupled with the spoils obtained from aiding Baron Kahn, he was ready to sell armor once more in the imperial capital.
He felt as though his entire soul had been drawn in; when he came to himself, he found he harbored a genuine fear toward Xu Qian.
After the farcical defensive battle ended, the Great Qi lifted the martial law within the city. Chang’an once again returned to an ostensibly peaceful atmosphere.
In case something unforeseen happened to him, his descendants could take up his burden and continue the unfinished work.
However, when she spotted Ye Xuan emerging from the opposite side, her brow furrowed in confusion. What was going on?
Count Zhebo’s face showed traces of embarrassment. All the troops currently besieging the city were under his command; Count Tewarin had already declared he would not participate in any siege operations.
Everyone looked on in silence at the two of them; such sycophancy was truly unprecedented.
The great axe, as if elongated, spanned the distance between them, swinging directly toward the other’s head.
“Thank you!” the mountain master silently murmured in his heart. The crucial matter now was how to reverse the tide of battle. He had been training in martial arts since birth and was not particularly adept at battle formations; otherwise, he would not have so readily agreed to such a deceptively simple yet perilous plan.
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In terms of effectiveness, they were worlds apart from “Essence of Life”—the difference was beyond mere comparison.
Its massive body suddenly seemed lifeless, plummeting swiftly the moment it was struck by the onslaught of radiant light.
It was precisely out of fear of death that the Dark Lord Voldemort endured agonies unbearable to ordinary men, resorting to patricide—a deed destined to haunt his conscience forever—to split his soul and create Horcruxes, all in pursuit of eternal life.
“The Dark Chains of the Lord of Fear!” Silence is Golden approached Lin Jun, and upon confirming that he truly did not intend to act, the black chains—far more terrifying than ordinary soul shackles—vanished the instant they touched Lin Jun, only to reappear as spectral chains behind him.
One must say, true to the stature of an old god, he won favor with the other party in just a few words... Judging by Jifeng’s delighted expression upon being acknowledged, this might well cement her faith.
With the “Perception Domain” radar always at his side, Lu Renjia, having ascended to the “Sorcerer Realm,” observed that the opponent’s seemingly impenetrable blade shadows were riddled with flaws.
Suddenly, his phone buzzed with a message. Upon opening it, he saw a notification that twenty thousand yuan had been deposited into his bank card.
“Feeling better?” Kaguya, fresh from Ping’an Capital, looked utterly helpless, like a fish out of water. Seeing her in such a state, Ye Yu could not help but guess what she had endured, hastening to nurture her with the purest light—though to little effect.