Chapter 73: The Irresistible Charm of Our Xi Yu

"Alright, alright then..." Lin Xiyu couldn't bear to dampen her cousin's enthusiasm. After some hesitation, she finally agreed.

"This one suits you," her cousin said excitedly, personally picking out clothes for her.

"This one?" Lin Xiyu glanced at the rather old-fashioned floral pattern, her eye twitching involuntarily. Her cousin's sense of style truly defied explanation.

She had grown up like a boy, straightforward and unconcerned.

"Suit yourself," Xi Chen replied coolly, lifting her head to smile at Cong Huifang before lowering it again to sip her tea. For a split second, Cong Huifang’s expression stiffened, but she quickly regained her composure, smiling gently and gracefully as usual.

When the group left the yamen and walked along the street, Li Rizhi spotted Fu Guibao and the others. Fu Guibao and Cheng Zizai were still there, and Chen Yingying had come running as well.

They had carefully lined half the cart with straw when they arrived, intending to avoid suspicion. After all, a living person in a vegetable cart would certainly arouse doubts.

Karl had once had the chance to obtain a prestigious and respectable position, but Baron Heifer’s unexpected journey had indefinitely postponed his opportunity to join the ranks of the elite.

Liu Weining, however, was clearly not a seasoned exam candidate like Ning Xiu. Not until he finally stepped out of the examination hall after the third round did he truly relax.

He had never been able to tell during training matches whether Li Xianghe was more skilled, or Knight, or if perhaps he himself was the impressive one.

Not long after descending to this place, some lower and middle-level spirit practitioners couldn’t endure it any longer, so Nangong Yunrao sent them back to the surface of the lake.

At this moment, Lü Shu also yearned to know what wondrous things might be hidden within this Valley of Death.

In fact, by the middle of the Ming era, there were already professional substitutes for forced labor—so long as you paid, they would go in your stead.

Afterward, the Demon Lord seemed to recall something, eyeing Lu Hong with a trace of puzzlement.

Yet amid all the ongoing repairs, Yunfeng’s physical body unexpectedly underwent another major breakthrough!

A figure, both familiar and strange, appeared before him, speaking slowly.

"Huff, huff..." Dong Zhanyun was starting to run out of stamina, panting heavily, while Liu Jingshui showed no sign of waking. Just as Dong Zhanyun was at a loss, Liu Jingshui slowly regained consciousness.

Shi Yi gazed at Fei Liangyan's handsome profile, his serious expression reminding her of the concern he couldn't quite hide earlier. Her heart was in turmoil—a mixture of all the flavors of life, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty.

As Meng Yuan finished speaking, the doors to the hall were suddenly thrown open. A gray-faced elephant-man cultivator strode in, bent low, and whispered urgently in Xiang Cheng’s ear.

At this critical moment, the barrier around the blood pool was abruptly shattered by a surge of imperial power. The sudden turn of events caused all the half-emperors present to blanch, but in the next instant, an even greater and more terrifying crisis of life and death emerged.

The tone was icy, yet laced with playful mockery—though seemingly calm, it made the Soul Emperor below turn pale with shock.

Watching the crowd in the stands cheering for him, Wang Xuanlong smiled and gave them a thumbs up.

"What is it? Out with it!" Shi Yi didn't even look up, already guessing that Fei Liangyan had something up his sleeve—he was always like a weasel wishing a chicken a happy new year.

"She is truly beautiful, Your Majesty," Claudia's calm voice sounded beside Varian.

"It is said that the Vajra Sect has discovered a mysterious item that can help higher-level cultivators break through the fourth and fifth stages of their core cultivation. Rumor has it that at this Black Moon market, it will be publicly auctioned. Some say it could be a cultivation method from an ancient top sect, or perhaps a pill to shatter the bottleneck of ascension."