Chapter 179: World-Class Giant

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Xu Yunyao shrieked, facing the encirclement of four or five men.

In her heart, she blamed Lu Fei. Why had he pushed her right into the fray?

At that moment, Lu Fei pressed a palm against her lower back.

Instantly, a fierce and surging power erupted within her body.

"Ah, get away from me!"

She flailed her hands and grabbed wildly in all directions.

......

"A guild territory quest?" This was the first time Chen Feng had ever heard of such a term, and he couldn't help repeating it under his breath.

As the storm approached, this display of leadership was particularly thunderous and inspiring, so much so that for a moment, no one even thought to question it.

After stopping the bleeding with the golden sore ointment, Chen Feng didn't wait for his health points to slowly recover. He first walked over to check the two bandits, and finding no dropped items, headed straight for the iron prison at the very back.

Old Man Chen sighed upon hearing this and said that ever since Old Master Chen took charge of the fishing taxes, he had raised them year after year, until now they were three or four times what they had been before he took over, crushing the fishermen and leaving them hardly able to breathe.

Meanwhile, Chen Fei tightly grasped the "Saint-Slaying Dagger," his hands covered in blood, baring his teeth as he muttered to himself.

He had originally intended to say something more to Chen Baliang, but seeing Nalan Rulong present, Jiang Jianhua found himself unable to speak.

The half-elf, however, appeared exceptionally ignorant of the world. After entering the training ground, she looked around in wonder and finally couldn't help voicing her confusion to Hilbert.

Zhuo Yang on the left, Sterling on the right, forming two brand-new wingbacks, with De Bruyne and Silva in the middle. In the second half, the old manager adopted a desperate, purely attacking strategy.

Yang Hao and Zhou Yongchun and the others couldn't help exchanging glances, then bowed in return to Li Hongyu, helpless and bitter smiles hanging on the corners of their mouths. Li Hongyu was the Regional Inspector of Liaodong; once he made a decision, they were powerless to change it and could only obey.

"Arbiter, you worry too much! Baliang has indeed come down; we can directly sense his aura. Alright, now that he's down here, it's time for us to leave!" Following Long Aotian's words, the old Taoist priest let out a breath and said.

Mo Wan'er possessed a technique for reading people, and she felt that Chen Lin was not lying. Of course, this was merely a feeling and did not mean Mo Wan'er truly believed him.

"Young master, what do you mean by that? Could it be that the Xu family is targeting us? But why would they do that?" Luo Hui asked.

Indeed, while salt as a daily necessity was not overly expensive in this era, its importance was considerable, and the imperial court naturally kept a tight grip on it. Lu Zhen's method seemed somewhat risky, and it could very well lead to chaos in the salt market.

Beneath their feet lay a layer of white bones, most of them belonging to sea monsters, alongside the skeletal remains of human cultivators, scattered all across the ground along the light barrier.

At this moment, Shen Yueru, Bingyu, and Qu Zhifeng intended to wait here for Duyuan's return. Just as they were waiting, they heard voices from two disciples in the distance, who turned out to be Xuanyuan Duanfei and Yu Yi.

Hong Kun was still a loyal and righteous man. He suddenly felt a bit terrified of himself—how could he harbor such a thought? Shaking his head, Hong Kun continued with his work for the day, pondering ways to help Helen achieve prosperity.

Yiyi was scolded to the point of complete bewilderment. She attempted to defend herself with a trembling voice, but the executive director refused to give her a chance to finish her sentence.

During Jiang Anyi's absence from the capital, the struggle for the leadership of the Ze faction had been decided, with Fang Linbin, the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, surpassing Deng Huaishu, the Vice Minister of Rites, to become the new leader of the Ze faction. At the banquet, Fang Linbin and Deng Huaishu chatted and laughed with ease, showing no trace of hard feelings, which secretly earned Jiang Anyi's admiration.

Seeing that the sky was already growing late, somewhat later than his usual time to fetch water, he thought, *Whatever, it's not a bad thing anyway.* Hesitating no longer, he grabbed his bucket and rushed toward the mountain stream.