Chapter 145 Adventurer Assessment

At Tianmu Port, the merchant ship dropped anchor and docked.

Vider, draped in a black cloak, stood on the deck, observing the city.

After a long journey of two months, he had finally arrived at this seaport belonging to the Kingdom of Kunad.

Dockworkers with white turbans tied around their heads were sweating profusely as they hauled barrels of wine and crates of cargo up and down.

The war in the northern territories had not exerted a heavy impact on this land, as the battle lines were contained by the Church and the coalition forces well within North Tilia.

So much time and energy, not to mention a staggering amount of precious materials, had been poured into the Dao of Alchemy.

The masters of various sects were busy taking headcount among their disciples. Having long been unaccustomed to such brutal warfare, many of these disciples had suffered heavy casualties, leaving the scene filled with cries of grief and wailing.

That utter scoundrel was truly vicious; he grabbed Michelle by the hair and dragged her back and forth across broken glass bottles.

A sarcastic voice drifted out from the woods, followed by the sight of a cyan-glow sword returning to the side of a youth in green robes.

I took Wang Peng to meet Li Biao, who turned out to be exceptionally polite. He was practically bowing and scraping before Wang Peng, though, knowing that my relationship with Wang Peng was quite good, Li Biao would occasionally put on the airs of a big boss.

Seeing Xuan Wang in such a state, I quickly drove away, fearing that if he caught sight of me and vomited blood from sheer rage, he might drop dead on the spot, which would spell trouble. Clearly, I was the victim of the secret photography, yet now it somehow looked as though he were the injured party.

Until the door was clicked open and He Yao's voice called out my name, only to cut off abruptly.

He could not understand why the technique Su辰 had just used was so formidable that it left him utterly devoid of any power to resist.

Yet, swept up in the emotion, I stopped making a fuss and returned his embrace. Every time we grew closer through a deeper understanding of one another, the sense of security he gave me would reach its absolute peak.

Moving further ahead, one came upon a clear pool, its waters murmuring and crystal-clear. Occasional spiritual fish swam and crossed paths within it. Not far past the pool stood a rustic folding screen, positioned horizontally, painted with majestic mountain peaks and rising purple vapor—a true primordial landscape.

She had thought her sincere devotion could move him, only to find that his heart remained cold as iron, stirring not the slightest ripple within him.

Liu Fan sighed in disappointment, slowly loosening the sash of his garment, which he had already nearly untied. Blaming herself, Cai Yan adjusted her clothes and stammered with difficulty, "H-Husband, we have not yet officially married, and now we cannot..." Unable to voice anything more embarrassing, she fell silent.

Those who had initially failed to understand Liu Fan's policy of supporting commerce and industry now kept completely silent when they looked at Liangzhou's current achievements. Even those old pedants of Confucianism had no choice but to obediently shut their mouths, no longer daring to utter any talk of the traditional social hierarchy placing scholars above all else.

Because the Green Turtle Great Sage had exposed his identity on the demon mountain, the Thunder Fiend Dragon, upon receiving the news, ordered the spies to be hunted down at all costs and eliminated, lest their Thunder Fiend Mountain be compromised. Following the Thunder Fiend Dragon's military decree, the Dragon Beast Demon sealed off the entire Thunder Fiend Mountain and launched a comprehensive search.

Zixiang walked over to Ziyue and gently touched her ankle. "Hiss," Ziyue gasped in cold sweat, instinctively pulling her foot back.

"It's over! They will never dare to come and make trouble again!" Huangfu Yichen gently stroked Chen Yihui's back. Feeling his tenderness and the sense of security he brought, Chen Yihui instantly felt much better in her heart.

Fully aware that this battle was an arrow on the bowstring that had to be released, Yue Zhenlin ordered his disciples to display their full martial prowess and lead the vanguard, launching an all-out assault on the Hundred Beasts Pass.

The Ancient Ape Heavenly King had already suffered losses from these tunnels. Upon learning of the matter, he ordered the search to continue at all costs—the tunnel had to be found; and if it could not be found, the local Earth Deity was to be captured and interrogated.