Chapter 85: Family Drama

"How is that possible?!" Mrs. Zhang stared wide-eyed. "You’re not conspiring with my mother-in-law to trick me, are you?"

She glared at Jian Shumin. "Mother, are you saying all this with Comrade Gu just to make me stop blaming you?"

What?

Not only Jian Shumin, but even Gu Zhuo was stunned—what kind of twisted logic was this?

"Xiaolei!" Commissar Ma couldn’t stand it any longer, his face turning cold as he said,

"Are you sure you’re only bringing these few oddballs with you for the competition? You’re not calling for more people? I’d think even Chi Jiufor wouldn’t have the face to bring three or four times as many people and still ask for reinforcements," Dajia said to Chi Jiufor.

Now Crooked Crab was even more confused. He was at the very front of the team and couldn’t see what was happening behind him at all.

The four elders of the Demon Sect and the masters from the Sword Vault exchanged glances, each seeing a hint of retreat in the other's eyes.

When Brother Wuyou returned to the West Coast Magic Guild, Miyuki Aiba and Matsu were already waiting for him. The others had not come back yet; led by Tifa, they were still running wild, seemingly having gone off to play in the land of the Void Ancestors.

Perhaps seeing Wang Tian’s confusion, Xu Qing smiled gently at him, stepped forward, and softly pushed open the wooden door.

He Wu looked down at his own hands in astonishment, but a moment later, he felt a surge of powerful energy rushing up from his core, and in the sea of consciousness within his mind, something seemed to be stirring restlessly.

There were so many things he couldn’t do, and those he could do were not profitable. In the end, "housing" was the only viable path left to him. In this area, he had so many options—even if most wouldn't make money or become new sources of family income, they could greatly enrich people's lives and improve their living standards.

Once she was sure he had nothing serious on his mind and was just bored, she relaxed. Still, if she kept ignoring him, he would probably keep acting up, so she might as well reply.

Luo Chengtai was very confident about this matter. He truly didn’t believe there was anyone he couldn’t drag down with him. In front of several leaders in the circle, he patted his chest and guaranteed results within three days. Then he went alone to Huada, dialed Zhang Zhiqiang’s number, and simply said he was an old friend who’d heard Zhang was in Huada today and came to meet up.

"K-k-k-k..." Suddenly, the Earth-Rending Crocodile let out a hoarse cry, then lashed its armored tail onto the ground beside He Wu, snapping many flowers and plants. At that moment, with a muffled sound, a bluish-white crocodile egg appeared before He Wu.

"No matter what, since Ouyang Zhen and the others are still alive, aside from some loss of face, we haven't really lost anything. We should return and make plans," the elder of the Ouyang family said after a moment’s thought, deciding they should leave first.

How could it be so hard to please people? Just to be able to enter the Nine Phoenix Sect smoothly later on, she had already put up with so much, yet these two crazy old hags showed not an ounce of appreciation.

Biyu’s parents thanked everyone and helped each other to their feet. Before they could muster up any words, Shentu Yi took Biyu by the hand and strode straight up to them. Biyu struggled awkwardly, unable to resist yet unable to comply, deeply embarrassed.

Han Ming’s eldest brother was also the lord of a town, which would naturally bring endless glory to the Wu family.

The man-eating crocodile could do nothing about Nie Feng stranded on that "isolated island," but Nie Feng could not break through either. So both sides fell into a drawn-out stalemate.

Fan Feng didn’t care. He could hold his liquor, drinking glass after glass without pause. Linlin didn’t even give him a chance to breathe. Suddenly, she regretted it, desperately trying to get him drunk—because once he was drunk, she could finally be free of this guilt.

Who would have thought that the boy she’d personally ordered to be arrested would turn out to have such a terrifying background?

He had no time to ponder how Ye Tian had managed to crack the storage ring. His attention was fixed on the sky not far away, where violent winds and a fire dragon clashed fiercely. In an instant, a massive shockwave spread in all directions.