Volume 1, Chapter 63: Failure to Pay for Services Rendered

Mei Changgong thought it would take some trouble to find Yuwen Fu, but unexpectedly, he was still on that boat.
By this time, it was already dark.
Before Yuwen Fu, another table of wine and food had been freshly laid out, and he was pouring drinks and drinking by himself.
"Yuwen Fu!"
With an angry shout, Mei Changgong charged straight in.
After placing his luggage, Wu Chen strolled around Meng Tian's boudoir, while Ling Fei, sitting on the bed, watched him with a furrowed brow.
"Then the person who replaced Gu Taiyi must not be a scion of an aristocratic family, but who could it be?" Su Ruhui rapidly and vividly sorted through all the officials she knew who had suffered misfortune after the Changtai Emperor took personal rule, yet for a moment, she had no clue.
As the snow wolves closed in from all sides step by step, a dozen silvery beastly shadows drew closer and closer, yet Meng Xueqing showed not the slightest reaction. Suddenly, however, a bitter cold wind swept past, and a sharp shout pierced through the air.
The four of them inhaled and exhaled, turning their hands and feet, each finding a flat spot, setting down their stone stools, and waiting for Le Qingdie's order.
Watching the backs of everyone leaving, Meng Tian's face displayed a lingering sense of loneliness and reluctance. For an old man like him, whose candle was flickering in the wind, having children and grandchildren gathered around his knees was the greatest happiness imaginable.
Such a subtle difference was naturally imperceptible to someone like Qin Huixian, who did not spend much time with her.
After she left, Su Ruhui drank a cup of honey water alone and had Xiuwan personally prepare a dessert, while keeping Fushui alone in the inner chamber to serve her. This was Fushui's first time serving Su Ruhui alone; although joy shone in her eyes, she was also somewhat nervous.
That person whispered a few words into her ear, and Tiya nodded in satisfaction. Only after the master of the room finished chanting scriptures did she walk inside.
After bidding farewell to Brother Hu, Wu Chen headed back in the direction of Gao Yao's home. Recalling the observations he had just made in the dilapidated house, most of Dapeng's subordinates should have come after him, so he didn't need to worry too much about Gao Yao, Brother Hu, and the others.
Today was a special day; after admission, the academy would lead the novice commanders and ship-girls in a practical battle on the open sea.
"Basically everything has been resolved, leaving only the final mastermind. As for this fellow, I don't want to just break his limbs; I need to think of a good method so that he can never make a comeback," Wan Li said with a slight smile.
Hearing this, Nalan Jingyi let out a cold snort and said, "Who on earth are you? When Han Bin and I knew each other, you probably weren't even born yet!" She could likewise perceive that Qin Rou'er's cultivation was far superior to her own, but judging from the aura emanating from Qin Rou'er, she was certain that the other party was young, at most barely two hundred years old.
"Mosu!" Unable to suppress his surging emotions, Shangguan Shaoyi stood up. His brilliant eyes radiated scorching light, and an irrepressible ecstasy surged within his blood.
After finishing their banter, Xiaozhu grabbed her car keys and headed to the mall. The moment Xiaozhu left through the front door, Qian Su, lying on the sofa, flashed with a red light and transformed into a fox form. His slightly narrowed eyes revealed a trace of exhaustion, the cinnabar tear mole on his left eye seemed to have lost its color, and his entire coat of fur looked dull and lusterless.
Buddha's fat or Cixi's luminous pearl—taking out any single item would cause a massive earthquake and bring him immense renown.
"Um, Zishuuo, I'm really sorry, I broke another one for you," Xiaozhu said with an embarrassed expression.
"Who are you?" Avril did not relax her vigilance because of the other person's smiling face. On the contrary, she grew even more tense due to the opponent's calm and unruffled demeanor. Although the spiritual energy on the meadow was in disarray, she still caught a familiar scent emanating from the other person's body.
Her delicate hand grasped the silver knife and fork at her side, hovering mid-air, but ultimately stalled in its movement due to the distraction of her thoughts.
The name of the Vast Heaven Sect originally derived from the Vast Heaven Pagoda, which was one of the ten great divine artifacts, and this "pagoda suppressing demons" was a divine-tier Daoist magic inherited directly from the Vast Heaven Pagoda.