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Chapter 641: Chapter 27 Difficult to Reconcile at the End of the Bed Chapter 641: Chapter 27 Difficult to Reconcile at the End of the Bed “You’re quite fired up, aren’t you?”

Cha Xiaodao sized up Li Yan with his eyes.

“Is it that obvious?”

Li Yan glanced at him.

“Quite obvious.”

Cha Xiaodao glanced at the ground where the area where Li Yan’s leather shoes stuck to the mud was covered with palm-wide frost flowers, forming a stark contrast with the blazing sun above.

“Speaking of which, can you chill the new beer I bought?”

Cha Xiaodao passed two emerald green glass bottles to Li Yan, who grabbed them with his hand, instantly frosting them over with cool condensation.

“It’s not that I’m fired up, I feel like I’m about to touch the threshold of inheritance and evolution.”

Pop~

Cha Xiaodao opened the beer bottle, took a big gulp, belched, then continued, “It’s no use, Zhang Meng’ao is acting as Nine Phoenixes now, he’s an old-timer. Both Zhao Jianzhong and Zhu Jiuyin back him up, and his Nine Phoenixes inheritance was pieced together by the Ten Masters themselves. Do you know about Qi Liancheng? He’s the top newcomer under Jiao Chong for the past few years, and he’s been using the Nine Phoenixes inheritance. Many people used to mention Qi Liancheng and you in the same breath before the Yan Zhao Club meeting, but this time he didn’t even show his face at the meeting. Think about how deep the waters are here.”

“Patience is something I have in abundance.”

Li Yan lifted his head, gazing up at the Yongji Building, his eyes rippling intensely with black waves.

Amidst the mismatched heights of steel and concrete buildings, a massive shadow resembling a dark gold phoenix-winged helmet jutted upwards, reaching the same height as the Yongji Building. Li Yan strained to recognize that the shadow was a helmet with its facial part now a ghastly white skeleton, and aside from the skull, only one clenched skeletal hand was exposed above the ground, surrounded by a throng of black armor, all gathering around this massive skull.

Fengshui Formation: General Removing Armor

“It is rather fierce.”

Li Yan licked his lips.

Yang Zheng and Mo this time chose a rooftop restaurant with a distant view of the entire Yongji Building. Yang Zheng, swallowing down a pan-fried bun, dialed Li Yan’s number, “This time I’m counting on you two. I won’t thank you profusely, but if there’s anything you need my help with in the future, just name it.”

Cha Xiaodao saw that passers-by were in a hurry and not paying much attention, suddenly a golden glow burst from his body. Bursting with book sounds and the sound of bullets, this time he swept Li Yan along, and in the blink of an eye, they both disappeared without a trace.

Clang~

Qian Wu, not paying attention, knocked his teacup onto the saucer, spilling several droplets of scalding water,

“…”

Qian Wu wiped off his wet clothes with his hand, and the waiter, hearing the noise, came over, “Sir, is there anything I can do for you?”

“No need, I’ll call if there’s something.”

Qian Wu smiled at the waiter, who then left.

Qian Wu looked down at the pedestrian street below once more, his eyes swiftly sweeping over each entrance and exit, failing to spot Li Yan and Cha at all.

“Are there really such things in this world?”

He was lost in thought for a while, then suddenly pulled a yellow talisman from his sleeve. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he tossed it into the large bowl of fish head soup left on his table.

The restaurant’s tables were separated by sofas, making it difficult to see what was on other people’s tables. If Qian Wu hadn’t knocked over his water cup, the waiter wouldn’t have come over.

Qian Wu picked up a pair of chopsticks and poked the yellow talisman, chanting softly, “Numerous bodies of Hong, following the teachings of Zi Ping, stars arrayed like hemp clothing, creation of a deep hidden realm.”

He pressed the fish head to the bottom of the bowl: “The fish head as the General.” He then stirred the broth, mixing together fish bones, green onion, and the creamy white broth: “Fish bones as the war drums, fish meat against ten thousand soldiers.” After saying this, he also pressed the paper to the bottom of the bowl. Within four or five breaths, Qian Wu pulled out the chopsticks, to reveal a fish head shooting straight out of the soup, pointing skyward, while five thick bones protruded, making the entire design of the fish soup mimic the General Removing Armor formation.

Suddenly, two yellow paper figures emerged from the surface of the water, confronting the fish head directly. What was terrifying was that the eyes of the dead fish head actually turned towards the paper figures, with an evil and sinister intent almost bursting forth.

Qian Wu stared at the soup’s surface, unable to take his eyes off it.

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Li Yan felt a chill on his neck as the skeleton general before him seemed to look his way. It then let out a piercing shriek, and the black armor swarmed towards Li Cha like locusts across the sky.

“You have entered the Illusion Realm: Millennia Chronicle.”

Current renown: Virtually unknown.

As one of the protagonists of the storytelling, the Dual Blades Martial Saint, Cha Daozi, and the Flying Sky Governor, Li Yan, will receive the following boosts.

[Dual Blades Martial Saint]: Omitted

[Flying Sky Governor]:

Official Authority: Innately intimidates all sorts of demons and ghosts, but it may also infuriate some powerful fierce creatures. Once successfully infuriated, the likelihood of the creature being deterred by the Dual Blades Martial Saint’s unparalleled grace will significantly increase.

Luck Favoring: Destined to have a more unusual fate than ordinary people, often encountering unexpected events that turn calamity into fortune for the Flying Sky Governor. Moreover, once the “Flying Sky Governor” is in danger of death, the “Dual Blades Martial Saint’s” renown boost will be fixed at the highest level “Eternal Legend,” reducing the renown consumption for the “Invincible Hand” to one-fifth.

Hero’s Valor: Specialization in spear techniques increases by 8%, up to 105%.

When Li Yan first saw the boost effects of the Flying Sky Governor and Dual Blades Martial Saint, he was so amused by Cao Yongchang that he simply cast it to the back of his mind.

This was his first experience of the Flying Sky Governor’s boost. Apart from the effects of Official Authority and Luck Favoring, the boost from Hero’s Valor was both surprising and delightful to Li Yan.

Countless black-armored soldiers engulfed both men, only to be swept up by the swirling flames of the saber’s light into a sky full of remains.

Cha Xiaodao furrowed his brow subconsciously; he clearly felt that these fearless black-armored soldiers were much more difficult to deal with than before, and even their recovery speed had quickened.

The skeleton general roared angrily, grabbed at the fractured black military saber with his right hand, and struck down at Li Cha and his companion head-on!

Cha Xiaodao braced himself; it was under this very strike that he was defeated yesterday, its might was even slightly stronger than that of the “Slightly Famous” renown level Invincible Hand.

Before he could speak, Li Yan suddenly shot up from the ground like a white meteor, his Gold-engraved Tiger Head Spear piercing unstoppably through the skull general’s skull cap, creating a hole several meters wide.

Seven Modes of Spear and Sword.

“And you said you weren’t angry?”

Cha Xiaodao shrank his neck a little.

The fish head flopped over, a thumb-sized hole pierced right through the middle of it.

Qian Wu shook his head and sighed, “I originally thought that the businessman with the surname Yang had a rare geomancy master behind him. To think it was such astonishing methods to repel ghosts and gods, truly unheard of, but the General Removing Armor isn’t so easy to deal with…”

Li Yan shook the spear, exitting the “Seven Modes of Spear and Sword” state as swiftly as possible. Aside from feeling a bit drained, he hardly showed any signs of wear.

“Indeed, with every advance in specialization, the consumption of the Seven Modes of Spear and Sword lessens significantly.”

In the past, Li Yan hadn’t been able to maintain the “Seven Modes of Spear and Sword” for longer than the time it took to smoke a single cigarette before losing all combat strength and being bedridden for days after normal rest, last time if not for Cha Xiaodao’s Eight Treasures Crispy Cicada, he could not have lasted long enough to end up mutually wounded with Yang Zheng.

But this time he felt markedly more at ease. He could probably sustain it for the duration of two cigarettes before he ran out of strength.

Suddenly, his spear felt a tug. Below the handle of the skeleton general’s saber, a fierce large dog with short ears and a bull’s head leapt out. Atop its head was a violet-brown Copper Coin mark, sleek muscles outlined beneath its shiny brown mane. It had powerful limbs, and beneath its feet, four puffs of blood mist ascended, making it look rather extraordinary. It bit down on the spearhead of the Gold-engraved Tiger Head Spear, causing the Tiger Head Great Spear to emit a piercing metallic wail.

Tiangou Fiend.