Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

Just as Ji Xiashang was leaving, Jun Haitang snapped, "Yu Qingjue, shut up!"

"Begonia?"

"This is my home, who gives you the right to make decisions? Besides, you stormed off earlier, what are you doing here now?"

"Has Heaven ever made things difficult for you?"

Jun Haitang exhaled a puff of water pipe smoke and said coldly, "Go back. My affairs are none of your business."

"But I..."

"I don't care what you think anymore. In your eyes, Jun Haitang has never been a good person."

"Begonia, that's not how it is."

"What do you mean? I haven't forgotten what you said to me. You told me to respect myself, you told me to turn over a new leaf, and you even wanted to cripple my martial arts! Hahahaha!"

Ji Xiashang felt a chill run down his spine and quietly took a few steps back, preparing to leave quickly.

Suddenly, a figure flashed by, and Jun Haitang grabbed him again.

Jun Haitang laughed loudly, "It is Yu Qingjue who should leave, not Ji Xiashang."

Yu Qingjue's anger intensified: "Ji Xiashang, Jun Haitang is not someone you can touch."

"Master Qin, I think you've misunderstood. You two should catch up."

With a slight tremor of his sleeves, Ji Xiashang broke free from Jun Haitang's grasp and sped across the sky.

"Ji Xiashang, come back here!"

Back in Tiandu, Ji Xiashang found it increasingly suspicious. He had never accepted such a vague and unclear mission before, and it was best to find out the truth.

Wu Jun was not in his study, but in the foundry, watching the model that Ruoye Zhi Qiu had built.

"Wujun."

"I know what you want to ask about Jun Haitang. I only asked you to throw a pebble into the lake of her heart. What kind of ripples it will create depends on her own fate."

Ji Xiashang was even more confused: "Seven Fingers Rising Waves seems to be an old acquaintance of hers. How should we deal with this person?"

"Him? Fame tribulation, love tribulation, demonic tribulation, let's see how many he can overcome."

Answering was as good as not answering; Ji Xiashang felt that the current Wu Jun had gained more charm than before.

The colors of a charlatan.

"Come and look at the model, give us your feedback."

Before Ji Xiashang lay a mechanical city made of metal, with three layers of protection from the inside out, and two entrances and exits:

The outermost layer is a sword net, which attacks attackers from all angles and can unleash a hundred sword energies in a single breath, lasting for two hours.

The middle layer is a turret, which is a heat-sensing device that can be triggered when it senses the temperature of a living being, until the intruder is blasted into a cold corpse.

The innermost layer is a spatial teleportation system. Intruders will be teleported to the Heavenly Capital Water Prison the moment they pass through the first two layers of protection.

There are two entrances/exits. One is for daily use, accessible from Tiandu Square via the Xihai Rainbow Bridge.

The other is an emergency passage that connects to Shenwu Peak of Tianxia Fengdao. If something happens in Tiandu, it can be transmitted to the headquarters of Tianxia Fengdao.

Luo Hou was extremely satisfied: "This is a perfect combination of physics and magic. Ruo Ye Zhi Qiu, I look forward to you creating miracles."

"This project was not accomplished by Zhi Qiu alone. It was only through Wu Jun's design and Shao Hao Jun's spatial magic that this effect was achieved."

"Once this mechanical city is completed, we will design an even greater project together."

Ruo Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes lit up: "What could it be?"

Shenzhou.

Chapter 307 Closest yet most distant: Husband and wife; seemingly real yet false: Master and disciple

Jun Haitang chased after them to Tiandu.

She was willing to withdraw from the Six Kings Alliance on the condition that she kill Gui Fang Chi Ming and avenge her disciple Duan Yun Yi.

When this woman isn't acting crazy, she still has a brain. Now she's just passing the buck back to Tiandu, using the opportunity to gain benefits.

In addition, she finally met Wu Jun as she had wished.

In the grand palace of Tiandu, on the majestic throne, the imposing man stood motionless like a mountain, yet he exerted immense pressure on Jun Haitang.

However, the stronger the opponent, the more it arouses her desire to conquer.

Jun Haitang's eyes were filled with a mixture of resentment and anger: "Wu Jun, the Seven Red-Clad Warriors destroyed Ping Shuo Crescent City and slaughtered countless innocent people. How can such villains go unpunished?"

"Do you have the ability to kill him?"

"I have heard that Gui Fang Chi Ming has been imprisoned by Tian Du. If Hai Tang can kill him, Hai Tang will be willing to serve Wu Jun as her master and follow Tian Du's lead."

Jun Haitang emphasized the words "Serve Wu Jun as your master" with particular emphasis, believing that a man who had fathered two sons would understand.

Luo Hou said calmly, "What you want is not Gui Fang Chi Ming."

"What does Wu Jun think Haitang wants?"

"sense of security."

"Ok?"

This is a sad story of a victim turning into a persecutor.

Jun Haitang lost both her parents when she was young. Later, she was violated by her adoptive father, who was a beast in human form. In order to protect herself, she had to cultivate poison skills.

In such a harsh environment, survival is already difficult, let alone for a beautiful woman. No one knows how she struggled to survive; the world only knows her beauty and her ruthlessness.

Subordinating to the powerful was Jun Haitang's only option, as were the Sixth Prince and Yu Qingjue.

She relied on men, hated men, wanted to use men, yet distrusted men. Ultimately, she was tormented by love and died at the hands of Yu Qingjue's Fuxi God of Heaven.

"Tianke can buy the produce from your toxic field, guaranteeing you a life of comfort and safety."

"What about Guifang Chiming?"

He will atone for the mistakes he made in the past.

"Wu Jun, you really treat everyone equally."

"You can also come to work in Tiandu. Tiandu has a business line for elixirs, and detoxification and poison-making can be a good use of your strengths."

"Hahahaha! How is this any different from retiring?"

Luo Hou calmly said, "I believe this is what your heart truly desires."

"What a joke! Wouldn't it be better for Haitang to be a free and unrestrained princess? Why should she come here to be your humble servant! Since Lord Wu cannot agree to my conditions, Haitang has no choice but to take her leave."

"Xia Shang, see the guests off."

I didn't expect to wake this woman up with just a few words.

After Ji Xiashang left with Jun Haitang, Yu Cixin entered the main hall and said to Luo Hou with a smile, "The world-renowned Blue King is willing to serve the Martial Lord as his master. How could the Martial Lord let her leave like this?"

"The deal fell through."

"What deal? I only heard that Wu Jun asked her to come work in Tiandu."

"For the sake of her heart, even if three of the six kings were in Tiandu, the remaining three hearts would not be enough to open the Nine Heavens."

"Is it for her heart, or for her soul?"

A sense of foreboding rose in Luo Hou's heart. He saw that Yu Cixin's smile was becoming more and more hypocritical, while the flames in her eyes were growing stronger and stronger, flickering and leaping.

"come here."

"Ok?"

As soon as Yu Cixin approached the throne, Luo Hou grabbed her with lightning speed, flipped her over, and slapped her bottom three times in a row.

This angered Yu Cixin, who immediately gathered her true energy, struck Luo Hou in the chest with a palm, used the force to flip herself up, and then kicked out in mid-air.

The attack was fluid and seamless, as if dealing with an enemy.

"Uh~"

Luo Hou clutched his chest and gasped.

"You surnamed Luo, how dare you hit me!"

Yu Cixin refused to give up and kicked Luo Hou in the chest and abdomen twice more.

A powerful force surged forth, and Luo Hou cleverly used the throne beneath him to channel the two streams of energy into the earth, then forced out a mouthful of crimson blood.

"Pfft~"

Yu Cixin hurriedly stopped and checked his injuries. There was a clear palm print on Luo Hou's chest, so red it was shocking.

Why didn't you dodge?

"I can only endure my wife's beatings."

"Nonsense! You hit me first!"

"Feel sorry."

Yu Cixin's tears suddenly welled up: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have suspected you."

The highest and brightest sun and moon, the closest and most distant couple.

Even though they are both noble figures, Lord Wu and King Jiwu, they are still a married couple in the mortal world. The capital city is like a grand garden, with more and more beautiful women. If the two were to switch genders, Rahu would become suspicious.

Jun Haitang lacks a sense of security, and so does Yu Cixin.

Luo Hou embraced his wife and wiped away her tears: "I can't guarantee that everything will satisfy you, but in matters of love, I will never let you down, because your existence is what makes me exist."

"Ok?"

“Jun Haitang needs to figure things out herself. If she can’t figure it out and goes down the old path, all Tiandu can do is take her heart first.”

Jun Haitang was naturally unaware that Wu Jun and Wu Hou had fought because of her. At this moment, she had already arrived at the Purple Universe Crystal Abyss.

A thousand years ago, Zi Yan Shen Ju left his hometown and traveled around the world, eventually arriving at the Scorched Earth Abyss.

Ziyan Shenju set his sights on this uninhabited land and, with a set of mysterious forging techniques called "Ziyan Lianyuanji", gathered the earth's power and heavenly essence, transforming the barren scorched earth into the Zizhou Crystal Abyss, a place where crystal power converged.

The abundance of purple ore attracted countless blacksmiths, who used the Unyielding Mountain in the Purple Universe Crystal Abyss as their base to begin forging weapons.