Starting by picking up a female fan, he swept through the martial arts world.

My thoughts seemed to drift back to three years ago.

"Xiao Jiang! Go quickly. No one blames you, and I've never thought you did anything wrong."

"But I..."

"You don't need to blame yourself. In my heart, you will always be the most perfect."

"..."

You don't believe me?

"How could I possibly be perfect like this?"

"Then I'll prove it to you!"

Without the gentle embrace of the big-breasted older sister, Jiang Lang might still be trapped in a vortex of self-blame.

At this moment.

Just like that time and that moment.

Before, he might have doubted that the crazy woman was just trying to comfort herself.

Now he truly understands; she never really had any complaints.

Jiang Lang's arms were dangling in the air, but he ultimately did not land on Bai Zhaoli's back.

But for Bai Zhaoli, that seemed to be enough.

The hug lasted less than a minute, but it seemed to fill her with energy.

Bai Zhaoli gently broke free, transforming back into her usual spirited little swan: "Thank you, Senior Brother Jiang. I will learn from this experience and do better next time, perfecting every step."

Jiang Lang's lips twitched: "I thought you were going to say you'd never do it again."

Bai Zhaoli raised an eyebrow: "You've praised me so much, if I back down because of this setback, wouldn't you look down on me?"

Jiang Lang thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Reason told him that what Bai Zhaoli was doing was wrong.

But is what one considers rational necessarily rational?

If it weren't for that crazy woman insisting that I be promoted to associate professor at Xi'an University, I'd probably still be wandering around like a headless fly somewhere.

The iMo team is indeed not mature enough, but its potential is limitless.

This decapitation mission alone is enough to demonstrate their powerful methods and execution capabilities.

If Bai Zhaoli hadn't gotten herself into this mess, she wouldn't have ended up in such a terrible situation.

This warlord's daughter...is very clever and has a lot of guts!

Bai Zhaoli, whether unable to bear the slightly ambiguous atmosphere or afraid that Jiang Lang would continue to nag her, quickly stood up: "Let's go back!"

"Um!"

"Senior Brother Jiang, how exactly did you escape from Qin Wei's clutches?"

"I knelt down before him and begged him to let us go. When he saw me with snot and tears streaming down my face, he softened and let us go."

"..."

Bai Zhaoli was speechless. This person was a complete liar, making up lies without even blinking.

Moreover, they don't care about their image at all, and they always kneel down to this person or that person without any restraint.

What has this person been through?

She turned to look at him, feeling even more curious about him.

Jiang Lang cursed Qin Wei eight hundred times in his heart. That damn Qin Wei, his shell is really hard.

One slap and he fractured at least three bones in his arm.

If I have another chance, I will definitely prepare in advance and use a full mana combo to kill him.

This time, I first went into hiding, consuming half of the radiation from the ginseng.

Then they encountered Bai Zhaoli, who was about to die, and she took up the power of the Horn Constellation.

The two strongest players were both crippled, and one and a half of them were eliminated, but they didn't want to reveal too much.

He could only rely on the ape's fighting skills to fight Qin Wei head-on, and use the ape's mirror image to lure him into the fire cage in exchange for a chance to escape.

This BYD truly lives up to his reputation as Bai Heng's personal advisor; his combat awareness and physique are unparalleled. If I relied solely on hand-to-hand combat, I might not be able to defeat him.

Unfortunately, he was a drug addict, and his combat framework was already limited by the drugs. Even if he later cultivated the Wall Constellation skill, it was just icing on the cake, and that was basically his limit.

no way!

Drug use is never the path to success.

Embarking on this path means bowing to numbers, letting one's will succumb to power, and being destined to be unable to make further explorations, with the upper limit destined to be not too high.

Those who can truly reach the pinnacle are those with mechanics that develop their potential as much as possible in the early stages of cultivation.

If the mechanism is strong enough, then adding up the numerical values ​​later will be the decisive blow.

Otherwise, the various warlords wouldn't have invested so heavily in researching the Star Cluster Cultivation System.

They also knew that the core of the pharmaceutical company would always be in the hands of outsiders. When they cooperated, they could get a sufficient supply, but once they turned against each other...

This is undoubtedly like drinking poison to quench thirst.

But there was no way around it; the poison was just too delicious.

The aroma was so enticing that even Jiang Lang was tempted. He wanted to stock up on a few tubes of good potions. If he could build up his physique to Qin Wei's level, hand-to-hand combat would definitely be incredibly satisfying.

Unfortunately, the side effects of the medication were too severe.

But now... it seems there's an alternative to the medicine.

He rubbed his right hand together slightly and pulled out a banyan fruit soaked in blood.

The old banyan tree had resigned itself to its fate; with such a large trunk, it simply stood there, with no chance of escape.

Therefore, they could only send out the banyan trees they had secretly cultivated in order to seek a new life.

At first, Jiang Lang was somewhat disgusted with it, feeling that raising its son would be far more troublesome than beneficial.

But now, he has changed his mind.

He stared at the banyan fruit, feeling that it wasn't a banyan fruit at all, but an egg, inside which was a dragon.

This feeling is mysterious, but it is true. The banyan tree's seed absorbed the energy of the Horned Star within its body, causing changes that no one could understand.

Horned Wood Dragon.

The horn represents the horn of the Azure Dragon, its basic attribute is armor penetration, and its overclocking attribute is tearing through space.

Wood represents the tree of growth, a source of continuous vitality.

But he had never quite understood the character "蛟" before.

This banyan fruit seems to have touched upon this mystery.

All I can say is that the Star Cluster Cultivation System does indeed have immense potential, but it seems that this potential can only be fully developed after overclocking.

The madwoman's path... is the right one!

"Senior brother."

"Um?"

"Where are we going? Aren't we going back to Qipu Ward?"

Bai Zhaoli was somewhat puzzled; they had been walking in the reeds for quite some time.

"Oh, I have another friend here."

Jiang Lang casually explained, "I asked the Spark Research Institute to help investigate the Seven Emotions Vine, otherwise I wouldn't have run into you."

"I see."

Bai Zhaoli nodded, calculating the time in her mind. Jiang Lang must have been preparing for a long time to be able to find the Seven Emotions Vine's lair at this time.

Perhaps, like myself, they were immediately tempted after seeing the devastation on the basement floor of the Crescent Building.

Although Jiang Lang's methods were much gentler than his own decapitation operation, he had indeed misunderstood him.

She turned her head to look at Jiang Lang's profile, which was inexplicably more handsome than usual, and inexplicably recalled the warm hug from earlier.

Unconsciously, her heart began to race, and she blurted out, "Senior brother, my back hurts a little, can I help you for a bit?"

Without waiting for Jiang Lang's reply, she grabbed his left arm.

Jiang Lang was startled, but then he thought about how Qin Wei had slapped her on the back, leaving a bloody handprint, so she must have been seriously injured and it was normal for her to be in pain.

So he just instinctively shrank back a little and didn't try to dodge anymore.

Bai Zhaoli didn't know what she was thinking; she just tried her best to keep her expression unchanged and suppress the urge to try.

They held each other like that until they entered the air-raid shelter.

"Whoosh!"

A figure appeared out of thin air and darted towards the two of them.

"What is it?"

Bai Zhaoli was startled and instinctively prepared to make a move, but Jiang Lang held her down.

The next moment, the figure rushed into Jiang Lang's arms.

Gu Manzhi's voice trembled with tears: "Brother, you're finally back!"

"what?"

Bai Zhaoli was taken aback. The scene was too dark for her to see clearly, and she subconsciously asked, "You're here to do research, why did you bring your sister along?"

As she spoke, she turned on the light she carried with her and was stunned when she saw Gu Manzhi's appearance.

This... isn't Jiang Yi either!

If she's not Jiang Yi, why call Jiang Lang "brother"?

For a moment, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"She was the researcher that Xinghuo assigned to me."

Jiang Lang explained verbally while trying to pull Gu Manzhi's arms away from his neck.

He could sense Gu Manzhi's worry, but it wasn't as intense as she seemed.

The air-raid shelter was very dark. She had already adjusted to the environment and must have seen them as soon as they entered, but she waited until they were close before rushing over. This was not the behavior of someone who was eagerly waiting.

It's more like a... demonstration.

This cunning woman.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

Gu Manzhi seemed to just realize what was happening and quickly released Jiang Lang's neck: "This must be your friend, right? Did I rudely?"

Bai Zhaoli noticed Jiang Lang's subconscious attempt to break free and roughly guessed the relationship between the two.

She felt that, as a friend, she should help Jiang Lang get rid of some unwanted romantic advances.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Gu Manzhi's slender legs, with only one leg covered by a stocking, and he inexplicably felt a little short of breath, and for a moment he was speechless.

Gu Manzhi noticed her gaze and quickly took off the other pair, trying to cover it up by explaining, "Oh dear! When did I lose a pair? That's why something felt off."

Jiang Lang: "?"

Bai Zhaoli: "?"