Aoko was not at all surprised that Sasuke had been promoted to jonin during the war. She would have been surprised if he had not been promoted while wielding a Shikai Zanpakuto. But it truly was unexpected that this Kakashi had been seriously wounded and nearly killed by Scorpion. A man who could almost go toe-to-toe with Pain's Deva Path had been forced to retreat after a sneak attack from Scorpion's poisoned blade. It had to be said that the principle of one thing restraining another held true, at least below the Six Paths level.
She first slipped into Konoha Hospital to take a look, only to discover that Kakashi... Of course, Qin Shi also knew that Lin Yu had played an absolutely decisive role in this. He knew his own limits. Even as a purple-ranked disciple of the Li Huo Sect, he was not important enough for Ling Xiao to personally go to the Cloud Peak Sect to save him. Lin Yu was absolutely connected to Ling Xiao's appearance.
They traveled from Jiushan Lake, passing through Chuan River and Yuan River before going ashore at Yizhou. After three days by carriage, they would reach Yongzhou.
Zhiwan could only carry the child back into the house. Thinking of how Shitou, Baozhu, and the other children in the village had helped gather honeysuckle, she took out the candies and pastries from the house and had Zhao Xiumei distribute them among the children, delighting every one of them.
Seeing Zhiwan's lips pouting so high, delicate and enticing like cherries, Ye Guiyue felt his throat grow dry after only a few more glances. With a forceful pull of his arms, Zhiwan lunged toward him. The prince accurately captured those tempting lips and sucked on them, savoring them like fine wine.
This... looked exactly