Neji Hyuga was highly efficient. After hearing the plan Karin and Hanabi had worked out, he immediately agreed. The feeling after having the Caged Bird Curse Mark removed was simply too wonderful; it made Neji Hyuga seem like an entirely different person.
The Hyuga branch family had originally considered Neji the banner of the next generation, because Hyuga Hizashi had once been that banner as well, until he was worked to death after the branch family elders who had noticed this ordered him to die.
"I know." Upon hearing this, Ji Huangquan nodded and said, "I'm from Fengjia Village. Feng Yangzi and I inspected what happened near the dam." Ji Huangquan spoke.
"It's a rose." Yan Qi hurriedly replied. After Bai Wanli heard this, he turned back around. Before long, he returned carrying an identical rose lantern.
With his face turned to one side, he staggered backward. The taste of blood was sweet and pungent, and his teeth had loosened. Every muscle in his body tensed as he clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging beneath his exposed skin.
He had wanted to discuss with them how to raise funds to hold out for a while and resolve the crisis, but all they wanted was to dump the blame on his head.
Therefore, the choice of sword techniques had to follow one principle: the end of the first sword was the beginning of the second, the end of the second sword was the beginning of the third, and so on. At most, one could use eighty-one sword strikes; beyond that, the general outline offered no further explanation.
He saw that not a single person in the hall stepped forward to save her. In the end, she had no choice but to pull the gold hairpin from her head and fiercely stab