White Fox vs. Golden Python (5)

In Ming Qiuxue's second year on Calamity Planet, he fell in love with cigars.

He became addicted to the choking sensation that came when smoke passed through his mouth and throat before entering his lungs.

He would often stand alone in the endless yellow sands with a cigar between his lips, gazing in Blue Star's direction.

Clearly, he could not see anything, but he still wanted to look.

Sometimes, even he did not know what exactly he was looking at.

After Ming Qiuxue seized power in Second Prison, he posted coded messages online that only the Ming Family Army could understand.

Three months later, the scattered Ming Family Army began emerging one after another like bamboo shoots after rain.

Calamity Planet's weather remained harsh, with yellow sand filling the sky, yet Ming Qiuxue saw a vast blue sky here for the first time.

He suppressed the longing in his heart and repeatedly told himself.

Ming Qiuxue, don't rush.

Take it slowly. You will surely obtain everything you want.

As time passed bit by bit, First Prison transferred in a Diamond-Grade Black Panther, Lu Mi, to serve as First Prison's deputy warden.

Ming Qiuxue looked over the Diamond-Grade Black Panther's detailed file, his brows slightly furrowed and his eyes wary.

Diamond-grade Energy Masters were scarce, yet Calamity Planet's three major prisons already had two Diamond-grade Energy Masters.

One was him, and the other was Qi An.

Now a third had arrived, and his record was exceptionally clean. Ming Qiuxue could not help but think more deeply about it.

On the day Lu Mi arrived at First Prison, both Ming Qiuxue and Qi An went there.

At the time, First Prison's warden was named Ren Chong, a Gold-Grade Gibbon who was arrogantly full of himself.

Ren Chong had originally worked at