Chapter 81

It was the height of summer, and indoors and outdoors felt like two completely different worlds. After lunch, Shen Liuli went back to her room for a nap, while Jun Chen headed to his study to continue studying his "Heavenly Book." Recently, Situ Hao and Du Shaofeng had also been sensible enough not to cause Jun Chen any trouble. The two factions, one to the north and one to the south, focused entirely on the underground forces, minding their own business and avoiding conflict with the martial world. Underground forces with backing—whether from the martial world or elsewhere—that could be intimidated by their borrowed prestige were taken over, while those that couldn't were bypassed. Once they finished dealing with the soft persimmons, very few hard persimmons were left. And persimmons, going from hard to soft, needed time to slowly "ferment," leaving only a handful that would require Jun Chen to handle personally.