Volume 1, Chapter 43: Uncle Pei, you didn't know?

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The village chief had been slashed across the chest by a long saber and lay in a pool of blood, plainly beyond saving.

Liu Shuo did not want to go to the gym, because he was afraid of seeing Li Wanqiu and developing improper thoughts again.

“No, Grandpa Liu. Shengnan and I just submitted our resignations. I want to go out for a walk.” Xiang Qingxi scratched his head.

Hearing this, the guard hesitated, then moved aside to clear the way and gestured for Yang Yi to come over and speak.

“Good evening, dear big brother Allen Boer.” Allen Lyle nodded at the display, then lowered his voice.

The night they ate bamboo-grove shrimp had been an accident. He had only wanted to curry favor with Wang Qiqi; he had never expected such serious consequences.

“Heh heh, just wait in peace! Those Manchu devils have come from so far away, so they’ll certainly take the initiative to attack. Do you think they’re our Dengzhou army, going on drills whenever they feel like it? If they don’t attack, they’ll have come all this way for nothing!” Long Jinlu analyzed carefully.

Li Wanqiu was every bit the professional. After leading Liu Shuo through some warm-up exercises, she began with a few simple routines. Fitness had to be approached gradually; if one trained too hard too quickly, it was easy to strain a muscle.

But afterward, too many things happened at once, and Changning never found the time to deal with her. In the end, she simply had Yinqiao lock her in a secret chamber beneath Weiyang Palace.

Their mother, however, had always been weak-willed and could never compete with the other mothers. If Stankatuni had not grown strong enough over the past few years to stand on her own, their life would have been extremely difficult.

Just how much did Su Jiu detest William Nana that she could come up with such a vicious trick? She was truly the very embodiment of good fortune.

“Hahaha…” The players of the Wu’er Alliance began laughing as well. They thought the fellow before them must be an idiot.

The sour tang of jealousy was unmistakable. Lü Qi found it amusing, but she was also puzzled. Could Yang Yi really have taken a liking to the woman simply because she was beautiful, and wanted to keep chatting with her?

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As she spoke, Hehua lay down by the doorway, pulled the quilt over herself, and went to sleep on the floor with her back to Lu Hao. Lu Hao was so furious that he was like dumplings boiling in a teapot—full of words he could not get out. He could only angrily remove his bundle, hurl it heavily back onto the bed, and then, without even taking off his clothes, pull the quilt over himself and continue sleeping.

“Yes!” After being led to an open area, Ye Chen heard the sound of orderly footsteps fading into the distance. He raised his head and finally saw the man he had come to Fengling City to meet. The man looked even more aged than he had imagined.

The thought that her child would have a place to play filled her with immense satisfaction.

“Suit yourself! Although I, the Third Fire Young Master, am not as outstanding in martial arts or as brilliant as Xiao Yan, I have no trouble protecting myself against an opponent of equal strength!” Xiao Yan said calmly.

A Luolin’s voice came from ahead, though Hua Yueling still saw no sign that the road was about to end.

Strictly speaking, this was the first true expert Ye Zhong had encountered since arriving in this world. Compared with the young man he had beaten earlier, this person was more than a hundred times stronger.

Long Ling realized that his other self had struck the heart of the matter with every word. After thinking it over, he understood that he used the Bridge of Helplessness whenever he encountered even the slightest threat. It had already become a habit.

“What about me?” An Qin rose to her feet, her floor-length skirt spreading in a graceful arc. It was obvious, however, that it would be inconvenient to wear while traveling.

One by one, treasures and immortal materials were identified. Every single one was astonishing enough to shake the world. If even one of them were to appear in the mortal realm, it would unleash a bloody storm and drive people mad. There were even many treasures whose names no one could identify.

Only after Gu Qiu brought out the Condensing Source vehicle did he realize that the place Aoque had led him to was a desolate underground cavern. At the far end of the cavern stood an underground secret chamber guarded by several hundred people.

The centuries-long struggle between the Ghost Valley Sect and the Netherworld Church was known to every major sect with a history of a hundred years or more. As for the Hundred Flowers Valley, which had been ranked alongside them as one of the three great hidden sects, it had vanished completely from the world’s sight after the war between the two factions.

Did even a token of affection have to be so expensive? At that moment, I felt as though I had encountered a swindler. Stammering, I asked, “You… what do you want? Tell me first….” An alarm rang loudly in my heart, as if something terrible were about to happen.

Although every disciple of the Mad Saber Sect wielded the Gale Saber Technique with consummate skill and unpredictable changes, they were helpless against these steel-and-bronze golems with their sturdy sinews and bones.

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Brilliant radiance flowed around Lu Yun as the power of chaos erupted, and dazzling light instantly spread throughout the entire space. The scarlet glow released by the fierce demons all around him was immediately suppressed and dimmed beneath his forceful, domineering aura.

“Condensing Source crystals—vast quantities of Condensing Source crystals. I need a great deal of them to set the drifting vessel in motion,” Gu Qiu said.

After hearing this, Chen Xing grew even more worried. Being captured would at least have given them a definite target; now that she had simply vanished, they did not even know where to begin. He could only silently hope that she was safe.

No one is born with a predetermined nature. The way a person understands the world is also shaped by that person’s experiences in life.

Meanwhile, in Meilong City, Duan Wufeng grew braver with every battle, but he lacked Lü Chen’s far-reaching vision and endless stratagems. As a result, he was tormented by the forces infiltrated by the various factions.

Zhong Sixin seemed almost eager for him to do it, pressing her entire body against him.

“All right, you… impostor. How do you prove that you are Muhammad?” Wu Yong suddenly pointed at Muhammad’s nose.

Qu Zhonghuan had asked only in passing. He had never expected Physician Wang to actually have ties to the Wang family. That was certainly intriguing.

Even during Zhu Jue’s most impoverished days as a Danhua servant, he had gone to great lengths to collect storage bags, beast-taming tablets, and other precious items for it.

But in the brief moment he turned around, the furious vampire guard seized the collar of the zombie orc.

He remembered the Phoenix Consort’s final words. Whom had she meant by “we”? The Phoenix Consort and the Wa Sovereign? Or even more beings—the Great Emperors who were presently deep within the river of time and space, as well as the Netherworld Great Emperor and Lady Houtu?