Chapter 44: Making Trouble

The township hospital lacked proper conditions, falling far short of the custom-tailored private rooms Fu Shuhua was accustomed to.
The ward was small and somewhat cramped, with peeling paint on the walls and a faint scent of medicine lingering in the air.
A crude hospital bed stood in the center of the room, upon which Fu Shuhua half-reclined, his hand wrapped in bandages.
He leaned sideways against the bed, and even with a pale complexion, he still wore a condescending smile, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly as if exerting...
Sipping his juice, he made a phone call to Angus and the others, telling them to come pick him up tomorrow, and then hung up.

Underneath her feet, the farmland had vanished, replaced by rugged and uneven terrain. A few dwarf trees and bushes dotted the surroundings, and the landscape began to rise and fall in undulating waves. She had been completely unaware that she had run deep into the mountains.

The entire main street was desolate and chilling, looking as though a storm was about to break. Xie Dongya swept his gaze around; although it was already dark, this did not affect his vision in the slightest.

Wang Mu narrowed his eyes, his gaze locked sharply onto the dagger. No wonder this Taoist priest possessed such strength—it was all thanks to this dagger, which was indeed a fine magical artifact.

After submitting his bids, Ye Feng walked over to the nearest piece of rough jadeite with a sealed bid that had caught his eye. Thus, one by one, he inspected the reserve pricing conditions for all thirty or so pre-selected jadeite stones.

The Asura Sacred Ground was a place of nothing but slaughter, where death was the sole and absolute choice.

"My little ones, come out and say hello to your big brothers," Xie Dongya said in a clear, resonant voice, speaking at a leisurely pace.

A piercing scream suddenly drilled into Zhou Mao's mind, and at the same time, a snow-white figure entered his field of vision.

"Oh, cut it out. You aren't scooping up shrimp," said Lao Fu, who was standing behind Li Qiang. Blocked by the doorway, he had heard the rabbit's threat to Li Qiang from beginning to end, and before Li Qiang could even speak, he was already amused.

The monkey had no intention of using his own flesh and blood to touch the fellow's clumsy iron weapon. Instead, he swiftly reached back to thrust upward against the fellow's elbow, intensifying the upward momentum of the strike. If the fellow failed to change his stance, he would inevitably lose his balance and fall.

After Mu Beichen finished talking with his grandfather and returned to the room, he found it completely empty. Where had Wen Xin gone? Could she have left secretly by herself? Startled by his own thought, Mu Beichen muttered, "No way."

Upon hearing the word "kept-man," quite a few gazes turned toward them. People began to look at Ye Chenxing and Jiang Jingyue with curiosity, their faces etched with gloating smiles.

Ye Xue's eyes swept across the faces of the three men—Bone-Carver, Skin-Skinner, and Heart-Digger. She saw in their eyes a will as unyielding as solid rock, one that nothing could possibly shake.

It seemed they could only wait until all the materials were fully gathered and refined according to the method inscribed on the mask before the truth would be revealed.

Clearly, everyone present—aside from Yan Nanjing and Jiang Jingyue—looked down upon Ye Chenxing, especially when Lin Xuanzang's star soul manifested directly above Ye Chenxing's head.

"I'll call Chairman Tian and ask them to send some substitute drivers!" Xu Licai could no longer afford to worry about other matters and had to ask Chairman Tian for help once more.

Possessing exceptional martial arts and a first-rate intellect—such a person as Ye Xue had the aptitude and potential to become a world overlord, and such an individual was the strongest of all, without exception.

Her performance delighted Fei Rufeng. Perhaps realizing she had been a bit too proactive, Luo Qi quickly pulled her hand away from his grasp.

Su Xueyun raised her head to look at the dragon and phoenix candles, waving her hand to enclose them within a barrier. It was said that if the dragon and phoenix candles burned down together on the wedding night, the couple would remain deeply in love until old age. Now, enclosed by the barrier, the candles could burn undisturbed by external influences.

Yun Ze's executive assistants kept a close eye on everything happening below. As long as someone caused trouble in the company, regardless of their rank, they would be sent back immediately. Remembering this, the employees behaved with absolute obedience and could only torment Tong Guoguai through trivial work complications.