Chapter 57 Delicious

Fu Shuhua pushed the door open and appeared before me. He was holding a large bouquet of red roses, their petals still glistening with crystal-clear dewdrops, emitting an alluring yet eerie glow under the dim light.

The rich fragrance of the flowers filled the air, failing entirely to mask the suffocatingly oppressive atmosphere in the room. He tossed the roses casually onto the table, the stems scattering about. His gaze was icy, devoid of a shred of love, filled only with naked indifference and a desire for possession.

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Even though she had already asked for a divorce, Lei Ming's shadow remained ubiquitous in every corner of her life.

From afar, Jinzhuan and I watched as the two factions clashed, erupting into a massive group brawl.

"He offered up a silver mine in exchange for vengeance. I happened to be in need of money, so I granted his wish." Yuxi had never intended to hide this matter.

The maids throughout the room were somewhat surprised. They had assumed that the hairpins and rings Zisu had left behind were a special reward from their young mistress, and had not expected that even the second-rank maids would receive a share.

Those who possessed such "shade-probing" techniques were typically the third most important figures in a tomb-robbing syndicate, ranking just below the leader known as "Big Brother" and the yin-yang geomancer known as "Second Brother."

Upon returning to Clear Wind Hall, she simply tossed all the items she had received into a chest and never glanced at them again.

The next day was Monday. Early in the morning, after dropping Yang Ruolan off at school, Xu Ziling immediately returned to the National University of Defense Technology.

This fourth younger sister of hers rarely ever picked up a needle on ordinary days; teaching her to weave a decorative knot would usually drag on for ten days or half a month. Yet today, she had actually taken the initiative to want to learn.

Of the six travelers, only Ziyan and Luo Zhan possessed Sumeru pouches. One was used to store tents, clothing, wine, and other daily necessities along with spiritual herbs and immortal medicines gathered along the way, while the other was used to hold ferocious beasts.

Mo Fan and the fat Taoist priest already had bloodshot eyes. From the moment they witnessed human organ transplantation, they had imagined that Wu Yueban's condition could not possibly be good, but they had never expected the people of this sect to be so unimaginably cruel. One could well imagine that the torture Zuo Xin spoke of was merely the tip of the iceberg.

The soldiers of both armies were locked in melee combat. Fighting two against one, they traded blows in a fierce and anxious deadlock, neither side able to gain the upper hand anytime soon. Consequently, Xu Chu hoped to defeat Wei Yan in order to achieve the effect of driving back the Wuling army.

As for the five elders in the main hall, their expressions were a mix of anger, astonishment, and helplessness... "The sect leader, the seven days have not yet expired; how could you leave the incense hall without authorization?" The First Elder was the first to speak up and question her, though the broken sword she held in her hand remained unretracted.

Since Kohler had just stated that he did not like Deikis, there was no longer any conflict between Dozer and Telle.

One had to admit that Luo Haotian's surprise move truly caught Brother Shi somewhat off guard. Previously, he had been somewhat puzzled as to why Luo Haotian and the others chose to make their move at the Jiangnan Poetry Gathering, but until this very moment, he finally understood that all of this was merely a ploy to deceive the public and cover their tracks.

In the end, they still needed to enter Canglong Prefecture to rendezvous with Qin Ya and Gu Hongchang, and set off for the Central Empire—the most spiritually dense cradle of the human race in the Tianwu Continent—to contend for the title of the New King of Alchemy.

Linzi had already been breached from within by Wu Shuo and was no longer an impregnable fortress; how could it possibly hold back the fiercely ferocious Wuling army?

Kuai Yue was the brain of Jingzhou, and regarding such a major matter, Liu Biao naturally sought out his opinion.

The so-called "Qi Pellets" involved using claw strength to compress a vast amount of inner energy and transform it into two vital-energy projectiles to bombard the enemy.

Next, we will skip recounting this repetitive process; everyone simply needs to understand how it transpired.

The ten divine generals, each wielding a halberd, formed a circle and resonated with one another, creating an arcane, silvery-white halo of light.

Compared to Reichenau, Keitel, the recipient of the new "hound" title, seemed much better at intuitively grasping Reinhardt's directives and formulating the most appropriate and optimal plans.

After the inner demons of the corrupted gambler leader finished speaking, upon seeing that the giant bat leader on the sixth level of the Wild Goose Pagoda had already arrived right before him, he even raised his two claws as if intending to scratch him.