Initiative

It is truly unexpected that the Yushan Sect would collude with the Luofu Palace, the premier sect among the demonic cultivators, all to replace the Qikun Sect. Once this is made public, it will undoubtedly draw the contempt of all practitioners of the Dao.

"So what? Since you are no longer afraid of them knowing, what would happen if you were to spell it out to the official's face? Must you still put people to the trouble of mobilizing a grand investigation?" said Cheng Qian.

This corridor was an unavoidable thoroughfare, connecting the West Garden with the Great Buddha Hall. It was naturally an ideal spot to wait for Wu Chongqing to walk right into the trap. However, at this moment, most of the guests had gone to the plaza in front of the hall, leaving the visitors sparse and the corridor quiet and still.

In truth, Lu Nan had actually left behind a few thousand bills at the scene, claiming it was for Commander Chu to treat the military sub-district leaders to drinks. Mindful that there might be a next time, he also stealthily slipped two cartons of cigarettes and five hundred yuan to the two equipment management officers.

Pei Shiju looked at the surrounding ministers who remained silent and kept their heads bowed, refusing to speak. His brows furrowed deeply, and after a long while, unable to hold back any longer, he stepped out of the ranks and said, "Your Majesty, this minister believes that the issues of Liaodong and Eastern Tujue are not a matter of internal versus external, but rather of priorities and urgency! Liaodong is merely a territory acquired just after pacifying Goguryeo."

Lu Nan was like a mad tiger. Although beaten black and blue all over by Lu Dongguo, he clenched his teeth and remained utterly silent, grabbing a stone and hurling it about wildly. After taking a few vicious blows, with his head and mouth battered and swollen, Lu Dongguo gradually grew frightened.

To his utter surprise, the moment he stepped off the airplane, a world of ice and snow lay before his eyes, and the temperature had plummeted drastically all the way from the balmy five or six degrees Celsius above zero in the East China Sea down to some twenty degrees below zero.

With a point of his finger toward Lin Feng, the eyes of the elemental water dragon snapped wide open. A trace of spiritual intelligence flashed within its deep blue eyes, and with a sway of its dragon body, it lunged toward Lin Feng with a swoosh.

For the seasonal paddy-field fish farming project, Li Yang had cultivated several aquaculture experts who were both professionally skilled and diligent; there should be no difficulties—killing two birds with one stone, that is precisely what this means, isn't it?

Jars of liquor stored in the cellar were smashed one by one throughout the estate. The leaping yellowish-red flames rapidly spread and raged fiercely, completely turning the residence into a sea of fire.

The next day, upon hearing that Xue Rengui's army had arrived outside the city walls, An Dianbao's subordinates, Lantian Bi and Lantian Xiang—two unruly and untamed warrior generals—were the first to request permission from An Dianbao to do battle. Having absolute confidence in the martial prowess of these two loyal brothers who had followed him for so long, An Dianbao readily dispatched the two of them to meet the enemy.

The giant tiger was surrounded by sword qi resembling a rolling tidal wave. Despite charging left and right, the giant tiger simply could not break out of the encirclement of the sword qi.

Buliugu Xia was a man of great resolve. Having decided to submit to the Great Sui, he harbored no further hesitation and thus asked straightforwardly without beating around the bush.

Yuan Shao knew that Gongsun Zan's forces had arrived, so he also led his troops out. The two armies met on the Pan River: Yuan Shao's army positioned east of the Pan River Bridge, while Gongsun Zan's army was to the west of the bridge.

This could not entirely be blamed on Jin Haoxuan for lacking loyalty; today's events had simply filled him with incomparable excitement. Now that those annoying school board members had been dealt with, he could finally heave a long sigh of relief.

Yang Su waved his hand and hurled the soup bowl by the bedside, which narrowly missed the face of Yang Xuangan, who was kneeling before the bed.

The resounding success of his good friend filled Ye Bai with genuine joy. However, the Ye Kong below was in a rather conflicted state, because the soft legs resting on either side of his neck were gradually tightening—bringing Ye Kong a sense of softness and warmth, accompanied by an even richer, elegant fragrance.

They were speechless at this point, but knowing that Bahu needed their support, they figured they had no choice but to step forward.

Still, this jewelry store was the best in the vicinity, and its jewelry prices could definitely be considered "high-end luxury" in the eyes of ordinary people.

Unegui chuckled bitterly to himself. He had been taken down in three moves and two styles by the Abyss Fiend Naomi, lay in the Black Forest for an entire night, and had nearly lost his life—what glorious achievements could he possibly claim? Yet, the demons' reverence for heroes filled Unegui with immense astonishment. In Unegui's view, the demons' martial spirit being pushed to such extremes made them exceedingly difficult to deal with.

Along the way, the magistrates of most of the larger counties shared the same attitude as the magistrate of Guqilan. Conversely, when occasionally stopping overnight in a village, the villagers would discover Li Shengshou carrying his medicine pouch and would hurriedly seek out the village head for help.

"This... are you certain? Young Master Lu fled his wedding two years ago and has had no further contact with the Shi family since. Would he really offend the Shi family over Zui?" Steward Li felt this approach would not work.

Zhou Xue regretted it. Judging by her old man's expression, he truly seemed to wish she would immediately marry that bumpkin.

Ning Hongyi, frantic with exasperation, completely forgot the intense sense of moral transgression she had experienced only days earlier when she was hesitating between her husband from a past life and her fleeting romance in the present.

"If the only solution you can think of is for you to rush ahead and marry me, then would you be willing to marry me?" Shi Zuizui replied half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Following the conclusion of the second round of financing, Jiang Sheng bypassed a third round and directly consolidated his data to report to the China Securities Regulatory Commission in preparation for an initial public offering.

"Based on my observation, Zuizui, you are also deeply in love with President Lu, this overbearing CEO." Chengzi's voice rang in Shi Zuizui's ear.

At the same time, Ma Zhenguo could not fathom Ma Zhenbang's intentions. Looking at it from another perspective, human nature is inherently selfish; since Ma Zhenbang had received news that the soup was poisoned, from the standpoint of avoiding misfortune, Ma Zhenbang would certainly call it off—therefore, the soup could not possibly be poisonous.

An Ruo even suspected for a time that Wei Yan was afraid she might not manage the dishes for the Longevity Banquet properly, which was why he tirelessly ran over to Zhaoyang Palace to dine with her every single meal.

Upon entering the first floor of Qionglou, the sight that met the eye was An Ruo lying on the brick-bed, her eye sockets sunken and her face entirely devoid of color. Even if she was not dead yet, she certainly looked as though death was not far away.

Just as we completed this movement, the man-bear was already less than twenty meters away from me. I thought to myself that it was over, I was done for.

Without even glancing at it, Chen Feng threw the pill straight into his mouth without another word, crunched it loudly until it cracked, and swallowed it in a single gulp.

At that moment, the unexpected happened. Sure enough, in a split second, the sky grew dark.

The rules of the duel were simple: anyone who knocked their opponent off the platform, beat them to the ground, or caused their opponent to voluntarily concede defeat would be counted as the victor.

As the distance closed, the sound of clashing blades could faintly be heard. The two accelerated once more, and in no time at all, they reached the end of the corridor.

Mount Hua boasts countless wondrous ridges and sheer peaks, among which four are main peaks distributed across the four cardinal directions of east, west, south, and north. The Mount Hua Sect had established four courtyards upon these four main peaks, known respectively as the eastern, western, southern, and northern courtyards.