Volume 1, Chapter 44: Only a Single Solitary Shoot Remains

In today's alchemy competition, the very first round required the refining of lower-tier level three medicinal pills.

In a competition like this, anyone who usually had inconsistent performances was very likely to be eliminated.

Jiang Mobai's complexion had indeed been looking quite good lately, and his condition seemed to have recovered quite a bit. He didn't look as thin and frail as before, which allowed Jiang Shanying to feel somewhat more at ease.

The moment the two of them looked over, their eyes lit up instantly—no, to be precise, their eyes lit up the moment they caught sight of the jars of wine in each other's hands.

"Come, come, come, our Lin Yan, eat a little more," Qiao Li greeted Lin Yan with a somewhat awkward expression. This damned girl, she would definitely give her a good lesson later. She was truly becoming more and more ungrateful.

"Brother Chen, help me hold them off for a moment!" Tian Yi roared at Chen Jie, holding nothing back as his spiritual power surged fiercely and the wings behind him flapped unceasingly, causing the iron chains originally buried deep in the ground to be pulled up entirely by the roots.

Tao Zhi leaped onto Huaban's back, and Huaban's whole body began to emit a cyan glow. Tao Zhi knew that Huaban was starting to cast a spell.

"I..." Tao Zhi no longer knew what words to use to ease the awkwardness of the moment. After spitting out a single syllable, the rest of her words became abruptly and firmly stuck in her throat.

Xin Tong decided to lay everything out in the open first, lest any handles be left behind for gossip later, which would make things impossible to explain clearly.

"Wait, let me take a look. Hiss, isn't this stake of yours a bit too large?" Metis glanced at the schedule, and even she couldn't help sticking out her tongue in astonishment.

Yet who would have thought that You Ruolin possessed the sheer audacity to not only secretly bring rare treasures out of Yunchuan, but also dare to misappropriate his God-Inquiring Tripod.

Qu Fan had originally planned to sit down for a moment to scare Han Bing and then go back to work. But who would have known that the manager, seeing Qu Fan sitting down to eat with a group of people and assuming they were his friends, walked over.

Indeed, something she herself referred to as a terrifying war, as one could well imagine, could hardly refer to that mob of petty, despicable scoundrels led by Otrian.

However, this happened to pair well with Fan Wu's machine gun assaults. What Fan Wu wanted were half-dead enemies to serve as a source of soul power, while Fan Gui's iron chains seemed capable of infinite extension, stringing up the injured Blade Demons and hauling them back row by row—delivering them even faster than the fat man could.

"Madam Lin, judging by what you've said, your mother's illness is indeed quite serious. However, I need to diagnose her in person before I can know whether I have the certainty to cure her," Qu Fan said.

"I have a fierce warrior among my ranks." At the same time, Ma Su also understood Lu Su's true intent, held up a single finger, and spoke.

Ulyea said unhappily. With that, she curled the corners of her mouth and turned back to attend to her own affairs.

Fortunately, Lu Huanyi possessed good talent and was willing to endure hardship, and with personal guidance from the Sect Master of Canghai herself, she didn't fall too far behind. However, due to her physical condition, many cultivation techniques were beyond her learning, leaving her combat strength still somewhat lacking.

Upon entering the inner island, golden lightning arcs permeated the ground, but having been tempered by the thunder pool, Lu Xuan felt thoroughly refreshed.

Although the patricide was understandable under the circumstances and could be called a desperate measure taken under unavoidable duress, no one could explain whether Xi Cui harbored any unmentionable selfish motives. Having killed his father in the past, there was no telling what he might do in the future.

None of us spoke at the time, but then the campus belle suddenly broke the silence and said, "Did you see that? This is the person you like. I told you he couldn't be trusted, but you wouldn't believe me."

Wang Ya asked me where I had popped out from, and I lied to them, saying our class had finished early, I went to hand in an assignment, and just happened to run into them on my way out.

Lengzi was in the middle of harvesting his own crops outside the village when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.