Chapter 60

Elder Gu attached great importance to mentoring the younger generation in the jade trade. In the past, he frequently traveled to various jade associations to give lectures or take on apprentices, so many people knew him.

"Just asking casually, out of sheer curiosity," Zhao Zixian brushed it off with a laugh. Suddenly, the car gave a jerk and then came to a complete halt—it had broken down.

Suyu hastily rose to her feet as Hongli walked in. Seeing him, Suyu prepared to pay her respects, but Hongli reached out and pulled her up. Qiuruo and Yunrou wisely withdrew upon seeing this scene.

Xue'er, her eyes blindfolded, watched the dim twilight give way to pitch darkness. Yet, if she wished to see Shan Tianying, this was her only option. After all, the place she was now heading to involved deep imperial secrets, things that even Xuanyuan Ye would never dare to reveal to her openly.

A powerful warrior brimming with battle aura like A Liang forcefully suppressed his rising anger. Naturally, this inflicted a severe shock on his body. Although his physical state returned to calm, he seemed to be trembling incessantly.

Entering the cavern, bursts of fierce, pitch-black gales assaulted them, so blindingly fierce that one could barely open their eyes. Fortunately, neither of them was an ordinary mortal. Nangong Aotian closed his physical eyes and relied solely on his mind-eye, while Gu Chen—employing some unknown mystical technique—saw his red eyes turn jet black, with wisps of black thread weaving around his body to block the harsh gales outside.

The greater Xuanyuan Ye's inner anger grew, the calmer he appeared on the surface. He was as tranquil as a deep pool, bottomless, with turbulent undercurrents churning beneath.

After finishing her examination, Jiang Mingyue came out, her eyes crinkling into deep crescents. It was evident that she was very fond of the child. Walking up to Qiao Song, she took her hand and showered her with affectionate praises as an elder sister, which only made Qiao Song feel increasingly guilty.

With the bustling crowd and heavy foot traffic, it was utterly impossible to pin down any criminal suspects using standard investigative techniques like lifting fingerprints or footprints.

The lead undercover operative made another hand gesture, and the other three operatives instantly understood. One by one, silver needles slipped from their sleeves directly into their fingertips.

After all, among those sent down to the countryside over the years, aside from the few recruited back to the cities by factories, the vast majority had never returned.

Chen Yating's expression was remarkably calm. When identifying the crime scene where Zhang Zixuan was murdered, she spoke as casually as if she had merely slaughtered a chicken.

Those cold eyes, coupled with the chill radiating from deep within his body, made Mo Chunwan feel that this man's temperament was at times even colder and more rigorous than Senior Sister Yue Wuning's.

Under extreme stress, Zhang Erhe's fists were already stained with blood, while Song Tiejun slumped limply on the ground, his nose completely flattened from the beating.

This was the power of knowledge. A skilled master craftsman could earn tens or even hundreds of yuan a month, matching the salary of a factory workshop director.

As the livestream bullet comments buzzed with opinions and a fierce debate raged on, the guests left the main hall one after another.

What they had done was unknown to Jiang Yu. Seeing that her mother-in-law had no intention of elaborating, she chose not to probe further.

Whether it was the tip of the spear, the shaft, or the seemingly unsharpened body of the weapon, at this moment every part transformed into a lethal instrument imbued with immense destructive power. Wielding it, Lin Ze was truly invincible and unstoppable, with not a single enemy capable of withstanding even a single blow from him.

Thirdly, the planets in the entire One Piece world were structured such that the landmass of the Red Line formed a vertical ring encircling the spherical planet, while the Grand Line and the New World formed a horizontal ring around it. These two intersecting rings divided the entire planet into four major sea regions: East, West, South, and North.

Having avenged his earlier humiliation by the white macaque's blunt rebuff, the fox strode back into the cave without looking back, leaving behind a cave full of grimacing, tooth-baring monsters and the old white macaque.

The three gemstones were breathtakingly exquisite, with peculiar radiances brewing deep within their cores, emitting a mesmerizing glow.

"Selling wine?" Luo Jinghao felt a slight dizziness washing over her. It wasn't just this table; numerous villagers from Lin Village had come over to toast her. Although Ye Lie had helped her consume the majority of it, she had still genuinely drunk quite a bit.

"What is wrong? You're asking me what is wrong? Wasn't it agreed long ago that we would spend the Chinese New Year in Dingyuan City this town and not return to the village? Why are you suddenly backing out just because Lin Yuxiu is back?" Hearing Lin Yongmin's question, Xiuzhu retorted with annoyance.

What made Wu Ming feel a sense of pity was that this world shared intricate, myriad connections with the Doraemon universe.

"What are you trying to do?" Tshamit sensed the changes in the external environment, and feeling a rising sense of unease and doubt, could not help but voice his question.

"Fifth Sister, thank you. If not for you, our entire family might have burned to death." Once he finally relaxed, Lin Yongde, a grown man, suddenly burst into tears.

"I don't understand the market for orchids either. I only know that certain rare varieties can fetch astronomical prices, so I won't guess. Just tell me directly," Luo Jinghao said, shaking her mother's arm.

A Hei looked at her silently before finally putting the dishes down. Ah Tie and Mother Xu were also full of curiosity, wondering what she wanted to say.

"Since when has my lady learned the art of divination?" Marquis Su frowned, wondering if the blow had been too heavy and driven his wife out of her mind.

During the New Year celebration, when she brought Xu Yaohua into the palace to pay her respects, Shi Hui discovered that the Empress seemed to harbor a strong aversion toward Xu Yaohua. This was likely because the Xu family had previously harbored intentions of sending Xu Yaohua into the imperial harem, arousing the Empress's jealousy. After all, capable as Noble Consort Wang might have been, there had never been any talk of her becoming Empress, whereas Xu Yaohua had previously spoken with absolute certainty that she would be installed as Empress.

"I felt a bit curious about him. After everyone else had left, I pulled out the cabinet drawer and quietly unzipped the body bag."

However, the sword qi unleashed by Qiya was over four zhang long, which meant he would miss the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow. Dong Lixian, possessing sharp situational awareness, would inevitably step in to rescue him, and this distance was sufficient for his own sword qi to fly across and intervene.