Volume 1, Chapter 31: The Fifth Person of the Holy Land!

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At that moment, Chu Tianxing stared at the Demon-Binding Banner, which blotted out the sky, and could not help frowning deeply.

The black banner suddenly expanded to an enormous size, covering the sky above the martial arena.

The words “Demon Binding” were painted upon it, surrounded by ancient blood-colored patterns, and it spun ceaselessly overhead.

Both the Demon-Slaying Sword Formation and the Demon-Suppressing Stele could be forcibly shattered with overwhelming power.

The Demon-Binding Banner, however, seemed impossible to break through by force.

Whoosh!

Chu Tianxing tried taking out the Demon-Locking Pagoda. Controlling it with the Pagoda-Commanding Art, he sent it crashing toward the banner in midair.

The result was exactly the same as with the Demon-Slaying Sword’s strike: it passed straight through the banner without damaging it in the slightest!

The Demon-Binding Banner seemed to be...

Fan Yiyi was utterly despondent. She felt that her world was once again turning gray and collapsing. The life she had planned, and the future she had envisioned, had all been thrown off course by Situ Jingliang’s return.

Dressed in a blue robe and with his features slightly altered, Ling Wushuang left Jizhou City with Shang without the slightest difficulty.

Xi Mao also realized that Wang Caijun had nothing more to say to her. With tears glistening in her eyes, she could only turn and leave after being persuaded by her sisters.

It had only been half a month, yet she already missed him so terribly. If, in the future, he returned only once or twice a year as he had before, each time coming and going in great haste, how could she possibly endure it? What would she do then?

I asked Old Qiu the Third to go inside and fetch a sheet of red paper. I made a simple red envelope, placed two hundred yuan inside, sealed it, and then walked toward the home of Old Qiu the Third’s cousin.

Before her seventh uncle offended Yan Huai, her relationship with Lin Yuanzhi had not yet become as strained as it later did.

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I simply did not know how much weight a vow made in the wind truly carried, or whether the wind would scatter it without a trace.

Yun Yushu stood outside the door, beads of sweat gathering on his forehead. He was breathing slightly heavily, and in his hand he carried an insulated lunch bag.

If he truly liked her, if he loved her, he ought to be jealous. So what was the meaning of his chatting and laughing with Song Jincheng all this time?

Although they knew Liu Geng’s words made perfect sense, Zhu Peng and the other man still refused to awaken from their drunken dream of luxury and pleasure, clinging to a faint hope as they said,

When the two drove back to the hospital, they found that the nurses and doctors from the emergency department who were temporarily free had already lined both sides of the corridor.

It seemed that the Molten Dragon’s claw had actually missed! No wonder the Molten Dragon wore such an expression. Whoever it was, seeing its prey escape again and again would hardly be in a good mood. The Molten Dragon was no exception.

Chen Fan had never expected to encounter Xiao Ziyan’s mother here, much less that she would have managed to escape. The heart he had been holding in suspense finally relaxed. Yet after his initial delight, he suddenly knitted his brows, sensing that something was not quite right.

Zi Lingtian strode into the secret chamber, his crimson eyes flickering with a murderous intent that seemed capable of shaking the heavens.

The Golden-Banded Staff fell into the mortal realm and was discovered by an American boy, who brought it to the East. Along the way, he met Lu Yan and the others before counterattacking the Celestial Court, rescuing the Monkey King’s spirit, and defeating the War God Yujian.

Chen Fan took the iron rod, about a meter long, and immediately felt its weight sink into his palm. Clearly, it was no ordinary steel. He placed both hands on its ends and bent it with all his strength. The rod curved slightly, then returned to its original shape.

With Chen Fan’s current status and his face being the focus of gossip everywhere, he was recognized as soon as he arrived at the hotel. Obtaining a car was effortless.

Chen Fan was rendered speechless. Xiao Ziyan was simply too foolish and innocent. He had gone to great lengths to get the clothes for her, only for her to lose her nerve and refuse to wear them.

The elephant was honored as the guardian beast of the Nanfu Kingdom. Ordinarily, it appeared exceedingly docile, even clumsy and simple-minded. But only those familiar with its temperament knew how terrifying it truly was when enraged.

She was so moved that tears of gratitude filled her eyes, and she was about to speak when Li Danggui suddenly delivered a vicious kick, sending Su Xuerui stumbling to the side.

Following the players’ instructions, he gave it a try and discovered that the medicinal seedling’s growth rate had indeed increased more than a hundredfold.

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Ever since he learned that she was with Xu M深—he had not contacted her at all. Why had she suddenly sent him a message now?

Whenever school let out, they could only run to the place where meals were prepared. By then, the entire floor would be occupied by students cooking, filled with noise and bustle.

Hu Shaobai’s broad grin had not yet completely faded when, in the blink of an eye, his expression changed to one of astonishment.

No matter how many branches appeared at the entrance, the two of them could dispatch them perfectly with a single sword strike each. They did not have to wait long before the resource robot sent by Fan Yu arrived.

Lan Yi remembered. When she had first entered high school, the school heartthrob—handsome, arrogant, and badly behaved—had taken an interest in her. She did not want a relationship, so she deliberately covered her entire face with fake pimples, frightening him into vomiting for three days and three nights.

Of course, all the people communicating online were those who did not possess a cerebral interface. Those who did possess one were examining the information displayed before them.

In truth, it was not only Lu Mingfei who had encountered the drifter Elishe; Tohsaka Rikka had encountered her as well.

Because he had to hurry to the Yuegui Marquis’s residence, Imperial Physician Gao swiftly wrote out a prescription for restorative treatment, gave Yun Shu a few instructions on proper care, and then hurried away.

When Bai Jie heard this, he immediately grew dejected. He lowered his head and slumped back onto the sofa, sighing once more. But the problem occupying his mind now was how to obtain some benefit from his brother-in-law.

In the eyes of others, they truly looked like a couple deeply in love. Their cloying intimacy was almost unbearable to watch.

The electric-motor technology of this era was limited. To achieve sufficient power, the motor had to be large enough; it could not be installed inside the table like the automatic mahjong tables of later generations. The only option was to mount the motor beneath the table.

Although Zhe Mu did not know whether it was true, he might as well take the man at his word. Besides, in twenty years, better soundproofing and sound-absorbing materials would probably have been invented by then.

This time, I signed around twenty trainees. After the great sorting, those who could withstand the brutal trials and remain until the end would be the true gems. Even if not a single one survived the ordeal and they were all eliminated, I would not feel sorry about it. At worst, I would recruit another batch and screen them again.

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