Volume One, Chapter 100: Confrontation in Court

The Heiress Goes Rural: Mastering Science and Winning Hearts Ling Nanyi 1166 words 2026-02-09 14:16:22

Did the design institute catch fire?

“And the battleship? Is the project still going on?” Yuan Yanzhou pressed.

“We got it. It’s right here!” Zhao Xueyin said with a smile, pointing to her left shoulder, near the wing on that side.

Hearing Link’s words, Mu Chun’s mood visibly darkened for a moment. Still, as a spoiled dandy, he had to possess enough of that easygoing, fate-accepting optimism.

Another was a pure green water-attribute spirit stone, looking somewhat like flawless emerald from Earth.

And when Blackbeard’s crew saw the Thousand Sunny soar straight into the sky, they were once again astonished: the Straw Hat crew had escaped in yet another bizarre way.

Both sides were badly wounded and clearly could not survive. It was impossible to tell who would be the final winner. Though the wolf demon had broken free of its shackles, it had bled too much. The entire ground was soaked in wolf blood, and the floating bones had become a pool of crimson carnage.

Lessons on these subjects were available in the streaming section, and only a small amount of magic stones was needed to learn them. Unfortunately, all such instruction was in Median, and Lindy had not even begun studying that language, so even if he wanted to learn, he had no way to do so.

Qin Yue did not understand why such a mutation had occurred in his body, but his instincts demanded it, and even he could not resist.

The two gems set into the Infinity Gauntlet suddenly blazed with blinding orange and yellow light.

“Yes, it is indeed only a slight fever, nothing serious. But he’s sweating so much because of Onii. With such a thick coat on, in such a warm house, and with a quilt on top of that—if it were you, you’d be sweating even more,” Maki said helplessly.

The ancient Greek pantheon might not care all that much about Earth. After all, the legends of the ancient Greek gods had once been severed on Earth, but the tales of Hell had never ceased; the legends of Hell had remained constantly active there.

Although Fengying had dispelled their doubts, what he said was not without reason. Lord Xingxiu certainly had a way to learn about the outside world.

Thus, although she did not have many admirers under her skirts, she still had the most. Moreover, she did not completely indulge her body; at most, each man she took an interest in could sleep with her for one night.

This young man wore his hair short, no more than four fingers high, every strand standing stubbornly upright. At that moment, his gaze fell straight to the bottom of the pool, where there lay a mountainlike heap of purple crystals: soulstone essence.

Su Muyang thought it over and agreed. Though the Flower Shadow Palace and the Mysterious Yin Sword Sect had not pursued them, if he continued toward Green Rock Mountain, there would surely be demonic cultivators lying in ambush along the way, blocking and hunting him down. Worse still, other sects’ demonic cultivators might be drawn by the news. Blood Flame Palace and the Rakshasa Sect had already been pursuing him without respite.

As soon as Mo Xing heard this, he immediately guessed that those two groups should be from the Imperial Heavenly Snake Clan and the Five Venom Peak.

A series of harsh metallic scraping sounds rang through heaven and earth, and the black demonic qi surging around the giant’s body melted bit by bit the instant it came into contact with the faint light.

The two of them had recently left the Royal Military Academy to train, after all. Staying in the academy too long and living a life cut off from the world was not good for cultivation. Yet they had never expected to run into Zhou Gang, who then brought men to abduct them here.

After Ruan Mianmian and Ci You sent Madam Mo back to her room, they walked outside without even opening an umbrella.

And in the East Sea, such things were strictly forbidden by law. Thus, peace still largely held in these waters. Only acts such as poaching could not be entirely avoided. Though the Dragon Palace sent sea demons to patrol the waters day and night, even they could not completely prevent such incidents.