Volume 1, Chapter 29: An Unexpected Undermining

Qu Aran flipped through the ledger for a long time before setting it down.

"The day after White Dew, Iron Egg’s wife from the neighboring manor gave birth to a girl, and Qu Dianchu’s wife from our own manor had a boy. The next day, nothing. The third day, Willow Two’s wife from the south village had a girl, and in the east village..."

At this point, Qu Aran’s expression turned troubled. Qu Pan said, "Don't worry, Grandma. I only want to clarify one thing; I won't speak of it recklessly."

As the daughter of the Qu family head, Qu Aran trusted Qu Pan’s character, but still... Qu Aran looked toward Chu Hanliang. In her memory, Qu Pan and her husband had suddenly disappeared around the time of her delivery, and now that they had suddenly reappeared, the two seemed to be at odds with each other.

Meng Po’s words only added to the mystery, for Bai Li knew that after the collapse of the Three Realms, the cycles of reincarnation in the Underworld and the Heavenly Realm had become somewhat chaotic. Surprisingly, it was the Human Realm that remained relatively intact.

The Medicine Clan, however, refused to accept defeat. They boasted that in ten years' time, no one in the Nine Provinces would be able to challenge them in the art of alchemy.

"Has he finally arrived? Thor, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. My subordinate." Seeing Thor descend, Tang Tian merely watched from afar without saying a word.

Beyond the audience, there were the hosts. The hosts who had been absent during the afternoon rehearsal had finally all arrived. The eight hosts were all top-tier broadcasters or leading ladies from CCTV; one didn't even need to look at their faces—just their legs were enough to keep foot fetishists fantasizing for years.

Following the host's introduction, Jiang Bo slowly walked from the backstage door to the front of the stage. As he appeared, the audience offered their applause.

Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves, Lin Daoyuan waved a hand to stop Merlin, who was terrified and about to unleash a massive spell. Looking deeply at the "person" in front of him, Lin Daoyuan asked in a low voice.

"Child... the Haotian Tower is not a good thing... the soul beads of the Haotian Tower will only feed your endless desires and make you forget who you are... so, you must let it go to truly become yourself..." Meng Po’s eyes were filled with expectation as she looked at Bai Li.

Well, that’s a digression. In short, from the moment the quasi-sage Su Yi began plotting against the Shang State, the Shang State had never considered him a true friend. When it came time to betray him, they showed no mercy! One could only say that the quasi-sage Su Yi brought this upon himself.

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Bai Li knew this was clearly impossible. The Lionheart King had said that his body had been completely shattered in that battle.

However, this anomaly acted as a turning point, suddenly causing the previously calm and controlled scene to shift.

The moment he turned, dark currents surged within the vortex, and winds and clouds gathered between heaven and earth. A thick sense of threat enveloped everyone's hearts. Before Yang Hao’s voice had even faded, bizarre scenes suddenly unfolded.

The others only saw Officer Xie nodding repeatedly, his expression growing increasingly grave, and they felt a sense of bewilderment.

The reason it was called the Nirvana Pill was, as the name suggests, because it allowed a cultivator to be reborn, with an effect akin to a phoenix rising from the ashes, hence the name.

"That works too!" Regarding the request Lu Liuyun made, Ye Yi pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement. When he had rescued Lu Liuyun earlier, he had already seen that the injury on her back shoulder was indeed very severe; without bandaging and treatment, it would be difficult for it to heal quickly.

The two sides separated. Yang Hao gave him a cold smile and flashed forward with astonishing speed, only a notch slower than his opponent. Uncle Li immediately turned, only to see lightning surging on Yang Hao's palm; the overwhelming power left him deeply alarmed.

Clearly, in Xiao Lingyun's view, even if Ye Feng's strength was formidable, he shouldn't have entered the fray so early. After all, this was an arena match that allowed for numerical superiority and endurance-draining gauntlet battles.

Ye Feng simply sliced them into thousands of fragments without directly extinguishing their life force.

In front of everyone, Xuan Cang said arrogantly: "So you are Yang Hao. You defeated Lei Xiu and the others, causing them to lose face. I only hope you will apologize to them and compensate for their losses. Today, I can let bygones be bygones."

Xia Yuan and Ye Yuxuan were representatives of those who could easily crush novices. If they had been facing a professional team, they likely wouldn't have killed their way through with such ease, although the result might have been the same. It shouldn't have been this effortless.

Seeing Li Yang's situation, the crowd couldn't help but feel secretly anxious, as they could also see that Li Yang was in a precarious position.

"..." Lu Miaotian said nothing more. With a faint sigh and a shake of his head, he turned his gaze back to the battlefield.

That was easy to say, but the two families were enemies. Even as headstrong as the Old Matriarch Qin was, she had never seen such a spectacle. Her teeth chattered as she stammered, "You are right." With the arrow already on the bowstring, there was no room for her to retreat, nor was it possible for her to do so.

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Xia Qingluo suppressed the doubts in her heart and stopped looking at the God Emperor Feng Qing, flying instead toward the direction of the Underworld without looking back.

Overcoming the enemy's strength and maintaining better control—that was where the key power lay.

"Heh... in that case, I'll give you another mission: beat those troublemakers to a pulp so I can vent my anger!" It seemed Nangong Nayue held quite a grudge against those terrorists.

Such powerful combat strength, if it could be better harnessed, would certainly be the key force they needed to control in actual combat.

She knew he had plenty of money. What she owed Tai Zhengting was likely not even a drop in the ocean for him, but she could not bring herself to reach out and ask him for money.

The more one could achieve a certain level of combat prowess, the more one could naturally strive to keep the initiative of the battle in one's own hands.

"Because as long as a room is rented or purchased, NPCs cannot enter. As soon as they enter, they are teleported out." As he said this, Fang Bian came to Yui's side and sat down.

Although his temper had mellowed quite a bit since waking up in this era, he didn't mind looking back at the past occasionally.

In fact, Hong Bo had never been bullied by Zhu Hui because he couldn't beat him; it was simply that he didn't care to fight over it.

Hearing that non-human creatures could also seek wine, Han Chunyu felt a sense of curiosity. After bowing toward the four cardinal directions, she accompanied her husband toward the wine jar.

The disciples of Yuxu Palace had witnessed Han Tiande's fate and knew the power of this demonic fire. Upon seeing it, everyone was terrified and hurriedly used their movement techniques to dodge desperately.

After Lin Xiaofeng finished speaking, he took the initiative and swept a kick toward Xiang Dexin, who hurriedly raised his arms to block.