Volume 1, Chapter 46: To think she wanted to stab her in the back right before dying!

"Greetings, Your Fourth Highness."

Xiangzhu stepped back two paces and bowed to Zhao Ye.

Suppressing the impulse to help Xiangzhu up, Zhao Ye murmured an acknowledgment of the courtesy, then raised his hands in a salute to the Empress. "Mother."

The Empress chided lightly, "Ye'er, you are becoming far too unmindful of propriety."

"Your son accepts Mother's reprimand."

"And my brother is truly too much! I merely toyed with a couple of cheap maidservants, yet he actually threatens to drive me out of Zhaoling!" Zibai muttered inwardly, full of grievance.

Time was money. While this Molten Life Gold Source was elevating her rank, it conveniently possessed the property of repairing bones—truly killing two birds with one stone.

How could a mortal like Lin Luohu possibly contend with an attack of this spiritual nature? The moment he was struck, he collapsed to the ground in agony, clutching his head frantically as he writhed in torment.

Early on, whenever they suffered grievances at Chu Wuxu's hands, they would sneakily seek him out and beat and curse him.

The sound of the Great Dao was not a literal sound, but a powerful mandate of heaven and earth that acted directly upon the spiritual platform. Upon hearing it clearly, Xu Nian was suddenly struck with astonishment.

"Since Sister-in-law Yan said five days will suffice, then five days it is! I await your good news!" Yu Zhijun's eyes shone with excitement.

Su Meihua let out a cold, derisive laugh. She had thought it was some deeply affectionate bond, only for him to toss it aside upon a whim. Yet right then, Su Meihua did not bother mocking Hong Zhiyong, presumably feeling that ridiculing him was quite meaningless anyway.

Watching Li Qiang close in on her, Wang Qian felt utterly terrified. She swallowed hard and stepped backward, inch by inch.

"Abbot Tanzhi, the imperial court has issued decrees stating that Buddhism harbors all sorts of filth and possesses a poor reputation. Most temples in this day and age are places where fish and dragons mingle, with true, highly virtuous monks who have mastered the Dharma being exceedingly rare."

Seeing this spectacle, everyone in the academy could not help but swallow hard. It was far too bloody and brutal! This was the very first time they had ever witnessed such a ferocious scene.

Four of the crates were filled with various weapons. Be it a saber or a shield, every single one possessed a remarkable pedigree, clearly showing them to be legendary divine armaments collected by Yang Su through the ages. Taking any single one of them would make it a coveted treasure of every martial artist's dreams. The remaining crates were packed to the brim with gold bars and all manner of priceless, exotic treasures.

Now only the brother and sister remained in the household. While Wen Yu was consumed by anger, she also felt utterly helpless; that sense of being completely unsupported in a foreign land washed over her once more.

She was someone most adept at reading the wind and turning with the tide. Such a prime opportunity to win Ning En's favor was certainly not to be missed.

Su Xinghe was already intimately familiar with the myriad transformations of this game of chess and every single move it entailed, and he immediately responded with a black piece. Duan Yanqing pondered for a moment and played his move.

Otherwise, with the combat prowess of someone at the Heavenly Origin realm like her, how could she have emerged completely unscathed from the violent onslaught of Yamato Sakuto's crescent-shaped energy cluster and Zhou Sicong's Nine-Arrow Star-Trace Bow barrage, only to have her HP plummet so drastically from such an unremarkable physical strike?

Ye Feng's face flushed red. How could he not realize that the accidental encounter with the sweeping monk, which he had deliberately engineered, had already been seen through by the venerable monk? Shame and embarrassment overwhelmed Ye Feng, though he failed to notice that a fleeting look of sorrowful reminiscence had flashed across the sweeping monk's eyes.

Everyone in the world knew that the Jiang family maintained rigorous family discipline, and the descendants they raised were without exception benevolent, kindhearted, and strictly observant of the rules. Jiang Xuanjin was the most outstanding among them all—one who consistently ignored personal grievances and cared only for the greater affairs of the imperial court.

"I have no family," Ye Li said simply, refusing to utter another word no matter what questions the lawyer asked her.

She let out an instinctive shriek and tried to back away, but having stood by the window the entire time, the moment she moved her body she collided against the windowsill, leaving her with nowhere to escape at all.

Had she been an ordinary cultivator at the mid-stage of Deity Transformation, contracting such a massive dose of Aphrodisiac Powder, her mind would likely have been derided of all clarity long ago.

"Don't go getting any ideas. Master Liu, you've already reeled in your first fish, while I haven't even started yet!" Chen Yu said with a helpless smile.