Chapter 25: A House Prepared for Her

Gu Fangyu looked at his handsome face leaning in and instinctively pressed her hand against his chest. Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, yet not a single viable excuse for refusal presented itself.

"What is it? Are you moved because Xie Chenhao went so far as to break off his engagement for you and risked everything to elope with you?" Gu Hanchen narrowed his eyes, his probing gaze sharp and piercing.

Her hand against his chest...

Although this so-called charge of espionage might not necessarily lead to a conviction for Xu Fang, it would undoubtedly trigger violent volatility for Shiweitian International in the stock market.

My echoing hoofbeats were a beautiful mistake, but your rhythmic footsteps were a belated alarm.

Those who break the barrier of essence possess immense strength; those who break the barrier of energy wield boundless power; and those who break the barrier of spirit hold infinite possibilities. This is the primary reason why the Barrier-Breaking level is so vastly superior to the Internal Qi Ejection level.

Rubbing my chest, I let out a long breath, finally understanding why this boss was able to send me flying so far with a single strike earlier.

Each step up the staircase felt like ascending a new heaven; the pressure multiplied several times over, as if I were carrying the weight of several stars on my back. A sensation of impending explosion surged through my entire body.

Xuan Yuanze was confused. It seemed his father intended to punish him in front of their ancestors. With his head hung low in dejection, he followed the old man to the ancestral hall. Inside, the hall was filled with the lingering smoke of incense, honoring generations of kin, with fruits and offerings laid out upon the altar table.

Therefore, Murong Chen did not immediately lead his troops to attack the sacred mountain before him. Instead, he tidied his gear and appearance, donned a set of ceremonial armor, and prepared to visit the mountain accompanied by a few alien guards acting as his personal retinue.

After a long silence, the Emperor of Jin slowly stood up, turned around, scanned the crowd below the altar, and glanced at the cultivators hovering in the air.

"You all are too much; I'm not talking to you anymore!" Hao Xin felt incredibly wronged. With a tearful expression, she tried to use her face to stop them from continuing, but the fiery gazes of A, B, C, D, and Zhu Jun made it impossible for her to go on, so she rushed back to her office.

Then, he added, "There is no rush!" The man who claimed there was no rush suddenly pulled her into the back seat of the car the very next second.

Following this, Song Yang greeted everyone in French, Italian, Greek, and other languages, drawing gasps of amazement from the scientists.

Xie Chong was young, promising, and suave, with a serious and diligent approach to his work. He had many ideas and was eager to achieve great things in this unfamiliar land.

"The Embroidery Maiden you harbor is a rarity even within the Department of Occult Countermeasures. If you are willing to disclose what you know, you can avoid being held in the Occult Prison for punitive detention."

This order prompted him to immediately begin disguising himself as a merchant ship. This was his greatest specialty, along with his long-practiced skills in framing others and sowing discord—the very tactics he had used to build his fortune from the start.

Liu Mingxi suddenly laughed, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably as if he could not stop, and soon the laughter turned into a boisterous roar.

More importantly, County Magistrate Xu had been parachuted in primarily to polish his resume. Even a mighty dragon struggles against a local tyrant; having fought alone for so long, he was in desperate need of a successful policy to establish his footing.

However, the mist rising from the old man's hair was no ordinary water vapor; it was condensed from strands of pure vitality.

Yet, Song Yuan, standing in the open, had sharp eyes. In an instant, he fixed his gaze on the wooden screen decorated with an ink-wash landscape painting. Through a gap, Yun Xiao'er met his eyes—that cold, stern look was as sinister as a phantom in the dead of night.

In the end, the first match of the kendo competition concluded with Zhang Liang conceding defeat.

After a battle, disciples of the Blood Demon Sect can retain some of the physical enhancement effects from the combat. Although the retention is minimal, over time, their bodies grow larger and sturdier than those of ordinary people.