Volume 1, Chapter 23: Yuanyuan Hurts So Much

In a flash, cold glints swept across the imperial court and out beyond the palace gates. With a series of dull thuds, more than a dozen corpses hit the ground.

"Since you refuse to listen to me, I will beat you until you do!" With an angry roar, the dense energy of "Burning to Ash" erupted, colliding with the ultimate moves of Palkia and Dialga, pushing their attacks back several meters before they exploded.

Watching the faint smile on Hu Xiu's face, a sense of growing mystery began to well up in everyone's hearts. A quick glance around revealed nothing but impenetrable clouds and mist, followed by a silence so profound it was terrifying.

Ke Ziqi looked somewhat dejected. He had expected that seeking out this fellow would be futile, yet he had still taken the gamble. He had already sent men to closely monitor the movements of the Luo family, but matters were becoming increasingly suspicious, and he was losing his composure.

"Since this matter is concluded, Xuanyuan shall not linger and will take his leave now." Having spoken, the Yellow Emperor turned and departed from the Heavenly Court.

They possessed no demonic cores, but rather a type of "Soul Core." They scraped by on the soul energy transmitted from these cores, making them more akin to spiritual entities, though they were not transformed from humans.

His marksmanship was not particularly exceptional within the military, but it was more than enough to deal with these gangsters; he could basically eliminate one enemy with every shot.

Seeing that it was the snow-covered Houtian and Lance who had stepped into the cave, they immediately retracted their offensive stances and walked toward them.

Muttering to himself, Xuan returned to the shore and moved about for a while, quietly assessing his current strength in his mind.

Even after Houtian and the others arrived, the Feathered Beast clan led by Yin Sheng—even those giant eagles that had suffered no casualties—were exhausted to the point of collapse. They all descended from the sky and landed behind the blood-soaked beastmen of the Aiquia tribe. It was—absolute safety—a move that drew disdainful looks from many of the Aiquia tribe's beastmen.

Hu Sheng pulled Yang Qian'er behind him, holding the Sun-Shooting Bow in his left hand and drawing a Sunset Arrow from his back with his right. He pulled the string and fired at the charging soldiers.

Bai Xi started to speak but could not continue; she instinctively covered her mouth with both hands. The very hypothesis was something she dared not even imagine, let alone voice.

"Since when is it your turn, you bitch, to call the shots on my turf?" As soon as He Jing finished speaking, someone hurried to drag Ma Kaili away.

***

Su Jinxie finished speaking and lowered her head to eat breakfast, while Su Jinru, watching her sister, began to eat as well.

Before long, amid a series of rumbling explosions, Ling Feng’s voice, filled with extreme surprise, rang out.

Looking at the closed door, Chen Manman suddenly felt that since her relationship with Yang Jianbang had made such rapid progress, her skin had begun to grow thicker.

Her bright, moon-like eyes opened wide, her red lips parted slightly, and Zhao Yanrou gave a sharp cry. As she twirled her staff, thunder and lightning suddenly erupted, and a torrential downpour began to fall from the sky.

As their lover plummeted, his companions decisively caught him.

Just as Qing Ying and Wu You were conversing, a heaven-shaking roar suddenly echoed from afar.

Yet, to everyone's surprise, after only a few breaths, the figures of Elder Song Yan and Bai Hai shot out abruptly from the earthen tunnel, planting themselves firmly before the four hulking men.

The five "Faint Vitality" and two "Abundant Vitality" entries within his sea of consciousness had also been cultivated and consumed one after another.

The Jie Sect did not forbid its disciples from forming romantic bonds, but Duobao Daoist felt that such a thing happening to the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit was truly inappropriate—or rather, not a good thing at all.

The most critical point was that from Zhao Junhao's attitude alone, he could see that the Zhao family did not regard the Song family as anything at all.

In a few days, Qin Ming would be heading to the branch sect of the Lingyu Gate in the Cloud Waste Marshes. Even though it was not far from the marketplace, he would still need to pilot a flying boat to get there.

Even if Lin Cijin came to visit him, he would usually leave as soon as the visit ended and would basically never stay for a meal.

It was because Liu Ruobai was photographed and stalked on his turf that such a massive scandal ensued later.

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The news that the Song family had picked up the wrong child spread throughout the entire upper-class social circle in mere days.

At the Cat's Paw clothing store, original designs that cost more than one yellow beast crystal were few and far between.

Lin Weilong was sturdy and healthy; being manipulated by a sickly weakling like me made him quite furious, and he struggled hard, leaving my pant legs covered in footprints.

She instinctively looked down, only to see the ground beneath her feet suddenly cave in, and a somewhat familiar, terrifying fluctuation entered her perception.

With that, the procedural matters were successfully completed, and the Ninja Academy was finally finished.

Lin Chu looked stunned. Liu Ji caught this expression clearly, and he became even more convinced that Lin Chu had been deliberately trying to scare him earlier.

Because the two of them had not been on guard in advance, they fell squarely to the ground without any struggle. It was painful, and both of them immediately saw stars. Fortunately, they landed on their backsides and didn't break any bones. Perhaps the two burly men had held back; they likely only wanted to teach them a lesson and had no intention of causing lasting injury.

Just as he finished pleading for mercy, Dou Wei saw this dark-faced brother nudge his chin toward the young man who was still entangled with Yao Beina on the stage.

A shattered jade bottle was faintly visible on the ground, and as it broke, a white, round bead rolled to the bedside.

But what about this year? They had to live in an old house that hadn't been inhabited for years, a place that was simply not meant for humans; aside from rats, bats, wild cats, and cockroaches, perhaps only ghosts would go there.