Volume 1, Chapter 42: The Wedding Night
Lou Hongling paused in her tracks just as she was about to move, and turned around to look at her suspiciously.玳瑁 (Hawksbill) stepped closer to her and said in a flat tone,
"Have you been getting a bit too close to His Majesty lately?"
Sure enough, she must have witnessed what happened just now. However, Lou Hongling's expression did not change at all as she replied with unfeigned composure,
"Really? You must be overthinking it."
The aristocratic youths behind Du Yuwei were all birds of a feather with her. Seeing Xingyue being mocked and insulted by Du Yuwei, they all wore expressions of watching a good show.
The three elders felt somewhat curious. Those dozen or so cultivators at the Core Formation stage possessed not-so-weak combat power; why were they fleeing in such panic? Could it be that something major had happened ahead?
Even the Fifth Elder of the Luoxuan Sect, who was also at the Nascent Soul stage, had been killed by Lin Ye; if they went, their situation would be just as perilous.
"It seems you cannot deny this point." Liu Lingshuang was amused. Wang Tian's expression at this moment was simply too funny. He wanted to refute but found himself unable to utter a single word. There was nothing he could do about it, because this was simply a fact.
Zhao Liushu nodded forcefully. She truly could not understand why Guo Cai could remain so calm at a time like this; it was simply too bizarre.
Madam Dou stood quietly to the side, taking in the full room of condolences with a calm gaze while keeping her lips sealed in silence.
She believed that no man was immune to beauty. As long as a man shared intimate moments with her on the bed, she was confident she could win the favor of any man.
To prevent them from running into his elder sister—just in case they happened to cross paths with her and got recruited by her—he had deliberately kept them away from any contact with his sister, using tall tales to bluff and intimidate them into staying away.
Lin Ye smiled and nodded, then pulled out a crystal bracelet from his person and handed it to Lin Xue.
Upon hearing Xiaoxiao's voice, Khaled's mind had gone completely blank. Logically speaking, Brother Lan wouldn't have done it on purpose to let him hear Xiaoxiao's voice, yet Xiaoxiao was indeed right there in the room. Could it be that Brother Lan had lied to him?
Although Imu described it nonchalantly, Vlad knew very well how heart-pounding those events truly were. To infiltrate the stronghold of a hostile faction and successfully abduct their most powerful weapon—one could easily imagine that such a feat required top-tier courage, boldness, and strength.
Manuel I looked toward the port of Lisbon. Amidst the bombardment of artillery fire, the entire harbor had descended into complete chaos. Looking further out to sea, one could see tattered Portuguese warships hoisting white flags.
He had heard of the Ming family before. If the Xu family was the leading enterprise in Liangcheng, then the Ming family was the king of the shadows.
Then, he recounted without reservation everything Wang Xingxin had done after arriving in the Tang Dynasty. Upon hearing this, Zhangsun Xiu was immensely astonished, and the way she looked at Wang Xingxin completely changed. She had never expected that the husband her father had chosen for her would be such an extraordinary talent.
He gulped down another mouthful, instantly feeling a burning sensation in his stomach. He had drunk the wine far too hurriedly, which was truly a bit much for him to bear, forcing him to put down his cup and start eating the dishes instead.
Suddenly, countless brave men rushed out from all four directions, surrounding the men in white robes and the two foreign monks in the center.
Hearing the busy tone, Li Weiyin could not help glancing upstairs. This person truly inspired fear in everyone; she just wondered what earth-shattering deeds he had committed before she came to know him.
With the capital in turmoil over the past few days, Jin Cuilian had been worrying constantly upon failing to see Lu Ping return. Now, seeing that he was safe and sound yet disguised as another man, she knew in her heart that he must have committed a monstrous crime.
"The Fifth Destiny!" As Lian Haiping chanted silently in his mind, the beam of the crossbow bolt flashed and flew back. On the repeating crossbow, the body of the azure-blue unicorn relief showed a faint line of blood—this appeared as the crossbow bolt absorbed the power of the fierce beast.