Volume One, Chapter 37: The Vanished Village

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In an instant, the mountain of corpses and the stench-ridden graveyard before their eyes transformed into a beautiful wilderness of peach blossoms and green willows, with butterflies dancing through the air.

“Then let me tell you again: my Wei Hanchuan is simply cold by nature. Put plainly, his expressions are rather monotonous, but he is truly the kindest person there is.”

But now that matters had come to this, Han S素素 was, after all, her cousin. Outsiders could not be trusted, but one’s own cousin surely could.

An Jun was deep in thought and failed to notice that Wei Hanjue had already stopped. She walked straight into his broad, sturdy back, striking her nose hard enough to leave it throbbing faintly with pain.

The Sage Empress Dowager sat upright in the main hall, fingering a string of prayer beads with her phoenix eyes slightly lowered. She knew that Liang Xiu had knelt before her in greeting, yet for a long while, she did not tell her to rise.

Monsters preyed upon precisely this weakness in human nature. Even if their identities were exposed, they remained unafraid, exploiting the host’s affection for others before ultimately escaping.

She wiped at her face, only to find her hand covered in blood. If the blow had been any harder… Ziye scarcely dared imagine the consequences.

As Madam Nangong approached step by step, Nangong Ya kept her eyes fixed on her.

Some were uneasy—those who had refined more than three kinds of pills yet were uncertain whether they could make it into the top fifty.

Ye Huian secretly shook a fist at Si Jingyu’s retreating figure, then turned and slammed the door shut. Her brilliant, limpid eyes immediately acquired a trace of chill.

Though the ax was terrifying, A-Yun’s face remained utterly composed. His ink-black hair streamed with his movements, while his robes fluttered as though a divine being had descended to earth, smiling in the face of every danger and calamity.

“Now, I might as well tell you. That year, I secretly put Ice-Release Powder into the tea he drank.” The Third Madam spoke bluntly.

“Are you meddling in other people’s business? This…” It was difficult to say. Although the Hall Master of the Holy Spirit Palace was helping their side, he was ultimately acting under orders from the Temple of the Firmament and might strike at any moment. No one could predict how he would act.

Held tightly in Ling Yurou’s arms, Nangong Moyun simply rested against her embrace. Parting his thin lips, he drank the clear water she offered him, sweet as dew.

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“Damn, the corrosive power of this sea of blood is no joke.” Chen Kuang gritted his teeth, feeling his body being eaten away bit by bit.

Xiao Fei focused his gaze, gave everyone a brief notification, and then waited quietly, leaving the three clans to discuss matters among themselves. He was merely somewhat uncertain how to handle the Yasha Clan for the moment.

“What? How could you send Leng Yan to a place like that?” Leng Yi questioned Nan Luo without the slightest courtesy.

“You’ve reached that level?” The voice sounded again, this time carrying a mixture of excitement and doubt.

Since they had eaten and were leaving immediately to avoid unnecessary trouble, they had not led the carriage into the inn’s rear courtyard. Instead, they had left it parked by the roadside.

“Get lost. Go back by yourself.” Before Situ Yulong could finish speaking, Wu Shiqiu glared at him furiously.

If things truly did not work out, then once Sunshine Network had found its footing after a year, he could simply leave the company and do something else. He could bid farewell to the affairs of the past and genuinely enjoy a life of his own.

About a minute later, the military truck started moving again and slowly drove into the distance. After being turned away by Company Commander Chen Yongjun, everyone was too lazy to discuss the matter any further and simply picked up the hot steamed buns and began tearing into them.

In the next instant, strange radiance emerged from King Qi’s body. A pattern slowly appeared upon his cheek. This was the power of the laws of heaven and earth.

Su Ling shook her head and called out to the old man, “Your young master is in the woods. There is no need to worry. We merely borrowed the road to pass through, so I hope you will forgive us.” With that, she turned toward the abyss, just as Li Qi had done.

Actually, before coming, Jian Liang had thought that she might be terribly, terribly injured—so badly that she would never wake again.

Later, after I recovered, I returned to the manor. My state of mind had changed greatly, and I began keeping myself as busy as a spinning top every day, willing to do and try anything.

“Since everyone is here, let’s settle certain matters once and for all.” Jian Liang continued walking inward and went straight to sit down on the sofa.

Of everyone present, Bai Yiren and Bai Jiangli were the most curious. Both were fanatical students of medicine and wished more than anything to ask the Empress about her method of treatment. Unfortunately, the Empress had no intention of explaining. After speaking, she walked straight out of the palace.

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First love was wondrous. Lu Xuan felt as though he were reliving it, and his heart trembled faintly. Even now, he still could not forget that beautiful first love—or that unforgettable “first time.”

Those young men were in such pain that cold sweat streamed down their faces. They wished they could kill Ling Tian at once, but they were no match for him and could only beg for mercy.

Under the torment of immense physical pain and the strain on his mind, Li Yu’s consciousness grew increasingly numb. He fainted uncontrollably, yet the energy within his body continued to merge without pause.

Her classmates and schoolmates all pressed their lips together to suppress their laughter, while Guo Yingxian looked at the two of them with undisguised pity.

Watching this scene, Ling Tian sneered inwardly. So Xiao Yuntian had assumed that he could not produce ten million Wuzong coins. According to the auction house’s rules, he would therefore have his cultivation and all four limbs crippled.

Yet no matter how desperately he struggled, it was useless. That terrifying sword intent of reincarnation unleashed an overwhelming force of the cycles of time. In only a brief moment, Tian Xuanzi’s hair had turned completely white, his body had withered, and his life force was rapidly draining away.

As for the Saha Universe, it was probably no nobler. Lin Bin had already begun forming his own conclusions. If Shakyamuni Buddha had borrowed someone to lead the way, he must have had an ulterior motive as well.

“Master, save me!” Xu Fu still harbored a trace of hesitation, but when more and more insect beasts charged toward him, that hesitation was instantly cast beyond the nine heavens.

In a true struggle between life and death, a muscular man’s strength could sometimes be inferior to that of someone whose build was utterly unremarkable. When the two fought, it was often the muscular man who died miserably.

“There’s really such a thing? This Liyu is quite the femme fatale, isn’t she? She brought so many enemies upon Yan Tianji—hundreds of thousands?” Yan Shiyi furrowed his mismatched brows, finding it difficult to imagine how anyone could accumulate so many enemies. That certainly could not have been easy. With a sigh, he lifted his wine cup and took a sip.

Gu Feng had used his trump cards again and again, only to be defeated by Ling Tian each time. Now, even after giving everything he had, he was still being crushed by Ling Tian. Gu Feng was utterly no match for him.

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