Chapter 144: Overbearing

"Oh, Heatherly, I was just wiping it for you to express my remorse," Qin Xiao said with a sorrowful expression as he sat down and pulled Noble Consort An into his arms.

"Ran'er, you tell me, why are my good intentions always so misunderstood?"

Noble Consort An found it all rather amusing in her heart. His Majesty was really something else, being so...

The Dragon Valley was exceptionally perilous, not only due to its dangerous terrain, but also because the wyverns would hunt down and pursue anyone daring to enter the valley to the death.

In truth, Shen Yuan looked down upon these financial investments altogether. The meager interest came with the risk of losing the principal, and with his cheat ability of triple cashback on favorability, he simply had no need for them.

"Lord Xue, are you certain you want to fall out with me over this money?" Jiang Youyou's tone gradually grew distant.

That handsome and confident face was already engraved into Gu Nana's soul, making it utterly impossible to forget.

Chen Ling was also utterly confused. Didn't Shen Yuan break up with the senior student just yesterday? Why was he asking Huihui out for dinner today? And to such an upscale restaurant, no less.

That giant bow was half a person tall and seemed entirely forged from black jade. A black jade candle dragon with crimson eyes was coiled around the bow's body, and the bowstring was as thick as a finger. Upon closer inspection, it even possessed a metallic texture, radiating an astonishingly murderous aura.

Yet every Hell Emissary had strictly regulated salaries and benefits. Take that old man you saw just now, for instance—he has annual leave, health insurance, and capital city insurance, all of which must be paid for by the Hell authorities.

It was a female dragon. Although she couldn't understand what it was saying, seeing its gestures and expressions, Xindi roughly understood its meaning.

Wen Qiao had just finished crying, and now her mind felt swollen like a blur of paste. Hearing him say such words, she failed to react for a moment and could only blankly nod her head.

Clearly, as Shen Lin's direct superior, she ought to have provided him with protection before he reached his peak.

This voice was even more benevolent, causing Bai Jiaojiao's mind to sway. Had her spiritual altar not been guarding that last shred of clarity, she might have been directly bewitched.

The Isengard coalition had been repelled, leaving their courage behind at Helm's Deep. Even if given another thirty thousand troops, they would never dare to step foot into the valley again.

Cloud-Void Master flickered to a high vantage point, then struck out with his right palm from a distance toward the battle puppets in the low altitude. The palm shadow descended, blotting out the sky; hundreds of battle puppets failed to dodge in time and were instantly destroyed, turning into mere metal dolls as they plummeted toward the ground.

Even so, Qinglan could not help but admire Haoye's peerless spiritual power. Her three junior uncles were all top-tier generals of the Dragon-Soaring Kingdom, and any one of them had slaughtered tens of thousands of enemies, their might shaking all directions.

Tong Yan pushed his divine sense to the absolute limit, finally revealing a look of disappointment on his face before his figure flickered and vanished on the spot.

The Master was returning, and the entire estate was filled with joy; the servants under Yaliqi's charge were especially overjoyed.

At this moment, both the outer rooms and the inner chambers were steeped in profound silence, broken only by the intermittent chirping of cicadas and the rustling sound of the summer night breeze brushing through the treetops and shaking the leaves.

As a private operation, Tang Ming wanting to meet 12to could not possibly be as simple as an ordinary fan meeting an idol.

Forget it. He, an emperor, had already thought of these matters. Since he had already thought of them, he must have given orders for them to be carried out.

"You are right. Then pass along the word to her that she should take good care of her pregnancy." The Empress smiled, quite satisfied with this Lvyu.

For now, the area in front of the Heavenly Palace still seemed safe, and no one had even been injured yet. But Zhuo Chuan knew this was the calm before the storm; once the Dao soldiers showed themselves, the balance would be shattered in an instant.

At that moment, a notion flashed through my mind. I could not even spare the time to weigh its feasibility, yet I had already put it into action.

I felt somewhat disheartened, but Rita's tragic state lay right before my eyes. She had died for these suffering, forgotten souls, killed by the deliberate connivance of the Black Coffin nobility.