Volume 1, Chapter 26: Empress, May I Stay the Night?

"Am I right?" Dongzhu Chen recalled those days when he had been receiving constant calls from France, and he and Xia Zimo had run into issues during that same period. Lan Yin not only refused to help him but kept preventing him from seeking out Xia Zimo.

Su Xiuyue gazed at the man she loved, stroking his cheek. Her body trembled slightly, but she finally spoke the words she had been holding back.

Han Yi had an intuition that something must have happened to Xia Zimo, but no matter how he asked, she insisted she was fine and that it was just a cold.

By this time, Li Liang had already led his team to the Tianning Mountain area. However, to avoid alerting the enemy, Li Youcai, Chu Yunyang, and Kong Fanli remained in Nanyang City, communicating with Li Liang and the others remotely.

Zhilan felt a bit awkward at the woman's praise and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "You flatter me!" But seeing the old woman's tears streaming down her face, she felt a sudden warmth in her heart.

"Let me introduce you: this is Deputy Director Zhang from the S Province Public Security Bureau! He will provide you with the briefing!" Li Yongjun cut straight to the point without any preamble.

"Then tell Mother, how did you command your three older brothers to do that?" Yan Shiqi decided to change her strategy.

Mo Shuyuan rushed to the law firm, feeling foolish along the way for letting her imagination run wild when their marriage was clearly in such a good place. Consequently, she entered the firm with a smile, having bought the food Luo Huajian loved, intending to have dinner with her husband before heading home.

It was late at night, so there were few cars on the road. After passing through the city center, Li Youcai and his group immediately got on the highway.

Seeing two crystal nuclei inside the split skull of the mental-type zombie, Su Xueyun dared not be careless. She quickly surrounded the skull with a barrier, dug out the nuclei, and obliterated the remains, only then truly letting out a sigh of relief.

Hearing Yifei's words, Xuanyuan Muxue couldn't help but grit her teeth, silently wondering why she was unable to imprint the Mark of Enchantment into the heart of the man before her, even though he had lost his subjectivity.

"Second Sister!" Lidong exclaimed in surprise, wanting to run over, but his legs felt as if they were filled with lead, unable to move.

The atmosphere in the hall was strange. So many people were present, yet it was deathly silent; no one spoke. There were no eulogies, no funeral music, and no arrangements to comfort the family. After a minute or two, Chen Ping'an gave a grand wave of his hand: "You've seen the body, now cremate it."

Ruyue sat on the palanquin, her heart tightening at the sight of the two from afar. It turned out she truly disliked this Wanyan woman; even a chance encounter made her feel stifled. Yet, she couldn't quite explain why she felt that way.

The wind blew from a distance, swirling the fallen leaves on the ground into a beautiful rain of foliage. Even with the wind gusting, the expression of pain on Nangong Yao's face remained unchanged.

Old Sun spoke softly from the side, and Elder Xiao smiled slightly, the aura he had been projecting dissipating as if it were an illusion.

The members of the War Gang chattered away, particularly excited, as if they wanted to dismantle the War Tiger right then and there.

The wedding of Shen Yue and Wang Bi was undoubtedly a surprising and momentous event in the somewhat stagnant city of Dingjing. It was unclear what the Wang family was thinking, but to highlight the importance of the marriage, they had the bridal sedan chair paraded through the entire city.

Lin Xue paid no mind to Mo Li's words, instead beckoning to the two children beside her. She missed them dearly; she had practically raised them herself. Now that they had been forcibly snatched away by Mo Li, how could she not be heartbroken?

If he weren't someone who cultivated his own Great Dao, he wouldn't even need to face these technological troops armed with rule-breaking swords and guns; the rule-breaking cannons alone would have been enough to finish him off.

The Heavenly Emperor clearly knew that the Fairy Xuancao was wreaking havoc, yet he not only sat by idly but actually abetted the evil. Had the village chief not come to beg for help from Si Qingxun, the matter might have remained hidden for ten thousand years.

He tapped his finger, quickly setting up the system program. The exterior program initiated, scanning Qin Jiu's body.

Seeing that people were still locking their eyes on her as she passed the Sansheng Bridge, whispering to their classmates with awkward smiles, Yang Jing knew it couldn't be anything good.

After hearing this, Lu Jian couldn't even force a smile anymore. His face, swollen like a pig's head, could form no expression. After twitching for a while, he managed a smile that looked worse than crying.

"Alliance Leader Wu, the Level 8 Immortal Array before us will likely not last even half an incense stick of time," a voice from an Immortal Emperor turned strained.

"I am not concerned about you! I'm afraid you'll run the company into the ground, and then our classmates will have to go job hunting again. That wouldn't be helping them; it would be harming them," Wang Manwu retorted indignantly.

Su He had heard that they had killed Song Boqing and obtained his belongings, so he was not surprised that Yan Qingzhi could recognize the item.

In this short life of mine, there has been no pure love, because I always believed I did not need so-called true love.

Everyone was stunned. No wonder it was called the strongest physique in the world; it was simply terrifying. If fighting at the same level, one could say it was a complete crushing victory.

Xiao Nu found himself lifted by an invisible force. The Fire of Life and Death in his blood ignited automatically, and his protective divine light of chaos surged to shield him. It was clearly the power of ascension, forcibly dragging him upward.

Bones were scattered nearby, matched with arrows gleaming with cold light. Most people would have chosen to retreat and leave this secret realm at such a time, yet very few actually made that choice.

"Senior Brother, please speak." Lin Tianxue felt some confusion. Wasn't this supposed to be about assigning sect tasks? Where did this fortuitous encounter come from?

Even the elder of the Supreme Emotionless Dao was now exerting pressure on Ye Bai—the pressure of the Golden Core stage. Although Ye Bai could use his peak Qi Refining cultivation to kill those at the peak of Foundation Establishment, he was still no match for the Golden Core stage.

Wu Zhao led her team outward, her mind filled with the shadow of that man. Hearing she was in trouble, he had broken into the chaotic zone for the second time to come to District J and help her.

This guy's temper was getting worse; she had only asked out of curiosity, and he dared to shout at her. If she found an opportunity later, she would have to teach him a good lesson.

That the single-minded and sincere Grandmaster of the Primordial Spirit was uncertain meant there was a high probability that the artifact—which continuously slaughtered cultivators to obtain vast power from their deaths—could actually succeed.

He had the ideas but lacked experience in refining pills, and he needed Yuan Jing'er to help him find a practical solution.