Volume One, Chapter 34: Departure!

“Brother Li, what’s wrong with you?” Qingyi asked softly, her eyes filled with a mixture of confusion and concern.

Li Yan met Qingyi’s gaze for a moment before looking away. “I’m afraid I must leave for a while.”

“Leave?” Upon hearing this, Qingyi felt an inexplicable flutter in her heart, a faint sense of reluctance quietly spreading through her.

Since their parents vanished, this estate had been left with her all alone. Only the pets she raised kept her company. Loneliness and desolation clung to her like shadows.

Anqi had simply bought some cosmetics, while Lin Han purchased a variety of nutritional supplements from the food section to bring to the two elders. Yet, to Lin Han, no supplement mattered much; no matter how good the supplement, it could never compare to the tonic he personally concocted. He could tailor the medicine to specific ailments and eliminate any toxins within the herbs.

She instinctively wanted to verify against the memory of Yuan Xiaoyang from her past life, but both reason and emotion warned her. Even recalling Yuan Xiaoyang’s face was enough to make her uncomfortable.

My hands were restrained by Anqi’s grip, unable to continue tearing the tape; I dared not meet her eyes.

Yet, in the end, Dongli Weiyang did not push her away. Obediently, he embraced her, even wrapping his arms around her, resting his chin on the hollow of Ye Wuyue’s shoulder, pressing and nudging with his chin. The moon was ticklish—this served as a punishment to her and, perhaps, a comfort to himself.

Because transforming the so-called giant dragons from Western legends was far too troublesome, with experimental procedures that were overly complicated and lengthy, Chen Ze simplified things. During these past few months of downtime, he created a batch of black-scaled horses, fusing genes from several animals.

“You’re crazy!” The youth in white shouted angrily, not bothering to argue further. Disregarding his clothes, he leapt into the pool.

I knew Liu Yue was deliberately finding an excuse to play a game just to catch my attention. After all, heartbreak was a maiden’s first time riding in a bridal sedan.

He glanced at his beloved. At this moment, Yu Ye’s eyes shone with unmistakable admiration, gazing at Yu Yan as a fan might at their idol.

Because of the dense magical energy in this realm and a special cultivation method deliberately spread by his faction, all souls here possessed varying degrees of enhancement.

By now, Dongli Weiyang had calmed, regaining the image of the sagely and near-mystical imperial sovereign.

Luoya glanced at Wu Qi, nodding at him. Wu Qi smiled faintly but remained silent.

Looking down at Li Xiaoshang, tears glistening like pear blossoms in her arms, Shi Quan truly felt reluctant to part. Yet, many tasks lay ahead. Leaving Li Xiaoshang in the Poison Saint Kingdom was a crucial move, an important step in Shi Quan’s plan. Despite his reluctance, it was a necessity.

The three were helpless. Their cultivation was low, compounded by serious injuries sustained in the Black Curtain Forest. Charging forward would be suicide. Better to cling to life than a noble death; to act despite knowing the futility was not bravery, but foolishness. With heads bowed, the three quickly withdrew from the arena.

The horse was taken away by Lü Yong. ‘Spring’ Cao accepted Xi’er from Madam Xu’s hands, carrying her alongside Lü Ziqi toward the front hall. Madam Xu followed quietly behind.

Now, we were dozens of meters apart. Below, Wang Sheng was dragging the half-paralyzed Zhou Runfa, inching painfully toward the school’s outskirts, while the ghostly fiend began its downward dive.

The moment he found her, he decided that even if she lost the ability to love, it didn’t matter—he would love her. This was a debt he owed her from a past life, one he would repay in this life without ever regretting it.

At this moment, Shi Quan was very familiar with this black dragon. It was identical to the one he had seen during the Fire Dragon Poison Formation in the Black Curtain Forest. He hadn’t expected Li Xiaoshang to be able to summon such a move.

Lv Li exhaled a breath he had been holding in his chest and walked straight over, placing the Blood Crystal Bone in front of Ya Fei.

The Ascension Pharmacy had by now become the nation’s foremost pharmaceutical giant. Its outlets spanned from the snowy mountains and black waters to the ends of the earth and overseas territories, holding over fifty percent of the pill market and expanding aggressively into decoctions, ointments, and other medicinal fields.