Volume One, Chapter 51: Successful Surgery

His future achievements were boundless; the helping hand extended now merely paved a somewhat easier road for him.

Back at the shop, he continued examining the account books. He had barely read a few pages when someone hurried in from outside.

After all, in everyone’s eyes, the other man was merely Lu Ming’s trusted aide. As for his strength, he was hardly one of the foremost figures in Great Yu.

The city stood immense and imposing, more than thirty meters high and stretching an unknown distance in every direction, like a colossal beast crouching beneath the night sky.

She fell back onto the bed, pulled up the covers, and prepared to go back to sleep. Yet she could no longer do so.

Looking at the utterly empty shop, the shopkeeper’s face flashed with viciousness. Only when he caught sight of the people he had sent out returning did he temporarily hide his expression.

“I wasn’t talking about you. I merely said that there was someone, and everything I’ve done was only precautionary. Is there anything wrong with that?” Lin Yang shrugged.

Yao Ruoxu knew the matter could not be explained clearly, so she had never intended to force an explanation. Instead, she patiently offered words of comfort.

All these cars had been smuggled in. They were inexpensive, and Shen Dong had managed to acquire the lot for only eight hundred thousand.

In the end, Li Mu won twelve votes, beating his rival by two and becoming the new chairman of Zhengdong Group.

Because of this understanding, a power contest encompassed every means capable of affecting one’s opponent. Magical formations and talisman arrays could both be used. It was also known as an unrestricted duel—the most spectacular of all solo competitions, and one that tens of thousands had eagerly awaited for a long time. Yet at that moment, only a handful of people stood outside the Golden Core arena.

“Speaking of purification, I heard that there was a Divine Mountain Tree in the destroyed Second Ring. After the Second Ring was ruined, it purified the foul aura there. Master of the Fourth Ring, perhaps you should give it some consideration,” Jinlong interjected.

Li Yunqiong nodded and lifted her teacup, but her gaze remained fixed on Cui Shuo, who was holding Chenyang beside the stroller and watching the twins. Tears slowly gathered in her eyes. Seeing her like this, Xu Xiuxiu said nothing more and simply followed her gaze toward the two children gathered around the stroller.

“Cloaked Lord! Cloaked Lord! I’ll fight you to the death!” Rige hurled himself madly at Kate. Several altered half-mechanical men had come with him as well.

“…” Song Chenguang secretly ground his teeth, feeling particularly miserable. Being beaten to the punch by Zhao Nanqi was truly a wretched experience.

“You changed the lyrics to Only Mother Is Good in the World.” Xu Xiuxiu reminded Song Yuanhuan in a helpless, languid voice. Then she lowered her eyes to glance at Song Chenguang. Hadn’t the child changed the lyrics himself too? How could he still have the nerve to demand an accounting from his father?

“Can it be opened? And after it’s opened, will it have any adverse effect on what’s inside the box?” That was the crucial point. If something obtained with such difficulty were damaged because of careless handling, it would be truly sickening.

“They want to talk—the invaders.” After Jian Huo’s height increased, his voice had grown much deeper as well.

The two powerful swordsmen were both capable of piercing magical barriers. Once they realized this, they stopped wasting their magic on defense. Instead, they lowered the archmage’s life-saving barrier and used their power solely to strengthen their bodies and the attacks of their swords.

Hou Qing’s smile deepened. For the moment, he ignored Ying Gou, who was playing hide-and-seek. Ling Mosheng, standing beside him, looked somewhat astonished at the unidentified object.

She threatened Ma Chang with the lives of everyone in the village, forcing him to personally drive the ghosts of Long Dafen and her son into the bodies of the two old oxen belonging to their family.

I activated the barrier, set the talisman alight, and cast it into the air. Forming a seal with my fingers, I traced a formation across the sky. At once, ghostly winds rose all around us, and the temperature plunged.

After piecing together the fragments of the map, Lin Tianya discovered that the routes marked upon it were bizarre and unfathomable. The final destination was not on the surface of the Divine Land at all, but in a place known as the Boundary Realm.

A diagonal within a diagonal: this was a cross-court return, though not from one far corner to the other. It ran from the middle edge of Su Zhou’s right court to the middle edge of Lucas’s right court.

“How is that possible? How could someone at the Great Void Realm produce such a powerful strike? Even someone at the peak of the Void Realm would find it difficult to unleash an attack that strong without using a forbidden technique!” Ji Yunlong exclaimed, his face filled with astonishment.

Heaven has taken from you someone who mattered to you—someone who mattered very, very much. But in time, it will compensate you in other ways.

Rong San had never thought much of his cousin. When he learned of the news, he was utterly unwilling to accept it and made a fuss about breaking off the engagement.

After he squeezed her until it hurt, she lost her temper and her reason. She lifted the hem of his robe, reached into his trousers, and pinched him viciously. That single pinch nearly crushed Rong San’s future descendants out of existence.

Li Xiachan also felt that the idea was indeed feasible. But who would be her lover? Another revolutionary, or perhaps a government official?

She had seen everything clearly just now. The moment she approached, Old Madam Lu had turned her gaze aside, wearing an expression of disdain.

Then she softly told her mother-in-law that she had repaired the lock on the inner door, explaining that she had risen early that morning and figured out how to fix it herself.

She sought neither fame nor profit. She only wanted to be with the person she loved and live a good life. That was all.