Chapter 38

That night, while looking for scorpions in the abandoned house, the neighbor flashed his headlamp and caught sight of an old woman stepping out of a north room that had been vacant for ages. Stunned, he blurted out, "Who are you? Why are you living here?" The old woman neither looked up nor replied, simply walking past him as if he weren't there.

Yan Le confirmed the department and room number where Han Licheng was staying, then told Wang Jiaye to drive straight to the Zhuangle County Hospital.

"Why us? Shouldn't it be your brother first?" Hearing the host's voice, Moke couldn't help but be taken aback.

Beyond being forced to satisfy the physical desires of the men on the island, she was occasionally used as a test subject, tortured by various experimental agents that had yet to be fully developed.

"Yuxun." Li Mingfeng sidled up to her with a beaming smile, holding out the breakfast he had brought.

Linlin understood my intentions the moment she saw my actions. She tried to stop me, but before she could finish her sentence, I had already struck the container with a Palm of Falling Snow.

After all, everyone was a university student now, and most were no strangers to the world of glamour photography. Some of the more worldly, wealthy young men could tell at a glance that this stunning beauty was Ye Xinyi.

"Get lost!" Xu Huinan said with a dark expression. "I'm ordering for myself and Aoxue. You order your own and Gu Ming's." With that, he shoved the menu toward Kuo and called the waiter over.

But on second thought, the only time my brother and I had any contact with the Future Party was when we met Teacher Long Hao in Kede Town. It seems highly likely that my brother joined the Future Party back then. It turns out the path my brother chose had already been decided long ago.

However, as time passed, it was inevitable that Father would find out, so he disposed of Mother's clothes. Father did not want his son to escape reality, nor did he want the ruthless passage of time to wear his son down until he was so fragile that he spent his days dwelling on a hollow, ethereal emotional crutch. The secondary wives could not sway Father's resolve, though they did not manage to extinguish his yearning and longing for maternal love.

Nearby, Lu Zhi and He Miao were also livid. After all, Yuan Shao's words had overstepped the bounds of a subject; it was nothing short of arrogant and overbearing.

No matter how much he experienced or how much time he wasted in the simulated scenario, when he returned to the real world, it was still the exact moment he had entered.

Just as Xu Qing was planning to leave the belly of the mountain, a gray-robed figure appeared outside the cave.

Before long, she hurried out again, hung the embroidered shoes back in their original place, and walked toward the next house without looking back.

***

As he drew near, Sun Suo utilized the Gale Step to leap onto the back of the Great Buddha's foot, then drew his Soul-Weapon and stabbed it into the Buddha's leg.

The moment Xu Qing’s palm descended, Yang Laowu tried to resist, but suddenly felt his body stiffen, rendering him completely unable to move.

Wang Wei pondered for a moment, thinking that this "Liang Chao" could be considered half one of his own, and for an Ability User, these things were not secrets anyway—they were things he would eventually have to encounter.

"Forbidden Spell War!!!" Before either of them could speak, Omsk, who had scrambled out of bed in a rush, saw the object and shrieked at the top of his lungs, his cry jolting the entire city of Lagrange awake.

"I have to get something in return for saving you, right?" Xia Qi gestured with his hands as if weighing scales, signaling the principle of equivalent exchange.

When the Ghost King slapped her, she felt a layer of soul armor manifest instantly around her body, blocking all damage. She crashed into the ice wall without sustaining any injury, clearly the work of Jiang Pu's soul fragment.

Walking the streets of Jiangdu City, looking at the familiar yet strange thoroughfares, he truly could not believe he had survived—that he had made it out of that fire alive.

Everyone frowned; they seemed to have no good plan. Could it be that they really had to waste time searching for someone?

This thought flashed through her mind, and forcing herself to suppress her impulses, she carried Li Xiao into her boudoir and tucked him into bed.

Even Dan Xuzi and his ilk, who had chosen this moment to stir up trouble and demand an accounting, were merely leveraging the situation.

"What? The Cave of Deception!!!" Shangguan Shi was truly terrified this time. As a cultivator belonging to a sect in Huaxia, he was not as ignorant as the rogue cultivators. The Cave of Deception was a forbidden zone where their sects banished disgraced disciples—a super-dangerous place from which no one ever returned.

"Her soul has already left her body. I can only use the Dragon Pearl to revive her physical vessel. I must increase my strength and recover Sister Mei's soul before she can truly come back to life," Luo Hao explained patiently, though his brow remained tightly furrowed.

How did he manage it? Everyone looked at the City Lord's Seal in his hand. Could it be because of the seal?

In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, every realm possessed ancient traditions, yet all these traditions were governed by the Immortal Realm.

***

Even with Song You's current strength, he would not dare claim he could reliably defeat two opponents at once within the power system of "Shrouding the Heavens."

"Strange, why is there thunder in the Immortal Realm? And a bolt from the blue at that!" Kindaichi felt a twinge of anxiety.

Glancing over, she saw the man in the purple brocade robe who had just arrived at the men's seating area. Ning Baoxin couldn't help but pause. Wasn't he supposed to arrive tonight? Did he not need to celebrate the festival with General Yu and the others?

Rong Tang sat in his chair, his back straight even in repose. Despite the incense burning in the room and the heated floors, the high chair and thick cushions, the space was warm and quiet, yet Rong Tang still exuded a sharp, piercing aura, as if he could inflict injury at any moment.

Apart from this, they had progressed quite far, and the Minotaurs they had been able to slaughter along the way were nearly extinct. Yet, the number of Minotaurs appearing now was several times greater than before; proceeding in the ordinary way was clearly no longer viable.

Mei Changtan had assumed they wouldn't know what a Cloud-Piercing Vine was, and was just preparing to explain it to them in detail when he was choked by Yun Chi's surprised question.

Once this order was conveyed, he was immediately stripped of his post, and the commander of this operation was replaced by someone from a higher level of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Could it be that we haven't been close lately because I've been too busy, which is why I felt so nervous when he kissed my brow just now?

At the grand finale of the Zhongyi Hall Boxing Championship, Long Fei knew that Tie Shan was an A-rank member, and the strength he displayed left Long Fei absolutely shocked at the time.

Supported by Ye Nuan, she walked over slowly, her gaze sweeping over Shen Suixin, filled with disdain and contempt.

Especially for Diona—the first thing Li Yalin took out to give her was the ivory greatsword she had been yearning for.