Widow Sun Passes Away at Sixty-Nine

Widow Sun was finally persuaded. She realized she had been too selfish—how could the dead concern themselves with the affairs of the living? Once she was gone, if her unfilial son made a scene, she would be powerless to help. Now, with Wanshun’s promise, she felt at ease.

“All right, girl, I trust you. From now on, I’ll be relying on you. I’ll specify it in my will: when Zhonghua comes of age and collects the money, half of what remains will go to you as well. I can’t let you work for nothing.”

This too was a kind of binding. With the original body now in Yunduo’s hands, Lady Peach Blossom could not stray far from her. Yunduo’s tacit approval of her companion’s freedom was simply because he planned to build a city here. Having a plant spirit involved would make things much easier—for example, moving those towering ancient trees would no longer require his own effort. He needed only to instruct Lady Peach Blossom, and the matter would be done.

On what was once a wide avenue, sandbags were piled high into barricades. Behind them was a massive camouflage net, beneath which rested an SU-76 self-propelled anti-tank gun. Clustered around its cold hull, a dozen or so Soviet Red Army soldiers were taking a break.

At the same time, he was prepared for Fita’s refusal to come clean—if, after leaving Azure Dome Star, Fita still failed to confess, he would then expose all her deceptions before Yale. And at that point, he would spare no venom in his words, determined to awaken Yale to the truth.

If that was the case, finding the altar’s cube would be much easier—simply set up a few short-range teleportation arrays between the cubes and, by shuttling back and forth, Yunduo could pinpoint the direction of the repulsive force.

Many who had military training recognized the sound—they heard the crisp, sharp, echoing crack of gunfire. There was no doubt about it.

Yes, this pressure was indeed at the Nascent Soul level. Yet, despite being only at the Golden Core stage, Biting felt none of the soul-crushing disparity that such a gap should bring. Looking around, he saw that even the faces of those Qi Refining cultivators on the city wall were relaxed.

“That’s right. That’s exactly what worries me.” Seeing Luo Sheng grasp such a complex issue, Aunt Mei could not help but nod in admiration.

As for whether they would offend Li Sicheng as a result, that was no longer their concern. After all, they didn’t know Li Sicheng, nor did he know them. Besides, the rules of the artifact auction were clear: the highest bid wins. If everyone were to defer to one another, what would be the point of an auction? They might as well just set a price and sell directly.

“Ahem, ahem!” Xu Xiu wanted to argue further, but Old Xu’s urgent coughing echoed from within the courtyard.

Ye Chen nodded, temporarily convinced by Roger’s words. Besides, Ye Chen had no intention of switching appliances or making a fuss. In this world, all crows are black; in a place like the Dark Rice Fields, it was a competition to see who could be even blacker.

“Jade, can you truly not sense it? General Fan’s feelings for you—” Yelai began to speak plainly, unaware of the tangled history between Jade and Fan Feng.

An indescribable excitement surged through him. Could it be that Zhu Yingtai was about to soar? Impossible—it had to be another dream. He slapped himself hard, and even the Zhu family patriarch beside him winced from the pain.

Suddenly, shadows among the guards shifted. Cold flashes appeared at their throats, and the running guards collapsed in silence, clutching their necks in agony.

“Who’s stirring up trouble here, so aggressive and overbearing?” Shen Tu Yuyue demanded, fully aware of the situation, her tone measured and steady.

Though I never liked Ansuna, today, the threat posed by Princess Dayili is far greater. She has ambition, purpose, cunning, and a formidable background… Worse, the Pharaoh seems utterly taken with her.

It was the first time Ye Chen had heard something so preposterous. Even Huang Xinrou, Song Yue, and the others nearby could not conceal their intense curiosity and astonishment.