Volume 1, Chapter 30: It Would Be Better to Stay in School a Few Days Longer
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Chu Lanzhi turned her head away, unwilling to pay him any attention. There was no way to continue this conversation. He had no shame, but she still had a reputation to preserve.
Beckett and Cassel entered one after the other and went straight to sit before an old man in a floral shirt.
Zhuang Hei returned to his room, took a shower, and was just preparing to meditate and整理 his thoughts about everything that had happened that day when he suddenly heard a knock at the door.
She knew perfectly well that they were still the same as before. It was only that they now had more friends around them, so they could no longer make decisions as recklessly as they once had.
The voice came from behind. Gao Ning turned around and found himself face-to-face with a burly white man clutching his throat with both hands and twitching like a dead fish.
Cassel picked it up and saw that it was a promotional card for the North Russian gang’s illicit entertainment business. The alluring woman printed on it was unmistakably Anna, whom they had just seen.
Chu Lanzhi watched Qingzhi leave. Through the embroidered screen depicting plum blossoms and bamboo, she saw Wei Shu wash his hands in a bronze basin and dry them with a cloth. He then walked around the screen and entered the room.
Sensing the sharp murderous intent in Zhuang Hei’s eyes, Shoudie could not help trembling all over. He hurriedly knelt and repeatedly kowtowed to the goblin before him, apologizing without pause.
At that moment, Chen Rong was staring coldly at the man. The golden hairpin in her hand was pressed tightly against his throat, and a thin line of blood was already trickling down from its tip.
She appeared remarkably composed. At some point, Nangong Ping’er had become virtuous, refined, and noble. She trusted He Qingfan completely, while growing increasingly confident in herself as well.
Kun Mulin’s Netherworld Blade struck the cracked protective barrier head-on and shattered it. Kun Mulin then spun and kicked Ji Xi in the face, causing a thin trickle of blood to seep from the corner of Ji Xi’s mouth.
In the past, he had acted without any scruples. But this time, for some reason, he felt truly tired. He simply did not want to see that resolute look in her eyes again.
Before he realized it, Li Xiaoyi had become the indispensable backbone of the group. Without him, there would be no team at all.
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“Calm your heart and the heat will fade. Calm your heart and the heat will fade!” Wang Nanbei repeated the words like a mantra, and only after a long while did he manage to suppress the flames in his heart temporarily.
Ji Xi and Yali had been beaten until they were barely recognizable, with only a breath of life left in them. Chang Teling gradually ceased his assault, and Lin Yanyu finally let out a relieved breath.
For one fleeting moment, I even forgot who I was and where I truly was. I did not dare imagine it, nor could I believe it… Was this really how things would end for us? I did not know why, but I suddenly felt utterly disheartened. Why?
If he shook off her hand in front of everyone, she would have an excuse to pretend to leave in despair, abandoning this “heartbreaking” place. In the end, all it would do was preserve the rumor that had circulated before—that someone disliked her as his fiancée. Nothing more.
He wondered whether, since the Man in Black had been able to bring Yuer to this point in time, she might one day vanish from this era and return to where she had originally come from.
After all, Xu Qingshen was Ruirui’s biological mother. Besides, given Ruirui’s poor condition, she was bound to come.
Honglian had drawn a number toward the end of the list and was already ranked thirty-seventh. Her opponent, however, was in Class Two. Since it was also an elite class for first-year students, the boy in Class Two who had drawn the same number as Honglian breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Liu Wei was still slowly sampling the fruit platters, Xiao Ao also waited for my decision with an easy expression. He believed that an ambitious man like Liu Wei would certainly not miss such an opportunity.
A plump middle-aged man gazed obsequiously at Song Jun. Although he was clearly much older than Song Jun, he called him “Brother Song” without the slightest hesitation.
Yun Lu surveyed the room before her. It was not large, but it was furnished with everything she needed, clean, bright, and orderly. This was one of the benefits offered to new artists by Weitian Entertainment: every artist under the company was assigned a free apartment provided by the company.
Although he had seen the Dragonblood Spear in action before, the power of the Devouring Sky Python had been nowhere near what it was now.
Jiang Yuanzhou stared blankly at her. He understood the meaning behind Xu Qingshen’s words better than anyone. She no longer cared whether other people suffered retribution because of her. She only knew that she had endured every punishment she deserved. As for everyone else, there was nothing she could do about them.
Talents were precious, but if one wished to grow into a supreme expert, one still had to endure countless trials and hardships along the way. Thus, although he admired Yang Lie, that admiration had not yet reached the point of making him indispensable.
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Wu Zihan had grown numb by now. Watching Duan Zetao converse merrily with the prominent figures whom she normally found it difficult even to meet, she was no longer as astonished as she had been at first. Her admiration for Duan Zetao had become boundless.
Duan Zetao was also startled. If word got out that the Municipal Party Committee had misappropriated social security funds, it would be explosive news indeed. He immediately called Xie Guanqiu and summoned him over, instructing him to discreetly investigate whether there had been any unusual movements in the social security accounts recently.
Li Sheng let out a cold laugh and suddenly clamped his legs together. As if sharing a tacit understanding with him, his warhorse abruptly reared onto its hind legs, causing Suo Chao’s ferocious axe to miss completely.
By the Eastern Jin period, the power of these great clans south of the Yangtze had grown even more formidable. Yet they made no effort to advance the nation, relying on their own armed forces and standing idly by as the Han people of the north were slaughtered by the barbarian invaders, living like livestock beneath the iron hooves of their conquerors.
Zhou Zhiruo’s expression darkened, but she pretended not to care and curled her lips. “Tch! As if I’d ever wanted you. The men pursuing me stretch all the way from Causeway Bay to Lantau Island, so stop flattering yourself. All I asked was for you to treat me to a proper meal of Aqzha’s local specialties. What on earth were you thinking?”
To be honest, Ling Wuxie truly had nothing to fear from the City Lord’s Residence. The last time he entered it, he had already learned that the City Lord, Han Zheng, was merely at the same cultivation level as Han Shuo.
The Blood Sea’s techniques were peculiar, and the Blood God Children were especially vicious and evil. The moment one pounced upon a person, it would devour both their flesh and their primordial spirit, thereby strengthening itself.
E Lai sat in the cave, his expression somewhat grim. The cultivation methods of this world paid little attention to the state of one’s heart and mind. Instead, they resembled the raising of poisonous insects, using cruel methods to cultivate disciples.
As he spoke, Tang Zhong suddenly turned his head and decided to drop a bombshell. He continued, “Besides, do you know how much a single tire costs in a transaction with the Dechong Group?”
In fact, most cultivators, after remaining for too long in the Essence Refinement into Qi stage, came to believe that qi was the source of the Dao. They devoted themselves exclusively to refining qi and did make progress, but over time their thinking fell into a vicious circle. They began to assume that once they had cultivated qi and techniques to their peak, they would naturally be able to enter the Dao.
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