Chapter 44

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Wang Peng suddenly burst into laughter. Then, with a thump, he collapsed into his chair, pitched forward, and slammed face-first onto the table with another thud, falling asleep at once. Cups and plates clattered wildly, while Shen Ting and Qian Jiaping exchanged wry smiles.

Liu Huo was consumed by regret. Wasting a single night had already given the Yu family enough time to establish a temporary position at Immortal Ridge. If the Yu family managed to secure a foothold in the area, then the army could not be deployed using only a few narrow mountain passes.

There was no choice. Old Cat had to use the better-educated soldiers as construction workers and have them study the regulations for safe engineering operations.

“Hey, I only said I wouldn’t let you drink in my place. I never said you couldn’t stand in for me in anything else.” Hou Xiangdong winked at Wang Peng and sat down beside him smugly.

The parrot’s mimicry came rapidly, and given the situation, what it was saying had to refer to the person behind the door.

I immediately dropped to my knees. Of course I recognized them—the prayer beads in her hand belonged to Master Yulin.

The man was already on the brink of death. After enduring the Fatty’s humiliation, he had wanted to kill himself, but with neither his hands nor his feet capable of moving, he did not even have the chance to seek death.

The figure before Li Nan suddenly came to a halt. Upon seeing that it was Li Nan, the other party did not move his mouth, but merely gave a slight nod in response.

Only after opening his mouth did he realize that a foul-smelling bundle of clothes had been stuffed inside it. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not utter a sound.

Cruel as he was, Li Feiyang had successfully cowed his subordinates. Everyone became aware of their own place.

Gu Chen raised the right hand that had been pressed against his right shoulder and refused to leave. He gently removed it, then chuckled.

In truth, all that took place in an instant. Just as Gu Chen was preparing to flee, a gigantic red bird came raging toward him from Lun Rou’s direction.

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Mu Manni’s words startled Jiang Chengce. It seemed that she had already included him in all her plans for the future.

Li Yuli’s voice grew softer and softer as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. With her large eyes glistening with tears and her cheeks wet with grief, she threw herself into He Chunyu’s arms and began to sob.

The Heavenly Elder flew into a rage. “Bastard!” He then swung his sword at Lei Li, the blade erupting in flames. The moment he moved, the Earth Elder and Sea Elder beside him moved as well. Three afterimages shot forward, converging on Lei Li in a deadly assault.

“Heh heh! The Punishment of the Soul Rings! If you truly possessed a fragment of my true soul, I really would wish I were dead. But now? Heh heh, it’s useless against me.” Ji Yin allowed Ye Fan to slip the soul rings over him one by one, his face filled with mockery.

As long as Ye Fan could win the recognition of the Huangfu family, he would never need to do anything else for the rest of his life. With his status as an outer member of the family, would the Ye clan not be able to enjoy wealth and glory throughout the Luolong Empire?

“Ning’er, go. Don’t worry about me. By my father’s command, I must serve the imperial court loyally for generations. I will never live on in shame.” Chu Lingfeng’s gaze was resolute.

She took her lunchbox and left the president’s office, heading to the staff pantry on her floor. There, she opened the refrigerator and placed her meal inside to keep it fresh.

“Sorry, I need to step away for a moment.” After hastily leaving those words behind, Long Yan rose and walked toward someone in the center of the venue, surrounded on all sides by a swarm of social butterflies.

Yuanbao and He Dongyi came to an agreement. Yuanbao would get dressed and go knock on He Nanyu’s door, while Yuanbao and Tong Nian would use that opportunity to sneak downstairs with Tong Nian.

I ran as well, though I stayed behind, because I had the Five-Thunder Ghost-Driving Talisman and a bronze mirror in my hands.

“They can still be useful to us. Without them, I don’t think we’ll be able to get out of here,” Joanna said.

He Dongfeng sat facing Lily. Lily’s upper body was completely bare, while one of He Dongfeng’s hands was planted firmly against her chest.

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At that moment, Nie Tian sat upon the earth. His deep eyes swept over the surroundings. Could this be the Immortal Domain? Apart from the denser immortal energy, it did not seem much different from the Central Province of the Sacred Domain.

The American soldiers stared at He Zhenzhong and the Chinese military uniform he wore, so furious they felt they might vomit blood. They had watched helplessly as their comrade was killed by that damned Chinese man, unable to resist or do anything at all. Was this really the conduct of the American military? Was this really the conduct of the so-called world police?

If Li Qiang’s survival had allowed me to cling to a sliver of hope that perhaps I, too, might survive like him, then his violent death had utterly dispelled that faint hope. The fear of death was now even stronger than before, and I was terrified.

Unfortunately, that expert of the Immortal King realm had been killed during the upheaval in the Immortal Domain tens of thousands of years ago. His descendants, however, possessed mediocre talents. In particular, not a single half-immortal had emerged from the family in the past several generations. Thus, the clan had gradually declined, and now only a patriarch at the peak of the Celestial Manifestation realm remained to hold the family together.

“Dad, this was my dereliction of duty.” Bei Canglie admitted his mistake outright. No matter whether he claimed the bomb had been hidden in a secure place or was difficult to find, the truth was that they had located it. There was nothing more he could say.

“But, Sister, for the sake of the bond between us as sisters, I’ll certainly treasure everything you gave me.” Wang Yuerong covered her mouth with a handkerchief as she laughed, as though she could already see the enormous dowry that awaited her.

The sign that had been upgraded earlier could still be used, and now that it was mounted on the actual storefront, it looked even more dazzling at night. The system also offered NPC shop assistants for hire at ten gold coins a day. After all, no player would stay in the shop all day long.

This was a game, so naturally the system would not make you carve something out yourself. It randomly provided several templates; once you selected one, you could poke at the material however you liked, and it would still take the shape of the chosen template.

She had volunteered to leave the palace for the sake of the entire Liu household, fearing that if anything happened to the emperor, he might vent his anger on the physician treating him and bring disaster upon the Liu family. Empress Dowager Qin felt a pang in her heart as she thought of Xu Xi lying in bed. Tears slowly gathered in her eyes, but she forced herself not to let them fall.

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