Volume 1, Chapter 42: The Marquis is Furious

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As the night grew deeper, Madam Xiao, being advanced in years, could no longer endure the fatigue and retired early to her courtyard to sleep. Madam Du also reluctantly dragged the eldest grandson, Kongqing, back to her own quarters. Only Chu Xiuyuan, Zhangsun Changqing, Zhangsun Yue, and Zhangsun Huaijin remained in the front hall.

It was just like the first time she laid eyes on Yaya, when she inexplicably believed that the two of them would be best friends for a lifetime.

The golden figure took another step forward, and with a deafening roar, millions of miles of the Immortal Demon Forest ruins collapsed. Volcanoes erupted, magma surged, and countless fragments of rock plunged downward, resembling the onset of the apocalypse.

Ye Lingchen had witnessed the overbearing and ruthless nature of the live-streaming platform first-hand. Since Fish Live was utterly devoid of integrity, he certainly would not swallow this insult.

Su Xi's restless, alluring eyes darted back and forth between Chu Xiuyuan and Zhangsun Changqing, her face brimming with ambiguous suggestion.

Chu Xiuyuan was well aware of Zhangsun Changqing’s preferences; ordinarily, he detested such lavish and gaudy things. Consequently, he had the Crown Prince’s Mansion maids, who had been waiting by the door for a long time, present the prepared garments instead.

After taking a small taste, Qingxue praised it repeatedly, while expressing deep regret that her elder sister, Chuxue, was missing out on this treat.

Ruan Nanyan happened to have a sharp eye and recognized a few of Chu Xiuyuan’s personal guards, thus identifying Wuxie and Wuhen.

With the words spoken, the young man secretly sized up the elderly man before him, particularly letting his gaze sweep across the latter's frame, at which his eyes shrank slightly.

Shen Hanshi was not merely fobbing off the old master; this was genuinely what he thought. He had not yet given any thought to having children; their relationship had only just eased, and he still wished to spend a few more years enjoying a life for just the two of them.

Ye Miao felt an even deeper surge of emotion. How tremendously fortunate she was to have been granted a second chance, to be able to experience such a rare and precious kinship.

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"Is there still anyone here daring to cross the Jing family?" Gu Jinxi's gaze swept across the area, her sharp glare causing the onlookers to lower their heads in unison.

Ouyan knew all too well what kind of temperament her older brother possessed—no, "personality" was a better word to describe it.

There were many missed calls. He glanced at them and spotted her number. Then he checked the message she had sent.

Her imitation of a flushing toilet was so accurate that Su Yi couldn't help laughing out loud. Laughing while operating the instruments, she added reagents drop by drop into the test tubes.

Xun Shuang's open-mindedness had filled Ah Sheng with emotion from beginning to end. She was arguably fortunate; upon birth, she encountered an open-minded grandfather, through whose persistence she gained an open-minded father, and later she found an open-minded mentor. Now, having completed her early Eastern Han education, she was about to embark on her own journey.

Within the Marquis Chengen’s Manor, Dowager Madam Jiang and Jiang Qingping paid little heed to matters of the inner courtyard, while Madam Li outwardly maintained the posture of a virtuous wife and loving mother.

Calming down at this moment, recalling that Jiang Qingwan was not one to act rashly, she realized that unless something critical had happened, Jiang Qingwan certainly would not have acted thus.

Jiang Jinwen could not sit still; after sitting with Jiang Qingwan for only a short while, he pestered her to go together to the red maple forest on the back mountain.

In the distance, a streak of dust-like energy was also struck through the air. The soldiers secretly prepared themselves at the base of the stage. Ye Bail coughed, favoring his limp leg, and instantly used his sword to press against a stone, killing the soldier in front of him before turning and heading toward the Qingxuan Sect.

At this moment, Wang Se had lost consciousness, completely suppressed by the might of the demon bell. With a sweep of Li Yunchen's demonic arm, the demon bell descended directly, and both Zhu Tao and Wang Se were instantly crushed to death by it.

As for the secret of Tantai Bingyue, if it posed no threat to Ye Bail, it would be fine; but if it did, she was doomed, and Ye Bail would not hold back.

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The Blood-Soul Serpent had also exchanged many of its collected treasures for points, trading for a good deal of items over the past few days. Lingxiao made some arrangements within the Blood-Soul Serpent's nest without giving overly detailed instructions—after all, communicating via the smart brain was very convenient.

"Farewell, old partner," Su Qi muttered silently to himself, for the Ring of No Law had indeed once triggered its ultimate power to save his life.

Beside one of the factions hovered a mass of black Qi, vaguely resembling the shape of a dragon, but it had been hacked into several segments. It was utterly incapable of coalescing into a single entity; this dragon-shaped black Qi looked rather like a dead dragon.

The reason the dragon clan chose to fade into obscurity was that the casualties in the previous wars had been far too severe, and the Ancestral Dragon was extremely indifferent to fame and fortune, caring even less for the right to rule the vast continent. Such being the case, how could their dragon clan possibly step forward to help the human race?

To a cultivation realm like that of a mortal-immortal man, ordinary supplementary pills were of no use to him, nor did he deign to look at them, save for immortal elixirs.

This was because Xiao Nuo understood that here, Bai Wuji's imperial-level cultivation would likewise be restricted by the rules of heaven and earth, being at most merely a tiny fraction stronger than a Nine-Calamity expert. Should he be even the slightest bit careless, he would likely suffer punishment from the laws of nature.

The physical constraints on Lingxiao remained a major issue. By now, the bodily restrictions on him had been lifted up to level 40, and continuing to unlock them would require a vast quantity of medicinal herbs.

"There's a friend coming? Why didn't the housekeeper mention it? I'll go wash some more fruit and get some drinks ready," Mo's mother said hurriedly, terrified of slighting her son's friend.

The snow on the ground had long since vanished, replaced by newly sprouted green grass and tender buds. The breath of spring permeated the entire air. True to Lei Tan's words, Ice City was indeed very safe; when various beast tides passed by, they were unwilling to approach the city and all detoured around it instead.

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