Day Fifty-Six

As Old Huang said, if the second soul wishes to achieve Nirvana on its own, it will inevitably treat Hua Ci as a mortal enemy in order to seize the true phoenix soul within her.

Although the intro was a bit long, Zhou Fuxi still waited until the lyrics, "A rain trapped me here, your indifferent expression..." were sung before answering the call. He quite liked this song and hadn't heard it in many years.

"Dad, Mom, how did you two meet back then?" Li Yu asked for the one hundred and first time, looking at the two of them.

That cultivator looked at the shattered spiritual sense all over the ground and the dart daggers scattered everywhere, screaming in bitter resentment.

Accompanied by the sudden flash of thunder, the five fire lizards did not even have the chance to let out a miserable cry before they collapsed in a pool of blood.

Liu Tongtong was downstairs, holding a durian pit and licking it meticulously. Especially at the tip of the pit, where more of the fruit pulp's flavor remained, she licked it with even greater care.

The situation was perilous. He only brought Ning Song and Fu Sanniang along on the trip, leaving Lin Xirou and Li Yu behind in the Cui family residence.

"Since you've come, you are a guest. I'd like to give you a gift, hoping you'll like it." Mu Chengrui said with a chuckle, handing the cricket cage in his hand to Lin Xirou.

Suddenly, he heard a gunshot from ahead and quickly stopped. Opening the map to take a look, to the north was still that endless plain; the gunfire just now came from the west, the herdsmen pursuing them were now chasing from the east, and to the south was a great river. It seemed they now had nowhere to escape.

As soon as his voice fell, the rabbit hopped over to the big bear. After whispering something to the big bear, the bear walked up to Old Mrs. Li and used its big paws to roll her over and over on the ground until she had spun a full circle.

Jian Ju smiled and said, "If you don't want to tell, no matter how much coercion or enticement is used, you will keep it secret. If you want to tell, even if my hand is clamped over your mouth, you will find every possible way to let me know."

Where on earth had things gone wrong? All the toll collection models and revenue channels had been strictly monitored, so how could there still be such a huge discrepancy?

"What's impossible? No matter how we search, we can't find Qingqing. Qingqing must be dead. We should just look for Qingqing's reincarnation instead!" Gu Yuan said with a tense expression, forcing Long Zhantian and Feng Yu to face reality.

"You don't trust me." Mo Wei furrowed his brow slightly, looking somewhat hurt. He hadn't expected Gu Huaijin to say such words to him.

"Dad, I just want to live a completely ordinary life right now. Is even that too much to ask?" Weng Rui said.

He seemed to completely believe my words, and indeed, for once in my life, I hadn't uttered a single lie.

Was the truth truly as Qi Fan had said? How come she felt it was completely not like that? At the wedding back then, his mother's look—a gaze blending disdain with pity, and aversion with regret—had remained deeply branded in the bottom of her heart, never once fading.

Huh? Returning to the company and immediately being sent on a business trip? Xinyue flipped the note back and forth in her hand with lingering suspicion.

The handbag containing the wedding dress slipped from her hand to the ground, and the gown spilled out like spilled milk.

When You Jing hurried over, not a single figure remained in the courtyard. Catching sight of the shattered Soul-Extinguishing Bottle on the ground, his heart finally settled.

Just as Ye Han finished uttering that name, a system prompt suddenly sounded. He had triggered a certain main quest, and this main quest plunged him into a brief moment of deep thought.

At this moment, they were completely untraceable, and the words he had spoken were like rainwater on glass, leaving no lasting impression. Those eager, gentle, and deeply compassionate words—words like a father speaking to an injured child—had fallen upon deaf ears.

"No, Mother, I can go without leaving, but you cannot trap me here. If this place is also affected, how am I supposed to escape?" Chen Guifeng shouted loudly.

Struck by a sudden impulse, Chen Guifeng set up her drafting tools and sketched a portrait of Fu Ning and her embracing on paper. After numerous revisions, she was extremely satisfied, planning to use this portrait to win his affection upon Fu Ning's return.

Yet Gu Yunxi, standing opposite her, possessed fair skin and exquisite beauty—especially that pampered, delicately nurtured appearance—which made the fury in her heart grow increasingly uncontrollable.

"Elder Sister, just now your husband and Young Master Liu acted like that, why didn't you say anything?" After getting into the carriage, Cai Yan recalled Xiao Yi's previous demeanor and still felt somewhat displeased. Since only she and Zheng Ying were in the carriage, she spoke up to ask.

Clasping Xu Jianglou's waist was far more secure than holding onto horse reins. With the thin summer garments, a slight sheen of sweat, the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, and a faint, delicate fragrance pervading heaven and earth, Zhang San sat behind Xu Jianglou, thoroughly indulging both his hands and his nose.

Top laner Long wore an expression of complete uncertainty, unsure whether to rejoice that he wouldn't have to face Fang Mu and bear immense pressure, or to feel angry because Fang Mu completely looked down on him by fielding an unknown substitute in the top lane.

"Brother's words are true. Indeed, with Xiao Yi's momentum, it even surpasses that of Dong Dao back then!" These words caused Guan Yu's curved, silkworm-moth eyebrows to knit tightly together. Even Dong Dao from years past fell far short compared to Xiao Yi, and once such a person became an enemy, he would be terrifyingly formidable.

Just as Zhao Zhuanjin was wondering how to make this phone call, Hu Zimei's call came through.

The domestic winter these days was rather cold, with howling winds, heavy rain, and high humidity. Mother Lin explained to Lin Yijin that Lin Yixun was currently recuperating her health and was not suitable to go out.

Hearing this, Zhao Xingqiang, Cai Dong, and Dai Feng's bodies trembled violently. Their dazed gazes instantly flashed with excitement as they hurriedly dropped the things in their hands and stumbled toward the villagers who were calling out to them.

Presently, a Flame Fortress had appeared in the Western Regions, primarily engaging in commerce. The Western Regions were abundant in dates and jade, and the core business of Flame Fortress was the wholesale and retail of jade and dates.

He could rest assured about his own abilities, yet seeing platoon leader Wu Hao drop that exact remark left Cao Xu completely speechless. He directly shoveled sand and dumped it into platoon leader Wu Hao's canvas bag.

Watching Yun Chongtong feed Du Lingxi and Tan Shihua the poison, Dai Yan's mouth curved into a series of rainbow-like, beautiful smiles.

To be honest, he didn't have all that much confidence in the protective talisman himself, always worrying that it would be seen through by practitioners with profound cultivation.

News of the shady shop running over to the South China Sea to issue a challenge had already rapidly climbed into the top ten rankings.

In Duka's eyes, a dropout like himself who hadn't even finished junior high school would, even if he struck it rich, remain an upstart lacking in refinement and class.