Volume 1, Chapter 21: The Abacus Bead Hits the Face

Ouyang Ying'er pulled back her arm and rubbed it gently with her other hand. There was no pain, no irritation; it was as flawless as before, as if it had never been harmed at all.

A night of tenderness felt like a dream, and before one could wake, the day had already dawned. Clinging to the softness of the jade pillow, one fears that, like the legend of the millet dream, everything will vanish into thin air. The dreamlike, surreal night left Lu Jue unable to believe it was real, yet the lingering fragrance still clinging to him made it clear that it had all truly happened.

The black marks were traces of death; residual magical energy still lingered on the city walls. This hole had been blasted open by magic.

Zhou Ruoshui smiled without a word, taking the medicine and drinking it, though the bitterness made her knit her brows. She had never blamed him; it was just that a mere marriage contract was no match for the beautiful stirrings of a first love.

The void shattered abruptly as seventy-two masters of the Earth Profound Realm formed a formation simultaneously. They were the seventy-two hall masters of the Blood Fiend Sect.

Watching Mrs. He leave in a hurry, Hu Jianmin grew increasingly curious. Having not seen Wen Yiming for a few days, he seemed even more unfathomable—did he even understand psychology?

This was nothing short of extortion. Such a greedy smile made this stunning person appear repulsive. Zhou Zhao’s condition had only worsened two hours ago; for this person to make such an outrageous demand now, he must have been well-informed of Zhou Zhao’s recent situation. It could only be said that there was a mole in the Zhou residence, and the only person Lu Jue could think of was Mu Zhen.

Once everything was arranged, he performed rituals to summon the sea god’s monsters, boarding the siege mountain ships to head toward the sea area where Zhang Chan and the others were located.

She collapsed to the side, deathly weak, as if she might die at any moment.

I do not know why Yang Ping wormed her way between me and Fatty, nor do I know why she would leave the Yin Marriage Ceremonial Shop at this time. Could it be that Yang Ping realized that I knew she was a mole?

"By brawling here, do you presume that I am already dead?" Yun Die said these words lightly. Though there was no great display of anger, her crystalline, snow-white skin seemed to grow several degrees colder.

After settling Gong Yongrui, Xiao Lingmeng rushed out in a hurry to settle scores with the three young people, only to find that not even a hair of them remained.

Two days later, he and the Spirit Snake Young Master would both break the alliance seal, and what would happen after that was anyone's guess.

This perfume was something she had bought just today; it was rose-scented, a fragrance meant to enhance one's passion.

Qiao Nuo hesitated for a moment, but followed Yue Ying’s instructions, driving the carriage off the main road. Yue Ying quickly ran to the roadside, picked up a dozen stones, and arranged them around the carriage. Then, she erased the tracks the carriage had left on the road before returning to it.

Accompanying her today were two breathtakingly handsome men. The way they looked at her was filled with such deep affection, tenderness, care, and doting indulgence. Who were they to her?

Lin Pin lifted her head from Chu Feng’s embrace, her beautiful face flushing with a pitiable rosy glow. Her eyes revealed a touch of shyness, yet her soft, warm hands still gently gripped Chu Feng’s.

Lian Shuo looked at the hand gripping his sleeve, intending to break free by force, when he heard Han Lianyi’s voice.

"Could his master have truly abandoned him? When Dan Hua spoke to me about it, he mentioned that Ye Ziang was backed by at least a fourth-grade alchemist. I had speculated on the identity of that person in the shadows, but unfortunately, I never reached a conclusion," the Heavenly Venerable said.

"Do you know what you are saying?" Vivian slowly loosened her arms from around Aimo’s waist, speaking in disbelief.

The efficacy of the Youth-Preserving Pill was extraordinary. Before it had even been fully digested, the burn marks on Li Ruxue had already vanished. Under the pill's influence, her skin became smoother, and her face grew more youthful and alluring. After she left seclusion, it drew nothing but envy from the sisters of the Xue Hall.

The shadow watched for a full quarter of an hour before finally moving, extending a slender left hand. With a long, sharp, black fingernail, it sought to touch the faint mark between Lei Zhan’s eyebrows.

It was fortunate that he had regained his face, and the person who had just been saved, a man named Eleven, was also startled.

Unlike their delayed realization, I knew it would be like this from the start. When Zeus appeared, I noticed he was different; compared to two years ago, he had truly been reborn.

Aimo rushed toward the direction from which the golden light had previously come, but before he had gone very far, he heard a deafening roar: "ROAR------". After the sound passed, Aimo saw a massive behemoth appear in the sky.

Inside Lan Ruoxuan’s courtyard, Lian Yun’s true form and Le both spat out blood simultaneously, wishing they could vanish on the spot and hide in another dimension.

The Lin family’s group was a force of fifty thousand, and since they had come to develop, most of them possessed a certain level of strength. Among those assigned to the same novice village, even if there weren't thousands, there were at least a thousand or eight hundred.

Yet, on second thought, he felt that speaking plainly was more honorable than speaking behind one's back. His gaze fell upon Song Ci’s face, anger hidden within Ye Jingrong’s eyes.

He was stating the obvious, wasn't he? When she saw him being crushed, her heart had nearly stopped beating.

Only then did the Cheng woman realize she had said too much. Bao Jie’er was only five; how could she understand a mother’s attachment to her child?

He did not know that Xiao Chao had used his Southern Underworld Li Fire Array to burn six demon mountains, allowing him to reach the 4th level of the Martial God realm in just one month. If he had known, he would likely have died of regret.

"Combined with the previous incident of Huang Shoushan’s poisoning, this old immortal won't let it rest. Such a move of yours has brought about so much trouble!" The hand that had been resting on the wheelchair tightened around the armrest, and his gloomy eyes grew even darker.

Wen Xian slept soundly. Suddenly, as if dreaming of something, she shifted her body. She rubbed against the pillow slightly, curled inward, and changed her posture to continue sleeping.

Pavlov immediately considered another possibility: could the head of the family become the Emperor’s son-in-law? If this became reality, once the princess inherited the throne, wouldn't that mean... the family would produce a prince? In that case, would there be any need to worry about money?

There must be something wrong with this company; otherwise, the organization wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to have him infiltrate it.

The Qi family was prominent, and being related to the imperial family by marriage, Qi Lü was highly trusted by the Emperor. His future was bound to be limitless.

Of course, they were not the only teachers responsible for lecturing at the Imperial Academy’s traditional Confucian classics department. Many prestigious officials in the court would also frequently come to give lectures.

Since the national war was fought on a specific battlefield, the faction of one server would certainly have other opponents. For instance, in the southwest, the Indian region faced simultaneous incursions from the Chinese, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, and African regions; it was not the predicament one might have imagined.