Volume 1, Chapter 29: The Consultation Fee I Bestow Upon You

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It was the first time Chu Yan had ever met the Fox Clan Chief, the Great Elder Heavenly Saint Emperor, or the Great Protector Desolate Saint Emperor.
Yan Mengmeng offered a smile brimming with tender affection, then slipped from Wei Jie’s grasp and turned toward the door, pausing slightly as she reached the threshold.
As Tingo’s ace, Altaria needed to recover some stamina. Besides, the other Pokémon deserved a chance to shine, given how hard they had all been working.
This massive palace was no different from the residences of the heads of the Outer Prefecture, even down to the scale. Tang Yi couldn’t help but grumble to himself: even in the Inner Prefecture, the highest seat of power in the West Prefecture, things were exactly the same as in the Outer Prefecture. Was this really appropriate?
"Alright, child, come back. We won’t beg him. Mother won’t return to the Cloud Pattern Temple. Perhaps being free isn't such a bad thing after all," came Zhou Wanning’s dispirited tone from inside the room. Her voice sounded as if it drifted from the ends of the earth, radiating a sense of desolate and helpless loneliness.
I clicked my tongue and rolled my eyes. My grandfather smiled and shook his head; in his eyes, both Fatty Long and I were just teenagers of seventeen or eighteen, and our playful banter seemed quite immature.
These Pokémon looked eerie, consisting of two crossed purple petals accompanied by purple stems and leaves, covered by a green calyx and standing on two deep pink feet. Their eyes, positioned near their feet, were deep and fathomless, giving off the vibe of Ghost-type Pokémon.
For the sake of his mother and sister, he could cripple Li Changfeng’s cultivation, but now, as a younger member of the Li family, he naturally had to fulfill the obligations expected of him.
Speaking of which, among Young Master Tianyue’s four great warriors, Lu Wushuang was the most ordinary. Yet, even "ordinary" was relative; in the eyes of others, Lu Wushuang was still like a dazzling sun, possessed of immense might.
No sooner had the words left my mouth than a series of gunshots rang out behind me. I thought to myself that since both Taro Japan and White Tiger had weapons, I dared not agree to their demands. If I were taken hostage, it would put my grandfather in a difficult position. I hurried forward, and within a dozen steps, I reached the entrance of the side chamber.
Sanniang wanted to believe, but surrounded on all sides, she couldn't imagine how Su Qinyu could possibly escape.

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She wasn’t wrong; one must always be on guard against others. Letting her develop such a temperament was for the best, lest she suffer losses in the future.
Lin Jun said his goodbyes to Morochi and Grigory before stepping off the plane, where Gelka, Koking, and their men immediately came up to meet him.
If Xu Pei’s momentum hadn't already collapsed, and Han Yu had truly been allowed to act freely, Jiang Pengji’s losses would have been far greater than this.
The result was yet another defeat. Of the two pitchers who were evenly matched in Nagano, one had been utterly crushed, while the other was running rampant at Seido.
Yan Long knew that Zhao Zilong had been released from his sealed state, descended into this space, and would join him in the shortest possible time.
He had only been polite to the vultures to gain a brief moment for deployment. Now that the ground forces were fully positioned and the fortifications were mostly constructed, it was time to shatter this unnatural calm.
But looking at current trends, Su Bei could no longer remain an idle rich kid.
"Of course you can. I’ve already made arrangements; no one will disturb us," Old K said, pushing open the gymnasium doors.
Her eyes welled with unshed tears, but for fear of worrying her son, she held them back, refusing to let them fall.
Long Jianfei said nothing, patted the fatty on the back, and walked out of the hall, followed by A’duo’s voice.
Seeing the two enter the inner room, Zhuang Yan’s expression was inscrutable. Lu Rongweng must have had his reasons for acting this way; though Zhuang Yan was the second manager of the firm, he dared not disobey a single word from Lu Rongweng.

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Hearing these figures, Zhang Lida fell silent, his mind racing for a temporary solution. The cigarettes on the table dwindled one by one, leaving the office shrouded in smoke.
Before long, all the senior executives, CEOs, and heads of the Penguin Group arrived at the hall together.
Minutes later, after the conference room had been cleared, the group of second-generation wealthy heirs couldn't help but feel a sense of relief. But at the thought of the meeting's content, their eyes remained filled with shock.
The towering water spout rotated slowly, and from its side, five smaller water tornadoes surged forth, twisting and closing in on the two.
"Bang!" A snowball hit Chen Cheng, who was not entirely innocent, and he immediately hid behind Yuanyuan, resuming his instructions for her next move.
Shen Changqiong’s words stunned everyone following the trial. Originally, Shen Xie’s death had been a trivial matter, and no one expected it to lead to such a twist.
The First Disciple, having dispersed a dozen souls, flew into a rage and struck out with a palm. Li Zhichen stepped forward to intercept it. With a loud "bang," Li Zhichen retreated several steps, his hand bleeding profusely.
Xie Lin was extremely nervous and couldn't help but grip Qin Wan’s hand tightly, fearing that everything before her was merely a hollow dream.
Xiao Yichen’s face had been as dark as Bao Gong’s all night. He desperately wanted to drag her into his room and live with her, but the hateful reality was that they had no legitimate status. He could never bring himself to ruin his assistant’s reputation in front of the entire nation.