Chapter 42

"Who cares if he is or isn't? Let's search carefully for clues here. First, we need to take control of the altar; otherwise, we'll keep getting attacked, which is very troublesome," I said.

She was utterly entranced and deeply focused on searching for that sliver of enlightenment within her heart, craving the power it would bring her, yet forgetting everything else around her, oblivious to the fact that she was in an absolutely perilous situation.

Survival in the pugilist world is actually much more brutal than survival in ordinary society... because survival in the martial world relies on strength, leaving very few opportunities for opportunism.

If that were truly the case, we would definitely be in trouble. If the night watchmen discovered any abnormalities, they would come inside to wake people up. Even if they didn't have time to wake anyone, they should at least have fired a warning shot. But everyone in the house, including myself, did not hear a single sound all night long.

She knew that the imperial concubines might not have left yet, and returning to the Palace of Sukun right now would undoubtedly cause a massive uproar.

"Alright! Watch this, Sparrow, look at your big brother's flying sword," I laughed, as a celestial sword flew out from the palm of my hand and split into two, their dazzling brilliance illuminating the entire cave.

And her words left everyone present utterly stunned and frozen. She actually intended to send the people from the Grand General's Estate to the Ministry of Punishments and demanded that the officials there deal with them strictly!

The maids and elderly female servants behind the First Madam all turned pale as paper, keeping their heads down in silence. The First Madam herself was burning with rage; today, the master had punished Meilan and even made the estate's servants watch the punishment—wasn't this stripping away all her dignity on the spot?

Recalling how she had encountered an assassination attempt right at the water's bottom upon her rebirth, a deeply ingrained chill flashed through her tranquil, ancient-well-like eyes. There could be no doubt that the person who tried to assassinate her was none other than Yun Yun.

"And just like that, it's over." A sense of unease welled up inside me, and now no one had any idea where Edward was.

"Oh my, I'm getting so embarrassed. Mom, Dad, I'm going to go rest first, you guys keep chatting. Goodnight!" Ji Xinliang walked away with a flushed face.

The sudden cold voice caused Rong Chen's expression of disdain to freeze before he could retract it, and his foot gave a slight stumble.

After composing my emotions, I tidied up a bit, ordered some takeout, ate a few bites, and then got ready to head to the amusement park.

Lin Nuannuan's eyelids involuntarily twitched. Suppressing the anger in her heart, she still maintained a calm and unruffled expression on her face as she dusted off her sleeves.

On the day of the funeral, all the prominent figures in Jiangzhou City attended. As a neighbor, Ah Jiu naturally could not be absent.

She had originally planned to invite him to dinner, but she hadn't expected that he would turn around and invite her instead, and Xiao Zhe had just mentioned that he would drive over to pick her up.

Several of them hurriedly covered their noses. Lin Nuannuan had already been pulled backward by Xue Mingrui. Those archives were truly aged; it felt as if just by opening them, dust would come billowing out.

Ji Yanmo closed his eyes, cutting off those data streams of immense impact. He needed to rush these materials over to Li Meng's side and destroy Zheng Changdong's laboratory within the shortest possible time.

Yuzhen tapped her palm lightly once again, extracting a drop of her own primordial blood from the deepest part of the extreme yin within Yun Zhi's body.

Upon learning that an outside guest was visiting, Lin Daiyu hurried into the inner room to avoid them, leaving only Zijuan in the hall to serve tea and water.

"We must find a way to guide these souls away," A Piao said firmly, though her inner self remained filled with terror, she knew this was the only way out.

Surrounded by various urban constructions at the center of the transit hub stood a massive hexagonal pillar-like building. That was the hub's central spaceport, dedicated to the entry and departure of all kinds of transport spacecraft, and it also housed the administrative offices of the transit station's management team.

As they penetrated deeper into the interior of the hospital, that suffocating sense of oppression returned. The air seemed to be saturated with a bizarre odor—a mixture of decay and dampness. From somewhere in a corner of the hospital came the faint sound of dripping water, drip, drop, resembling an invisible countdown.

Chu Xi suddenly remembered that this Lin Tianhuan was precisely the person who had accompanied Chu Lingxiao to the Ji family that day. She had caught sight of his figure when she was hiding in the inner room.

However, the family had always held titles without any substantive official posts, which was why the Shi family kept a much lower profile. But now, the third master of the Shi family, Shi Ding, was heading to the borderlands to command troops; this was indeed a rare and fortunate development for the Shi family.

Just as Chen Feng was about to speak, that familiar "Creator" slowly appeared once more. His figure remained shrouded in mysterious light and shadow, as if he were completely out of place with the surrounding environment.

Before anyone could clearly see who had come, Cheng Mingyu's face received a solid, resounding slap.

In his memories, his adoptive father always maintained an indifferent demeanor. Perhaps this was simply his temperament, never holding grudges, yet he caught a glimpse of unconcealed unwillingness in his adoptive father's eyes.

"Master Husband, shall we retire for the rest?" Yuan Gunan revealed a smiling expression along with a flash of white teeth, causing Hua Mulan's chill to rise sharply. She shivered involuntarily, goosebumps breaking out all over her skin.

That same night, after dinner, Irina checked the news on her wristband, and her expression instantly turned ugly.

Ah Gui looked up at the night sky with a calm expression. Tonight's sky was murky and the moonlight desolate—it was simply the perfect time for this group of people to prowl.