Chapter 45

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Inside the room, Lin Ye and Lin Yiyi, who had just stepped out of the bathroom after sharing a bath, exchanged glances.
Gu Shenran had already noticed us waiting nearby, and walked over with a smile. After greeting Gu Huanhuan first, she looked at me.
Take your time and observe: the soaring clouds and flying birds, the stirring winds and rising dust, the trees, mountains, blades of grass, people, and livestock are all objective entities rather than mere projections of your perception.
It was rare to see Murong Hui looking so happy. Lin Yingxue felt that Murong Hui's smile was dazzling, far more pleasing to the eye than her previous obedient, artificial grins.
I looked with amusement at Jiang Min's rare, childlike display, though the thought of returning to see Ah Huai filled my heart with deep joy.
We are willing to seize this opportunity to complete our studies. If we receive the teachings proclaimed by the Tathagata today yet fail to put them into practice, instead treating these lectures with the same confusion we had before our enlightenment, then it would be as if we had never heard the Tathagata speak at all.
Li Zhun changed my clothes without crossing any boundaries, and then watched step by step as I walked out.
If Xu Changsheng failed to withstand this terrifying lethal move, he would be completely obliterated in the torrent of the starry sky. His physical body would collapse, and even his soul would be ground into fine powder, leaving not even the possibility of reincarnation.
Qian Yuan was about to speak when he felt an unbearable, excruciating pain engulf him from all directions, causing cold sweat to instantly break out across his entire body.
Therefore, the senior management of the South Fist Martial Arts Hall had no choice but to halt their encirclement of the Zhang brothers.
However, there was still nearly a month left before the expected due date. Coming at this time, it was equivalent to a premature birth, and the situation did not look promising.
Huo Weihua was a core member of the Eunuch faction, deeply trusted and favored by Wei Zhongxian. Naturally, Tianqi believed him without a doubt and drank it as instructed. Finding it refreshingly sweet and pleasant, he took it every day.
Luo Yao could not exactly say she liked such a person, nor did she feel any aversion. What she did understand was that such a person would be absolutely ideal for public relations work, because she knew how to handle matters impeccably.
It made her unable to resist imagining how much better it would feel to remove the clothes and touch the skin directly.
"Then you can go straight to the Ghost Mound; it will still be of great use to you," Kotaro Otogawa replied indifferently.
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When Qian Xiaoxin spoke of feeling unbalanced in her heart, it was naturally said in jest. However, the one who genuinely felt unbalanced at that moment was Yu Li, sitting in the office. While Yu Li chimed in with smiles and played along with Qian Xiaoxin's extortion, a trace of sourness lingered in her heart.
Everyone present wore expressions as grim as if they had lost their own parents. They not only resented the incompetence of Zhang Dakui and the others, but also despised Chongzhen's ruthlessness, terrified that Chongzhen might seize upon any pretext to execute their entire clans down to the ninth degree.
With tens of millions of assets newly added to the imperial treasury, Zhu Youjian suddenly found himself unprecedentedly wealthy. Looking back to the beginning of his ascension when the imperial treasury held only two million taels of silver and fifty thousand taels of gold, the downfall of Wei Zhongxian's faction had added five million taels, bringing the total assets to seven million five hundred thousand taels.
Several household servants in the courtyard were scattered haphazardly on the ground, their clothes in tatters. Some clutched their legs, others their buttocks, all bleeding profusely.
The gold content of this batch of western missionaries was undoubtedly extremely high. Among them were renowned scholars well-known to later generations of Chinese people, such as Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Johannes Terrenz Schreck, Nicolas Trigault, and Giacomo Rho.
Daring not to dwell on it further, he hurriedly retreated, whipped his horse, and prepared to flee, when suddenly a large net descended from the sky, instantly enveloping him within its meshes.
"Everyone, make your move." The Xuan-tier expert also seemed angered. As a cultivator, wherever he went, almost everyone respected him, treated him as an honored guest, and people in the mortal world even worshipped him, calling him an immortal.
Lian Hua had merely made a casual, mocking remark, never expecting Liu Feng to turn around and leave immediately. She wanted to call out to him, but after a second thought, she pressed her lips together and resumed her meditation.
Out of deep concern for the injuries on Xia Chiyuan's body, Li Xuzhi naturally could not bear to ask her to close the windows. Therefore, upon leaving, he merely pulled the shutters closed and wedged them tightly shut to prevent the cold wind from blowing into Xia Chiyuan's room.
Although Ning Tang's face betrayed no emotion, Feng Xiao still felt a wave of relief in his heart when he saw her come over to take Li Zhan's pulse.
With a resounding "boom," the main beam of Zhang Song's residence collapsed. In the flickering glow of the fire, the expressions of terror on many people's faces were vividly clear.
To be exact, several explosions rang out simultaneously. The rumbling sound resembled thunder, making people's ears ache with pain.
He knew Green Willow Manor. How could the establishment of any estate inside or outside the city possibly escape his notice?
Hearing Li Hongyan put it this way, many court officials, particularly those aligned with Prince Weiyuan, immediately chimed in to show their support.
The information in the team channel flickered. Su Xue fixed her gaze upon it, and her heart skipped a beat involuntarily.
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"Leader, get some rest. Leave this to us. We understand the situation and will be careful," someone immediately replied through the communicator.
Jiang Yaozu only knew that his older sister had bought some grain, but had no idea what kind it was. When his mother had returned earlier and taken a frightened look, she quickly covered it back up, but he had caught a glimpse of it: it was entirely rice paddy, grain by grain, exceptionally plump.
Xuan Yuanchen could not describe the sensation. Every time Huo Mengmeng brushed against his chest, his entire body tinged with the feeling of an electric current passing through.
Li Qingyun smiled and opened his pet interface to check its attributes, feeling a certain curiosity toward the creature.
After picking up everything, Li Qingyun's Swift Shadow Technique and Rain of Bullets had finished their cooldowns once again.
They continued walking forward for about a hundred meters when they suddenly saw a stream of white light emerging from a fissure.
"Do either of you have any regrets now? If you regret it now, it's still not too late," Luo Lingqi turned back to ask Mu Cheng and Fang Ze for confirmation once more.
Luo Lingqi had just stepped out for a moment, and upon returning to find Xia Zhaoyang's approach, he expressed his full approval.
Mandasha at dusk was beginning to reveal its bustling glamour. The colorful neon lights along the streets and alleys flickered to life, and people continued to revel in this wonderful night—for a wonderful day always begins with its nightlife.
Mo Dong'er thought to herself that Zhu'er always drilled it into her head that she must not steal, must not rob, must not act with malice toward others, and above all, must not meddle in other people's affairs.
Nanny Hua remembered that the last young lady with such phoenix-like eyes had swept the world in crimson robes, exuding ultimate allure. How could she resemble the person before her, who was currently gnawing away on a box of pastries?
"Really? Wow, does that mean I've brought glory to my ancestors? Everyone must have discovered my greatness; I am the mightiest Wolf King in the world, hahahahaha." The Wolf King looked at He Ji with an excited expression.
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