Volume 1, Chapter 140: Azure Pillar of Light

"Can he... make it into the top ten?" She could not quite define her feelings for Ji Die. After several months of getting along, she seemed to have lost her initial aversion and dislike toward him. At this moment, she still hoped he could secure a spot in the top ten.

Not only her, but countless gazes were fixed on Ji Die at this moment, among them quite a few senior second-tier alchemists. Previously, they would not have paid much attention to an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, but in this pill trial, he was simply too eye-catching.

"That Li Shi, though he indeed has some insights regarding spiritual herbs and fast pill-refining speeds, so what! What alchemy ultimately competes on is the strength of the pill's effect," Zhou Ji said proudly, casting a glance at Ji Die...

There was no human habitation on this island, and presumably nothing of value, so Xia Yan simply went back to his room to sleep.

"Hey, aren't you two coming up yet? Could it be that you want to be eaten by that monster?" Xuan Qingzi said.

Factories elsewhere must have seen an opportunity and wanted to jump on the bandwagon, but exits were hard to find, and with too many overlapping enterprises and too few goods to go around, they sought out Lin Yi as the involved party to pull strings. Since the same product could be sourced from various makers, Lin Yi, acting as the liaison, could play a significant decisive role.

Xia Yan rubbed his forehead. He did not care about this, after all, the face he was currently showing to others was also fake.

Such a change was utterly beyond Zhu Xiong英's current strength to see through, and naturally, he remained unaware of its exact nature.

However, Zhu Xiong'ying could sense that whenever he wished, he could summon this Heavenly Water Jade Dragon Armor in an instant.

Xia Yan casually closed the door, watching as Gu Yanran tapped twice on the wall. Immediately, the wall before them cracked open, revealing a brightly lit, extremely high-tech corridor.

Yet, rifles could fire from two hundred paces away; he wondered if their Shadow Clones could continue to score hits.

Xia Yan smiled amiably and offered comfort, looking completely harmless to humans and animals. Only, with Danzo's face, when he smiled, the X-shaped scar on his chin made him look rather terrifying.

Chen Ding left, and Lin Yi brought Jiang Wu and Li Xiangqian home. It was only a little past nine, still early, and none of the three had any intention of sleeping.

Inside the dimly lit grand hall, the tables were covered with leftover meals. Though called leftovers, they were actually extremely lavish: chicken, duck, fish, meat, delicacies from land and sea—a full eighteen courses.

Meanwhile, the other two cultivators beside him immediately retreated to the sides, one left and one right, successfully dodging the ferocious slash coming straight from the front.

Afterward, Qin Chuan had Shen Le set up an array formation. This was not meant to destroy these bounty hunters, but rather to protect them, preventing outsiders from killing them and ending their agony.

"Wang Yue, flirting is fine, but is this the reason you enter my jungle?!" Tang Jie immediately grew displeased.

The Empress Dowager's words constituted the most severe warning. Mo Li stood in place, cold sweat streaming down his back, feeling as though pins and needles were pricking him. He knew that some matters no longer had any room for maneuver.

With a solemn expression, Mo Li said to Prince Jing, "Quick, let him administer the needles." It was not that he disbelieved the imperial physicians' words, but Mao Leyan was a marvelous person, and he firmly believed she would not die so easily.

First, his cousin would definitely not let him off. Throwing him out of the house probably wasn't just idle talk.

Entering the palace for the second time, her state of mind was completely different. The first time, she entered with a purpose, her heart resolute.

"For this second round, why don't we compare whose physique is sturdier, how about that?" Monk Songji said in a low voice.

"Let's talk to them first," Xu Ying said helplessly, forced to make this decision. She couldn't just arrive and base her judgment entirely on a few words from Shi Sanyong, could she? She still needed to understand the situation firsthand.

About fifteen minutes later, police roadblocks could be seen at the end of the road, the intersecting red and blue lights extremely distinct in the rainy night.

Liu Xuefeng was secretly startled; the tough men before him were simply not human. Their vital energy was majestic, their moves heavy and fierce, and they were impervious to blades and spears. Given the sharpness of the Snowflake Golden Saber, it should have been difficult not to scratch them, yet it failed to harm them in the slightest. Although divine power was suppressed here, the Snowflake Saber technique, light yet heavy, should have made wiping out a few nameless brutes relatively easy.

Ouyang was being tortured unmercifully by lovesickness. After Chu Yunfeng left, she waited for a while, but simply could not bear it any longer. Packing light, she headed toward the Central Plains. Afflicted with a disability, crossing mountains and wading rivers, she endured every hardship. Along the way, hearing various rumors about Chu Yunfeng, she was consumed by both worry and sorrow.

The giant beast lurking in the dark lunged fiercely forward, and 3,000 vanguard death-defying soldiers charged madly ahead.

Yet, if he did that, it would disturb his godfather's quiet cultivation. It wasn't as if he lacked money; making his godfather uncomfortable for the sake of a few bucks was simply not worth it.

Of course, everyone could just laugh at Carlos's nonsense and jokes, but no one would take them seriously.

In the end, without hesitation, Long Yinxie feared he might change his mind, and strode in three steps to two before the tent curtain. Raising his free hand, he lifted the flap and walked inside.

The room plunged into darkness. After a blank pause of perhaps a fraction of a second, I decisively dropped the quilt and headed for the table.

Everyone in the dungeon had been drugged unconscious. A figure dressed in black used the key taken from the warden to unlock the dungeon door.

"Hmph! He's just relying on his family connections." Zhuang Bi folded his arms across his chest and snorted disdainfully. In his view, since Yang Fan was so young, he must have used his family's background to make the school leaders treat him with such deference.

Mu Aoqing pulled the curtains closed, lay back down on the bed, and with her eyes closed, gently stroked her stomach.

Seeing Ye Bai's dismissive attitude, the Vajra Divine Monkey grew extremely furious, letting out a roar as it raised its giant club once more to smash down.

This was a reality that had troubled Fan Wu for quite some time, though he had previously comforted himself by telling himself it was all normal. Because he drifted everywhere with no fixed abode, he could accept those people no longer appearing.

Fortunately, to avoid looking awkward wearing sunglasses at night, he had gone out adopting the persona of a blind man holding a white cane, which allowed him to mask his expression.

He would also occasionally glance at the person sitting opposite him. She was truly too quiet. Even though beings like them, who had cultivated to a certain realm, no longer needed mortal food and sustenance, they would still sometimes—as if suddenly recalling what those complex flavors tasted like—sample immortal dew or celestial herbs, preventing them from seeming entirely devoid of human warmth.