24 The True and False Heiresses (II)

He patted his flushed cheeks, and the rapid thumping in his chest gradually settled down.

Before departing, Zhao Kang opened the Eye of Heaven once more to locate the Sun Spirit Pearl, hoping to unite it with the others to forge a supreme treasure. This trip would be the perfect opportunity to retrieve it.

Gu Youran’s persistent refusal to let go left Leng Youhan, who had exhausted every possible strategy to break free, completely at a loss.

Zhong Nan did not decline the Emperor’s kindness. Having already arranged dinner appointments with Shi Xing and Song Yingchang for the next two days, he decided to stay in the capital for three days. Moreover, before leaving Jizhou, he had finalized all military affairs, so he had no concerns about any negative impact.

Bai Shu’s eyes darkened. Resting his hands on Yin Yi’s shoulders, he could not help but press a kiss against that snowy-white skin.

Baoyuan left, and from that day on, he never returned. I sat by the table, silently transcribing Buddhist scriptures, neither speaking nor looking up, no matter who approached.

"Little brother, I know you are frustrated, and I know you have become a Grandmaster of Martial Arts, but so what? We both came out of that place. Don't you know their strength, their temperament?" Li Zhi sighed.

Although Lu Bu said this, he had already placed himself in a position superior to Gao Chong.

"Big brother! This..." Zhang Fei turned his head to look at his eldest brother, eager to ask what they should do next.

A-Kui was a member of the Mighty Tribe. If this were true, and Old Master Shi held a grudge against them, then capturing A-Kui was meant to use him as leverage against the tribe. In this way, Old Master Shi could achieve some ulterior goal.

"Stop thinking about those trivial things and focus on your work; that is what matters!" Mingzhu brushed off the concern, rolled up her sleeves, picked up a vase from the side, and continued to wipe it, as if the bloodstained wounds on her body did not belong to her.

***

Various families even sent elders to contact Ye Hanxin, but the efforts ultimately came to nothing. Consequently, Sheng Xiyang transitioned from a man who was already betrothed back into an unattached young gentleman.

As I spoke, I clenched my fists; had I not been so careless before, I would not have let Long Wu escape. Ling'er nodded as if she understood, and seemingly overcome by fatigue, she leaned against my shoulder to rest.

"Dragon Emerging from the Sea!" Zheng Ming threw a punch toward Liu Shengwu’s chest. Liu Shengwu sidestepped, but the fighting spirit erupting from the fist struck his own shoulder instead.

Seeing her unable to meet my gaze, I was certain she was hiding something from me. Yet, I could not press her further; if she refused to speak, no amount of questioning would make her reveal the truth. After leaving the police station, seeing that it was getting late, I parted ways with Xinyue.

Chu Xuan looked at the netherworld beyond the Main God’s square, which had been transformed into a living hell, and suddenly fell silent.

A rhetorical question instantly stumped Feng Zhong Guyu. With that remark from Gu’ao Langyan, Lilith knew he had feelings for the Snow Elf. Otherwise, he could have simply ignored the question.

Of course, for someone like Lucifer, who lacked a strong sense of allegiance to any faction, the messages sent by Lilith and the Snow Elf were entirely ignorable, which is why he did not join the faction territory at this time.

I had racked my brains to come up with these four characters. After all, in today's society, you cannot simply write "Fortune Telling" on a sign, or the urban management officers will come knocking.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" One after another, cultivators turned into miserable pools of blood. Huang Qing merely watched the rain of blood falling from the sky with a look of profound confusion on his face. Why could he not hear any sound?

These were the foul impurities that had accumulated within the body, forced out by the tempering of spiritual energy from the previous night. In Taoism, this is called "cleansing the marrow and cutting the hair"; in Buddhism, it is "changing the sinews and forging the bones"; and among spiritualists, it is known as "purifying the meridians and clearing the apertures."

Afterward, I used my Heavenly Eye to observe the stone, but within its vision, the stone appeared entirely ordinary.

***

On the day of the grand opening, Ximen did not show his face at all. Sister Liu and Huazi handled everything entirely on their own, making Ximen a truly hands-off boss.

The cataclysmic power they had anticipated never descended upon them, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief; Mu Yang, in particular, felt a heavy stone lift from his heart.

Ximen Jing snorted coldly and said, "Stop looking. How many people do you think it takes to deal with you?" As he spoke, he revealed the hilt of a straight blade from his trench coat. Ximen Jing had developed the habit of carrying the blade whenever he went out, having specially sewn hidden hooks into his coat to secure it inside.

The outcome, of course, held no surprises, nor did any miracle occur. The judge dismissed our appeal on the grounds that Yue Heng could have used remote controls like a telephone to commit the murder.

If it were truly as the spirit medium said, and an evil ghost was haunting the place, it would indeed be a first for me. I had encountered zombies and monsters before, but this was my first time facing a ghost—truth be told, I was somewhat excited.

I glanced at Cheng Xu and said to Xia Xia, "Don't worry! With me here, no one can touch you!" Overcome with joy, Xia Xia nodded excitedly, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

Regrettably, after waiting for a long time, the bride who was supposed to appear in red never arrived. Master Gongsun himself seemed puzzled, and his increasingly furrowed brow indicated that this, too, was not part of his arrangements.