Chapter 38: The Setup

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Shan Yuzhu’s face instantly turned as pale as snow. Her lips trembled, yet for a long while she could not utter a single word.

The two figures on the bed were none other than Xiao Jingren and Shen Jiao!

“A-Jiao… you… you!” Shan Zhuyu’s words trembled on her tongue. She pointed at Shen Jiao with shaking fingers, and for a moment dizziness swept over her, as though the heavens and earth had been turned upside down.

Wasn’t Shen He supposed to be the one here? Why was the scene before her so completely different from what she had expected? And why was the man standing beside her unmistakably Xiao Jingren?

Xiao Jingren’s heart jolted violently. He turned around involuntarily, his gaze locking tightly onto the woman beside him, his heart suddenly feeling as though it had been crushed beneath a thousand-weight burden…

But just then, footsteps came from not far away. I frowned slightly. Could someone else have discovered this Thousand-Evolution Pagoda?

Suddenly, someone shoved me, and I nearly fell to the ground. I felt something sticky on my back. “Not good! I’ve been cut!” I touched my back and found my hand covered in blood, yet I felt no pain.

The Lich’s soul suddenly stirred. In an instant, all the undead stopped fighting, and Allen likewise ordered the corpse demons to halt.

“All right, all right, stop arguing. There are still important matters to settle,” Zhou Dao said with a frown.

I knocked on Brother Qiang’s door. After he answered, we entered. Brother Qiang, Brother Xing, and Li Biao were sitting by the window, smoking, with a suitcase beside them.

“Rafeis, you have lost!” A cold voice echoed through Rafeis’s mind.

“Heh heh, even two of my feathers were scorched. What makes you think you’d fare any better?” the Heaven-Splitting Divine Beast said.

The Third Manor Lord was a true man. He showed no fear; instead, he roared and threw a punch at the same time, attempting to take Zhou Dao’s attack head-on.

“We’ll talk about it later. For now, let’s find some people to transport the goods back to Zhuma City,” Zhou Dao said at last.

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He spent a considerable amount of money replenishing his potions and also bought some finely crafted iron arrows. He knew that solo hunting today had greatly increased his arrow consumption; without buying more, he feared he would not have enough.

War was a matter of logistics and resources. This iron law held true in every spacetime and every world.

“How can we do that?” Qiu Ye’s voice trembled almost imperceptibly. Yet he already knew that if they did not want the entire army wiped out, this was their only option.

“That will do, then.” Yuhuatian gave a cold laugh and walked straight out of the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s headquarters without looking back.

It was a lush, verdant forest. Enormous ferns, oddly shaped insects, and the distant roars of primeval beasts all testified to the antiquity of this land.

After sensing the changes within himself, Su Yun immediately knelt prostrate on the ground and launched into another round of religious-style praise directed at Wu Sheng.

If White Crane Abbey had merely discovered one of the later cave repositories, it might contain a great many Daoist achievements of the Primordial Unity Sect. Yet in that case, White Crane Abbey’s potential would essentially be limited to the level of the repository it had found.

Having witnessed Lin Yu’s skill, Yellow Hair did not dare say much more. He was just about to nod in agreement when he suddenly stared blankly toward the outside of the shop, as though something had caught his attention.

After he recalled his Natal Gu into his body, he immediately felt the benefits it had brought him. Not only had the true qi it “produced” increased dramatically, but the moment it entered his body, Qin Fen’s Bone Structure and Constitution rose sharply as well.

Mandal was thoroughly satisfied. He was reluctant to leave for a long time, and only when the employees of Jiuzhou Heavy Industries began clocking off did Zhu Yifeng remind everyone that it was time for dinner. Only then was Mandal forced to leave the final assembly center.

Ye Chen now understood what had happened. He had just discovered the rumors defaming Miku Izayoi. Based on what he knew of her, she could not possibly be that kind of person. Someone must have deliberately smeared her reputation, so he immediately asked Uncle Fan to investigate.

Xu Da and Tang He certainly knew that Tartar infiltrators were present within their army. Yet this time they had chosen not to suppress them, allowing matters to proceed unchecked so that the leader of Jinling City would be deceived.

The Grandmaster was rendered speechless. He turned and swam toward the person floating on the water. By the time he dragged the man ashore, he was gasping for breath.

The rules for the team’s semifinal tournament were as follows: each mentor would assign two students to compose a song on the same theme and perform it onstage. The mentors would then decide for themselves who advanced and who was eliminated.

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“No, there shouldn’t be any errors in it. On the contrary, it’s remarkably accurate and detailed.” He handed the paper to Okuda. Kanzaki Yukiko had realized something: the document even contained highly accurate, detailed instructions for producing a poison capable of killing its own creator. There had to be a problem somewhere.

“Mm-hmm, then it’s settled. Just like my username, I’m fairly good at singing too.” They immediately decided on a place to celebrate. A venue like a karaoke lounge existed even in this game, and naturally, the cost in the game was somewhat lower than in reality.

The scene was immensely shocking. It felt like a collision between an ant and an elephant, yet the “ant” remained completely unharmed. Yuan Gang, on the other hand, was sent flying backward, smashing through countless stars before finally coming to a gradual stop.

Ye Xingchen could not absorb these auras into his body and seal them away. If they had not also served to attract numerous false gods, he would already have used the Vermilion Bird’s purifying flames to burn them all into nothingness.

As the largest bar on Vino Star, it might appear uneventful under ordinary circumstances, but the depravity hidden within was beyond anything that could be described as merely vile.

“Who the hell is that? I’m already in a foul mood, and he still wants to come here looking for trouble.” Lin Hao glanced at the man lying in the corridor, who had been knocked senseless by the fall.

Once the spatial passage had fully taken shape, the Imperial Dragon moved at once and walked directly into it. The Sect Master of Cloud Firmament and Yun Yue followed close behind.

Hill emerged from inside carrying a plate of pastries. Seeing this, Mick stood up and pulled out the seat beside him for her.

When Hao Hao saw Luo Ya appear, his face filled with fiery, avaricious light, as though he wanted to devour her whole.

But Lorna was even more bewildered. Had the outside world been conquered by mutants? She could not help imagining all sorts of things.

After all, Lu Yao had been right this time. Chengyuan International had no problems at all; in fact, it was extremely eager and sincere about cooperating with Zhen Shang International Advertising.

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