Chapter 58 System Welfare

Shi Chuchu let go of the collar she was gripping and watched him stand frozen in place, looking like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Hardening her heart, she guided the hypnotized Jialuo, whose steps were light and unsteady, walking him toward the bedroom step by step, where he obediently collapsed onto the soft, wide bed.

From that moment on, Shi Chuchu held back no longer.

She completely released her suppression over her own instincts, greedily and deeply extracting Jialuo's power.

She had previously cast a spiritual incantation on the embroidered pouch. Unless the caster lifted the spell, any other immortal who touched it would instantly cause the pouch to turn to dust.

The two chatted most pleasantly and did not leave until noon. Concerned for Lin Yu's safety, the others had kept watch right at the entrance of the cafe where Lin Yu and Shui Yuejian were meeting.

Feeling somewhat agitated, Song Jiuyue wanted to smoke a cigarette. With the cigarette dangling between his lips, he suddenly remembered he was still in a temple and had to withdraw it with a bitter smile.

"Zhenzhen, Big Brother, the weather is fine right now, but it won't be long before it gets terribly hot around the house. Later, Su Chenyi and I will go look for some fans to install. Here are my house keys—have them put fans in every room once they arrive!" Gu Yuwei said.

He had never seen his son at this age before; usually, they only managed to meet once a year during the Lunar New Year. Seeing his son so suddenly at this time, he was somewhat surprised!

"Rest assured, come with me, Big Brother won't let you get the short end of the stick, Big Brother will make you feel like you're floating in paradise," Ye Chen said with a smile.

"That's quite enough from you lot!" Lin Yu put her hands on her hips, a sense of helplessness washing over her. Was this what loneliness without understanding felt like?

Feng Can's brain, which had been dazed from two consecutive meals, finally returned to normal when hunger struck that evening.

The body of the golden giant dragon trembled slightly and shifted into a majestic-looking middle-aged man. In an instant, he appeared before Ao La and smashed a fist directly toward his chest.

"That's true, you're married now. Still, if you really are a child of their family, you're bound to receive the love of your family!" Tang Ge said.

You Zhuangrui spoke with great excitement, but compared to his enthusiasm, Prince Halik's reaction was rather lukewarm. Although he kept a smiling face on the surface to express his support, his smile remained far too stiff.

Xun Yu smiled and said, "My father mentioned Elder Brother's marriage in his letter. The family has already gone to the Chen family to propose betrothal gifts, and has also performed the name-inquiry and divination, which yielded a most auspicious hexagram. Now all that remains is to send the formal betrothal gifts and set the wedding date." He paused, looking as though he wanted to say more.

The divine guards were exhausted after all. Forcibly retracting ninety percent of Fang Dang's true bamboo slips might have looked simple, but it had actually tapped into their foundational vital energy. Once that fundamental power was spent, it was virtually impossible to replenish. To the divine guards, this vital energy was as crucial as the soul was to true immortals.

And now, these various factions requesting an audience were precisely the external forces that the desolate realm needed to lean upon.

Very well, even conceding a ten-thousand-step retreat—supposing they did want to profit illicitly, Zhou Ming would simply let them take a small share, as long as it wasn't like the crazy subcontracting seen in the Qingdao subway, being subcontracted five, six, seven, or eight times over. The paltry amount they might embezzle was truly not worth his concern.

The Si River flowed past the eastern side of Pengcheng County, and Mi Zhu, Cheng Jia, and others awaited Xun Zhen on the opposite bank at the county boundary.

The crimson subduing-demon pestle tied around the triangular-faced man's waist was clearly the very same red-glare flying shuttle that had previously wounded him. It was undoubtedly a Dao-vessel-grade treasure wielded by a supreme powerhouse of the Bitter Sea realm, and it could definitely be described as invincible against anything.

Xun Zhen and Sun Jian's earlier deployment was as follows: if they could break the pass before Xu Rong, Hu Zhen, and Lü Bu arrived, that would naturally be best; if not, the two armies would array themselves in formation, seek out tactical opportunities, and first defeat Xu Rong and the others before taking the Taigu Pass.

Regarding transportation, the Ministry of Communications planned in the future to build a railway from Yanjing down to Yangcheng in the south, from Yanjing to Tianjin, and then eastward. There was also the Longhai Railway, which had long been in the planning stages, a major trunk railway connecting the eastern and western ends along the Yangtze River, and a railway linking the southwest of the empire.