Chapter 47

An enormous castle stood quietly, enveloped by a translucent, shimmering barrier of light that hovered between illusion and reality. Ordinary people would never be able to discover it, and anyone who dared to touch it would be instantly repelled and bounced back.

"That private residence was bought with your own money, not public funds. It is only natural for you to go back and sleep there. Who would dare to say otherwise?" Qingyi replied with a hint of dissatisfaction.

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Qin Feng ignored Nian Shuyan's dissuasion and went to work anyway.

The remaining dozen or so people looked as though their wits had been frightened out of them, terrified that I might unleash another scattering attack. They quickly retreated back into the crowd of players before finally feeling a shred of safety.

Lu Dingfeng was waiting precisely for these words from her. He had no personal friendship with his godfather whatsoever; if not for her, he would never have been able to climb so high and connect with the underground emperor of the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Much of the position he held today was, to a greater or lesser extent, thanks to his godfather.

Zifeng? Who is Zifeng? How could these absurd words go on and on? If Hanchu were not entirely sober, she would have almost thought she was experiencing a dream, and that the celestial being in her dream had mistaken her for someone else.

"The only person I can contact is Jingtian. As for whether this poison can be removed, Jingtian is also trying to find a way for me, though nothing yet," said Feng Qiuhuang.

Shen Yu hurriedly smiled and curried favor with the Dowager, replying, "Thank you for your consideration. If we are really talking about a nominal son-in-law like me, you are truly the one who cherishes me the most... As for the others, it is quite obvious they never kept me in my heart." With that, he deliberately glanced at Chuxiu with a pointed look.

"We cannot afford to let our guard down. That old fellow is no simple character; will he honestly and obediently follow our commands? His calculation is probably to first eliminate Gaoyan, then wait and see how the situation develops, and strike when the opportunity arises. However, this is merely my conjecture. If he does not harbor such intentions, all the better—we can wipe them all out at once," Chen Langye said.

As soon as she entered Yanlan City, she immediately ordered the carriage to stop, lifted the curtain, and looked far into the distance at the four standing white marble memorial archways. Along the way, she had already learned the full sequence of events regarding Nie Peixiao's illness, which only fueled her resentment toward Dowager Xie and Lady Yun.

Gathering his thoughts, Feilian felt this was highly plausible. Among all the saints, only Goddess Nüwa attained sainthood by earning immense merit through the creation of humanity, while all the other saints achieved sainthood through the merit of establishing religious teachings. Consequently, those saints bore the obligation to maintain the prosperity of their respective sects.

"The two of us couldn't even challenge a single Dragon-Taming Arhat, and now those two are challenging the Eighteen Arhats alongside the Eight Great Bodhisattvas. If even they fail their challenge, the strength of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas is simply too terrifying," someone watching from the sky remarked.

Recently, the political climate in Lingyang Prefecture had been shifting unpredictably. The major factions within the city were locked in a fierce, life-and-death struggle. In order to seize the three largest territories, bloodshed had escalated, moving the conflict from the dark, shadowy corners straight out into the open.

The distance between the stone pillar peaks was no more than four or five meters at their closest, and only thirty or forty meters at their furthest. The chasms plunged straight down into the deep sea, with roaring, turbulent currents rushing past below, emitting a thunderous sound. Shielded by the stone pillar peaks, no one from the outside world could possibly tell that an-hidden cave lay concealed here.

Even though the expanded and rebuilt ceiling was roughly three or four stories high, it didn't matter. The roof of the house could be designed to be flat, allowing for various activities up there, such as farming or carving out even more expansive space.

"Puff!" Longge's spear pierced through the dual paws of the Qiyue zero-rank magical beast, and then drove straight through its chest.

Upon reaching the maximum level—say, level one hundred godhood—you could transform Lake Baikal into an eternally frozen lake. There are still 5,555 copies left. Don't you, dear reader who happens to see this exact number, feel that this is such a wonderful figure that you simply must take action right now?

"It's fine, I'll take good care of him," Chun Li nodded, her initial shyness replaced by a gentle, considerate warmth.

Xi Baobao's eyes widened as she watched the streak of yellow shadow slowly descend to the ground. Miraculously, it turned out to be a foreigner wearing sportswear—his sportswear was yellow, his hair was shockingly yellow as well, and his eyes were blue, yet his agility was quite extraordinary.

These vengeful spirits and ghosts were mostly at the early stage of Dark Energy cultivation, with only a rare few possessing the proficiency of the mid-stage Dark Energy. The ghost soldiers that emerged last were at the peak of Dark Energy. If encountered by ordinary people or martial artists, they would be extremely difficult to deal with, yet in the eyes of a sorcerer, they were far simpler to handle than martial artists of equivalent cultivation.

The carriage jolted forward intermittently. Ling Miao raised her head to look at the ash-gray sky, feeling an even heavier weight settling in her heart.

In her memories, Yuyang gave off an air of laziness, but today's Yuyang made people instinctively want to keep their distance.

Pity poor Lingyang, who couldn't even understand financial statements. Account operations were something Chu Wanyi had taught him hand-in-hand back in Tangyuan County. Every time Lingyang faced Chu Wanyi's earnest inquiries, he had no choice but to spout utter nonsense. Fortunately, having studied psychology at the police academy in the past, he was at least able to utter some pretentious, profound-sounding words to muddle through temporarily.

Once the motorcade of the Emperor and Empress Dowager Ci'an drove into Xiangshan and parked the cars in the parking lot newly constructed by Ma Sanqiang, Ma Sanqiang brought several deputy commanders, including Li Sanquan and Zhang Dapao, forward to welcome the Emperor and Empress Dowager.

He had originally wanted to say that Moxialian had been searching for her all along, but thought better of it and kept the words to himself. The person Moxialian loved was still Chu Yan'er; why let Bao Bei tread the exact same path of heartbreak again?

"If I didn't know you were the one who said that, I would have completely believed Wanyu when she called you a big pervert back then," Song Cheng covered her mouth and smiled.