Chapter 45

At the thousand-丈 mark, Meng Hao breathed heavily. His body felt as though it had sunk into the weak waters, with formless bindings wrapping around him from all directions, directly restraining him. The intense pressure made his body feel as if it were twisting.

In fact, this imperial decree was meant to expand Xue Xiang's authority over the financial coordination of the nine circuits in Jiangnan to a nationwide scale.

The Purple-Eyed Emperor also looked toward Li Jianfeng. "This must be the Slashing Heaven Emperor. It is my first time laying eyes on the True Immortal," he said, a hint of surprise in his tone.

This caused the tree in this moment to seem to regain a revitalized strength, looking... as if it were still alive. Meng Hao's hand touched the large tree, and thus this trace of vital life force was likewise felt by him.

At this critical juncture, the gigantic red hound and the gigantic hellhound soared upward, charging madly toward Marquis Bernard. It would take them at most two months of time and destruction to repair themselves if broken, but if their master died on the battlefield, the guardian beasts would perish permanently along with him.

Yet no matter how he retreated, the sensation of life and death within his mind remained incomparably intense. That feeling of being locked onto not only did not diminish, but instead grew even more solid, as if no matter what he did, he could not shake it off.

Ling Yun's current state could be described as terrifying to the extreme, yet he acted as if nothing was the matter. He turned a blind eye to the wounds and blood on his body, his gaze cold, his expression calm and composed.

Not long after Wang Ju bought his residence, ministers began to speculate about his wealth. First was the income from the sugarcane workshop shares; it seemed Wang Ju had yielded half of them to ten merchants in Yanzhou. However, there was still a substantial income remaining for the year.

Not daring to meet the blow head-on, Suren could only draw his saber and rapidly retreat. When he pulled out his curved blade, a large spray of dragon blood gushed from his wound.

A sheep in the borderlands cost one guan of coin, but in the capital, it cost three guan. Why? Because transporting sheep from the border regions to the capital required hiring herders, consuming fodder and grain, and paying related taxes.

Fortunately, practice makes perfect. Huo Suting had basically figured out the process of drawing scaled diagrams, so she did not waste too much time.

Xiao Yan frowned as he looked at Yun Xiang, not knowing why. Ever since he learned he had a junior sister, his abnormal protective urge began acting up again. Previously, it was directed toward Situ Liufeng; he truly regarded Situ Liufeng as his younger brother, even though Situ Liufeng was actually a year older than him.

Su Junyi believed that since the discovery of the demon rune system over two hundred years ago, countless talented prodigies had been as numerous as the stars in the sky.

As Li Jun had said, the cargo hold was indeed piled high with jadeite roughs. These roughs were divided into two piles—one from the old mining sites, and one from the new mining sites. However, the quality of the roughs seemed quite decent, and they should yield quite a few high-grade pieces once unlocked.

Iron Pagoda felt a slight pain in his forehead, while at the same time, he felt that his finger had truly pierced through something.

Of course, Zhao Xin was not the only one harboring such intentions; Long Zhi and Jin Yun were the same. In fact, Jin Yun had never thought Gu Qing would win; he merely wanted to use Gu Qing's hands to see just how strong Mu Yi truly was.

Yet just listening to the words he spoke, and observing his poise while holding the saber, he still looked like an eagerly anticipated, distinguished guest who had arrived fashionably late.

Ye Rongbin's eyelids twitched, a bad premonition faintly rising in his heart as it instantly sank to rock bottom.

This was also what she had figured out during the past two days in the Kingdom of Baoxiang. Along this sea voyage, they would surely encounter many situations just like this one. She wanted to spread medical skills overseas so that more people could be rescued and benefit from them. Regardless of whether others would be grateful to her or not, she felt this was a meaning to life.

Squeezing and pushing, Huo Suting finally managed to squeeze her way in. To her surprise, no sooner had she broken through the encirclement than she saw a pile of shattered flowerpot fragments on the ground. The pot of Prime Lotus that Yue Xingher had entered into the competition this time was lying on the floor, broken directly off at the main stem.

Xu Zhihuai was not worried at all that Mu Wanxi would frame her; she picked a chestnut from the paper bag and let Jin Hua peel it for her to eat.

Xu Zhihuai instantly snapped back to her senses. Seeing Mu Wanxi shivering, she hurriedly stepped forward to embrace her, taking the opportunity to prevent Mu Wanxi from seeing her tear-stained face.

Remembering that when physicians check the pulse, they sometimes check both wrists, she didn't think much of it. Reaching out to feel the pulse, she offered a soft explanation.

Luo Wan looked at the man's handsome face, recalling the events of the previous night in her mind, and felt a wave of inexplicable anger.

"This subject is willing to make a western hunt on behalf of Your Majesty," the Crown Prince said directly, meaning: *You yield the throne to me, and whether you want to leave or not is your business; either way, I am going.*

A rocket-propelled grenade whizzed past the tops of their heads and exploded directly a few hundred meters away.

Du Yunyi was clearly a familiar face; almost no one questioned her, and she passed smoothly through the gates without obstruction.

She had only heard Jin Hua describe the general location, remembering that next to the tombstone stood two tall, large locust trees with luxuriant branches and sturdy trunks.

Laughing Dust also looked with a solemn expression at the black-robed Long Kong, but some doubt lingered in his heart: given the strictness of this auction, how could an Evil Soul Master have managed to sneak in?

One of the leaders took the lead, the short blade in his hand dancing wildly like a dragon's tail, forcing the enemy back time and again. His gaze was as steadfast as iron, as if no difficulty could ever shake his conviction.

The flames transformed into a gigantic axe. Jiang Luo let out a roar, exerting all his strength to hack toward the vine-armored soldier. Along with the sound of snapping vines, the flaming giant axe embedded itself directly into the vine-armored soldier's head.

Shen Jin was a member of the Oddities Society and could control quite a few malevolent ghosts. One would imagine his status within the Oddities Society was not low. Since a figure like him had been taken care of by her, the Oddities Society could not swallow their anger and had therefore come to exact revenge.

Those tribes that had not yet been infected by the plague, or those with mild symptoms, exhibited a unified course of action.

Judging by the other party's expression, those few individuals from the Chan Teaching going to the Western Teaching probably were not as simple as they seemed.

At that time, everyone in the company had already left work, and only Xiao Jie remained in the office building, flipping through the draft manuscripts one by one.

Su Yingwei felt a flutter of panic in her heart. The reason she had intentionally kept it hidden was precisely out of fear that Su Guanghe would look down upon Fu Hongchen or even cause a huge scene here.

Originally, they thought they were about to experience a soul-shaking calamity, but they never expected the robbers to lay down their butcher knives.

A foreign devil wearing a white lab coat walked in, carrying Zheng Khan's human-skin clothing in his hand, along with a grayish-white leather jacket.

At the very least, only those top-tier chess players and grandmasters who dedicated themselves to studying the art of chess could surpass her.

Fortunately, she also discovered that as long as she continued to cultivate along the path of magnetic-field martial arts, her mastery over gravity would deepen. This seemed to be her only consolation.