Volume 1, Chapter 42: The Ant with Explosively Growing Strength

Hearing Luo Yi's words, the newcomer immediately stopped in his tracks and spoke. However, even as he spoke to Luo Yi, his gaze remained fixed on the rock giants; it was quite obvious that he was here to gather intelligence.

Clinging tightly to A-Hei's head, he clutched its hair with a death grip, his hands trembling uncontrollably, perhaps from the sheer intensity of his exertion.

"What?" The Black Old Demon, who had been lost in his own fantasies, sluggishly realized that his outstretched arm had not returned. Looking up along his arm, he found that it was being held by a delicate, fair hand, and a pair of eyes as bright as stars were staring at him without blinking.

Yet Luo Yi could only wander around the outskirts of the village; he still did not dare to venture deep inside. After all, there were powerful bandits of level thirty and above inside the village, and in great numbers at that. Entering rashly would surely mean being carried out horizontally.

Then, she would be subjected to all sorts of tortures by the gnolls, including letting the gnoll guards ruthlessly defile her body.

He gently kissed her forehead and her eyes, avoiding her bitten lip, as tender, fluttering kisses fell. Her hands wrapped around his neck like a drowning person clinging to a straw.

Old Jia glanced at Zhou Bai, knowing there was potential here. It seemed Zhou Bai also favored this film, but since money was involved, it wasn't his place to chime in, so he simply remained silent.

The nascent golden core shattered. From within the fragments, as if encased in an eggshell, a blur of light of indistinct true form seemed to emerge.

The two cultivators hurriedly released the vital energy they had been using to maintain their aura. At this moment, abruptly withdrawing that energy would be no different from courting death; although doing so would waste a vast amount of vital energy in vain, it was still far better than being assassinated by such a shameless tactic.

"What are you looking at? Hurry inside and do what you're supposed to do; I still have a bunch of questions to ask," Sun Fei said calmly as he walked into the room.

Though she had constantly heard Niru talk about her mother, she had never seen her with her own eyes after all, and could not help feeling a sense of anticipation in her heart.

As for why the Shen brothers still lived in the same courtyard after the family split up instead of building new ones and moving out, the Shen family explained that they were poor and lacked the money to construct new dwellings.

The mist clone rapidly dissipated upon coming into contact with the ink-scaled venom, but at the same time, Jiali Qiong managed to dodge Ink-Scale's attack.

Tang San did not expect to succeed in a single blow; his only goal was for his Blue Silver Grass to touch his opponent. If it did, he could instantly trigger his second spirit ability: Parasite! The poison coating the Blue Silver Grass would temporarily strip all opponents of their combat capabilities.

Zhao Jihai had considered many lawyers Zhao Jiyuan had previously worked with, especially the few he had trusted for years, yet none of them yielded any clues. Yet, in the end, the will had been drawn up by this new lawyer, Song Huaishen, who had just secured a contract with Weiran Group.

Even those with genuine talent were unwilling to make an effort for the common people of Great Tang; most served only their own clans. Calling them officials of Great Tang was less accurate than calling them the running dogs of the Five Great Clans and Seven Distinguished Families.

The moment Zhao Wenyan looked over, Wen Ning completely released the hand they had been holding and even stepped back to maintain a certain distance from Zhou Yi.

"Doesn't your mother always take all the good things back to her maiden family? Is she good to you guys? Are your maternal grandparents good to you guys?" Shen Ruomei couldn't help asking.

Chen Ning froze instantly. This bottle could be said to be of extraordinary value, and in that very instant, Chen Ning already saw a faint glow emanating from within it.

The original intention was for her own good, but some matters could not withstand close scrutiny. Once one began to ponder them this way, it became easy to let one's imagination run wild, and since it was wild imagination, it certainly would not lead to pleasant thoughts.

Previously, Li Cangyu's mind held only competition; he had never considered what romance was. Every day, aside from sleeping and eating, the rest of his time was spent exclusively watching match replays, studying various professional characteristics, formulating tactics, and organizing team training. His entire world was almost completely occupied by the phrase "e-sports."

"Your Majesty, you know as well that I wanted to keep the situation under control, but there were simply too many people, and I was powerless to stop it!" Lin Wudao said indifferently.

Speaking of how Gege Yi and Gege Shu had entered the palace together for the selection and were both bestowed to the Fourteenth Prince, they ought to have stood on equal footing. Yet Gege Shu had snatched the opportunity to bear a child first, becoming a secondary consort and stepping on her to flaunt her dominance. Gege Yi had long harbored resentment in her heart, and thus she was determined to get on good terms with the newly arrived Gege so as to oppose the secondary consort.

When I woke up the next morning, I got up relatively early because of the alarm I had set. After getting out of bed, I went straight to the floor without even putting on clothes, and ran straight over to An Tong's side. The earphones were still plugged in my ears, and the volume was still quite loud.

Their class this morning was taught by Cheng Yan. The moment Cheng Yan walked in, she was as vibrant and spirited as usual, but in the eyes of the discerning, they felt that Cheng Yan must have been nourished by romance to be this way.

At that exact moment, he heard La crying out for help from behind. Turning around, he saw that La had actually been taken hostage by Wang Chongyang.

Wang Chongyang had no intention of meditating; he merely wanted to dispatch Hai Huona so that he would find an opportunity to slip away.

His previous method could indeed have detected whether anyone was lying in ambush in the grass, but it would likely have come at a certain cost. Unlike Liu Xie, who only needed to toss stones to determine the presence of an ambush without having to worry about casualties at all.

Most believed this was a vendetta targeting the deputy mayor, and those college students were merely collateral damage, but until the truth came to light, no one could jump to conclusions.

When Wang Chongyang returned to the hotel, He Fei and Zhu Lili had not yet returned; only Lan Xinjie was in the hotel watching television.

"Is brother-in-law here?" Zhuge Liang could not bother with formalities, and after exchanging a few brief pleasantries, he inquired about his brother-in-law, Kuai Qi.

Ruchu had been raised delicately by her family, but her daintiness was struck just right; when she was considerate of others, she could warm someone from body to soul.

Having said that, without even glancing at the startled and furious Mother Song, she turned on her heel and strode straight out of the room.

"You're asking him? He only knows how to distort the classics of the sages; wouldn't that mislead the youth?" A crisp, disdainful voice drifted from outside the carriage. Looking somewhat puzzled, Cao Chong lifted the carriage curtain to find Sun Shangxiang—who ought to have stayed safely inside the vehicle—fully armored, sitting proudly upright atop a fiery red horse, tilting her head and eyeing him with a look of contempt.