Volume 1, Chapter 67: Are You Going to Die or Not?

"Delivering money to me so late?"
"Are you feeling so kind?"
Chu Hao on the other end clearly sounded disbelieving, but then he chuckled coldly, "Moonlight Bay. Come on, your younger brother is waiting for you."
"Alright, I'll be right there."
Chu Lingtian nodded, smiling gently, "Wait for me."
Seeing that Chu Lingtian remained amiable from beginning to end, Jiang Wan finally felt relieved. "Do you have money to give to your younger brother?"
"If you don't, why don't we borrow some more from President Huang Yanchen?"
"Don't worry, put this on my tab; I'll pay her back once I make some money," Jiang Wan added at the end.
"Silly, I have money. I'll go and be right back."
Chu Lingtian gently stroked Jiang Wan's head...

Although her heart was filled with doubts and she desperately wanted to get a clear answer, she understood better than anyone that Xia Qingxiao would never clear things up for her.
Takuya's gaze flickered. This was already the third time Tie Rou had asked. Some things simply cannot be hidden from the eyes. Ever since their last prison visit together, Takuya had noticed that something seemed different between Wen Ruixiu and Tie Rou.
"There was indeed poison, but it has already been cleared. You've been unconscious for five days, so feeling a bit weak now is completely normal," Han Baimo explained softly.
Last night, she had returned late, smelling of alcohol. That man, Mu Zhenhua, had never treated her as a human being, nor had he ever cared about her wishes.
If not for the complete lack of mockery in his tone—flat and detached as if stating a plain fact—and the fact that she knew all too well how indifferent and shallow the boy's personality was, no matter how she listened to it, these words sounded like he was mocking Xie You for having poor judgment of people, which had led to her current predicament.
For a moment, Yin Qingyu suddenly felt that both he and his family were full of filth, leaving him with no room to argue.

That was what I thought at the time, and that was my temper. However, right as I bit down on it, I realized it wasn't biting back at me. I immediately opened my eyes, and at that single glance, I almost laughed myself to death.
Suddenly, there were several loud, echoing booms inside the ear that had been struck, and faintly, I could hear my mother's crying and shouting from outside.
Although Lady Huan and Liu Shiba conversed cryptically, they couldn't keep it from Qin Da. Unable to hold back his breath in one go, he angrily stomped his foot against the ground.
At the same time, the previous five long arrows arrived. Without a single exception, every one of them missed and struck the ground beside the ferocious beast.
Hot blood surged within Tie Zheng's chest. Ling Chong had minimized his crisis before leaving, and right now, the Mighty Spirit Monarch's aura had plummeted, far inferior to what it was before.
If one day I find myself with no one to rely on, please bury me, bury me within this fairy tale of my own.
"Brother Ling..." Tie Zheng's blood-red eyes actually welled with tears, his lips trembling as he muttered softly.
Ning Lang sat on a large leather sofa, watching Xiao Cheng's speech finish, a faint, inexplicable gleam flickering in his eyes.
Traveling over twenty miles north, a vast expanse of verdant grassland came into view. Many sects had already arrived here, some digging pits, some performing sacrificial rituals, some wailing for the dead, and others blowing suonas. It was far livelier than the execution grounds outside Xigaze.
Throughout this process, he used the simplest methods of punching and kicking to test the strength of Xia Chen's arms, the toughness of his fingers, and his various comprehensive physical attributes. To his sorrow, he discovered that even after deploying all his techniques, up until now, he still could not fathom Xia Chen's depth, let alone defeat him.
As for venting out spiritual power, that was even more unfeasible. The spiritual power within the body and the spiritual buds were like two connected water tanks; unless one wished to dissipate decades of cultivation—which was essentially equivalent to seeking death—disrupting the long-standing internal balance would only lead to death by spiritual exhaustion.
Tog Hao walked onward in a daze, guided by the sound of the zither, passing through one palace after another until he finally reached the center of the immortal palace, a courtyard. In the center of the courtyard stood an ancient tree, beneath which flickered an ancient bronze lamp.
This in itself was not strange. Besides, Asuna had just experienced massive ups and downs, so her mindset naturally leaned toward the person who had saved her.
Zhang Qin's body trembled noticeably. He was still swimming, but just as the fin-eating piranhas leaped out of the water, opening their bloody jaws to pounce on him, he let go of his grip and allowed the water deer to leave.
With a furious roar, it violently snapped the vines binding its front legs. Its massive body actually stood upright on its hind legs, and as its hooves came down, it prepared to trample the green bamboo once again.
The so-called guest room was not even as good as a farmhouse; it was merely very clean, though the furnishings were extremely simple.

"There shouldn't be such an accidental coincidence. Check the earlier surveillance footage to see if there were any suspicious personnel," said Team Leader Liang De.
Inside Akatsuki's eastern hideout, Sasuke opened his eyes as he lay on a simple cot. A candle flickered beside him, casting a dim light across the room.
Until their breathing grew hurried, the two only slightly parted. Their faces were faintly flushed, fine threads of saliva still lingering on their lips, glittering in the moonlight.
"Yuejia!" He Yu panicked inwardly. While wrapping his arms around Meng Yuejia, his attacks against the relentless robots became even more ruthless.
"Whew. Cultivating in that pentagram array isn't as grueling as the first time anymore, but it's still very tiring," Cheng Yang let out a long breath, stretched his arms, and walked toward the dark room.
Most drivers on the highway caught sight of this red lightning-like BMW off-road vehicle. Reactions ranged from envy and jealousy to hatred, but no one called the police; they could only gaze at the car and sigh.
Just as Xia Geyang was earnestly lecturing the brainless man, Ouyang Pengcheng at Shanhai Residence was similarly troubled by a certain matter.
"Chirp chirp!" This time, A-Piao asked the little milk candy beside it. The milk candy spread its wings downward and shook its head, meaning "I don't understand either." Feeling helpless, General Fei simply stood on Chen Huizhi's shoulder, shaking his head incessantly—whether he was answering that he didn't understand either, or expressing some sort of body language, remained unclear.
Gu Xiaotong nodded, looking at Mibai. She thought to herself that she must not let Mibai know about the affairs between Lü Jingya and Gu Xiangbei; otherwise, once she found out, she would start worrying again—especially since Mibai was in no mood to deal with such matters right now, nor could she handle them.
Under the complete encirclement of Beiming Yu's army, the reinforcements of the Southern Liang army could not get through, and the army's supply lines were also cut off.
Lin Li, who had been in a dazed state, heard that an emergency patient had arrived. Treating a medical emergency was an order, and instinctively he leaped up from his chair, instantly plunging into the workflow of rescuing patients in the emergency department.
Xu Bo'an also lost control of his emotions, wiping the corner of his eye with his hand. Originally, after the experts from the Ministry of Health confirmed the diagnosis, he had lost all hope; yet now, a miracle had truly occurred. How could he possibly keep his composure?
Taibai's hand kept groping Su Qingyi's body as well—her slender waist, her rounded thighs, and even one hand reaching forward to climb onto Su Qingyi's breasts.
"You will die! The Ling Tian in the Jade Prefecture Celestial Prison is a double. Finding an identical Crown Prince of the Moon Kingdom to act as a puppet is not difficult for him. The All-Revealing Mirror is already full; to you and me, we no longer have any substantial utility value." Hanyuan was practically roaring. This terror and anxiety shocked even Moxiao, making him wonder what on earth was wrong with the princess.