Volume One, Chapter 35: One More Check

No matter how many achievements one attains, no matter how high one’s accomplishments soar, in the end, it all serves others, leaving one with nothing.

Yet, Lady Lei’s nature remained unchanged. She and Lei Ke were about to face numerous challenges, and this particular hurdle seemed insurmountable.

“Sword Sovereign, I treat you as a senior and have always yielded to you, but don’t take advantage of it,” Hu Lao San shouted angrily. “Senior? Do you even consider me a senior?” Wu Fangzi responded slowly. Everyone held their breath, anticipating the eruption of this fierce confrontation.

“That’s why she schemed to frame her, why she went to such lengths to stage this entire plot,” Baili Yuxin spat coldly as he shook off her hand and shouted in anger. He hadn’t expected that even now, she would remain so unrepentant.

Scarface Zhou Cui and the hidden guards sighed deeply as they looked upon An Youran sleeping peacefully in bed. After days and nights of frantic searching, they could finally bring a satisfying end to this life of turmoil and fear.

“Brother, you’re truly handsome,” Leng Xianning said as she reached out to touch his face, her hand lingering on his violet eyes, gently stroking his eyelashes with tenderness and care.

Though her status was humble, Qingjie was not to be trifled with. Feeling weak and outnumbered, Diaomanrong turned around, suppressing her anger as she swept her sleeves and left.

Within the Tang concession lay two large estates: one was the Donggang Maritime Office, responsible for all affairs of Tang merchants.

Su Yayu glanced at Ning Meng with a pang of envy. Ning Meng’s livestream had nearly three hundred thousand viewers—double her own.

Xue Zhiqing was stunned. That mysterious stranger was collecting the secret techniques of the Royal Dao’s Eight Gates.

“Undeniably, as the leader of a tribe, her actions leave nothing to be criticized.”

Next to the container that had long stored Yongshen Wu, the sealed container holding Hana opened with a click.

Almost all the teams had by now moved inside the white circle, with only a few who jumped farther and preferred to circle widely still lingering outside.

Dong Xiao chuckled silently as he stepped forward, pretending to adjust a rack, then suddenly tugged at Wu Jiang’s pants. Wu Jiang grabbed him, blushing: “Behave and just watch quietly.”

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The aura emanating from Salamahamos was astonishing, clearly a whole level beyond Dilis and Gaer.

He had always been keenly aware of these intrinsic qualities, but today, he couldn’t help but act beyond the role of a mere puppet. Was this presumptuous?

“Is there even a question? The master is invincibly powerful; none in the celestial realm can match him,” Tianguangming stated firmly.

Fang Jie recounted Luo Yao’s words to the two, and as he finished, his previously heavy breathing had steadied.

Compared to the dazzling white light, Captain Lin continued quietly amassing great wealth.

Chen Lian traversed the deadly wilderness, or perhaps within the Dao Palace itself, as he reviewed his recent deeds in his mind when a sound came from ahead.

In the northern city in midsummer, just past three o’clock, it was the darkest moment before dawn.

Gu smiled wryly—telling the truth requires great perseverance, but equally difficult is deceit. Half truth, half lie is the way of cunning; half human, half ghost is the way of life—such is the world.

Long Taiquan Saburo wiped the chili sauce from his face, glared at Li Erhu, and hissed, “I’ll kill you!” With that, fists and feet flew.

Zhang Liang exhaled heavily, realizing that the sword intent left by the Patriarch held purposes unknown even to the rulers of the Ten Thousand Sword Mountain. Their reverence for the Patriarch was such that no one dared to attempt integrating his sword intent into their own bodies.

“If that’s the case, there’s nothing I can do!” Zhong Nan spread his hands helplessly.

After getting their meals and sitting down, Lu Chaochu and Sheng Tianhua from Compound One’s two rolling pond grass carp groups came over grinning. Through this time spent together, Zhao Zhengce had developed a good rapport with these two lively characters, and nothing problematic had occurred, so Director Zhou Lanying’s worries had been unfounded.

If merchants are intelligent, and entrepreneurs like himself are the elite among the wise, then officials and cadres must be the elite among the elite. Thus, Zhou Shijie arrived at this conclusion.

The unique aroma of spicy strips was only for smelling, but their fresh and savory taste made one’s mouth water.

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Under You Yitian’s command, Leo finally restored balance to his glider physique, and the golden fighting qi that had been hastily released retracted back inside.

How Chen Tuo and Ma Qi came to have a conflict, and what drove Chen Tuo to burn down the old temple—was this all premeditated or sudden? These questions would have to wait until Ma Qi arrived to be clarified.

When the imperial edict appeared again, Xu Que was baffled. One died, and another appeared? Was this some sort of buy-one-get-one-free deal?

“No trouble at all,” the car stopped, Gu Zhouwang pulled the handbrake, then turned to look at her.

In recent years, the South Sea business world had been dominated almost entirely by the Wang family. Now that the Yun Corporation and Liu Hui had formed a partnership, it signaled an imminent upheaval in the South Sea commercial landscape.

At this moment, whether or not the Lakers ultimately won the championship, in their eyes, Meng Lang had earned their complete respect. This season, Meng Lang had left them with no regrets.

Watching three different horses being led forward, Xu Que was the first to mount the tall white stallion.

“Where is Cao Qingfeng?” Zhao Kuangyu’s face darkened with anger, clearly furious.

Xie Junying had always addressed her as Teacher Song, despite their modest age difference.

The Lakers’ shooting tonight was off, but they made up for it with four more offensive possessions than the Warriors.

The princess showed no signs of fatigue. She had done nothing all afternoon in the palace but sip tea and eat melon seeds, amusedly watching the couple—so revered by others—argue and bicker.