Chapter 44: Successful Development of the Hope Elixir

Even so, this ancestral hall remained the most imposing building in this neighborhood. At the very least, its structure was tall and grand, featuring a couple of extra pillars. It was clear that people had attached great importance to it when it was originally built. All the surrounding houses appeared a head shorter than the ancestral hall, making it the most spacious of them all.

A few minutes later, Ning Chen walked out of the vegetarian hall where the snake god was enshrined, called out to Feng Yushu, and headed toward the next household.

Zhuang Yan thought to himself: "..." Did they take him for a fool? What kind of clout could possibly persuade two government departments to act on his behalf? Zhuang Yan did not press further; after all, this was Lu Yan's personal affair, and her choice to remain silent must have been the result of careful consideration.

"Heh, you flatter me," Lelouch said with a slight smile. Perhaps he had worn the mask for too long, as he felt not the slightest bit of unnaturalness when facing others' praise.

Before Lelouch could fully clear his mind, a voice that clearly originated right beside his ear yet echoed straight to the depths of his soul suddenly rang out.

However, now that sunlight energy could also be acquired by slaying dungeon monsters, Li Qing felt that accumulating those numbers would not be too difficult of a task.

Yet even with Li Qing having paid the deposit, the Pig God could not possibly hold the item for him indefinitely. Therefore, Li Qing stated directly that he would hand over the remaining fifteen thousand gold coins in full tomorrow.

The startled skeleton monster suddenly soared into the air, extended its bony claws, and took aim at Qin Lü.

"Today has truly been a rewarding harvest!" Yun Lang curved his lips into a smile, stretched lazily, and prepared to walk back.

After holding him for quite a while, seeing that the young man was finally fine, Lin Mu only then realized how ambiguous their posture currently was. Her soft breasts, which had never been touched by anyone, were pressed firmly against the youth's face, from which waves of warm and bashful breath emanated.

Yet Liu Xinyun remained frightened out of her wits, her beautiful eyes wide open, lips trembling as she stared in terror at the youth who looked like a monster grafted with four pitch-black dragon limbs.

Under these circumstances, I felt that my own supernatural abilities were running short. At this moment, my entire body was burning intensely red, like a glowing iron rod, with wisps of white smoke rising from me, while I also felt increasingly exhausted.

"Let's just go to a hotel instead. Did you bring your ID?" I kept muttering to myself all the way until we stepped into the elevator.

"Wei Yunxiao, the moment you chose to offend me, your destiny was already sealed. If you have any last words, speak them now; I'll give you this chance," Lu Yangqiu said in a condescending tone.

The Front Committee decided on the next combat objectives through another meeting: capture Kexi County, cross the Huai River, take the county towns of Guangshan and Luoshan, and re-establish proximity to the Hubei-Henan Border Area.

Ever since waking up early this morning until now, Mu Xuanyang had been beaming with radiance, a rare smile breaking across his stern, dark face.

"I came up here to deal with a traitor from our work unit, not to harass the accounting class!" Zheng Ge retorted righteously, glaring back at Huo Tianxi.

"There's no need for such trouble," Meng Huo said proudly. "Tomorrow I shall take the field in person and wipe them out in a couple of moves. Why make such a massive fuss?" Without heeding Fei Guan's dissuasion, Meng Huo immediately deployed his troops and horses, preparing for the next day's battle.

The Emperor had detained his own grandson in the palace as a hostage and summoned back all his sons who were commanding troops outside under the pretext of attending a funeral, which showed that he had his own agenda.

Whenever I got angry, I would call her pretentious Ting. During the first period, algebra, I felt I was falling behind a bit. It had only been two weeks or so, but I was already struggling to understand what the teacher was talking about.

One must know that on the battlefield, various pieces of intelligence—both true and false—arrive constantly. At such times, a commander's judgment of the intelligence is utterly crucial. Sometimes, the exact same piece of intelligence can lead to completely opposing strategies. While it is not difficult for a military strategist to offer various plans, the true difficulty lies in how the commander chooses to interpret and judge them.

"Respected Nestor, for the friendship between our two countries, let us drink this cup to the dregs," Menelaus said in a loud voice.

Instantly, Gongsun E's entire body fell into the hands of the Nine-Color Divine Deer, who then hoisted her high into the air and walked step by step back to the Grand Teleportation Star Disk.

Just at that moment, Helen also hurried over from the neighboring mansion, constantly wiping away the tears at the corners of her eyes.

Upon receiving the news, the Prince of Yan was also overjoyed. Even before his grandson was born, there had been a heavenly portent of a flying dragon illuminating the sun, so this name naturally had to be carefully deliberated.

Seeing Li Qing swallow his food and pick up his chopsticks again, Shi Mengmeng finally let out a sigh of relief in her heart. She was genuinely afraid that Li Qing would suddenly fly into a rage and overturn the table. After all, such incidents had happened many times before, leaving her with inevitable psychological shadows.

The light beam shot straight toward the giant snake's huge maw, and then, piercing all the way from its mouth to its tail, punched right through its body. The giant snake's large eyes instantly lost all signs of life, and with a loud "boom," it crashed to the ground, never to rise again.

Meanwhile, inside the Journey to the West livestream room, numerous online viewers cast looks of utter disdain and engaged in heated discussions.

"Grandpa Village Chief, the mountain behind my house is called Huai Fruit Mountain. In the future, it will be planted full of all kinds of fruit," Luoluo proudly said from the side.

Thinking of this, he put on clean clothes and slipped into the coat his mother had prepared for him. Although his physique meant he could not feel the slightest chill, he simply wanted to wear this warmth.

However, with Yang Feng having set such a brilliant precedent beforehand, all the remaining newcomers now appeared much less dazzling, completely overshadowed by Yang Feng's brilliance.

Boss Zhao laughed heartily, charging like a cannonball toward the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. The dark divine energy roared within his palms as he hurled a punch at the Monkey King, confident that this single blow would shatter the so-called monkey demon before him into pieces.

Zhan Wuqiong, whose bloodline had awakened, saw his cultivation realm soar instantly from the Heavenly God Realm all the way into the Heavenly Void Realm, and not just the early stage of the Heavenly Void Realm, but the late stage.

"Your soul is powerful; that previous strike only destroyed your physical body and did not harm your soul. But this time, amplified by my soul power, I will surely inflict heavy injuries upon you!" The Saint of Adjudication looked stern, a greyish flame rising in his palm. He grasped the Sword of Adjudication and swiped across it, causing the blade to instantly become coated with a layer of greyish energy.

Waking up in the morning, I sat on the steps smoking a cigarette. Blind Yu was right after all; when the weather stays clear for too long, a heavy rain is bound to follow.

Although the Special Investigation Bureau nominally belonged to the Bian Empire, its operations tended toward independence, maintaining its own distinct style. While it would cooperate with the empire, all operational decisions were made internally, much like an independent central bank on Earth.

The edge of the green light, which had previously been far away on the horizon, had now reached the side of the sludge monster and threatened to sweep across it in a split second, returning it back into the sanctuary.