Volume 1, Chapter 50: How Wonderful It Is When Someone Else Is Eager to Take the Lead

Bai Xuanxuan stared at him in a daze, and hearing those familiar words once again still brought her to tears of frustration.

Even though Shen Wen was full of lies and had people abduct her, the man still wanted to defend her.

And yet, despite being married to him for so many years, having given birth to Yuanyuan, and raising him all by herself, she apparently couldn't even compare to a total outsider. She couldn't even say a couple of words without issue.

Slowly turning her head, she blinked, letting a few tears slip out.

At this moment, Patriarch Tianyuan looked at Zhao Tian's rustic, worldly-inexperienced demeanor with utter speechlessness, curling his lips in disdain.

Jiang Yunli was about to step outside when Chu Wanning blocked her at the door, instructing Miaozhu, "Miaozhu, cover for me and keep watch outside the estate to make sure no one dares to enter."

"This must be the ceremonial site of the sacrifice..." Caesar said with emotion as he looked at the exquisite remnants of the Feathered Serpent Temple before him.

Jiang Yunli remarked that Chu Wanning still had secrets kept from her, but she believed that one day, she would open her heart to her.

Reporting solemnly, Ye Bei said, "Your Highness, the General says he is heading back first, and if you wish to return after your wedding, you must remember to notify him."

Li Yunlong, who had remained silent all this time, cupped his fists in a salute, feigning an expression of deep admiration as he chimed in.

"Cooking things?" Chu Zihang paused for a moment, finding it truly bizarre. The saying "too lazy to even lift a fallen oil bottle" seemed tailor-made for his mother.

A layer of extremely fine, burnt paper ash drifted across the edge of the old, yellowed piece of paper that Wu Suowei was using as a human-skin mask.

Fan Mu inspected the area and found one motorcycle that was still operational, while the other had long since been blown into a heap of scrap metal by an anti-tank mine.

I saw that her neck retained its slender appearance, draped completely intact with a layer of brown skin.

Fleet after fleet of ocean-faring vessels returned. Upon reaching the base located beneath the Red Line, kings from all over the world and their relatives boarded specially crafted bubble-ships, drifting upward on the wind until they reached the highest city in the world—and the center of this world—Mary Geoise.

Lu Jiu dropped to his knees in response. The very next second, the embroidery needles and tools from beside the bed struck him on the head. An unfinished handkerchief embroidered with peach blossoms, with a needle still pinned to it, scratched a gash across his forehead.

The two figures bowed in unison, their movements strikingly identical, as though they had rehearsed it countless times beforehand.

Internally, Li Xie felt a surge of pride, though outwardly he remained modest. Zhai Jin, however, looked rather awkward; given his rank, he didn't need to set any examples, whereas his own family and clan members were all acquiring farmland purely through actual military merits.

Of course, this was perhaps because no one dared to present auspicious beasts as tribute to the Emperor Jianyan, fearing he would just use them to stock his fish pond.

With this thought in mind, Fang Yunchen decided that once day broke, he would first attempt to restore the bone ring, and then take some time to visit the Cold Valley Mine to bring back Daoist Shenxuzhi, who had labored so diligently.

Shen Huai's identity had already been exposed, the details of which the soldiers had long since reported to Cao Kaihe. Yet for Liu Yun's attitude to take such a sharp turn—could it truly be solely on account of Shen Huai's literary fame and his status as a relative of the imperial family?

They were shirtless, displaying tattoos, wearing shorts and sandals, and looking at him with curious gazes.

Circling twice above the secret chamber, the blood-red malevolent spirits swarmed successively into the grey-robed man's body.

Naturally, as for the scholars of Jingdong Prefecture, exams still had to be taken, but Zhang Haoran was spared this. His past works had been seen by Ma Zhiyuan, who appreciated them immensely and recommended him in his own name to the Imperial Academy in Yanjing, allowing him to directly participate in the special imperial examination.

"If that's the case, My Lord, why not break Tang Qianchuan's resolve sooner? Drag him down; once they manage to rescue him, it will be too late for anything," Lin烈 (Lin Lie) asked anxiously and quizzically.

Qi Hao had altered the trajectory of her life and was the greatest benefactor of her existence. She firmly believed that a simple "thank you" could never adequately express her emotions.

Chaos immediately swung his claws, tearing the monster's body to shreds, yet the shredded remains did not fall, remaining suspended in mid-air instead.