Volume 1, Chapter 25: You Are Working Too Hard

Whether the knot in her heart had truly been undone or Jiang Li had simply adjusted her state of mind, she still went to the chess academy the next day. As luck would have it, just as she was leaving, she received a message from Lin Xunan:

“I heard you were ill. Are you feeling better today?”

Jiang Li stopped a taxi and quickly replied, “Thank you for asking. I’m fine now.”

Lin Feng knew nothing about her, but he had heard from Li Shiwei that Gu Xinyi was an actress—and yet she was preparing to hold a concert now...

If Mizunashi Yoru had agreed to every proposal and condition the moment she arrived, Danzo might actually have worried that some enormous trap was waiting for him.

“Very well. From this moment on, you are the combat staff officer of the Fifteenth Army.” Kawabe Shozo nodded, then waved his hand and promoted the other man on the spot.

Yet under Zhao Yu’s earnest gaze this time, he discovered that both old men possessed astonishing explosive power.

The starting horn sounded. Gate One opened, and the cyclists hurriedly began pedaling, charging out through the gate.

The villa owner’s tone was hostile, as though he feared that allowing someone to come into contact with his dog would somehow bring disaster.

During the days she spent at her parents’ home, she learned that the Heir of Prince Chun had fallen ill after returning from Hanzhou and had not left the house for many days.

Wuyang raised his spear to block the descending arm, then rolled backward with the force of the impact, evading the scalpel that lunged toward him. He swung, whipped, lifted, and smashed the weapon in rapid succession, the blade weaving an impenetrable web around the doctor zombie.

Nanny Wu could not refuse and had no choice but to sit down. After a few cups of wine, she relaxed considerably. Remembering all the grievances her mistress had endured over the years, she steeled herself and could not help saying to Madam Pei,

After shaking hands with Ding Jianyong, he too noticed that something was wrong with him and hurriedly released his grip.

But in all fairness, the system requiring mathematics in the imperial examinations had been in place for so many years that the emperor and the court ministers had gradually come to recognize its benefits. They discovered that the successful candidates were becoming increasingly capable of handling affairs, while those who merely indulged in empty talk were becoming fewer and fewer.

No... She would believe anyone was possessed by madness, but she absolutely refused to believe that Xian’er had lost his mind. Consort Lian clutched her chest, enduring the wrenching pain in her heart as she slowly closed her eyes.

Shangguan Qiancheng did not believe a single word of it. Qi Yao was obviously lying and fooling everyone in the entire hall, yet they all believed him. Shangguan Qiancheng had never admired anyone’s ability to spout blatant falsehoods with a straight face, but today he had witnessed it in its purest form.

I froze for a moment, then withdrew the silver needles and kicked the fellow out of the way. Damn it, what kind of creature was this? He had been shocked until foam bubbled from his mouth, yet he had actually managed to derive pleasure from “the sensation.”

The entire arena erupted. If Yin-Yang Zhengze was the most formidable of the younger generation on the continent, then the three from Chantasi were unquestionably the ones with the greatest potential.

Lu Ning raised her eyes and swept her gaze around the room before looking toward Lu Shengyuan. When she caught that flicker of disgust and the faint warning in his eyes, then saw the nervous expression on Lu Xiaoyin’s face, the corners of her lips curved slightly upward.

Up, down, left, right, front, and back—there were barely more than two square meters here, and I had almost felt my way across every inch of it. I had even taken advantage of the opportunity to feel over Ouyang Xiaoqing’s entire body just now, yet I still had found nothing unusual. Where, then, did this faint current of air come from?

We came here from the ruins of an ancient city unknown to us. That abandoned city where we took shelter from the black sandstorm was very likely a satellite town of Black Crystal City. Those black demon scorpions might well have been the lingering aftermath of the war between the Jili Tribe and the Seventy-Two Tribes.

Lin Yi, who was likewise staring fixedly at his opponent, was also deeply shocked. He had never expected Zhang Man’s pride to be so unyielding. It had been only a momentary defeat, yet he had actually resorted to forcing his soul power through his body.

When Chen Baiqi finished her song and withdrew, abandoning the infatuated entanglement she had shown earlier, she exchanged a dazed glance with the qin player atop the stone. The mysterious man, whose thoughts had been stirred into romantic turmoil by Chen Baiqi’s song and dance, suddenly felt a trace of disappointment and suffocating frustration.