Volume 1, Chapter 30: The Scumbag
Even with her lack of intuition, Sang Haining vaguely sensed the reason for Rong Shaoqin’s displeasure. A moment ago, she had offered to make him a late-night snack, only for him to demand shredded chicken noodles. Yet, that afternoon, the very meal she had delivered to her grandmother and Shen Chuyi was shredded chicken noodles. Recalling the odd phone call Rong Shaoqin had made to her earlier that day, it finally dawned on her: he was being petty and indirect.
As for the clan leaders, once they finally relaxed, they felt like a taut string or a broken kite, as if their souls were about to drift away; the day’s exhausting labor had taken its toll.
Jin Yuhu had been waiting for this moment. With a cold sneer, he stepped forward to meet the challenge. Holding his sword in his right hand, he swung it to the left, and with two sharp clangs, he parried the enemy’s longsword aside.
Before long, Chu Ye returned with a bag of tree fruit. His family specialized in growing them; though the quality didn’t rival that of large-scale plantations, Chu Ye’s Bunnelby never lacked for snacks thanks to his father’s orchard.
"I say, why not just go over and drag them back? Why make things so difficult for yourself?" Ning Yunting remarked.
Sun Jian felt at ease allowing Sun Ce to charge forward because he had ordered Cheng Pu to stay by his son’s side at all times. On the battlefield, it is easy to dodge an open spear but hard to guard against a hidden arrow. Though the young calf was full of vigor, he lacked combat experience; as a veteran of many wars, Cheng Pu was naturally capable of guiding and protecting him.
The Gale Ronin, having been suppressed throughout the fight, decided to go all out, preparing to leap and drag its opponent down from the sky.
The emergency room had fallen into a frenzy. "This chain collision is on par with that accident from a few years ago," remarked Chief Chen of the Orthopedics Department.
Back in his room, lying on the bed, he let his consciousness sink into his mental sea. Without greeting Number One, he immediately initiated the daily challenge. The feeling was familiar; as the darkness receded, Meng Luo found himself standing at the temple gate. This time, the two statues from before were absent, and the great doors stood wide open.
From the looks of it, the slim fighter was agile but lacked power; he had landed several blows on the heavy-set fighter to no effect.
Having learned his lesson, he planned to carry food and medical supplies with him to prepare for any unexpected events.
The other great masters furrowed their brows in deep thought. Qin Yu? Was there a young expert with the surname Qin in the ancient martial arts world? How had they never heard of him?
Caught between Li Longji and the Crown Prince, Xiao Jiangyuan naturally chose Li Longji, holding nothing back.
The two entered a laboratory filled with blood and overturned equipment. In a glass chamber hung several suspended corpses, creating a scene both eerie and horrific.
Random extraction meant that within a certain range, one could spend a single stamina point to draw an item; what one received was entirely up to luck—it could be a common stone or a gold bar.
Chen Shi returned that evening, but only to pack his things. He took his own clothes and shoes, leaving the slippers and water cup I had bought for him exactly where they had been.
It just felt strange, as if we had once shared some intimate moment.
One could only imagine the bloody retaliation the Shen family would unleash upon the Lin family and the other three great clans.
After drinking the monkey wine, the two monkeys let out satisfied burps, and the bleeding wounds on their bodies miraculously began to heal.
Hundreds of fighter jets exploded one after another, their wreckage and plumes of fire raining down like a storm of flames.
"What is the meaning of this? Why did you give my wooden box to him?" Smith roared, his face turning green with rage.
"Damn it, in this heat, who threw this cat out into the sun? Is it dead from heatstroke?" A noisy clamor reached its ears. It opened its eyes to see a crowd gathered around something, staring.