Chapter 63

Fortunately, Abbot Deshan walked in, immediately drawing Monk Zhenyi's attention away, and he didn't bother to check whether his disciple had nodded or not.

The mere thought of Fan Xixi and Gao Lanzhi being together now filled Fan Jingyun with endless anxiety and panic.

Having dropped those words, Shen Yuan walked away directly. By the time Fang Jixin recovered his senses, he was already out of sight.

In the main hall, Grandpa Tong sat right in the center, accompanied by an elderly man of similar age, dressed in a Zhongshan suit and looking particularly spirited.

Once she grew up, she could be married off straight away. As for suitors from the village or neighboring villages, she could be married off directly to them. As long as Wang Meimei took a fancy to someone, they would help mediate the match.

Startled for a moment, the young master finally realized the conversation had drifted back to his crouching at the doorway earlier, playing with snowballs.

The moment Pei Lixin stepped into the teleportation interface within the Fengyu Decree, a wave of dizziness washed over him, as did the others.

A powerful physical body was a manifestation of strength. Just like the previous assassination attempt, had it not been for his robust physical body and astonishing recovery ability, he probably would have been unable to claim the Celestial Palace artifact fragment the very next day.

Fairy Luofu bit her lip in silence. Two living, breathing men—whichever path was chosen, one of them would completely vanish within it.

It was because the space in the middle of a large round table always felt so wasted, not to mention being a waste to have at home. If it were a long rectangular table, it could double as a desk when the power was cut. When powered on, it would become a motorized lazy Susan dining table.

"No, they say he's a distant nephew of the Duke's lineage, only four or five years old," Lady Jia usually paid close attention to such matters. Moreover, knowing that Madam Zhang hailed from the Kaifeng Zhang family—having not only a nephew serving as an imperial censor but also a full brother serving as a vice minister—she naturally shared everything she knew.

"Mother, hasn't your son married yet?" Ye Laiiniang was also taken aback; this was a promising opening. "How old is he? What do you think of Qingxue?" Actually, what she wanted to say was to bring him over for her to see, but such a request might not be feasible.

Though she had never eaten pork, she had seen a pig run. Shen Wei naturally knew that it was a physical change, and even better knew what that change represented. Panting, Shen Wei leaned against Lian Xinran's embrace, feeling utterly uncomfortable, and slowly shifted away, only to hear him let out a soft gasp.

"Although your mother has left this world, she will be watching over you from the heavens. Living well and living happily is the best way to repay her," Lian Xinran said.

His words came straight from the heart, and his deep, doting gaze made Shen Tianlan's heart soften, filling her with a warm, lingering sensation.

"Take them. You are so smart, remembering these shouldn't be hard. The key is to seize opportunities for practice; as the saying goes, true knowledge comes from practice." She didn't know if these methods would be of any use to him, and she no longer had the time or opportunity to train him slowly.

Pulling her phone from her bag, Wu Meng glanced at the caller ID and saw it was Sister Yao calling. Without much hesitation, she pressed the answer button, and Sister Yao's extremely anxious voice immediately rang in her ear.

In an instant, the two turned pale with fright, collapsing limply onto the ground. They opened their mouths as if wanting to plead for something, yet knew not how to begin.

Meng Ning dared not imagine what kind of chaos would ensue if the story of 'digging out eyes' made it into the newspapers and became common knowledge. Yet, aside from waiting, what else could she possibly do?

He gripped her hand tightly, pulling her along as he strode outward, seemingly in a great hurry to get her away.

"Please sit!" Li Yi pointed to the sofa in the exact center of the room. Made of genuine leather, soft and comfortable, it was the highest-grade seat available at present—though naturally, its production volume was low.

"Heh, I naturally have my own methods," Qi Tian replied with a slight smile. Although it might provoke Liu Qianran's speculations and suspicions, he cared not in the least.

Wang Xin knew she should loudly refute this, or even give Zheng Heng a fierce slap across the face, to demonstrate that the Wang family's dignity brooks no violation.

Stuffing the last piece of black bread into his mouth, Li Wei still favored crushing obstacles with sheer force. Though the road was rugged, with the system and support from Earth, perhaps all of this wouldn't be too difficult.

Seeing Ye Xian weeping bitterly with tears streaming down his face, he felt a deep ache in his heart and finally uttered the words: "It is We who were in the wrong."

The Ash Fog City had already prepared for war, targeting the East Coast—specifically Cape Town, a place abandoned for nearly a decade that was now estimated to have developed into a shabby settlement.

The Xiaomei Army clung to the Jiangnan Army like sticky taffy, hovering around and tangling with them. Jin Kela had intentionally tried to avoid them, believing that a calm person does not argue with the impulsive, hoping to slip away through this opportunity. Yet, facts proved that he had miscalculated once again. As the saying goes, those destined to meet will travel thousands of miles to do so, and the Xiaomei commander seemed utterly determined to lock horns with the Jiangnan command.

Although the young master of the Qiao family was decked out in top-tier gear, he was merely a pampered young master who understood nothing of combat techniques. He rushed forward, hacking and slashing wildly. Yet, bizarrely enough, his chaotic intervention actually bought some breathing room for Sword Trace, who had been pinned down and beaten.

"I wasn't trying to peek, stop messing around, hurry up and go to sleep," Li Chao said with a mix of embarrassment and annoyance. Although he had indeed glanced a few times, it was completely unintentional, and he was certainly no pervert.

Especially given the current state of Cape Town; anyone with even an ounce of understanding could see that there were currently no other factions on the entire Great Silver Disk Island capable of checking and balancing it.

This also broke through Lu Wu's bottleneck in cultivation, making him realize that the path forward involved continuously broadening the bridges of heaven and earth on one hand, and figuring out ways to forge even more of them on the other.

This Four Symbols Pill had likely been accidentally lost and picked up by some disciple, and how it ended up in Nangong Ru's hands through a twist of fate was probably nothing more than a coincidence.

Upon hearing this, many people grew curious and searched it online. Not looking was one thing, but looking was terrifying: stories of crossing a reed on a river, the Wang Dayou incident, movie cameo appearances, Li Xueying's visit, and all sorts of other matters, both real and fabricated, flooded the screen. For a time, people stopped discussing the news and instead began discussing Master Fang, Yizhi Mountain, and Yizhi Temple.

The words just spoken had greatly enlightened Zhu Da. In this era, many children brought much blessing, yet almost no families in Baibao Village had more than three children. Given their barely self-sufficient livelihood, logically they should have been having children freely—a direction he hadn't given much thought to before. Today, Commander Li's emotional sigh brought sudden clarity to Zhu Da, revealing the true reason behind it all.

Indeed, she was still beautiful in the mirror, but that beauty was as fragile as a withered flower about to fall, leaving behind a lingering sense of sorrow.

Qi Yue and Rong Yue kept vigil beside the bed. Seeing her wake up, they hurriedly fetched water for her to wash her face, then propped her up with pillows and fed her some congee and pastries.