35 “Of course—we’re going to make it a big one!”

Si Yue’s words carried a hint of frost, causing Zhou Shuxian to snap her head up, staring at him in disbelief.

The next day, Chu Luoxi did not display the restless impatience typical of a newcomer. Instead of rushing to the set, she used the time to settle a few personal matters. In truth, even if she had arrived early, she would have had nothing to do, so there was no need to hurry.

After entering the Chen household and completing the wedding ceremonies, Tao Junlan and the Ninth Princess accompanied Tao Xinlan to the bridal chamber.

"Yes, this is my son." Xuanyuan Si lifted Tangtang into his arms. His expression was calm, but as he looked at the boy, his eyes were filled with the tender indulgence of a father.

Seeing him insist, Ji Ruyan found it difficult to argue further. After all, he was correct; the wounds on his body did indeed require a period of proper rest and recovery.

"Tell him that if he is sincere, we can continue to negotiate. My conditions remain unchanged; tell him to put his own terms on the table for me to see." Chang Lin had no patience to sit down with such politicians; he knew he would only lose his temper and slam the table.

The Empress felt quite triumphant. She believed that although the result had fallen short of perfection due to the Empress Dowager’s meddling, it was nonetheless a complete victory. At the very least, she had managed to get a grip on Tao Junlan, had she not?

"They don't deliver for small orders, so I picked up a little extra for myself." Gu Yan looked at the lavish meal she had laid out.

"Strike hard! Thirty thousand against two hundred thousand—our battle line will go down in history!" Chen Mingcai listened to the reports from the front lines and decided to seize the opportunity to expand their gains.

At the critical moment, Huang Qiyun had no time for hesitation. Before arriving, Lin Yu had already explained the location of the Corpse King’s sarcophagus clearly. Seeing Lin Yu volunteer, he was overjoyed and flew toward the coffin on the east side without a second thought.

In the meantime, Fellow Daoist Xue visited once more. This time, A-Huang did not play any tricks, opening up the remaining space of the grotto-heaven for him to see to his heart’s content. It was already in such a chaotic state that it resembled an invisible space riddled with restrictions.

Old Wang felt his heart skip a beat. He stammered for a long while, but could not provide a coherent explanation.

The victims had died in various ways: some had been beaten to death, others bore human bite marks and tooth impressions, and in some cases, inspections revealed that the victims had bizarrely clawed themselves to death.

With the atmosphere sufficiently built up, Gu Yi unveiled the red cloth, revealing the fist-sized Mount Sumeru Stone to the crowd.

Lin Yu was overjoyed to hear this. Brother Lei actually possessed the blood essence of a Foundation Establishment demonic beast; this would significantly increase the success rate of drawing array patterns.

His immediate priority was to break through his cultivation level, restore the physical body of the Baoyan Sect Leader as soon as possible, and track down the vengeance list.

Once she had suffered some hardships out in the world, she would learn her lesson. When the time came to bring her back, she would surely be filled with gratitude.

To escape this dream or illusion, perhaps he had to personally experience the emotions she had felt back then.

How could the sky pirates not fight with fanatical intensity? As the protective barriers of one large flying ship after another were shattered, the air pirates—acting as cannon fodder—gradually clashed in large numbers with the young recruits from the various life planets aboard the ships.

Si Mozhou chuckled, glancing down at his waist, thinking to himself that it seemed to be more intense than usual.

"Child, I..." The words reached his lips, but he could not bring himself to say them. Ci Lang still felt embarrassed and did not know what else to say.

The two of them nodded to each other in acknowledgement, tacitly agreeing to forget the embarrassing scene that had just occurred.

At this moment, her feelings were quite complex. The world is fickle, and the line between friend and foe is truly unpredictable.

Before the Old Madam could exert her authority again, Shen Si spoke first: "My apologies, Old Madam. I did not want to resort to violence, but I was left with no choice. I may have used too much force when I struck my uncle, but I am not in the wrong! He was the one who struck first, and I was merely acting in legitimate self-defense on behalf of Si Mozhou."

He stroked her hair, which made her feel much better. She leaned against his chest obediently, though she still furrowed her brows, looking unhappy.

He found that figure very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. Where? Where had he seen her?

Every single metric was dozens, or even hundreds, of times higher than the normal range. Some figures were so extreme that they posed a direct threat to life.

She did not state her purpose directly to Sheng Ruosi; instead, she took a roundabout approach, asking to meet to chat about Xiao Yunqi. After all, apart from that, the two of them had no other common topics.

Upon returning to the Baicao Hall, Dong Ling found the entrance crowded with people. Her heart tightened—what had happened now?

As he spoke, he aimed the rocket launcher at Gu Qi’s direction. Gu Qi glanced at the smoldering wreckage of the building nearby.

Feng Ting took out another medicinal pill and placed it into the mouth of a poisoned person nearby, quietly channeling the warm energy of his Healing Flame into the victim's crown.

At the very least, in his duel with Man Tian, the City Lord of Baiyue realized from the beginning that facing a body-cultivator who had attained sainthood in the flesh, attempting to compete in brute strength would yield no results and would only cause him to fall into the opponent’s rhythm and exhaust his own power.

The most likely scenario was that the person in the shadows was exploiting the relationship between himself and Lei Ting.

That damned hooligan—if she weren't afraid of the awkwardness of opening her eyes, she would have skinned Yan Jie alive.

Bursts of thunder erupted from within. The battle between City Lord Heishi and the Blood Demon had reached a white-hot intensity. The resulting energy storms were accelerating the fragmentation of space in Heishi City. If this continued, the entire city would be swallowed by the void in at most half an hour.

Seeing her distressed expression, Shan Muyin realized that her words might have been too harsh and immediately offered gentle comfort.

Even when faced with such a surprised question from Tang Luoluo, the CEO still kept his head lowered, focused on his phone, as if he found nothing strange about the situation.

Geldings were indeed docile, but they lost the possibility of becoming sires. Both of their mounts were one-in-a-hundred fine steeds, superior to the warhorses bred in the stud farm. It would be a true loss if they could not leave behind offspring.

What I did not expect was that as I reached my door and opened it with my key, I was greeted by the scent of a home-cooked meal. Smelling that aroma, I couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.