Chapter 57: The Royal Hunt
Gongsun Shan's final lesson for Jiang Zhuo was to have her dress in the most elaborate and formal ceremonial attire of a Princess of a County, blindfold her, and use a sword to strike down the red beans flying toward her from all four directions.
After that day, whenever she went up to the Shifang Pavilion, the door to Gongsun Shan's room remained tightly shut.
Refusing to accept this, Jiang Zhuo came knocking for three consecutive days.
On the fourth day, Gongsun Shan's door was open, but the room inside was already completely empty.
Gongsun Shan had left.
Stepping once more into this room where she had spent countless days and nights—
"Senior seems to have forgotten that there are not only fire seeds here, but ice seeds as well. The reason we are still able to hold on is because the power of the ice seeds has not yet vanished. Once the power of the ice seeds completely disappears, does Senior still have the confidence to stay here for ten days or half a month?" Lu Tianyu asked calmly.
Moreover, the target of these people was Yisika. Unless he could kill everyone in an instant, protecting Yisika would be exceedingly difficult.
"Fellow Daoist Bai is truly formidable. He has contributed a great deal along this journey; had it not been for him, we would have had no way to find the correct path out of here," looking at Bai Chen, who sat cross-legged, Ji Ci could not help exclaiming in admiration.
The black-robed envoys and others inside the grand hall naturally heard these words, and the corners of their mouths curled into a smile.
At that moment, the rogue cultivators let out a loud shout, immediately clearing a path to let Lei Zhen rush through the barriers of over two thousand layers like lightning, struggling to pursue Zhen Yangzi and the others.
With the strength of the Black Bear King and his companions, Lu Tianyu naturally had no need to worry about them encountering any danger while traveling through the Asura Continent.
That desolate fire had never expected Wei Qingyun to execute such a move. Although his long saber also blocked the edge of Wei Qingyun's blade, he completely failed to capture the true destination of Wei Qingyun's attack. As they crossed paths, a flash of panic crossed the face of that desolate fire.
Just as the people of Zhu Peak thought hope had arrived, Jing Chuansxiu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and the auspicious visions in the sky vanished all at once.
"This is not a reason," Di Luowan obstinately shook his head, preventing Ariella from continuing.
It was very likely that he truly suffered from dissociative identity disorder—the other self knew of his existence, yet he himself remained unaware of the other's existence. Such a matter was not suited for too many people to know. "It was I who instructed her not to allow anyone to disturb me." Claiming he was not in was likely an instruction given by his other self.
As soon as Leng Hao pushed open the door, everyone inside stood up to salute, and he returned the salute to Xiang Yue, who was of equal rank.
When her mother passed away, she was only five years old and incapable of living independently. Coincidentally, Mother Cheng in the village had also lost her husband in the line of duty, and she had a son named Cheng Hanyun, who was six years older than Jing Yun.
By the time the grand procession of the Cloud Immortal Sect was about to set out for the Lishan Sect to participate in this year's Huazhou grand gathering, Maoqiu and Li Ergou had still not returned.
Chen Lanfeng had acted as the matchmaker; if Rong Zi refused to marry, she would offend Chen Lanfeng, yet if she wanted to marry Zhu Mingsong, Chen Lanfeng would not agree. By first letting them forge a bitter enmity, her own task would be successfully accomplished.
No makeup artists were provided for those coming to audition. When she went to the backstage dressing room, several others were already applying their makeup.
As the guards and military officers fell into the water, many who could not swim at all drowned, while those with good swimming skills fought a life-and-death struggle with the water bandits.
And the mastermind behind all this was Long Qi, which was why the original host harbored a deep-seated resentment toward the Long family.
She died with everlasting regret, lacking the capacity to resist oppression. Even after her death, her dowry was seized by Lin Maiqian, and her maternal family did not even demand an explanation for her, merely groveling blindly before power and influence.
Even in a capitalist world, money was not omnipotent. While certain matters of the underworld could be resolved with money, no amount of wealth could ever challenge the normal order of human society.
Upon stepping out of the elevator, "Jose" edged closer to Calete, his restless hands directly gripping her slender waist.
Li Ziyuan knew very well that anyone addressing him in such a manner could only come from his own household, or someone with a certain connection to it. Yet even though he had lived in seclusion during those two years in that household, Li Ziyuan was certain he could not possibly have had any交集 (entanglements/dealings) with this old squad leader.