Chapter 177: Funeral

Blood no longer rose to the throat; at this juncture, merely using the sword to prop up the body required immense effort. Vomiting blood was simply too melodramatic. Who still coughed up blood these days?

"Report!" Just as Guo Zhuocheng's mind was wandering, a figure materialized before him.

"Well then, that is indeed Lisa's fault." Natasha immediately retracted her giant claws.

Had he not arrived at that precise moment, Xu Junlong would have missed him, and both he and Factory Director Sheng would have merely regarded Guo Zhuocheng as an ordinary local official seeking favors. While they wouldn't have offended him, they certainly wouldn't have reaped so many benefits, nor would he have discovered this gold mine.

"You..." Mu Jianping's pupils blazed with fury as he glared viciously at Xia Yang, unable to utter a single word for a long time. He was truly incensed by Xia Yang's despicable behavior.

His body continued to mutate through several more transformations. After a dozen or so minutes, amidst miserable shrieks, the crown prince transformed into a form identical in every respect to his master, Lu Tianyu, matching him completely from top to bottom, making them as indistinguishable as Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque.

Within the Nangong Manor, Nangong Feng still lay abed, unconscious. Beside him was Nangong Yue, who had been injured by the spirit-attack. Nangong Yue was likewise unconscious at the moment, her brow furrowed slightly with a faint trace of agony, suggesting her consciousness had not yet completely faded.

"Young adventurer, you are truly fortunate to have obtained the Wood Spirit Pearl. Since Wayne sent you to me, it seems you have chosen to have it crafted into a necklace." Seeing the Wood Spirit Pearl brought out by Jiang Feng, Chao Fu's eyes brightened slightly, yet unlike Wayne, he maintained his composure, retaining his air of profound wisdom.

However, throughout history, successive monarchs of Jinling possessed a fatal and inherent flaw: a lack of ambition and drive. By the time of Li Jing, when national power reached its zenith, this tendency manifested as whitewashing peace and engaging in empty rhetoric.

As he spoke, Li Wei struggled and turned his head. Though his limbs remained immobilized, he could still maneuver his head to flip over the pillow—only to find nothing at all.

"The person who kicked you is a serial killer. If you want to stay alive, behave yourself," the person covering her mouth advised with well-intentioned kindness.

Legends concerning Xuanjing became front-page news, with common folk everywhere discussing and fantasizing about what treasures lay hidden within Xuanjing.

Lin Manman summoned the honey badger. The instant the creature appeared on the arena stage, a gasp of astonishment rippled through the surrounding spectator stands, and the face of her opponent turned pale.

Qingqing flipped her wrist to produce an Awakening Stone, pressing it directly onto Kirlia's head, successfully obtaining an Gallade. Qingqing immediately rushed forward to pet, cuddle, and lift him high into the air. Only, alas, she turned out to be the one being lifted. Yet, to be fair, this fellow was genuinely handsome—she liked him, she really liked him.

At that moment, both father and son understood each other's intentions. This time, not only must the matter be investigated, but it must be investigated rigorously and thoroughly.

When the flames slowly burned themselves out, centered around the spot where Ace had stood, a radius of dozens of kilometers had been scorched into a colossal crater.

The lands cultivated by the two families lay one at Green Ox Mountain and the other at Lotus Lake. They could be considered neighbors, maintaining a relationship neither too close nor too distant.

Qiu Xiangjing hesitated several times with words on his lips, but when Lin Manman finalized her decision to make the purchase, he still stepped forward to pay the bill, only lecturing her once the two had walked some distance away.

This time the screen was filled with praise; well, it was entirely normal to lose to Articuno, but that Lucario and Charizard were truly undefeated throughout Kanto.

One could not claim that her father was not a member of the Yan family, and therefore she was not a member of the Yan family; such logic simply did not exist.

In truth, Guo Liangdong had already developed a phobia of court deliberations. Whenever he stood within this grand hall, he was forever trembling with fear, walking as if on thin ice.

"If the Qin troops arrive outside Jinyang City first, things are going to become very troublesome!" Zheng Chang said slowly.

Observing the group enthusiastically squatting around the bonfire and roasting meat, Lin Nan's expression was one of utter astonishment. Moments ago on the battlefield, he had witnessed with his own eyes that these chunks of meat had all been extracted from the bodies of demonic bulls. Although each beast had yielded only a fist-sized piece, with over a hundred of them combined, it amounted to at least four or five hundred catties.

The four experts of the Cloud Clan did not launch a joint attack, perhaps because they felt such behavior was beneath their dignity. After all, these ancient clans of superhuman warriors, possessing a heritage spanning millennia, still retained their own pride and honor.

Luo Xiao and Zhu Daqiang exchanged glances; clearly, their worries had been superfluous, as Zhang Yiming already had a better plan in mind.

Danzo looked up to see the Third Hokage descending from the heavens, landing right before him. Simultaneously, ninja from the ANBU directly under the Hokage fanned out around the perimeter, rendering the situation somewhat eerie and tense.

"I..." Wei Ping's mind was already a tangled mess, compounded by a guilty conscience and having just been trapped by Qi Feng, leaving her momentarily at a loss for words, completely unable to articulate a response.

Hearing this, Ye Sueyun felt a surge of fury and slammed his fist fiercely onto the nearby stone table. With a loud crash, half of the stone table exploded into fragments, sending jagged rock chips scattering across the floor.

It seemed Li Er's ambition to destroy Goguryeo remained unyielding; he still hoped to accomplish the grand feat of completely annihilating Goguryeo within his lifetime.

To tell the other side of the story, just as the captains received Kong Fangshu, the ten thousand commoners summoned by Ji Xuan had already gathered at the city gates.

This tribulation for the enshrinement of saints meant every person caught in the calamity was destined to acquire their own divine treasure, yet whether they ultimately emerged strong or weak still depended entirely on the mortal destiny of each individual caught in the tempest.