Volume 1, Chapter 22: Secret History of the Past

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Speechless, these two simpletons. With everything going on, they still have the leisure to engage in a brawl. Watching the pair rolling on the ground, I gradually chose to ignore them. I did not step forward to pull them apart; let them fight it out to see who is the boss.

"Young Master, my master says that you may place your bets as you please, provided it has nothing to do with power," a man dressed in coarse linen said as he walked up to Lan Rongyue after she had finished speaking.

Seeing this, Zhang Tuo frowned slightly. Just as he was about to call out his bid, a loud voice rang out suddenly.

"What happened to Meng Zhi?" Yun Sheng asked. Although he usually did not like to talk much, he was very concerned when it came to the lives of his companions.

While Xu Youren whispered to Zeng Guofan, Luo Bingzhang intentionally lifted his teacup to take a sip, actually pricking up his ears to hear what they were saying. However, he heard nothing, and his ears only grew sore for his trouble.

Facing the defeat of his Torterra, Shinji said nothing. He simply recalled it and released his last Pokémon—a shiny Charizard.

"Yes, Doctor," Han Bing said with reluctance after watching the Articuno and Zapdos fly away.

"Where is my badge?" Shinji asked as he walked up to Gan Mi after recalling his panting Rhyperior.

"Third Prince, you might as well save your breath. My sister will not be deceived by you; her intelligence is beyond what you could possibly imagine. Instead of wasting your efforts on her, you would be better off seeking another beauty," Wen Chengying’s tone carried a hint of mockery.

The Matriarch nodded slightly, signaling Nanny An to send Wen Yukou out. As Wen Yukou passed by Lady Dou, a weight suddenly lifted from her heart, and she felt quite relieved. According to the past customs of the Wen household, Lady Dou would likely face at least three strikes in the ancestral hall, be forced to kneel in repentance, and go without food for three days, not to mention being forbidden from leaving the hall.

Who could have guessed that Jian Jing would arrive with the Prince Consort, yet the head of the Jian family was nowhere to be seen?

This was common in the grave-robbing industry; the guests here had only heard of it, but had never witnessed it themselves.

"Go on and do whatever you need to do. I will call you if I need anything!" After Xiang Shaohua left, Li Yongle dismissed the few subordinates he had kept behind.

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"My good man, let's talk this over. Don't be so heavy-handed! Aren't you just looking for the other Eye of the Devil? It’s right here! Let’s exchange the person for the goods!" Ma Chengfeng slowly crouched down and placed the Seven-Star Blade on the ground to show his sincerity.

Li Qingfeng frowned, not expecting that the spiritual herb had already gained a sliver of sentience and was rejecting him.

"Get lost!" Genji exerted all his strength to toss the tiger’s carcass aside. Killing the fierce beast immediately created a powerful deterrent for the other predators in the vicinity.

By this time, Qin Fan was already soaked in sweat, his Armani casual shirt drenched.

The fat on Dale’s face twitched twice, revealing no expression. His entourage behind him watched Bei Wanchang with vigilance; this fellow had clearly lost his mind, and there was nothing he wouldn't do, so they had to be on guard.

"Wait, children, don't move forward just yet. Let me examine this mugwort." The professor pulled out a clump of the herb and sniffed it. Ma Chengfeng laughed and teased him, "Professor, isn't that the 'scent technique' used by those tomb-raiding ruffians in the underworld? How do you archaeologists know this trick?"

Regardless of whether it is day or night, when opening a coffin, one must never let the dead see the light. If dazzled by sunlight, the soul becomes unsettled; if hit by moonlight, the consequences are even worse, especially for those who have not been dead long. If the body has not yet rotted to bone and the soul remains, exposure to moonlight will inevitably lead to a corpse rising! This piece of black cloth is used to block the light.

After Xia Feng tried to call out to Hu Wei kindly without success, he grabbed Hu Wei by the collar, lifted him off the ground, and then, with controlled force, slapped him several times.

The next morning, Wang Jintong, who had not slept all night, took the two invincible idiots, Mo Renjie and Zhan Tianyang, and spent twenty taels of silver in the county to buy a carriage before heading out to purchase gunpowder and weapons.

The remaining raw jadeite would be transported back to the country by those arranged by Dan Min. In this matter, Yang Xuantong felt that Dan Min would not play any tricks.

Because this is the Imperial Capital, if it were in Lin'nan, one could prepare a very fine banquet for over a thousand units of currency, but that wouldn't work here.

If the demon’s den were leveled, the evil spirits within would not stay put, and the destruction caused would be even greater.

The complexity of the code and architecture is meant to adapt to more scenarios; the system task requirements are simple: complete the software-hardware dual translator.

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He did not continue to ask for the reason, nor did he secretly blame Zhu Jue for disclosing certain matters too early. He simply felt, in a mystical sense, that his master's arrangements must have a profound meaning.

The battle between protection and destruction had finally begun in earnest. One side would surely fall, becoming the fuel for the other’s evolution or survival.

However, their few mouths were no match for the many villagers, and all voices of dissent were suppressed.

Following the sound, a young soldier with black hair and yellow skin, looking quite ordinary, was fiddling with Weiss's hunting rifle—a weapon that had been confiscated by the soldiers the moment he entered this place.

Hearing the enemy's shout, Maides did not use his vision to track the trajectory of the thrown grenades. Instead, he hurriedly ducked his head to avoid being struck by the shrapnel from the explosion. A moment later, a violent explosion occurred nearby, and the intense sensory shock gave him the illusion that his body and spirit were simultaneously spiraling out of control.

The instant Luo Shixin was sent flying, Liu Heng spat out two more words. The invisible power of the rules immediately answered the call, and a powerful, destructive aura swept across the entire battlefield.

After Du Bixing unleashed his footwork, his speed more than doubled. Within a few breaths, he had left them behind and charged straight toward the strange beast ahead.

"Ha! It's our Loyalty-class! And our Castivie-class Admiral! The 1st Fleet has arrived!" Otto Lünders, standing to the side, shouted in ecstasy, as if a desperate turnaround had just begun.

Just like that, Su Zhilong drove them toward the Martial Alliance. The headquarters of the Wudang Sect is located on Mount Wudang in Hubei Province, but they, along with the other six sects, established the Martial Alliance in Beijing.