Chapter 32: The Same Basement

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Ever since waking from her dream, Gu Qianxi had felt lethargic, as if suffering from a severe illness. Once she managed to calm down and reflect on the scenes from the dream, she said in fragmented sentences:
"I dreamt I had turned back into a five-year-old. I followed the villa staircase down to the basement, and then I saw you, Pockmark, standing at the doorway..."
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This place was a vacant, sealed room; aside from the surveillance cameras, the door, and the walls, there was nothing else. Looking at it, there seemed to be nothing unusual at first glance.
The two deities showed no signs of stopping their duel. As they fought, their tempers flared. What troubled the colossus was that Lu Tianyu’s stamina was truly terrifying; the battle raged for over twenty days and nights, turning the world dark and dim.
After all, there were still many dangers here. The earth-elemental force field mastered by this martial uncle allowed for a much keener perception of the ground compared to anyone else.
"Then, Brother Gu Tie, can you propose to Hongbai with a diamond ring the size of an egg?" Hongbai asked sweetly.
"Mayor Zeng, I am pouring a drink for our leader to express my inner remorse; what is wrong with that?" County Magistrate Lu picked up the bottle and poured again into the glass. As he spoke, he downed two more large glasses of wine in succession.
Chu Baqi’s hands began to tremble, his face twisting into a hideous expression. He pressed the gun against Dong Ninghe’s forehead with increased force, causing her to grit her teeth in pain as she struggled to endure it.
In the night sky, high above the azure clouds, a flying carpet sped across the heavens. Looking down from above under the silvery moonlight, the entire landscape appeared blurred, though the river surface, reflecting the moon, looked exceptionally clear.
Zhu Laosan and the others all lived under the wing of Boss Wu. Seeing their leader suffer a loss, how could they stand for it? One by one, they charged forward, brandishing their fists. Looking at these six or seven burly men, Wang Zijun gave a bitter laugh, thinking that the first beating he would receive after his rebirth was likely about to begin here.

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After turning a mountain bend, the view ahead widened. Across the river lay Yuelai. Lu Tianyu had such sharp eyes that even without the car's headlights, he could see the border residents driving motorized tricycles across the mud-splattered dirt road.
Lu Tianyu was so furious he could have exploded; the authority he had just established was instantly dismantled by Huang Yi’s single sentence.
"Please lift your shirt and sit with your back to me!" Lin Yi instructed, clutching a silver needle in his hand.
Lin Yi did not refuse this suggestion. It wasn't that the Nanzhu Forest was hard to find a ride from; it was that it was impossible to hail one at all. One had to walk out of the forest to reach the main road before encountering any passing vehicles, and those were mostly private cars; taxis rarely ventured this far.
Hadn't he just been startled by a large white snake when he was lured there by that dead rat? Hadn't he merely mistaken the snake for a monster guarding the thousand-year-old purple lotus and prepared to defend himself?
That was something she had left for him back then—after all, she owed him—but now, was he actually using it to threaten her? In an instant, Yuan Ji’s aura turned icy, and a hellish atmosphere began to permeate the air.
Before he could even calculate the trajectory of the fourth arrow, it was already less than two meters away—the blind spot for the car's machine gun. Even if he had calculated the trajectory, he lacked the ability to shoot the arrow down.
Huahua placed the wound medicine, which it had been carrying in its tail, into Luo Qian'er’s palm. It then arched its back, rubbed its head against her cheek, climbed down, and went back to gnawing on the wall.
Mu Chen had tried to rush out of the toxic zone, but before he had taken two steps, he felt dizzy. He realized instantly that holding his breath would not be enough to resist this poison.
"What are you laughing at? Close your eyes, or I’ll dig them out!" Luo Qian'er threatened.
Before leaving, Chu Yun had advanced in cultivation once; her speed far exceeded that of her fellow disciples. By the time she returned from the Red Flame Mountain, Chu Yun had already reached the fourth stage of the Star Level?
Qiu Jing summoned others to inspect the assassin's features closely, while another clerk from the Ganquan Hot Spring recited a list of over a dozen martial artists who fit the description and had not been heard from in a long time.

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"Are you really okay? If you could defeat Ling Yifan, you must be a martial artist yourself. Have you ever heard of the Ling family in the capital?" Yu Jinyun looked at Qin Chen earnestly.
Chen Yuan only hoped that this fellow would be kept under close watch by his caregiver tonight, his body restrained, so he wouldn't come to meddle in things.
Beside a nearly completed Pool of the Starry Sky, the gods and demons of this realm watched the shadow gradually enveloping the Ten Directions World, their expressions grave.
"That’s true. Don't you think the cat's owner should send me some cat food first? Otherwise, raising someone else's cat is a real loss." Gao Lingyuan leaned back in his chair, chatting with Ye Kaicheng while looking at Xu Zuoyan with the air of a master.
Upon hearing this, Saito’s heart surged with hope, and he looked at Hamada Ryoko, anxiously awaiting her decision.
The crimson vortex of energy protecting the Red Lotus suddenly vanished, and the dark, crescent-shaped beam launched by Yamato Sakito also disappeared. Evidently, the two opposing forces of attack and defense were evenly matched and had neutralized each other.
As Gobu, who had been tossed to the ground like a ball, struggled and wailed, a heavy, blunted sword struck the earth with a thud. The sound echoed, and the bandit leader, who had been scanning the crowd, turned his head toward the source of the metallic impact and narrowed his eyes.
Watching Wu Ming saunter away, Li Zitao’s friend, Ju Nan, felt somewhat frustrated. He wanted to remind the other party that the bill hadn't been paid, but in the current atmosphere, he found it difficult to speak up. In the end, he could only swallow his pride and pay the bill himself.