42. Childhood Sweetheart’s Wish Challenge (3)

Jiang Dandan was warning me. She may already have been planning this when we were cleaning up the Red Monster’s corpse the night before last, but Lin Xian’er stopped her.

After lunch, we sat together to discuss the afternoon’s plans. Although Zhang Xier had drunk two large bowls of snake soup, she would rather die than follow me into the bamboo grove again.

Jiang Bai ate her breakfast little by little, occasionally looking up at Luo Heng. Every time she did, she happened to find him looking at her.

Back when she had not yet become the head mistress of the household, the old madam had already given her orders: unless there was a reason, no one from the Min family was to come running to Madam Min’s estate. This residence was not acknowledged by the Min family; as far as they were concerned, only the Min family’s ancestral home was truly part of the Min family.

“Wait here. I’ll go find something for you to eat.” The hunger in his stomach finally reminded Yang Meng that he had not eaten anything all day. Seeing that his family showed no reaction whatsoever to what he had said, he sighed softly.

Compared with the chieftain Tu Chu, who had been so enraged that he vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed unconscious, Tu Meng had four arrows embedded in his body. Though he had lost a great deal of blood and his face was drained of color, he remained conscious and had not fainted.

Time flew. Half a month had passed since Zhang Yan told the carpenters Zhang Tuo and Zhang Shan what he wanted. During that time, Gao Sun and the others, who had been waiting anxiously, were met by the first snowfall since the beginning of winter. It only deepened the gloom of those who were already consumed by worry.

If he could not bear to see her suffer, and had disregarded worldly gossip by appearing before everyone with her before their divorce was finalized, then what was so difficult about marrying her? But Xue Yihuai—was it really acceptable for him to covet what was in his bowl while staring at what was in the pot? They were already divorced, yet he still went out of his way to provoke her. Could it be that she owed him not only in this life, but in the previous one as well?

[Party] October Dusk: I’ll take you to get a set of level-720 equipment in a little while. That way, it’ll be easier for you to kill monsters when we aren’t around.

Precisely because of his reverence and fear of the gods, Gaogu, who had originally served as a priest of the Thunder God, had now become a condemned man.

He had not even offered a harsh rebuttal. Now, having seized upon a weak point in Lu Zhongkai’s argument, he effortlessly steered the conversation elsewhere.

“A weakness?” Everyone was stunned. Then, as realization dawned, their gazes shifted discreetly toward the youngest one standing behind them.

The strategy they had devised beforehand—luring the enemy deep into their territory, providing cover in successive layers, blunting the enemy’s initial assault, advancing and retreating as they fought, and so on—had all lost its meaning before the black tide now surging over them like a vast blanket.

In the end, Ke Huan reached the heart of the canyon. Set into one of the cliff faces was an extremely concealed stone archway. Had the wind not drawn his attention to it, he would never have discovered it.

Zhou Qin was unaccustomed to eating snakes. When she saw the cold creature coiled inside the cage, flicking its tongue, she could not help shivering and had no choice but to report back to Madam Zhao.

The bird seemed to understand human feelings. It chirped several times toward Hao, its voice no longer as bleak and chilly as before, but more like a greeting or a word of comfort from a friend.

This proved that he was not intimidated in the slightest. In other words, this member of the Hidden Sect did not think the matter was particularly serious. His actions now were merely a warning to Chu Tianxiao, telling him to quit while he was ahead. Otherwise, if things truly escalated, no one would come out looking good.

Luo Yunfeng was originally not due back for another four or five days. But after the North Star arrived in the Philippines, the captain paid out of his own pocket to buy the three of them plane tickets home.

If one had to use a single word to describe it, then the atmosphere at Dragon Rise today was positively explosive. Everyone was waiting for the arrival of the new director. Voices buzzed throughout the office area. To be honest, they truly had no idea who this new director was.

“You didn’t use time reversal. Why? What are you doing...?” Thanos murmured in shock.

Just look at them. Compare the two sides, and despair arose spontaneously. This was the eternal truth: poor wretches could never afford to oppose the rich, handsome, and powerful.

“Ria... don’t be like this... You still have me!” The elven warrior held his beloved tightly and consoled her in a low voice.

Watching the group disappear into the night, Liu Mang could not say that he felt reluctant to part with them, nor could he say that he felt relieved. He had no time to dwell on such things. After summoning Nephras and the others, he still decided to negotiate with Innocent through the night. At the very least, Rome needed tighter control. Even if it required gold, the volunteer militia had to be put to use.

Hearing the commotion, the three turned around at the same time. Delight first flashed through Nicole’s eyes, but she timidly lowered her head a moment later. Sabina looked more resentful, while Estelona carried herself with the full bearing of nobility, revealing no emotion at all.

Huine also knew that the financial state of her temple school could not offer Renpinde any assistance, so she had no choice but to abandon the idea of persuading him to become a lecturer. Still, she was quite pleased when Renpinde agreed to come and speak about knowledge of the outside world whenever he had the time.

Because Annie possessed Tibbers, the rule that magic could not normally be used in SAO did not apply to her. With Tibbers’ power, she could use several simple fire-based attacks—but only after summoning Tibbers.