24 The General's Wife and the Concubine's Younger Brother 2

He wore a simple white robe, yet he felt that even an angel could not possibly be more beautiful than he was.

As for the Demon Suppression Envoys of Quan'an City, they followed Zhou Li’s orders, avoiding any action unless an emergency required immediate handling on the spot.

"Sect Leader, let us accompany you to take a look. If there is nothing serious, we will return," the First Elder said.

During this period, to avoid interrupting Mu Yiyao’s zither practice—ever since Zhang Baiqing’s previous instructions—the servants in the mansion avoided her room whenever they went about their duties, fearing they might disturb her.

However, one thing was certain: their life forms underwent a startling transformation the moment they parasitized a human body, thereby acquiring certain characteristics of carbon-based organisms.

The crowd’s hearts shuddered again. Even the monsters that had been ravaging the area in unison suddenly froze, as if encountering a natural predator; they abandoned their assault on Crimson Typhoon and retreated rapidly and warily from the churning sea.

The giant python spoke, then unexpectedly reared its head high and looked down at us.

As he approached the police car and peered inside, he saw, to his astonishment, the carcass of a creature resembling a wolf.

In the major pharmacies of Luo City, one could generally only purchase first- to third-grade medicinal pills. Fourth-grade pills were available, though rare. As for pills of the fifth grade or higher, they appeared even less frequently.

Seeing someone dare to question her status, Tang Yiyi directly produced her inner disciple token from the Tianhong Sect.

Disrespect toward the founding emperor could lead to dismissal from office and exile to desolate lands at best, or the execution of one's entire clan at worst. Having spent over twenty years by the Second Prince's side, he had seen too many people suffer such fates; it was no wonder he was so jumpy.

It had to be said that Liuli Academy was truly the premier institution; its teachers were not the type to abuse power for personal gain or enforce severe hierarchies among the students.

It was worth noting that the Zou family was currently in dire need of manpower, especially those skilled in steering boats. Zou Li did not ask how Zou Hai planned to deal with the rest.

"Powerful Occlumency..." Moody exclaimed. Just moments ago, Moody had managed to capture some fragments of Harry's memories, along with things he had desired.

However, he did not intend to take Jiang Yuhan’s life just yet. Although Jiang Yuhan’s personality was extremely aggravating, one had to admit that his strength was impressive and his work efficiency was high.

Chunyan brought in a fruit platter; fresh lychees, longans, apples, and peaches were arranged beautifully. Luo Qinian picked up a longan and sucked the juice; as the sweet nectar slid down her throat, she narrowed her eyes, feeling very content.

Xintong watched him walk out of the shop. He stopped at a distance of 200 meters from the entrance. By then, Xintong could no longer see his figure.

His research funding was tight because his father was obstructing him, and his grandfather’s heart condition had been aggravated by his anger. Researchers were naturally poor at socializing, let alone being deliberately harassed.

High-level warriors were considered top-tier experts in this world; killing them outright felt like a waste. It would be better to keep them as slaves to create more value.

A moment later, Zou Li was overjoyed: in addition to the four stalks of "Water-Moon Grass"—the primary ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills—that he had gathered himself, he had obtained six more from the three people who had risked their lives to collect them, totaling ten stalks. There were not many other spiritual herbs; perhaps because they had just entered, the eight of them carried only a dozen or so, all of which were spiritual herbs used by high-stage Qi Refinement cultivators.

Why explain to him? I looked at Xia Haoyu in confusion. Was this even worth saying? Even a fool would know I was afraid he would misunderstand me—yes, I was truly foolish. Delivering egg-fried rice was just a pretext; in reality, wasn't I just looking for a way to explain things to someone I cared about?

While Ji Siyu was practicing yoga, a waiter entered the locker room. Seeing that no one was around, the waiter immediately took out a key card, opened Ji Siyu’s locker, and took her phone.

Xiang Liang let out a cold snort. He had heard every word Tie Mian just said. The companion they had betrayed had been captured by the Lieutenant’s Office. With the capabilities of the Lieutenant’s Office, naturally, that person would have no secrets left to hide; the secret plots of the Six-State Alliance would surely be discovered.

"Senior Brother, what exactly is going on that requires such secrecy?" Zhusha asked, looking at Bai Shan with suspicion.

"I think you’d better dress a bit more maturely so people won’t look down on you," Zuo Qing floated in front of Nie Wei and said with a serious expression.

The car finally stopped in the parking lot of the Provincial Hospital. Although I was curious how a private vehicle could enter, my brother’s situation was more important, so I sprinted toward the inpatient department, opened my phone, and saw over a dozen missed calls and text messages.

Pressing the switch for the equipped soft-close door, Xu Yuan stepped on the gas pedal as the door shut. The powerful acceleration pressed him back into his seat, and the comfort of the upholstery against his body caused the corners of Xu Yuan’s mouth to curl up in joy.

Uncle Zhang had recently expanded the Shadow Guards into other provinces. There was no helping it; they were severely lacking in intelligence regarding other regions.

Although these streamers were usually tight-lipped about the content of the game, whenever the topic turned to whether it was fun or not, even some poker-faced streamers would reveal the smiles of internet-addicted youths.

They all stopped talking and stood quietly, subconsciously looking toward the direction of the stream. Although the sun was still shining brightly, the area beneath the trees remained dark and profound, shrouded in mist.

Then, golden needles flashed and pierced several acupuncture points on the 6th Nether King, causing him to struggle and roll in agony.

The totem pillar held by that Guardian family was likely a simplified version of the Pillar of Myriad Phenomena.

Upon hearing this, I was stunned. Could the problem lie with the corpse? So, Ai Tangtang and I moved closer to take a look.

Jiang Nan and Xue Muqing were only pretending, and this had only been decided a few days ago, so it absolutely could not be real.

That was the Eighteen-Mile River outside Sanmiao Village. It was the place where he had obtained the "Five Elements Spiritual Spring." It was where he had begun his rise to success.