Volume 1 Chapter 51 Compromise

Xu Qingning did not answer Pei Xi. She seemed to understand why he had to keep certain things from her. Perhaps for them, confessing the truth and watching the other person endure pain was far harder to accept than bearing it alone in silence.

Her hand rested gently on his soft hair, giving it a light caress. "President Pei, shouldn't you be working? I was planning to wait for you to finish work so we could have lunch and leave together."

At this moment, however, Pei Xi looked at her stubbornly. "Qingqing, be a good girl and tell me what you and Conrad discussed."

"We talked about a lot. It's the first time I've noticed that President Pei is not only popular with girls, but also with boys..."

Xi Qinyu did not say anything more. Instead, he reached behind his waist and pulled out a screwdriver. I was completely speechless—why on earth would he carry something like that around with him normally?

In truth, Du Xing didn't care for the orange-headed figure either, but he had gone along with it earlier to save face for the ugly man. Seeing my objection, he gave a chuckle, reached out, and gave the head a shove, sending it rolling into the wastepaper basket on the floor.

Those were the scales of the double-headed black snake that Old Man Miao and I had scavenged from the pauper's graveyard back then. Although they did not possess the profound nether-absorbing properties of the Yin dragon, their effect was still quite impressive.

Leaving presented no particular difficulties; as long as one followed the path by which they had entered, they could walk right out.

"You want me to wear your nightgown?" Xia Zechen couldn't help raising his voice, moving to push the door open. Ji Lingfei pushed it shut from the outside with both hands, causing Xia Zechen to bump right into the door panel with a dull thud.

He did not look surprised in the least, as if he had anticipated this outcome all along. He merely let out an aggrieved huff, filled with clear resentment, the moment the malevolent spear aura was mentioned.

Ye Xiaoyao sat cross-legged at that moment, channeling his soul power to retrieve a fate-origin pill from his spatial ring.

As soon as she walked in, she heard the rhythmic "beep-beep" sound of medical equipment. Catching sight of the thick, thin, red, green, and various other electrodes and tubes attached to Xiang Ming's head, Jiang Yufei couldn't help frowning as she walked over and sat down on the stool beside the bed.

Anyone who knew him would never believe that his early morning appearance at a meeting meant he was genuinely looking to break into the entertainment industry.

Zhou Biao had no idea what body lice were; he simply grabbed me in a panic, pointing at Zhou Liang with a face and neck so flushed he couldn't get a word out.

"She looked to be in her early twenties, probably not older than twenty-five. Judging by her accent, it's quite similar to yours; she should be from the Sichuan and Shu region," Liao Chuanzhi said, sounding somewhat uncertain.

A flash of multicolored light flickered across Xu Ruoqi's body as she dodged to the side, while her Golden Snake Sword flew out, transforming into a golden serpent in mid-air to lunge forward.

The crowd chanted slogans, excitedly guessing who the guest performer might be, as the production team had never mentioned anything about it beforehand.

Ying Wushuang felt a slight pang of disappointment. To save face, she unusually echoed Yin Yi's words, stepping down the slope the latter had provided for her.

Xing Jie, the Vice Minister of War, was the supreme commander for this anti-Mongol campaign. Although it was stated from the outset that he was only responsible for logistics and that specific tactical decisions on the battlefield would be left to frontline generals, he was still their direct superior and could not be completely ignored.

Beside the spirit liquid pool in the center of Penglai Island, Qinghai watched with a heavy heart as the liquid level in the pool slowly ticked downward. Though he did not understand the underlying principle, Zheng Xiyuan had warned him in advance that once the liquid in this pool was completely exhausted, the four giant beasts outside would vanish as well.

Despite the approaching Lunar New Year, the Jizhou Arsenal operated around the clock. The workers took turns, but the machinery never stopped, pushing into overtime to manufacture weapons and equipment. Zhong Nan had a strong intuition that the Mongols would not give the Ming Dynasty much more time, and he had to stockpile sufficient military gear before hostilities broke out.

Right now, the only thing Zhong Nan lacked was real power. Only when he became a figure whose mere foot-stamping could make the imperial court tremble would he truly have the opportunity to stand on equal footing with the Emperor.

Ever since Zhang Ri exposed Qu Xiaoxiao for undercutting and stealing sponsored resources right in front of everyone, everyone knew where her loyalies lay—she supported Qu Xiaoxiao and was at odds with Yin Yi.

Hearing Chu Dan'er mention the War of Clarity and Turbidity, Tian Lan felt a trace of confusion. Back in Chu Dan'er's memories, he had heard a similar term from Feng Yunyi. Hearing it once more now, he couldn't help paying closer attention: could there truly be unpredictable perils awaiting in the celestial realm?

Qiu Wan stood with her hands clasped behind her back, her figure appearing remarkably slender, likely around one meter seventy in height.

The wind qilin looked at these people, letting out a few bewildered yips, seemingly unable to comprehend where this bunch had come from.

"Gao Siren, do you have any final instructions on your end?" Ghost Wild glanced at the remaining people and asked Gao Siren.

Once Mei Ruotong briefly explained the truth of what had happened that afternoon, Mei Zhenyang's expression could no longer be simply described as angry.

"Utterly deranged—conducting a murderous sacrificial cult ritual, and then attempting to pin the blame on the police and the authorities?"

By evening, the number of young women certainly increased, alongside plenty of young men and couples. Business couldn't be called booming, but it was fair to say it was decent.

Yet Zhou Song skillfully avoided all those channels. The two of them bought tickets and entered, and Yuan Yueling launched into another round of complaints about how poorly he managed money.

At the command, the soldiers of the White Horse Tribe howled as they charged down the mountain path behind Bai Mahe, rushing toward the Han army and their auxiliary troops.

Yi Yi stroked the long, slender jade seal in her palm. The rough bottom surface was carved with the character "Yi," and a delicate totem floated on one side. The object looked as though it had been prepared long in advance.

Mei Ruotong sighed softly to herself. Silently offering a bow of respect to Li Yanbai, she turned and walked toward the courtyard gate.

A forty-point single-quarter performance was not enough to satisfy Sun Zhuo. Perhaps this would be the only NBDL game he ever played in his life; he would spare no effort, unleashing every ounce of his energy until the very final second of the match.

Han Xiao dug into the ground for quite a while before finally unearthing all ten crystals. Just as he prepared to leap out of the vertical shaft, he suddenly discovered that beneath the rock layer where the black stone had been embedded, there were still vast quantities of crystals. Because that black stone possessed the ability to block spiritual detection, Han Xiao had not noticed the existence of these crystals prior to this.

And it stood to reason: if reviving a dead piece of wood were that simple, the sages who resurrected that ancient tree in antiquity would not have spent such an unimaginably long time doing so, nor would that ancient tree in Qingzhou have remained the only one of its kind to be brought back to life.

A threat to one is a threat to all! Everyone understood this principle. The nations targeted by the Land of Lightning were none other than the Land of Iron and the Land of Hot Water, both of which could grant direct access to the rear of Konoha.

The two sides fought with increasing ferocity and intensity, until Song Tianji adopted a mutual destruction stance just to barely hold his ground.