Volume 1, Chapter 28: The Empress: Where is the Prince of Qin?

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As the child gradually took shape within her womb, her anxiety would surely grow stronger and stronger. She truly had neither the certainty nor the confidence that she could keep from being driven mad by that damned anxiety. But what else could she do?

As for the gold coins being suspects, there were simply too many possibilities. Some, however, were as elusive as fish hiding beneath a sheet of ice.

Immortal artifacts had appeared on the continent before. In fact, some of the most precious treasures guarding the great sects were precisely such objects.

Yin Qining’s calm voice was like a stabilizing draught, bringing a little comfort to Shen Yunling’s restless heart.

After the founding of the Xia Kingdom, religious forces—Buddhist and Taoist alike—were suppressed. The Sixty-Third Celestial Master, unable to withstand the pressure, drifted overseas, leaving the homeland without a Celestial Master for a time.

Zheng Li’s expression changed. With a tap of his toes, he leaped high into the air, using the Illusory Mirage Domain to leave a phantom in his original position.

Grandmother had not recited scriptures today. She was growing vegetables in the courtyard, squatting there to pull weeds. Her lonely back seemed especially desolate.

They had thought they had finally glimpsed a way out, but the bandits, relying on Lin Baitang’s unfamiliarity with the mountain terrain, surrounded and blocked her from every direction, forcing her inch by inch toward the cliff.

That night, Big Brother Shen held her tightly the entire time, as though afraid she might vanish. He never once loosened his arms, and she let him be. He must have been terribly frightened.

He cursed viciously, then burst into loud laughter. The sound instantly filled the entire room, making everyone shudder.

Master Tianyi’s gaze grew puzzled. Could she not belong to that race? Yet apart from that race, what other people had blood-red eyes?

Seeing the expressions of the two sisters-in-law, Madam Shao guessed that they probably knew little about the matter, so she lowered her voice and told them about the Gu family. The two women stared at her in stunned disbelief, their eyes filled with astonishment.

At everyone’s urging, Wang Xiaona nervously fastened the watch around her wrist, tightening its rubber strap. Then, with a hint of shyness, she raised her hand to let everyone admire how it looked on her.

Ye Xuan withdrew, but even more people rushed forward one after another, their eyes bloodshot as they madly charged toward the center of the great hall. An Evil Dragon Jade of this kind would greatly increase the power of even an ordinary mortal, let alone them. Whoever among them obtained it would surely make astonishing progress.

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Jiang Yang casually knocked aside the spear hurled by Mu Xiaonan from behind, then viciously kicked Mo Tian in the dantian. The immortal essence Mo Tian had forcibly gathered within it was instantly scattered by the blow, leaving his face deathly pale.

Xiao Qianxue’s appearance had clearly startled Liu Qingya. Her fierce sword intent collapsed in an instant, and she stared in bewilderment at Xiao Qianxue floating beside Mo Tian, unable to understand how she had appeared.

There was nothing they could do. She was an Earth Immortal, far too powerful. Her life was practically immortal and indestructible.

His hand slowly slipped beneath Leng Feixin’s white T-shirt. His rough fingertips brushed against her soft, smooth skin. A light pinch seemed almost enough to draw water from it.

Sometimes, the human heart has no sympathy for the helplessness of the weak. People merely busy themselves pursuing their own interests. Of course, there was nothing wrong with that. A person had to look after himself before he could take care of others.

Gu Biluo let out a soft sigh, neither denying nor admitting it. Shen Feng’s thoughts shifted, and he suddenly understood. “It must have been sent by the emperor!”

Since ancient times, emperors had often sent people in search of a way to achieve immortality. Those so-called alchemists had come into being for that very reason. When their attempts to create an elixir of immortality failed, they instead developed alchemy.

If no one promoted it further, future generations might truly lose all willingness to believe in traditional Chinese medicine and its pharmacology.

Madam Song’s heart trembled. With shaking hands, she drew out two banknotes and slapped them onto the table. After giving a cold snort, she left with her people. Hearing Wang Qianyue’s peals of laughter behind her, she swore that she would wring every last drop of marrow from Wang Qianyue.

As she silently thought this, Weiwei looked at Janna’s smile. She had already been happy for Janna, but at that moment, her own joy rose to an even higher level.

He did not care about Zheng Qiaoyue’s family background. His own family was much wealthier.

“Aunt Chun, these two are friends I met downstairs. I brought them up for a cup of tea,” Lin Feng said.

Penguin had only just reached a partnership with Li Mo and was still enjoying its honeymoon period. Han Zhijie did not want to offend Li Mo either.

On the surface, he claimed to be inspecting how the room should be arranged for the funeral. In truth, he had heard Qiao Lanhua say that four packets had been placed beneath the bedding and three had been eaten. There should still be one left, so he secretly went to take away the fourth packet of rat poison.

“I’m Pei Yan’s uncle. My name is Pei Muchuan. I came today because of Pei Yan’s marriage. I wasn’t able to attend when the two families dined together last month.” His voice was deep and cool, yet not so cold as to freeze.

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As Huang Yongsheng continued speaking, his voice suddenly changed pitch and began to tremble. Even his formerly confident face became filled with fear.

Chu Xinyan had been waiting at the main gate for quite some time. The moment she saw Lin Feng return, she completely ignored the eyes of those around her and rushed straight into his arms.

Ever since the last pill assessment, when his spirit seed had been shattered by Beijun, the Core Fruit Stone had merged into the space within his sea of consciousness and become one with the spirit seed. After that, strange events had begun occurring one after another.

In the newly born world, the concept of time had already begun to emerge. Within this new world, Chu Tian could now deduce the passage of time with considerable accuracy.

Beside this mechanical genius, the two officers, Wang Yangming and Zheng Guanghui, had also removed their stiff military uniforms and put on loose robes. Amid everyone’s blessings, they were preparing to enter the “Space-Time Reset Device” shortly and undergo “space-time resetting.”

As for those independent cultivators whose contributions had failed to reach the required threshold in time, the sects would not embezzle their contribution points. Instead, they would provide them with a corresponding amount of spirit stones as compensation.

At that moment, Wu Xiaotong was hugging and rubbing the American Shorthair she had just acquired, completely disregarding the fact that the cat had not yet had a bath.

He directly twisted space and, through the principle that distance could be reduced to nothing, arrived at all three locations in three steps. Each was a place where a Grand Unity Golden Immortal had once cultivated, and each had been sealed with restrictions.

“I choose Qin Yang Hall, Dachuan, rank twenty-nine!”

Just then, a sonorous shout rang out.

Over the sea at Yashan in the second year of the Xiangxing era of the Southern Song Dynasty, more than a thousand wooden warships surged amid the rolling waves. Acting in his folly, Zhang Shijie, commander of the Southern Song forces, had ordered them chained together, forming an “iron-bucket formation” fifteen layers deep across the sea.

In truth, he thought this way because of his intense desire for revenge. He was certainly unwilling to see the Rong family compromise with the Qian family once again. If that happened, Rong Jian’s position would become extremely awkward, and he might very well be cast aside as a discarded pawn by his own clan.

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