Volume 1, Chapter 31: Senior Possesses the Bearing of a Sword Emperor

"The Undying Heavenly Art!"
"First Realm complete!"
Ye Wuchen exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes filled with pleasant surprise. The Heavenly Spirit Pill had allowed Yao Xi to break through, and it had also granted him a second rebirth.

Gao Wushi did not hear any of this; he had gone back to get dressed. With all the maidservants downstairs, he had no choice but to tend to it himself.

In a provincial war, the regional inspector would certainly act as the military supervisor—they were the only ones who could. Yet, that was only in theory. In practice, given the current influence of regional inspectors, if they were to insist on mobilizing troops, which commander or colonel would dare disobey? Whether it concerned performance reviews, credit, or blame, the inspector's evaluation carried more weight than even that of the provincial governor.

"Where else would I go? I’ve already married you, so of course, I am coming home with you," Yin Liuli said as if it were a matter of course.

An Ning helped coordinate the servants, managing everything: those sent to the pharmacy for herbs, those preparing the decoction, those attending to the Second Aunt, those sent to Yue'er’s home with news, and those preparing daily meals for Aunt Sun in the rear courtyard. All were arranged in good order.

To the emperor of that time, not opposing—or rather, not strongly opposing—was essentially equivalent to support.

The hot breath from his mouth brushed past Su Liruo’s ear, causing her to instinctively tense her nerves.

Judging solely by the extent of the structural damage, Han Kun could roughly discern the direction of the earthquake's epicenter. The scope of this quake seemed vast, and the epicenter appeared to be outside the territory; the further one looked toward the periphery, the greater the destruction and the more intense the tremor.

Furthermore, he had checked the club roster back in the clubroom. Although every data sheet was stamped with "Withdrawn," the list showed that there were currently over a hundred disciples of the Five Tigers Sect across all grades at the Third Middle School, from junior high to high school.

Elder Huai stroked his beard; he would support any decision made by Alz without hesitation.

The moment Riel heard this, his heart went cold, and his hand froze in mid-air. He widened his eyes, peered at the table leg on his side for a long time, then slowly lifted his head, looking at Allen with an expression of utter despair, as if he were about to cry.

Three lives had been lost, and the construction site had ground to a halt. After making a circuit of the area, he could only leave with a dark expression.

Lord Huai spoke, extending his left arm to offer the hilt of the short blade. Gu Fan took a step forward, reaching out to accept the weapon.

"That’s for certain. Otherwise, how could the Zhang Family Auction House have once been the most influential on this street? Besides, they had prepared well in advance this time; how could the turnover be less than half of what it usually is?" Another man chuckled, a look of smugness flashing in his eyes.

Lin Ran comforted Ni'er along the way, and together they went to Zhang Yiman’s villa, where Ouman had already returned.

"Oh!" Lin Yushu seemed to realize something, hurriedly jumping onto the bed to pull the sheet over her delicate body.

"You’ve misunderstood. I mainly want to hear about the history between you and my master. What is your situation? Since you were fellow disciples, how did this grudge come about?" Situ Xuan refused to admit he was gossiping.

The sound of the zither rose once more. Every time Qi Qin plucked the strings, additional sound waves emerged, and the air currents rippling within them were razor-sharp.

"Take it, Yushu. My master’s items are peerless; sometimes I ask him for a pill and he won't even give me one," Situ Xuan said, walking over to steady her shoulders.

Because of his roaring, more and more people gathered around. Even the guests dining in the neighboring rooms stepped out to see what was happening.

In this battle, out of our sixty thousand soldiers, a total of twenty-three thousand six hundred and eighty cavalrymen were killed in action, over four thousand six hundred were wounded, and more than two thousand were missing.