Volume 1, Chapter 27: Let’s Have a Child

"With the Song family's anniversary being such a significant event, for Huo Shixu to openly appear with a woman—isn't that a slap in the face to his father-in-law?"

Hao He smiled as he stated the figure. He did not consider it a disgrace; on the contrary, achieving such a result was no small feat. Anyone else would have been in the red by tens or hundreds of millions.

"See this gear? It’s all stacked with energy recovery stats. As for the cost of mere teleportation magic, I can restore my reserves in three breaths at most." With a flash of light, the Nephalem switched into a set of mage equipment.

At this moment, everyone turned to look at the young, unfamiliar face sitting in the corner. There was suspicion, disdain, and even resentment in their gazes.

After patrolling the entire circle, signs of human activity began to appear throughout the land of Hami, a sight that left Tie Xinyuan intoxicated for a long time.

But the matter was settled. At the very least, her cousin’s tragedy had not repeated itself, which provided her with some small comfort.

Li Aoran’s subordinates rushed forward, pinned Zhu Haiwang down, and gave him a brutal beating. When they finally let him go, Zhu Haiwang’s face was swollen like a pig’s head, his lips puffing out like two sausages, and blood trickled from his mouth down his chin.

In the end, Shi Chengyu owed Xiao Yao a total of 6.2 billion. This included 300 million for the raw stones Xiao Yao had purchased, and 400 million for the stones Shi Yun had bought herself, covering the five pieces that had already been cut.

In this way, the expenses consumed nearly half of Dongfang Ming’s income. However, since Dongfang Ming himself had tasted the benefits and Chenxi was indeed being raised to be quite exceptional, he was willing to spend the money, even if it meant less development capital for the company.

"Elder Tong, time is running out. You must trust me now, or this old man will be beyond saving!" Xiao Yao said with urgent conviction.

"It’s actually at Fengshan?" Gu Wangqian was somewhat puzzled. He knew of Fengshan, of course; it was located near Yeshan, forming a continuous range. Or rather, Fengshan and Yeshan both once belonged to the Yefeng Palace, though that palace no longer existed.

"Stop with the nonsense and tell me, what’s going on?" Lei Zhan had no interest in wasting words; he’d rather spend that time having a cup of coffee.

Tiansheng carefully observed He Hao and the others, discovering that in just one month, they had indeed made significant progress. He Hao and Zhang Yu appeared to have reached the Juding stage, gaining the ability to absorb external true energy, while even Mei Ling and Lu Li had improved greatly; it seemed they had successfully opened their heavenly bones.

Speaking of this, Old Tang seemed to discern something from Lei Zhan’s smile, though he wasn’t quite certain. This was no joking matter—could Lei Zhan really possess the Mark of the Sky?

Lin Fei could sense that the monsters before him held no murderous intent toward him or the Chaos Swallowing Beast.

Arriving in the hall, I let out a soft chuckle toward the paper puppet disguised as Liu Hui, my eyes fixed intently upon it.

Many teenage prodigies spent their entire lives stuck at the threshold of the ninth rank, never even managing to touch it.

I rubbed my head. The earthen house looked ordinary enough, yet I felt there was something highly unusual about it—though as for what that was, I couldn't quite put it into words.

Then again, if not for the "Hidden Yin" condition, she wouldn't have minded having a tryst with Jiang Yao in that corner tonight. She didn't care about the judgmental eyes of strangers.

"It seems they discovered Wind-Thunder Hand scouting Feng Garden and were secretly helping us. His target is me; he knows my wedding with your sister-in-law is to be held here, so he surely made this place his primary focus for an ambush."