Chapter 43

Xu Yuan tried to open the door, but no matter what she did, it wouldn’t budge. She shot Rong Zheng a glare, got up, and made her way to the front seat, pressing buttons, but the door still wouldn’t open. It was only then she realized—the key wasn’t inserted.

Once again, Yuyun was seated in the bridal sedan, crossing the remaining streets before being delivered into Sikong Han’s residence, Cold Bamboo Courtyard.

Even though it was only a trace, a true object from the heavens still contained a vast and formidable power.

He sat quietly by her side, her head resting on his shoulder, her gentle breaths brushing against his face. After a long time, his warm voice drifted into her ear.

“So you mean to say…” Nangong Ling didn’t dare to finish his sentence, afraid that it was true. Even if it meant deceiving himself, he didn’t want to hear it.

What shocked them even more was that the young man seated in the chair, whom they had dismissed as nothing more than a swindler, raised a single finger in response to Zhou Long’s powerful palm strike, lightly pointing forward as if it were nothing.

Even if he made it through the formation, he would be severely weakened, unable to intimidate anyone. At that point, the crowd could easily kill him, seizing the Supreme Demon Lotus and all the treasures in his possession.

Yuyun simply ignored everything else, channeling all her complicated emotions into fighting the creature. As a result, its wails and screams were endless.

The three of them nodded in agreement, Iron Thunder and Liu Sanming’s faces alight with excitement.

When Chen Xing was captured, she had never imagined that Lin Hao would come to her rescue. After all, she knew how powerful the black market was; even if Lin Hao was capable, he wouldn’t dare to challenge the entire black market, much less risk himself to save her.

Xishan Hongye didn’t shy away, but when Dongfang Yunyuan gently touched her cheek in front of everyone, a rare shyness appeared on her face, her fair cheeks tinged with red.

At first, the Taoist merely lent a hand to the doctors in the clinic, to which he had no objection.

Now, the question arose: since the locket box was obtained so effortlessly, what use was there in keeping Kreacher around?

Harry’s wand vibrated as if electrified; he gripped it tightly, unable to let go even if he tried—a thin beam of light connected the two wands, neither red nor green, but a dazzling gold.

“Sigh… Am I really not cut out to be a mangaka? Why does every book I draw flop?” The soft, adorable one gave a bitter smile.

At this, Jia Cong pressed no further. Rising, he said, “Thirteenth Lady, in this world there are people as righteous and courageous as your Guan family, as upstanding and pure as Zhan Peng, and there are those like Bai Shijie who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Such is the world; you need not dwell on it.”

“A beating means affection, scolding means love—the harsher you scold me, the more you love me.” Ji Mei Nai was utterly shameless.

Although the inner courtyard had strict entry restrictions, Dongfang Yunyuan, as the founder of the Akatsuki Organization, could come and go as he pleased, and since he had brought Kinoshita Yukina, the guards didn’t stop her either.

The four corrupt ministers were all sly old foxes; they understood Princess Redshift’s intentions perfectly. Though they appeared calm and collected, beneath the surface currents were already swirling.

“All right, since we’re traveling the world, shouldn’t we plan a route? Where should we start, and where should we end?” Ji Qingcheng asked.

They took the afternoon train to Li Junxiu’s home, stayed for a few days, and then went to Xu Yuan’s house.

Leng Xing noticed the subtle change in Tian Tiantian’s smile, and for some reason, it seemed as though the entire atmosphere around them began to transform.

Xia Yi lowered his head and took a sniff—no discernable scent—but he knew in his heart that though the blind lose their sight, their other senses become especially keen.

It was his fault that his father and his father’s first love parted ways, which led to his father’s resentment and dislike for him. Even when he was taken away, his father hadn’t asked after him or tried to find him. His aunt wanted him, but his father refused. If even his aunt stopped caring for or loving him, then what meaning remained for him in this family?

As the light screen snapped back, the man suddenly grabbed a nearby glass and hurled it, knocking over the projection stand.

She blinked, trying to see the man before her clearly, but in the end could not hold on. Her eyes slowly closed, and both hands fell limply to her sides.

Zhao Lichun asked casually, and in the next moment, he suddenly felt that the name “Chen Yuan” was familiar, though he couldn’t quite remember from where.

Now, with fortune falling from the sky, it was as if he’d been given a chance to transcend a mundane fate and explore the unknown universe—why not seize it?

Though Pinglu was famed for its wealth, its population was concentrated near the cities; the rest of the land was almost deserted.

For example, if Jia Baoyu suffered a headache, Lin Daiyu had a cough, or even Jia Zheng or Lady Wang felt unwell, they would call imperial physicians—which was just one more way to bleed the Jia family dry.

“Doesn’t Senior Brother know the Sleeves of Heaven and Earth technique?” The Taoist sent a secret transmission so that none of the mortals could hear.

“An Unbreakable Vow?” The expression on Professor Snape’s face became unreadable as Bellatrix burst into a string of triumphant laughter.

The old Daoist, furious, dismissed the formation at once, allowing the two Phoenix Guards to escape with their lives. Ling Huan no longer had the heart or strength to tangle with the old Daoist. With a single command, all the attendants drew dozens of divine rainbows, streaking down the mountain after those fleeing the formation.