Volume 1, Chapter 26: My Husband

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. On the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, Zhu Xiaozhi was awakened early by her attendants. After bathing and cleansing herself, she donned a pale yellow garment and had her hair styled into double knots, waiting in her room, still drowsy.

The grand ceremony began. The attendants led Zhu Xiaozhi from the eastern room. Following the etiquette she had been taught over the past few days, she bowed to the guests on the south side before sitting down, facing west.

The guest invited to perform the hair-pinning ceremony descended the western steps. After cleansing her hands with clear spring water, Zhu Xiaozhi’s elder sister, Zhu Shiyue, began to comb her hair. The guest performed the triple pinning: adding the hairpin, the coronet, and the hairpins, with three bows for each stage. Zhu Xiaozhi’s attire was changed accordingly, first into a light green jacket and skirt embroidered with weeping crabapple blossoms, and finally into a vermilion Shu brocade dress featuring red peony patterns.

By the end, laden with brilliant gold jewelry...

The stunning, ethereal beauty looked at him in surprise, clearly not expecting this third-generation disciple to have the audacity to approach her, let alone with such an innocent and guileless smile.

Just as Ye Xingchen was punching a phantom statue, his body felt as if it had been immobilized by something, leaving him completely unable to move.

Regarding the extraordinary abilities of Ye Lei’s subordinates, Ye Lei always explained them to outsiders as being due to a "special constitution." Otherwise, was he supposed to say they were exchanged from a system?

Song Tianji looked at the agreement on the table with a gloomy expression. He had not expected the Zeng family to disregard him to such an extent; this document was a blatant slap in the face—it would have been better if they had just refused outright.

Although he did not have much evidence, logical reasoning pointed to only one conclusion.

Suddenly, the chirping of insects grew deafening. Thousands of strange bugs let out almost a single, unified shriek before self-destructing.

These people would originally have been sent to perform the most dangerous work, but after Lin Mu learned of the situation, he ordered their execution. Although this was merely an outpost, its importance was high, so Lin Mu was exceptionally strict with management.

A moment later, the bald man frowned and suddenly opened his mouth to emit a sound like the tolling of a bell. The vibration of the sound caused the air to distort, ripples spreading outward rapidly.

Without giving anyone time to react, a sixth beam of green light soared into the sky from another direction of the building.

In a corner of the Tiansheng Market, a pale-green fox-person was arguing with a thirty-meter-tall toad.

An Jiaye climbed up to the edge of the field, barefoot and covered in mud. An Dingkai followed behind him, his face flushed from the heat of the work, white steam rising from his cropped hair.

From six to eight o'clock, under the guidance of their master, Wukong and Louis crossed the Tongtian River and had a wonderful time.

He hovered between Ji Longjun and the short man, holding several stones in his hand, ready to help Ji Longjun out of a predicament at any moment.

Ji Longjun nodded. He only knew the general outline of the mission and was ignorant of the specific details and steps. These were naturally handled and coordinated by Mu Feng, and he only needed to follow orders.

The two quickly tore their clothes and, taking advantage of the warriors inspecting the cargo, pulled out two slaves whose builds were similar to theirs.

"Not now. I feel very unstable, perhaps influenced by the dragon bones here," Long Ling said, shaking her head.

After hanging up the phone, Jian Han’s heart was still pounding wildly. She felt incredibly shocked and even thought she had misheard, but she knew Tang Ning would not lie to her.

Li Mengchen hated Ye Xiao to the core. All of this was caused by Ye Xiao. Of course, she knew she had never sent any bullwhip soup, but the problem was that no one believed her now—not even Zhuo Jianwu. Because Ye Xiao was her loyal "simp" who would even abandon his own mother for her, the idea that such a person would frame her was considered absolutely impossible.

Jin Sicheng furrowed his brows and swept a sharp gaze across the entire dressing room. Seeing no cameras, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Yes, at this moment, the Holy Maiden was still somewhat weak. Furthermore, this "young hero of the pugilistic world" was not really a young hero at all, but an old one. He had been famous longer than the Holy Maiden and possessed far greater strength.

Sitting on the lotus throne, one was invincible. To break the defense of the Golden Lotus of Merit, only a sage could act personally. But how could a sage disregard their status to steal the fortune of the Chan Sect?

Fang Zheng was left speechless... although this should have been the system's responsibility, it seemed the system had always been a bit unreliable and unserious. Just messing with him? It would be better to rely on himself.

The old man smiled, one hand behind his back, the other gripping Xing Lian’s wrist so tightly that the pressure made her bones ache.

Lone Wolf, Monkey, Red Boy, and Salted Fish were stunned. "Can you really flatter someone like that?"

Finding true maternal love in Wu Zhao, Mi Duoduo enjoyed the feeling while simultaneously feeling conflicted. Because her current identity was not Princess Andingsi, but Princess Taiping, this maternal love remained a fabrication.

With a light leap, her figure flashed, and she plucked the mirror from the rafters, examining it from both sides.

The first method is called the "decapitation tactic," a maneuver only high-level lords can use. By gathering enough energy to launch a lethal strike, as long as the power is strong enough, one can instantly kill a Dream-Eater Squid.

After today’s events, she finally understood the riddle that Baili Wuchen and Helian Hongjin had exchanged that day. These two were actually planning to hand over the entire empire of the Nine Provinces to Xuanyuan Han to manage.

Moral Venerable did not mention any benefits, instead demanding a magical treasure. The implication was clear: they had already snatched two treasures from him, so what other benefits could he possibly want?

Thinking it over, the reason seemed simple: either his family was very strong, or the opponent was very weak. What kind of private soldiers could a local tycoon in the countryside of Huai Ren County train? What kind of elites could he have? Even if he were located at the Datong border town, where he could find famous teachers or hire veterans, where would he ever have the chance to use them?

The two of them knew that Qian Ye’s chess skills were unparalleled; very few in the Heavenly Demon Sect could defeat him.

"I have no idea what happened between Dad and Zhang Yang. Dad’s attitude has done a complete 180-degree turn!" Su Anbai said, feeling depressed.

The next morning, as soon as Huo Jie and Yang Lin woke up, their abdomens were sore and aching, their throats were raspy, and they felt miserable all over. Breakfast was brought in by a servant.

Four scraps of jade, if supplied in sufficient quantity, could be frantically synthesized into jade worth four thousand each.

Fan Wan could not figure it out or make sense of it. She did not know why Qin Susu had suddenly decided to bestow such a moving gesture upon her.

For a moment, Zhang Mingxi felt that either she was having auditory hallucinations or Liu Ying had lost her mind.