Chapter 157: Black and White

And it was a Pagoda Fiend Beast no weaker than a Seventh-Grade Martial Disciple!
"Swish!" With a single claw, the Pagoda Fiend Beast batted away the long saber in Bai Zongnan's hand, and then lunged straight at him.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Man and beast engaged in a fierce brawl. Every collision triggered explosive shockwaves that filled the air. Neither the Pagoda Fiend Beast nor Bai Zongnan left the slightest opening.
Their attacks were far too fierce and blindingly fast; an ordinary Seventh-Grade Martial Disciple wouldn't even be able to catch a glimpse of their movements, let alone—
Eight years later, Wang Tao's elderly mother passed away peacefully of old age. After concluding her funeral rites, he burned incense and bathed at home, changed into burial robes, and sat quietly in the main hall waiting.
It took a good while for Ye Xiao to recover his composure. He let out a long sigh and reached up to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Consequently, the heavenly ladders connecting the Three Mountains and Five Sacred Peaks were also burned to ashes by Zhurong's divine fire. This momentarily severed the communication between heaven and earth, arousing the fury of both mortals and deities. Discontent filled the Three Realms, and everyone began to denounce Zhurong's disgraceful behavior.
Later, the two of them spent a large sum of money to invite monks from Guanyin Temple to the riverbank to perform rituals and chant scriptures for three days, delivering all the wandering souls.
Upon waking, Liu Bian hurriedly raised a torch to check, and sure enough, he saw a golden carp bouncing wildly inside the cabin. He temporarily kept it alive in a water jar and carried the golden carp back with him. Later on, he specially purchased an exquisite fish tank to raise the golden carp.
Withdrawing his saber, the thunder elements dissipated, his right eye returned to normal, and Haolan regained his consciousness. Staring at the scene around him, he stood frozen in a daze.
These were several powerful prodigies who had reached this point with immense difficulty. Their sudden, unnatural deaths sounded a heavy alarm for everyone present. No one dared to act rashly anymore; the immortal garden harbored terrifying lethal perils, and the slightest carelessness would spell certain doom.
Chai Yu made all necessary preparations, bid farewell to his parents, and set off on the road to Nanjing. Yuan'er carried a short saber at his waist and held a silver pouch in his hand. The master and servant rode side by side, chatting and laughing as they traveled, hardly feeling lonely. They journeyed by day and rested by night, eating simple food to quench their hunger and thirst, enjoying a smooth and safe trip.
And this person was none other than the supreme leader of the Jin family at that time—the biological father of the three Jin Million brothers, Jin Shanbao.
"How can you call this light? And look at this speed—far too slow! The power could still be increased tenfold! Actually, the design could be further improved to make the grip more comfortable. An even bigger mistake is that the accuracy is abysmal! Therefore, this is merely a defective product. Trash." Having said that, he casually tossed it into the furnace and burned it to ashes.
Although the capital remained Xuchang, Xun Yu, Xun You, and the others knew in their hearts that the city their lord truly intended to make his capital had always been Yecheng, Yecheng in Jizhou.
The annual official salary in grain alone amounted to nine million shi, not to mention that the Ming imperial clan likely held vast lands and fiefdoms, and the right to tax these fiefdoms generally belonged to the vassal princes. Viewed in this light, the financial pressure on the Ming court could hardly be described as anything less than crushing.
Even though people nowadays know that bacteria, viruses, and parasites are the culprits, back then those were sparsely populated regions without a mature medical system, meaning that contracting an illness was practically a death sentence.
Could her past attitude have had something to do with his former state? When would the image of him in her eyes ever change?
Whether they had ever flown in civilian hot air balloons after that, Zhu Biao had no way of knowing, but he felt there was no reason they could have resisted it.
Then, once I get the money, I must change into an exquisite outfit, style myself handsomely, and diligently cultivate my spirit. I will study more things at school to improve myself and achieve all-around development.
Yet beneath that hope lay an even greater disappointment. He was unable to resolve the issue of Constantine's identity, and thus had no way of using Constantine to deal with Norton, plunging him into yet another dilemma.
To expose Chufang's willful, unreasonable, and ugly side right before her newlywed husband and former fiancé.
As someone who teased Lu Mingfei every single day, she knew better than anyone what kind of creature Lu Mingfei was, roughly what reactions he would have under various circumstances, and what pathetic look of his was most likely to provoke laughter.
"I feel like I've been stabbed multiple times! At first, I thought Aimura was different from the previous three members and felt quite touched, but it turns out Aimura just treated me as a free meal ticket!" Himura said with a wry smile.