Volume 1, Chapter 123: She would surely snatch him away!

Little did she expect, after death, her consciousness would not fade but transform into a restless spirit. Filled with hatred, she was eager to seek vengeance against the old master. Yet who could have foreseen how utterly wicked that old man truly was?

At that moment, Gong Luoyu stepped out of the room holding two red envelopes, handing one to Xie Siyu and coldly tossing the other to Yang Mengjie, merely saying, "New Year’s red envelope."

Zhang Zuolin then created a smokescreen, declaring, "Zhifeng has always been one family; there is no chance of rupture within the Beiyang faction." He issued a strict order forbidding the Tianjin Feng Army from damaging a single blade of grass or twig belonging to the Cao family. On April 16, Zhang Zongchang, leading the "Foreign Legion" of the Feng Army’s vanguard, was the first to storm into Dezhou, poised to enter Shandong Province.

Early winter in Shanghai was bleak and desolate. In the Shanghai provincial office of the People’s Party, Zhang Hanqing and his three old comrades engaged in heartfelt conversation. Sitting opposite him were the renowned tycoons of Shanghai’s underworld: Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Wang Yaqiao.

This caused his pupils to constrict instantly, and a cold sweat broke out, his white hairs standing on end.

Wu Mei’s movements were without hesitation; she picked up a piece and placed it into her mouth. Long ago, she had discarded all those pastries tainted with apple seeds, and even destroyed all the utensils related to them.

The Japanese warrior dared not act rashly. Since he was seventeen, he had rarely met an equal opponent; especially after creating the nameless blade technique at thirty, he had found no rival.

After a long moment, he felt that although the huqin was close before him, its mournful melody seemed to come from a place far, far away.

In the past, it was only Wumeng who relied on Bai Xue; Bai Xue had never sought the support of others. This showed that Bai Xue was now overwhelmed with emotion, caught between hope and fear, causing her to lose all restraint.

Kezile suffered a setback but remained undeterred. He still held the advantage because Bai Xue’s left hand remained in his grasp. Pulling with great force, his left elbow away from the tripod, left palm gripping fiercely, Bai Xue was suspended in midair with no leverage, forced to be dragged against her will.

He Hong smiled and said, “This is all thanks to Peng Guishou. He and Xue Yiduo, one playing the villain, the other the hero, managed to seize three hundred thousand taels of silver. By now, Hu Town’s coffers are basically empty. Even if he is foolish, he should understand and dare not advance northward again.”

For Shao Ningdie, her knowledge of the marriage process came only from television; she was utterly clueless now, completely in the dark, unaware of what to do.

The night in the capital was quiet and elegant, yet there was one place where the darker it grew, the livelier it became. Only the wealthy could enter; ordinary people were left only to gaze in envy.

The eldest and second princes were equally perplexed. What was this about a hundred days to heal wounds? Why did the third prince’s face darken so upon hearing “one hundred days”?

Before the words had fully left his mouth, the Nine Suns Pearl radiated light through the ages, illuminating the underworld with brilliance. The light was said to be a divine weapon, possessing the terrifying might to destroy heaven and earth, shattering minds with fear.

If that was the case, did it not mean... At this thought, Chang Le shuddered involuntarily, unwilling even to continue pondering further.

At this critical moment, Huo Quguang shouted loudly to calm everyone, then raised his blades overhead with both hands. He made no unnecessary movements, only his veins bulged, and the muscles of his arms swelled massively, revealing the immense strength contained within, capable of shaking heaven and earth.

Yet more often, it was because he abruptly restrained his actions; the internal energy he retracted turned corrosive, causing him to vomit fresh blood. At the same time, he was struck fiercely by the tail of a blood python, nearly two meters away, thrown violently aside.