By their reckoning, Wei Zhao, as the Lord of Tianjun, could not expect much better treatment.

What was more, in their eyes, Wei Zhao himself had never once left Tianjun since rising to power, still less had he any chance to deal with the upper echelons of such a house.

The head of the Zhao family felt his heart stir: "My lord, is there perhaps some other channel through which the Heaven-Mending Grass might be purchased?"

Wei Zhao smiled: "No other channel is needed. It is simply..."

"Mr. Mu, a pleasure to meet you. Allow me to introduce you—this is my partner in the Huaxia region, Zhang Yao." Liu Yuming presented the Chinese-descended man beside him.

The first mate shook his head with a helpless, bitter smile. There were only five lifeboats at present—who was to be allowed aboard to leave? Even he found it hard to make that final decision.

Cthulhu, the Sleeping God, awoke from his slumber. Crossing to the western shore of the Pacific, step by step he poured the remaking of the cosmos, and the otherworld belonging to 'Cthulhu' itself, out into the real world, until the entire universe was transformed into a paradise of the Old Ones.

Cheng Lie gave his own sister a faint glance. He would wager she had gone to Huanya to ask about him and Lan Li; and as for that blabbermouth Xiao Mingrui, three sentences would leave him desperate to pour out everything. To hope he would keep his mouth shut was worse than hoping he would not make things up.

Josep's sigh drifted from the room. It is easy to board a pirate ship and hard to get off; for Josep, father and son had set foot on a road of no return.

Well—it is good to shelter beneath a great tree. Having found a fiancé with powerful backing does come in handy at times.

Xu Wei cursed furiously. Damn it, all that effort wasted at the final step—before, she had lost on figure and temperament; this time Li Yingying had lost on talent and learning. It could be called a complete defeat.

He lit a cigarette, drew hard on it, and then drove back to that automobile factory construction site.

Lan Li wiped the tears from her face and flopped down onto the chair; only then did she feel parched. Luo Qingqing handed her a glass of water—having an assistant really was wonderful. Munching on snacks, Lan Li thought for a moment and took out her phone.

The five thousand cavalry he had painstakingly trained were meant for killing the Hu raiders, for avenging home and country—even at the cost of being smashed to pieces! He was truly unwilling to be stuck with the duty of escorting supplies. At this thought, he knelt in the main hall and implored Emperor Wu.

At that moment, a bomb exploded with a roar not far from Xu Tian; the shockwave sent the plaster from the roof pattering down in streams, scattering across the map on the table.

That remark slipped out of his mouth before he knew it. Xiao Yan rubbed his brow, then looked upward. Beginning before him, stone platforms floated one after another in the air, crimson lotuses blooming upon them, all the way to the mountain summit. Though he did not count them closely, Xiao Yan understood that there should be exactly one hundred of these stone platforms.

If it were merely a divorce, merely pushing Qin Yan into another's arms, Dong Yuanqing would never have been so furious. There had to be something else in this.

Jiang Fan's figure flickered, crossing a distance of more than ten meters in an instant to appear behind Luo Ze, then leaned close to Luo Ze's ear and said something in a sinister tone.

Of course they were delighted. On the one hand, it gave Hu Tuli face and greatly pleased Juqu Ge'er as well; to be able to consult with Han physicians here in this land would surely prove most beneficial.

Duyuan, Prefect Wan Zhonghong, and their accompanying staff strode to this place. In the distance, the outpost of the garrison remained strictly on guard; throughout the movement, all deployments were made and all military movements prepared.

"Right." Lin Fei nodded. Many households that kept pets had a hole built into their front doors, allowing the animals to come and go.

His flesh was peeling away; the flames had directly scorched the old skin outside his body into a charred shell, which gradually sloughed off him, revealing the plump flesh within.

"It's all right. Open the jar of medicinal wine and take some out," Lin Fei said.