Did you spend a long time with Lu Weian?

Lu Tingyuan glanced at Ji Qingran and then at Lu Weian, offering a casual, roguish smile.

"Beat me first, and we can talk."

The moment the card game began, Ji Qingran knew she had zero chance of winning.

Xia Zhibai murmured that while cheap grain hurt the farmers, whether grain was truly cheap had almost nothing to do with the common people. After all, the price was determined not by the masses, but by the imperial court and grain merchants; cheap grain only meant the low purchase price paid to producers, not the low price at which it was sold.

As for Su Ming's thought, it was centered on gauging the sheer difference in power between using the Dragon Fist and not using it.

Feng Yuetong observed with her spiritual sense that having a mature alchemy furnace to wrap up the process indeed made things much easier.

Yet he was not reckless. Setting aside the fact that he might not be able to defeat Wang Siming, even if he could, this was hardly the place for a brawl.

At this thought, the corners of his mouth curved upward. His hand darted out like lightning to grab a component, glanced at it briefly, and swiftly picked up the micrometer, instantly plunging heart and soul into his work.

At the very least, he no longer had to act like a living puppet all the time; whenever Zhao Yu issued no orders, he enjoyed a fair degree of freedom.

Originally, seeing that Lu Sheng had stopped expanding his dantian, he had felt a slight wave of relief. But now, Lu Sheng's sheer madness surpassed even Elder Li's imagination.

In other words, his progress toward "Returning to One" had not even reached fifty percent, and this alone had cost him twelve years.

Following closely behind Lan Zhan, the crowd discovered to their surprise that he was leading them straight toward the deepest, most restricted area of the Starry Academy.

Hao Jing fell silent. Although he was not exceptionally well-versed in the specific conditions of the Huai River, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang regions, he entirely believed what Wu Shaogang described. Under such circumstances, forcing through the Public Field Law was indeed destined to fail.

Since Mount Bei possessed such a miraculous method, escaping with him seemed to present very little difficulty.

As Prince Cassia walked toward the city, Lu Yao remained seated inside a luxurious, levitating carriage propelled by spiritual energy, gazing at the sights outside with a look of wide-eyed curiosity.

Remaining in the Immortal Herb Sect meant the resources they earned were barely enough for the disciples within, but for someone like her—hehad, it was utterly insufficient.

With that, Lu Yao produced an array disk capable of generating an illusion and enveloped the entire courtyard. From the outside, the courtyard would still appear completely normal.

Just as the bone toothpick was about to completely detach from the left side of his cheek, the profound Qi injected into it by Shen Feng grew even more violent.

The cultivator barely had time to emit a miserable scream before a staff smashed squarely into his chest. The formidable force of the strike killed him instantly, and his corpse plummeted from the sky. His flying sword was likewise batted away, tumbling down from the heavens to an unknown destination.

Lu Yao did not purchase anything else; instead, she turned to negotiate with several aristocratic families with whom she enjoyed good relations. She offered either to pay spirit stones, refine Heaven-grade pills for them, or craft spiritual flower talismans in exchange for their Foundation Establishment or Core Formation cultivators to fight in the Immortal War on her behalf.

Shen Feng discovered that after fusing with the unique energy of the Qitian Divine Soul Palace, his soul power was actually able to slowly permeate into the Crimson Blood Stone.

Having basked in glory for over a millennium, they had harmed countless lives for the sake of selfish gains, and now the time had finally come to pay their debts. Truly, what goes around comes around, proving that retribution always catches up in the end. The ancestors of the Jiang family and the forebears of the Mu family—your descendants are now seeking justice for you and washing away your blood-drenched grievances!

Yet she never could have anticipated that this Greater Black Mountain Town Tourist Scenic Area had actually been established under the leadership of Li Tianyi.

However, to the utter astonishment of these noble generals, just as they had left the Oukinden faction completely speechless, Duke Fortunmar—who still served as one of the commanders—pondered the matter for a moment. While he ultimately agreed to let Count Telris participate in the military council, he still insisted on leaving the count's legion stationed at their original stronghold.