Chapter 144: “Fragrant Ashes, Joyful Revelry” Opens Its Doors

Zhen Xi was curled up on a bed of filthy straw, her gaze vacant. At the sound of footsteps, her eyes finally moved.

Bai Huan stood outside the wooden fence, looking at the person within.

In her memory, Zhen Xi was not only aloof, haughty, and dismissive of everyone, but she was also extremely fastidious. Among the female officials, her makeup was always the most immaculate, her hair meticulously neat, and her clothes pressed without a single wrinkle.

Yet now, her hair was disheveled, and she was huddled in the foul-smelling straw infested with fleas, rats, and bugs.

Chen Mohan turned and walked away, a lingering sense of heaviness in her chest. Qin Luofan, why on earth does a grown man have to be so ridiculously handsome?

With that, Hai Jing turned to look at me, her gaze growing deeply serious and earnest. For some reason, seeing my own younger sister trying to be so serious made me want to laugh.

Xiao Li picked up the peach-wood staff and weighed it in his hand, feeling even more that it was utterly ordinary. Yet, despite exerting force, he could not damage it in the slightest, which convinced him it was no ordinary object. Without further ceremony, he invoked the weapon-fusion and body-refining technique with his hands.

"We cannot let them interfere with Shiva. We must strike now!" Lloyd said in a deep voice.

"I understand. From the strength she has displayed thus far, she is already no less than my match. If she has been concealing her true power, then she surpasses me. I do not deny this," Sodger replied, nodding. Having witnessed Princess Shera's terrifying strength firsthand, he held an even deeper impression of it than Steve.

For the longest time, he had always felt a step below Wu Tao. Now that Apocalypse Investment had sold off all its NetEase shares, he felt he could finally stand on equal footing with Wu Tao.

"It's a pity. If you hadn't spent so much time wasting away in despair, you might have already shaken the entire world by now," that classmate patted Sodger on the shoulder, saying with a hint of regret.

As the words fell, the sixth Heavenly Dragon of Fangtian was summoned down. Mu Zhiheng tapped the dragon's head with the tip of his toe, rapidly joining the previous five cloud dragons in a chaotic, swirling dance.

Interrupted by this diversion, Jiang Guiping finally noticed him, as well as the two young men who had just arrived with the old master.

She had thought he had been completely obliterated during the ninety-nine heavenly tribulations of ascension. Who could have imagined that, after such a long parting, he would reappear in this world, right before their eyes?

The battle between Yasuo and Captain America officially began. During his charge, Captain America abruptly twisted his body on the ground, then lunged forward, fiercely throwing a right hook at Yasuo.

Yasuo stood not far away, watching these mages practice, while a million mythical beasts stampeded across his heart in a speechless internal monologue. If he were a citizen of the sarcasm planet, he could probably destroy the world right now just by complaining.

Though she was still unwilling to accept such a disastrous defeat even at this moment, she could not deny that some people were simply destined to be superior from the day they were born.

A month later, Jing Yi was doing planks in her hospital room, covered in sweat, when a man in a tailored suit knocked and walked in.

Gasol backed down Whiteside. To be honest, a skill-based interior player like Gasol naturally countered someone like Whiteside who relied purely on physical attributes. After a few pump fakes, Whiteside was already struggling to cope.

Inside a large administrative office of the Beijing Municipal Government, the official in charge of urban construction and planning publicly announced the results before all the bidding conglomerates.

The Great Demon King remained motionless in her embrace for a long time. Gu Xingliang anxiously released him, only to see the man's eyes were bloodshot.

She had just shared her location when the Great Demon King replied with an OK emoji, followed instantly by a new line of text popping up on the screen.

A flood of lavish praises poured in from all directions, but Bai Meng had no desire to listen whatsoever. Disregarding their attempts to make her stay, she and Tu Yu spurred their horses and rode away.

Yet the joy in his heart could simply not be suppressed. Cheng Jingzhou drifted through this meal in a state of euphoria, completely unaware that he had stuffed two consecutive pieces of fatty pork into his mouth.