Chapter 40: The Grimoire of the Recluse Painter

After Xiao Hailian and Jiang Nielu left, Jiang Suisui figured that Jiang Yueyi still had over an hour before class ended, so she took Jiang Xingran to a bubble tea shop outside to buy some milk tea and sit for a while. She used to read novels set in the interstellar era and always found tropes about people in the future not knowing how to cook and eating all sorts of bizarre culinary abominations. In reality, no matter what era it is, humanity can never do without food, and people will always find every possible way to eat well. Even though nutrient fluids are now available to fill the stomach, in the interstellar era—

Early in the morning, the sky cleared up, and the pale white of dawn in the east gradually turned into a glowing red. Before long, a red sun hung high in the eastern sky. Listen to the deafening songs filling the entire venue, look at the dancing red banners all around, and feel the piercing volume of the sound.

The bullet-resistant bone armor shattered instantly, and Xu Yue's knuckles were left covered in blood.

However, just as Yin Shengzhi intended to head toward the industrial area outside the Port of Grofusha that night, he suddenly sensed something. Looking toward the direction of the Mage Tower, he saw the tower suddenly light up, with massive magical fluctuations visible to the naked eye, making it look as though the entire Mage Tower had been ignited by flames.

The battle for the Premier League title had completely reached a white-hot stage. Three teams shared the same number of points with only three rounds of the league remaining, and the British media entered a state of premature climax, having no time left to even pay attention to the UEFA Champions League.

Even for such a long time, not even a trace of anyone's presence deep in the jungle had been discovered by Bailong and her team.

"Huh? Why did he leave?" A puzzled voice rang out in this clearing just as Leo departed.

Bailong noted the direction from which the mysterious figure had fired the arrow, and combining it with that split second of distraction, she suddenly spotted the mysterious figure lurking in a patch of bushes twenty meters away from her.

One possibility was that the deities represented by these kin-bloodlines might be returning, and therefore they needed to awaken their kin to pave the way for their return.

Although Qian Yaling kept uttering the word "hypocrite," I didn't have the heart at the moment to bicker with her; I didn't even cast a glance in her direction.

Chu Yisen smiled and said indifferently, "Have you forgotten? We made a promise, and perhaps the person you envy is none other than yourself, haha!" When she agreed yesterday, he felt his heart skip a beat, followed by an overwhelming wave of wild joy that swept over him, yet he dared not show even a shred of it for fear of making her feel the slightest bit awkward.

Madam Zeng was no longer around, but Chu Yuexi was Madam Zeng's direct-line grandson, as well as the cousin of Zeng Jing and Zeng Yiran, so the two siblings naturally ought to come to the Chu family to pay their New Year respects.

Wormtail had always been terrified of this junior, regardless of his potential background or attitude, and thus let out a sharp squeak, shrinking back into the shadows.

I carried Duanmu Xue to the bed. At this moment, she was even more anxious than I was, directly wrapping her arms around my neck and pulling me down so that I pressed right on top of her.

He hoped to be the most special friend in my life and cared deeply about whether I valued him the most.

"Nuan'nuan, am I really that useless?" he muttered, his voice carrying a rare sense of desolation.

Harry flew as high as he possibly could, surveying the entire grounds—if he wanted to get out, where was the exit? What conditions needed to be met for the exit to appear?

"Her? She's like an uncarved piece of jade, but what kind of jade she truly is remains to be seen once the core is polished open; she might just turn out to be a millennium-old piece of emerald," Chen Yihe's voice sounded from behind me.

It was currently dusk, and in the distance, the towering city gates and walls were faintly visible, the entire Maple Leaf City blurring indistinctly amidst the floating clouds and nightfall.

If people do not pay the price for the mistakes they have committed, then there would not be so many inescapable causes and effects in this world.

Come to think of it, they were half-sisters with different mothers after all, so after Sharon became independent, they probably had almost no contact with each other, right? Such a genuine display of emotion was rather nice, too. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but let my gaze linger for a few extra moments on Sharon's sizzling hot figure, clad in a tank top and short shorts.