Chapter 034: A Thorny Matter

“Ten miles of sound?” Gu Ya was startled once again, feeling more than ever that her own horizons were far too shallow.

“That’s why I believe that young Lin being able to master the art of earth-listening isn’t entirely out of the question!” Gu Huaishan, widely experienced, had no doubt about Liang Qiuyang’s mention of the earth-listening technique.

“As Elder Gu said...”

After explaining the principle of roasting with sand to her father, Chunqiu was ready to get started. Before beginning, she specifically asked her mother for an unusable iron shovel to stir the sand in the wok.

Xia Xia still hoped to stroll around with Lin Feng. After all, it was their first trip together. But for some unknown reason, these past two days Lin Feng always seemed to instinctively keep his distance from her.

“You go out first.” Ling Baolu set her clothes on the rack at the side. She still wasn’t thick-skinned enough to change in front of him.

Song Changhe was tormented with guilt. How could he pretend nothing happened? He had ruined the reputation of a young woman—how could she marry in the future? The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, wishing he could stab himself a few times.

Who else but his girl would be so quirky, sending an apple emoji at the end of every code? Who could possibly decipher that?

Wu Ling’s elder sister was naturally called Yulu. This already proved one thing: no matter what happened, she would never choose to leave. Though the two were not yet married, for the sake of giving her child a healthy family in the future, she was determined to do her best to maintain the current situation.

Forming a familial alliance with Young Lord You delighted the Crown Prince. Seeing Gao Zihao and the others, he couldn’t help thinking of his third royal sister’s marriage prospects. It was amusing, really: of the newly titled scholars, the top scorer was fifty, the runner-up thirty-six, and the flower of the ranks, Gao Zihao, was young—but already engaged.

Those who remained in the hall were not idle. Judge Cai took Huang’s pulse. This lady had suffered much in pregnancy and childbirth, but judging by her appearance, she had recovered surprisingly well.

Lin Xiao smiled faintly and told the truth, lest this girl, always in the dark, suffer losses in the future without even knowing why.

“I should have had her flogged to death with those three maidservants in the first place!” Lu Qingying touched her slightly swollen cheek. If Xia Baihe were no longer alive, would she have to endure such humiliation?

“You promised to listen to me, remember?” Lian Shuo said gently, but his tone was firm and brooked no refusal.

Before she could reply, Pu Yuzi stepped naked from the bed, casually picking up the dried clothes and dressing in front of Wei Yan.

To him, this alien woman was nothing more than a tool for lifting his curse and restoring his soul. He would never develop any inappropriate feelings for her. Since that was so, he no longer felt any urgent desire to seek her out.

“Toss the box over here…” Hu Li stood motionless, his cold voice echoing out.

In the beginning, Wu Sansi was like any other admirer, yearning to win Shangguan Wan’er’s smile. As the nephew of Wu Zetian, and with Shangguan Wan’er being close to Wu Zetian, Wu Sansi enjoyed many opportunities to approach her.

For the first time, he praised her cooking without reservation. He’d eaten her food countless times before, but had always been stingy with his praise.

As soon as these words were spoken, even the usually hearty and cheerful proprietress fell silent for a moment.

Zhang Limin glanced at Dongfang Yuyan’s expression, then at Zhuo Nan and the others around her, sighed, and walked out of Dongfang Yuyan’s office.

Under that strange, multicolored light, his imperial spiritual energy was somehow depleted, its power no longer even half of what it once was.

The long, pale blue beam didn’t make for a particularly shocking display as it was fired, but once it entered the Black Forest, everything changed. The entire forest seemed to be illuminated, and before the undead legions could even charge, swathes of them had already fallen.