Chapter 130: Return to Mei

Qi Xiao glanced at the time, lifted the vessel that had been baking for quite a while, and gently waved his hand, wafting some of the aroma toward his nostrils. Although the scent was somewhat pungent, Qi Xiao was very satisfied after inhaling it.

After undergoing four processes—refinement, distillation, roasting, and baking—this spice was basically complete. It could later be made into incense cakes or sachets, which differed greatly from perfume, though they all belonged to the fragrance family.

Inside the vessel was a small, inconspicuous black object, dull and unremarkable to the eye.

Chu Xinyao caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but lament: "What a fool. Why bother getting involved in something like this? Didn't you see that no one else participated? Only she did, and that’s really stupid. Does she think this is a good thing?"

Xiao Huohuo was extremely excited; a certain part of him had already been ignited, and the flood of dopamine nearly overwhelmed his mind.

Ling Xue obediently sat in front of the mirror as her mother let down her hair and used a curling iron to create a few waves. She then applied a light makeup touch.

I climbed to the third floor and knocked on the door for a long time, but Qi Wentian wasn’t home. Feeling helpless, I returned to the car and waited until nightfall, yet Qi Wentian never came back.

Amid his furious roar, he flipped his palm over to reveal a black-and-white cross shining brightly.

In truth, when Lu Tao mentioned that Zhou Lingling had died, referring to her being murdered out of vengeance, Wu Gang suspected it might have been Qin Meijia. Yet this thought flashed through his mind for only a few seconds before he dismissed it. Although Qin Meijia had deceived him before, he couldn’t believe she was capable of such heartlessness.

Those few subordinates of mine once had cultivation levels similar to mine, but now, they have all advanced to the eighth stage.

“Forgive me, forgive me,” Zhou Manshu seemed to adopt the local customs. Upon reaching the mountain peak of Baiyun Temple, he even began speaking Buddhist phrases.

Xu Yun’ge had some experience: whether it was a terrifying legend or a haunted anomaly, in most cases, supernatural events wouldn’t occur without cause.

He believed that if he truly tried to flee, that stranger named Zhang Youxing wouldn’t actually harm him.

The ape spirit sat cross-legged. Despite his utmost effort to absorb the surrounding soul energy, he struggled to keep up with the rate at which it dissipated. At this pace, he might reach the entrance to the thirty-fourth level, but he would be severely depleted, making it difficult to face the upcoming trials.

Anyone glanced at by those eyes would feel as if all their secrets had been unveiled. It was an unbearable sensation.

At that moment, Jian Yu surprisingly regained a flicker of clarity—or rather, he had retained a trace of lucidity all along. Though the residual sword intent had brought him irreparable disaster, it also preserved this final sliver of autonomous consciousness in his last moments.

In an instant, the silver-armored corpse’s body rapidly expanded, igniting all the corpse qi within. In a fierce moment, it broke free from the terrifying gravitational pull looming before it and unleashed a devastating self-detonation.

Meanwhile, on the other side, after several calls for surrender went unanswered and the city refused to raise a white flag but instead began to fortify its defenses, Cai Xu realized he would have to capture the city by force.

The middle-aged man scrutinized him up and down, then glanced at the jade tag on the bamboo pole and said, “How about thirty taels?” Ye Kai smiled.

Startled by the sudden roar, the ape spirit was taken aback while trying to figure out how to leave this place. Seeing the six blood-red eyes of the three-headed dog turn to look, the ape spirit glared back, clenched his fist, and struck the air. Instantly, a golden fist appeared above the middle head, slamming down heavily like the ape spirit’s own fist.

Initially, the body intended for destruction was to be tested on Mars, but they suddenly learned that the TPC Geo Base was experimenting with a technology that posed a significant threat to them.