If it were to serve as the core bargaining chip, it would not even qualify to be laid on the table.

After all, no matter how fine or how powerful a divine-art secret technique might be, it was not necessarily equal to the Ksitigarbha Blade Style he held in hand.

Elder Yuehua's face stiffened, and she said through gritted teeth, "I can throw in one more two-zhang dharma-form quota. That is my bottom line!"

The three divine-art secret techniques would cost her nothing of substance, but a two-zhang dharma-form quota was something that would truly cost her blood.

All that was known was that Sun Wukong's expression shifted several times, and then he looked at Yang Cong with a face full of doubt.

"Azure Dragon!" A hint of wariness rose in Pan Xukong's heart. He had crossed blades with the Azure Dragon many times and had never once come out ahead.

"No further pursuit!" Mo Qiongwu was deeply embarrassed, but matters having come to such a pass, he could only set aside his dignity for the moment, raise his voice, and answer Yang Ren.

Tang Fei stretched out a hand and pointed at the security guard lying on the ground, not knowing whether the man was still among the living.

Before long the waiter came over with a pile of liquor, set it on the table—"Take your time, sir"—and then left.

I looked up and saw that the newcomer was none other than Xia Ran. My heart sank at the sight of her; that slap I had taken today had been sparked off by her.

As for Tang Qianqian's conduct, Chai Yan and Chen Jie were so furious their teeth itched. They had never imagined that Tang Qianqian's coming to their company had not been to move against the Dongfang Company at all—it ran directly counter to their original intent, and neither of them could accept it.

"What do we do! The Emissary of the Underworld hasn't shown himself, so we can only fight head-on. We'll set our battle formation; no matter how many undead come, we'll cut them down all the same," Nie Feng said, grinding his teeth and speaking with vicious resolve.

Ling Lan truly could not have imagined that in such an elegant place there would be such an odd specimen of a waiter. It seemed to sit somewhat at odds with the surroundings—and yet, among all the affairs of the world, how many things can be perfectly matched?

"What do you mean? The two of us are on two separate platforms—how could we possibly come at the same time?" Shangguan Yangliu wore a look of contempt.

Sha frowned. That was a poisonous thing to say; if such a charge were pinned on them, their whole family would be in dire straits.

Lin Anqi smiled at him with seductive charm and brought the wine glass in her hand to her lips. She held a mouthful of wine in her mouth, and in an instant the expression on her face could be divided into two parts: at the tips of her brows, boundless allure, her smiling eyes curved as she looked at the man; but her nose and mouth wore an unconcealable look of bitter, hard-to-swallow suffering.

Once inside, he undid his tie with practiced ease and hung it on the rack, then went into the bathroom to wash his face.

Chen Feng gave Tian Ying a comforting smile and fixed his gaze on the doorway, wondering what sort of people would be coming.

She lay on the bed, thinking she would not be able to sleep; to her surprise, no sooner had she closed her eyes than she was dragged into the Duke of Zhou's embrace and fell into a dead sleep.

"You are not qualified to ask my name." Chen Shaofeng held his long sword in both arms, his eyes fixed on the ground; even when he spoke he did not glance at Wen Yuan, as though Wen Yuan did not even enter his notice.

One day she would earn a great deal of money and buy her mother a big house, and never again would they be humiliated by the rich.

Seeing this, warmth flooded his heart. Li Yan knew that it must have been his mother or Guan Yunfei who had cleaned up for him.

"Senior!" Lu Wei suddenly spoke up, cutting off the old man's shouting. Seeing that no one was watching at the moment, he thought he would have a word with the slovenly old man and buy those three grains of Demon Realm Essence Sand.

After leaving the He family, He Liuyang went to the Civil Affairs Bureau. As though entering an unpeopled land, he pushed open the door of the director's office.

Beyond that, the outer perimeter of the city was shrouded in a transparent dome—the protective shield of the Floating Sky City.

"Then you must be a triple-service girl—sleeping with clients too? The price is negotiable!" Gao Haoyu said with ill intent.

As the dark assassins of the Celestial Master Sect, the two of them had disposed of many enemies for the sect; no few men even stronger than they were had died at their hands.

As I spoke I had already opened the two large cases set beside me—two whole cases of arms! Long guns and short guns, sniper rifles, military blades and daggers, ammunition and powder, and even several military crossbows.