Volume 1, Chapter 45: Are There More Than One Ancient Little Gecko?

"What is there for me to fear? You aren't going to kill me anyway."
After eating some food, Bai Zhi's icy hands and feet began to grow warm.
Seeming quite pleased with Bai Zhi's remark, his smile was filled with doting affection.
He couldn't help but sigh that the older people get, the more sentimental they become. That is why so many people complain that life is as stagnant as still water without a single ripple, yet the moment an opportunity to change their lives presents itself, they turn around and refuse it.
This time, however, the youngest was no longer so kind-hearted as to unconditionally reply to Feng Qingru's words.
"I wonder how Ah Kai has been lately?" Murong Linshuang did not pick up on the Empress's words, asking only about Ah Kai.
"Rest assured, I will never marry her as my wife." He finished speaking and gazed blankly at Qi Qing'er, shouting inwardly, I have never once thought of marrying her as my wife; the only person I have ever wished to marry is you, and you alone, Qi Qing'er.
After all, such a useless and muddle-headed regent mattered little even if he fled to Fuzhou. From then on, he would merely become a puppet in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, and would no longer be able to exert any substantive influence on the overall situation whatsoever.
The thick, high-end Simmons mattress was soft and resilient. Lying on it relieved physical fatigue to the utmost extent. Wang Ming closed his eyes slightly, casually turned off the bedside lamp nearby, and fell into a deep sleep.
Ever since their conversation at Lonely Mountain, she had been aware of the complex relationship between Huayu and Prince Qi, and even the emotional entanglements between them.
The so-called Five Heinous Crimes refer to patricide, matricide, killing an Arhat, causing a schism in the Buddhist monastic community, and shedding the blood of the Buddha.
Watching the target step out of the cab, Liu Xiaosong tossed a twenty-yuan bill to the driver, said, "Keep the change," and before the car had even come to a complete halt, pushed open the door and got out.
"If you wish to pledge your allegiance to this Prince, that is not entirely impossible. However, this Prince has long been accustomed to the life of a carefree crane wandering the clouds, as everyone in the capital well knows. Were I to rashly form cliques and build factions, not to mention what other ministers in the court might think, His Majesty would be the first to doubt me. Therefore, Official Chen must outwardly remain a man of the Crown Prince," Prince Qi said.
Although he tried his utmost to conceal his existence and only subjugated the patriarch-level figures of various evil spirit tribes, after subjugating over a thousand evil spirit tribes' patriarchs, his actions were eventually detected.
Because Ye Jinnian was far more capable than her in both medical skills and all other aspects, only with her return would those people have any hope.
If he could get his hands on this pocket watch, he could cover the five thousand yuan out of his own pocket. Then, once he took the pocket watch outside and sold it, the profit would go straight into his own pocket.
The wind, carrying faint wisps of thunder and lightning, brushed against their faces with a tingling, numbness-inducing sensation that felt quite comfortable. Yet the very next moment, the thunder and lightning power contained within the wind suddenly surged, and their cheeks instantly felt a burning, fiery pain as if they had been stung.
Qin Jiu squatted down, the cold, gleaming, sharp edge of his sword resting mere fingernail-widths away from his throat.
In the very next instant, He Shen had already thrown a powerful punch, landing squarely on Su Jingyu's face.
The water in the pond surged upward, merging with a torrential downpour as fierce as a waterfall. The rainwater could not come near the Emperor; an invisible, ethereal barrier blocked the water completely.
The python's strength was immense, and Xu Yunsheng felt as though all his internal organs were shifting out of place, a burning pain searing through his chest.
Yet he had not expected Xu Yu to directly expose the origin of this glowing red corundum, which left him somewhat enraged out of shame.
Fearing that others would discover anything amiss, Yan Qingzhi forced down the churning blood in his chest, gritted his teeth, and ignited the eerie power within his bloodline that was inextricably linked to his very being.
The Second Madam accompanied the Dowager Madam Zou to visit Yu Zizhen before returning to her quarters, and Yu Weilian also walked back to her own courtyard on her own.