Volume 1, Chapter 57: No Bathing on the First Day of the Lunar New Year, Go Easy on the Sweating

Gradually...

Shen Nianchi noticed Wen Zhi's breathing starting to grow unstable, so he released her lips. Pressing his forehead against hers, his chest heaved, his breath ragged, and his voice grew hoarse and low: "Sheng-sheng, bathing is forbidden on the first day of the lunar new year, so you'll have to take it easy if you sweat..."

His body pressed against Wen Zhi's, his arms wrapped tightly around her waist as they felt each other's heartbeat.

The dim light in the room illuminated the man's sexy adam's apple and his smoothly contoured jawline.

Shen Nianchi's fingers slipped open the collar of Wen Zhi's clothes. A sudden wave of chill washed over her; his fingers were icy cold, and at his touch, her body trembled uncontrollably.

She bit her lip, wanting to pull away, but Shen Nianchi was a step faster...

More and more villagers gathered around. Upon hearing the uncle and nephew's words, they roughly understood what had happened.

Pampered and delicately raised, she had never lifted a finger to do any heavy work, and the red marks against her porcelain-white skin were shockingly stark.

Previously, she had received several clients. Whenever a client showed willingness to close a deal, Feng Yi would jump out, flaunting his ten years of experience as a senior appraiser to steal her clients away.

Rong Ze rested his fingers on her wrist. After a long moment, the man finally withdrew his hand, his brows furrowed deeply with profound gravity.

"We won't do anything that involves selling our bodies, but anything else is fine," Sun Tiantian said earnestly and seriously, while Liu Chenghao nodded in agreement beside her.

The matter came to a temporary close. After exchanging a few polite words, Song Yin led his men to clean up the pile of yellow sand, collecting a strand of greyish-white hair left within it. Xiao Bie dismissed the guests, closed the door, and resumed his dispute with Tang Lichuan. A Luo insisted that she had seen the white-robed assassin with her own eyes and that he simply had to be kept.

Faced with such a suffocating atmosphere, Abbess Miejue tapped the table and recounted the entire sequence of events from beginning to end.

Moreover, knowing that he was not the Rational Corrupter that Fang Jue needed to guard against, she was all the more inclined to forge an alliance with a "stronger entity."

The guard reported the inspection results to Mu Ruchu, seeing as they had only broken in earlier under Mu Ruchu's orders.

Consequently, the derivative topic "Would you care very much about your partner's past?" also soared to the top of the romance and lifestyle rankings.

However, this fatal gate remained tightly guarded by the mechanical warrior, leaving Zhang Yifan with no opportunity to launch an attack.

Below lay a bottomless abyss; the consequences of falling from such a great height could well be imagined.

"Young Master, this matter probably requires deliberate and cautious consideration..." Qu Weidao could not help but speak up, though he was never one to keep things to himself.

Seizing the opportunity, Tong Yan was naturally not going to let it go easily. Even if he could not destroy this Kunpeng, he would certainly make sure it suffered dearly.

In short, amidst the great upheaval across the realm, Wei Wuji could only stand by like a spectator, quietly watching everything unfold.

An Qingshu said lazily, "I merely had the good intentions of inviting this young lady for a drink of wine. Why must the general meddle in this?" Although the man wore the attire of a court military general, he cared not a whit for him.

Yin Tianci smiled slightly, yet said, "You are doing well, and with you in the Beggar Sect, I can rest easy." With that, he walked back to the inner room and made no further sound.

The whip was about two meters long, its entire body covered in sharp barks and glowing a bloody crimson, as if dyed in fresh blood. The moment it was grasped in Huang Tianhu's hand, the whip began to writhe restlessly like a venomous snake.

Upon closer inspection, the leading general was none other than Leopard Tail, one of the Ten Underworld Judges.

Amidst the astonishment of the crowd, Yang Jian accepted the medicinal pellet. After swallowing it orally, he hurriedly sat cross-legged on the spot, while Nezha and the others exchanged glances, all of them reading the complex expressions in each other's eyes.

"Master, thank you!" Wang Zhixiao did not hesitate, gulping it down in one go. My love for you is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea... Thinking of Wang Qiang's appearance in her heart, tears began to flow once more.

At this moment, he was immersed in endless bliss. All the emotions he had suppressed over these past few days were released to their heart's content in this instant.

In truth, she did not realize that these so-called partners and friends of hers were merely agents arranged by the devil. With just a single phone call from the devil, none of them would lift a finger to help Luo Shan fight him.

The previously clear skies began to grow gloomy the moment the car slowly entered that eerie road.

"The Red and Orange squads of the Xuan Sect pay their respects to General Armor!" The squad leaders of the Red and Orange units hurriedly emerged from their tanks and rushed over to the side of Blue Armor. Although Blue Armor originally intended to praise them, the moment he heard them mention the name Xuan Sect, the praise he was about to give was forcefully swallowed back down.

He would likely have many dealings with this master in the future, and meeting his friends might well be an excellent choice.

"It's too hurtful! Boss, you're simply inhuman!" Thinking back to the past, the boss was someone who would risk his life for cultivation. Since he himself was working so hard to cultivate, how could the boss possibly be slacking off?

Walking further ahead to the bridge mentioned by the driver, I looked through the car window down at the river water below.

Even across the entire Sky Firmament Nation, including several surrounding countries, the supreme experts were merely at the ninth stage of the Heavenly Profound Realm.

With a roar of fury, the Earth-Spine Dragon Beast raised one of its dragon claws and slammed it fiercely into the ground. With the force of an earthquake, *bang, bang, bang*, countless earthen spikes erupted across the Giant Stone Valley, shooting toward Gao Song like thick, cannon-ball-like arrows.

Consequently, Nan Xiang had completely ignored him over the past few days, harboring her anger and holding a grudge against him the entire time.

It was only when she lowered her head and saw Mr. Wei trembling as he frantically rummaged around the driver's seat door without paying her any attention that she stepped closer and asked, "What are you doing? What are you looking for? You aren't looking for an umbrella to give me, are you?"

Yet, in the face of such courteous behavior from Gao Yuanji and Gao Qi, Zhou Yuan showed no reaction whatsoever, his words utterly indifferent to the extreme.

"So that's how it is. Now that Jian Xi's identity is known to the public, some people are saying you intend to drive her away—is that true?" As soon as the reporter asked this question, Chen Ji's face darkened, knowing full well someone would inevitably bring it up.

Not letting the advantage slip, Yu Hang channeled surging demonic essence to once more condense the Devouring Demon Arrow, shooting out five of them with lightning speed.

"Father, the people from the Qianyuan Sect just now said you used a Earth-grade martial skill?" Yu Congdong asked in confusion.