55. Slaying the Monster and Taking Its Head

Zheng the Spirit-Maiden turned her palm over and drew out a bronze mirror, chanting, “Great fish, great fish...”
The bronze mirror reflected a golden carp. The carp opened its mouth and sent out a flash of light that struck the jewel on the Living Buddha’s forehead.
The Living Buddha, whose frame was as broad as a small mountain, stumbled, and his giant winnowing-basket-like hands covered both eyes.
“A fine opportunity.”
Li Song braced his spear and struck.
The tiger-headed spear, weighing seventy-eight catties, was forged from fine steel; more than thirty famous masters from North Jiang had tried to bend under this spear, all of them renowned men.
At the Jin family board meeting, Jin Wange convened in the role of newly appointed chairperson. With Ning Yichu still holding a post in the Jin family and with Hao Yiren’s investment, the Jin clan won an overwhelming victory once again; those shareholders no longer objected and did not bring up withdrawing shares.
“What brings you here?” Shilei asked curiously, thinking to himself, Could he have come for treatment? Impossible. With his medical skill, how could he possibly come here?
Lingluo looked around. It was a stretch of barren yellow earth, endless as far as the eye could see, and whenever the wind blew, dust swirled up in blinding yellow sand. The conman had just spoken of blue skies and white clouds… Yes, blue skies and white clouds exist, but what beauty can one see through choking dust?
The paper talisman Yang Ming held was called the Righteous-Soul Talisman, learned from the Great Turtle’s memory. It is meant to drive foreign demons out of the human body. Once it is attached to someone’s body, it causes the soul of one’s birth to absorb an immense amount of the upright qi of heaven and earth, so evil ghosts can no longer take their place.
Once this matter was resolved, Dawn intended to find a way to restore Sha Qianye’s memory, and then he would no longer have to run around searching for the Five-Element Stones, but find with Sha Qianye a secluded paradise like Flower-and-Fruit Mountain.
“Young Master Lin—the man who once defeated the hall lord in the Demon Hall!” Liu Changkong sensed the disbelief in Serpent-Head’s tone; when the others heard it was this man, disbelief also flashed across their faces.
By their theory, the sky over the open sea should be lower than the sky over land, so many, when probing the boundary, gave up the far distance and chose to seek upward, trying to reach the end of the sky.
Watching the scene crackling with sparks, a certain handsome fellow who did not mind making a show raised an eyebrow and, with effortless ease, tossed on more fuel.
As the quarrel drew an ever-growing crowd of onlookers, he felt a wave of annoyance: why are these rich people so difficult to handle? Couldn’t this dispute between sisters-in-law be resolved behind closed doors, even if people might laugh?
His eyes snapped open with a sudden stab of pain. A breathing mask still covered his mouth, and around him were only the cold sounds of machinery.
Yinzi and Yinzhen, who had all along played the fool, were stunned. How could Your Majesty not follow normal protocol? Why bring them into this when the crown prince and the elder brother are at each other’s throats?
“Fine, then I’ll lift the purchase limits.” Immediately Su Jiu ordered a thousand more barrels of spiritual water. After all, all the river water in the Blessed Wondrous Realm is spiritual water; every time it is drawn, the water level shows no sign of dropping, and no one knows why.
At that moment, Gu Ran raised her hand again; at those words she nearly threw out her back, and because her hand had no sense of restraint, she nearly cracked Gu Yu’s head open.
The World-Stilling Tripod had until then been only a rumor to him, never seen with his own eyes. A sacred relic of legend, the only weapon in all ages to have nearly attained enlightenment, and even as just a tripod vessel, its power is beyond imagination.
Ximen Lan’s face could no longer remain calm. It changed suddenly, and with a somewhat ferocious look he fixed his gaze on Mo Beixie; he truly had heard everything.
That is why, when the Sakura side handled the post-incident inspection at the shrine, what they found were only ordinary bomb-making materials.
It was not only the weeping. Everyone’s face was ghastly, and the feeling of alarm and fear was now written on them in full.
Only after the Longtai Emperor and the Grand Empress Dowager went through the East Gate to speak did the hall finally erupt into uproar.