The Talkative Elbow:

The moon is full in the heavens, yet a crescent to human eyes; month after month, a full moon meets a crescent. Tonight marks the year’s end, tomorrow its beginning; year after year, the old gives way to the new.

After strutting around self-contentedly for a while, he tossed it to Gao Fu to file away. In an instant, Ouyang had completely forgotten about that thick stack of discounts.

Perhaps seeing other men making their own daughters laugh that afternoon was what made Zujuan feel so uneasy. However, just as she thought, she was merely a maid. Even if her master showed her kindness and treated her well, she could not escape her servant status. She had no business interfering in her master’s affairs.

The moment he heard Tian Xiu’s name, Xie Yinan choked on the fruit he was eating. Fortunately, he managed to swallow it down, albeit with tears in his eyes, otherwise, who knows how badly the poor child would have been stuck.

The consequence of getting carried away while playing was that his legs were soaked with water and his back was drenched in sweat. Tian Tian, taking advantage of the recent family ties established with Fisherman Zhou and also because she had been visiting his house frequently, handed the crabs she was holding to Mu Qinghan, asked him to toss them into the basket, then came ashore herself and squatted beside Fisherman Zhou.

“Uncle Jin, Aunt Zhang, please sit down,” I said sweetly. “From now on, let’s always be like this, like a family.”

The two brothers obediently closed their eyes and took a deep breath. The air was filled with the faint scent of fresh grass.

The man sent the horse flying with a kick, and the rider on its back was consequently flung to the ground, landing face-first in a most undignified heap.

Zhiyun looked up. Xue Meng was currently examining a patient who had just undergone emergency surgery, so it was another doctor from the emergency room, the blond, blue-eyed, fair-skinned Bosai, who went over first.

She had initially thought that even if that outsider, who was like a princess, married the prince and now had children, she would have long become a haggard woman.

“This is terrifying,” Wang Zhaoyao worried. “The four of us combined our strength, yet within a few breaths, most of our power was drained. I don’t know if Junior Brother Qi can endure it.” They considered themselves among the best to have entered, yet they hadn’t realized that this seemingly small blood pool contained such immense and terrifying power.

This was a classic Disney animated soundtrack that Lin Ci had greatly loved in his previous life, and it was also one of the few challenging songs he knew well.

Shangguan Wanning wrote out a prescription and instructed Lvtong to prepare the medicine. She then sat to the side to wait. After about half an hour, Huo Gang slowly opened his eyes.

Lin Tian, still wielding his broadsword, skillfully dodged the attacks of the mutated zombie monkeys.

“Alright!” The Fatty often helped the Luo family and was accustomed to taking orders. The moment a Luo family member spoke, he would instinctively obey and act.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Damiao and He Yuzhu, who had always been rivals, now seemed hesitant, clearly afraid that He Yuzhu would get the better of him.

Strangely, it seemed that after one of the black-robed figures had their face revealed, all of them collectively froze, stunned in place.

To outsiders, accompanying her frail sister seemed a valid reason, but between the two of them, they both knew there was no deep affection to warrant it.

Upon hearing this, Bai Long’s cheeks flushed, evidently recalling the sight of Lin Jue and He Qingyu together in bed not long ago.

Just then, Yaya suddenly let out a loud bark that echoed through the woods, startling Harry and Ron out of their wits.

“If we attack Zhaozhou and Guizhou, Liu Chang will surely send reinforcements, and it could even be our formidable adversary, Pan Chongche!” Wang Jixun continued.

The manor servants tasked with boiling the foul-smelling concoction covered their mouths with masks, but the stench remained unbearably pungent, strong enough to make a person faint.

Feng Tianzhao brandished his Radiant Holy Sword, immediately lining up with Long Teng. The three sharp blades—one black, one white, one red—simultaneously pointed their tips at Tuo Dagui.

In his view, they were professional thugs and enforcers. What ordinary person would dare cause trouble for them? He figured few of these common folk would dare retaliate after a threat; they had encountered such situations countless times.

Upon hearing this, Mo Qirui immediately furrowed his brow, staring at Xi Feng for a long time without uttering another word.

Many of them had come to forge alliances with the three top-tier superpowers, not to antagonize their members.

“To fell a tree two men can embrace with a single punch… you might have encountered a martial arts sect disciple or a rogue martial artist,” Zhang Kuang said slowly.

Luo Hao still shook his head. Leaving now was impossible unless his mother’s safety could be assured.

The extraction of lye was slightly more complex. The village had a lime kiln where quicklime was mixed with salt and then slowly heated with water to extract a certain amount of lye. Though the resulting lye was not very pure, this was currently the simplest and most feasible method.

Lin Chuan considered it for a moment. The Heaven-grade secret chamber, at five hundred spirit stones, was clearly too expensive. He decided to first gather information on the Earth-grade before making a decision.

“The opponent knows the ‘Soul-Confusing and Soul-Capturing Great Art’,” Qi Yang said. “They won’t even need torture devices to extract a confession.”

Although they were no longer on the same side, this person had, after all, served as their commander-in-chief. As soldiers, it was truly not their place to judge whether their commander had betrayed them.

“Husband, have you truly changed your heart?” Mu Jinxi continued her act. “Is it because this girl is so beautiful that you’ve forgotten our vows?”

Mu Jinxi intended to play the sympathy card, but she overlooked the fact that she had been with Jue Lin last night. The clothes he wore and the accessories he sported clearly indicated he wasn’t from a struggling family, but rather from a prominent one.

Chen Ao, startled that his thoughts had been laid bare, secretly panicked and lunged violently at the iron railing. Yet, the railing remained completely unyielding. Despite being visibly rusty, it was exceptionally sturdy.

The tornado created by Feng Qi paused for a brief moment, ejecting Goldan from its eye. It then surged forward with increased power, crashing into the Wind God before it.

But the next moment, the gasps from the crowd below pulled the attention of the still-falling Golden-level warrior back to them.

“I only treated the internal injuries you sustained this time,” Ling’er explained. “You still have other ailments within you, whose severity I haven’t yet been able to determine. A further diagnosis based on your pulse is still needed.”

Related to the Novel

This captivating and emotionally resonant masterpiece is written by The Talkative Elbow.