Chapter 35: Step by Step Forward

Seven days had passed since her meeting with Eunuch Yu, yet Hua Changxi had received no word from Yu Hui regarding the medicine refining. In fact, every time she went to the warehouse to collect supplies, Yu Hui would pointedly avoid her.

This attitude made it clear to Hua Changxi that the Eunuch had little interest in working with her.

She was not particularly anxious about this.

Eunuch Yu’s reluctance likely stemmed from two reasons: first, he felt she demanded too large a share of the profits; second, he found her difficult to control. To him, she was merely a lowly servant, yet she dared to dream of an equal partnership.

In truth, Chen Sen had no idea that the relationship between Wang Zuolin and Chen Xuan was not particularly close; the former was just the head of an entertainment company in the Chinese film industry, with assets that barely reached a few billion at most.

"I am currently repairing the lighthouse." Following Ami’s guidance, the group saw that numerous scaffolds had been erected on one side of the tower, where people in hard hats were working alongside Machamp to patch the damaged sections.

"It's over there!!" Roars, screams, and the sound of gunfire echoed incessantly through the forest, while hounds barked wildly, darting through the trees.

"Brother Tang is truly learned; this is the first time I’ve heard of this..." Tang Jun’s crony fawned over him.

"If we’re talking about cannon fodder, I believe the tribe fits the bill. The Grand Lord once said they were inherently aggressive, so we gave them food but no weapons. Who knows if they would turn them against us once they had them?" another officer remarked.

"I'm not afraid of you getting into a fight; I'm just afraid of you being bullied," Lu Zhanguo said, picking up the prone Mo Wang and murmuring to himself.

At Hai University, Wen Ranran looked at the phone in her hand with a conflicted expression. Her lovely face was etched with hesitation; she tried to dial the number several times, but gave up in the end.

The person on the other end of the line must have said something, for Qiu Rumin shuddered violently at the words.

"No need." Varian disdained hiding his intentions. He wasn't selling people into slavery, so what was there to hide? The influence of the royal family might have waned, but finding a few craftsmen was still a simple matter.

"The Mercenary Guild is more useful to us because most of the adventurers there are warriors or mages who travel everywhere to complete tasks, giving them a much broader range of information," Min Nuan added.

A sword light spiraled in the air and landed on the ground, revealing an old man in Taoist robes before the light vanished.

Lu Yu suppressed his rising temper, chanting to himself that the child was mentally ill and not worth arguing with, yet his fury continued to burn like a pile of dry kindling.

Hu Beixiong asked the old jade expert about the head of state of the Elephant Kingdom; if it really came to that, who could possibly withstand it?

"It won't. Its power source has been disabled; it cannot move at all." Zhang Jiayue took the opportunity to explain the countermeasures and critical weak points of these robotic soldiers.

Lu Qiao first surveyed the area; the raw materials were mostly exhausted, exceeding expectations by quite a bit—over a hundred bombs in total.

"Don't be impatient, take your time..." Liu Tian was not in a hurry; after all, he wouldn't be the one losing out, would he?

"It's edible, even raw, though it’s not as good as when it's cooked." Lotus roots could indeed be eaten raw.

By the time Sun Qi hurriedly wrapped herself up and ran out of the restroom, Ye Tiancheng’s figure had already vanished.

Tao Haibiao, fully armed and wielding an iron hammer, followed Qin Shou as they headed toward the area where common zombies wandered.

Once there was any sign that this materialized bane would cause harm, Ye Wan would kill him before any trouble could occur.

Having previously returned to the county regiment with his teammates, he knew that while a large portion of the supplies had been carted off by superiors and other troops, much remained due to the hasty evacuation.

"No, you must have been dreaming. You want to eat my stuff?" Ye Wan didn't remember clearly if he had fed Wu Xie the Qilin Jie the night before, and he couldn't be bothered to explain.

"You..." The arrogant Alien Metron was turned into a lifelike stone statue with a flick of Lin Sha’s finger.

Chen Silyu brought Ye Tiancheng to the company’s finance department. When the employees saw her enter, they immediately sat up straight, terrified that the new official would start a fire that might burn them.

Ye Wan shone his flashlight for them, and where a wall had been just moments ago, a door now appeared.

As they arranged for the evacuation of the citizens, it took quite a long time to get everyone out.

Mumu watched Heizi, who was on the phone, with increasing intensity; even though he didn't want to pay attention, he felt a prickling, crawly discomfort all over his body.

"Oops!" Ouyang Qian had wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but before she could, a wave of pain shot through her foot again.

Kill them! Kill them all, Prince of the North! Let those traitorous rebels truly feel the depth of our suffering! This was the most sincere cry of every court official after Di Beibei left Yandu.

Xia Tian’s hands did not stop exploring her body. Although she dressed quite conservatively, he had seen her in that pure white dress many times, and his fingers navigated the buttons with practiced ease.

Just as he had guessed, the Dangai had long been opened—a fixed passage—and opening the Black Cavity merely bridged the distance between the Dangai and the reality. Otherwise, traveling from Hueco Mundo to the Soul Society would be impossible.

Ten minutes later, even if Lu Qingyu and his team completed their mission and returned safely, it would not count toward the monthly results; they would be sadly eliminated.

"I could have spared your life, but unfortunately... you failed to recognize your own situation!" Helian Nuo kicked the man’s corpse far away. He naturally felt no pity for such an evil man.

With everything arranged, he no longer needed to worry and could focus on assisting his brother in investigating the matter. He had to find the evidence and expose the Empress’s conspiracy in one fell swoop, while also avenging his mother’s death.

Through the swirling steam, a splashing sound suddenly echoed in the Spirit Pool; it seemed someone was bathing there.

Next, of course, was the paternity test after the child was born. Although Lamar had basically confirmed he was the father, the matter was of such importance that he still had to go through the scientific process.

The dual Ice-Fire Saint Body was meant to push the powers of ice and fire to their absolute peak, then use the collision of the two forces to stimulate the strongest power of destruction. Much like his "Phoenix Departure," it was an unimaginable ultimate technique within the realm of swordsmanship.

Everyone had witnessed the power of the interior duo of the "Roaring Heavenly Venerate" and "Big Ben." With one on offense and one on defense, they complemented each other perfectly, turning the Pistons' interior into an iron fortress. Some even believed that even O'Neal would feel a headache facing such a defense.

"The Linji Qigong is a decent cultivation technique. While it might not make you the strongest, becoming a Saint is at least a possibility," Wang Dadong said calmly.

The King of Loulan was also a legendary and incredibly powerful practitioner. If even she couldn't break the curse, then it was unlikely that even Wang Dadong could do it.

Just then, a noise came from the cave—a cacophony of footsteps. Many people must have arrived. Since there was only one passageway in the cave, the sound carried quite clearly.