Chapter 44: "You can do it, Yu Xiaoling"

Everyone knew that Chi Ran disliked participating in reality shows.

Relying on his one-in-a-million family background, no matter how perfect or formidable a person might be, there were always those who couldn't stand him.

Chi Ran was no exception.

Having just declined the show's invitation earlier, only to turn around and appear as a guest performer later, he was bound to attract the attention of malicious individuals who would guide the public narrative.

Yu Ling felt it was time for her to check the live-stream comments to understand the situation.

"For the sake of my son, I can no longer care about anything else. As long as my son truly possesses the Wood Constitution, the sect will undoubtedly cultivate him with double the effort and will not let his cultivation technique go to waste." Regarding the sect's rules, she had thrown them completely to the winds for the sake of her son.

Like a deity descending from the heavens, wielding a bronze mace of supreme might, he instantly shattered countless mountains, causing rivers to flow backward and all living things to perish into silence. Carrying supreme might, the bronze mace came crashing down fiercely.

His feet sank deeply into the accumulated snow, making it exceptionally difficult for an elderly man to move. Moreover, the gale rushed down sideways, nearly snapping the trees in half—let alone an old man without the anchoring support of tree roots.

Li Li said nothing, merely glancing at Zhang Qingxue in the corner of the arena. Finding that Zhang Qingxue was also looking at him, Li Li smiled slightly at her, then withdrew his gaze and looked expressionlessly at the giant gorilla opposite him. Enraged by this look of utter contempt, the gorilla let out a roar and charged forward.

Upon hearing Elder Qinghong instigating Lu Yu to peek at his fellow senior sister bathing, Daoist Qingxu raised two middle fingers at Elder Qinghong in utter disdain—a gesture of contempt reportedly learned from Lu Yu.

"She never could bear to spend an extra penny on herself. Although Rinde's salary was quite generous, she remained as frugal as ever..." Haifeng said, his voice choking with emotion.

After hastily changing into a clean set of clothes, he had just pushed open the door when he was blocked at the entrance by Zuo Yining.

Standing by the window, Xiao Ni gazed intently at the full moon hanging on the treetop, thinking to herself: while the moon in the cultivation world housed the palaces of mighty immortals, the moon here was made of nothing but rock and dirt, as if drained of its spiritual energy by some powerful being and left barren. For such a desolate star to become a symbol of auspicious meaning in people's minds—this world was truly wondrous.

"Senior Yuan, you take people away from His Highness without uttering a single word. Can you give His Highness an explanation?" Mu Yunzhao appeared before Zuo Qing at some unknown moment, blocking Lu Ying while speaking amiably to Yuan Lin.

Mu Yunzhao's hands had also been stained with blood, but those people were heinous, vicious criminals to him. Yet the people of the Crown Prince's Mansion, as well as the Grand Ancestor, were completely unarmed before the person in front of him—how could she bring herself to strike them down?

"Liu Xing, what are you howling about? I woke up earlier than you!" Guan Tingting's angry roar came from the adjacent balcony.

"Could it be that the one who just entered was the Nightmare?" Wandering Mage Ryze suddenly said. One could tell from Zhang Shaofei's previous question; after all, Zhang Shaofei wouldn't just ask casually—something must have happened.

Cadick grabbed the Golden Cloud Eagle by the neck, slammed it viciously against the ground, and nimbly jumped down from the tree. His fists rained down upon the Golden Cloud Eagle like a storm, leaving the creature seeing stars, sending its feathers flying in all directions, and causing its HP to plummet rapidly.

"Are you saying Xiaoyu claimed I coerced her?" Liu Zhenling's voice came from the other end of the phone, lacking the severe tone of moments ago. Influenced by Liu Xing's words, Liu Zhenling's tone had instead turned somewhat moderate.

The Underworld has ten Yama kings, but the mortal realm has only one. Yet this single one was enough to strike terror into everyone's hearts.

A bowl of porridge and four steamed buns were already placed on the table in the outer room. Only then did A-Shui realize that he had slept from his faint yesterday morning until the dawn of today. In truth, he had lingered in the stone house for the better part of yesterday, and it was already dinner time when he lost consciousness. It was simply that, absorbed entirely in his cultivation within the stone house, he had lost track of time.