Chapter 42: The Secret of Psychiatric Hospital Number One

"However, even after releasing a third of the ticket pool, we still lost. I really didn't expect the gap to be this huge."

Lu Zhan was dressed in casual wear—blue jeans and a white T-shirt, with a sports watch on his wrist that faintly evoked his student days. Yet his gaze was far too sharp now, which explained why Vision's employees could be seen trembling as they left his office.

Urahara Kisuke felt utterly bewildered by the tone Kuzuki Kūken used to address Unohana Retsu. He had expected Captain Unohana behind him to draw her blade with fierce hostility, but instead, she quietly released her Bankai and calmly sheathed her Zanpakuto.

"Why make it sound so tragic? Who says I'm only looking for you to complain? Can't I just miss you and want to chat? Besides, we've been apart for so long, didn't you miss me?" This was Lanshan's usual tactic. Yuhan had fallen for it before, but over time, they had come to understand each other.

"Stop messing around. You actually guessed right; we do have to attend a banquet, but not Snow White's—it's a business banquet. Both your eldest brother and I have to attend." Eldest brother Yuyao walked in right behind.

Still, when the creative team was searching everywhere for a broadcasting platform, Tencent Video was indeed the one to extend an olive branch.

Moreover, without the system, simply comprehending the profound mysteries of immortal arts would have required an immeasurable amount of time and effort.

Bai Zi did not hesitate. Maintaining his previous running speed, he suddenly caused the ground to sink beneath them. Ziyang's punch missed by about eighty percent, and the remaining twenty percent was completely blocked by the stone drills swinging from Bai Zi's raised arms.

She wanted to drag An Chen straight to the birthplace of Huazhi Jian, but because the semester had just begun, there were countless matters to handle at school, and they both had classes to attend, leaving neither with any spare time.

Had she not noticed him occasionally staring blankly at nearby spirits before abruptly shifting his gaze away, she probably still wouldn't have discovered that there was someone else in the school who could see spirits just like her.

This was something they had agreed upon beforehand: if they hunted too many fierce beasts, they couldn't blatantly bring them out, or it would inevitably arouse jealousy and greed in others. They would temporarily store them in Lutong's spatial ring and distribute them after leaving.

Hearing the sound, Han Hao paused and looked back, but seeing no one behind him, he lowered his head just in time to spot the NPC, the petite loli Red Smoke.

"That's right, I am indeed from the Primordial World." Gu Kun was somewhat puzzled as to how she knew this, but he didn't conceal it and generously admitted it.

"Ruominglan has mild medicinal properties, and Yuehua is also mild. The real problem is that the two do not conflict with each other; their combined toxicity will gradually and imperceptibly cause crippling damage," Handaifu replied with absolute confidence.

Hanyue smiled and said nothing more. This time, she had truly figured it out—she wanted to become strong, even if not for herself, then to fulfill Kurumi Tokisaki's dream.

Back when the mission was first issued, the entire base was in an uproar. In order to earn orange points, everyone was breaking their necks trying to squeeze into mercenary squads that had evolved members.

Chu Yixian was a person who always followed through on her words. Nanmu and Daphne were accustomed to obeying her commands, so naturally they raised no objections. Zhang Quan was the same. Nodding in agreement, they gathered all the necessary items according to her instructions and, braving the rain, trudged step by step deep into the village.

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense. This is just a coincidence." Ji Hanruo could only offer this explanation; otherwise, it would only lead him to misunderstand even further. Ji Wangzhi looked at Ji Hanruo, appearing visibly flustered. Yet she even claimed there were no glass shards—it seemed his mother was always saying one thing while meaning another; he just wondered when the two of them would finally make up.

Wokhan had only five thousand Nova coins left in his account, having given all fifteen thousand to Sam. He didn't care if Sam ran away with the money, because the other guy was clearly tagging along just to ride his coattails and make a fortune. Fifteen thousand was nothing worth worrying about.

However, if he were to switch to practicing the Daoist arts of the Earth Element, his cultivation speed would likely plummet drastically, leaving him with little to no hope of ever reaching the realm of perfection.

Because at this time, Japanese forces in Korea were launching surprise attacks on the Korean army from both land and sea, and the internal Donghak Peasant Revolution had already broken out. The Korean King requested the Great Qing to send troops to aid him, and Prince Gong smoothly used the opportunity to dispatch Li Ningyu to Korea. His post remained unchanged as a colonel, leading his own five battalions of troops on the expedition to Korea.

Looking at the grinning Yi Yan before him, Lei Li couldn't help but imagine what would have become of himself if those golden arrows had exploded right beside him.

After the incident, Li Ningyu did not sit back and watch the tiger fight from the mountain. Instead, he actively persuaded all parties, hoping for a calm handling of the accident and calling upon the UN General Assembly to dispatch an investigation team to uncover the truth of the event.

Upon hearing Shang Mengqi's words, Qiu Shaoze felt like crying without tears. Who had he offended? Wasn't it just exhaling a puff of smoke? Did she have to make it sound so serious?

"What on earth is so mysterious?" I asked in blank astonishment. Taking it, I didn't feel the large cloth bag to be heavy at all, and couldn't help casting a puzzled look at Mino, wondering if it contained some sort of secret spell manual or magical treasure of the Heavenly Star Sect.

A wave of intense heat surged across Zhong Qing's forehead, burning her with the agony of a blazing fire. Suddenly, a beam of light burst forth from her brow, dazzlingly bright and painful to the eyes.

Yet Qiu Shaoze sat there like a piece of wood, showing absolutely no reaction whatsoever. The old Qiu Shaoze would have jumped at any chance to take advantage of her, but now he acted entirely like Liu Xiahui impervious to the charms of a maiden sitting on his lap, completely unmoved.

Li Ningyu's words actually carried two underlying meanings. First: I, Li Ningyu, have taken a fancy to you, Zhang Zuolin, and hope you will join my ranks—I will certainly put you in a position of great responsibility in the future. Second: the matter concerning Bian Baoquan depended entirely on his attitude, which amounted to a subtle threat.