Chapter 30: The Poisoned Garment Scheme

As the first light of dawn broke, the Grand Tutor’s manor was a flurry of activity. Maidservants bustled back and forth, busy with preparations for the day’s banquet.

The mistress sat before her vanity, carefully tracing her eyebrows. Her fingers slowly stroked a silk handkerchief on the table, a glint of calculation flashing in her eyes.

"Sheng Xiayan," she thought, "today I shall ensure you are humiliated before everyone’s eyes. I will drag your reputation through the mud and ensure that from this day forth, you will never have a chance to recover."

...

At that very moment, the second wave of lightning struck, only to vanish without a trace upon touching the edge of the mist, not even causing a ripple.

Each time Shen Qingwu resolutely proposed a separation, Gu Jingfeng realized he had been wrong. He should not have used such rash methods to destroy her trust in him, and so he rushed to make amends while there was still room to salvage things.

Back home in the evening, I studied the traffic regulations and took mock tests. I felt a bit nervous, but it seemed to be going well.

"Mate, don't take it to heart. It’s not your fault, don’t shoulder all the blame," Captain Davis hurried to comfort him. He was kidding himself if he thought he could afford to let Heitinga become a ticking time bomb for the Lazio defense in the upcoming matches.

Yang Ming immediately turned back and glared at the young man. He was already in a foul mood, and after colliding with him, he couldn't help but snap, "Are you blind?"

Just then, staff members from both countries rushed onto the field, forcibly separating the agitated players from both sides.

Doro, however, had been mentally prepared for this; after all, drawing items from the Prime Material Plane naturally incurred a higher cost.

The ability that countered Xerneas's Fairy Aura was the ultimate manifestation of Dark-type energy manipulation.

"So, what is explosive power? What is true strength? I’m going to let you bastards see for yourselves!" Colonel Meng Hu said, speaking a few words into his walkie-talkie.

"Candidates, please pay attention. Now, repeat after me: I am a dullard, I am an idiot, I am a..." The voice did not come from Doro, but from a soldier he had pressed into temporary service.

Although he knew Tsunade was a formidable and aggressive woman, Chen Xingyu still approached her with a cavalier, slouching air.

She had spent some time in the Qichuan Tribe and had been quite close with Nan Lanzi, but alas, times had changed. Now they were fated to stand on opposite sides, unless one of them was willing to walk away.

There were also many new clothes, especially several sweaters that were clearly hand-knitted. The old lady probed a little and discovered that Fang Xiu had made them all.

This time, the process of refining chakra took much longer than ever before. Shennaitian felt his chakra surging violently, expanding like a balloon, until he felt so mentally exhausted that he had to stop.

Monkey used to call Wang Chongyang "Brother Nine," but now he addressed him by name. What did this signify? It could only mean one thing: while Monkey hadn't been particularly rebellious before, he had now begun to harbor such intentions.

It went without saying that the new generation of fighters wouldn't miss this for the world, but many older, long-retired fighters were also finally preparing to make their move.

The Xiao family had a distant, convoluted kinship with His Holiness, which granted them an extraordinary status in the Avicii Hell. Consequently, by flying the Xiao family banner, no one dared to target them along the way.

Nonou closed her mouth and let out a long breath. Having said all that needed to be said, her heart finally found peace.

Shui Qingman brought her belly close to the water's edge. Sima Youyue walked over and channeled her spiritual power into her, wrapping the already-formed dragon egg inside in a warm glow.

Chen Xingyu, however, focused most of his energy on the regular army, which the two of them held in such low regard.