36. How to Handle a Room Full of Straight Men 01

"Since we only have six or seven taels of silver, we should be even more calculating. Why not find a different inn?" Wei Lai suggested.

"Has the Second Princess risen yet?" Imperial Noble Consort Liu asked casually as she watched Sui Hong enter the palace hall.

Xiao Xuan had originally intended only to keep her for a short while, but now she was beginning to entertain the thought of keeping her by her side permanently.

For nearly two years, Gu Feng had spent almost every day refining alchemy. As his refining sessions grew longer and his success rate higher, the number of medicinal pills in his storage bag continued to mount. However, these were almost exclusively Spirit Origin Pills of the Condensing Qi stage, which were of no further use to him.

The crowd’s murmurs grew chaotic and increasingly malevolent. Under such an atmosphere, some began to follow the example of the man from before. Soon, all sorts of objects—eggs, rotten cabbage, stones, and even leftover scraps of food—were hurled by the townspeople, smashing viciously against the three cages.

"Hey, pal, I've got huge news for you!" Michael said, his tone grave.

The familiar black option made a flicker of horror cross Li Haoran’s eyes. Perhaps survivors didn't know what it meant before the apocalypse began, but Li Haoran knew all too well that a black option signified death! That was the origin of the term "Devil’s Roulette."

Jian Chen sat motionless, making no move to intervene, for he knew he could not stop his opponent; the man’s power was too immense.

It had to be said that as humanity developed, it had hunted wantonly and squeezed the living space of other creatures, pushing many species that were once common on Earth to the brink of extinction.

As the first races to follow Amitu Buddha, the wolves, tigers, bears, and eagles each possessed their own fiefdoms, and the royal families had been closely intertwined with the Amitu Buddha imperial lineage for generations.

The Empress’s body stiffened almost imperceptibly. She slowly shifted her gaze from the imperial physician to Consort Liang, her jade hand resting on her lap clenching into a fist with agonizing slowness. Looking at Consort Xian, she thought to herself, "Useless fool."

The Black Death Curse was pushed to its absolute limit. Drawing all the spiritual energy from the starry sky, Wang Shi activated the Pseudo-Startle Instant. His body dissolved into a faint, fleeting shadow.

As they ventured deeper, the strength of the monsters within grew steadily. Li Chen discovered that these ruins were not only different from what he had initially seen, but also possessed distinct regional divisions.

At that moment, Li Chen even began to suspect that he had been spending too much energy on his beautiful wife recently, and that his kidney function was struggling to keep up.

Just then, the bustling street suddenly fell silent, and many people hurriedly ducked beneath the buildings on either side.

As for Qi Ran, it was exactly as Ning Qingyue and the others had anticipated: the Ninth Bureau had possessed various dossiers on Ning Qingyue since early on, so it didn't take long for Qi Ran to receive a complete set of information.

Yang Tianyu was in a wretched state. His strength was already inferior to Wang Lei and Mu Feng, and now, besieged by the two, he had suffered significant injuries.

Taozi’s home was overflowing with joy. Wu’er had given birth to a boy, and the happiness was so great that everyone instantly forgot the earlier tension, smiles blossoming on every face.

It was supposed to be a routine post-battle cleanup, but they hadn't expected the drop rates from players who were actively cleaning the battlefield to be more startling than those of the monsters themselves. In the system settings of *Spirit Traverse*, when a player died, they might not only drop their equipped gear but also had a significant chance of losing unbound items from their inventory.

He had been nursing a grudge ever since his narrow defeat to Xue Rengui. Now that Xue Rengui had taken the initiative to attack him and had even colluded with Liu Bei, how could Lü Bu not be enraged?

The demon clans of the Nanzhan Continent had even issued a wanted poster. A demon clan warrant was effective not only among the demons of the world but also among humans. Thus, the current situation was that not only were the demon clans hunting Ma Jun, but some humans, hoping to curry favor with the demons, had joined the manhunt as well.

Just then, a crew member warned that enemy warships had appeared ahead. Glancing at them, White-Eyebrows dismissed them with a wave of his hand, ordering three warships to break formation and engage, while the rest continued their voyage toward the New Earth.

With a loud "bang," Lin Chengxi was repelled by a suddenly appearing barrier, crashing directly into Lu Qi's arms. His feet skidded across the ground for a distance before he finally came to a halt.

"I’m only a hundred years older than you. If you don't obtain the Fire Spirit Pearl, you aren't far from a day like this yourself." Hu Wei stretched, looking surprisingly refreshed. He hadn't wanted to get involved too early while in the shadows, but seeing the Linglong Pagoda, he realized this was an opportunity.

Clearly, the spirit beast could sense that the aura emanating from Li Yuyun and the others was a grade weaker than its own.

Demonic beasts did not care how strong you were; once they smelled the scent of Fusion Power, they would attack. Before this, many had already ended up in the bellies of such beasts.

"I’m not nervous at all," Yi Le retorted, though lacking conviction. He then glanced at Kato Megumi’s heart-stopping attire, and his brow couldn't help but twitch.

Ever since he saw Lu Qi step forward during the battle between the Rare Beast Empire and Odjuji, Mi Chi had harbored an urge to become Lu Qi's bonded beast. But by then, everyone present knew that Odysseus had already been confirmed as Lu Qi’s partner.

In his dream, Lu Qi was manipulating a powerful mass of white Fusion Power. His control was so exquisite that he could expand and contract it at will, and not once did he scorch the medicinal herbs during the refining process.

Ye Wuhei smiled and spoke to Yun Huai, subsequently sharing everything Ke Qi had told him, along with the secrets of the Nether Palace and the Nine Nether Swords.

The Forest of No Return was a vast, unbroken expanse of woodland. Upon arriving, Yun Yang finally understood what a truly towering tree was, and the flora here was remarkably peculiar.

"We never had any intention of competing for the world. We wanted for nothing; we only hoped to live each day happily. But now..." Covering her face with her hands, Li Yan couldn't help but burst into tears.

The group was stunned by Qin Feng’s words and immediately turned their gaze toward where Wang Bingnan lay. The scene remained unchanged; Wang Bingnan was still lying on the ground like a corpse, devoid of any sign of life. Seeing this, the group turned their questioning, skeptical gazes back to Qin Feng, their expressions filled with disbelief.