Chapter 448: Opportunity

Old Mu entered the room. Huang Ju was inside, and upon seeing Old Mu, she immediately smiled and came forward to greet him.

When Old Mu saw her, his expression grew slightly complicated, but he quickly hid it.

"Old Mu, why were you discharged from the hospital so soon? Why not stay a few more days?" Huang Ju asked with concern.

"The doctor said there's nothing major wrong with my body, just that I need more rest," Old Mu said.

Huang Ju was Old Mu's wife Zhou Cuiping's best best friend; the two had grown up together since childhood.

The afternoon before last, Wu Yi came back again, and sure enough, she had a fever once more. Now the family began to feel something was off—four consecutive weeks of this was just too abnormal.

Though these words were spoken by Su Fan from the heart, the underlying meaning of this sentence carried yet another layer of meaning.

He was an Earth-Rank martial artist, though only at the early stage. Yet someone who could pin him motionless from a distance using nothing but Qi locking and pressure—could that person be a Heaven-Rank martial artist?

After being rebuked like that, a trace of good-natured smile still lingered on Xiwier's face; she paid no real heed to these people's attitudes.

"Very well, let the past be the past. From today onward, everything is new!" Tang Sanzang said lightly. As he spoke, his eyes also gazed toward the dim, dark clouds on the horizon, yet his expression was one of resolute determination. That expression suddenly gave Wukong a familiar feeling.

"The debts you owe—it's time to pay them back, one by one!" Shen Haoxuan sneered, then sprinted toward the nearest Thousand Tides Holy Land.

Meanwhile, Wan Qingshi and Meng Hao had unknowingly become his shields, while Ye Ling, throughout this process, had thoroughly turned into a mere bystander, gleefully watching this seemingly endless farce.

A soft *pfft* was heard—the instant the worm came into contact with the karmic fire, it burst into flames. Almost in an instant, with a *crack*, the worm was burned to nothing.

The Chi family shut their gates tight, cut off all contact between household servants and the outside, strictly investigated the backgrounds of every servant in the manor, and drove out all the spies sent by other houses.

"Ignorance. So be it. This Seat need say no more. Whether the Heavenly Dao is at fault—everything will be proven in due course. King of Equality, considering you merely followed the will of the Heavenly Dao and did not act of your own volition, I shall suppress you for now." As the Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Lord spoke, he suddenly thrust out a great hand.

If the Empress's faction were to find out, they would surely make another move. It wasn't that he was afraid—it was simply that he could not yet come into direct conflict with the Empress's people.

Sima Lianjin wrapped one arm around her waist while the other hand gently brushed the long hair behind her—long and straight, black as sesame, neither too thick nor too thin, neither too coarse nor too soft, just right.

Teacher Wang's face flushed red, not knowing what to say. Living in her future in-laws' house before marriage, and having the old couple take care of her—she truly had no face to see anyone.

She could only use this method to get rid of her. She had no favor, only status and power, so anyone who threatened her position, she would find ways to remove.

"Yes, my lord is discussing with the eldest uncle the matter of reporting the death to each household tomorrow," Madam Lian said with a respectful bow, then gestured to Chang Mama beside her to go notify Ye Xiangquan to come in.

Just as my palm was about to touch his clothes, a huge black vine bound my body tightly. I struggled desperately, swinging my scythe at the fleshy vine, while glancing back in the direction behind me.

The Crown Prince rarely saw Situ Tengyi in such a sorry state, so naturally he had to give him a good jab.

The Shunyi estate had originally been allocated to the Fourth Branch, but who would have thought Jia Minggang sold it off. It took Jia Shungang great effort to redeem it from the creditor's hands. Yet now it had returned to the Fourth Branch's household again. Niu Shi gritted her teeth secretly—had she known this would happen, she should have found some pretext to sell it off back then.

Of course, this string hadn't been loaded with that much poison—otherwise, even if she had taken the antidote beforehand, she would still have been poisoned.