Chapter 854: Double Standards

To realize her dream, Jing Tian took only one day off for the New Year—starting from the second day of the first lunar month, she practiced singing at home as Zhang Yadong had requested before the holiday.

Practice makes perfect.

Although Zhang Yadong praised her to the skies out of financial incentive, if she truly had no singing talent at all, Old Zhang probably wouldn’t have taken this job.

She has a bit of talent, but not much.

This is Jing Tian’s current assessment of her singing ability.

The Demon Beast Realm was vast and teeming with creatures; most were Qi Gathering-level spirits. When encountering such spirits, Yang Dai killed them without hesitation—he didn’t even need to act himself, relying solely on his three Yin Cultivators of the Heart Vortex Realm to easily slay them and absorb their souls.

Yang Qi Zhou felt uneasy; after all, this Fire Thief Priest was the main antagonist of Fire Thief Village, a classic newbie village boss who could kill the player’s character multiple times without even appearing—but now he was about to be eliminated in just a few words.

“Fortunately, your aunt sent diapers from Hong Kong long ago; otherwise, in other families, they wouldn’t have nearly enough cloth for you to use,” Rui Qingya said, cradling her son with doting affection.

The others had grown tired from chasing, not to mention Da Niu and Er Niu, two fat louts who spent their days eating, drinking, and sleeping without any exercise.

For Lei Shenglin, he truly needed to sincerely thank Shen Nian—not to mention that Shen Nian had originally introduced him to Tang Zongyuan.

“Master, first torture them so the audience can see, then bring out the battlefield,” Liu Junjie said excitedly.

Although Spain was weak in strength, the prestige inherited from its past as a major colonial power still caused people to unconsciously take it seriously.

The more he thought about it, the worse he felt; after drinking alcohol with his meal, the liquor surged up and he stormed into the surgical ward to cause trouble.

Anyone who captured a venomous snake would be rewarded with one tael of silver, with additional rewards accumulating for each subsequent capture—such conditions attracted many to sign up.

Su Jingyun ignored the family members pulling him back, spooned the food from his bowl into Bao Ya’s, and asked casually.

Since her last departure, someone must have cleaned the place a few times, but nothing had been moved—all items remained exactly where they had been.

Clearly, even Qin Ke, who was utterly ignorant of state affairs, knew that Li Jiao, who replaced Su Rui’s position, was insufficiently capable of serving as Grand Protector of the Western Regions.

Even the realm-crafting technique Qin Ke had cast himself had been suppressed by the One Thought That Seals Heaven—how much more so the Ethereal Wind and Thunder Array?

He saw Mo Zicheng’s gaze and didn’t know how to respond; after hesitating, he decided to tell her frankly.

With the officials of Hongnong Commandery no longer burdened, the atmosphere within the Hongnong Yang clan’s fortified estate grew heavy and tense.

“That’s right—if we fight him, both of us will be killed! Even with the best luck, we’d only manage a mutually destructive stalemate; bringing in others would lead to the same outcome…” said You.

“Yes, Prince, if you’re willing to spare no cost, you have at least three avenues to obtain the Green Demon Blazing Bomb—but all three carry consequences I currently cannot mitigate.”

“I understand,” Qi Qi knew she had deliberately left her behind to speak privately with Mu Chu; she walked over and sat beside the bed, taking Si Hai Bu Gui’s hand and gently massaging it.

Zhou Mo picked up the straw again, dipped it into the cola until the visible volume matched the previous one, then moved his hand slightly downward, watching with his own eyes as the cola gathered at the straw’s edge into a droplet, slowly falling.

As Lin Aoxue was speaking, Ling Quan stormed into Ye Feng’s office; both Lin Aoxue and Ye Feng immediately turned their gazes toward Ling Quan.

Mo Sanwei nodded at the strange man and said calmly, “Xiao Jian, this is your family’s great vengeance—go identify the mastermind yourself.” As soon as these words were spoken, a ripple of shock surged through the hall; every hero and villain, righteous or evil, was stunned.

“No need to be so tense—doesn’t our law school’s debate team always represent the school in the national debate competition? Even though we haven’t won the championship consecutively, our team always produces the best debater each year—who was last year’s best debater again? His surname was Lu,” Deng Lin mused, straining his thoughts.