Chapter 118: A Day Before the Opening

Most crucially, once this parking lot is built, there will be almost no expenses; only a few people are needed here to handle the fee collection.
Jiang Butong and Jiang Yuan saw Zhang Yong off, and the two drove away to the wholesale market.
Jiang Yuan had done so because Jiang Butong had handed him a task yesterday; he had sent Yingzi and Liu Shuanzhu to Su City to find Huang Jijun, preparing to recover the money owed to Zhou Wenxiu.
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“Brother, don’t listen to him. Your talent and temperament are by no means worse than those four,” Great-Dream Invincible laughed.
But no one expected that after Yang Liying had gripped her delicate hand, she would never let go, and instead pulled her straight down to sit.
So it was that both rounds happened and ended in such calm, and the souls from those two rounds also returned. In truth, at that moment, aside from the second round, the souls seemed to have suffered no major drain—if it were only a slight loss, the two could have ignored it; after all, how could a contest like this have no cost at all?
From what Xie Daoyin implied, it seemed that the unusual atmosphere in the Xie Mansion at that moment was all because of Xie Zhongling’s marriage matter. Wei Jie understood what lay inside, but he could not speak of it openly.
Possessing a space fortress may let one hold off an enemy fleet with superior numbers, but when it comes to holding a planet, it is the opposite: one would need several times, even tens of times, more troops to resist an enemy assault.
Especially when a few people know the truth, they become even more biased.
I lifted my brow with a bit of pride and looked at my grandfather. Yet the old man’s expression darkened, and he remained silent, as if cautious of something. Could it have to do with what Old White Dog was about to say?
In truth, in only these few days, Jiankang City had seen several incidents of sons of highborn households provoking trouble in broad daylight. On the surface, Wei Jie’s Forbidden Guard appeared to be the ones busy with it, yet all the pressure landed on Xie An.
I could not just let the other immortals wait while I sat here discussing fathering a son with Thousand-Eye and Wind-Ear.
As one could see, dozens of the Holy Gate Saints bound by Tang Yi’s nightmare hook-cuffs were emitting strange red light, and their bodies kept swelling, like balloons being inflated without end, growing larger and larger.
Tang Zhong moved his head, making a crackling sound—the sound of bones shifting.
“Yes, Your Lordship.” The footsteps faded gradually. Qi Yuhan gave an apologetic glance at Xidie, who was still in the bed.
This was exactly the habitual tactic of Śakra, Lord of Heaven: to unleash his thousand-year power to its utmost and win by overwhelming force.
Yan Mumu felt that Su Wange was truly wonderful. A peculiar feeling rose from her heart, a comfort so wordless it could not be put into words.
Even with many restrictions, it could still be called a very powerful weapon. At the end of his introduction, Poyuan Xizhu said bluntly that this could well be something to change the whole situation of the Jingling Court, perhaps even the entire Corporeal-Soul Realm within the Three Realms.
His stammer made speaking those two lines painfully difficult, and with his face red as fire he made everyone laugh; suddenly the hall burst into uproarious laughter.
Not long after, we returned together to the hall. Starting with one door near the gate, we set to work; each door was forced open by Wumao. Behind the doors were mostly plain rooms, some of them already moldy, likely from long disuse. Even the lime on the wall corners had begun to peel away, giving off a musty stench.
I smiled and patted New Moon’s hand. “It’s rare to see you this thoughtful.” The incense burning in the room seemed changed as well; from the crystal-clear glass censer drifted thin curling smoke, fresh and pleasant as pure lilies. I thought New Moon had changed it for fear I might not be used to a heavy fragrance.
High places are exposed to the cold: a man who stays indoors all day, a true homebound youth who has no work even when there is no work to do, yet gets promoted and given a raise—what does that mean?