Chapter 43: Able to Endure Both Defeat and Glory

Hearing this, Shen Ruoxi instinctively looked at Song Qiao.

Although Mu Yi had allowed her to share the same status as Song Qiao within the estate, once outside, she lacked the legitimate and righteous standing of a primary wife.

On occasions like this, bringing a co-wife was no different from bringing a concubine.

Yet Song Qiao acted like an outsider, leisurely eating the rice in her bowl without even batting an eyelid.

Whether she simply did not care, or was entirely confident that she...

"You... do you dare claim that you have no one you fancy?" Li Yuqing stared wide-eyed, full of accusation.

Running a physical storefront meant not only facing ever-increasing annual rent, employee salaries, but also paying commercial taxes, sanitation fees, administrative fees, and all sorts of other miscellaneous expenses. Money had to be spent on every single aspect.

Li En's expression suddenly turned very solemn. The power of this fire rune had now accumulated sufficiently, and he could afford to make a desperate gamble to the very end.

However, what about the market scale of PHC? That could be a terrifying scale of tens of millions, several tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. The crushing dominance of the PHC market scale would inevitably result in a crushing dominance of total profits.

Jin Tianzhong shook his head with regret, but Grey was also panic-stricken, wanting to turn around and flee immediately. Unfortunately, there was no longer any hope.

The current Ye Hua was completely different from three or four years ago; this was destined by the position he held and the experiences he had been through.

He hated that the bottom of the Abyss of Heaven's End actually concealed such a place of singing birds and fragrant flowers, which explained why they could never find it no matter how they searched previously.

At this moment, these elders successively erupted with streams of powerful spiritual power, with spiritual light blooming and illuminating the pitch-black void like stars in the firmament.

There was another guard in the courtyard, a veteran outer disciple. In accordance with the rules of the outer sect, they took turns serving as guards for the prospective inner disciples.

Tan Jing thought of a great deal in an instant, but her previous anger had left her mind very sluggish, even somewhat dull.

The right hand of Bu Qianhuai could no longer be retracted to defend against the enemy, and his left hand was also trembling slightly, incapable of defense. He could only watch helplessly as this flying fist arrived.

Therefore, Lu Yan knew about the High Martial Association Certification Office handling this matter, so he felt reassured leaving it to Gao Wu. At this time, Gao Wu also delivered all the goods.

Yao reigned for seventy years and obtained Shun. After another twenty years, due to old age, he abdicated, letting Shun exercise the administration of the Son of Heaven and recommending him to Heaven. Twenty-eight years after Yao relinquished the imperial throne, he passed away. The people mourned with grief, as if they had lost their own birth parents.

"What is it?" Following her gaze, everyone saw an extremely large piece of glass embedded in the wall. Previously, this piece of glass had been shrouded in darkness, and coupled with the subconscious assumption that both sides were solid walls, no one had noticed it for a while.

Madam Xiao was already more than four months pregnant, and her stomach was somewhat larger than that of an ordinary four-month pregnancy, showing signs of restraint in her movements. It was now mid-June, and the weather was gradually turning scorching. The moment she stepped outside, she would suffer from dizzy spells due to the heat, so she curled up in a cool place to rest all day long, leaving only Yushan to come and help out.

Ziya was extremely delighted and said, "This is entirely your merit, unmatched under heaven." At this moment, Zhang Kui, wishing to avenge his mother, rode his horse, brandished his saber, and came before the Zhou encampment to issue a challenge.

"Damn it! We absolutely cannot sit here and wait for death." Hearing footsteps outside the corridor, the group of four hurriedly abandoned Shi Rong and directly hid inside the bathroom.

How could someone who had never experienced this kind of torment know how painful her heart was, and how agonizing it was not to see Lu Yan every day? She had come to the inspection team simply to catch a glimpse of Lu Yan, yet the team leader had mercilessly snuffed out this glimmer of hope.

Xiang Ranchen wore a faceless expression, while Qi Huan wore a look of resentment. Mu Mutong could not make them stay and could only watch helplessly as the two left. Sitting in his chair, he clutched his head with a troubled and distressed expression.

The sparse figures around were sitting cross-legged individually, watching the several elders in the mid-mountain discoursing on the Dao together. Their voices were silent, yet truly and realistically heard—truly wondrous indeed. The greatest sound is formless; this is nothing more than that.