Chapter 50: The Top Star is Working: An Important Guest Has Specifically Requested Her

Under Shen Shuyi's insistence, Sun Wang did not try to dissuade her further, but instead brought up the difficulty: "Pei Xizhou is inquiring all over the city about the whereabouts of Susu and Old Wang. If I were to show my face around the Fragrant Pavilion again, it would very likely expose my tracks and eventually lead them straight to you."

Shen Shuyi agreed that this was indeed a problem.

She did not want Sun Wang to appear before the Pei brothers, nor did she want anyone to know about her close association with him.

"How about this, I'll find an opportunity to drug the top courtesan of the Fragrant Pavilion—"

Master Wen tilted his head back and gulped down several large mouthfuls of wine. As he heavily wiped away the wine stains at the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere felt somewhat different.

In the dead of night, the first-floor lobby was completely empty. The sound of his own footsteps carrying through the space possessed an eerie quality.

As a mere traveler in this world, he understood clearly in his heart why the Great Tao had allowed him to experience rebirth and put him through all these trials and purposes.

It was much like that account on the trading platform; if Fang Jianhao and the others were to investigate it, a single phone call would likely yield the original account holder's complete information immediately. Yet for Xie Yifan, such a task was as difficult as climbing Mount Himalaya—an almost impossible mission.

As for the so-called intentional arrangement, Yan Qing had previously thought of one possibility: that the Nine Palaces Wonder purposely had him intervene in the affairs of the cult. Thinking about it now, this intention was likely meant to buy time for Guan Yun.

"Hmph." Ye Dong swung his large hand, and a massive surge of power poured forth, sweeping all those objects directly into the Puppet Tower. In an instant, that large pile of items vanished without a trace.

"Ah! Since you are courting death, I shall grant your wish." With those words, Li Yu raised his hand and struck out with a five-colored radiance, faintly imbued with the power of the Five Elements Law, which easily hit the stunned half-dragon, half-human sea monster.

Bolt after bolt of immense Wrath of Nature, radiating the majesty of thunder, crashed relentlessly down upon the wooden dragon. Instantly, the wooden dragon was roasted inside and out, and the surrounding air seemed filled with a charred fragrance. In a fraction of a second, the wooden dragon was paralyzed all over by the Wrath of Nature, losing all ability to resist.

Located in the heart of Youzhou, densely populated, guarding Hulao Pass, and serving as a pivotal battleground of paramount strategic importance, Xingyang had changed hands three times in a short span of time.

Qi Shunbin had been listening intently to the conversation between Su Jin and Lord Yan. Initially, he merely thought that Yan Shu enjoyed composing ci poetry and, having seen a few brilliant lyrical pieces by Su Jin, had made a grand fuss simply to meet the man. But as he listened on, the worldly and experienced Elder Qi increasingly felt that the relationship between the two was quite unusual.

In her past life, An Ruosu's infatuation with Wei Yingran had been the talk of the capital. Now that she was Wei Yingran's fiancee, it was only natural that she would feel jealous and frantic.

Yin Feng murmured inwardly; the look Han Gu gave him was identical to the gaze the Earth Dragon had once cast upon him. Smiling, he nodded toward Yuan Luo, and the two of them walked back toward the formation.

"It's fine, she's safe, resting in the next room! You should worry about yourself first—didn't you know you have hemophobia?" Yang Linxiao complained to Shi Yi with a look of heartache.

"Fei Liangyan, I've wanted to talk to you about this for a long time, but I didn't know how to bring it up. You have to believe me!" Shi Yi grabbed Fei Liangyan's arm, pleading as she tried to explain. Yet Fei Liangyan seemed completely indifferent to Shi Yi's explanation.

After the bear market overturned the Shanghai stock market, nearly half of the Sichuan-Hankow Railway Company's capital of 3.5 million taels was virtually wiped out. The most distinctive feature of this railway company was that its funds were almost entirely derived from "rent-shares" forcibly levied upon the peasantry—the very lifeblood of the common people, wrung from families driven to ruin and squeezed out down to the marrow of their bones.

"Then, I will snap these wings and become a human being of Earth once more," Nightshade declared proudly.

"Look at you, people are telling you to leave, why are you still lingering here! Hurry up and come home with me, your father is waiting for you at home too!" Sun Huixian forcefully pried Fei Liangyan and Shi Yi's hands apart, grabbed Fei Liangyan's hand, and walked straight out.