Chapter 31 Both Silence and Longing are Deafening

The sound of Jia Zhifang's bicycle bell gradually faded away, leaving the main room once again heavy with the lingering scents of sandalwood and tea.

Zhu Dongrun did not return to his rattan chair. Instead, he walked over to the desk, laid out Xu Chengjun's three manuscript papers in chronological order, and gently brushed his fingers across the red circles in the margins.

Those were the marks he had made, word by word during his verification, to highlight the rigor of the textual research and the novelty of the perspectives.

Every single one of these three papers had been personally overseen by Zhu Dongrun.

Word by word.

Dotted entirely with red annotations.

The continent of Aochen ushered in the prelude to a second Warring States era because of the famous "Battle of the Southern Expedition and Eastern Conquest." The four great races—humans, gods, dragons, and elves—alongside external forces, taught us that whoever wields sharper weapons and strikes with harder fists wins the victory. Yet, in war, are there truly any winners?

Xu Dayang excitedly pulled out a pair of handcuffs and locked one of Xu Shuibao's wrists. At this moment, Township Head Huang also ran over to help. Yang Qianfeng said, "He is a patient, so cuff him a bit loosely and don't hurt him." Xu Dayang nodded, locked the other wrist, and then helped him up.

Zhengzheng and his friends decided to wander around watermelon city to see if they could find any clues.

Those unsealed parasitic wasps flew in dense, dark swarms toward the heart-eaters, completely surrounding the already half-dead heart-eater even before Hehe could run over.

This was a dragonman who had been lurking for goodness knows how many days, hiding here since the rebellion broke out. As for the reason, perhaps it was to gather intelligence, or perhaps he was simply abandoned.

As creations born from the essence of spirits, they saw through the true destiny of this realm, knowing that without the replenishment of the divine source, the Modo Realm would sooner or later face destruction.

"I am much better, just still a bit weak!" Mufang laughed heartily. Warner, however, had long since made up his mind—Mufang was injured because of him, and since he failed to properly protect the person he made a promise to, he would spend the rest of his life guarding him.

With a single pointed finger, the air was immediately pierced into a visible concave arc by his double fingers, yet his fingertips contained not a single trace of energy fluctuation. This truly was just a plain and ordinary strike.

Xingchen nodded slightly, tapped the toe of his ground, and his figure rose with the momentum, grabbing the fluttering paper in mid-air. In the palm of his hand, scorching heat surged forth, as if he were truly about to summon the flames of Nirvana.

Long Lei felt a surge of indignation in his heart and made up his mind that upon meeting Baili Quan, he would demand justice for his sister.

Unlike the cumbersome process when Li Chenfeng originally applied to be a lay disciple, the procedure for players to join the Shaolin Temple was actually very simple: pay respects to Buddha and burn incense, complete the tonsure, choose a monastic hall, and finally receive a dharma name given by the abbot or the head of that hall before concluding.

Liu Bowen was a military strategist in Chinese history whose legendary status was second only to Zhuge Liang. Well-versed in the arcane arts of Qi Men Dun Jia and the five elements of heaven and earth, he was also a famously renowned Feng Shui master in history. In his later years, when Liu Bowen retired and returned to his hometown in search of a propitious piece of geomantic land to relocate his ancestral tombs, he used the hexagrams of Yin and Yang to find a royal piece of earth named Mingyang, which possessed supreme Feng Shui.

Official seals, whether private or official, each had their own anti-counterfeiting marks, making forgery extremely difficult. Furthermore, the imperial court imposed severe punishments for the crime of counterfeiting, so those who attempted to forge or falsely claim seals naturally exercised restraint according to their abilities.

Su Yuzhu smiled with satisfaction and said, "At least you are no coward!" With that, she followed him outside.

Lin Yue sat cross-legged, directly refining millions of You-coins into You-power to restore his cultivation, yet his body still bore quite a few wounds. Many of the injuries inflicted by the Asura Blood Tree oozed black blood before gradually turning red.

Seeing Zhou Ruoshui react this way, Zhao Yan felt as though needles were pricking his heart. He had not expected that his casual remark would anger Zhou Ruoshui. He chuckled softly in self-derision, drooped his head, and said no more.

"Understood. They are going all out to stop us from advancing, and all we need to do is go all out to defeat them," Wu Hao smiled.

"What?!" Seeing their general instantly killed by the two soft-bodied creatures hiding inside the fish bones, the sea demon soldiers instantly boiled over with panic and fury.