Chapter Ninety: Outstanding Debt
"Five hundred million, to buy my life!?"
At the other end of the line, Ye Chen's once-faint, blurred tone sharpened at once.
He had not expected Wang Wanshan to stake so much on it!
From what he had learned during this time, the Wang family was worth only a little over a billion in market value.
It seemed Wang Wanshan had truly been driven to desperation.
...
Tantai Mingyue remained silent, finding Night Phoenix's words utterly absurd, yet not able to find even the slightest reason to refute them.
An endless sea of blood, vaster than the universe itself, surged at astonishing speed into Liu Hao's body. It was as though within him there lay a world capable of containing the heavens and all the realms; no matter how boundless and powerful the essence blood was, it was continuously absorbed until it became part of him.
Although Qing Yi's Nascent Soul had been destroyed, Wei Yan did not relax his vigilance. After hurriedly recalling the blood spider into the beast pouch...
Tantai Mingyue thought it over. As long as Elder Zhuo did not do anything outrageous, this was hardly an unacceptable hobby. In any case, taking in orphans was, for society as a whole, still a good deed.
"Eh!" Xingzi was instantly at a loss for words. She knew that Jounouchi had always maintained the image of a capable older brother in Shizuka's heart, so whether it was her or anyone else, they all did their best to help preserve that image.
Shaking his head and refusing to think about these irritating matters any longer, Liang Dong recalled once more what he had done before leaving.
"Who invited you so warmly?" Qin Mengqi muttered, though she could not bring herself to say it out loud.
As soon as she said that, everyone else, including Zhong Tianyou, was stunned. Her words were clearly at odds with the promise she had just made.
In any case, even if they ultimately defeated the Realm of Light and received the reward of the Dark God King, it would surely go to the Dark Lord, Dark. In that case, the other divine lords might as well seize every possible benefit in this war; that was the most practical gain of all.
"That is for the score to decide." Tantai Mingyue smiled. Perhaps because of the influence of her grandmother since childhood, she had always felt a certain aversion to the grading system; coping with exams had already become the goal, rather than a means of testing how much one had learned.
Overcome with agitation, Jing Mo's hands trembled. She forced herself to calm down, yet could not control her quivering fingers, and clumsily, as though touching such a technological device for the first time, she slid the screen with trembling caution.
Lin Xue cast a sidelong glance and caught sight of a dead crocodile not far away, armored in ice. This ice crocodile was fully ten zhang long, enormous in size, with a massive maw and long claws. It looked extremely domineering, yet at this moment it lay motionless on its back, a blade of bitter cold thrust through the dantian in its belly.
After speaking, Qing Han drew her longsword, but before the blade was fully unsheathed, she pushed it back again. She only meant to intimidate Lin Tian.
Coming to Manchester United had made him spoiled and delicate. Jionk finally realized that something was wrong, though he could not quite grasp what it was. Still, he had the vague feeling that there was indeed a problem.
He had thought he had found a breakthrough, but the Fang family's reaction was far too fierce. Still, Qian Hai could understand Old Master Fang's feelings, and hurriedly apologized.
The particle-beam launch base readjusted its coordinates and fired repeatedly. The ballistic missiles aimed at it plunged one after another into the atmosphere, turning into clusters of dazzling golden-violet fireballs.
Riding hard on horseback, the young general sped along in full armor, sunlight flashing across his bright silver cuirass and drawing the gazes of passersby. By now Wang Wei had already bid farewell to the age of traveling on foot; seated on a horse, he felt a surging exhilaration.
When he reached the orphanage, Wang Kun was suddenly stopped by Geng Diqu. Seeing that he seemed rather anxious, Wang Kun could not help saying to his family...
He did not notice that when Geng Diqu heard him say that they would not be merged in for the time being, a flash of delight crossed his face. Even if he had noticed, it would not have mattered. Who would not hope to have sole authority over a company or enterprise? Even with the best待遇, if one had to swallow humiliation, it would still feel miserable.