Back then, Liu Xiaolou had felt that Fifth Lady was very far away from him. Only now, face-to-face with her, did he feel that she seemed a little closer.
Sometimes, whether people were close or distant was actually tied to confidence.
The Liu Xiaolou of those days had not possessed a shred of confidence, so she had seemed distant. Now that he had gained a measure of confidence, she felt closer.
But close as she was, he still could not truly regard a golden core high cultivator—one very likely to soon enter the mid Golden Core stage—as his former wife. The sound was not loud, yet it was exceedingly clear. In the silent night, that knocking sound rang as though it were striking directly against people's hearts. Biyue was so frightened that the bone tile in her hand fell to the ground, and her face turned pale.
During this period, who entering the city did not have to curry favor with him? Whatever price he named was the price, yet this person actually dared to doubt him.
"I advise you not to make trouble here. We're taking her away only because we want to preserve the dragon vein. Once the dragon vein has been extracted, we'll return her to you exactly as she was," Qingbai said lightly.
Lin Yu toyed with the silver needles in his hand. Their occasional flashes of cold edge made people feel inexplicably uneasy.
The Star Lord had given the order, yet Bu Xiao did not make a move. He signaled for Tao Zhizhi to stand behind Lord Siming Xingjun, then gave the Immortal Under the Moon a complicated look before fixing his gaze solely on Guyuan.
"What are you thinking? Don't tell me you think I'm not worthy of you?" Xie Xiao flicked Jian Wei'an's