Leaving the Empress Dowager's residence, Xiao Mo returned to Yangxin Hall and once again entered the Book of a Hundred Lives.
Sitting in the courtyard.
Xiao Mo took out a crystal-clear snake scale from his chest.
The snake scale had been strung into a necklace by Bai Ruxue and now hung around Xiao Mo's neck, carried with him at all times.
Xiao Mo put down the book in his hands and looked up toward She Mountain.
It was about time to go pick her up.
Yesterday...
2025-08-06 02:55:41 +0000 UTC
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"Your Majesty."
Outside the Yangxin Hall of the Zhou Kingdom's imperial palace, Wei Xun called out.
Xiao Mo's consciousness left the Book of a Hundred Lives, opened his eyes, and exhaled deeply, "Come in."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wei Xun responded and walked into Yangxin Hall, respectfully performing a bow, "This servant pays respects to Your Majesty."
"What matter brings you here?" Xiao Mo looked at Eunuch Wei and spoke slowly.
"Reporting to Your Majesty," We...
2025-08-06 02:55:10 +0000 UTC
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"Big liar!"
"I'll never play with you again!"
"Big liar!"
"Stinky liar!"
"Liar, liar!"
Bai Ruxue ran forward while reaching out her small hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.
After running for who knows how long, Bai Ruxue finally stopped.
Looking back, Xiao Mo had already been left far behind by her.
"Xiao Mo! You big liar!"
Bai Ruxue shouted toward the path she had come from, then turned and ran toward her cave.
Out...
2025-08-06 02:54:30 +0000 UTC
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This embrace lasted for a very long time, until Aliya stirred slightly in his arms.
Only then did he slowly loosen his arms, lower his head, and look at her with burning eyes. Then, he lowered his head and deeply kissed her soft lips.
Subsequently, the longing and passion suppressed for over three months, like ignited dry kindling, instantly burst into blazing flames.
The kiss became deep and lingering, full of predatory possession.
Lin Yu'an held her waist tightly wit...
2025-08-06 02:47:39 +0000 UTC
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The moment he saw Aliya, all his calmness, fortitude, and composure gradually crumbled.
He suddenly stood up, opened his arms, and tightly, tightly embraced Aliya, greedily breathing in that familiar and reassuring scent.
Aliya also held him tightly in return.
Both their eyes were slightly red, yet surprisingly, no tears fell.
All the longing, all the hardships, all the victory, at this moment, transformed into this silent embrace.
Michelle King and the other sta...
2025-08-06 02:47:02 +0000 UTC
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With Clay choosing to quit on day eighty-seven, only Lin Yu'an's solitary figure remained on the entire "Alone: Grizzly Mountain" competition ground.
But he knew nothing of this, still following his own rhythm, surviving day after day on this frozen land.
Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away at the Los Angeles production center, sample footage was playing on the massive screen wall.
Executive producer Mark looked at the Chinese young man on the screen who was checking tra...
2025-08-06 02:46:21 +0000 UTC
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Time had reached day eighty-seven.
The harsh winter at Chilko Lake had mercilessly displayed its power.
Days of continuous overcast weather and snowfall had made the entire world appear gray and oppressive.
Outside Clay Jenkins' log cabin shelter, the gill net that he had once placed such high hopes on had yielded nothing for three consecutive days.
And today, the gill net that had achieved such brilliant success for him was completely frozen at the lakeside. He had co...
2025-08-06 02:45:47 +0000 UTC
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On this milestone of day eighty.
On the morning shores of Chilko Lake, bitter cold winds swept across Clay's sturdy log shelter, producing deep howling sounds.
Inside, Clay's figure moved in the dim light, his movements skilled yet carrying a mechanical numbness.
He first added a few pieces of split dry wood to the nearly extinguished stove, then put on his heavy coat and walked out of the shelter.
He then went to the shoreline gill net he had expended considerable ene...
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Lin Yu'an nodded, pointing to the action camera on his chest, "This one has been working the whole time, and the fixed camera at the door should have captured most of it too."
"Though when I was maneuvering with it in the forest, some of the camera angles might not be ideal."
Michelle was overjoyed! "It doesn't matter, it's enough! As long as we have it, it's enough!"
She reported to Mark again, "Mark, he says he has two camera positions that were filming! This precious foot...
2025-08-06 02:44:37 +0000 UTC
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"Hmm?"
Lin Yu'an paused his movements, looked up at the sky, and slightly furrowed his brow.
"Is that the production team's helicopter? They sure picked their timing."
Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away at the Los Angeles production center, executive producer Mark was staring reluctantly at the footage on screen, which was playing Lin Yu'an's survival segments.
On the table beside him lay a newly drafted plan.
The core of the plan was to "persuade" Lin Yu'an...
2025-08-06 02:43:57 +0000 UTC
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Lin Yu'an calmly drew his bow, aiming at the inner thigh area where the femoral artery was located!
"Whoosh!"
The three-blade hunting arrow left the string!
At a distance of only seven to eight meters from the black bear, with his spatially enhanced perception, Lin Yu'an had one hundred percent confidence that this arrow would absolutely hit the target area!
The arrow's speed and accuracy reached their peak!
With almost no deviation, it shot deeply into the inner...
2025-08-06 02:43:21 +0000 UTC
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That black bear clearly didn't understand Lin Yu'an's warning.
Or rather, the rich aroma drifting from the shelter direction, mixed with smoked venison and fat, was an irresistible temptation to it.
It lost its last patience, its massive head suddenly lowered, and it let out a deafening roar!
Then it powered forward with all four limbs, its huge body charging toward Lin Yu'an at an astonishing speed completely inconsistent with its size! Snow scattered in all directions unde...
2025-08-06 02:42:46 +0000 UTC
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Time had reached day seventy-three.
Winter had completely transformed the shores of Chilko Lake into a world wrapped in silver.
This day was a rare, clear-weather day, and also the day for the production team to collect footage.
Lin Yu'an set up his camera, and instead of busying himself with work as usual, he rarely moved a flat wooden stump and sat at the entrance of his stone shelter.
Holding a wooden bowl filled with hot pine needle tea in his hands, his gaze looke...
2025-08-06 02:42:05 +0000 UTC
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Locke quickly read through their background information.
From the assignment letter, the two female wizard prospects, Nikki Crawford and Sybil Lake, both came from local mortal families in the southeastern quadrant, and both had Level 2 wizard aptitude.
Their backgrounds were relatively simple.
However, the male wizard prospect's origins were quite interesting. Like himself, he came from an overseas mortal world, except he was born on an island called Achaea.
The local...
2025-08-06 02:29:41 +0000 UTC
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After leaving the botanical garden, Witch Sophia said to Locke outside the wooden hut, "The supporting spell for the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method is the First Circle spell Mana Sun."
"And there's no decomposed cantrip model."
Locke raised his eyebrows, "Then teacher, do first-class wizard apprentices have to rely on alchemical equipment to achieve the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method?"
"Is the equipment expensive?"
Witch Sophia nodded and praised, "I must c...
2025-08-06 02:29:06 +0000 UTC
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Locke followed Witch Sophia to her magical plant room, because after Sophia had taught him the path forward as a first-class wizard apprentice, it was time for breeding classes.
The two walked through the botanical garden as vast as a castle.
Only now did Locke realize this was a medium-sized botanical garden. Since Witch Sophia had only been promoted to formal wizard for just over two years, she hadn't had time to apply for a large-sized botanical garden yet.
Due to the pos...
2025-08-06 02:28:29 +0000 UTC
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Locke quickly finished reading the meditation technique loan contract. The fifty thousand magic stones had to be paid off within fifty years, with a total interest rate of fifty percent.
Otherwise, the academy would forcibly confiscate part of his assets for mortgage auction to forcibly recover the money.
Of course, this should only be a theoretical right that the academy could possess. The existence of first-class wizard apprentices themselves had value, so the academy wouldn't e...
2025-08-06 02:27:52 +0000 UTC
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Locke chose to place his standard first-class wizard apprentice three-piece set next to Sophia's wooden hut, together with his plantation.
This would be much safer.
After being attacked by a group of wizard apprentices from the Blood Curse Court last time, Locke felt that Diagon Alley wasn't so safe anymore. There were too many people and eyes there, with numerous wizard apprentices.
It was better to live together with Witch Sophia.
Although there were fewer people her...
2025-08-06 02:27:14 +0000 UTC
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Corfu Island, during the day, within the Aurelian Academy.
Dean Tongus stood in the classroom, looking at the second and third generation students who were not paying attention to the lecture at all, and let out an imperceptible sigh.
Ever since Locke, Patty, and Kode left Corfu Island for the wizard world, and Professor Alder died from the side effects of the stone crab potion, the entire Corfu Continent officially had only him left as a second-class wizard apprentice.
In t...
2025-08-06 02:26:39 +0000 UTC
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The next day.
In front of the wooden hut where the registration office was located.
On duty today was a halfling second-class wizard apprentice whom Locke had never seen before.
He held the badge representing a first-class wizard apprentice with both hands and respectfully handed it to Locke. "Hello, senior, this is your badge."
"According to the first-class wizard apprentice contract, you can receive 100 magic stones in academy funding each month, plus two bottles of ...
2025-08-06 02:25:53 +0000 UTC
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Yuri held her forehead, showing a helpless expression. "Locke, you really shouldn't discuss a lady's age."
She became serious and answered earnestly, "This is an aging curse. You'll soon learn about the enormous gap between formal wizards and first-class apprentices..."
Deep fear appeared on Yuri's aged face, as if she was thinking of some unspeakable horror. "You won't understand why the gap is so large. Then, you'll discover that within that originally enormous gap, your mental ...
2025-08-06 02:25:17 +0000 UTC
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2025-08-05 14:18:00 +0000 UTC
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"Lawyer Lin!"
Qin Yao stood up with some surprise and walked over to greet him.
Jiang He frowned and asked with some confusion, "You... why were you in there for so long?"
Lin Sizhi looked at her and said somewhat puzzlingly, "The game rules don't say I can't stay in there, do they?"
Jiang He was momentarily speechless. She wanted to say more, but soon deflated and lowered her head without speaking.
Qin Yao quickly explained, "Sister Jiang He, Lawyer Lin, neither...
2025-08-05 14:11:04 +0000 UTC
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"Don't believe it?
"Alright, then let me explain."
Lu Xinyi said unhurriedly, "Obviously, you three are all 'conservative types,' the kind who, when buying bank financial products, must have principal and interest guaranteed and accept no risks whatsoever.
"I could tell from the very beginning that you resist gambling and risks, which is why you chose this plan.
"And this point can also be seen from your chip counts.
"I casually asked earlier whether your chips w...
2025-08-05 14:10:27 +0000 UTC
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This voice sounded very calm and matter-of-fact, so much so that Jiang He almost thought she had misheard.
She looked up at Lu Xinyi, only to find that Lu Xinyi's expression was normal, as if she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she had said.
"Wait, is there some mistake?
"Aren't we supposed to take turns winning?
"Shouldn't you be folding right now?"
Jiang He looked at Lu Xinyi in disbelief, or rather, she had already realized certain problems, ju...
2025-08-05 14:09:52 +0000 UTC
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If the seven people went to the gambling table and relied on their own abilities, the final result would be unpredictable.
Those with good gambling skills and good luck might very well take it all.
And Jiang He and her two companions had neither gambling experience nor any particular confidence in their luck, which would obviously put them at a severe disadvantage in this situation.
Jiang He's plan ensured that everyone could take turns winning the base bets, so no one would...
2025-08-05 14:09:15 +0000 UTC
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"Perfect solution?" Both Qin Yao and Su Xiucen were somewhat surprised. "You mean there's a stable way to win money?"
Jiang He shook her head slightly, "We can't achieve stable winnings, but we can achieve stable minimal losses.
"As long as all of our losses at the gambling table are far less than ten thousand, then it will be a happy ending for everyone."
Qin Yao thought about it, but still couldn't figure out how to achieve this.
Jiang He looked toward the four playe...
2025-08-05 14:08:44 +0000 UTC
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At this time, the chips that the "Chip Exchange Machine" had won were already neatly stacked inside by the mechanical arm and covered with heavy transparent glass.
In that instant, Qin Yao had some thoughts, such as what would happen if she directly snatched the chips from the mechanical arm while gambling?
But she quickly dismissed this idea, because during the entire exchange process she was firmly locked in her seat and couldn't reach those chips at all. Moreover, the "Gallery"...
2025-08-05 14:08:09 +0000 UTC
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Qin Yao was still very nervous, but after the blood drawing was completed, she breathed a sigh of relief to some extent.
Previously, Qin Yao had been somewhat worried about whether this crude blood-drawing device could accurately locate her blood vessel. If it punctured muscle or pierced through the blood vessel, that would be no joke.
But from the current situation, it seemed that no matter how frightening the various machines in the "Gallery" looked, they were absolutely reliabl...
2025-08-05 14:07:30 +0000 UTC
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The lobby, which had just seemed quite leisurely and even peacefully quiet, immediately became noisy and chaotic.
"What?"
"In one hour?"
"Everyone has to participate forcibly? Isn't this too sudden!"
Obviously, many people were completely unprepared mentally.
Yesterday when introducing the basic rules in the lobby, although it was emphasized that "the Gallery may open at any time," it still caught everyone off guard.
More importantly, this game actually req...
2025-08-05 14:07:07 +0000 UTC
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