Jiang Qingwan immediately got out of his arms, her expression solemn.

"Let's go and fight!"

Mo Yunhan nodded.

"Night Seven, you stay..."

"I don't need anyone to protect me."

Jiang Qingwan knew his intention before he could finish speaking.

"Night Seven, go find Luo Jiu and bring him all the mechanical weapons you can use. In any case, take care, everyone."

She appeared in that small village and was seen by the second senior brother.

This night raid was definitely the group's final blow.

Ye Qi looked at Mo Yunhan.

Mo Yunhan gripped Jiang Qingwan's wrist and said in a deep voice, "Do as the princess says. Tell Qinghui to come back immediately to protect the princess. There must be no mistakes."

"yes!"

Ye Qi responded and left, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

Mo Yunhan looked down at Jiang Qingwan.

"One more person won't have much impact on the battle, but I'm worried about you being alone."

Jiang Qingwan did not refuse again and watched him leave.

Although the council hall was not close to the village gate, she could still faintly hear hurried footsteps and feel the oppressive force of the traps and hidden weapons.

After a long silence, she turned and went back to her room.

Pushing open the door, I saw Xiao Hong squatting on the table, a wooden ball in her mouth.

Her eyes flickered.

"Lian'er, I'm hungry. Let me make some noodle soup to warm you up."

Lian'er thought she was feeling unwell from the wind on the riverbank, so she quickly bowed and agreed, then went to the makeshift small kitchen after securing the door.

Little Red tilted its head and wagged its tail at her, placing the wooden ball in its mouth on the table. With a swipe of its paw, the ball made the sound of a lock turning, and then slowly opened.

There was a stone lying inside.

The character "玄" is engraved on it in cinnabar.

This is the Zhuge Clan's sound transmission stone.

She took a deep breath and focused her spiritual energy on the character "玄".

A blurry figure flashed by, and Xiao Rancuo's cynical face appeared in mid-air.

"Junior Sister, it's been a long time."

Jiang Qingwan sighed softly, "Why did you do this?"

Xiao Rancuo clutched his chest as if he were somewhat injured.

"It's been so many years since we last met, doesn't my junior sister even ask how I'm doing?"

Jiang Qingwan sat on a chair to the side, resting her chin on her hand.

"Although I only caught a glimpse of you that day, judging from your complexion, you must be doing very well."

Xiao Rancuo laughed loudly.

"I was wearing a mask that day, how could you tell? You little liar!"

Jiang Qingwan felt as if she had been pricked by a needle in her heart.

Aside from her master, her three senior brothers were the people who accompanied her the longest.

The eldest brother is steady and reliable, the third brother is dashing and unrestrained, but the second brother always gives people a feeling of being both righteous and wicked.

But he treated her extremely well.

So good that even when she insisted on leaving Zhuge's Qilian Mountain for a man, which angered everyone, he only cursed her as a little liar with red eyes, secretly slipped her some silver, and encouraged her to live the life she wanted.

Time has passed, and it feels like a lifetime ago.

Jiang Qingwan sniffed, her nose stinging.

"How is Master? How are Eldest Brother and Third Brother?"

Xiao Rancuo's voice remained languid.

"Everything is fine. There is no problem with Qilian Mountain, and there is no problem with Zhuge Sect either."

"So, you also left the Zhuge Clan, is that right?"

This was the only possibility Jiang Qingwan could think of.

Otherwise, his master would never have allowed him to act in this way.

Xiao Rancuo chuckled softly.

However, no answer was given to this question.

"I remember you said when you left Qilian Mountain that you had to take control of your own life. Even if there were mountains of knives and seas of fire, you had to wade through them to know the joys and sorrows, so that you wouldn't have lived in vain. Now, do you regret it?"

Jiang Qingwan pursed her lips and remained silent.

Have you ever regretted it?

She did feel remorse when Qin Minglang and his family repeatedly stabbed her in the back.

Looking back, I clearly know that I regret my own blindness and lack of judgment, not my initial choice.

If she lost her memory and was given a second chance at life, she might still choose to descend the mountain and enter the mortal world.

"No."

Her reply was resolute.

Xiao Rancuo laughed again.

“I’ve always known that in this world, only Junior Sister can give me the answer. As you once said, you have to go through fire and water to know the result. What I’m doing is what I want to do. Junior Sister doesn’t need to change anything you want to do because of our affection, and neither do I.”

Jiang Qingwan slowly clenched her small hands.

She had expected this outcome long ago.

Ruo Xiaoran stood facing Mo Yunhan, holding a knife.

He will definitely fight with all his might to kill him.

Just like tonight, he would never cancel the night raid because of her presence.

She lowered her head, desperately trying to hold back her tears.

Is it because of your background?

The transmission stone seemed to have stopped, but the stone itself did not crack.

Just when Jiang Qingwan thought he wouldn't explain anymore.

Xiao Rancuo's voice came again.

"Do you see that stone statue?"

Jiang Qingwan was stunned.

In a daze, something seemed to slip away from her fingertips; she tried to grab it but couldn't. In her anxiety, she immediately asked...

"Stone statue? What's wrong with the stone statue?"

There was silence again on the other end.

Then, a very soft sigh rang out from Xiao Rancuo.

"It's better if you don't remember."

The sound transmission stone shattered into several pieces with a crack, and the vermilion "Xuan" character on it vanished like smoke.

Jiang Qingwan had a thousand thoughts swirling in her mind, but she couldn't quite put them into words.

When she was a child, she begged her master to ask her where she came from.

She was heartbroken for several days after learning that she had been rescued from a mass grave.

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