Looking at the bottle filled with green liquid, Chu Huanzhao was taken aback: "It's not perfume, is it? I never use those kinds of things, but if it's a gift from my brother-in-law, I'll give it a try."

Zuan was speechless: "What the hell is perfume? Have you ever seen a green perfume?"

"It seems like this color doesn't exist," Chu Huanzhao smiled sheepishly. "Then what is it?"

“Paralysis Poison Bottle,” Zuan explained its general effects, then added, “It ignores the defenses of those below the fifth rank, and if they are moderately injured, they will be completely paralyzed and lose the ability to resist.”

"This stuff is great, much more interesting than perfume," Chu Huanzhao said, his eyes shining with excitement. He grabbed it and started playing with it, looking like he couldn't put it down.

Seeing that she liked it, Zuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This paralyzing poison bottle was somewhat useless to him now, but he happened to be short of a gift for his sister-in-law, so he gave it to her.

I was initially worried that giving a girl such a gift would be a bit strange, but considering Xiao Zhao's willful nature, this thing seems to be just what she likes.

Chu played with it for a while, then carefully put it into his pocket, and looked at Zu An: "Brother-in-law, what grade are you now?"

Zu An hesitated for a moment. According to worldly standards, his current cultivation level was at the peak of the third rank, eighth level, but his actual combat strength was far greater than that.

As he learned more about the world and acquired more knowledge of cultivation at the academy, he clearly concluded:

Even without the tempering and strengthening of the Primordial Chaos Sutra, his power was still much greater than that of others of the same rank by filling in the arrays one by one according to the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra.

This is why it is so difficult to fill each magic array in the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra.

Seeing his hesitation, Chu Huanzhao didn't take it seriously. He only needed to confirm one key point: "Anyway, you haven't reached the fifth rank, have you?"

“No,” Zu An answered instinctively.

"That's good." Chu Huanzhao revealed a sly smile.

Zuan suddenly had a bad feeling: "What's going on? Why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing~" Chu Huanzhao hummed softly, changing her previous sullen state. She hummed a song, waving her little hands, and skipped ahead.

Zuan: "..."

Why does it feel like I've lifted a rock only to drop it on my own foot?

Upon arriving at the school gate, they discovered that in addition to Jiao Shan and a few others, there was another group of guards from the Chu family, led by Chu Hongcai.

"Hey, Brother Hongcai, what brings you here?"

Although this guy usually has a cold and aloof expression, after seeing him transform into a fanatic at Shenxianju last night, I suddenly found him much more pleasing to the eye.

"The head of the family heard about the attack you were on the road, so he sent me with a team to protect you on your way home from school." Knowing that he hadn't slept with his goddess last night, Chu Hong's gaze softened a bit.

His position was the deputy commander of the palace guards. He was previously responsible for guarding the sacred spring, but the spring was defiled, and he resigned out of guilt.

But in the hearts of the Chu family, he has always been quite reliable, which is why they assigned him this task this time.

"Then I really have to trouble Brother Hongcai and everyone else." Zu An knew that at this moment, the Chu couple were most concerned about Chu Chuyan's safety. In addition, there had been an incident where an eighth-rank expert broke in, so Commander Yue Shan was now staying at the Chu residence to protect Chu Chuyan.

Sending the deputy commander this time is already a great honor.

Although these people were no match for Chen Xuan individually, they were all elite troops of the Chu family, and together they would be difficult for Chen Xuan to deal with.

Unless he also brings a large group of men, but after what happened yesterday, the Chu family and the city lord have already been searching for strangers everywhere. It's fine if he hides alone, but if he really gathers a team of people in the city, he's really courting death.

Upon returning to the Chu family home, Cheng Shouping was already waiting at the door. Seeing him, she immediately waved a invitation card in her hand and excitedly approached, saying, "Young Master, Young Master, Qiu from Shenxianju..."

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Chu Huanzhao blocking Zu An's path. The smile on his face froze instantly, and he quickly hid the things in his hands behind his back. Clearly, he still vividly remembered the beating he received that morning.

Although he received a reward from his son-in-law for it, even someone as greedy as him didn't want to experience the pain of the Whip of Wail again.

"What about Shenxianju?" Chu Huanzhao looked at him with a suspicious expression.

"It's nothing!" Cheng Shouping hurriedly said.

"Really? What are you hiding behind your back?" Chu Huanzhao stood on tiptoe to look behind him.

Cheng Shouping hurriedly said, "Second Miss, you've misread it. There's really nothing wrong."

Just then, he suddenly felt his hand loosen, as if someone had snatched the thing from his grasp. He panicked and was about to turn around to demand it back when he realized that his wife, Qin Wanru, was standing behind him. All the words he wanted to say were instantly swallowed back down.

Qin Wanru ignored him, opened the invitation card herself, then her face turned cold as she stared intently at Zu An: "Hehe, so it was Qiu Honglei from Shenxianju who sent you the invitation, huh? Very well, very well indeed!"

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I wanted to see how round the full moon would be, but when I looked up at the sky, it was all gray and gloomy. It was expected that I wouldn't be able to see any stars, but I didn't expect that I wouldn't even be able to see the full moon...

The second update will be a little later.