Zuan was overjoyed. If Mi Li said that, it proved that she really had the ability: "I'm relieved. By the way, please help protect Manman."

Considering the unfriendly tone the other party had used towards Pei Mianman along the way, he worried that the other party might stand idly by and do nothing, leaving him with nowhere to turn for help.

Mi Li: "..."

Anger from Mi Li: +22 +22 +22...

"Do you really think I'm such a wicked woman?" Mi Li looked at him coldly.

Zuan said, "This isn't called viciousness, it's called ruthless decisiveness. People in positions of power like you might actually do it."

Mi Li snorted: "Decisiveness doesn't mean stupidity. This trial clearly requires the two of you to work together to pass. If I sit by and watch the big-breasted girl get killed, wouldn't I be harming you as well, which would be the same as harming myself?"

Zu An thought about it and realized it made sense, and then he was completely relieved: "Please forgive me, Empress, I was just being petty and judging you by my own standards."

Mi Li turned her face away, too lazy to pay him any attention.

"Then I'll have to trouble you all, Empress Sister," Zu An said with an embarrassed smile, and then he and Pei Mianman came to the sides of Owl Lord.

Pei Mianman wasn't stupid either; she used her spiritual energy to express similar concerns, clearly worried that something might have happened on the side of the chief.

Zuan reassured him, "Don't worry, I've arranged everything."

Pei Mianman was initially a little doubtful, but considering that he had been quite reliable in important matters since she had known him, she figured that there was no problem with him saying so.

She didn't understand why she trusted a man so much. If it were her in the past, she would have thought it was crazy to see all this.

Zuan and she held hands to avoid any accidents later, and then, following the chief's instructions, they placed their palms on the feathers on both sides of the owl's body, probing their vital energy and spirit into them.

Suddenly, a golden light shone from the owl-shaped vessel, and all the stripes on it lit up, making it incredibly dazzling in that instant.

Before the two of them could even take a closer look, they felt as if they had been pulled into a huge whirlpool, and then they lost consciousness.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Zuan slowly woke up. He found himself lying on a magnificent ivory bed, surrounded by a light veil that resembled smoke and mist.

He sat up instinctively, and the blanket slipped off him, revealing to his astonishment that he was naked.

Before his brain could process what was happening, a soft, seductive moan came from beside him.