After Lin Xiaolou and their master Jiuju Yisheng left, these Japanese devils were planning to investigate the anti-Japanese armed forces in Beiping City as Jiuju had secretly instructed them. However, they had been walking in this forest for a long time and still hadn't been able to get out.

Lin Xiaolou and Jiuju had already returned to the large courtyard where the Lin family troupe lived in Beiping City, only to find that the courtyard was shrouded in a fog.

Jiuju was startled, then chuckled, "Mr. Lou, I didn't expect you to have set up a protective barrier around your courtyard before you left. It seems we visitors are trapped inside!"

Lin Xiaolou said calmly, "I didn't set up this barrier. Also, your people being trapped has nothing to do with me."

Jiuju's lips twitched, she coughed lightly, and then smiled and said, "Oh, but please forgive my limited knowledge, apart from Mr. Lou, I have never seen anyone in HX country who can set up such a powerful barrier."

He couldn't detect anything inside the barrier, which meant the barrier was very strong, and the person who set it up was naturally much stronger than him.

However, he thought to himself that his Jiuju family had already thoroughly investigated the Chinese magic world, and the only magician in HX country who could catch his eye was Lou Qianzong.

He doesn't care about anyone else.

Lin Xiaolou rolled her eyes at him and simply said to the empty space beside her, "Remove the barrier."

Chu Nian had no choice but to reveal herself.

When Jiuju saw Chu Nian, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but excitedly exclaim, "Oh, who is this incredibly radiant lady?"

Lin Xiaolou turned to him and said calmly, "Fang Nian."

Jiuju suddenly felt her eyelids twitching, her face turning red and then dark, and asked Chu Nian, "Was Wang Chengcheng killed by Ms. Fang?"

Chu Nian: "No, I just set up a barrier to prevent those Japanese people who came looking for me from chasing after me. As for Wang Chengcheng, he was killed by your own people."

Jiuju's face immediately showed understanding: it seemed his earlier guess was correct. The family had long wanted to kill Wang Chengcheng, but had simply lacked the opportunity.

His things, even a dog, a useless piece of trash about to be discarded, are his things.

Therefore, although he only regarded Wang Chengcheng as a plaything and didn't take her seriously, he wouldn't have let it go so easily, even though he clearly sensed that his family had murderous intentions towards Wang Chengcheng and allowed her to bring people to find Fang Nian on her own.

He will discuss this matter with his family when he gets back.

At this moment, he decided to put the matter aside for the time being, after all, the beautiful woman in front of him was really making his heart flutter!

He said, "Ms. Fang Nian, I am truly sorry. I was misled by Wang Chengcheng before and mistakenly believed that you were at odds with my Great Japanese Empire and had harmed countless soldiers of our country..."

Where did this come from? Even if Wang Chengcheng wanted to fabricate a story about her, she wouldn't say something like that. Chu Nian immediately realized that Jiu Ju was trying to drag a dead person into the mess—there's no way to verify it now—so she interrupted him, saying, "What she said is wrong."

"Yes, I understand now." Jiuju had been waiting for her to say that, so she quickly went along with it.

Unexpectedly, Chu Nian added, "Actually, I did all these things under Lin Xiaolou's instructions."

Lin Xiaolou glared at him, her expression a mixture of shock and anger.

Chu Nian, completely oblivious to the situation, continued, "If you want to settle accounts, you must go to Lin Xiaolou, not me. I'm timid and incompetent, and I'm most afraid of being bullied." She even put on a pitiful expression at the end.

She originally wanted to hide behind Lin Xiaolou, but Lin Xiaolou dodged her and wouldn't let her hide.

Jiuju's eyelids twitched uncontrollably. How was he supposed to respond to that? If he wanted to confront Lou Qianzong, he wouldn't have made that agreement with him a hundred years ago. But now…

Seeing that he remained silent with a sullen face, Chu Nian said, "What I said is true. Lin Xiaolou not only ordered me to bury a group of Japanese soldiers alive, but also ordered me to blow up several Japanese military camps. It's true, it's true!"

Jiuju stared at that bright, innocent face that had just looked so naive. She wanted to get angry, but she couldn't fathom the depths of this woman's character, and feeling uncertain, she dared not make any rash moves.

Seeing that he was still standing there staring at her blankly, Chu Nian said anxiously, "Why are you staring at me? Stop staring and hurry up and fight Lin Xiaolou!"

Jiuju finally realized: this woman was just looking for trouble and wanted him to get into a fight with Lou Qianzong!

Chu Nian was already impatiently urging, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Lin Xiaolou finally lost her temper and said coldly, "Woman, don't go too far."

"Shut up!" Chu Nian snapped. Damn it, all she wanted to see was that magical artifact that could suppress Lou Qianzong, why was it so difficult!

Lin Xiaolou immediately shut his mouth and looked up at the sky expressionlessly.

Seeing that even he was showing this woman some leniency, Jiuju feared that this woman was truly powerful, and that she herself probably wouldn't fare well against her.

Upon thinking about it, he immediately laughed and said, "Miss Fang is really funny. She's so good at joking. She must often make Mr. Lou happy!"

Lin Xiaolou said with a dark face, "You're such an unreliable person."

Just now, after Chu Nian said those words, Jiu Ju didn't lash out at him, so he was waiting for Jiu Ju to lash out at Chu Nian so he could watch the show from the sidelines. But... well, that's how it is.

These two are so annoying, they won't cooperate at all! Chu Nian was furious, so she kicked Lou Qianzong in the butt and pointed at Jiu Ju, shouting, "Hit him!"

Lin Xiaolou, her face flushed red from the kick, angrily said, "I don't want to fight."

Are you going to fight or not?

"No."

"If you don't hit him, I'll hit you."

Why do you insist on watching us fight?

"I just want to see what you'll do. Are you going to fight or not?"

Lin Xiaolou raised her hand and slapped Jiuju across the face.

Jiuju was so angry that her face turned purplish-blue. Although Lin Xiaolou hadn't used much force in that slap, he was still incredibly humiliated!

Jiuju glared at Lin Xiaolou and asked, "Mr. Lou, does our previous agreement still stand?"

Lin Xiaolou: "Of course it counts."

Jiuju pointed to her slapped face and asked, "Then why is this happening now?"

Lin Xiaolou said helplessly, "This woman wants to see the two of us fight, so let's just deal with her!"

Jiuju: ...

Chu Nian: "I want to see your real battle; a perfunctory response won't do."

Even Xiao Jin felt aggrieved for Lou Qianzong, saying, "Woman, why don't you just say you want to see that magic weapon? Why go through all this trouble?"

Chu Nian thought for a moment, then tentatively said, "If you really don't want to fight..." Then she smiled at Jiu Juyi and said, "I heard you have a magic weapon that can suppress Lin Xiaolou. Can you show it to me?"

Jiuju's face changed drastically upon hearing this: Good heavens, no wonder they insisted on making us fight! They're after our Jiuju family's treasure! Dream on!