"Ji Xiaoxiao, do you know what you're doing?" the adult asked.

“I love him, and I want to be with him,” Ji Xiaoxiao said firmly.

“You love her, but that’s not a reason for you to bring her to the dark space.”

"My lord, Yunming is very smart and capable. He will definitely be able to help you." Ji Xiaoxiao tried her best to promote Yunming, the lord's good helper.

The adult shook his head almost imperceptibly, it was unclear whether he was denying Ji Xiaoxiao's abilities or Yun Ming's.

"Ji Xiaoxiao, he can't come here."

"Why can't he come? If someone like me can come, why can't Yunming?" It wasn't that Ji Xiaoxiao looked down on herself, it was just that comparisons are odious, and Ji Xiaoxiao and Yunming were simply not on the same level.

"Sir, you can't be jealous of Yunming just because he's a good man."

Ji Xiaoxiao was furious and spoke recklessly, which angered the adults.

"Ji Xiaoxiao!" the adult shouted, and Ji Xiaoxiao immediately prostrated herself on the ground. "Touch your head and think about it with your brain full of pig offal. Why should I, Gu... be jealous of him? He is just an ordinary member of the vast world, and he can never reach my level. Yunming, he is nothing but an ant."

Feeling suppressed by the adult, Ji Xiaoxiao instantly came to her senses. "Master, I was wrong."

The speed at which they admit their mistakes is comparable to the speed of light.

The adult breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alright, I'll send him away now."

"Wait, sir, Yunming cannot leave."

Love is blind.

"Didn't you know you were wrong?" The adult's anger flared up again.

Ji Xiaoxiao glanced at the adults and then secretly stood up.

“I know I was wrong. I was wrong. Your Excellency would never be jealous of an ant. Moreover, my admission of wrongdoing is not equivalent to sending Yunming away. Your Excellency cannot send Yunming away. I promised him that no matter where I go in the future, I will take him with me. From now on, we will be inseparable.”

The adult beneath the black aura had a grim expression, clearly harboring murderous intent towards Ji Xiaoxiao.

Unaware of the impending danger, Ji Xiaoxiao arrived outside the Panlong Golden Pillar, knelt down, and cried out, "I beg you, my lord, to grant my request!"

Yunming was a man, an outsider, and Ji Xiaoxiao didn't force him to be as subservient as she was; she left it to him to do as he pleased. Yunming remained calm and composed, producing a black trench coat from who-knows-where and draping it over himself. Ignoring the presence of the golden dragon pillar, he walked directly through it, entering the area where no one had trod before him.

“Yunming, you…” Ji Xiaoxiao clicked her tongue, unable to speak.

Seeing this, the adult curled his lips into a smile. "Ji Xiaoxiao, do you know the story behind the trench coat your lover is wearing?"

Ji Xiaoxiao didn't answer, and the adult continued, "The Time Traveler's Coat transcends time and space, connecting the past and future, all is nothingness. I never expected that a tiny clay figure like you, not even Rashomon, could obtain a Time Traveler's Coat. You must have someone helping you behind the scenes!"

Yunming suddenly pulled out a dagger, and the adult's pupils shrank, and the veins on his hand gripping the armrest bulged.

“The world changes, things change, and people change. The dagger of vicissitudes, it kills the ancient and the unkilled.” The man was shocked and said to Yunming, “Where did you get this dagger of vicissitudes? Tell me, or I will make you wish you were dead, and you will never be able to turn your life around. You will suffer the tortures of the eighteen levels of hell.”

Yunming smiled slightly, ignoring the oppressive aura emanating from the adult, and made a difficult, inch-by-inch advance.

Those who understand the times are wise; those who don't should just die.

The adult turned his head and his gaze fell on Ji Xiaoxiao, who was motionless. "Ji Xiaoxiao, you've been deceived by him. He came to the Dark Space not for the reason you mentioned, such as following you and going on missions together. He's here to kill me."

Ji Xiaoxiao shivered and stammered, "My lord, your joke is not funny at all. Yunming truly loves me, I can feel it, he wouldn't lie to me."

"The facts are right in front of you, there's no room for your sophistry." The adult was ruthless and merciless in destroying the flower.

"Impossible!" Ji Xiaoxiao shouted at Yunming, "Yunming, come out! Come out now! Surprise games can't be played like this. Using knives and guns is too unlucky."

Ignoring Ji Xiaoxiao's heart-wrenching cries, Yunming continued walking without stopping for even half a second.

Ji Xiaoxiao was initially full of confidence, but gradually, her passion and love became the culprits that froze her heart.

"He really lied to me."

Yunming looked at the person so close to him. He was high and mighty, regarding Niren and Luosheng as beasts, as ants, as worthless trash. But upon closer inspection, he realized that Niren was nothing more than a caged...dog.

Yunming approached step by step, and when the two were half a meter apart, the adult made a move.

The adult stood up and walked over to Yunming's side.

Yunming grinned, brandishing his blood-splattered right hand, and aimed the weathered dagger toward the adult's heart.

The adult neither dodged nor dodged; he merely raised his head, and the powerful pressure sent Yun Ming flying.

With a clang, the weathered dagger flew to Ji Xiaoxiao's feet.

"Cough cough cough..." Yunming clutched his chest, panting heavily.

The adult's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. Yunming couldn't see the adult's trace, nor could he guess which direction the adult would attack from, so he cautiously looked around. The adult struck unexpectedly, catching him off guard, and kicked him away.

"You actually know the term 'mudman,' and you possess the 'Shuttle Coat' and the 'Variations Dagger.' You should know my true identity. Why are you so foolish as to try to assassinate me? Or are you too trusting and reliant on the person behind you? You haven't used your brain to think things through. It's true that the 'Shuttle Coat' can break through the Panlong Golden Pillar, but didn't that person also tell you that the 'Variations Dagger' could kill me? Idiot, you've been fooled. The 'Variations Dagger' can't kill me at all. It's nothing more than a toy to me."

Toys, toys, toys... the word kept replaying in Yunming's mind.

"Hehehe... Ah..."

Yunming suddenly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes filled with hatred.

---Aside---

There must be a typo. Xiaoming's head hurts so much. He'll correct it tomorrow!