With that in mind, Gu Changqing decided not to waste any more time in the dilapidated room and set off to the location the girl had mentioned to find the last piece of gold jade pendant.

However, to prevent the girl from deceiving him by deliberately telling lies, even though the possibility was very small, Gu Changqing would not allow any unexpected situations to occur.

"You stay here and watch over this person lying in bed."

Gu Changqing first looked at Wang Qi, who had been standing to the side as if he were invisible, and then turned to look at the girl who was trapped in the corner.

"Come with me to the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Changqing released the restriction on the space around the girl.

The girl also felt the pressure around her suddenly lessen, as if her body was floating, but this was just an illusion caused by the release of pressure from the space.

Wang Qi, who was standing to the side, quickly reacted after hearing Gu Changqing's words and replied:

"Yes, sir, I will keep an eye on everything here."

Gu Changqing paid no attention to Wang Qi, nor did she care about the girl who seemed ethereal after being released from her confinement.

He simply looked at the dilapidated wall behind the girl and casually unleashed a Holy Heaven Limitless Dao Technique, striking the dusty and unusually old wall.

The instant the invisible fluctuations of the Holy Heaven Limitless Dao Technique touched the wall, the old and dilapidated wall vanished in an instant, like a piece of paper being burned by an invisible flame.

As if vanished into thin air, without even a trace, only three of the four walls in the room remain. The wall that was struck by the Holy Heaven Limitless Dao Technique has disappeared, and the outside world appears in the eyes of everyone in the room from where the wall disappeared.

The girl, who had been immersed in the feeling of flying while standing in the corner, was startled by the sudden disappearance of the wall and was immediately pulled out of her joyful state.

Before she could even react to why the wall had disappeared, Gu Changqing was already beside her.

The girl was enveloped in an invisible gas and floated beside Gu Changqing. As he flew out of the dilapidated building from where the wall disappeared, the girl also left this cage filled with painful memories with him.

Watching Gu Changqing and the other person disappear from sight, only he and the Imperial Finance Vice-Officer lying on the bed remained in the entire building.

Wang Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but exclaim:

"That person has finally left."

Then his obese body slumped heavily to the ground with a loud thud, his mouth agape as he gasped for breath from the intense tension.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

...

Beyond this, Gu Changqing and the girl fly above the empire.

This was probably the first and last time the girl would experience flying.

The dark clouds that had gathered due to the divine descent had long since dispersed, and a huge sun hung overhead.

Warm, soft sunlight shone on the girl. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had seen the sun. Ever since Wang Qi had her imprisoned in that sealed-off room, lit only by candlelight, she had never seen the outside world or the warm sunlight.

At this moment, she was flying high in the sky, looking at the traffic and crowds on the ground, as well as the tall buildings. For some reason, the girl smiled.

She recalled that when she turned 16, as the granddaughter of the Imperial Finance Vice-Minister, she naturally received many birthday wishes.

At that time, although her family's house was not as luxurious as Wang Qi's villa, the imperial currency provided by her grandfather as the deputy finance officer of the empire was enough for them to buy a small two-story house in the capital.

On her birthday, she was treated like a princess of a kingdom, with various elegantly dressed and handsome men constantly coming to her side to talk to her.

However, she knew that these men didn't really like her. Besides wanting to use her to get closer to their grandfathers, they were probably just aroused by their primal desires because of her cute appearance.

But at this moment, she put aside her memories and turned to look at Gu Changqing flying beside her.

This man was more handsome than any man she had ever seen. His appearance was unbelievable. Could he be an immortal descended from the heavens?

And the way that man looked at her—there was no disdain, nor the lustful gaze of other men when they saw her, those eyes devoid of any emotion.

She was completely captivated by him. Even though this man had just been tormenting her beloved grandfather, she couldn't feel a trace of hatred or resentment towards him.

Why would someone have such an appearance and yet not crave the opposite sex at all?

The girl looked at Gu Changqing and couldn't help but think to herself.

Unfortunately, Gu Changqing had no idea what the girl was thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't feel anything different, because no one would care about the love of an ant.

All he wanted to do at that moment was get to the palace as quickly as possible and find the last jade pendant the girl had hidden under the floorboards of the palace's finance headquarters.

After that, the girl and Wang Qi became useless. Back in that room, he had already set up an array on each of Wang Qi, the girl, and even the old man lying on the bed who was already in a daze.

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