The next morning, Wang Xinrui received a text message notification that the money had been deposited into her account. However, for a long time afterward, she did not feel anything unusual, let alone sense that something was missing.
Therefore, Wang Xinrui was very pleased with her deal.
Chu Nian was equally smug. Now, she could use the power of the contract to absorb and refine some of the aura energy from Wang Xinrui every day. Although her understanding of the Heavenly Dao was limited, resulting in a very limited amount of this energy she absorbed each day, absorbing just a little bit every day would naturally weaken the aura over time.
Furthermore, this halo, rich in the power of the Heavenly Dao, has allowed her to rapidly improve her cultivation level, even though she only absorbs a little bit of it each day.
In this desolate and spiritually barren world, it is truly astonishing that her cultivation could improve so dramatically.
After that conversation, Lan Nian thought Chu Nian would struggle with the decision for a few days before making a decision. However, she found that Chu Nian neither struggled nor made a decision; instead, she was cheerful every day, as if something happy had happened.
She was puzzled and specifically asked Lin Jingting, "Little Lin, has your master talked to you recently?"
Lin Jingting frowned, puzzled, and asked, "She wanted to see me? What did she want to talk to me about?"
Lan Nian: "It's about standing up and establishing a new world order."
Lin Jingting's brows furrowed even more deeply as he recalled something Bai Ze often mentioned to him. He asked, "What new world order?"
Seeing his expression, Lan Nian said, "If she didn't tell you, then forget it."
Lin Jingting: "Can you explain things more clearly?"
Lan Nian: "You know why she's trapped in these worlds of books, right?"
Seeing Lin Jingting remain silent, she continued, "There must be a strong enough local person who dares to stand up and establish a new reward and punishment system to extinguish the resentment in these worlds and prevent them from being destroyed by excessive resentment."
The destruction of so many worlds will lead to even stronger resentment, and the Three Realms she inhabits will likely also be destroyed.
Lin Jingting remained silent, his thoughts unreadable.
Seeing this, Lan Nian said again, "Never mind, it seems she didn't tell you anything. Maybe she will go to Buddha and make him take on this responsibility. It's a pity, she doesn't know that because of her appearance, Buddha and your fate have been changed. If she forces Buddha to go back to the original path, then she will be the one who disappears."
As she finished speaking, Lin Jingting's eyelids twitched incessantly.
Bai Ze once said that the resentment in these worlds is a cycle that repeats itself. If no way is found to weaken it, it will accumulate and become stronger. And these resentments were all born from Chu Nian, so if they become strong enough, they may turn into offensive power to kill Chu Nian.
At that time, no matter which time or space Chu Nian was in, or whether she was still in the world of these books, that offensive power could accurately track her.
Seeing the serious expression on Lin Jingting's face, Lan Nian knew that he had taken her words to heart, and subtly raised an eyebrow.
Although she was separated from the pen tip, Chu Nian has now suppressed the pen tip. As long as Chu Nian takes the suppressed pen tip with her and leaves the world of these books, she will be free and can temporarily break free from the control of the pen tip.
Without Chu Nian and Bi Feng, even if she isn't the boss, she'll have a hard time finding a worthy opponent. At that point, she won't be able to resist being arrogant and domineering.
She slipped into her spatial artifact, wanting to enjoy herself in secret, and making sure they didn't discover her scheme.
Since she can't save Bifeng, she should at least try to free herself. That's not wrong, is it? Haha!
Life continued peacefully for several months.
Although Wang Xinrui had already noticed Huo Qinghan's suspicions about her, she believed that she had not done anything detrimental to the company and that Huo Qinghan would eventually discover her good qualities, so she continued to work at Huo's Corporation.
Huo Qingyan had been sent abroad to study by Huo Qinghan, which meant she hadn't been to any high-end places in the past few months. Actually, she had received tens of millions from Chu Nian, so it wasn't that she couldn't afford such places; she just didn't want others to know she was now wealthy—she couldn't explain the origin of the money.
She saved the money for her retirement. However, she had a persistent fever and went to the hospital for a checkup, where she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Although it was benign, the doctor told her that she needed surgery.
Lan Nian also noticed her abnormality and was quite shocked: the halo on this woman's body was several times weaker than it had been a few months ago, and now she could hardly sense its existence.
As for Wang Xinrui's brain tumor, she didn't care at all. Based on all the things Wang Xinrui had done, once that halo was gone, she was bound to have a string of bad luck. Sure enough, she went out and no one touched her, yet she still managed to fall to the ground and get a head injury.
Wang Xinrui called Huo Qingyan, who was far away in a foreign country, and cried to her about the bad luck she had recently experienced.
Huo Qingyan secretly flew back. In her eyes, Wang Xinrui was always her best friend. Now that she had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, although it was benign and timely surgery would temporarily save her from life-threatening danger, craniotomy was a major operation. She felt that she should be by Wang Xinrui's side.
When Wang Xinrui remembered that Lan Nian had given her the elixir of eternal youth as promised when the time overlapped and they separated, she remembered that Lan Nian had given her the elixir of eternal youth as promised. This made her not sick for nearly a year, not even a common headache or fever. How come she was diagnosed with a brain tumor now?
That day, she finally couldn't contain her anger and went to find Lan Nian, wanting to question whether the elixir Lan Nian had given her as promised was a real elixir.
Lan Nian looked at her and couldn't help but chuckle, then said coldly, "Wang Xinrui, I sensed the power of the contract on you. You yourself destroyed your most precious possession, something no one else has, through the contract. What use are you to me now?"
Wang Xinrui then remembered the contract she had signed with Chu Nian several months ago, and a chill ran through her: she should have realized long ago that the woman coming to see her was definitely not for anything good.
She asked in a trembling voice, "That contract I signed back then... could it be related to... my brain tumor?"
Lan Nian asked, puzzled, "Who did you sign that contract with?"
Wang Xinrui: "It's that other Lan Nian!"
Lan Nian revealed an "I knew it" expression and asked, "What are the contents of the contract you signed with her?"
Wang Xinrui: "She said she wanted to borrow the most precious thing I had..."
Lan Nian laughed, "Given your personality, you wouldn't agree so easily. You must have proposed some condition that you consider extraordinary! You've already received the elixir of eternal youth from me, so it can't be something like that. So, it must be money?!"
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