Zhou Yuanyuan had promised Yu Xiaohan that she would help him solve his problem, but the man in black hadn't appeared yet. She couldn't stay at Yu's house forever, could she? Yesterday, General Zhou had sent Ouyang Xin to the Yu family's house and asked Zhou Yuanyuan to return to the old house when she was free, saying that General Zhou missed her.
Zhou Yuanyuan was helpless. They say old children are always like old children, and her great-grandfather is acting more and more like a child. It's only been two days since she went home, and General Zhou has already sent his "favorite general" Ouyang Xin to urge her to come back. Don't think Zhou Yuanyuan doesn't know, but ever since Zhao Qingshan threatened to break off Zhou Yuanyuan's engagement with Wen Ziqing two years ago, General Zhou, who doesn't like crowds, has been dropping by the compound frequently these past two years, either chatting with Cao Yunfei, playing chess with Zhu Xiangyang, or bragging to Guan Daxia. His purpose is self-evident: he wants to find a son-in-law for Zhou Yuanyuan in one of these aristocratic families.
Humph! Do I have a face that makes me unmarriageable? Zhou Yuanyuan was depressed.
To be honest, Zhou Yuanyuan had always been averse to marriage. Her previous life's "marriage" had only brought her endless pain, and she had no desire to marry. Furthermore, she was only sixteen. How anxious was General Zhou for her marriage to be so actively searching for one?
Zhou Yuanyuan had long since decided that she would live alone in this life. After sending her parents and great-grandfather away, she would find a place to live deep in the mountains, diligently cultivating and striving to improve her realm. If, by divine mercy, she could one day reach the realm of ascension, Zhou Yuanyuan would send Xiaoyu home. As for the Chaos Pearl, it had been forcibly contracted to her by the heavens, and would perish alongside her. After sending Xiaoyu home, then... there would be nothing else. Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't yet considered what she wanted to do then, simply living one day at a time.
But General Zhou had even sent Ouyang Xin, who was always by his side, so it would be unreasonable for Zhou Yuanyuan not to go back. Even if it was just to make the old man happy, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't want to forcefully tell General Zhou that she would never get married.
"Hmm, it's possible. I wonder if the man in black left a spiritual mark in the formation. If so, he'd notice it once the formation was broken," Xiaoyu had been muttering to herself for the past few days. The Chaos Pearl was so quick to consume the formation, Xiaoyu didn't have time to observe it properly before it completely devoured the energy. Even if Xiaoyu wanted to find any clues in the formation's layout, it was too late.
Zhou Yuanyuan had been waiting for the men in black these days, unable to concentrate even on her cultivation, which made Xiaoyu anxious. Ever since Zhou Yuanyuan began her cultivation, everything had been going smoothly, without any inner demons or even bottlenecks. Xiaoyu had assumed her cultivation would continue this smoothly, but she hadn't expected that these past few days, while Zhou Yuanyuan was meditating, she would sometimes forcibly cut off the flow of spiritual energy, and then stare blankly out the window.
In reality, Xiaoyu didn't know that Zhou Yuanyuan's lack of focus wasn't due to the incident with the man in black. Instead, whenever she began practicing, she couldn't help but think of Wen Ziqing and He Jingjing. That glimpse at the "Qingxin Bar" that day had made Zhou Yuanyuan sense that something was amiss with Wen Ziqing. She couldn't quite recall what exactly was wrong, and could only replay the scene at the "Qingxin Bar" over and over again. Whenever she remembered He Jingjing's coquettish voice calling Wen Ziqing "Brother Ziqing," Zhou Yuanyuan felt restless and unable to concentrate on anything.
"Master, Master, Zhuzhu didn't sense any spiritual imprint in the formation. Perhaps the man in black was delayed by something unexpected? Should we wait a little longer?" Chaos Pearl couldn't help but feel a little guilty as she said this. If it hadn't been so greedy and absorbed the energy of the formation so quickly, Master wouldn't be so worried right now, right? Perhaps the man in black's spiritual imprint was too unique, and she wasn't as powerful as Boss Xiaoyu, so she didn't sense it.
"Well, wait a little longer!" Zhou Yuanyuan nodded and yawned. Although monks don't need to sleep, Zhou Yuanyuan was sleeping on a soft bed, using magic to "transform" herself into Yu Xiaohan's appearance. Of course, this "transformation" wasn't a real transformation, but rather, in the eyes of others, Zhou Yuanyuan was Yu Xiaohan.
As for the real Yu Xiaohan, he was naturally hidden in a safe place by Zhou Yuanyuan.
It was late at night and the place was quiet, and with the reminder of the biological clock, it was difficult for Zhou Yuanyuan not to yawn.
"Open the door, open the door, open the door quickly." Just when Zhou Yuanyuan was drowsy and wanted to sleep, a familiar voice sounded at the door of Yu Xiaohan's house.
"Black bear demon?"
"Stone Bear?"
"Big stupid bear?"
Zhou Yuanyuan, Xiaoyu, and Chaos Pearl all called out three names at the same time, but they all knew that these three names represented the same person, no! The same demon.
Wasn't Shi Xiong looking at his precious mirror in the Shiwanda Mountains? How could he bear to abandon it and run to Kyoto? Zhou Yuanyuan wondered.
What the hell is this black bear monster up to? If it hadn't come across the Chaos Pearl while helping its master choose treasures, I'd have wanted to give it a good beating. Xiaoyu, remembering how Zhou Yuanyuan had been in a coma for over a month because of the Chaos Pearl, felt a pang of hatred for the stone bear.
Why hadn't this stupid bear thought of leaving the Shiwan Mountains before? Otherwise, I wouldn't have been lying in its treasure cave, gathering dust for hundreds of thousands of years. Chaos Pearl curled his lips.
"Miss Yuanyuan, I know you're in there. For Sanniang's sake, please open the door and save my life!" Seeing no one open the door, Shi Xiong plopped down on the ground and began to cry. Someone's going to die! No! The bear's going to die! If Zhou Yuanyuan wasn't willing to help him, Shi Xiong really didn't know what to do.
Soon, Shi Xiong discovered that his voice wasn't heard, but was instead trapped in a small space. In the dead of night, Shi Xiong's cries were too loud, and Zhou Yuanyuan, not wanting to wake up the people around him, waved her hand and placed a restraining order around Shi Xiong.
Huh? What's this? Miss Yuanyuan, a young cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, has such a method?
When Shi Xiong thought of this, he quickly got up from the ground, bowed towards the door, and said, "Miss Yuanyuan, I beg to see you."
The door opened silently. Shi Xiong was stunned for a moment, then hurried in happily.
After Zhou Yuanyuan closed the door with her spiritual sense, she removed the "eye-smudge" on her body and flashed into the living room of the Yu family. Shi Xiong was a man, and although they were of different species, Zhou Yuanyuan had no habit of lying in bed in front of people.
"Miss Yuanyuan, you have to help me!" After seeing Zhou Yuanyuan, Shi Xiong rushed over with a cry and wanted to hug Zhou Yuanyuan.
Zhou Yuanyuan dodged, unleashing her own powerful aura. The stone bear was too familiar, forcing Zhou Yuanyuan to be on guard.
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