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Facing a seemingly intimidating facade, Chi Wangyue inwardly scoffed, but outwardly displayed remarkable skill in putting on an act. If this was the person behind it all, he would have to be careful.
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In the blink of an eye, Chi Wangyue hid behind Yan Tianhua.
"Senior Brother, she's terrifying." Chi Wangyue's voice came from behind.
Yan Tianhua calmly sized up the "bride in red" before him. After assessing her strength, he realized she wasn't particularly powerful. Although he didn't know what made her so formidable, he pondered for a moment in the face of his junior brother's innocent expression, and finally managed to stammer, "Don't be afraid, your senior brother is here."
Chi Wangyue secretly observed that this "bride" was probably just a prelude, and he was also a link in the chain. However, due to his slight change, the original plot did not continue.
A pale blue screen gradually appeared before Chi Wangyue's eyes. Reflecting the screen's light, she muttered to herself, "If it's just about changing the plot, he's still a newcomer. Can't we give newcomers more room to grow?"
Yan Tianhua stared at the "bride's" every move, but she was very casual, pulling at the veil in her hand, and the next moment, a skeletal face was revealed.
Without flesh and blood, it devours flesh and blood.
The owner of the blood-red robes launched a fierce attack, and Bu Dujian followed suit, unleashing a sharp sword strike. Yan Tianhua observed the opponent's attack.
"It's completely haphazard, just a forced and haphazard arrangement."
While Yan Tianhua was fighting with the other party, Chi Wangyue jumped onto the roof of the house that was only half full. He looked around at the courtyard-like structure and belatedly realized, "By circling around them, we've trespassed on their home."
However, their ability to infiltrate the enemy's stronghold also demonstrates their strength.
Chi Wangyue focused intently on finding a solution. Surrounded by houses, what lay before him were straight alleyways and towering walls. His thinking became clearer, especially considering the fight below—a man and a ghost that had "accidentally" destroyed a house.
Using her footwork, Chi Wangyue leaped lightly, reached out and grabbed Yan Tianhua from the "two equally matched" pair, and then immediately ran away.
Yan Tianhua belatedly realized that while keeping an eye on what was chasing him, he was also relaxing his body to reduce the pressure and secretly trying to recover the internal energy and strength he had just consumed.
Yan Tianhua kept glancing at Chi Wangyue, his hand gripping his Uncrossing Sword tightly.
Chi Wangyue, with her keen insight, had long seen through Yan Tianhua's actions and had given him advance notice—
"Senior Brother, I'll put you in a secluded path in a moment. You go find those two young men, and I'll go meet the bride."
Liu Linfeng had arrived long ago, as had Xing Yu, but their opponents clearly overestimated them, giving them so many "sweet treats."
They fought for at least half an hour. They put in so much effort in the early stages that they inevitably felt somewhat overwhelmed later on. But compared to their own true nature, it was a completely different world.
It wasn't until Liu Linfeng, with his sharp eyes, spotted a familiar "expert" emerging from a weed-covered path that things changed. Liu Linfeng's eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled Xing Juan aside to make sure they wouldn't get in the way.
Xing Juan remained silent, his gaze fixed on Liu Linfeng as if he were an idiot, though those who were emotionally oblivious or deliberately pretended not to see him were another matter. However, with more experience, it was inevitable that he would start paying attention to powerful "big shots."
Yan Tianhua swept his sword horizontally, and the small creatures surrounding him were all smashed into metal lumps, unlike the previous mini-boss.
Upon entering the overgrown, muddy alley, Chi Wangyue remained silent, watching him as if hoping he would leave first. However, Yan Tianhua did not respond.
Time is a sharpening knife.
After waiting for a while, Yan Tianhua also gradually left, leaving Chi Wangyue with a silhouette of solitary courage.
As he left the alley, Chi Wangyue turned back, and the "bride" behind him lingered reluctantly.
At this moment, Chi Wangyue breathed a genuine sigh of relief. "Now that my senior brother is gone, I can finally focus on the performance. As for the expenses, the Prince's mansion isn't even enough to cover them."
After all, the eldest brother's words, "If you don't save all sentient beings, you can't save yourself," caused their souls to dissipate and disappear into the vast sea of humanity, as if they had never existed. Aside from the more advanced, unknown entities, like this persistent "bride" before them.
Chi Wangyue glanced thoughtfully in that direction—the spot where Yan Tianhua had just left. He hadn't found many decent paths to take either, but previously, the Chi family had only strictly controlled their young master, keeping secrets tightly under wraps; most of the servants were in a daze.
That was the only "gap" that led him out; it was the path he had used to escape.
Chi Wangyue had considered that someone would come and repair the path, but their royal palace was so busy, how could they spend too much attention on unimportant things?
Chi Wangyue smiled, and Yan Tianhua, though expressionless, understood perfectly well that they were being pushed forward by time.
Yan Tianhua was a little angry. Less than half an hour had passed since she went from not understanding to feeling powerless.
From the moment Xing Yu saw Liu Linfeng, he noticed that Yan Tianhua was in a bad mood.
Perhaps because she underestimated her own abilities compared to others, or perhaps because she had never experienced the feeling of having the will but not the strength, Yan Tianhua was very angry.
Even if they remain outwardly calm, they never hesitate to strike.
Don't ask, or you'll only anger this protective senior brother.
At this moment, Chi Wangyue was in some unknown corner, staring intently at her panel, her expression as if she had seen a ghost.
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On the one hand, it's because the favorability rating, which has remained unchanged for ages, has finally increased a little bit; on the other hand, there's some dissatisfaction with the favorability rating, as all that effort only resulted in a tiny increase.
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Behind the Scenes —
A young man named Huang Di was sitting in an extremely antique-style hut, surrounded by candlelight that flickered across his face. He was struggling to control the situation from the shadows, but then a series of mischievous "little guys" came to cause trouble.
“Something’s not normal here. The only normal thing is these fresh blood who have entered the illusion.”
"As the saying goes, 'a guilty conscience needs no accuser,' but he was different. Huang Di secretly lay in ambush, hiding in Liu Wushuang's illusion, afraid of accidentally attracting him. He carefully changed the layout of the illusion each time, making it like a perfect 'mirror.'"
But this time he couldn't understand what Liu Wushuang was trying to do.
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Huang Di calmly pondered why, whenever he wanted to do something bad, there were always some self-righteous individuals who would try to sabotage him. Or rather, what was it that was hindering him?
In the previous methods, they simply observed from the shadows and then separated the two groups.
"After all, the other party is difficult to deal with. They're not crazy. Who would place two deadly weapons in the same position? But now it's different. Chi Wangyue successfully sent Yan Tianhua out using the small path they escaped through earlier. As soon as Yan Tianhua went out, she met up with Liu Linfeng. He went on a killing spree, while he hid. The two of them explored inside together."
Huang Di casually grabbed a pen from beside him, and it broke without him noticing.
Then, he picked up a decent-looking pen from the pencil case to make up for it.
A glimmer of clarity flashed in the eyes that had been veiled by fog.
Chi Wangyue's arrival was like a wisp of life emerging from decay, a spark flickering in her soul. The old jar, long stored away, finally had a purpose…
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