Chapter 21: Brainstorming Upgrade

Guo Qianshan and the others saw the Immortal Master fly down from the sky from afar and immediately broke into a run. They had come out in such a hurry that they had all forgotten to mount their horses, relying only on their own two legs as they ran until they were panting and flushed.

But once they truly reached the Immortal Master, they could not get a single word out.

The man’s outer robe had been reduced to powder, and his dark armor had also cracked apart, revealing the blue-green narrow-sleeved inner robe beneath. Yet he did not look the least bit disheveled. Instead, it only made him seem even more refined, noble, and aloof. He had clearly just killed a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but there was no trace of self-satisfaction in him. When he turned back to look at them, his expression was cold as frost, empty and still as snow falling upon a mountain peak.

This person seemed as though he should never have descended into the mortal world at all.

They were terrified that if they took even one more step forward, they would stain the person before them with mortal dust and drag him into the turbid world.

Chi Yixuan, who had just been wandering beyond the heavens and had now returned to his senses: Got it! They worked up the courage to ask about wages, but in front of the boss, they still can’t bring themselves to open their mouths.

Before graduating, Chi Yixuan had interned at a large company. Although discussing wages was only right and proper, workplace newcomers were always embarrassed to bring it up. Everyone went through that stage. If he were a worker, he would firmly defend everyone’s rights, but right now he was the boss. Worse, he was a broke boss. Talking wages with empty pockets always felt like painting a pie in the sky.

It was fine. They would be rich very soon. As long as he settled wages before payday at the end of the month, he would still be a good boss.

So Chi Yixuan swiftly regained his composure and said to the assorted laborers, “All of you go back first. Everything in the valley will continue as usual. I’m going out for a trip. It may be as short as one day or as long as several. When I return, I’ll explain everything to you in detail.”

He would leave the seal barrier in the valley for now. His precious points could not be left unprotected. Besides, that barrier did not affect his points coming and going.

Guo Qianshan and the others trembled slightly, then quickly nodded and acknowledged the order. When they looked up again, Chi Yixuan’s figure had already flown far away.

…

Chi Yixuan was on his way to Silver City. After advancing to Foundation Establishment, the scouting range of his life-bound artifact had expanded to a radius of three hundred li, and two hundred li away from Zhaoge was the nearest city: Silver City.

Silver City was famous because a silver mine had once been discovered there. Although the Longevity Realm allowed immortal cultivation, the currency that circulated among mortals was still gold, silver, and copper coins. As for spirit stones, those were not things gold and silver could buy. Usually, only cultivators walking through mortal cities would exchange spirit stones for gold and silver. Going the other way around, it was difficult to find any channel for exchange.

Although the life-bound artifact’s scouting range was only a radius of three hundred li, that radius was centered on Chi Yixuan himself. In other words, the farther he flew, the wider the area the life-bound artifact could scout.

Before, he had not yet reached Foundation Establishment and could not ride the wind, so Chi Yixuan had not dared to run around outside blindly. He was worried that the moment he left the valley, something might happen to his points. Now it was different. The only nearby Foundation Establishment cultivator had been killed by him, so for the time being, he did not need to worry that an enemy would pop up halfway.

As he flew on the wind and familiarized himself with his spiritual power after Foundation Establishment, he said to the life-bound artifact, “Riding the wind consumes a bit too much spiritual power. Looks like I’ll still have to get some kind of transportation in the future.”

“Then would you prefer a magic artifact or a spirit beast?”

Chi Yixuan considered it. “A magic artifact also consumes spiritual power, but spirit stones can be used as a substitute. A spirit beast needs to be tamed, then fed with large amounts of fodder, and someone has to be found specifically to take care of it…”

No matter how he put it, it all cost money.

Chi Yixuan sighed inwardly. He was still poor! He hoped there would be gains from this trip!

Normally, after having just reached Foundation Establishment and experienced a battle, what he should be doing right now was returning to regulate his spiritual power and digest the experience and gains from the fight. But just in case, he still decided to hurry to Silver City’s Strange Treasure Hall first and further erase the traces of Song Dianlai.

With the scouting assistance of the life-bound artifact, Chi Yixuan did not need to enter the city to ask around, nor did he need to spend effort searching. The moment he approached Silver City, the life-bound artifact marked the locations of Strange Treasure Hall and Song Dianlai’s residence on the map.

Chi Yixuan glanced at the map, and his figure turned into a streak of flowing light in the dim sky, descending into Silver City.

Night had fallen, but Silver City’s prosperity had not lessened in the slightest.

Aside from ordinary vendors, there were also practitioners in all kinds of armor moving to and fro through Silver City. Some carried weapons on their backs, some carried bundles, some were relaxed and carefree, and some hurried along with travel-worn expressions.

The liveliest part of the city was undoubtedly Qingyun Street, where Strange Treasure Hall was located. Along the street were rows of two-story shops. Some sold food, some sold clothing, and some sold weapons. There was nothing people could think of that these shops did not sell.

However, when it came to armor and pills, Strange Treasure Hall was the only one selling them.

Whether those practitioners wanted to leave the city or had just returned, all of them had to make a trip to Strange Treasure Hall. Some were changing out or repairing their armor, while others stocked up on pills in hopes of preserving their lives. They usually went in with bulging money pouches and came out with empty sleeves.

“No matter what, practitioners’ lives are never too bad overall. But there are still many mortals struggling on the line between hunger and cold.”

As the life-bound artifact’s scouting range expanded, it naturally took in all the varied scenes of Silver City’s common life.

Chi Yixuan asked, “Why?”

“Because too many people nearby want to settle in Silver City. After all, Silver City has tall city walls and guards. Those who live in the city don’t have to worry about their lives being in danger. As for the villages and towns outside the city, there is a chance that demons will smash through their houses and walls. Every year, mortals in the villages and towns die in the mouths of demons.”

“Another reason is that mortals in cities have a higher probability of summoning life-bound artifacts.”

The life-bound artifact did not need to remind him of this. Chi Yixuan had also noticed it. The moment he entered Silver City, he clearly felt that the surrounding spiritual qi was more active and more concentrated. Through the original owner’s memories, he had vaguely detected this as well.

Although it was said that almost everyone could summon a life-bound artifact, a person could only attempt the summoning once a year. If it did not work that year, they had to wait until the next. Some people summoned a life-bound artifact and entered the Dao at a young age, while others only summoned one after they were past fifty. The better a person’s living environment, the higher their probability of summoning a life-bound artifact. Although there were occasional exceptions, this statistic was generally not wrong.

It was said that in cultivation holy lands like the Dongchen Continent, where spiritual qi was abundant, there were plenty of heavenly prodigies who summoned life-bound artifacts at the age of seven or eight.

“The only fair thing in this world is probably that life-bound artifacts can’t be customized. Whatever you summon is up to fate!” He Nianyuan had been in a rural place like the Easternmost Continent and had still summoned a top-tier life-bound artifact that even immortal gates coveted, allowing him to swiftly reach Foundation Establishment at a speed surpassing ordinary people despite the Easternmost Continent’s thin spiritual qi.

But Foundation Establishment cultivation was still as weak as an ant in the eyes of those immortal gates in the Dongchen Continent.

“What kind of devil came up with a method to seize other people’s life-bound artifacts? That life-bound artifact belongs to someone else. Even if he steals it, can it fit him the same way it fit the original owner?” Chi Yixuan quickly reached a conclusion. “It must be the kind of ugly, green-eyed freak who spends every day being jealous of other people! Trash like that, once I get stronger in the future, I’ll kick each one to pieces.”

“Ahem, Your Majesty, please mind your composure.”

Chi Yixuan pondered. “Then I’ll sit on a chair and, with composure, have them kick each other to pieces.”

The life-bound artifact: …

Beneath the lanterns swaying in the breeze, Chi Yixuan’s shadow also rippled gently.

…

Chi Yixuan entered the inner area of Strange Treasure Hall without the slightest obstruction.

Under the life-bound artifact’s scouting, how many people were in this city, how many practitioners there were, and how high their cultivation was were all clear at a glance.

At present, the person with the highest cultivation inside Strange Treasure Hall was the deputy hall master, Jia Heqian, at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Next were several managers at the third to fourth levels of Qi Refining. After that were assorted laborers who had summoned life-bound artifacts, their cultivation hovering around the first and second levels of Qi Refining.

When Chi Yixuan entered Strange Treasure Hall, his divine sense swept over nearly ten thousand slaves locked beneath Strange Treasure Hall. These people did not have enough to eat or enough to wear and still had to do handiwork underground to earn money for Strange Treasure Hall.

“They are slaves stored by Strange Treasure Hall, prepared to serve as human sacrifices for the Sea of Suffering Path over the next few years.”

“Your Majesty, your current cultivation is enough to sweep through every practitioner in this city. If you are willing, you can kill everyone in Strange Treasure Hall right now and seize all of Strange Treasure Hall’s property, including these slaves.”

Chi Yixuan: …

He always felt the life-bound artifact had far too much confidence in him. Even he himself did not dare to be that confident.

First, Silver City was a city belonging to Donglai Kingdom. If he committed a crime in Silver City, it might draw the king’s encirclement and suppression. The king of Donglai Kingdom was at peak Foundation Establishment, and if necessary, he could go to an immortal gate to invite a Golden Core cultivator to assist him. Second…

“Did you forget what Song Dianlai looked like when the laborers dragged him down from the sky?”

Although the gap between Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining was enormous, it truly had not reached the level of heaven and earth. If there were enough Qi Refining cultivators and they cooperated well enough, then even if they could not kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was indeed possible for them to seriously injure one.

Not to mention, he had just finished a battle today and had not even recovered his condition. Provoking Strange Treasure Hall like this—wasn’t that just asking for trouble?

The life-bound artifact clearly did not fail to understand this principle either and soon said, “My apologies. Your performance in today’s spell battle was simply too mighty and dashing, and it made me lose my head without realizing it.”

Hearing this, Chi Yixuan’s steps paused. For a moment, he said nothing.

“What’s wrong?”

Chi Yixuan quickly said, “Was I really that dashing? Can you record it so I can conveniently admire it whenever I want in the future?”

The life-bound artifact said, “…Next time, definitely.”

As they spoke, Chi Yixuan had already arrived in front of Song Dianlai’s residence.

Strange Treasure Hall’s business spread throughout Donglai Kingdom, but the branch in Silver City was the direct line. Behind the shop facing the street was Strange Treasure Hall’s headquarters. It covered an extremely wide area inside, with artificial hills, flowing water, exotic flowers, and rare grasses, looking every bit like a wealthy garden estate.

Song Dianlai’s residence was right at the center of this estate. Compared to the other places, this courtyard was even richer and more extravagant. Inside, gold was piled up, jade was set everywhere, and pearls and emeralds surrounded the place. Every single corner silently shouted that its owner was a nouveau riche.

However, Chi Yixuan did not quite understand. He roasted him, “I’m in an immortal cultivation world, right? Song Dianlai is a cultivator, right? If he really loved showing off that much, wouldn’t making a garden out of spirit stones be better?” That way, his empty backpack slots would have had a use.

The life-bound artifact very quickly searched out the answer from within its scouting range and diligently resolved its master’s confusion. “Song Dianlai’s background in the Easternmost Continent was very ordinary. After returning to the Easternmost Continent, he specially arranged his residence like this to show that he had returned home covered in glory.”

In the Dongchen Continent, gold and silver were worthless. But in the Easternmost Continent, they were still very impressive.

Song Dianlai’s residence was set up with a defensive array. This array could activate even without anyone controlling it. Chi Yixuan had never learned arrays, but with the life-bound artifact’s scouting, finding the array eye and breaking it was extremely convenient. As they spoke, he had already broken through the array and conveniently stored the array disk placed in the center of the garden into his backpack slot.

After that, he entered Song Dianlai’s room and conducted a thorough sweep.

To Chi Yixuan’s disappointment, Song Dianlai’s home only had two thousand spirit stones, a number of spirit plants, two magic artifacts, two Daoist robes, some pills, one storage pouch, and nothing else.

He searched through all the boxes and trunks and simply could not believe that this person had spent fifty years making his way in the Dongchen Continent and only had this little bit of family property. There was not even a bag of spiritual food at home!

“Song Dianlai, you truly disappoint Us.”

The life-bound artifact: …

It was worth mentioning that Chi Yixuan found some letters in Song Dianlai’s home between him and the Tyrant Blade Sect. Judging by the dates, they were basically all messages sent to the Tyrant Blade Sect each year after he finished offering sacrifices to the Sea of Suffering Path.

He also found a paper crane imbued with spiritual power. Inside the paper crane was a letter Song Dianlai had written to the Tyrant Blade Sect.

The contents of the letter were extremely fawning, with long stretches of flattery and bootlicking. Chi Yixuan read until his eyes blurred and had the life-bound artifact translate it.

“Perfected Li Ming, I have already completed the matter you assigned.”

“The matter referred to in the letter is most likely the handling of He Nianyuan.”

Not long after the life-bound artifact finished speaking, the paper crane trembled slightly, flapped its wings, and flew out through the window. This was a timed message-sending paper crane.

“It’s heading in the direction of the Dongchen Continent.”

Chi Yixuan nodded.

If he had not transmigrated, then calculating the date, today should have been when Strange Treasure Hall’s managers returned to Strange Treasure Hall to report after finishing the offering at the Sea of Suffering Path. In other words, it should have been the time when Song Dianlai confirmed that He Nianyuan was completely dead.

“That’s fine too. With this letter, the Tyrant Blade Sect won’t come looking for us in the short term.” This bought them time to develop.

In He Nianyuan’s memories, Chi Yixuan had only seen the faces of his enemies, not their origins or names. At present, he could at least confirm who those enemies were.

As for how Strange Treasure Hall would react after discovering that Song Dianlai had not returned for a long time, that had nothing to do with him…

When he walked out of Strange Treasure Hall, the sky was full of stars, and the evening breeze brushed his face.

Chi Yixuan felt a rare relaxation. Seeing someone selling wontons by the roadside, he, who had been eating two fasting pills a day, could not endure it and immediately sat down and ordered two large bowls of wontons.

This stall was generous with its ingredients. The wonton wrappers were thin and the filling was large, like little gold ingots tumbling in the soup. With one bite, the full, fragrant, tender meat filling even burst with juices. It was beautiful.

Chi Yixuan ate dozens of wontons in one breath, eating until the tip of his nose was faintly sweaty.

After finishing, he swallowed a Digestion Pill. Under the stall owner’s diligent sales pitch, he ordered another cup of beverage, then sat beneath the thatched awning in the cool breeze and slowly drank it. At last, in this strange world, he felt a familiar ease.

“If only I could watch TV dramas.”

“You can watch a live broadcast of the valley.”

Chi Yixuan rubbed his hands together. “Come on, come on, hurry up. I want to see whether they’ve been cursing the boss behind his back.”

…

The desert, Zhaoge.

Qiu Ping’an watched the workers carry a batch of washed beetle shells into the Artifact Refining Workshop, then heard Fan Huilan call him. “Brother Ping’an, Big Brother Guo is calling you over.”

Fan Huilan was also one of the laborers. The life-bound artifact she had summoned was a rope. Back at Strange Treasure Hall, people had always mocked her, saying that if she could not survive in the future, at least she had a ready-made noose. Every time Fan Huilan heard it, she was so angry she fought them, but she lost every time and then dragged her bruised and battered body onward to continue being mocked.

After following their employer, she received guidance and tried knotting the rope into a net, twisting it into a whip, and even imitating snakes, using nimble, rapid movements to catch living creatures. Now, whenever she cooperated with the others, she could always show off a little when hunting mystic armor beetles. Today, she had officially stepped into the third level of Qi Refining. She was only twenty-five now, and such advancement speed was something she had never even dared to think about before.

Her cultivation had progressed, she had a group of comrades who had gone through life and death with her, and she also had someone she sincerely followed. In just a few short days, Fan Huilan had changed enormously. If she returned to Strange Treasure Hall now, the people there would certainly be unable to recognize her as the laborer who had always shrunk silently off to one side.

When Qiu Ping’an heard the voice, he answered without even lifting his head. Head lowered, he swiftly recorded the number of armor plates refined today in the account book, then counted the number of beetle shells obtained today. Only after confirming that the numbers matched did he put the account book into a cabinet and lock it.

Not long after, Qiu Ping’an arrived at the Medical Workshop near the valley entrance.

Beside the Medical Workshop was a room arranged for the wounded. Now there were no wounded in the valley, so this room had become a temporary meeting place for the laborers.

After Qiu Ping’an entered, he discovered there were ten people in the room, all companions who had chased after the Immortal Master out of the valley today. Thinking of how he still could not summon a life-bound artifact, and how, when they chased out, he could only wait eagerly inside the valley, his expression dimmed for an instant. Fortunately, he turned back in time to close the door and did not let his companions notice.

The room was simple and crude. Aside from two sickbeds, there was not even a chair, so everyone could only sit on the floor. Before Qiu Ping’an came over, they had still been discussing whether to set aside some timber while building houses over the next few days to make tables, chairs, stools, and benches.

Qiu Ping’an sat down in front of his companions and said, “I just looked at the accounts. The number of mystic armor beetles hunted today is twenty percent lower than usual. What happened?”

Fan Huilan had led the team to hunt mystic armor beetles today. She said, “Ever since we started going out every day to hunt mystic armor beetles, there have been fewer and fewer mystic armor beetles nearby. Today, I led people several li out in pursuit and discovered that the mystic armor beetles are migrating farther away.”

Wan Tianyou muttered, “They can’t beat us, so they want to run?”

Fan Huilan continued, “If this goes on, the number of mystic armor beetles we hunt will get lower and lower. If we want to hunt the original amount, we’ll have to go even farther away, and then we won’t be able to make it back before dark.”

Ma Hongxuan shook his head. “That won’t do. Spending the night in the desert is too dangerous.”

At night in the desert, there were not only sandworms but other demons as well. They had not seen every kind of demon, and if they encountered an unfamiliar one, their lives might be in danger.

Guo Qianshan said, “But we signed a contract with Swift Wind Trading Company. Every month, we have to supply them with armor plates and pills. If we have no goods, then relying on the valley’s stored grain won’t sustain us for long.”

Qiu Ping’an smiled and said, “It’s fine. I calculated it today. The Artifact Refining Workshop’s stock is still enough for us to trade with the company a few more times. When the caravan left before, I already told them that next time, they should bring a batch of armor over. With that, we’ll be able to spend the night in the wild.” Right now, all their armor was forcibly pieced together from armor plates using their own spiritual power. It fell apart after only a few days of use and could not compare to armor made by a proper artifact refiner.

Hearing this, Fan Huilan let out a breath of relief, and a smile finally appeared on her face. But after a moment, she said, “We still have to find an artifact refiner. Rather than letting the trading company earn that money, it would be better for us to earn it ourselves.”

But artifact refiners were hard to find, so everyone tacitly pressed this matter down and did not mention it further.

Wan Tianyou said, “When the Medical Workshop was built, the medicine cabinets came with some medicinal ingredients. The Immortal Master thoughtfully prepared them. Now the pill furnace is activated every day and can refine ten bottles of high-grade Blood-Replenishing Pills, ten bottles of high-grade Qi-Replenishing Pills, another dozen or so bottles of low-grade pills, and some medicinal powder.”

The medicinal powder he mentioned referred to the waste spat out by the pill furnace when refining pills. It was divided into Blood-Replenishing Powder and Qi-Replenishing Powder. Because pill condensation failed, these medicinal powders had lost most of the pills’ effects, but these things were not truly waste. Their medicinal effects were simply very weak compared with pills, though they were still stronger than decocted herbs. They were still effective for mortals to take.

For example, if someone accidentally scratched their hand while working, or if their body was weak because of old injuries or illness, they could take these medicinal powders. Every day, the medicinal powder produced by the pill furnace was wrapped in paper by the laborers and provided free of charge to the valley’s subjects.

Because Wan Tianyou’s life-bound artifact was special, aside from hunting mystic armor beetles, he was now also responsible for matters in the Medical Workshop. He said, “Little Liao just told me that the Medical Workshop’s medicinal ingredients are only enough to activate the pill furnace two more times. We can’t always wait for the employer to handle these miscellaneous affairs. We have to find a way to resolve the matter of medicinal ingredients.”

Every day, the laborers in the valley who had entered the Dao had to go out. They were either hunting or transporting stone and timber back, so these miscellaneous affairs in the valley were all managed by Qiu Ping’an. Of course he knew what the valley lacked. When the caravan left last time, he had also mentioned medicinal ingredients, but some ingredients had already been monopolized by Strange Treasure Hall, and even Swift Wind Trading Company could not get them. That meant they had to obtain them themselves—either by going deep into the mountains and forests to gather herbs or by negotiating conditions with Strange Treasure Hall.

But right now, they no longer had the mind to think about this matter, because Wan Tianyou had just mentioned their employer. And so, without realizing it, what each of them was thinking in their hearts drifted toward the same place.

The room was silent for a long while. From time to time, the candle flame made soft crackling sounds as it burned.

After a long time, Ma Hongxuan’s difficult voice rang out in the quiet room. “Do you… still remember what it was like when we first met the employer? At the time, he was in the cage and said…”

The moment his words fell, a hand suddenly yanked Ma Hongxuan up. Guo Qianshan gripped his collar and asked coldly, “What do you mean by that?”

The others all looked toward them, similar anger in their eyes. Wan Tianyou wanted to speak but stopped himself, then tugged at Guo Qianshan, trying to calm him down. Qiu Ping’an went over to try to separate the two of them. “Let’s talk properly. Brother Ma definitely didn’t mean it that way.”

Guo Qianshan said coldly, “Then what did he mean?”

Qiu Ping’an had not entered the Dao after all, so he was too weak to pull them apart. In the end, it was Fan Huilan and another laborer who went up and got them separated.

Ma Hongxuan’s appearance was somewhat gentle and frail, just like his voice. He straightened the collar Guo Qianshan had wrinkled and said softly, “Brother Guo, what I mean is, have you ever thought about what the words the employer said when we chased out today meant?”

The words the employer had said?

We perceive all with perfect clarity and will not misjudge a single person. Execute!

At the time, those words had nearly echoed across the entire desert, wrapped in thunderous wrath. Even the demons on the ground had been frightened into burrowing back beneath the sand. When they heard it, they also could not help trembling inwardly. An indescribable shock rose within them, and they wanted only to prostrate themselves and kneel on the spot.

At the time, there had been too many things that shocked them. Whether it was witnessing a spell battle between cultivators with their own eyes or seeing their employer wave a hand and annihilate a cultivator’s corpse, all of it left their minds blank and overwhelmed them beyond control. Moreover, after they caught up, the employer had not mentioned anything, so they did not think about it again. But now, after Ma Hongxuan’s reminder, memories about their employer from the past surged in one after another, smashing into them until everyone felt faint.

They had once all been laborers of Strange Treasure Hall and had long grown used to seeing the human sacrifices gathered by Strange Treasure Hall. In the beginning, they had not really had any impression of that person. After all, there were too many human sacrifices. They could not even count them all. Every day, after finishing their work, they were so exhausted they fell asleep as soon as their heads touched the ground, and they had no energy to think at all.

Until one day, they heard that person making sounds from inside the cage. Sometimes he called himself “this lonely one,” sometimes he called himself “We,” and sometimes he looked at Strange Treasure Hall’s managers and sneered, saying that he would exterminate their nine clans…

And at that time, he sat inside the cage as a disheveled human sacrifice.

They had naturally thought this person was mad. Who would truly think he was a king?

Later, their employer killed the manager, sealed the Sea of Suffering Path, saved all of them, guided them in cultivation, and created the Artifact Refining Workshop and Medical Workshop so they could make a living. Their hearts were full of gratitude, and occasionally they also thought of the “madman” who had once sat in the cage. But at that time, they simply took their employer to be a cultivator with an eccentric temper. Perhaps pretending to be a human sacrifice and speaking madness was precisely one form of his cultivation.

After all, this world did not lack strange life-bound artifacts and strange cultivation methods.

However, combined with their employer’s words today, they were startled to realize that they had still thought far too shallowly of their employer.

In the silence of the room, only Ma Hongxuan’s gentle voice echoed. “I read in a book that there are fourteen continents under heaven, Three Great Sects, Nine Gates, and sixteen kingdoms. But it was not always like this. It is said that in ancient times, there were no sects, nor were there small kingdoms scattered across the various continents. The billions upon billions of people of the Longevity Realm all gave their loyalty to the same king. That ruler possessed grand talent and great strategy and loved the people as his own children. His name can no longer be verified, and some say this is a fabricated legend. But after seeing the employer, I felt that the legend was not false.”

Wan Tianyou’s eyes went straight, and he said blankly, “You mean, the employer… he’s…”

Qiu Ping’an swallowed and said with difficulty, “He is a… king… from ancient times…”

Guo Qianshan clenched his fists, his gaze firm. “I knew it. I knew it all along. The employer must…”

Smack!

Chi Yixuan manually killed the screen. At the same time, his toes frantically dug into the ground. After a short while, he suddenly felt a chill under his foot. Somehow, he had forcefully dug a hole through the sole of his shoe!

“Your Majesty, are you all right? Do you need me to change your shoes?”

Chi Yixuan covered his face and collapsed. “Don’t call me that!”

He had just been thinking of bringing some wontons back to share with them. Well, great. No need to give them any now. He never wanted to face them again!

Help! He had been fighting at the time! If Song Dianlai had escaped then, Zhaoge would never have had peace in the future. Besides, he had never used Skill Three before, so in order to unleash it to the greatest extent, he could only shout it out!

Who knew they would actually hear it!

How were their ears made?! They could hear it from that far away!

The fragrance from the wonton stall drifted to him on the wind, but he had already lost all desire for delicious food. He lay sprawled across the table, his face full of despair.

Just then, someone rushed out and bumped into him. Chi Yixuan’s gaze sharpened. With a backhanded move, he grabbed that person’s wrist and said coldly, “Speak. What did you steal from me?”

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