Inside the inn room, Murong Zhining sat at the wooden table with her hands propping up her cheeks in resignation. Using the reason that he must be close to her to protect her, Chiyun Yuexuan had insisted on them staying in the same room. During this time, although he had been treating her with proper courtesy and even changed from his usual ice-cold temper to cater to her pleasure whenever he could, Murong Zhining was unable to overcome the shadow of fear in her heart.She had experienced for herself his cold-blooded ruthlessness, his cruel measures which instilled fear that had lasted up until this very day. Murong Zhining’s eyes grew red rimmed. Even now, as the precious and noble princess of Shangxia, she still couldn’t escape his evil clutches. She dared not even run for fear that he would hurt her closest people. In her view, there was nothing that Chiyun Yuexuan didn’t dare to do. She was plagued with immense hatred for him, yet she had no choice but to comply under dure

Chiyun Yuexuan once again took Murong Zhining and return to the main road after easily luring Gao Chenghao and his troops down the small path. While Gao Chenghao was wasting time studying the traps, he and Murong Zhining had been hiding in the trees nearby. And as Gao Chenghao followed further down the small path, he brought Murong Zhining out the opposite direction.Flash galloped like the wind as it carried the two along the main road, the horse carrying their belongings followed closely behind. Chiyun Yuexuan was well aware of how vicious and cunning of a character Gao Chenghao was. He felt an urgent need to take Murong Zhining to a safe place.On the road, Chiyun Yuexuan recalled the look of delight in Murong Zhining’s eyes when he had returned to her. He quietly tightened his embrace. He knew the delight came from her heart. It was always the most honest reaction that came out when a person was in a panic.The thought of Murong Zhining worrying about him was l

Quick witted in an emergency, Chiyun Yuexuan pulled Murong Zhining into the Gorgeous Scent House.He whispered into her ear, “Someone’s tailing us. Act normal and follow me.”He led her to the second floor and hid behind a pillar. As expected, the three suspicious men also entered the Gorgeous Scent House.The trackers blended into the crowd while sticking their heads to look around for Chiyun Yuexuan and Murong Zhining. Murong Zhining recognized one of them to be Gao Chenghao’s bodyguard.Chiyun Yuexuan took Murong Zhining into a room with the door left slightly open. “Princess wait for me here. I’ll lead them away and return to pick you up. Don’t run about, just stay in here. I’ll be back very soon.”Leaving the room, Chiyun Yuexuan closed the door shut. Then, he casually scooped a yellow-clad young lady into his chest.When the lady saw the tall and handsome Chiyun Yuexuan, she pressed herself against him and said in a sweet voice, “What are yo

The guard at the door let out a cough to urge Murong Zhining.She whispered, “I must go, in case Gao Chenghao suddenly comes back.”She pulled out a hairpin from her hair and threw it through the bars, then turned around to leave the prison. Chiyun Yuexuan picked up the hairpin. Gently caressing it, he put it to his lips for a kiss before stowing it in his robes.At noon the next day, Chiyun Yuexuan violently shook the iron door to his cell. “Make your damn master to come see me, I want to fight that turtle one-on-one!”A man guarding him shouted, “Our Prince left early in the morning and won’t be back until evening. Obediently stay where you are and quit fussing. Save your strength, because you’ll get to suffer soon.”Upon hearing this, Chiyun Yuexuan was secretly delighted. He shook the iron bars even harder like he wanted to destroy it.Scared that they couldn’t handle Chiyun Yuexuan alone, one of the two guards ran to call for help from the ot

The guards pointed sharpened iron bars at the stone door and began to beat them with hammers. Bit by bit, stone chips fell off from the door. This was Gao Chenghao’s new strategy.Originally, he wanted to use the explosive and blow the door open, but that was only a last resort in case he had to rush for time. Using violent means would have a high chance of destroying that peerless book inside. According to Gao Chenghao’s calculation, it’d take at least two days to chip away at the stone door. Without the threat from Chiyun Yuexuan, he had enough time to take it slow with the treasure. Thinking of the treasure that was soon to become his, he could already foresee the future where he dominated this world.Evening in Gao Chenghao’s estate, there were noises of people playing “raise fingers, guess number[ A drinking game: two people raise their fingers and say a number at the same time. The one who guesses the total number fingers raised by both will be the winner. T