After all, the most exciting parts of life lie in those unintentional monts, whether they’re surprises or "shocks." With these, life becos wonderful. If you could calculate everything for the next sixty years by the age of twenty, what’s the point?
"I understand if you don’t wish to say more, senior. Besides, didn’t you ntion that before I turn thirty, I’ll avert danger and stay safe? Isn’t that already quite good?" Ji Qian nodded and said, turning to leave as she spoke.
"Cough, cough, yes, Miss Ji is absolutely right. However, you’ve been getting close to Ye, and his fate will directly affect yours. If..." Ji Qian had just stepped out of the pavilion when Dugu Tianke called her back.
"No matter what happens, I’ll stay by his side." Ji Qian turned her head, speaking each word forcefully. Dugu Tianke hesitated, the words on the tip of his tongue swallowed back down, ending with a helpless shake of his head and a sigh.
The next day.
"Wuyan, thank you so much for your trendous help this ti." At the Worm Sect’s entrance, Ji Qian and the others had packed up and were ready to head back to Yanjing imdiately. Although their visit lasted only a day or two, it was quite fruitful. They found a way to repair the Dantian and a thod to reduce risks.
"Miss Ji, you’re too polite. I’ll hurry to cultivate the worms, so I won’t be able to see you off. Safe travels."
"Lord Moon God, we’re all ready and can depart at any ti." Nightmare glanced at the ti and urged.
"Don’t rush. There’s still one more person who hasn’t arrived." Ji Qian gently shook her head, pretending to be mysterious.
"Haha, apologies, everyone. This old man is slow compared to you young people." Just as everyone was puzzled, Dugu Tianke ca to the Worm Sect’s entrance, carrying large bags, clasping his hands together to apologize.
"So it’s this fortune teller." Demoness saw the arrival and was rather disdainful. She hadn’t seen Dugu Tianke’s skills, so naturally, she was dissatisfied and arrogant. But, in Ji Qian’s view, she was simply ignorant of the world’s vastness.
"Demoness, go help Senior Dugu with his luggage." Ji Qian planned to "educate" Demoness properly.
"Well..."
"What, you won’t follow my orders?" Ji Qian scolded coldly. Though Demoness was simring inside, she dared not oppose. Soul Destroyer, unwilling to see his girlfriend carry luggage alone and understanding Ji Qian’s intent to teach a small lesson, didn’t let the Hidden Guard help and instead went to assist with the luggage himself.
"What is this?" As Demoness tried to lift the luggage, she was astounded. It was just a small box-sized bag but felt like a massive mountain, even when using Inner Strength. Other bags were the sa, yet just monts ago... Dugu Tianke had brought them alone.
Even as a cultivator like Demoness, she couldn’t lift all the luggage. Just from this, she started to view Dugu Tianke differently. Perhaps... she was "short-sighted" after all.
"You guys, go load the luggage onto the car." Ji Qian seed to see Demoness’s difficulty. Dugu Tianke was a Divine Doctor traveling the world, naturally a master in hiding. How would Demoness understand?
"Yes, my lord." A few Moon Guards stepped forward, loaded Dugu’s luggage onto the vehicle, and everyone finally departed from the Worm Sect.
"Senior Dugu, what made you decide to go with us to Yanjing this ti?" On the way to the airport, Ji Qian curiously asked.
"Well... this old man enjoys traveling the world and wants to visit everywhere. Besides, Yanjing’s food is marvelous. I’ve missed it greatly."
"When we’re in Yanjing, I hope to invite you to my residence for discussion. We would be honored by your presence."
"That would be wonderful, though I have other matters to attend to in Yanjing. I think we might only et in a month."
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Chen family.
"Kai, co and try the dish I just learned to make." Chen Yuxin brought a tray to Ye Shikai.
"I... I’m not very hungry. I’ll eat later." Ye Shikai gently shook his head. If Ji Qian were present, she’d be shocked. In just a few days apart, he had beco so haggard, pale-faced. He was already slender, and now his face was even gaunt, with heavy dark circles. "Dissipation" could deteriorate bodily functions and also break one’s spirit.
However, Chen Yuxin seed oblivious. Since that day, her temperant completely changed, becoming more extre. Whenever Ye Shikai did sothing unacceptable to her, she’d use "Dissipation" as a threat. Gradually, Ye Shikai’s ntal state was close to collapse.
"Kai, you seem not in great spirits lately. You should eat a bit." Chen Yuxin smiled, but in Ye Shikai’s eyes, she was a demon, albeit draped in an angel’s garb.
"If you don’t eat, I won’t give you ’Dissipation,’" Chen Yuxin whispered in his ear.
"No, I’ll eat, I’ll eat. Isn’t that alright?" At the ntion of "Dissipation," Ye Shikai’s expression tensed up imdiately. He couldn’t live without "Dissipation" now. Without tily use, he’d be in excruciating pain, as if a thousand insects were gnawing on his body.
"That’s more like it." Chen Yuxin "considerately" fed him bite by bite.
anwhile, in another room of the Chen family.
"Damn it, where is the antidote?" A shadow moved swiftly through the Chen family’s pharmacy, stopping by each drawer to check. Upon closer inspection, wasn’t this Ghost Shadow?
Planted as a spy in the Chen family by Nightmare, Ghost Shadow was loyal to Ye Shikai. Most importantly, he was the only one aware of Ye Shikai’s condition. The tricky part was that, fearing detection by the Chen family, he’d only send out intelligence at specific tis.
Recently, he learned that Ye Shikai had beco deeply dependent on "Dissipation." While Chen Yuxin claid the antidote was being developed, it was evident she wouldn’t relinquish such a strong thod of controlling Ye Shikai. So, the antidote was likely already made, unknown to Ye Shikai.
This was the Chen family’s pharmacy, one of the "restricted zones" where unauthorized entry was forbidden. Precisely for this reason, Ghost Shadow guessed the antidote might be here.
"Why can’t I find it anywhere?" Ghost Shadow was quite vexed. He’d searched for twenty minutes yet found no trace of the antidote. No wonder, as the Chen family’s pharmacy was so large it resembled a labyrinth.
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