Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

None of the people from the ancient martial arts world could say anything, staring in slack-jawed awe.

Zhuge Yan was quite surprised to see these people frozen like statues in the yard when he came to the door, and he said, “Don’t just stand there, come in!”

As soon as he said so, Wei Xi pushed open the other door and said, “Yes Miss Gu, the sun is blistering outside!”

Jiji raised its head: “…” The sunlight was just right, and there were even a few clouds in the sky! How was this blistering?

Meanwhile, Mo Li started to mutter to herself in place, closing her eyes to recall what Gu Xiqiao said, and upon seeing this the others from the ancient martial arts world looked at each other, feeling unanimous envy and jealousy towards Mo Li.

That’s right, jealousy and envy.

See the overall power of Peace Manor? All of them became so unbelievably strong in just three months, and no one would believe it even if Gu Xiqiao said that she had nothing to do with it! From the Baili family to Murong Feiye to Tang Qinghong, the capabilities and prowess of these people around her all skyrocketed!

And so, it was only natural that they felt envious of her, no?

“If I knew it would be like this, I would have left the ancient martial arts world for good to join their selections! If I did, I might have become one of their members by now!” One of them mused, and the others nodded in agreement.

The second elder: “…” Had they forgotten he was there?

Gu Xiqiao walked in and sat down on a chair before sipping on the cup of tea that Wei Xi poured her. “Why did you do divinations at the bridge every month for the past two years, Mr. Zhuge?”

Zhuge Yan was silent for a moment before he chuckled, his smiling face like the luminescent moon in a clear night’s sky, and it was such a rarity that even Wei Xi was temporarily dazed from it.

“Shao Shao, hand that to me, please.” Gu Xiqiao gestured for the younger boy to hand her his guitar.

Shao Ge immediately handed his guitar to Gu Xiqiao.

Zhuge Yan looked on as the girl took out a jade container from her pocket as she held Shao Ge’s guitar in her other hand. Perhaps it was because it was the first time that he met someone that could understand his thoughts without him saying it outright, but he couldn’t help the smile that made its way onto his face.

Gu Xiqiao looked at the jade container for a short moment before she opened the lid, and held inside was the black cube that Jiu Tong had discovered.

She stuffed the jade container back into her pocket before her lithe fingers held the black cube again, and Shao Ge shook his head slightly in confusion as he thought, ‘How did Miss Gu fit that bulky container in her tiny pocket?’

“How much time is there left?” Gu Xiqiao fiddled with the cube with one hand and held the guitar with her other hand.

What was she saying? Both Wei Xi and Shao Ge were confused by the situation.

“That ancient, weathered array broke, didn’t it?” Zhuge Yan replied, casting his gaze towards the yard where most of the plants and flowers had withered. “I thought this day wouldn’t come for another decade…”

“It’s because of me.” Gu Xiqiao placed the cube on the guitar, and with a gentle push, the two items started merging together.

Shao Ge was shocked stiff by this scene, of course.

At this moment, Gu Xiqiao’s movements paused for a short moment.

Beauty Qiao, I have to show you something. Jiji’s voice resounded in Gu Xiqiao’s mind, and it hadn’t communicated with her in such a way since it got transferred into its robot body. This is a file I found, along with a video.

After it said so, a semi-transparent screen appeared in front of her, and a document popped up along with a video.

“The Leng family?” Gu Xiqiao strummed the guitar lightly.

Twang~

The sound of the guitar resonated in the quiet room for a moment.

“Miss Gu.” Zhuge Yan held a fist to his mouth and coughed a few times. “This is a destined calamity for Mingzhou, and if you look at it another way, we should be thankful to you. If that array were to be left for ten years and the evil inside fester, Mingzhou would be beyond saving.”

Gu Xiqiao pursed her lips. There were two reasons why she came to Mingzhou, one for the descendant of Zhuge, and the other for Hua Youlin.

Even though not everything went according to her predictions, nothing was out of her grasp.

And now, it was about time to close the net.

Gu Xiqiao stood up and looked at the wilted flowers outside the window. “Shao Shao, stay here for a while okay?”

“Where are you going, Miss Gu?” Shao Ge stood up quickly as the girl started walking towards the door, not knowing what she was about to do.

“I’m going to deal with something real quick, don’t worry.” Gu Xiqiao waved an arm in goodbye, not even looking back.

As she walked past the wilted flowers, she stopped for a moment and bent down to brush her fingers over them, before saying, “It’s Grandeia’s pygmy flame-lily, what a shame.”

After she said this, a stream of pure life energy flowed out of her fingers.

Zhuge Yan looked at this happen, his expression frozen on his face as he looked on in shock.

As she walked, the wilted flowers all bloomed and blossomed once again—Purple, red, pink, and green, the garden was once again filled with life and vibrant color.

The girl in pale-colored clothes didn’t seem out of place in the colorful garden, and in fact, it was quite the opposite. Her eyes that looked like they were painted by the very heavens themselves exuded a certain coldness to them, and under the ephemeral glow of the flowers, she seemed like a fae straight out of a storybook.

Wei Xi rubbed her eyes again and again in disbelief. “Goodness! Look, young master! All those flowers bloomed again, and I think it’s the first time I saw that lily bloom, right? Young master? Young master?”

Zhuge Yan came back to his senses, his head lowering slightly as he replied, “Yes.”

***

Meanwhile, in the Leng family’s office.

Leng Yuwei looked at the middle-aged man that was standing in front of the window. “Daddy, you were the one that spread the news that Hua Zihou treated someone to death right? Deal with that descendant of the Hua family too!”

“I’m already on it.” The middle-aged man smirked.

“Everyone knows that the Hua family and the Huangfu family are enemies, and that Hua Jingya didn’t hold back against the Huangfu family whatsoever when she was in her prime. It’s only natural that the Huangfu family wouldn’t go against someone dealing with that cousin of hers, Hua Youlin. In fact, they seem to be quite happy to see it happen.” Leng Yuwei smiled confidently. “Don’t worry, Daddy. I’ve already asked one of my friends from the Huangfu family, and she agrees with it too.”

The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction. “Good, very good.”

The Huangfu family had developed rapidly in the past few years, and even the Leng family was quite jealous of them too, so they would have to take every chance they get. Leng Yuwei rubbed her palms as she made a suggestion, “Right, didn’t the Huangfu family want some able-bodied people to do experiments on? I’ve already picked out some, so you just have to ship them over later okay? Get some of those people from the Hua family there too, especially that Hua Youlin! Miss Huangfu will definitely be pleased.”

“Good idea!” The middle-aged man’s expression lit up in approval. “The Hua family is at the end of its rope, so the least it could do is to become stepping stones for our family!”

“Wait.” Before Leng Yuwei could say anything in return, a cool voice resounded in the room. “Who did you say you wanted to give to the Huangfu family?”

The middle-aged man and Leng Yuwei looked at each other before turning to look at the sofa, where a young woman was sitting comfortably.

“Who are you? How did you get here?!” The middle-aged man immediately took his phone and called security to have them take this strange woman away.

The security guard appeared in less than five minutes upon being summoned by the CEO. “Boss, you called?”

It was to get this crazy woman out of here, of course!

That was what the middle-aged man wanted to say, but he found that he couldn’t even say a single word, his mouth gaping helplessly.

At this moment, Gu Xiqiao spoke again, “Tell me, who did you say you wanted to give to the Huangfu family?”

“Hua Youlin, of course!” The middle-aged man found that he was suddenly able to reply, and he shouted, “The Hua family is as good as dead, so why not let them contribute to our family before they lose their usefulness?!”

“Very straightforward, I like you.” Gu Xiqiao smiled, but her eyes were as cold as ice as she stood up and walked towards the man. “You’re as good as dead too, so why not contribute to Mingzhou before you lose your usefulness?”

What did she mean by that? Leng Yuwei and the middle-aged man couldn’t move as they looked at her in fright. Who was she? No normal person would be able to do this!

Leng Yuwei paled considerably as she realized that she was here for the Hua family!

Leng Yuwei’s lips gaped like a fish out of water, as if she wanted desperately to say something.

“Let me guess, you want to say that the Huangfu family coerced you into doing this, and that you already regret it? That you’ve already repented and that you want to make up for it?” Gu Xiqiao asked, and with each word, Leng Yuwei nodded profusely.

Gu Xiqiao smiled, and just as Leng Yuwei thought that she was about to let her go, she scoffed. “You must be dreaming.”

“Jiji, how much time do you need to see how many of these people from the Leng family had a hand in this?” Gu Xiqiao asked.

Meanwhile, Jiji was already on it in the virtual training arena. “With my speed, ten seconds is enough, Beauty Qiao.”

Gu Xiqiao called up a number on the modem.

All of the shareholders of the Leng family all got a call at the same time.

“All you need to know is that you need to pick another CEO…” Gu Xiqiao was about to continue, before Jiji showed her the results of her search: All the shareholders of the Leng family had a hand in this! “… No need, see you in jail.”

Gu Xiqiao hung up on the modem, dragging the CEO and the young lady of Leng Enterprise with her as she left.

“Jiji, tell Uncle Mu to buy Leng Enterprise as soon as he can.”

Roger that!

The other shareholders of Leng Enterprise didn’t think much about this strange phone call, of course.

It was only after a few minutes that all of the scandals and negative news about them popped up all over the internet, and they realized that they were in deep trouble.

These shareholders quickly met up with each other, but as soon as they did, a team of law enforcers quickly broke down the door and brought them to the police station to be detained as they searched their homes for evidence of illegal actions that would harm Mingzhou and handing these items up to a mysterious organization.

This change overnight was way too drastic to the point where it quickly shook the water in the pond called Mingzhou.

Many elites in the economic sphere of Mingzhou quickly started investigating. Even though Leng Family wasn’t extremely affluent, it was still considered quite well off. How did it go bankrupt overnight?

These people did more research into this, and they realized that what happened to the Leng Enterprise was exactly the same as what happened to the Bai family in the Imperial Capital!

As they were in a daze over what was going on, some other people were out of their minds with rage!