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A chuckle came from beside me, "How do you know him?"

I pouted and complained, "And you say that? It's all because you're a bad Minister of War. The security in Huaicheng is terrible. I almost got killed by that assassin. Do you think I wanted to know him?"

Mo Yu frowned. "How could this be?"

"What? How could that be? Don't you believe someone hired an assassin to kill me?" I exclaimed, my eyes wide.

"No, given his personality, he wouldn't take on something like that. And if he did, why would he let you live and coexist peacefully with you?"

Well﹏﹏

I choked for a moment. This damn fox, can't he be stupid just this once? I rolled my eyes and ignored his question. As long as it doesn't involve anything important that would lock me up for research, you can guess whatever you want. But no matter how smart you are, no matter how cunning you are ten or a hundred times more, you probably can't guess that there's another monster possessing Dark Night, right? Hehe.

"Qingyan!" Suddenly, someone appeared beside me, angrily grabbing my arm. "I've been looking everywhere for you, and you're with him?"

Without even looking up, I kicked him, heard a muffled groan, and my arm loosened its grip.

I rubbed my arm angrily, "Cheng Jue, I'm warning you, don't resort to violence so easily. Even if you hold a high position of power in this timeline, you have absolutely no right to order me around like this. If you dare to do anything to me again, don't blame me for not warning you. You'll regret it."

Cheng Jue squatted on the ground, his handsome face scrunched up, "You woman, how can you be so rude?"

I took two steps, squatted down in front of him, and smiled, "Didn't you say you'd known me for a long time, that we had some past? Well, you should know my personality. I've always been like this. You dare mess with me again—just try it!"

I clapped my hands, gave him a charming smile, and turned to Mo Yu, "Lord Mo, I'm leaving now. What about you?"

Mo Yu smiled gently, "I'll go with you."

As he spoke, he took my hand.

That rascal, I don't know when it started, he's developed a habit of grabbing my hand. I can't break free no matter how hard I try. Anyway, he doesn't do anything else. I'm a 21st-century beauty, I don't mind this. Let him grab me if he wants.

Neither of them spoke, and they slowly walked out of the garden along the secluded path.

Standing at the garden gate, Mo Yu's carriage was already waiting nearby. I tried to pull my hand away, but couldn't. I looked at Mo Yu in surprise. His gaze was fixed on our clasped hands. As if sensing my gaze, he looked up, smiled, and whispered, "Holding your hand, we grow old together."

I was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. I slapped his hand hard with a whoosh, "You're crazy."

I ran away as fast as I could, running quite a distance, but for some reason, my heart was still pounding and my face was burning. I'm so dizzy! There must be something wrong with me. How can I blush and have my heart race after being teased like that by someone from another time?

Oh no, I must be sick.

Chapter 117: The Token

I pressed my face against the window, shining the token in my hand against the moonlight countless times, but I still couldn't see anything different. It was engraved with intricate ancient patterns, seemingly something that had been passed down through generations of some family.

"Master, I clearly stole this from Dark Night's arms, how could you not know?" I rolled my eyes again.

The dead monster's clothes were half-open, his elegant and sexy collarbone lazily stretched out. He leaned against my bed, a few drops of water glistening on his cherry-red lips. He stuck out his tongue, gently rolled it up, and the water disappeared, but his lips became even more vivid and luscious, a bewitching red.

I walked to the bedside, knelt down in front of him, and studied him intently for a long time.

The master curled his lips into a wicked smile, his jade-white fingertips tracing his chin. "Little Yan'er, what's wrong? Did you suddenly find your master so sexy and beautiful tonight?"

I raised the teapot in my hand, wanting to smash that bewitching old face, but in the end I couldn't bring myself to do it. Things that are too beautiful make one feel guilty even about destroying them.

Before his master could fully display his smugness, a pillow flew and hit him on the head, distorting his smile. His master couldn't help but grimace, "Little Yan'er, you have absolutely no sense of beauty! You can't even appreciate such beautiful things. Sigh, how could I have raised such a blind disciple? Ah, this is so hurtful to my pride, so heartbreaking... ugh..."

I slapped my master, interrupting his wailing and self-pity. "You damned monster, tell me! You promised to see the most beautiful woman in the world that day, why didn't you go? Not only did you stand me up, but you haven't even shown your face for days. Were you busy chasing after other beauties? And you even forgot about your own disciple! You didn't even say hello. That's too much!"

The master blinked, a heartbroken expression on his face. "No way, your master has been trapped inside Dark Night's body these past few days and can't get out."

"Pshaw! Who would believe that?!" I scoffed vehemently.

"Really, I'm not lying to you. These past few days, that Dark Night has even changed his lodgings. It's a magnificent, opulent place, I don't know what it is, but it exudes a holy aura. It's so bad that your master is afraid of being discovered, let alone telling anyone. When Dark Night is awake, he's always in places like that. I didn't bring my true form with me, and in this space-time, my demonic power is less than a tenth of what it used to be. Naturally, I don't dare to make any rash moves. Let alone picking up girls, it's even difficult for me to just wander around. That's why I was able to knock him out today when he got drunk and didn't go back to those places. I was able to take this opportunity to knock him out and run out to see you, Little Yan'er. And Little Yan'er actually doubts me. It's so heartbreaking." The master made a gesture of clutching his heart.

I rolled my eyes and stared at him suspiciously. "Really?"

The master looked pitiful and nodded.

I rested my chin on my hand, lost in thought.

Magnificent and resplendent? Awe-inspiring and sacred? What kind of place is that?

"Hey, Xiao Yan'er, have you seen that Princess Dawei? What does she look like? Is she beautiful?" Master came over with a grin.

I rolled my eyes at him. "Of course she's beautiful. Otherwise, why would she be called the most beautiful woman in the world? Go see for yourself if you want, don't ask me, I'm not telling you."

The master's face fell. "Little Yan'er, you know my current situation."

The dead monster really did look pitiful, and I started to worry. "Um, Master, how about we find someone else to possess? Aren't you affected by staying in places with holy energy all day?" After all, it was a monster, wasn't it?

"But who can I possess? If I can't find someone, with my current power, I'm afraid I can only stay for a day at most before I have to go back." My master looked pitiful, his gaze sweeping over me. "Unless, unless..."

“Unless what?” I asked.

"Unless Xiao Yan'er agrees to let me possess her. You are my destined one in cultivating demonic arts, and your body does not reject me." Master finished speaking very quickly, looking at me expectantly.

Chapter 118: Frivolity

I was dumbfounded, and it took me a while to recover. I was speechless, and couldn't help but feel a bit exasperated. "You, you want to... possess me?"

"Little Yan'er refuses? Then I can only continue to stay in those places with holy energy. There's nothing I can do about the damage to my power. If the damage is severe and affects my physical body..." The master's voice grew softer and softer.

A wave of sadness washed over me, and in a moment of impulse, the words slipped out: "Okay, I..."

"What are you doing?" Master immediately raised his head, his eyes sparkling, a glint of a scheme about to succeed in his eyes.

I almost bit my tongue. That damned monster, he tricked me again.