C49 (2/2)

It was as if Jiuhua Hall had returned to its former cold and clear state due to the loss of a certain young girl's voice and smile. Qin Zheng raised his sword-like eyebrows unconsciously, and swept his sharp gaze across the locked door of Jiu Mu Li's room. ”What is she doing? Why didn't you see her coming out to eat and grab medicine today? ”

Director Chen, who had been worried for an entire day, felt his heart first tremble, then he said with a face full of smiles, ”Won't the battle of life and death arena determine the fate of the Ninth Miss ten days from now? Ninth Miss specially decided to cultivate behind closed doors from today onwards in order to prepare for the battle ten days later. ”

As he told this lie that he had spent an entire day trying to figure out, he carefully observed Qin Zheng's expression, afraid that Qin Zheng would see through it.

Qin Zheng did not sense anything amiss, but nodded his head thoughtfully and walked forward with large strides.

A huge stone in Director Chen's heart suddenly dropped to the ground. He was secretly rejoicing in his heart when he suddenly heard Qin Zheng's cold voice, ”Director Chen.”

”What orders does Master have?” His breath caught in his throat and he nearly choked on it. His heart was in his throat again.

Qin Zheng said indifferently, ”Inform the palace maids not to disturb her cultivation near Ninth Miss's palace.”

”Yes sir!”

Jiu Mu Li, who was heading straight for Purgatory Volcano, had a particularly dull and dry journey. Other than sleeping and walking around, all of them were either traversing the mountain ridges or traversing the marsh.

According to the map given to her by the Director Chen, she was facing Purgatory Volcano. Jiu Mu Li took a deep breath, and walked forward resolutely.

She knew that the real challenge would begin at the foot of the mountain along the way.

There were two things that would pose a threat to her within the Purgatory Volcano. One of them was the demonic beasts that filled the entire mountain and the other was scorching hot magma that was dozens or even hundreds of degrees of heat. It was something that the current her could not withstand, so she had to be extra careful.

However, Jiu Mu Li did not expect that after stepping into the Purgatory Volcano, she would face her greatest danger.

A group of men in black appeared in front of her, and seemed to compare notes with a scroll. The leader of the group shouted, ”Discovered mission target!”

Thus, the formation of the black clothed person changed, gradually dispersing from her original state. They surrounded her from all directions, making it impossible for her to escape.

Thinking about it this way, she had a lot of enemies. From Jiu Tian Xue, Prince Zheng, to Xingyue and the Liu Gui Fei behind her, there had been another Nan Gong Xue Ji recently, it was really lively.

Just as the group of black-clothed men were about to attack, another group of assassins appeared and rushed towards Jiu Mu Li.

The two groups of people surrounded her completely, leaving no room for retreat.

”Are you sure you're here to kill me?” Jiu Mu Li pointed at herself, her face filled with helplessness. She actually wanted to know, who was the one who was so impatient to take away her head right after she left the palace.