Xue Bufan rolled his eyes and suddenly changed his attitude. "Yu Tian, the biggest puppet restoration factory in Amethyst City is your family's, right?" He said.
Yu Tian was also cheap. Seeing that Xue Bufan was smiling at her, she remembered whether to eat or beat her. She hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."
Xue Bufan said, "Come closer."
Then, he whispered in Yu Tian's ear.
Yu Tian's expression changed, "Isn't this … not good? If they were discovered, they would probably attract trouble."
Xue Bufan said, "What, are you afraid? If you don't even have the guts, how can you be my woman?"
Yu Tian gritted her teeth and a cold look flashed in her eyes, "Alright! Just do as you please! Even if you want to go down to the sea of fire, I will still dance with you!"
…
At night.
"I didn't expect that this puppet would be so badly damaged." Xiang Nan hugged his shoulders and looked at his battle puppet.
He had barely received any serious injuries, but after the battle, the puppet's arms had actually undergone a slight transformation.
"Originally." Su Ran put on her makeup and said, "I didn't repair it last time. I only repaired 70% of it. The puppet's armor is not complete enough."
"However, don't worry. After tonight's performance, I will have enough money to completely repair the puppet."
"Go." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded, "Come on!"
Su Ran smiled sweetly at Xiang Nan and strode towards the arena. Tonight, there was still her second commercial performance.
In her heart, she suddenly felt a sense of reliance. This feeling was unprecedented.
It was as if two hearts were leaning against each other, warming and encouraging each other in an icy cold world.
On the other hand, Xiang Nan saw some qualities similar to his own on Su Ran's body. They were all so lonely, but they were filled with love for this world.
Work hard, live.
Due to her daytime accomplishments, Su Ran was confident that tonight's performance was even more successful, and it even attracted a rare chorus of 100,000 people!
Countless lights gathered on Su Ran's body, and countless people accompanied her in singing, flowers, applause, and resplendent together with the stars.
Xiang Nan stood at the entrance and quietly looked at Su Ran, "Perhaps in the world of martial arts, I am an expert, but in the world of commoners, you are the number one expert at the peak of perfection."
"What a stubborn and cute girl."
After the performance, Su Ran excitedly pulled Xiang Nan towards the puppet repair shop.
After handing the puppet over to the staff, she dragged Xiang Nan and gave him a good reward.
"Here you go, Lotus Leaf Roasted Chicken!" Su Ran happily handed over the roasted chicken with both hands.
"You're treating me to this?" Xiang Nan smiled and took the two chicken wings and handed them to Su Ran, "Your wings."
"Your wings!" Su Ran frowned at Xiang Nan, "Turn around and curse, don't think I can't hear you."
Xiang Nan smiled and said, "There will be an even more intense team competition tomorrow. Rest early and welcome the battle with full spirit."
When the two of them returned to the Crystal Palace, Su Ran was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a long time and pulled Xiang Nan to speak.
After waiting for her to fall asleep, Xiang Nan stopped smiling and gently flew up to the roof that pierced through the clouds.
"You've been with me for a long time, right? It's time for you to show yourself." Xiang Nan turned his back to the night sky and said to the air.
Behind him, a middle-aged woman appeared.
Xiang Nan looked back and said, "Do you know me? Or do you know Su Ran?"
The middle-aged woman also looked at Xiang Nan and said, "It's really not simple to find out that I'm following you."
"I have something to ask, what exactly are your intentions in following Su Ran?"
Xiang Nan said, "There is no intention."
The middle-aged woman laughed, "Don't think that you can hide it from everyone. With your strength, how could you possibly come to a small place like Amethyst City, let alone condescend to be employed by an ordinary person like Su Ran?"
"The way you killed a First Grade Hall expert has left a deep impression on me."
"Looks like you know quite a bit." Xiang Nan's expression was solemn, and a flash of lightning flashed through his eyes.
"Stop probing." The middle-aged woman said, "You can't find out anything about me."
"Let's cut to the chase. Just tell me what exactly you want from Tu Su Ran. If I have one, I can satisfy you. As long as you don't hurt her feelings."
"Originally, I was just puzzled, but now I can confirm it." Xiang Nan cupped his fists at the middle-aged woman, "I've heard a lot about you, Old Man Tian Ji, and Xiang Qingchou."
"How can I tell?" The middle-aged woman was not surprised.
Xiang Nan said, "Everyone says that Old Man Tian Ji's personality is changeable. I have thought for a long time but I don't understand the meaning of this sentence. Every Profound Dao expert has an odd temper, but no one would label it as odd."
"Tonight, I realized that the so-called changeful personality is because you have multiple personalities hidden within your body."
The middle-aged woman sighed and said, "Back then, I tried to enter the other world through the teleportation array. However, the array failed, but it attracted sixteen strands of consciousness from the other world."
"These sixteen strands of consciousness entered my body and coexisted with me. They almost killed me. You found out about the next thing from the City Lord through the file."
"Right now, my life is saved, but the sixteen consciousnesses will always coexist with me. My consciousness will change, and even my gender and physical characteristics will change as well."
"I want the Profound Ice Bomb." Xiang Nan did not intend to continue exploring the Heavenly Secrets Old Man, and directly said what he thought.
"Impossible." The beautiful woman refused.
"I will use the Red Devil Blood Lightning to exchange for it, and I am willing to give you everything I have." Xiang Nan said seriously.
The beautiful woman said, "Do you know why I bought the Profound Ice Bomb for such a large sum of money?"
"I would like to hear more about it." Xiang Nan said.
The beautiful woman looked at the sky and sank into her memories. She slowly said, "The imperial army and Su Hongtian's secret room that the sect rushed into are just one of them."
"Actually, Su Ran was forged by Senior Brother Su Hongtian in another secret room of the Mysterious Dao."
"But there's a big secret hidden in that secret room. I have to seal it with the Profound Ice Bomb so that outsiders won't be able to find it."
"That secret is Su Ran's only guarantee of survival."
Xiang Nan said, "There is no need to use divine lightning to conceal a secret chamber. If I'm not mistaken, there must be something with incomparably large fluctuations of spiritual energy hidden within the secret chamber."
"Yes." The beautiful woman didn't hide anything, "That thing was brought back by Senior Brother from the Devil Sea. It was also this thing that created Su Ran and saved me."
"Do you think I will trade with you for the Profound Ice Bombs?"
Xiang Nan nodded and turned to leave.
"What?" The beautiful woman laughed mischievously, "Do you know if you can bring the Profound Ice Bomb with you? Are you ready to give up?"
Xiang Nan did not turn around and said, "Regardless of whether I can obtain the cold lightning or not, I will continue to protect Su Ran. So far, my original intention has changed."
"I am her mercenary. I will use my life to defend her."
A light flashed in the beautiful woman's eyes as she said, "Win the championship, bring three puppets and Su Ran, and follow me to Senior Brother's secret room."
"If you can help me save Su Ran, then the Profound Ice Bomb will be given to you unconditionally."
"If we fail, the three of us will be buried in the Chamber of Secrets together. Do you dare?"
Xiang Nan turned around and smiled, "There are probably not many things in this world that I don't dare to do. I…"
Before she could finish speaking, the beautiful woman's voice was suddenly shrouded in a white mist. Immediately after, the beautiful woman turned into a twelve or thirteen year old child.
The little boy took out a string of candied gourds from his storage ring and licked it as he said to Xiang Nan, "Remember your promise. Don't break your promise. Otherwise, I don't care who you are, I will make you suffer."
Xiang Nanzhi was dumbstruck, "This has changed? It's really amazing."
