“They're in the square where they were tied up.” “Like how many people are guarding them?” Shi Yue shook her head, a contemplative stare in her eyes. “They should be around twenty to fifty. Even though three of them lost their cultivation after ingesting the poison, none of them dares to underestimate them. But I heard they were tortured to the point that they were nearly unconscious.” Alvin chuckled and shook his head wryly. “Greed seems to be a universal problem. Not just earth and medicine sage valley, even this place is rotten senseless all because of a few people's greed.” His ex betrayed him because of greed, Yuwen Hao sold Medicine sage valley because of greed, the doctors who hurt Oliver were working for the evil organization due to their greed. All the tragedies he had encountered so far in his life could all be traced to a single source—greed. The excessive desire to have more power than required and stand at the top of the world. “Alright, let's go.” He whisp

Alvin immediately lunged for it with surprising agility and also flipped out a spell to block the sound with Shi Yue's eyes as wide as saucers. He replaced it and glared at Shi Yue who clasped her hands together in a pleading action, begging him to forgive her. He angrily carried her into the dressing room. “Did you hear that?” One of the guards asked, making their hearts jump out of their rib cages. They held their breaths and Alvin looked at her accusingly. After a short stretch of silence, they heard a second voice who answered in reply to the earlier question. “What noise?” “Forget it.” They finally exhaled when the guards dismissed the sound and Alvin gently set her down before the tunnel entrance. “Let's go.” “Before we go, I want to pay a visit to the treasury and clean it out. I won't give them that satisfaction after what they did to get their hands on it.” Alvin’s eyes widened in disbelief, then narrowed. “Have you gone crazy? If we take a detour to the treas

Shi Yue's heart felt warm as she watched the worried Jian Li Chen pacing around in agitation. Her heart tingled a bit, momentarily forgetting about her panic nor the fact that Alvin had not returned yet. ‘Jian Li Chen, I think I owe you an apology.’ She muttered, watching him. After that incident, news came that he shut himself in, refusing to eat or meet anyone. The next time he came out, he had broken through to a higher realm. She and Jian Li Chen used to have only a slight margin of strength between them, with Shi Yue being slightly stronger. The difference was very negligible, but there nonetheless. So after that incident, he began to cultivate and level up like a mad man, becoming the formidable man he currently was. In a way, Shi Yue's insults and humiliation helped shape his transition from a young genius to a legend on the global charts. A feat which Shi Yue herself had yet to achieve. Sure, she was in the genius ranking list, but he had since upgraded to the global ch

Jian Li Chen had many questions to ask her, things he never understood. Why did she hate him so much back then? Could he have offended her without knowing it? Will she accept him now? Would there still be a chance for them to get married? Why does she still refuse to take his hand, even in the current state of things? Did he look that unreliable? But in the end, it all formed a huge lump in his throat, choking him to death. “I don't dare to ask for a chance, or tell you how I truly feel about you. For me, agreeing to the marriage arrangement back then was not a political move. I really liked you.” He muttered under his breath, but Shi Yue heard it anyway and smiled, her heart feeling unexpectedly warm. And she felt remorseful for the times she had mocked him during international tournaments, called him a weak peacock and topped it off with the ultimate humiliation at their engagement party. She went down on one knee and bowed before him. “I owe you an apology. For ruining you

At that point, he heard a rustling and the sound of hurried footsteps as the system counted twenty seconds to go. “Young master!” Shi Yue shouted loudly, jumping into the formation just when Alvin was about to convince Shi Wei that Shi Yue was safe with Jian Li Chen. She was sweating and panting, a look of profound relief on her face “You stupid girl, what took you so long? The formation is a few seconds away from launching. I thought you decided to elope with your fiancé.” Alvin snapped and attached the leather bind to her hand that was still healthy. He repeated the process for Shi Wei and sighed in relief. “That was so close.” He whispered, sighing in relief as he sat in the middle of the formation, the other four behind him. “Sorry, I came late, I took a long detour to avoid being followed.” Shi Yue muttered, looking at the leather band on her right wrist. The bind on each of their wrists was to make sure they could feel each other and were attached to Alvin in case of