Going against the will of heaven, summoning strange beasts, abandoning her daughter, she is addicted

As An Shiliu was about to get up, An Jiu glared at him coldly and said, "If I were her, I would regret saving you."

Upon hearing this, An Sixteen knew that An Nine was being sarcastic towards him, and his face turned bright red: "He did save me, and I will repay his life-saving grace. However, his origins are unknown, and he has taken over the identity of the Fifteenth Prince, so we must find out the truth."

“If he hasn’t done anything detrimental to the Dark Pavilion, I will apologize.”

An Jiu: "What if we do it?"

"Did you do it..." This question stumped Dark Sixteen.

On one side is the Dark Pavilion, and on the other is his savior. It's such a difficult choice! He can't really abandon his benefactor, can he?

"See? You don't even know how you'll bear the consequences of exposing her, so why bother exposing her at all?" An Jiu's words made An Shiliu fall into deep thought.

After a long while, he suddenly realized: "Wait a minute, An Jiu, are you in cahoots with him? Otherwise, why are you helping him?"

An Jiu: "He who takes a bribe is bound to be indebted to another."

"What did you take from him?" Dark Sixteen asked like a curious child. "Is there anything in this world that even you, Dark Nine, cannot resist?"

"Tell me about it?"

Seeing that Dark Nine was ignoring him, Dark Sixteen became even more curious: "I promise I won't tell anyone, and I won't tell the master that he is a fake Dark Fifteen for the time being."

Whether you tell me or not, what does it matter to me?

"So aloof! You've given me a cold. Are you going to take responsibility?"

An Jiu gave him a disdainful look: "You're a god-level expert, how could you catch a minor illness like a cold?"

"Of course not! I was just saying that. Do you even know what humor is?"

After finishing speaking, Dark Sixteen waved his hand and said, "Forget it, why should I talk about humor with a blockhead like you? Since you, Dark Nine, are going to protect him, he probably isn't a bad person. I just don't know what his purpose is in impersonating Dark Fifteen."

Guarantee? He didn't guarantee anything. It was just an exchange of equal value.

An Jiu thought this to herself, but did not reveal the truth.

Shadow overheard their conversation and relayed it to Ruan Yu verbatim. He then asked, "Master, not only did An Jiu not expose you, but he also told An Shiliu not to expose you. Should I... kill him?"

After hearing these words, Ruan Yu fell silent.

Why is An Jiu helping her? Everything about it seems strange.

"Let's hold back for now." In the end, she couldn't bring herself to make a firm decision.

"Have they left?" An Jiu murmured to herself, noticing the departure of the person outside the window.

"What? Gone? Dark Nine, what are you babbling about? Give me 20,000 soul stones." Dark Sixteen didn't understand.

An Jiu shook his head: "Open your mouth."

He took out the medicine, "With her pills, your injuries should be fully healed by tomorrow night at the latest."

"His? Who is it? My savior? He actually fed me such a miraculous pill? No wonder you stopped me from reporting to the lord, it turns out you had your eye on your savior's pill!" Dark Sixteen solved the case.

"Oh, my benefactor not only saved me from the fire but also gave me a life-saving pill, which means he saved my life twice!" he exclaimed in surprise. "It's a good thing you stopped me, otherwise I would have felt guilty for the rest of my life if I had harmed my benefactor because of this."

"Aren't you afraid she'll do something bad to the Dark Pavilion now?" An Jiu teased.

An Sixteen couldn't even manage a bitter smile, his whole body aching: "He was able to save me, so he can't be a bad person." After all, Ruan Yu wasn't An Fifteen; she had only met him once.

In just one encounter, he actually risked his own safety to save himself.

Can such a person be considered evil?

Time quickly passed to noon on the second day.

The sun was blazing, and Ruan Yu had cultivated all night without making any progress. She gave up and decided to first gather information about the Dark Pavilion.

With a shadow trailing behind her, Ruan Yu swaggered through the hidden chambers. Her first stop was the interconnected main halls. The hall that had been destroyed the previous day had been repaired overnight.

She didn't go there; the Lord of the Dark Pavilion was inside.

Let's avoid it if we can.

There were also people in the other halls, but they were members of the Dark Pavilion. According to Dark Fifteen's memories, the people in these halls were Dark One, Dark Two, and Dark Three.

These three people have been in seclusion for many years, and An Shiwu has never even seen their faces.

I'd guess he's a powerhouse on par with the Lord of the Dark Pavilion; his strength must be considerable.

Sigh, Ruan Yu is under even more pressure now.

If she had known, she wouldn't have gotten involved in the Dark Pavilion. Now, she's killed someone from the Dark Pavilion, and she has no chance to escape.

"Master, there's some unusual activity outside the city." As soon as Shadow finished speaking, Ruan Yu appeared at the location of the unusual activity.

She sensed it even before her shadow.

"Intruder, kill!" When Ruan Yu arrived, she saw two members of the Dark Pavilion trampling another person under their feet.

With expressionless faces, they beheaded the man in front of the passersby.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Such a bloody scene failed to cause any disturbance among the crowd.

The people merely glanced at it indifferently before continuing with what they were doing, as if they were already used to it.

Have many people broken into the Dark Pavilion before?

Ruan Yu couldn't help but gasp. Luckily, she was using the identity of Dark Fifteen, otherwise she would have been discovered as soon as she entered.

Perhaps Ruan Yu had been staring at them for too long, because after the two members of the Dark Pavilion disposed of the body, they all turned to look at them. "Fifteen, what are you doing here?"

"Hasn't the lord given you a new task?"

These two are Dark Four and Dark Eight, respectively.

Dark Four has a rather outgoing personality and can chat with anyone, including Dark Fifteen, with whom he has barely spoken more than a few words.

He stepped forward and put his arm around Ruan Yu's shoulder: "The beauty you brought back self-destructed, injuring the master and destroying the main hall, yet the master didn't cause you any trouble?"

Ruan Yu pushed his hand away and answered flawlessly: "It wasn't my order for the beauty to self-destruct. The lord is wise and understanding, so naturally he won't blame me."

"Sophistry! You brought this back, so of course you bear some responsibility." An Si's voice rose.

Just as Anba was about to argue with Ruanyu, Anba came over and pulled Ansi back, saying, "Alright, finish your business and go back quickly."

Upon hearing this, An Si immediately shut his mouth and disappeared from the spot along with An Ba.

On the street, people come and go.

"Return immediately," a male voice transmitted.

This startled Ruan Yu.

Dark Nine.

What does he want with me? Is he going to threaten me or something?

I should have just had Shadow kill him last night; that would have ended it all.

"I'm here." Ruan Yufei flew to the outside of An Jiu's room and strode inside.

She was greeted not by Dark Nine, but by Dark Sixteen.

"My benefactor, I've been waiting all day, and you've finally arrived." Dark Sixteen, this madman, opened his arms to hug Ruan Yu.

An Jiu spoke first, even before Ruan Yu: "She is a woman."