After being forced into marriage, the metaphysical master became the darling of the richest family.

Chapter 188

"careful!"

Jiang Wan sensed the malevolent energy and was about to push the person away when the malevolent energy suddenly changed direction and burrowed straight into her heart!

"what!"

Jiang Wan was startled and had no time to dodge; she was about to be controlled by the evil energy.

"Jingle Bell."

The clear, melodious sound of the bell echoed around her, instantly waking Jiang Wan up.

The murderous aura within his body was captured by Bai Pu the moment it emerged!

Seeing the malevolent energy writhing inside the glass bottle, trying to escape, Bai Pu shook the bottle, instantly stopping its movements.

"It seems someone is plotting against us from the shadows."

Bai Pu's cold gaze swept across the dense forest around him, as if he had spotted a fleeting dark figure in the distance.

I was just about to go and check it out.

He was stopped by someone.

Yuan Xiaofei glanced at the glass bottle in his hand. "Now is a critical moment. Don't chase after them. We need to prevent them from using this as a diversionary tactic."

Upon hearing this, Bai Pu could only frown and stop chasing after them.

His gaze fell on An Jiuxi, who had returned to the crowd. "Miss An, just now..."

Before he could finish speaking, An Jiuxi interrupted, "I've noticed that the opponent isn't as strong as us. Let's not worry about them for now, just be more careful."

After saying that, she reached out and pulled the peach wood sword out of the ground.

I don't know if I touched something just now, but a cut appeared on my fingertip for no reason, and the blood instantly seeped into the peach wood sword.

Meanwhile, in the capital city, the Shi family...

"Boom!"

A loud crash came from the ancestral hall in the backyard, and an old man with a white beard and a dusty face ran out of it.

Several young people rushed over, and seeing the old man's condition, they all looked worried.

"Grandpa, are you blowing up the ancestral hall again?"

Looking at the youngest boy, who seemed to be a freshman in college, I couldn't help but tease him.

Old Master Shi glared at him, and before he could say anything, he spat out a mouthful of ash.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Seeing the old man choke on his own, the group barely managed to suppress their laughter.

"Who touched the peach wood sword?!"

Old Master Shi glared angrily, his eyes scanning like laser beams, as if he wanted to find that person.

The group frowned and looked at each other in bewilderment.

The older man, dressed in a well-tailored suit, looked at his younger brothers and, seeing that they all shrugged to indicate they hadn't moved, then turned to the old man in front of him.

“Grandpa, we’re all busy dealing with other things, and besides, the capital city… naturally doesn’t have that many of those things.”

In short, they didn't do anything.

Upon hearing this, Old Master Shi frowned, glancing suspiciously at the ancestral hall out of the corner of his eye. "Alright, alright, you all go about your business and don't bother me here anymore!"

Without waiting for the others to speak, Old Master Shi took the lead and returned to the ancestral hall.

They're acting all mysterious; I wonder what they're researching?

"Big brother, is Grandpa really alright?"

Shi Xiuyuan glanced at Xiao Liu, who had asked the question, and thought that since his aunt had disappeared, the old man had been living in the ancestral hall. This was the first time he had been so disheveled.

"Don't worry, Xiao Liu. Grandpa was perfectly fine just now. He might even be able to climb the mountain in one go."

The nonchalant fifth brother patted the sixth brother on the shoulder, pulled him along as they walked, and said with a laugh, "You'd better hurry back and finish the task your advisor gave you. Seriously, is Tsinghua University that free? Why are you running around here every day?"

Fifth Brother, do you really not want to look at me?

Watching the two brothers leave, Shi Xiuyuan's eyes darkened slightly. "Go back first. Grandpa is alright, judging from his appearance."

The remaining people nodded and went about their own business.

Shi Xiuyuan, who was about to leave, hesitated for a moment and went back upstairs to his bedroom.

In the center of the black and white modern bedroom wall hangs a peach wood sword that clashes drastically with the room's decor.