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

Chapter 829

"puff!"

An Jiuxi suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, watching helplessly as Chi Cang's figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

Grandpa Shi arrived at this moment. Seeing An Jiuxi sitting in meditation and the mouthful of blood she had spat out on the ground in front of her, he quickly stepped forward and infused her with spiritual energy.

A few minutes later, An Jiuxi suddenly opened her eyes and spat out another mouthful of blood.

Seeing the blood, Old Master Shi withdrew his spiritual energy and took a deep breath. "Alright, the resentment in your body should be gone now. But who did you meet? How did you end up in such a sorry state?"

An Jiuxi slowly stood up and picked up the broken photo frame from the ground.

"It was Chi Cang. He must have sneaked in looking for something and casually took Grandma's photo frame off the wall?"

She spoke with her head down, completely unaware of the strange look in the old man's eyes when he saw the broken photo frame in her hand.

I checked the picture frame.

The energy I initially sensed seems to have disappeared.

An Jiuxi gathered spiritual energy and covered the photo frame, attempting to rediscover the power she had previously sensed.

Grandpa Shi didn't say anything, he just stood by and watched her actions.

"what happened?"

An Jiuxi tried several more times, unwilling to give up, and even closed her eyes to feel it.

No matter what she did, she could never recreate the scene from the beginning, as if the images she saw for the first time were just a dream.

"Girl, how are you?"

Noticing the girl's dejected expression, Grandpa Shi worried that she was getting too caught up in her feelings and would make him feel uncomfortable. "If you don't feel it anymore, then it means it's gone. Don't force it and make yourself feel uncomfortable."

Understanding her grandfather's meaning, An Jiuxi composed herself, looked up at the old man with some apology, and said with a guilty tone, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I destroyed the photos that Grandma left behind."

Grandpa Shi waved his hand, "It's alright. I still have quite a few photos of your grandmother here. If you want to see them later, I'll have your sixth uncle take you. The most important thing is that you're alright. Nothing else matters."

Seeing the concern in the old man's eyes, An Jiuxi sighed helplessly.

“I won’t look at the other photos. It’s getting late, and I should go back to the Jin family home. Grandpa, please get some rest tonight.”

An Jiuxi gave a somewhat dejected smile. Although she felt that this was too much of a coincidence, it wouldn't make any difference if she caught up with Chi Cang now.

Although she didn't get any benefits from Chi Cang, he didn't get any benefits from her either.

That bolt of purple lightning just now will weaken Chi Cang's power for at least ten days to half a month!

There's absolutely no way they'd have the strength to come back home and look for anything!

"Alright, go back and get some rest. Don't worry about things here. I'll take care of everything." Old Master Shi patted the little girl's shoulder, and the smile on his lips faded only after he watched her leave.

He looked down at the broken photo frame in his hand and slowly disassembled the wooden frame.

Sure enough... the things inside were gone!

At this moment, Sixth Uncle stepped forward, his expression changing as he glanced at the man's hand. "Old Master, how did Chi Cang know about the things in here? Could it be that there's a traitor in our Shi family?"

You should know that this picture frame was something the old lady repeatedly instructed her to hang in the treasure pavilion before she passed away.

They said the thing sandwiched in the middle of the picture frame could help the young lady.

Now that the item is gone, and it doesn't seem like the young lady took it... then it could only have been taken by that Chi Cang!

"Sixth Uncle, please check on everyone in the house tonight. I'll be right back. Don't alert anyone."

Sixth Uncle nodded and watched the old man leave.

As he turned around, his face instantly darkened.