Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Shen Mu sneered. He glanced at Zhou Jinghuai and, judging from his expression, he already knew what he was thinking.

It was simply because Prime Minister Pei tried to change the emperor's mind in front of everyone in the imperial study, which angered the emperor and led to his dismissal and trip to Philadelphia with them.

"Ah, that's right. If it weren't for that, I might not have been able to discover it in time, and you would have had to go to the Southern Barbarians too."

Zhou Jinghuai originally intended to say goodbye to him, but before he could even enter the gate of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he was informed by An Jinglian's men that Shen Mu had already set off for the Southern Barbarians.

All matters concerning the Embroidered Uniform Guard have been handed over to An Jinglian for management.

Shen Mu paused upon hearing this.

"Did you see that one from the An family?"

"How do you know? What is he doing there? Is the emperor really going to hand over the Embroidered Uniform Guard to him?" Zhou Jinghuai naturally did not believe that the emperor would be so incompetent.

An Jinglian's dissolute and dissolute behavior is no different from mine.

"Let's see when the emperor's show ends. Right now, we don't have much to do with the capital. But I do need you to do something for me."

"What is it?"

the other side

Thirteen returned to the carriage, fortunately without being discovered by Zhou Jinghuai.

But no sooner had he sat down than a cold voice came from outside the carriage.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Thirteen?"

A strange female voice made Thirteen pause. She lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and looked out, only to see a girl in a light purple dress standing in front of the carriage.

She frowned slightly, trying to recall if she knew this woman.

The woman seemed to sense the gaze directed at her. She looked up at Thirteen, her clear and innocent face instantly leaving Thirteen somewhat bewildered.

"You are Thirteen!"

The woman lowered her voice to a very low hue, and her tone suggested that she was not making a casual guess.

Thirteen sized up the other person before jumping out of the car.

Right now, Pei Suisui is still unconscious in the carriage, so she can't let outsiders in at will.

"Girl, can I take a step to speak?"

The woman spoke first, pulling on Thirteen's sleeve as they walked towards the woods not far away.

Thirteen was a little confused. By the time she came to her senses, she was already standing under the tree.

"You're looking for me? Who are you?" She was a little unsure, as there were probably very few people in this mortal world who could easily recognize her.

Not to mention a little girl she had never seen before.

The woman clearly noticed her confusion and chuckled softly.

"I am from Xichen, and my name is Qin Rao. You must be no ordinary person, young lady?"

The moment the woman finished speaking, the subtle pressure emanating from her body caused Thirteen to stagger a few steps. Thirteen looked at the woman with a panicked expression and frowned.

"Are you from Xichen? What do you want with me?"

She secretly sized up Qin Rao but found nothing unusual.

Qin Rao slowly raised his eyes, looking at her thoughtfully.

"Young lady, you must have lost all your divine power recently, right?"

"you……"

"It was the Demon Lord who did it, wasn't it? He must have cast a spell on you. I'm afraid even that brat surnamed Shen doesn't know about this." Qin Rao's eyes were sharp, and he saw through Thirteen's true nature at a glance.

Her original intention was simply to find Thirteen and take a look. After all, she would be very interested in a girl who could be remembered by General Xichen for two hundred years.

What she didn't expect was that all the divine power in this girl's body dissipated!

"You mean Shen Mu? He... shouldn't know." Thirteen struggled a bit. Even she hadn't expected that the dissipation of her divine power was due to a curse cast on her by Sun Youzhi.

"What could he possibly know? He's lived for hundreds of years and still hasn't figured things out. I think you still have something on you that could seal away your previous divine power, right?"

Qin Rao's gaze fell on Thirteen's neck, her tone very certain, as if she had already seen through him.

Thirteen subconsciously took a few steps back, feeling a bit scared.

"Who exactly are you?" she asked in surprise, not even Shen Mu and the others had noticed the compass pendant on her.

She had been wearing this item close to her body ever since she woke up on Mount Cangqiong.

In order to prevent her divine power from leaking out and being backfired by divine power in the mortal world, she had her master place a seal on it.

"I told you, I am Xichen Qinrao, and Zhou Jinghuai is my nephew."

"Zhou Jinghuai?"

Thirteen's expression was somewhat stiff. She couldn't confirm the other party's identity at the moment, and her tone was tinged with doubt.

"Don't you know him?" Qin Rao couldn't help but probe.

Thirteen nodded. If the other party was truly from the Western Star Divine Kingdom, she wouldn't be able to fake it.

After all, someone who could see through her loss of divine power at a glance could not possibly be an ordinary mortal.

“I know him, the third young master of the Zhou family. I’ve heard he’s also from Xichen.”

"Is that all you know?"

Qin Rao frowned slightly as she carefully observed the other person's expression, which did not appear to be lying.

Thirteen nodded matter-of-factly, unaware of the other party's unusual behavior.

"He descended to the mortal realm to capture the Demon Lord with Shen Mu and the other two, as did I. However, I almost lost my life when I fought with Sun Youzhi. That's all I know."

"When did you meet Zhou Jinghuai?" Qin Rao couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

She remembered Zhou Jinghuai telling her that the girl who had fallen to the mortal world seemed to have long forgotten him, and even her appearance had changed.

Clearly, from Qin Rao's perspective, Thirteen did not appear to be a fake.

"When did we meet? Why should I tell you?"

Although Qin Rao saw right through her, she didn't want to tell her everything right now. After all, she was afraid that if the visitor had ill intentions, she wouldn't be able to inform Shen Mu and the others for the time being.

Qin Rao seemed to sense her concerns and tossed her a jade pendant from his person.

Thirteen reached out and caught it; the jade pendant was crystal clear and had the surname Zhou engraved on it.

Upon closer inspection, it doesn't resemble anything from the ordinary mortal world.

"This is the Xichen Jade Token. If you need any help in the future, you can come to me with this jade token when you arrive in Xichen."

Qin Rao's words made Thirteen even more puzzled.

Why would someone offer to help a complete stranger like her, let alone make such a big promise?

You should know that she has always lived on Cangqiong Mountain and has never had any contact with any Xichen people.

Thinking of this, Thirteen couldn't help but raise his head and say...

"Why are you helping me?"

But as soon as she looked up, she saw that there was no one there.

Her heart sank. When did the other person arrive? When did they leave? She hadn't noticed at all.

Thirteen felt a cold sweat trickle down his back, realizing that today was indeed an unusual day.

She carefully put the jade pendant away and turned to walk towards the carriage where Pei Suisui was.

Qin Rao stood on a branch of a towering tree, her figure hidden by the dense foliage.

She gazed thoughtfully at Thirteen's departing figure, a hint of curiosity creeping into her heart.

Has this girl really forgotten Zhou Jinghuai completely?