After being sentenced to death, she came to her senses.

While the outside world was in turmoil, the Star-Picking Tower remained quiet.

It took Fang Xiaoran a full day and night to remove all the Gu worms from the bodies of these poisonous individuals. She tried her best to preserve the Gu worms so that they would not be discovered by the mother Gu or by the person who planted the Gu.

Otherwise, she wouldn't need so long; a moment would have sufficed.

The Gu spirits are extremely devouring; ordinary Gu worms are no match for them.

After removing the Gu worms, she used the Gu Spirit to control the poisonous people and left them there temporarily.

With so many drug addicts acting together, riots are bound to break out.

After she left the secret pavilion, Silver Crane was still waiting for her there.

His hidden injuries were still there, and they were clearly not so easy to heal.

Fang Xiaoran intended to check his injuries, but Yinhe refused, saying, "This little injury is nothing, and besides, we don't have much time left."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xiaoran nodded slightly. "We should have discussed this at length, but we don't have much time left. If we miss this opportunity, we may not be able to wait for a suitable time again. However, we still need to wait a few more days. I need to make a good plan."

In Fang Xiaoran's view, Shang Lingzhu was no ordinary person. First of all, she had to pay extra attention to Millennium Tower. Although they could cause chaos in Millennium Tower and take the opportunity to make a move, they still had to ensure that nothing went wrong.

“I have found someone skilled in mechanisms and formations who may be able to accompany you to attack the central hub here,” Fang Xiaoran said. Upon hearing this, Yinhe nodded slightly, “Five days at most.”

"That needs to be arranged properly."

Fang Xiaoran immediately left the imperial city, while Yinhe remained stationed there. This time, Fang Xiaoran did not use her lightness skill to fly over the imperial city, but instead took the secret passage.

According to Yinhe, Millennium Tower is an underground mechanical city with secret passages connecting the upper and lower parts of the city. As long as you know where each secret passage connects, you can move freely within the city.

This is also one of the most important secrets of Millennium Tower. With this secret passage, as long as Millennium Tower receives a secret order, it can easily kill people without leaving a trace.

Emperor Zhao probably used this opportunity to secretly eliminate many potential threats.

It can be said that the Millennium Tower is one of the most important trump cards of the Shang Kingdom.

But this only applies to emperors; those shadow guards who were displaced from childhood and secretly trained are utterly innocent.

The secret passages were constantly changing. Fang Xiaoran walked through the long corridor, occasionally hearing faint footsteps, but she did not encounter any of the other shadow guards. When she came out of the last door, she found herself in an underground warehouse. It looked like it contained a lot of wine. As soon as she pushed open the door, she was greeted by the aroma of wine.

After she came out of the door, it closed automatically and then fit perfectly against the wall, leaving no trace. She tried to open it from the outside, but found that she couldn't open it at all, as if the door had never existed at all.

This is probably what they call a secret passage or mechanism. If it can be found by anyone easily, what's the point of having it?

Fang Xiaoran composed herself and walked up the wooden stairs, where she could faintly see light shining from above.

After passing through the light, she found herself in a long corridor, where people dressed as waiters were walking by carrying plates.

This is actually the back corridor of "Millennium Restaurant", the largest restaurant in Yancheng!

It seems that the Millennium Tower is inextricably linked to the underground Millennium Tower.

Remembering that Gu Yuqing often came here, Fang Xiaoran couldn't help but suspect that he might be the owner behind the Millennium Building. After all, Shang Linglan had said that Shang Lingzhu controlled the "dark web," so she must be the owner of the underground Millennium Building.

Gu Yuqing had taken her to the Ghost Market alley before, and seeing how well he knew the place, she had assumed he was doing business in the Ghost Market, which explained his wealth. Now it seemed that he might be the so-called master of the Ghost Market alley.

However, these are just guesses, but they are probably pretty close to the truth. It's possible that the chaos inside Millennium Building is related to him.

With the Shang Dynasty's imperial throne changing hands, will the Millennium Building also change hands?

In his previous life, Gu Yuqing was the one who survived to the end, and it's very likely that the Millennium Building would eventually belong to him.

Thinking about it this way, Fang Xiaoran became even more curious about Gu Yuqing, but at the same time, she had to be wary of him.

My master's warning was still fresh in my mind; this person might be even more terrifying than Shang Lingzhu.

Because he lay in the shadows, no one would suspect him.

Just then, Fang Xiaoran suddenly sensed a Gu spirit nearby. She looked up abruptly and saw the Gu spirit she had left on Gu Yuqing.

Is he here too?

Fang Xiaoran's fingertips twitched slightly, and the sensations transmitted by the Gu worms became increasingly clear.

She swiftly traversed the corridor, ascending the central staircase to the Yunyan Room on the third floor. A gust of wind arose, seemingly carrying a murderous intent. She abruptly pushed open the door and saw a man wearing a silver mask rushing towards her. But just as he took a step, a cold glint flashed, and a bloody gash appeared on his neck.

Blood spurted out!

The silver mask fell to the ground with a thud, and the man collapsed heavily to the ground right in front of her.

Fang Xiaoran stood there, staring blankly at Gu Yuqing, who was holding a folding fan and looking at her with a surprised expression.

She had seen this move before.

She died from this move in her previous life.

One sword to the throat, and no one survived.

Even she couldn't escape it.

Therefore, she knew this move all too well.

But she never expected that she would die at his hands.

Gu Yuqing clearly didn't know martial arts and had no internal energy at all, but she saw it very clearly just now: his folding fan opened and closed, transforming into sharp sword energy that killed her.

Before the blood could even gush out, the person quietly breathed their last.

She had always known that there was an extremely powerful person by Zhao Jin's side. She had thought of anyone else, but she never suspected it was him.

Looking into those peach blossom eyes, Fang Xiaoran's expression was complicated.

His mother killed her mother, and in his previous life he had taken her life; between them lay a deep-seated blood feud.

She had sealed her heart and locked away her love, but in the end, she had feelings for him.

It's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.

It was truly a cruel twist of fate. She thought that by living another life, she could sever her emotional ties and coldly observe the conflicts of the world, but she never expected that she would still be unable to escape it in the end.

Thinking of her past life, a cold glint flashed in Fang Xiaoran's eyes. Silver needles silently appeared at her fingertips, and her body moved almost instinctively. She swept past the corpses on the ground at an extremely fast speed and moved towards Gu Yuqing.

The silver needle pierced the air, aiming straight for Gu Yuqing's throat.

This man is her husband in this life, but also her enemy from her past life.

Fang Xiaoran's speed was so fast that she almost tore through afterimages, and the silver needles at her fingertips, coated with deadly poison, gleamed with a cold, eerie blue light in the candlelight.

At that moment, she was filled with murderous intent and attacked him with almost no restraint.

Just as the silver needles approached, Gu Yuqing snapped his folding fan shut, showing no intention of dodging. He simply stared at her calmly and stood still.

He didn't even intend to dodge.

Fang Xiaoran frowned, but her hands continued moving.

Just as the silver needle was about to pierce his throat, Fang Xiaoran slightly moved her wrist and suddenly turned it away.

The needle tip grazed Gu Yuqing's neck, drawing out a drop of blood, but ultimately embedded itself deeply into the wall behind him.

"Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?" She looked at him with a complicated expression, the murderous intent in her eyes not dissipating, but in the end, she still couldn't bring herself to do it.

She spared Qinglan's life, so how could she kill someone who had helped her many times? She couldn't do it.

Besides, even if she didn't want to admit it, she and he were no longer strangers. Now that they were inextricably linked, how could she take his life?

Gu Yuqing looked at the person on the ground with a puzzled expression and asked, "Do you know him?"

Fang Xiaoran was puzzled by his question and shook her head slightly, "I don't know him."

"Then why were you so angry when you saw me kill him? You even had murderous intent towards me."

He actually thought that her sudden murderous intent was because of the person on the ground.

Fang Xiaoran gave a bitter smile, but slowly approached. "It has nothing to do with him, Gu Yuqing. Have you been hiding too many things from me?"