Her destiny stolen? The Divine Witch Ancestor has returned!

Perhaps it was because the emotions in his eyes were too obvious that Wu Zhao was taken aback by his gaze.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Gu Chen shook his head slightly, quickly composed himself.

He said, "Many people used to say that I was the cause of my mother's death."

Wu Zhao angrily retorted: "That's utter nonsense!"

"You are born under the Ziwei Emperor Star, an extremely auspicious and rare destiny. People connected with you will be influenced by your destiny."

Even if they don't soar to great heights, they will still be very wealthy and powerful.

She sneered: "It was someone who was greedy and wanted to take your destiny that caused your mother's death. It wasn't your fault, so you don't need to blame yourself."

The hand gripping his arm was tight. Wu Zhao emphasized, "Your destiny will only bring better and better things to those around you. Those who scheme against you will pay the price!"

She will be their price!

Wu Zhao made up his mind.

A clear, crisp bell sound suddenly rang out from outside the window.

Something is getting closer, rubbing against the crack in the glass.

A slight rustling sound could be heard.

Wu Zhao cautiously looked up at the window that was covered by curtains.

She gestured for Gu Chen to be quiet.

"coming."

With a creak, the window was opened.

A sea breeze blew in, revealing shadows outside the window.

A dark green snake slid down the wall and into the house.

Yin Snake Gu!

Upon closer inspection, Wu Zhao noticed a pattern resembling an eye on the top of the snake's head.

This is a sign that the Yin Snake Gu has matured, and a mature Yin Snake Gu requires the refinement of the blood and bones of more than ten children.

A very insidious Gu poison.

What a ruthless means!

Wu Zhao took out the talisman from his body.

She quickly touched Gu Chen's hand, then pressed the purple energy into the talisman.

Lightning crackled across the talisman in an instant.

"Close your eyes," she instructed Gu Chen, then raised her hand and flung the talisman out.

The snake-like creature opened its mouth wide and swallowed the talisman, its bright red tongue appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Wu Zhao sneered, "You dare to devour the fortune of the Emperor Star?"

"Blow it up!"

With a soft "poof," just as the snake-like creature was about to approach menacingly, the talisman it had swallowed exploded inside its body.

The overhead lights were also turned off at the same time.

Wu Zhao felt his physical strength and spiritual energy being rapidly depleted, and his face turned somewhat pale.

Meanwhile, in a secluded room far away, the sorcerer who was controlling the snake gu suddenly changed his expression and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

"Damn it, what hurt my Gu worms?!"

"You won't get away with hurting my baby!"

The snake-like creature, its belly ripped open, was reduced to just its head. After struggling briefly on the ground, it sprang up with lightning speed.

"Be careful!" Gu Chen warned.

Wu Zhao raised his hand, and a beam of black light suddenly shot out from the ring on his finger, striking the snake gu's head directly.

"Cough-cough-"

Gu Chen put his arm around her. "Are you alright?"

Wu Zhao, who was nestled in Gu Chen's arms, felt as if she were soaking in a hot spring.

The warm purple aura enveloped her, continuously repairing her damaged meridians.

With her eyes closed, Wu Zhao felt that she couldn't be better right now.

"Zhaozhao? What's wrong?" Gu Chen asked worriedly when he didn't hear a response.

In the pitch black, he couldn't help but grope around with his hands, gently stroking her back.

Feeling the sensation from behind, Wu Zhao shivered and quickly said, "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired!"

Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're alright. What was that just now?"

"It's the sorcerer's snake venom. He really is worried about Lin Lele and came looking for her."

Wu Zhao answered, climbing out of Gu Chen's arms.

Seeing that the light was broken, she said, "This room is uninhabitable. I'll go find Qingyao to prepare a new room for you."

"We'd better get out of here as soon as possible; they're probably starting to get suspicious."

Gu Chen pondered, "There's still a banquet to go before it ends. If we leave abruptly, they might become suspicious."

"You've dealt with the snake venom they sent to investigate, so they're probably already on guard."

Thinking about it this way, Wu Zhao also felt that what he said made sense.

“In that case, let’s find a way to force them to release us ahead of schedule.” Wu Zhao suddenly had a good idea.

She said, "Snake Gu is a very important treasure for sorcerers. My destruction of it has inevitably damaged the foundation of sorcerers."

"No matter how badly the sorcerer is injured, he will definitely be unable to deal with the problem of Earl of the Night."

Gu Chen understood: "You want to use this as a pretext to negotiate with Earl of the Night?"

Wu Zhao nodded.

The Earl of the Night's ultimate goal in auctioning that raw stone was to prolong his life, if the sorcerer couldn't solve his problems.

Therefore, the final ownership of that rough stone remains unknown.

Wu Zhao's only worry now is that she clearly sensed the sorcerer's anger when he left after the auction that day.

That's why she concluded that the people who bought the rough stone weren't them.

But the Earl of the Night clearly has a deal with the sorcerer. What is going on?

To whom was that rough stone sold?

Perhaps only by meeting Earl of the Night will we know the answer.

I'll go see him first thing tomorrow morning.

After Wu Zhao finished speaking, he prepared to go find Qing Yao to change his room. Behind him, Gu Chen said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

"I did receive payment," Wu Zhao said with a smile, touching the ring on his hand.

Although the amount of luck gained from this contact is only a little, the speed of body repair is also very slow.

Little by little, she thought, and went downstairs to find Qingyao.

Gu Chen watched her leave, then opened his palm and looked at it.

A flash of golden light disappeared from his eyes.

"I really wish you could be a little greedier..."

Upon learning that something bad had indeed approached their villa, Qingyao and Hongyao felt very guilty.

Despite being the head of the family's guards, they were completely useless!

While helping the head of the family change rooms, Qingyao apologized to Gu Chen.

"I'm sorry, Master, I couldn't be of any help."

Gu Chen replied, "It has nothing to do with you, so there's no need to blame yourself."

Wu Zhao chimed in, "Ordinary people can't deal with snake venom; it's not your problem."

Qingyao and Hongyao fell silent; they hadn't expected such an incomprehensible thing to happen on the island.

Fortunately, the other side did not send any other Gu worms besides the snake Gu.

The night passed.

As soon as it was dawn, Wu Zhao discovered that the little paper figure that had left the night before had returned.

The whole piece of paper was wet and almost turned into a lump.

"What happened? Did you go into the water?" He stretched the little paper figure out, somewhat speechless.

The little paper figure danced around in her palm for a while before stopping and remaining still.

Wu Zhao raised an eyebrow: "You mean you encountered corpses controlled by a corpse driver in the sea?"

"Then a lot of zombies were digging for things on the seabed, and one of them was holding up a finger bone as if it was sensing something?"

The little paper figure nodded repeatedly, forgetting that it was soaking wet and had almost knocked its head off.

Poking at the little paper figure's head to prevent it from falling off, Wu Zhao asked in great confusion, "What's going on..."

"I've heard of beachcombing for seafood, but this is the first time I've heard of corpse transporting... 'hauling' means hauling bones?"