Guilongchao: I played the domineering CEO to the bone.

Within a minute, the Longevity Lock swiftly disappeared several miles away, turning several streets away from Min Moyou before finally stopping in a dark, deserted alley.

With a long sigh, Changmingsuo chuckled:

"Now they won't be able to find us, right?"

"You think you can catch me, your grandma? Don't you even know if you have the strength?"

Changmingsuo pulled out the checks she had tucked into her handbag, and then excitedly pulled out a black ink fountain pen from the same bag.

He leaned against the wall of a fairly wide dead-end alley at the end of the lane, the exterior wall of which was unknown.

The little hands swiftly scribbled the pen on check after check, writing the same "9" under different issuing authorities.

Her delicate pink tongue licked the inside of her thin lips in circles, rhythmically singing softly:

"I'm rich! I'm rich! I'm rich..."

Like a kitten that's stolen some fish, hiding in a corner, clutching its stolen catch, meowing softly while shamelessly squinting its eyes and savoring its prize over and over again...

In this deserted corner, only then can the longevity lock shed its disguise.

He casually filled in the amounts for a few checks, and Changmingsuo's movements gradually slowed down. Looking at the numbers representing money on the checks, he suddenly felt bored.

With a long, drawn-out sigh, a profound emptiness filled the void left by the missing part of his heart.

A lump formed in my throat, and I let out a sigh of relief, stopping what I was doing.

"Alright, that's enough... We don't even know if he has that many."

Changmingsuo tore off seven or eight checks with numbers filled in, put them into her small handbag, and tucked them into her pocket.

"What's the point of me having so much money?"

A purple, eerie flame flickered in his hand. After a moment's hesitation, he burned the remaining blank checks to ashes.

"If this windfall had come while Grandma was still alive..."

"How wonderful that would be."

"Tsk..."

He extinguished the yin fire in his hand, opened the red umbrella, and pushed up his round-framed sunglasses.

During the day, he would hold an umbrella, hiding his body under a red oil-paper umbrella and his eyes behind dark sunglasses. It seemed that only in this way could he feel a sense of security, separating his barely concealed sadness from his reality.

Only then can she turn back into that heartless little madwoman, back into that crazy woman that no one dares to mess with.

In the gathering of a thousand people, every single one was a madman with a beast's heart.

How can someone who can't go mad survive by locking away their life force and become an outcast? How can they lie low? How can they integrate into their society? How can they rise through the ranks? How can they steal the power of the Pulaolong Mantra?

By the time Changmingsuo walked out of the alley in her little leather shoes, the happy look on her face had returned, just like when she had just swindled the money.

She skipped and hopped, her small steps a series of jumps and kicks, and a deep, unfathomable smile was revealed on her thin lips, visible only under the umbrella.

Humming a creepy nursery rhyme, muttering to himself:

"Is this Shancheng Lane? Time to go meet my two future new buddies~"

Only she knows what she's thinking:

Just wait... Grandma...

Once I've slaughtered all the villains of the Thousand Faces Gathering, stolen their masks, and obtained enough power from the Pulao Dragon Curse...

I will kill the holder of the Pulaolong Curse! I will steal the Pulaolong Curse! I will tear up the contract that Grandma signed back then! And bring you back...

Just wait! Just wait! Just wait!

When that time comes, I, this heartless little thing, will return to your side and serve you with filial piety.

Wait for me, wait for me, wait for me, wait for me...

grandmother.....

........

The longevity lock, burdened with worries, walked for a while towards Shancheng Lane.

It might have taken only ten seconds, but it felt like half an hour had passed...

Where am I now?

Changmingsuo snapped out of her daze, raised her umbrella, and found herself in a familiar surrounding. Pedestrians hurried by, yet all were eerily quiet, creating an inexplicable sense of unease…

But they didn't know what the problem was—Longevity Lock was arrogant and had superior strength, so they didn't think that someone had used any tricks on them.

The unease in my heart was just due to the lingering affection I still felt for my grandmother, and a feeling of being out of sorts.

But having long operated in the gray area, she remained vigilant, extending her magical power in all directions to search every possible hiding place, but found no ambush...

It couldn't possibly be that Min Moyou who caught up with us, could it?

Why did he chase after me? He's got two weaklings with him. If they caught up with me, all three of them would be killed.

Zhenlong Division?

The Zhenlong Division wouldn't be so sneaky...

Thousands of reunions!

Changming Suoxin's heart immediately sounded an alarm bell—she couldn't let the people in the Thousand Faces Gathering see her just now!

The next moment, as if sensing something, the longevity lock quickly turned its head to look behind it!

That secluded alley is still there, dark and quiet.

Squinting, I didn't see anything suspicious.

The Longevity Lock imbued its senses into its magical power, spreading it out to probe in all directions for five minutes, remaining on guard in place for the same five minutes, but finding absolutely nothing, it finally withdrew its gaze and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey~ What's with all the suspicion?"

"You scared yourself."

After a series of warnings proved fruitless and the search was repeated again and again, the longevity lock finally strode away into the distance.

"Don't keep my two new accomplices waiting..."

Huh? Where am I supposed to go?

The little leather shoe with the longevity lock stopped in mid-air, and suddenly felt disoriented.

There was no one around, yet a faint, rustling sound seemed to come from nowhere:

"Turtledove, your damn sleeping potion didn't work either? It only lasted ten seconds before someone almost found out and broke free from your illusion."

"...So you really did make a scene to wake her up because you wanted to fight her, right, Peacock?"

"Hey, the result won't change anyway..."

"What's wrong with just drugging her and taking her back? Why did you have to fight her... Ugh... Unseemly, unseemly."

What's going on?! I've been infected?! ???

The longevity lock immediately slapped itself hard, its mind frantically telling itself that this world was fake!

No pain came, but the world spun before my eyes, a strong sense of dizziness surged, and everything went dark...

When Changmingsuo opened her eyes again, she found herself still in that dark alley, leaning comfortably against the wall, not even having taken the checks and pen out of her bag.

At that time?!?!?

With a light sniff, the longevity lock detected a subtle, unusual fragrance, slightly different from the damp moss—what a despicable tactic! Who in this *civilized* region could possibly defend against this?!

Changmingsuo immediately realized that she needed to hold her breath to avoid falling into the enemy's trap again.

Who exactly is it...?

Before my thoughts could even process it, a sudden, intense sense of anxiety filled the air.

Before it could react or block with its umbrella, the longevity lock could only roll to the other side to dodge.

"boom!"

A massive halberd, adorned with coiled dragons, descended from the sky, embedding itself firmly in the spot where she had just stood...

.........