Rebirth and Rewriting Fate

The group set off for Xuejiabao the next day.

"Master, the secret guards just discovered twelve corpses in the houses. They were all killed with a single blow, and all were from Dongchi," Sui Bo reported.

Gu Ruoxiao frowned. Dongfang Yunche had only left yesterday, and Gu Chengjie had killed so many people last night. He was simply a demon. At this moment, he was worried that Yun Chu might be frightened.

After the carriage traveled for two hours, they arrived at Xuejiabao.

"Where's the next stop?" Gu Chengjie asked, wiping the knife in his hand. Xi Yue stood silently behind him.

"This is it," Yun Chu said coldly.

Gu Chengjie looked at her and then said, "Go and search."

Half an hour later, the search party returned one after another. "Reporting to Master, we found nothing."

Gu Chengjie held the knife in front of Yun Chu and said sternly, "Ye Xingchen, you've tricked me again!"

"Hmph!" Yun Chu scoffed. "Dongfang promised me 30% back then. What do you say now?"

"You value money more than your life, don't you?"

"People die for money, birds die for food. Isn't that the way of the world? Besides, didn't you arrest me for money?" Yun Chu glanced at him sideways.

Gu Chengjie put down the knife. "Fine, I can give you 30%. I doubt you'd dare lie to me!"

Yun Chu exhaled and said, "Come with me."

She led her people through the garden for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and just as Gu Chengjie was about to lose his patience, she stood at the entrance to the treasure vault. She pressed a hidden mechanism, and instantly, the stone gate of the vault slowly opened. A gasp of amazement rippled through the crowd behind her.

Yun Chu took a step inside, but Gu Chengjie stopped her and said to the people behind her, "Why don't you go in first and see if there are any traps?"

The search party returned quickly. "Reporting to Master, everything inside is normal."

Yun Chu pushed aside the people in front of her and walked inside.

As they ventured deeper into the cave, it grew increasingly dark, and the guards pulled out their tinderboxes. Yun Chu twitched her lips, raised her hand, and pressed a mechanism. Instantly, light shone from the stone walls on both sides, illuminating the entire passageway with the glow of luminous pearls of varying sizes.

Someone in the crowd whispered, "Taking all these luminous pearls out would be a considerable windfall."

Yun Chu continued walking inward. She remembered that she still needed to walk a little further to lead them to the middle, then they would have no way to escape.

They passed through a series of passageways and doorways, finally entering the main room.

Inside the main room were rows of wooden chests. People surged forward, opening each chest in turn; inside were gold and silver treasures. They laid down their weapons, caressed the valuables, and their eyes gleamed with an indescribable excitement and satisfaction.

"There are two more inner rooms inside." As Yun Chu pointed in the direction, a large group of people rushed into the inner rooms.

Gu Chengjie narrowed his eyes. "You two keep an eye on her." With that, he walked toward the inner room, followed by Xi Yue and the others.

Although the two attendants were supposed to be watching Yun Chu, their eyes were fixed on the gold and silver treasures, filled with a desire for money.

"If you two don't go, there won't be any left later," Yun Chu said slowly.

The two attendants exchanged a glance, and one of them said first, "I'll go check. You keep an eye on things. Don't worry, I'll save you a copy." With that, he hurriedly ran inside.

The remaining creatures, though they were watching people, kept peering inside.

Yun Chu quietly pulled the wooden hairpin from her hair. She gently pressed the groove of the hairpin, and the next second she decisively pressed it against the neck of the person in front of her and pressed the poison needle.

Before the attendant could even speak, he fainted. Fortunately, the people in the treasure vault were blinded by desire and didn't notice anything amiss. Yun Chu gently laid him down and quietly retreated. Once she reached the door, she could press the stone wall to close the door and escape.

As she retreated, she observed the activity within the inner chamber. Reaching the mechanism, she pressed the button hidden in the stone wall, but it seemed to be stuck. Yun Chu frowned and pounded on it forcefully. The stone door finally slid down slowly. This was far too slow; Yun Chu felt an urge to curse.

"Ye Xingchen, what are you doing!" Gu Chengjie roared, then rushed towards her.

Yun Chu hurriedly raised the wooden hairpin and activated the mechanism to shoot out a poisoned needle, but Gu Chengjie pulled the person next to him to block one of the needles and continued to stride towards her. She quickly shot out a second needle, but Gu Chengjie, having learned from the first needle, dodged it.

Yun Chu retreated to the stone gate, which was about to close, and Gu Chengjie's hand had already grabbed her arm.

Without hesitation, Yun Chu plunged the entire wooden hairpin deep into his arm. Gu Chengjie cried out in pain and released his grip. Yun Chu quickly dodged and rolled away. Boom! The stone door slammed shut, kicking up clouds of dust.

Yun Chu quickly got up. She had to go through seven doors to reach the ignition point, light the fire, and then escape through the emergency exit. Gu Ruoxiao was still waiting for her.

She ran, and with each door she passed, she fell behind another stone door; she had to buy herself more time.

There was something she hadn't told Gu Ruoxiao: these stone doors could actually be opened from the inside. However, if she was quick enough to ignite the fire before the doors were opened, the entire place could potentially be razed to the ground. Yun Chu had come up with this plan when she went to Luoshui. At that time, she thought that if it succeeded, the matter of the treasure would be resolved. If not, then she would die here with the treasure and these people; after all, she was the one who caused the treasure's trouble, and she should be responsible for resolving it. In any case, she had to take the gamble.

But now she doesn't want to die. She has Gu Ruoxiao, and she wants to be with him. So, she has to hurry; she wants to live.

After passing through the fourth door, she bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction at the corner.

"Why are you here?"

The man didn't say anything, but immediately grabbed her hand and ran outside.

"Didn't I tell you not to come in?" Yun Chu said angrily as she ran.

The person didn't speak, but tightened their grip on her hand. They passed through door after door, finally arriving at the last place.

Chiwu and Chengfeng were looking around when they saw the newcomers. They called out, "Your Highness, Miss Yun Chu, over here!"

Chiwu quickly handed over a tinderbox, which Yun Chu took and immediately went to check the fuse and lit it one by one.

While she was lighting the fire, Gu Ruoxiao said, "You two go out first."

“Master!” Chiwu and Chengfeng hurriedly said.

"go out!"

The two exchanged a glance and hurriedly ran towards the escape route.

Soon, Yun Chu lit all the fuses and turned around, saying, "All done."

"Let's go!" Gu Ruoxiao nodded to her, grabbed her hand, and ran.

As soon as the two rushed out of the emergency exit, a series of loud explosions came from behind them. Gu Ruoxiao quickly shielded Yun Chu with her body.

A series of explosions shook the earth.