Chapter 10

As the night deepened, Li Xianyuan was at home.

Yue Nu, dressed in a pure black night suit, wore a black gauze palace hat, held her sword, and stepped out of the room.

Li Xianyuan was pacing anxiously in the courtyard, muttering, "Why hasn't she come back yet? Why hasn't she come back yet?"

Yue Nu gave Li Xianyuan a cold glance and walked briskly toward the door.

"Where are you going, Miss Yue Nu?" Li Xianyuan, seeing her unusual attire, hurriedly stepped forward to block her.

"It's none of your business, step aside." Yue Nu's voice was low and stern, her beautiful eyes like ice crystals in winter.

Li Xianyuan, who was never stupid, had already understood the situation. He hastily grabbed Yue Nu's sleeve, "Miss Yue Nu, you can't do this, you can't do this!"

Yue Nu suddenly raised her hand, and Li Xianyuan stumbled backward a few steps, landing on his buttocks with a cry of pain.

Yue Nu took a step forward, and Li Xianyuan, truly panicked, crawled over and clung to her feet, "Miss Yue Nu, you absolutely can't do this! The imperial palace is heavily guarded, with soldiers every five steps and sentries every ten. It's full of experts and extremely well-defended! If you go in like this, you'll surely die!"

"To me, it's just a leisurely stroll!" Yue Nu kicked her foot, but Li Xianyuan held on tightly, being dragged backward a few steps.

"Miss Yue Nu, please calm down. I've already divined, and Master Xue will be fine and will return tonight!" Li Xianyuan called out urgently, "If you rashly enter the palace, you won't help Master Xue; you'll only harm him!"

"Divination?" Yue Nu's beautiful eyes, like gemstones, narrowed slightly. She kicked her foot forcefully, "Let go!"

Li Xianyuan was kicked away. Yue Nu bent her knees and sprang forward like a spring, landing three zhang away.

Li Xianyuan's eyes widened in amazement at her superb skills!

In three quick steps, Yue Nu was already on the wall of Li Xianyuan's courtyard, her long, beautiful legs straight and firm, like iron spears planted on the wall. The night wind blew, and her gauze hat fluttered. Under the moonlight, she looked like a dark night demon, mysterious and stern.

What a beautiful figure!... Li Xianyuan sighed in his heart and then called out in alarm, "Miss Yue Nu, don't act rashly!!"

Yue Nu looked at Li Xianyuan coldly, "No one can make things difficult for my master!"

"This..." Li Xianyuan shivered. Even if it's the royal family, would you dare to draw your sword and spill blood?

Her figure like a ghost, Yue Nu vanished from the wall.

Li Xianyuan lay on the ground, eyes wide, for a long time without moving, feeling as if a knife was at his throat, about to be beheaded.

After a moment of shock, Li Xianyuan took out the turtle shell and copper coins and divined in a panic.

"Great misfortune, great misfortune!" Li Xianyuan slapped his forehead and cried out.

Just as he said this, Xue Shao walked into the courtyard and laughed, "How big is your chest?"

"Brother Xue, you're back?" Li Xianyuan rushed out of the room, looked around, and saw only Xue Shao, immediately becoming anxious.

"Why are you so anxious?" Xue Shao frowned slightly.

"Brother Xue, something's wrong!" Li Xianyuan said urgently, "Miss Yue Nu just left with her sword, heading to the palace to find you!"

Xue Shao was slightly surprised, "When did this happen?"

"About half an incense stick ago!" Li Xianyuan said urgently, "I just divined, and it showed great misfortune! Miss Yue Nu is unlikely to return, and she might even implicate us!"

Xue Shao did not panic, but smiled slightly, "You should divinate again."

"..." Li Xianyuan was stunned. With such a big event, why wasn't he at all anxious?

Xue Shao walked into the room unhurriedly, picked up the turtle shell and copper coins on the table, and played with them, smiling, "Brother Li, you half-baked fortune-teller, are you accurate or not?"

"This... heh, heh!" Li Xianyuan laughed awkwardly, "To be honest, sometimes I am, sometimes I'm not. But if I have a blood offering and perform the ritual of burning incense and bathing, it will definitely be accurate!"

"Blood offering?"

Li Xianyuan straightened his face, "A secret technique from my school, requiring the blood of the person seeking the divination."

Xue Shao smiled, "The divination you did for Yue Nu didn't have her blood offering, so it must be inaccurate."

"Um... that's possible!" Li Xianyuan laughed dryly, looking rather awkward.

With a "slap," Xue Shao slapped the table, shattering a teacup and cutting his palm, causing blood to flow.

"Brother Xue, what are you doing?..." Li Xianyuan was shocked. When did the noble son of Lantian become so rough? He used to wince at the prick of a needle!

"Since I have nothing better to do, why don't you divine for me?" Xue Shao said casually, blood streaming from his hand.

At this critical moment, he was not at all worried about Yue Nu and still had the mind to ask for a divination?!... Li Xianyuan was stunned and said, "Let me take the blood offering, then I'll bathe and change clothes, and burn incense to pray!"

A little later.

Xue Shao sipped his tea calmly, his brows slightly furrowed. Although he was a bit worried, his expression was very calm.

Yue Nu's courage was greater than he imagined. The imperial palace was not an ordinary place. However, after so many days of interaction, Xue Shao found that although Yue Nu was only eighteen, she understood the big picture, knew her priorities, and had a maturity and wisdom beyond her age and gender.

Having spent so long in the military and the underworld, having seen countless people, Xue Shao believed he had the ability to judge people. He was confident that Yue Nu would return safely!

Li Xianyuan went through the motions of bathing, changing clothes, and burning incense, then solemnly brought out an old, shiny low table, laid a yellow silk with runes, lit a censer of sandalwood, and placed his hands on the table, asking seriously, "I will now divine for Brother Xue, to ask about his fortune!"

"Who said I wanted to ask about my fortune?" Xue Shao said calmly, "I want to ask about my marriage."

Li Xianyuan's expression froze, "M... marriage?"

"Is there a problem?"

Li Xianyuan's expression was as awkward as if he had swallowed a bug, scratching his head, "No problem, but please wait!"

He then went to bathe, change clothes, and burn incense again.

Xue Shao laughed, a half-baked fortune-teller, really putting on a show!

Just as Li Xianyuan sat back at the altar, Yue Nu stepped into the room.

"Master, here is the Guyu Zisun tea." She held a box of tea, walked to Xue Shao with a smile, and knelt down, offering the box.

"Tea cakes?" Li Xianyuan was surprised, "Miss Yue Nu, didn't you go to the palace at night? How did you end up at the market?" Xue Shao smiled but said nothing.

Yue Nu said coolly, "I met Master halfway, and he asked me to buy tea. What's the problem?" "I see!" Li Xianyuan sighed in relief, "You two are trying to scare me!... Alright, let's start the divination, please be quiet!"

Xue Shao looked deeply at Yue Nu, their eyes meeting, and they smiled at each other knowingly.

They had a tacit understanding.

Xue Shao was increasingly fond of this clever and intelligent girl.

Li Xianyuan closed his eyes, recited incantations, and shook the turtle shell and copper coins. After a while, he nodded solemnly and then shook his head.

"How is it?" Xue Shao asked.

Li Xianyuan looked up at Xue Shao, speaking slowly, "A predestined marriage!"

"Please explain in detail."

Li Xianyuan took a deep breath, "In short, Brother Xue's future wife is a predestined match from a past life."

"Go on." Xue Shao's heart stirred: An Xiaorou, Princess Taiping?

"Long ago, you two were destined for three lifetimes." Li Xianyuan's brows were tightly furrowed, "But in the past life, you had the fate but not the destiny. It's only in this life that you can truly achieve the perfect union. However..."

"Past life?" Xue Shao couldn't help but laugh, "However, what?"

"Heaven's secrets cannot be revealed." Li Xianyuan shook his head, "My cultivation is too shallow, and I fear divine retribution. Please forgive me, Brother Xue!"

"If you don't say, you'll face immediate disaster." Xue Shao said calmly, "Yue Nu, strangle him."

Yue Nu's eyes turned cold, and Li Xianyuan immediately jumped up in fear, "I'll say, I'll say!"

Yue Nu sneered, "Refusing the good wine, you'll drink the bitter."

Xue Shao laughed, "Alright, don't scare him. Speak quickly!"

"Brother Xue and your wife will definitely meet in this life, and you might achieve the perfect union. However..." Li Xianyuan's brows were tightly furrowed, his expression serious, "You two will face countless hardships and trials. What Brother Xue must do is far more than just marrying a wife; what you two must endure and face is far more than just a marriage."

"Stop being mysterious, speak clearly." Xue Shao said.

"Alright!... Before meeting your wife, Brother Xue was carefree and lived a life of ease and pleasure." Li Xianyuan said, "But after meeting your wife, your life will change completely. And this marriage is shrouded in a bloodthirsty and ominous aura, like a bloodthirsty beast that feeds on human flesh and blood! To achieve the perfect union with your wife, Brother Xue will have to do something..."

"What?"

Li Xianyuan took a deep breath, "A single angry strike, a million corpses will fall!"

Xue Shao laughed dismissively, "What kind of person can make a million corpses fall with a single angry strike?"

Yue Nu's voice turned cold, "These words are treasonous!"

"Brother Xue, I can only say so much." Li Xianyuan hurriedly packed away the turtle shell and copper coins and left.

"You charlatan, putting on a show!" Xue Shao didn't care. Although these things sounded mysterious and interesting, there was no need to be terrified and anxious.

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