“Pundit Zhao!” Guan Yiying’s eyes bulged in wrath, watching helplessly as that young crown prince consort killed Pundit Zhao on the spot.

  But as she was unable to even fend for herself, she was powerless and could do nothing to stop it.

  “Rawr, rawr, rawr.” The big ape beat his chest, imploring for praise.

  Casting a sidelong glance at that furry face that was cracking a silly grin, Qiao Mu snorted, “You’re still in an observation period, so take care!”


  The giant ape promptly hung its big head with a pitiful look.

  Meanwhile, Guan Yiying and the other young man were in a total panic when they saw Pundit Zhao’s tragic end.

  After exchanging glances, Guan Yiying and the young man suddenly took a talisman out of their pockets.

  Qiao Mu astutely noticed that those were teleportation talismans, and as such, she lunged over to snatch it.

  Yet Guan Yiying and that young man had already activated the talismans and teleported away.

  Fan Qiuhe, this person, was the craftiest one. Just as Qiao Mu was fighting Pundit Zhao, he slunk away while escaping everyone’s notice.

  Qiao Mu’s eyes flashed, and she took out a teleportation talisman herself.

  As Eldest Qin yelled “Qiaoqiao don’t chase,” Qiao Mu had already teleported away.

  Qingluan and the fat squirrel looked at each other in dismay before abruptly jumping up, calling out “Master” as they ran after her in hot pursuit.

  Scratching its head, the giant ape pounded the ground several times before also clambering after Qingluan on all four limbs.

  When Qiao Mu was unable to catch a glimpse of Guan Yiying and the young man after two teleportations, she instantly became displeased.

  This teleportation talisman was still a bit wonky. The distance and direction was up to chance every time she teleported.

  Right now, she was standing beside a contaminated reservoir.

  She had already inspected this place earlier with her teammates. At that time, she did not take any action when she saw the polluted water, but standing alone here now, an idea couldn’t help but take hold in her mind.

  Being so close, she could smell the rotting stench coming from the reservoir.

  She pinched her nose, and then with a lift of her brow, a narrow stream spiraled out from her fingers and slipped into the reservoir.

  After this stream of water splashed into the reservoir, small ripples extended across the surface, and a globule of pure, aquamarine water enswathed the filth inside the reservoir.

  The polluted water inside this globule slowly turned pristine.

  In just moments, that globule of revitalized water was swallowed up by the large swath of contaminated water around it.

  Squatting at the edge of the reservoir while cupping her chin, Qiao Mu muttered to herself, “Looks like it’s not that we can’t cleanse it. If Dottie were here, I reckon that this place could revert to its original condition with a wave of its hand.”


  There was definitely not a chance for her with these meager streams of water.

  When she thought of this, her mood couldn’t help but soar.

  In this lifetime, she and everyone around her would not be afflicted by the pain of having no clean water to drink.

  With sacred water on hand, this kind of situation would not exist.

  Qiao Mu took a deep breath. Just as she was about to stand up, she suddenly sensed a chill assault her back.

  It was accompanied by a thick killing intent.

  Alarm bells rang in her mind!

  This heavy and powerful mental attack was targeting her conscious pool.

  This was happening at lightning speed!

  The twelve jade slips that made up the Golden Talisman Jade Tome immediately spun and came together to form a defensive shield to block this attack without any hesitation.