Traveling Back Early: Forcing the Young Empress to Sign a Lifetime Servitude Contract

15: All things canon?

Everyone simultaneously looked at the newcomer.

Before they could react, Chen Qingxuan dashed out, wrapping his arm around Jiang Susu, who still looked bewildered.

”Sword, come!”

Whoosh—

In an instant, the divine phoenix sword floated beneath his feet.

”Stop him!”

Lu Tianzheng reacted quickly, but no matter how fast he was, he couldn’t match the speed of the divine phoenix sword.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Chen Qingxuan first forced his way in without warning, and then openly abducted Jiang Susu.

”Dad, quickly send people to chase them!” Lu Linger thought of her plan, her expression anxious. ”You can’t let him take Susu away... Susu must stay.”

”Don’t worry, Linger.”

Lu Tianzheng wasted no words and led people in pursuit outside.

Although they could sense the direction of Chen Qingxuan’s departure by following the Sword Qi, there was no sign of a person in sight.

On the other side.

The two had already flown a hundred miles away.

”Little Sister, don’t be afraid... Big Brother isn’t a bad guy.”

”W-what are you going to do?”

”Hehehe~ It will be over soon, just bear with it.”

After bringing the talent to a safe place, Chen Qingxuan impatiently pulled out the , forcibly taking Jiang Susu’s hand and pressing it onto the document—

Ding!

[Congratulations, Host, you have successfully contracted the talent Jiang Susu.]

[Aptitude of the talent detected to surpass the Host’s. Triggering the free-ride mechanism. Congratulations, Host, you have successfully copied the .]

”Nine Profound Pupils?”

Chen Qingxuan’s eyes lit up, and the world before him seemed to change;

The Nine Profound Pupils, as a Heaven-Favored Profound Pupil, are equivalent to a Natal Magical Artifact. The owner can Cultivate it to advance nine times.

Each advancement Awakenings an ability, and each time is equivalent to a transformation.

And this was precisely the source of Jiang Susu’s calamity!

After discovering her Awakening of the , Lu Tianzheng came up with the idea of seizing this Opportunity for his daughter. However, because the are extremely unique, forceful seizure would inevitably lead to backlash, unless Jiang Susu could trust Lu Linger from the bottom of her heart;

To reduce the probability of rejection.

This is why he adopted Jiang Susu as a goddaughter, essentially paving the way for his own daughter.

In the future, after Jiang Susu’s Pupils were stolen, she would not only languish for several years but also suffer unimaginable psychological trauma from the betrayal.

Even if she could regenerate the , she would struggle to reach the achievement of the original Pupils, only managing seven or eight Breakthroughs at most, never reaching the ninth Perfection!

It could be said that Chen Qingxuan had effectively saved her.

Ding—

[Because the Host helped the talent avoid calamity, a hidden reward has been triggered, activating one spin of the Corruption Roulette Wheel.]

[The wheel is spinning, searching for heavenly and earthly Opportunities for the Host...]

At this moment, in Shenyou Stronghold.

The father and daughter walked into a hidden secret chamber.

Lu Linger looked anxious: ”Dad, we must find Jiang Susu and bring her back. Your daughter still needs her Nine Profound Pupils. We can’t let someone else beat us to it.”

”Don’t worry, Linger, you know the power of the myriad things codex. It will definitely find that brat’s whereabouts.”

Lu Tianzheng walked up to a stone platform, gazing at a thick, book-like object.

This was the myriad things codex, a little-known Magical Artifact of Shenyou Stronghold. The father and daughter learned of the power of the through this item;

They also knew through the myriad things codex that they could seize the through trust.

Lu Tianzheng was about to reach out and touch the , attempting to gain hints on finding Chen Qingxuan based on his characteristics—

But right at that moment, the suddenly vanished.

”Eh?”

Lu Tianzheng was stunned.

Was it an illusion?

After rubbing his eyes, he instantly lost his composure, ”Where is the myriad things codex? Where the hell is my myriad things codex... Who the hell stole my treasure?”

”Dad, what are you doing?” Lu Linger was completely confused.

”I’m going crazy!”

Lu Tianzheng angrily looked around, trying to find the culprit... How dare someone steal the ultimate treasure of Shenyou Stronghold?

And right under his nose... Who could it be?

Lu Linger opened her mouth wide, ”Huh? Right now, Dad? Are you that desperate? Can’t you find Susu first? You can go do Mom later... Finding Susu is more important!”

”Get out of the way.”

Lu Tianzheng was in no mood to explain. He shoved his daughter aside and ran out.

The culprit definitely hadn’t run far.

The myriad things codex, this was his lifeblood.

If placed outside, it would be a priceless, rare treasure.

On the other side.

[Congratulations, Host, for cleverly seizing the ultimate treasure of Shenyou Stronghold—the myriad things codex.]

[The myriad things codex is a Magical Artifact shaped like a book, containing various strange events across the Cangyun Continent, including news about the Nine Profound Pupils, lost magical techniques, and more.]

[Although it cannot be used in combat, the Host can regard it as an encyclopedia for solving various uncommon and complicated problems.]

”Encyclopedia?”

Chen Qingxuan looked skeptical;

But after receiving the message transmitted by the System, a look of pleasant surprise appeared on his lips—It smells so good!

An encyclopedia wasn’t rare, but one that recorded all kinds of rare and strange events that had occurred throughout the Cangyun Continent, even including information about things like the which had been extinct for ten thousand years;

Furthermore, it could provide methods to decipher various Secret Realms, magical techniques, poisons, and more.

This is like a heifer entering a bull pen—Absolutely amazing!

Most importantly, this Magical Artifact was snatched from Shenyou Stronghold, which gave Chen Qingxuan a satisfying feeling of vengeance.

The reason Chen Qingxuan was so furious with Shenyou Stronghold was not only because they wanted to use emotional manipulation to steal Jiang Susu’s Nine Profound Pupils, but also because Jiang Susu’s parents—

Had sacrificed themselves for Shenyou Stronghold!

The orphaned child of parents who bled and died for Shenyou Stronghold was still viewed by the stronghold’s ’Celestial Being’... as a seizeable Opportunity.

It was absolutely outrageous!

”Who are you... Why did you grab me?”

At this moment, Jiang Susu was like an unwanted kitten facing a fierce dog, curled up nearby with her knees hugged, carefully watching Chen Qingxuan.

The Little Girl who had just recently lost both parents was now forcibly abducted by someone else;

Who wouldn’t be afraid?

”Susu, Big Brother isn’t a bad guy... The people from Shenyou Stronghold are the bad guys.” After pondering for a moment, Chen Qingxuan decided to tell her the truth;

To let her know who her enemies were.

After hearing the truth, although Jiang Susu was scared, she mustered the courage to stand up and say to Chen Qingxuan, ”You’re lying! Godfather and the others would never want to dig out my eyes... They are good people!”

The Little Girl’s voice was trembling, yet firm.

Chen Qingxuan fell silent.

Looking at her large, tear-filled eyes, she was clearly terrified of him right now, yet she was still deceived into defending her enemies... It wasn’t that she was foolish, but that the bad guys were utterly depraved.

”Hoo—”

After a period of silence, Chen Qingxuan heavily exhaled a mouthful of stale Qi, as if having made a certain decision;

The next moment, he suddenly took Jiang Susu’s small hand and revealed a gentle smile,

”Come on, Big Brother will take you to seek justice!”

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