Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 292: Chapter 292 Minister under the Skirt (14)

The bird flapped its wings in a desperate attempt, but it became entangled in a silver thread and, after a few futile flutters, it gave up. Instead, it managed to completely crush a table that was already somewhat broken.

The bird: “…”

Suddenly, the air fell silent.

Chuzheng reiterated, “You did this.”

It wasn’t until now that the bird realized it had been caught.

From outside came the sudden sound of a whistle, to which the bird cried out in response.

“You have accomplices?” Chuzheng scoffed. Just how stupid could this bird and its accomplices be?

The bird: “…”

Chuzheng looked out the window, where the crescent moon was veiled by clouds, softly draping the world in a misty shroud.

Vague figures stood suspended in the air outside the window, stationed at intervals to form a semicircular encirclement around the building.

The streets, which should have been noisy, were now eerily silent.

As if all the people in the city had vanished.

These mysterious figures clearly bore ill intent.

The bird let out another chirp.

Clearly, it was signaling to another.

Chuzheng tightened the silver thread in her hand, and the bird screeched miserably before sliding across the floor, crashing into the window, and flying straight out.

The bird couldn’t control its body as it hurtled toward one of the figures in the air.

This turn of events was unexpected for them.

The bird broke through their encirclement, creating an opening.

“Wu Di, what are you doing!” someone from the crowd roared in anger.

Wu Di was apparently the name of the foolish bird.

“Master, save me!” Wu Di screamed, moving like a yo-yo through the air, flung out and then reeled back in, again and again…

The group’s formation was thrown into disarray by the bird as they shuffled positions in the air.

Behind this crowd stood another figure, cloaked in black with a hood that blended him into the darkness.

In the midst of chaos, the figure shifted slightly, the air around him twisted subtly, and he was suddenly at the forefront.

He grabbed Wu Di’s ankle, halting the flinging and retrieving motion Chuzheng had been performing.

“Ow, ow, ow!”

Wu Di cried out loudly.

A woman stood in a room unobstructed by walls, the dim lighting casting a halo around her.

She stood there calmly, coolly, as if the figures in the void hardly concerned her.

All these people wore masks, their faces concealed.

But what caught the eye was the black-cloaked figure; with him stepping forward, the rest seemed to find their anchor, regaining their earlier coordination.

The black-cloaked figure pulled Wu Di behind him.

Chuzheng rotated her wrist in a circle, and as the black-cloaked figure pulled, he failed to move him; on the contrary, Wu Di kept screaming in pain.

Blood began to seep from Wu Di’s feathers.

The black-cloaked figure felt a surge of alarm, his sharp gaze slicing through the air, targeted at Chuzheng.

She nonchalantly twirled the silver thread with her fingers, “What exactly are you up to?”

Disturbing the peace in the dead of night to wreck someone’s house—where’s your sense of public decency? Who’s going to bear the blame for this?

Tianjin Mouse: “…” Who exactly is the one wrecking the house here?

“You killed our people,” the black-cloaked figure stated in a low, hoarse voice. “And you stole from us; we’re naturally here to take back what’s ours.”

“I don’t recall doing so,” Chuzheng countered expressionlessly.

Accusing me of crimes with wild allegations?

I don’t acknowledge any of that!

“In the Secret Realm, surely you remember!” someone from behind the black-cloaked figure interjected.

The Secret Realm…

Are they referring to those four idiots who wanted the Tianjin Mouse’s heart?

That wasn’t my doing, right?

It was the Tianjin Mouse’s work, what does it have to do with me?

Chuzheng stroked the Tianjin Mouse, its soft fur slipping through the gaps in her fingers. She calmly asked, “The person who killed you, who stole your things… do you have evidence?”

The man in the black robe raised his hand.

Suddenly, an image appeared in the air.

The woman stood in mid-air, her posture elegant and peerless, her expression as lofty and detached as an emperor overlooking his realm, indifferent as though everyone beneath her feet were mere ants.

In her heart, Chuzheng silently thought: That’s actually pretty cool.

From the angle of the image, it seemed to be the point of view of those four people looking at her.

But that was all there was to the image.

The man in the black robe said, “This is what they saw before they died. What do you have to say?”

If it weren’t for this, they wouldn’t have approached her.

Chuzheng: “…” There’s such high-tech too!

And it’s flawed, too. It was clearly the Tianjin Mouse that flattened them into paper figures in the end, so why the misinformation!

“It wasn’t me.”

“Miss, hand over the Tianjin Mouse and we will spare your life,” the man in the black robe declared magnanimously, “We don’t want trouble.”

“Why should I?” The Tianjin Mouse is a Divine Beast, completely self-sufficient without needing to worry about food or drinks, and yet you’re trying to take my Tianjin Mouse, are you demons?!

“Then I’m afraid the lady won’t be leaving here alive,” the man in the black cloak said, his voice heavy with menace.

“Oh.” This person is so cruel, so scary.

Suddenly, the Wu Di in the man in the black robe’s hand rotated 360 degrees. He was slapped in the face by its wing, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Di broke free from his grip and shot toward him like a cannonball.

After the man in the black robe dodged, Wu Di didn’t stop but instead swept toward the people behind him.

The group had the chance to avoid it, but somehow, they were struck squarely by Wu Di, turning into a tangled mess in the air like planes that had lost their navigation.

The man in the black robe flew towards Chuzheng.

A flash of silver light passed by, and he instinctively reached out to grab it.

The Yin Xian was extremely thin, but still perceptible.

The man in the black robe gave a tug, and suddenly, all the Yin Xian within the space became visible.

The Yin Xian crisscrossed in all directions, as if light flowed along them. They seemed to be entrapped by the Yin Xian.

The man in the black robe looked towards the woman in the inn.

She remained composed, unaffected by the situation. When had she set up these lines?

Why hadn’t he sensed any Xuan Qi?

Even if he couldn’t feel the Xuan Qi, he should have noticed something.

But he hadn’t.

These lines had surrounded them without a sound.

The man in the black robe’s Xuan Qi condensed in his hand and he slashed at the Yin Xian.

However, the Xuan Qi didn’t halt, it passed through the Yin Xian and hit the ground, creating a crack— the Yin Xian remained unharmed.

The man in the black robe tried several more times, but the result was the same each time.

But he saw clearly that it wasn’t that the Yin Xian was immune to the Xuan Qi. Instead, the Yin Xian dodged when he slashed and by the time he looked again, it was as though they hadn’t changed at all.

That speed…

Too fast.

The man in the black robe looked towards Chuzheng: “Miss, do you know who we are?”

“People who want to kill me.”

“…” The corner of the man in the black robe’s mouth twitched slightly. Although her answer wasn’t wrong, wasn’t it a bit off-topic?

Couldn’t she reply like a normal person would?

“Miss, we mean no offense to you. You killed our people first, and we only came because we had no choice. The Tianjin Mouse is very important to us. I am willing to trade with you for the Tianjin Mouse,” the man in the black robe offered.

“No offense just means deliberately,” she retorted.

“…”

If the man in the black robe had a heart condition, he might have died from a heart attack by now from the frustration.

“Miss, opposing us is not a wise move,” he warned.

“Hmm.”

That’s why I must eliminate them completely, to make sure no one knows it was me!

Thinking that Chuzheng was ready to negotiate seriously, the man in the black robe continued, “Miss, I know you have a high status here and lack nothing. However, we have some Elixir Pills that could help enhance your powers. Trade us the Tianjin Mouse and we will compensate with a Holy Beast in addition.”

He believed that no one could refuse such a generous offer.