Chapter 3104 - 3105: Dire Straits

Chapter 3104: Chapter 3105: Dire Straits

Since Jianqi and the dark guards hadn’t appeared, they had probably rushed back to reinforce the other side. Jianqi had always been steady; there was no way he wouldn’t come to receive them, unless there was something he cared about even more—that would be Gao Zhou’s side, after all, the children were still young.

Sure enough, a dark guard popped his head out from the front and made a hand gesture toward Bai Ruozhu and the others: "Master, this way!"

Bai Ruozhu and the others hurriedly followed. The direction was not toward the place they were temporarily staying in the Palace; instead, the route was somewhat winding.

"They’ve sent a large number of people to go after the young master. Lord Jianqi took men to support them and sent us to escort you out of the Palace." The dark guard spoke in a low voice.

"Is everything alright over there?" Bai Ruozhu asked anxiously.

They didn’t dare recklessly send signals and expose their position now; they could only rely on the dark guards’ secret means of contact.

"Everything’s fine," the dark guard said.

Very soon, everyone circled around to the west side of the royal palace and charged straight out of the Palace.

"Mother!" Little Dengdeng saw Bai Ruozhu and the others appear, and the strict expression on his little face finally broke into a smile.

Bai Ruozhu rushed over and scooped him into her arms. "Dengdeng, are you all alright?"

"We’re fine. Those people were too awful. Not only did they use poison, they even set up a Magic Array to trap us. Luckily Grandpa Zhong and Grandma Zhong were there." Little Dengdeng puffed up his cheeks, his expression filled with anger.

Bai Ruozhu remembered what the dark guard had just said—going after the "young master" clearly meant they were targeting the children, wanting to use them to threaten them.

Despicable and shameless. If not for needing to borrow the Treasure of the Western Regions to save the Astrologer, she wouldn’t have wanted to get involved in the Royal Family’s internal struggles at all. But the other side had dared to strike at her children the moment they made a move—this had absolutely touched her reverse scale. Hmph, since that’s the case, they could forget about having a good time!

"Did you find it?" Gao Zhou stepped forward and asked.

Bai Ruozhu gave him a slight nod. He immediately understood that Bai Ruozhu had stored it into the Space, and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Let’s first find a place to settle down; we have to deal with the Astrologer’s side as soon as possible." Zhong Kui said grimly. Only then did Bai Ruozhu notice that the black Glyphs on the Astrologer’s face had almost covered his entire face, and they were even darker and denser than before.

If the Demonic Patterns completely covered his entire face, he would fully transform into a Demon, no longer possessing reason, nor any human emotions.

No one dared delay; they moved at once. Bai Ruozhu saw a dark guard supporting Nilu and felt somewhat helpless again. She had only brought Nilu into the Palace with them because she was worried he’d be in danger outside, yet who would have thought something like this would happen inside the Palace. Nilu really had had a streak of bad luck lately.

On Jianqi’s side, dark guards had been arranged to scout the way. Nilu also had a hidden mansion, so everyone first went into hiding at the mansion.

At this moment, rather than leaving Gaochang City, it was actually safer to hide in the dark places within the City.

Once everyone was settled, Bai Ruozhu took out that section of jade-like tooth and handed it to Zhong Kui.

"This is the Tooth of the Baize!" Zhong Kui cried out in surprise, his face full of amazement. "A legendary object actually exists. This is also my first time seeing it. I never expected the Royal Family of the Western Regions to have hidden something like this."

"They probably didn’t know it was the Tooth of the Baize, otherwise they would have hidden it even more carefully." Madam Zhong said. "Alright, hurry and perform the Magic Technique. Time waits for no one."

"Songsong, you and your mother assist me. Lord Jiang, please help us guard the Magic Array," Zhong Kui said.

Jiang Yichun nodded. "Alright."

The Magic Array was set up. Bai Ruozhu only understood a little about Magic Technique, and couldn’t make sense of the crucial points within, so her thoughts slowly drifted away.

They were being accused of colluding with the Eldest Prince to steal the Royal Seal. Now that they had escaped, the Eldest Prince’s situation was in even greater danger.