The Dance Floor and the Black Soul Envoy

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"A miracle! It's truly a miracle... No! This is already a divine miracle!"

As the attending doctor excitedly checked on Old Master Zhong, calling out repeatedly, the Zhong family members finally felt a great weight lifted from their hearts.

As for Old Master Zhong, who understood his condition and knew he had walked back from the brink of death, he couldn't help but shed tears of emotion with his dear friend of several decades.

"Doctor, is my grandfather really okay? You'd better check thoroughly. If there are any mistakes, I will absolutely not forgive you." Eldest Young Master Zhong Luoyun stared sharply at the attending doctor, who was lost in his own excitement.

"Ah, Young Master! You are absolutely right!" the attending doctor said quickly. "Although all the instruments here show that Old Master Zhong's condition is currently good, it's best to do a more detailed examination."

Zhong Luoyun nodded. "Arrange it immediately!"

The attending doctor had to busy himself for a while. As for the other doctor, who was his assistant, he looked curiously at the second young master of the Zhong family. "Second Young Master, what method did you use to reverse Old Master Zhong's condition? This is a medical miracle! If there's truly a method to treat such a terminal illness, it would be a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of human medicine!"

Unexpectedly, Zhong Luochen said calmly, "Listen, the ones who cured Old Master Zhong are you doctors, and only you. No one present here today, no matter who it is, can reveal what happened."

"This..."

Everyone looked at the calm Zhong Luochen in surprise. His mother and eldest brother, Zhong Luoyun, both frowned. Just as Zhong Luoyun was about to speak, Old Master Zhong suddenly said, "All of you, go out. Luochen, you stay. Old Luo, you stay too. I have a few things I want to ask."

"Grandpa?"

"Father?"

Old Master Zhong's expression suddenly turned serious. The authority he had wielded in managing this large family for decades made everyone fall silent. Without needing to say anything further, everyone could only silently leave the suite.

After everyone had left, leaving only Zhong Luochen and Old Luo, Old Master Zhong finally spoke. "I'm not without self-awareness, nor am I without common sense. The problem in my head hasn't been discovered today or yesterday. I know how much longer I, this old man, have left. Luochen, tell me honestly, what did you do."

"Grandpa, I'm just glad you've recovered," Zhong Luochen said softly. "Nothing else matters."

"What, you can't even tell me?" Old Master Zhong frowned and looked at Old Luo. "If he won't say, you tell me."

Old Luo sighed. Knowing he couldn't hide it, he said with a wry smile, "Master, I apologize. I didn't want you to die, so I gave the Lady's Jade Lock to Second Young Master, so he could find Madam Zhang."

Old Master Zhong's expression changed slightly. His usual composure, cultivated through decades of writing and painting in his later years, was shattered. He waved his hand and angrily slapped Old Luo's face, saying indignantly, "Foolish! Foolish! Old Luo, how could you be so foolish! Don't you know what that is? That's not some divine mountain or sacred land, that's a place like a hellish abyss!!"

Old Luo lowered his head, not daring to speak. The old man didn't feel much wronged. Having followed Old Master Zhong for decades, the bond between them had long surpassed ordinary familial ties.

Old Luo sighed again. "Master, the Zhong family cannot be without you. I was the one who sent Second Young Master. If you want to blame someone, blame me."

Old Master Zhong said with a bitter smile, "What's the use of me blaming you now? As for Luochen..."

He turned to look at Zhong Luochen, took a deep breath, and said, "Grandson, tell me honestly, what did you use in that place to exchange for my life?"

Zhong Luochen opened his mouth, wanting to speak but hesitating.

Old Master Zhong shook his head. "That place is mysterious, but if no one knew about it, how could you have found it? What Grandpa Luo told you, I had already told him."

Zhong Luochen had no choice but to recount everything, from how he obtained the Black Card from Gu Yue Zhai to his experiences at the Club.

Watching Zhong Luochen recount all of this with almost no emotion, Old Master Zhong couldn't help but say with grief, "To exchange your lifelong happiness for the five years of life for this old man who should have died... Silly child, do you think it's worth it?"

Zhong Luochen said calmly, "It's worth it. Grandpa, don't you know that if you fall, the Zhong family will immediately fall apart? Our Zhong family is involved in too many areas. Our father, who should have been handling these matters, became like this in his early years. As for the third generation that was being groomed, whether it's Eldest Brother, myself, or our youngest sister, none of us have reached maturity yet."

He sighed. "This is not the past, and society is not the society of the past. Can families like ours, which developed from that era, still secretly control everything as we did twenty or thirty years ago?"

He shook his head. "No! For the current generation, we are even more like malignant tumors... Grandpa, if you weren't here, with just us three siblings, and our father in this state, how could we support the Zhong family? If you fall, everyone will be in danger, and the collateral relatives will be thinking about how to carve up the Zhong family's wealth... As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. You are currently the only towering tree of the Zhong family. I will never let you fall so easily."

"Five years... five years," Old Master Zhong murmured, looking at Zhong Luochen with sorrow. The old man shed tears and said sadly, "Child, you've suffered!"

"Everything will get better," Zhong Luochen said, shaking his head.

Old Master Zhong remained silent for a while. "I want to be alone for a bit. You all go out."

Club, Floor Negative Three.

"Sacrifice successful. This sacrifice has gained 127 days, 9 hours, 43 minutes, and 7 seconds of lifespan."

Luo Qiu's jaw dropped. What was with those extra hours, minutes, and seconds? Was the altar deliberately trying to make its presence known?

Even so, after the sacrifice, Luo Qiu was too lazy to complain and returned directly to the Club's lobby.

Feeling that he had become much "longer-lived," the Club's new strongman seemed to be in a good mood. He imitated You Ye and walked to the bar to mix the same cocktail.

Of course, he was only doing it because he found it novel. As for whether the finished product would be a glowing dish or a dark culinary creation... did it matter? In the end, he was the only one who would drink it. You Ye was just a puppet and couldn't eat anyway.

Thinking he had forgotten to take ice cubes from the refrigerator, Luo Qiu was surprised to see the refrigerator door open directly. The ice cubes from the ice tray detached themselves and flew out in an orderly fashion, landing one by one into the cocktail shaker.

Luo Qiu was stunned.

You Ye smiled. "Congratulations, Master. Your abilities have strengthened again."

Luo Qiu curiously extended his finger and pointed at an ice cube in the shaker. He found that the ice cube directly floated up. As his finger moved, the ice cube began to spin in the air, forming an infinity symbol.

With a playful spirit, Luo Qiu placed all ten fingers on the bar counter, raised his eyebrows at You Ye, and began to tap lightly on the bar counter with his fingers.

One ice cube after another flew out of the shaker and arranged themselves in the air, forming a circle in the Club's lobby.

Luo Qiu extended a finger and drew a wavy curve. The ice cubes that had formed the circle then rose and fell rhythmically.

It was a never-ending wave.

His fingers pointed to the pine wood record player in the corner. A vinyl disc flew out and landed in the player. Accompanied by the electric guitar sound from the player, Luo Qiu tapped his foot to the beat and walked out from behind the bar.

The song playing was Rod Stewart's "Sailing."

Luo Qiu grabbed You Ye's hand, transferring his own rhythm to the maid doll, and pulled You Ye, starting to sway gently in the club.

Chairs and stools automatically moved towards the walls, and the cleared space transformed into a dance floor.

The nostalgic sound of sailing began, and Luo Qiu continued to point his fingers, one by one, at the ornaments displayed in several glass cabinets.

Dolls, old pocket watches, hats, and wine glasses...

And eyeballs emitting a crimson glow...

More ice cubes flew out from the refrigerator, recombining to form transparent ice crystals that danced in the air with the melody.

Several dolls landed on the wooden floor, surrounding Luo Qiu and You Ye.

Only when the needle was halfway through its rotation did Luo Qiu raise an eyebrow and smile, "Isn't this much more interesting than doing nothing and just sitting around?"

You Ye proactively took Luo Qiu's other hand, guiding her new master to correct his disastrous dance moves.

You Ye joked, "Well... it'll probably be a huge project to clean up later."

Luo Qiu looked amusedly at the doll, seeing that she wasn't always cold. He didn't say anything, letting the words dissolve into emotions within the music and melody.

Then, the bell inside the pine door suddenly rang.

The ice shards scattered across the floor like marbles, and the dancing ornaments stopped abruptly. The stage, which had been perfectly set, looked as if it had been ravaged by a storm.

Luo Qiu looked at the messy scene and let out an "Oh wow," as he gazed at the figure that rushed in like a gust of wind, pushing open the wooden door and appearing before him...

A floating black robe, and within the hood, a mass of black smoke where a face should be.

"Black Soul Envoy, greetings to the new master."