Because something was weighing on her mind, Xia Chujian found herself unable to sleep.
She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
Though her eyes were closed, she was clearly aware that she was still awake.
All kinds of thoughts spun through her mind. She was even planning what to do if that Dog Emperor discovered that the disappearance of Maze Yellow Springs was connected to her and Small Nine Xiang—how she would take the whole family and flee...
And since they would be fleeing anyway, should she go all the way and kill that Dog Emperor first?
Oh, no, that would not work. She probably still could not beat that Dog Emperor.
Besides, the Dog Emperor was inside the Imperial Palace, where security was extremely tight.
Even if she could get in and assassinate him, she might end up trapped there herself.
No, no. She needed to think it over carefully.
As Xia Chujian carefully considered it, she gradually fell asleep.
When she woke up, Xia Chujian turned her head and saw plump little Small Nine Xiang still sleeping soundly.
His little face really looked like a rosy white apple.
Xia Chujian gently pinched it, then carefully lifted the covers.
When she turned her head, she was stunned to find a piece of Maze Yellow Springs, one-fifth the size of a fingernail, lying quietly on the bedside table beside her!
It was the very piece Huo Yushen had cut from the Maze Yellow Springs she had taken out and then presented to that Dog Emperor! Xia Chujian could not believe her eyes.
She hurried out of bed and rummaged through everything until she found her other nine pieces of Maze Yellow Springs.
As soon as she had found all nine pieces, the fingernail-sized fragment of Maze