After sending Angela and Eve back to the convent, Ning Xiuyuan went to the church as usual.
After adding oil and lighting the lamps, he completed the Lamp Keeper's duties before returning to his residence.
He had left in too much of a hurry, and the door was not locked.
But Ning Xiuyuan remained unhurried.
The first thing he did after returning was open his Horizontal-Pupiled Sheep Eyes and carefully inspect the residence. In the end, he found no trace of anyone breaking in.
Even the hairs he had deliberately placed in key locations, the gaps between the drawers, and so on had not shifted at all.
"Phew... This can only prove that no living thing entered."
Ning Xiuyuan let out a breath, and his Horizontal-Pupiled Sheep Eyes turned back into black, round pupils.
He closed the door and sat before the desk. With a mere thought, he summoned a set of supernatural materials.
Where had he hidden these deadly items?
It was simple!
—Underground.
At present, his ability to dislocate space-time could only affect himself and objects within a one-foot radius.
However, although its range was small, it was extremely practical.
Within dislocated space-time, he could ignore all interference from outside forces and move freely upward, downward, or in any direction.
That was also the fundamental reason he had been able to return to the black market and even hunt down his attackers after being ambushed there and dragged into the Dreamlands.
Likewise, using this ability to bury sensitive materials deep underground was naturally effortless.
Ning Xiuyuan had even exploited a blind spot in people's thinking and hidden the items underground beside the Groom's quarters.
If someone really came to search his room, they could dig three feet into the ground and still never find them!
However, keeping them