Liu Ming was a very ordinary steward in the manor.
Under the power of the Azure Dragon Original Curse, once he answered Gu Qingshan's call, he would be fixed in place, unable to move again.
But at that moment, he was walking toward Gu Qingshan and Zhao Qiong.
--So he wasn't Steward Liu.
And that white mist was full of problems, too.
Within the River of Time, there was an endless sea of mist.
The Era of Chaos manifested its power as Gray Mist.
--Mist was actually what power looked like when its level was too high, exceeding the limits of dimensions. Ordinary people couldn't see or understand it, so they perceived it as mist.
On top of that, this time the one who had opened the door wasn't the clan head or the Elders. The situation was already highly unusual.
Any one of these problems alone would have been enough to put Gu Qingshan on his guard.
Under everyone's gaze, Steward Liu came to stand before Gu Qingshan and held out his hand.
"Come." Steward Liu smiled.
At the very instant a sinister, barbed claw appeared behind him--
Zhao Qiong clutched a piece of red bone and shouted, "Blood Bone Giant Corpse, kill it!"
A phantom blood-red shadow, steeped in the aura of ancient times, emerged from the remnant bone as a giant skeletal claw and slammed into Liu Ming.
--Boom!
The blow sent Liu Ming flying. He crashed through the Secret Chamber and hurtled outside.
Zhao Qiong said to Gu Qingshan, "Stay here. Don't move."
With that, she gripped the red remnant bone and sprang through the gaping hole in the roof, giving chase.
"Why are they fighting? Where's my father? Why isn't he coming to deal with this?" Young Master Zhang shouted.
He bolted out the door.