This Question Is Too Hard, I Don't Know, I Really Don't Know!!

"Absolutely not! Every alchemist had their own temper. If this angered him, forget you and me—even the Mite'er Family might not be able to withstand his wrath."

Gu Ni hurriedly stopped Ya Fei from acting on her idea.

"But then again, if Miss could win him over, your influence within the Mite'er Family would surely rise with the tide!"

A "wild" fourth-grade, perhaps even fifth-grade alchemist—and one so young. His future potential was simply immeasurable!

Forget the Mite'er Family; even the imperial family would have to treat him with caution.

They might even spare no effort in trying to recruit him.

Ya Fei let out a soft sigh.

"But... Uncle Guni knows that aside from this pretty face of mine, I have nothing else worth offering."

Gu Ni's lips moved, but he hesitated to speak.

Just then.

A girl in a pale purple dress approached, holding a portrait in her hands.

"Excuse me... have you seen this person? His name is Ye Hao..."

Ya Fei and Gu Ni both knew Xun Er.

The two looked at the portrait in her hands.

They froze slightly!

Wasn't the person in that portrait Hao Shuai, who had left only minutes ago?

His name was...

Ye Hao?

Wait!

From the anxious expression on Xun Er's pretty face, Ya Fei caught a hint of something unusual.

"I'm sorry, Miss Xun Er, but we... haven't seen him." Ya Fei smiled and shook her head.

She did not know the relationship between the two, so she did not dare reveal Ye Hao's whereabouts so casually.

"Thank you."

After thanking them, Xun Er turned and hurried off to ask around elsewhere.

"Uncle Guni, tell me... is his real name Hao Shuai or Ye Hao?"

Ya Fei turned her head and asked.

Gu Ni rubbed his chin, pondering for a moment before smiling. "Miss, I don't think that's the important part!"

Ya Fei asked, "What do you mean, Uncle Guni?"

Gu Ni said, "As long as his strength is real, that is enough."

Ya Fei came to a realization.

That was right!

As long as he was strong enough, everything else was secondary.

The two were just about to turn around!

The next second!

Another beautiful figure came running over.

"Have you seen this person?!"

Ya Fei happened to notice the cloud-and-silver-sword emblem on the girl's robes.

She immediately learned her identity.

And when they saw the portrait in her hand!

Both of them froze for a moment!

"Have you seen him?" Nalan Yanran asked anxiously.

Ya Fei smiled awkwardly and shook her head. "Sorry, I haven't."

Nalan Yanran turned and ran off in another direction.

One after another, two girls were searching for Hao Shuai!

Who exactly was he?

Why would a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect and a young lady of the Xiao Family search for him so frantically?

"Miss, if you want to win him over, you'd better hurry! Neither of those two girls is someone to be taken lightly!"

Gu Ni said earnestly.

Ya Fei clenched her delicate hand into a fist, lightly biting her red lips with her pearly teeth.

That was right!

She had to seize this opportunity tightly!

She could not let him slip through her fingers!

Elsewhere.

Ge Ye followed closely behind Nalan Yanran.

He was completely dumbfounded!

He could not understand no matter how hard he tried!

How had that utterly ordinary young man come to know a heaven-blessed girl like Nalan Yanran?

They were not even on the same level!

And judging from what had happened earlier, Nalan Yanran seemed to be an incredibly humble simp!

She had practically been ready to kneel and beg that young man for forgiveness!

Why?!

She was the future Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect!

No!

After they returned, he absolutely had to tell the Sect Master about this!

She needed to knock some sense into Yan Ran!

She could not be allowed to lose herself in romantic feelings.

Otherwise!

The Misty Cloud Sect would be ruined!

"Elder Ge Ye, why are you only showing up but not doing any work?! Hurry up and help me look! Why are you always standing around in a daze?"

When Nalan Yanran turned around, she discovered Ge Ye trailing behind her like a block of wood.

He was not even helping ask around, and she immediately became angry.

"If we miss Hao Gege, I'll never forgive you for the rest of my life!!"

Ge Ye: "??"

What?!

What did this have to do with him?!

He was just a bodyguard!

He had truly been caught in the crossfire!

Ge Ye could only join the search party with a bitter expression, beginning to ask people along the streets.

Meanwhile.

On the other side of Wu Tan City.

Xun Er tied her straight long hair into a high ponytail. Holding the portrait, she searched the streets alone.

Xiao Yan shamelessly followed after her.

"Xun Er, Xun Er... wait for me!"

"Xiao Yan! Can you stop following me? Can't you see I'm busy?!"

Xun Er frowned, speaking impatiently.

Yet she did not slow down in the slightest.

Her eyes constantly swept across every passing face on the street!

Xiao Yan refused to give up. "Xun Er, is the person you're looking for your brother? Tell me his name, and I'll help you look for him. More people means more strength!"

Upon hearing this, Xun Er's eyes lit up. She stopped, turned around, and immediately handed the portrait to Xiao Yan!

"His name is Ye Hao. This is his portrait. Please help search along this street, Cousin Xiao Yan. Thank you."

Oh, so that guy's name was Ye Hao!

Fine, fine! I, Xiao Yan, will remember this debt!

Wait!

Xun Er...

Xun Er seemed to have smiled at me just now!

She even called me brother!!

At once, Xiao Yan seemed to have been pumped full of adrenaline. He patted his chest and confidently declared, "No problem, leave it to me."

There was no way he would actually help search. If he really ran into the guy, it would be best to drive him out of Wu Tan City!

"Thank you, Cousin Xiao Yan." Xun Er smiled sweetly.

Xiao Yan stared at her in a daze.

Hope flared up in his heart once more that he might win Xun Er over!

"Hehehe, no need to thank me. By the way, he's your cousin too, right?"

"No."

Xun Er shook her head and smiled sweetly.

"He is the person Xun Er loves most."

With that, Xun Er headed down another street to continue searching.

Hearing that!

Xiao Yan was struck as though by lightning, standing rooted to the spot.

The words kept echoing in his ears...

"He is the person Xun Er loves most..."

"The person Xun Er loves most..."

"The person Xun Er loves..."

"Xun Er's lover..."

Thud.

Xiao Yan dropped to his knees, raising both hands toward the sky!

"NO!!!"

"Young Master Xiao Yan, what's wrong?" A burly man named Pei En approached and asked respectfully.

Xiao Yan shook his head in agony. "This question is too hard. I don't know, I really don't know!!!"

Elsewhere.

As soon as Ye Hao returned to the Blacksmith Shop, he hung up the closed sign and shut the door.

Back in his room, he removed his disguise.

He tilted his head back and gulped down several mouthfuls of tea.

"How did they know me?"

"Could it be..."

"Was my blacksmithing skill so good that my reputation had spread far and wide?"

Ye Hao shook his head.

"Definitely not!"

"How could beautiful girls possibly like a young blacksmith!"

Ye Hao frowned deeply in thought.

He recalled what had happened when he encountered Nalan Yanran earlier!

Carefully unraveling every clue!

Very soon, a crazy thought surfaced in his mind!

"Damn!"

"Could the things from the simulation... be coming true?"

"Hiss!"

Ye Hao sucked in a cold breath.

He abruptly sat upright.

At this point, he still did not know the exact situation.

First of all, after Nalan Yanran saw him, she directly called him Hao Gege!

She had even said that she had been the one at fault back then!

And that exceptionally beautiful girl in the purple dress.

Ye Hao guessed that she was Xun Er!

Putting together their words and actions.

Could the simulation have become real?

Or...

Did the events in the simulation, in reality, lead to the simulated ending as long as he got together with a certain person?