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The situation suddenly changed. The one who had appeared out of nowhere was a mysterious woman clad in lake-blue robes.
"Guan Qiu, you've ruined my plans time and again." The moment the mysterious woman appeared, she turned on Guan Qiu. "Yet I never killed you. It wasn't because you were so capable, but because your day of reckoning had not yet arrived. But this black tower is about to open, and your death is close at hand."
"It's you?"
Guan Qiu recognized her. Her name was Liu Yuru, and she was a favored woman under Young Master Su, master of the Veiled Curtain Merchant Association.
Young Master Su had many confidantes, all of them his women. He was a charming, dashing man and rich enough to rival a nation, so there was no shortage of female companions at his side. Yet Liu Yuru was the one he valued most, and she was also one of the Five Gods of Wealth he had placed within the merchant association.
The so-called Five Gods of Wealth were the five chief stewards governing the five directions of Young Master Su's commercial empire, the Veiled Curtain Merchant Association. Though Liu Yuru was not an expert who had entered the Dao, she could still occupy the seat of one regional chief steward. It was plain to see just how highly Young Master Su regarded her.
"Liu Yuru. So that's how it is."
At last, he came to his senses. "It seems everything that happened before was a scheme by your Veiled Curtain Merchant Association. The person who fought me earlier was you as well, wasn't it?"
"So what if it was?"
Liu Yuru's eyelids flickered, and a faint gleam of golden light flashed through them. "At this point, what does knowing the truth