P.S. The previous chapter wasn't written well, so I heavily revised it. Don't overthink it—I just felt I hadn't written the scene you were all looking forward to properly: letting Lord Lu get mixed doubles once.
Lord Lu: I protest! You're inciting abuse of the protagonist!
Longji and Deng Chanyu quickly stepped forward and saw Lord Lu sprawled on the ground with his back to them.
Deng Chanyu crouched down and reached out to help Lord Lu up, only to jump in fright.
Lord Lu had two dark panda eyes, making him look oddly adorable.
"What the hell is with that stone...?"
Lord Lu was beginning to doubt life. He had clearly already run, yet that stone seemed to possess some kind of magic that forced him to turn his head and take the hit.
It was just like the legendary "catching a bare blade with empty hands one hundred percent of the time," making a person passively take the move.
"Forget it. Let's go!" Longji said.
Deng Chanyu glanced at Lu Chuan, then turned and entered the main hall of the Grand Master's Mansion with Longji.
"Princess, this... isn't very good, is it?"
Before the great hall, Wen Zhong said with a face full of reluctance.
Longji looked back. "Leave him."
"Aye!"
Wen Zhong immediately agreed, and the three of them turned into the great hall together.
Lu Chuan said, "..."
Wen Zhong, I'm going to fight you for three hundred rounds. Taste my Zhuxian Sword.
Still, getting free came first. Yang Jian had taught him methods for dealing with magical treasures like the Immortal Binding Rope and the Dragon Binding Rope.
"My Lord, My Lord, what happened to you?"
A voice came from inside his sleeve. Little Black Tortoise poked out its head, took one look at Lu