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The three men held clubs. They were all guards at Brocade Splendor Manor, and they eyed him with ill intent.

"Sang Xinghui, you've been missing all morning. Where did you sneak off to slack? We have honored guests staying at the manor, and the steward needs someone to clean the chamber pots. Behave yourself and get to it!"

Sang Xinghui was frail. Though tall, he was so thin a gust of wind seemed capable of blowing him away. Before the burly guards, he looked utterly helpless.

Three people watched the scene from hiding.

Behind an artificial hill, Ran Zirou fixed her burning gaze on Sang Xinghui's face.

When she had met this man in her previous life, he had already become Manor Master of Brocade Splendor Manor.

Back then, he had been a man of deep schemes, with a smile often on his face. Even when he had fallen deeply in love with her, he had kept his emotions firmly in check.

He was a born king!

His strategy and talent were both unmatched.

She had taught him to cultivate. As his master, she had guided him through Qi Attraction into the Body and onward to mastery. Then they had practiced Dual Cultivation...

He had truly lived up to her teaching. Their Dual Cultivation had been wonderfully in sync, and when Sang Xinghui's Dual Cultivation Constitution awakened, her Cultivation had soared in an instant.

Ran Zirou narrowed her eyes. She rather missed the feeling of her Cultivation surging like that.

A guard kicked Sang Xinghui in the chest. He coughed up blood and flew several yards before slamming hard into a tree.

He spat out another mouthful of blood.

He tried to rise, but he had already been injured. The collision dealt his body another blow and drained away what