After traveling for some time.
Xue Tianmo and his two companions arrived at a plaza.
The plaza had long been abandoned. Piles of rubble lay everywhere, the ground was pitted and uneven, and weeds grew thickly. Few people ever came here.
It was hard to imagine that such a rundown place still existed within Heaven Dou Imperial City.
"I should mention this to Qian Renxue later. The plaza's fallen into such disrepair—doesn't the royal family plan to fix it?"
Xue Tianmo muttered to himself.
Cat Girl Yue'er stayed close at Xue Tianmo's side.
Every now and then, she would secretly glance at him, her eyes brimming with admiration and gratitude.
If Xue Tianmo had not spent a high price to buy her at the auction,
who knew what miserable fate awaited her?
Just then, the Ice Empress, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped.
"Hm?"
Seeing this, Xue Tianmo was slightly startled and asked in confusion, "Ice Empress, what is it?"
The Ice Empress narrowed her eyes and said indifferently,
"Tianmo, uninvited guests are waiting for us."
"Oh?"
At the Ice Empress's words, Xue Tianmo raised his eyes and looked ahead.
There, three figures slowly emerged from behind the rubble.
Who else could they be but Wang Qiu'er, Xiong Jun, and Ye Lingling?
"It's them?"
Xue Tianmo frowned. When he had left the Heaven Dou Auction House earlier, he had crossed paths with Wang Qiu'er and the others.
From the way Xiong Jun addressed Wang Qiu'er, he had guessed their identities.
As for Ye Lingling, he had no idea who she was.
"Stopping us now... could they be after Cat Girl Yue'er?"
This thought quickly surfaced in Xue Tianmo's mind.
Earlier, in the Auction Hall, Xiong Jun had bid against him.
But Xue Tianmo's final offer had been far too high—an