Lu Huanong laughed together with Ling Zhenfei after listening, "Then that's great, I'll wait for your life-extending pill. If I really could extend my life, then I wouldn't have to stay in this Imperial Residence all the time. Do you know? All I can remember of my life is this Imperial Residence, and I really want to go out and see the world."

"Don't worry, I will definitely cure you," Ling Zhenfei assured.

Lu Huanong said excitedly, "That's wonderful, once I'm well, I must visit all the places described in books. To see the vast sea at Jieshi Mountain facing the east, to witness Mount Tai's peak so high, to wander beyond the Great Wall where a solitary pillar of smoke rises into the sky, to marvel at the enchanting atmosphere of Lake Daming, I think they all must be beautiful."

Ling Zhenfei, looking at Lu Huanong, silently vowed to himself that he would refine the life-extending pill and make her dream come true.

Thinking about the urgency of Lu Huanong's illness, Ling Zhenfei took out a small bottle and said to her, "Inside this bottle is water from the Spiritual Spring, containing countless Northern Spiritual Energy. Every night before going to bed, add a drop to a cup of water and drink it. The energy will nourish your body and at least prevent you from feeling so weak."

Lu Huanong took the small bottle in her hands without suspicion, simply saying thank you.

As they chatted, Ling Zhenfei was still somewhat puzzled. He remembered Lu Huanong mentioning that he would encounter a major disaster soon, but she did not specify what it was, saying that to do so would be a leak of heavenly secrets, so Ling Zhenfei did not ask.

"You asked me to wait for you to refine the life-extending pill, and of course, I can wait. But as I said earlier, you will face a great danger soon. If you want to save me, you must find a way to survive on your own...."

Ling Zhenfei saw Lu Huanong about to reveal more and hurriedly interrupted her, saying, "Don't speak any further. I will be very careful, and you promised me you wouldn't do anything that might leak heavenly secrets."

"But I'm really scared...."

"There's no need to be scared. I'm a man of great luck and destiny; many people have tried to kill me before, but in the end, they all died at my hands. Don't worry," Ling Zhenfei confidently reassured her, hoping to ease her fears.

The two continued their conversation, and time flew by swiftly; soon it was noon. Lu Huanong ordered her servants to prepare a meal for Ling Zhenfei. However, claiming he had matters to attend to, he declined and promised to visit again another time before leaving the Imperial Residence.

Once he left the Imperial Residence, Ling Zhenfei immediately called Chen Qian.

Upon answering the phone, Ling Zhenfei immediately scolded, "Chen Qian, are you even human?" "What's wrong, my big boss, how did I offend you?" Chen Qian was somewhat confused and did not know what had happened.

"Don't play dumb with me; I just came out from the Imperial Residence. Do you know what state your junior sister is in right now? Yet you still have her leak heavenly secrets for us. Are you trying to kill her?" Ling Zhenfei said angrily.

Chen Qian finally understood the reason and laughed, "If I didn't do that, how would you feel guilt? Without feeling guilty, how could you be wholeheartedly devoted to curing my junior sister?"

Ling Zhenfei was stunned upon hearing this, "Are you saying you did it on purpose?"

Chen Qian said with a smile, "Exactly, it was intentional. I think in this world, only you might save my junior sister. How about it, isn't she beautiful? If you manage to cure my junior sister, I'll help you two get together so you can be my brother-in-law, how does that sound?"

Ling Zhenfei was momentarily speechless, his prepared tirade against Chen Qian evaporating. "Chen Qian, you're truly shameless. If you want me to save your junior sister, why resort to such methods?"

"But otherwise, it wouldn't be the same. Now you feel guilty, so it's your responsibility to cure her. If you can't, you'll carry that guilt for life," Chen Qian explained.

"You're despicable, Chen Qian!"

"Go ahead and curse if you want, but after you're done, hurry up and figure out how to save my junior sister. I still have to supervise their work," Chen Qian said.

Facing Chen Qian, Ling Zhenfei was truly at a loss for words, but then he remembered what Lu Huanong had said, that what Chen Qian had learned from Lu Tao was all about tactics, and this little stratagem was just like taking something right out of his hands.

"I don't want to talk about it, just speak directly if you have something to say in the future, alright? Stop using your schemes on me."

"Don't worry, I only have one junior sister. By the way, have you seen my senior sister?" Chen Qian suddenly asked.

"No, do you want me to ask around when I get back?"

"Forget it, I have other things to take care of so I'm hanging up now." After saying that, Chen Qian hung up the phone, which made Ling Zhenfei very puzzled.

From the tone of Chen Qian's words just now, he obviously was very concerned about his senior sister. Thinking about it, it was understandable, as Chen Qian's senior sister was Lu Yunshang, and she and Lu Huanong were biological sisters. Given how Lu Huanong looked, Lu Yunshang surely couldn't be too far off, and it might even be possible that she was even more beautiful than Lu Huanong. It was normal for a man to be concerned.

While Ling Zhenfei was thinking about how to treat Lu Huanong, his phone suddenly rang, an unknown number on the caller ID. Zhenfei had a start, sensing that the call was probably not well-intended, but he answered it anyway.

"Ling Zhenfei, what have you done to Tian Luo?"

A man's voice came from the other end of the phone, sounding very sinister.

Ling Zhenfei recognized the voice at once—it was the same Japanese man, Watanabe Nagayumi, who had called before.

"Greetings, Mr. Watanabe, what do you mean by that? Who is Tian Luo?"

Of course, Zhenfei knew that Tian Luo referred to the Heavenly Net Poisonous Woman, but he certainly wasn't about to admit that now.

Watanabe Nagayumi said angrily, "Stop playing dumb with me. You clearly met with Tian Luo yesterday, and now I can't get in contact with her. There are only two possibilities, either you killed her or you've imprisoned her."

Ling Zhenfei laughed and said, "Clever boy, you said you were going to kill me, didn't you? Why aren't you killing me now? The thing you want is on me; come and get it."

Watanabe Nagayumi gritted his teeth and said, "I'm asking where Tian Luo is, we'll talk about other matters later."

"Tian Luo, you mean that old lady who likes to throw leaves at people? Yes, indeed, I've imprisoned her. I've hidden her in a very secret place that only I know about. How about it, do you want to know?"

Ling Zhenfei didn't want to tell the truth just yet. He wanted to see how Watanabe Nagayumi would react and also ascertain what their relationship was.

"What do you want?" Watanabe Nagayumi asked with a murderous tone.

After thinking for a moment, Zhenfei said, "Mr. Watanabe, here's the thing: I haven't provoked you at all, it was you who called to bother me. Now that you've sent an old lady after me and she couldn't handle me, I caught her instead. And now you're asking me what I want? Who should be asking whom?"

"Alright, Ling Zhenfei, let's address our issues one by one. I just want to know, how can Tian Luo be released?"

After pondering a moment, Zhenfei said, "There's something I want. If you can find it, I'll release the old lady."

"What do you want?" Watanabe Nagayumi asked, surprised.

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