Chapter 271: Clean Up Together

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingluan’s curiosity was definitely aroused. “Where did you learn about this? Doesn’t the black market auction usually keep its auction items confidential until the event?”

“Last time at the auction, apart from the sky-high Universe Stabilizer from the Island of No Return, that unknown black stone was the dark horse. This time, there’s someone willing to pay a high price for a treasure that resembles that black stone, and the word got out discreetly.”

If it truly was the Chaos Stone, she had to go see it!

Having narrowly missed obtaining the Chaos Stone last time, she regretted it for a long while. This time, she couldn’t afford to miss it again.

The growth of the Hongmeng Qi within her was far too slow. After five years on the Cloud Plains Continent, the Hongmeng Qi had barely changed.

She understood the origin of the Hongmeng Qi and could comprehend the reasons, yet she remained unsatisfied. She yearned to enhance her power swiftly.

Ever since she established a contract with the Stellar Space using the secret vault of the Jun Residence, she had been practicing inside it, resulting in a slight increase in her Hongmeng Qi. However, the progress was still far too gradual.

At this rate, when would she be able to recover her full strength from her previous life and return to the Tianji Continent to seek revenge against Feng Qingwu?

If it were just about avenging herself, she wouldn’t be in such a hurry. However, Feng Qingwu not only harmed her but also impersonated her and attempted to replace her. She was concerned that her father would be poisoned by Feng Qingwu and feared that the Infinite Palace would fall into Feng Qingwu’s hands.

Once Feng Qingwu gained full control over the Infinite Palace, seeking revenge would become exceedingly difficult.

Gu Qingluan thanked Lu Bainian once again for his information.

Seeing her appreciation, a pleased smile appeared on Lu Bainian’s handsome face. “I’m glad I could be of help to Miss Gu.”

Gu Qingluan smiled. “You’ve done me a great favor.”

She believed in repaying kindness and settling scores. Since Lu Bainian had provided her with so much information, she naturally wanted to reciprocate.

She made a gesture, and a bottle of spirit pills appeared in her palm. “I heard that the Lu family also has a selection system internally. Even for branches, if they show exceptional promise, they can be chosen to join the main family and receive cultivation. 1 hope these pills will be beneficial to you.”

Lu Bainian didn’t know what was inside the bottle, but he was intelligent enough to deduce that, like Mr. Liu, Gu Qingluan was from the Island of No Return. Therefore, the pills she offered weren’t ordinary.

With such a valuable gift, he hesitated to accept it and raised his hand to decline.

“Do you genuinely believe that what 1 want is of lesser value than this tiny bottle of pills?” Gu Qingluan arched an eyebrow.

Lu Bainian promptly shook his head. “Of course not…”

“In that case, accept it. I dislike being indebted to others. Or do you want to watch me struggle with insomnia?”

With her words, Lu Bainian had no choice but to accept.

Considering that she had just saved her son and might have important matters to attend to, Lu Bainian refrained from lingering and took his leave.

Gu Xiaonan and Xiao Yuer were playing outside.

It was unclear what game they were engrossed in, as the sound of Xiao Yuer’s laughter was incessant.

When Lu Bainian called her, Xiao Yuer showed reluctance to leave.

Gu Xiaonan said, “Let’s play together another day.”

Xiaoyuer nodded. “Mhmm, Brother Xiaonan, you can also come and play with me.”

In a short span of time, it seemed that the two youngsters had already formed a deep bond of friendship.

Lu Bainian was content with this outcome.

He could discern that Miss Gu was exceptional and destined for great fortune in the future. If Xiao Yuer forged a strong bond with her children, then in the future, even if he encountered difficulties, Xiao Yuer wouldn’t be left without support.

After seeing Lu Bainian off, Gu Qingluan contemplated how to deal with Wang Shi.

Critiquing her own leniency, she hadn’t eradicated them entirely, thus unintentionally affording them opportunities to create further turmoil.

If it hadn’t been for the cleverness of her two sons, the situation might have taken a different turn.

As for Wang Shi, the true mastermind, she effortlessly reaped the benefits of her orchestrations.

With her current strength, killing Wang Shi was simple.

However, merely killing her left Gu Qingluan dissatisfied.

Then there was that alchemist named Zhang Sheng, who dared to impersonate a person from the Island of No Return and harm her son. She intended to deal with him as well.

“Xiaonan, play inside on your own. I’m going out for a bit..”