Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

Thank you so much to [Lie Shuang] for the expert certification and gift support!

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When Xing San came out, she noticed that the expressions of the people in the hall were very different.

From Bai Lu's perspective, Jing Yuan laughed like a child, and Qi Zhimu and Dan Heng directly made her hallucinate the scene of her predecessor playing chess with the Dragon Lord hundreds of years ago.

It looks so much like...

Back then, the aloof and proud Lord Yinyue would only occasionally show a few pixels of a smile on his square face when he played chess with Shunxue Jinhong.

From Xinghe and March 7th's perspective, it's as if they see a new world.

Heavens, Danheng seems to be smiling.

Is this for real? Are you seeing things?

I rubbed my eyes and looked again; I was sure I hadn't misread it.

"So Danheng likes playing Lupus Chess. No wonder he never joined in when we played StarCraft on the train," March 7th realized.

"I don't think the reason is that obvious..." Xing fell into deep thought.

After a long while, he suddenly shook his head.

Oh well, I never expected that.

Kafka had called her not long ago asking for help, and after much consideration, she finally helped her.

In life, don't make choices you'll regret.

In short, just be happy.

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When Han Ya returned from get off work at the Ten Kings' Office, he was surprised to find so many guests at Qingxin Residence.

Her arrival, and Qi Zhimu's unabashedly intimate behavior towards her, completely stunned Xinghe and Sanyueqi, causing them to momentarily lose their composure.

After confirming the answer, they looked at Qi Zhimu with strange eyes.

No wonder these two looked like a couple when they were in Jinren Alley...

Not long ago, Ms. Black Tower and Jackdaw sat at the same table as them at Shang Ziwei.

Han Ya clearly saw Hei Ta's intimate behavior towards Qi Zhimu, but remained completely unmoved.

With Lady Black Tower's intelligence, there's no way she wouldn't see the relationship between Qi Zhimu and Han Ya.

In other words...

Xing secretly gave Qi Zhimu a thumbs up.

Even someone as proud as Black Tower was willing to make concessions on this matter.

Great.

She became increasingly curious about what kind of experiences Hei Ta and Qi Zhimu had gone through to make their relationship so solid.

After the dinner, Xing pulled March 7th to sit on the sofa and whispered to each other.

"Hey March, is your mouth blessed with some kind of magic?"

"What do you mean? Are you saying I'm a jinx?"

"A jinx isn't that powerful."

"That's almost... enough..." March 7 replied subconsciously, then immediately realized something was wrong.

Even worse than a jinx...that hardly qualifies as a compliment...

Xing didn't give her a chance to recover and continued to throw out the next piece of gossip.

"Now I'm starting to think that both Miss Topa and Miss Kagami are interested in Chimu... you know what I mean?"

"...I understand." March 7th had an expression that said, "I understand."

After Dan Heng finished the Yunwu gathering, they learned from him that the woman who took Qi Zhimu away was named Jing Liu.

On March 7th, I couldn't help but glance at the stars.

When this topic came up, she recalled a joke she had made before: that she suspected Topa and the others were actually Zhimu's wives.

Jingliu guessed correctly, but it shouldn't be Kotopa, right?

Qi Zhimu's attitude towards her didn't seem like that; it was more like concern for a child.

Just like how Ji Zi and Uncle Yang treated them... the role of an elder in a loving family.

Thinking of all this, March 7 gently nudged Xingyi with her elbow: "Stop gossiping. It's not good to talk about other people's private affairs."

Guessing correctly brings no benefit, while guessing incorrectly only adds to the embarrassment.

After the banquet, the train crew did not stay overnight at Qingxinju, but returned to Qingyu Yichen Inn, which Jingyuan had originally arranged for the train.

Jing Yuan also bid farewell to Yan Qing and Bai Lu and left.

But before that, he walked up to Dan Heng, patted him on the shoulder a few times, and then boarded the Star Chariot with a hearty laugh.

"Why did the general pat your shoulder?" Xing asked curiously.

"Celebrating my understanding of a past life's...unresolved issue, perhaps."

"Huh, they actually answered!"

"Is that strange?"

"Hmm, that's strange." March 7th nodded, and Dai Xing expressed her thoughts: "And you actually smiled today, that's really rare."

"After a while, I'm afraid he won't be laughing anymore."

Why?

"...The last thing to be resolved here might not be pleasant, but hopefully it's just a formality," Dan Heng said.

"Can't you be clearer? You know I'm not good at thinking..." March 7 said weakly.

"Because it's not our problem, it's purely a useless tradition left over from the Immortal Boat Alliance. When certain sensitive things are touched, people go crazy."

"Jianmu?" Xing offered a guess.

"Pretty much, and it's also related to me."

Dan Heng nodded, and then, unusually, used a metaphor.

"Some people are so sensitive that they'd probably scream in terror if they saw a swarm of cockroaches flying towards them."

"I was so scared I cried!" March 7th shuddered.

She had actually seen this kind of scene on her previous expeditions.

It would be unbearable for anyone to react if a disgusting creature several times larger than normal splashed on their face.

"Then you, and all of us, will be alright, right?" Xing's attention was not on Dan Heng's analogy.

"..." Dan Heng was silent for a moment, then answered in a firm tone, "No."

If something happens to them, Qi Zhimu is most likely to be the one who goes berserk.

Instantaneous, extreme speed.

Blood, the enemy's blood.

Ashes, the ultimate killing.

Rainbow, that magnificent rainbow light.

The origin of Qi Zhimu's past reputation came from a Cloud Knight soldier's heartfelt exclamation upon witnessing Lord Xiaowei's heroic feat in battle.

Before the afterimage had faded, the true form had already slain the powerful enemy and appeared on the other side.

The enemy's flesh and blood, illuminated by the rainbow after the rain, appeared so magnificent.

Although Danheng never felt that Qi Zhimu owed her anything, she also knew that Qi Zhimu, who had accepted the interpersonal relationships from her past life, had different thoughts from her own.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be today's act of apologizing through chess.

He couldn't change Qi Zhimu's mind, nor did he want to.

The reason why Danfeng and Qi Zhimu had a good relationship and deep trust in each other in their previous life was because the latter's upright character moved him.

Those old fogies in the Immortal Ship's veteran council dare to do him a disservice; their good days are surely numbered.

Qi Zhimu, now a patrolling knight-errant, will certainly not tolerate this.

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