Wen Qingchen waited and waited, and by the time she realized it, the sun had already set.
The surroundings gradually became shrouded in darkness. The pond was quiet and serene, surrounded by deep forests, with only the faint roar of wild beasts echoing through the night. There were no signs of anyone around.
“It’s strange, is there really no one here?”
Wen Qingchen hesitated for a moment. As night fell deeper, she feared that Wen Huanji might worry if she didn’t return soon, so she took the clothing with the embedded gemstone and headed back to the temple.
She had waited for so long, but still no one came to retrieve the items. The gemstone was too eye-catching; if she didn’t take it, it might get taken by someone else.
After Wen Qingchen left, the surroundings fell silent once more.
The night was quiet and still.
The moon climbed to the treetops.
In the still, undisturbed pond, a ripple appeared, spreading out in concentric circles.
A tall figure emerged from the water, splashing droplets, and the moonlight shimmering on the surface of the pond created a sparkling reflection.
The man with the silver mask gently landed on the shore and approached the tray.
The tray slowly rose into the air, and the man in the silver mask reached out, preparing to put on the clothing, but his movements suddenly halted, and the brows behind the mask furrowed deeply.
Hmm?
Who stole my underwear!
The man’s thin lips pressed into a tight line, and the coldness in his eyes became more pronounced.
“Sixteen!”
A cold voice was spoken from his thin lips.
In the darkness, a figure dressed as a guard quietly appeared and knelt on one knee. “My lord, what are your orders?”
Yin Chenming’s thin lips curved into a faintly indifferent arc. “Who has entered this place?”
Sixteen responded, “Reporting to my lord, within a ten-zhang radius, there are barriers you have set up. Without your permission, no one can enter, and my subordinates and I have been guarding the barrier.”
**No one has entered?**
Yin Chenming’s gaze fell on the tray. Could his underwear really have disappeared on its own?
A murky light flickered in the depths of his eyes.
His personal clothing had vanished twice in a row, and there were no traces to be found.
This meant that someone, or something, had managed to ignore the barriers and restrictions he had set up, entering and exiting this place at will, and then… had stolen his personal clothing.
The temperature around him continued to drop. Sixteen did not dare to look up, cold sweat beading on his forehead as he trembled slightly under the icy aura emanating from his master.
Yin Chenming put down the tray, his eyes as cold as ice. “Lay an ambush.”
He wanted to see what kind of creature dared to be so bold!
“Yes!” Sixteen immediately took the order, summoning the remaining guards and quickly deploying them in position to lie in ambush.
Yin Chenming did not re-enter the hidden world at the bottom of the pond. Instead, he remained underwater, waiting silently.
And he waited for a full three days.
There was no sign of anyone, not even animals, could enter under the barrier he had set up.
Just as Sixteen was starting to think that their master’s ambush would go to waste, on the fourth day, a thin and frail figure slowly appeared by the edge of the pond.
It was a very slender young girl.
The girl had a delicate appearance, her white skin highlighting her bright, star-like eyes.
She was dressed in coarse, plain clothes, but her unique aura could not be hidden. Her demeanor was both lazy and slightly playful.
When Yin Chenming saw the girl appear, a look of surprise crossed his eyes—
It was her.
A woman with a special power who claimed to be just a doctor.
