Chapter 160
There are countless possibilities. Perhaps the contract failed to reverse; maybe the Jiao Long (蛟龙) did turn the tide but was outmaneuvered by Yu Xunhuan; or perhaps the Jiao Long had contracted with Su Yitong, and then, by currying favor with the Jiao Long, Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong joined forces to seize the Su family...
So many possibilities.
Even her every action now could be nudging fate toward that fateful moment.
What if she hadn’t used that divination skill stone back then? Would fate have taken a different turn?
But Yu Xunge had no regrets about anything she had done. Every decision she made was the one that brought her the most joy at that moment—and it still was.
She didn’t waste a single moment fretting or getting angry; it was pointless.
Every path is walked step by step, and every game piece must be played one move at a time.
What’s the worst that could happen? She could simply flip the chessboard. Once Yu Xunhuan had gone through all the trouble to obtain Lin Chengze’s talent, she could find an opportunity to eliminate the Jiao Long and Yu Xunhuan, thus losing the thrill of revenge.
Yu Xunge didn’t waste time in the familiar shadows of Youan City; she headed straight to the auction house in Yas City.
This was the longest she had ever spent in an auction house. In the past, she would just glance at S-level skills and leave, or search for keywords, but today, she found herself flipping through the pet-related section for over forty minutes.
In the end, she selected two items she deemed useful.
【Yanwei: Intermediate Pet Aroma】—Light the wick hanging to the left of the scented candle, place an item imbued with your magical essence in the flame until it turns to ash, then extinguish the candle. Place the scented candle within a hundred meters of your desired beast, light the center wick, and after ten tail whips, the candle will burn out. For the next seven natural days, you will appear highly attractive in its eyes.
(Note 1: For pets not yet contracted, this increases the success rate of the contract; for pets already contracted, it enhances intimacy and affection between the main pet and the contracted one.)
(Note 2: During the ten tail whip duration, all beasts that smell the aroma will be affected by this scented candle.)
【Anti-theft Seal: Pet Version】 (3/3)—Using your blood as seal paste, stamp the seal on a beast that has not yet been contracted. For the next thirty natural days, that beast can only be contracted by you.
The former costs 88 gold coins, while the latter is a bit pricier at 155 gold coins.
The best part is that both items are meant for the Jiao Long, which won’t significantly affect Yu Xunhuan, allowing her to sidestep Yu Xunhuan’s luck. Without hesitation, Yu Xunge placed her order.
She had some items she had pilfered from Yu Xunhuan, but she didn’t dare use them casually. What if those items hadn’t been worn by Yu Xunhuan? If the magical essence on them wasn’t hers, it would backfire.
Blood was the safest option!
At this time, Yu Xunhuan was nowhere to be found. A quick scroll through the forum revealed the latest news: someone had spotted him at the airport in B City last night.
Had he already returned to S City? That would make it significantly harder to reach the Su family.
Moreover, even if Yu Xunhuan hadn’t returned, rushing to B City to find him now felt a bit hasty.
But it didn’t matter; Yu Xunge had a better plan.
After the Jiao Long battle on September 1st, she had taken Yu Xunhuan to the airport after watching Su Yitong’s masked singer concert. She could simply use 【Raging Moon】 to return to that moment!
According to the skill’s limitations, she could go back a maximum of 27 days, and since it was the 14th, she could easily return to the 1st. Plus, getting to the S City airport would take her less than a minute.
Back in Blue Star, she waited for the cooldown of 【Jia Lai!】 to finish. Yu Xunge instructed Tu Lan to stay home and patrol while she returned to her bedroom. Habitually, she used her Hunter’s Eye to check for any anomalies around her before taking out the lantern.
After using 【Time-Space Stroll】, a line of information appeared in her mind—【】Month【】Day【】Hour【】Minute【】.
Yu Xunge filled in the time, and the next second, the Raging Moon inside the lampshade lit up, its glow enveloping her.
When the light faded, Yu Xunge found herself still in the same spot, standing by the bed, the lantern still in her hand, but the moon inside had dimmed.
Opening the game panel, the time still read September 14th, 3:27 PM, but outside, the sky was dark—she had returned to the night of September 1st at 9 PM!
Not wasting any more time, Yu Xunge quickly stowed the Raging Moon in her small bag, used her disguise skill to change her appearance, and went invisible, using Phantom Shift to head to the airport.
She could only stay for 8 minutes; every second counted.
From a distance, she spotted herself seeing Yu Xunhuan off at the boarding gate. Both of them wore baseball caps, sunglasses, and masks, but how could she not recognize herself and Yu Xunhuan?
Even though Tu Lan was invisible, she could still sense the little dragon perched on her shoulder.
Suddenly, she heard Tu Lan’s voice in her mind: “Hey?!”
—Ah, now she understood what the riddle dragon was surprised about back then.
Yu Xunge quickly replied in her mind, “Shh, don’t tell me! This is our secret.”
She could hear Tu Lan chuckling in her mind: “Alright.”
Yu Xunge teleported to a corner of the boarding area, dropped her disguise, and brushed past Yu Xunhuan.
【Feeling Happy Again】—Changed Yu Xunhuan’s luck to 1.
Then, in that fleeting moment, she turned halfway and, under Yu Xunhuan’s startled and wary gaze, wrapped her arms around his neck. At the same time, an ice flower seal landed directly on Yu Xunhuan.
The casting effect of this skill freezes the target for 3 seconds, with the freezing effect influenced by the caster’s intelligence. Given Yu Xunge’s current intelligence and Yu Xunhuan’s attributes, there was no need to wait for 3 seconds; the moment the ice flower touched his body, he was already frozen.
【Chapter 207: Preemptive Layout】
Yu Xunge held onto the frozen Yu Xunhuan’s shoulder—actually gripping his shoulder—and half-dragged, half-lifted him to a corner.
She took out a small knife and a vial to collect his blood—what could be more infused with magical essence than blood?
Setting aside whether she could steal Yu Xunhuan’s equipment within the 8 minutes, even if she did, she couldn’t be sure it was something he had used.
The syringe was one she had casually taken from the animal farm while handling animals, with a capacity of only 10ml. But she had thought it might come in handy someday, so she had taken ten and even kept a silver coin.
And now, it was finally useful?!
After all, the 【Anti-theft Seal: Pet Version】 also required Yu Xunhuan’s blood, so it was a two-for-one deal.
After drawing one vial, Yu Xunge felt a bit unsatisfied… Since she was here, she might as well get her money’s worth!
She took out another vial and continued to draw.
One vial… two vials… three vials… she drew a total of five vials.
If it weren’t for the time constraint, Yu Xunge might have drained Yu Xunhuan to the brink of unconsciousness.
After collecting the blood, Yu Xunge took out a bottle of secondary Forgetting Potion and pried open Yu Xunhuan’s mouth to pour it down.
The intermediate Forgetting Potion makes one forget the last hour’s events, while the basic one only lasts for 5 minutes. The secondary one, essentially a subpar product brewed by novice alchemists, only allows one to forget events from the last 2 minutes, which was just perfect.
She had brewed this while waiting for the cooldown of Jia Lai to finish, and given her current level, it wasn’t easy to concoct a subpar product.
Of course, she couldn’t be sure whether Yu Xunhuan would notice something was off and check the surveillance, but even if he did, it wouldn’t matter. In fact, it could be said that checking would be even better!
“Me” was probably still inside the terminal, making it the perfect alibi.
And the act of feeding the Forgetting Potion after the crime would make the alibi seem even more credible.
After administering the Forgetting Potion, she kindly gave Yu Xunhuan a vial of healing potion to restore his health, bringing him back to the spot where they had brushed past each other.
Once all this was done, Yu Xunge went invisible and used Phantom Shift to return home.
However, she didn’t go back to her bedroom; instead, she headed to the study. She wanted to test where she would appear when time returned to normal.
She took out the lantern and waited quietly, watching the game panel’s time jump from 35 minutes to 35 minutes. After a moment, the lantern suddenly flickered.
The next second, Yu Xunge found herself still in the same spot, but the light in the study was on—Tu Lan must have come looking for the game cartridge and left the light on.
The only thing that changed was time; the location remained the same, which aligned perfectly with the skill description.
Yu Xunge didn’t drop her disguise or do anything in the study. Instead, she went invisible again and used Phantom Shift to head to the Jiao Long dungeon.
Once inside the dungeon, she took out the lantern and hung it at her waist, marking a tree two thousand meters from the Jiao Long’s territory as her constant star.
Then she used Phantom Shift to get close to the Jiao Long’s territory and took out a pet aroma the size of her pinky finger.
After learning about the Moon Fox, she didn’t want any scent made by the Moon Fox lingering in her territory.
She first pushed an entire vial of blood into the container, ignited the outer wick as instructed, and brought the blood-filled container closer.
She was prepared to find a vessel to burn the blood if the liquid wouldn’t ignite, but the Moon Fox’s items were powerful; the next second, the blood ignited, quickly transforming into a wisp of smoke that drifted away.
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