“Step aside, or I’ll strangle him right now.” After a pause, Gu Qingyun curled her lips into a mocking smile. “One female slave for the life of an Heir Apparent. Worth it.”
“You…” Steward Song was rendered speechless by her shamelessness. How could a mere lowly slave possibly be mentioned in the same breath as the Heir Apparent?
Zongzheng Xiaoran raised a hand, signaling everyone to move aside.
Gu Qingyun swept her icy gaze across his face, kicked her legs against the horse, and rode away at full speed, leaving a cloud of dust behind.
“Young Master, what should we do?” Seeing that the vicious female slave who had beaten the sword tiger to death had taken Heir Apparent Duan away, Steward Song was frantic with worry.
Zongzheng Xiaoran lowered his eyes and glanced at him. “Was that horse carrying Thousand-Mile Fragrance?”
“Yes.” Steward Song’s expression turned solemn.
“Pursue them! Remember, you must ensure that Heir Apparent Duan remains completely unharmed.”
“Yes!”
Steward Song led the guards in pursuit.
Gu Qingyun rode out of the Beast Arena. Only after reaching the outside did she discover that the Beast Arena was not in the city, but in the outskirts.
Not to mention her—even the original host knew nothing about this area.
Gu Qingyun paused briefly, then headed toward the mountain forest in the distance.
Compared with open ground, the mountain forest was clearly more suitable for hiding.
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Following the scent of Thousand-Mile Fragrance, Steward Song arrived and found the horse abandoned halfway along the road.
Steward Song glanced at it and snorted coldly. “You think you can escape just by doing this?”
He looked at the group of enforcers. “Come with me!”
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Gu Qingyun casually threw Heir Apparent Duan onto the ground and removed the valuables from his person.
As a top-tier mercenary, she needed not only excellent skills, but also a clever mind. Otherwise, she would not live long.
Most silver coins bore a mark. She had offended those noble Young Masters, and they certainly would not let her off easily. If they followed the clues and found her, it would be a loss greater than the gain.
Gu Qingyun traveled on foot, using a tree branch broken from a tree as a staff while sweeping away the weeds ahead.
First, it cleared the path; second, it could frighten away the snakes and insects hiding in the grass thicket.
She continued until she reached the deep mountains. When she looked back, the path she had taken was no longer visible. She found a stream, briefly washed her wounds, then put the medicinal herbs she had gathered along the way into her mouth, chewed them into a paste, and applied it to the wounds.
Conditions were crude at the moment, so she could only treat them simply for now. The priority was to prevent the wounds from becoming inflamed or infected.
She tore off her white clothing and used her teeth and right hand to tie it around the wound on her left arm.
After finishing, Gu Qingyun reached into the chilly stream, scooped up some water, and washed her face.
Reflected in the stream was a youthful yet exquisitely beautiful face.
Gu Qingyun was slightly dazed. This was her face, yet not her face. It looked exactly as she had at fourteen or fifteen years old.
She had been a top-tier mercenary in the Twenty-First Century, known in the underworld as Ghost Doctor Qingyun. Her whereabouts were mysterious, and her medical skills were extraordinarily refined. She had accepted a mission to steal the black Ancient Jade Slip being publicly exhibited for the first time at the Y-Country Museum.
The jade slip had come from Huaxia and was rumored to possess a mysterious power.
For anyone else, infiltrating the heavily guarded Y-Country Museum would have been as difficult as ascending to heaven. For Gu Qingyun, however, it was a mere trifle.
She easily infiltrated the museum and found the Ancient Jade Slip.
She had thought the mission would go smoothly, but who could have known that the opposing forces and firepower would far exceed normal levels?
Those people seemed to know her location. No matter which corner she fled to, they would find her very quickly.
As she was surrounded by guards and gunfire, the Ancient Jade Slip in her pocket emitted a dazzling light. Then she seemed to be pulled away by a powerful force and lost consciousness. When she awoke, she was inside the beast arena platform, where she received the original host’s memories.
The original host was also named Gu Qingyun. She was the only child of the Emperor of the Yuanbao Kingdom, the Crown Heir of the Yuanbao Kingdom, and the recipient of boundless affection. She was extraordinarily beautiful, possessed exceptional talent, and enjoyed immense prestige throughout the Yuanbao Kingdom. However, she had suffered betrayal.
The one who had betrayed her was her “Shadow”—her personal Shadow Guard, Bai Youruo.
A face identical to the original host’s flashed through her mind. The woman gently caressed her features and smiled smugly. “Princess, rest assured. I will replace you and become the most honored woman in the Yuanbao Kingdom. Your father, the Emperor, and your Fiancé will all be mine. The Yuanbao Kingdom will be mine as well. As for you, you will become the lowliest slave in this world, spending your entire life beneath men, living on humbly and filthily!”
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