"Here."
"Send people to inquire about which women Su Yang is close to, and capture all of them!"
Yang Wudi's eyes blazed with ferocity. After clashing with Su Yang, he understood that his subordinates were no match for him.
So, he would capture the women and humiliate them thoroughly.
"For every woman you capture, I will reward you with one million!"
"Furthermore, you can do whatever you want with the women you capture!"
"Yes!"
The guards were all invigorated. They had heard that Su Yang's women were all peerless beauties.
It was hard not to be tempted by the sight of noble ladies who were usually high and mighty.
Moreover, the vast sum of money was enough for their lifelong expenses.
Over three hundred guards, breaking into small groups, infiltrated Songhai. A storm was brewing.
The next morning.
Birds chirped in the trees outside the villa, and fallen leaves rustled.
Su Yang woke up to Zhou Chengcheng knocking on his door.
"What is it?"
"Director Su, that Duan Xiaosi has escaped!"
"Let her escape!"
Cold-Blooded Rose probably couldn't find an opportunity in the villa, so she ran.
After all, if the real Duan Xiaosi was rescued, her disguise would be useless.
"Director Su, Hei Zi says there are suspicious people outside, possibly from the guards."
"Don't bother with them!"
Su Yang put on his clothes. Yang Mange was still fast asleep on the bed; she hadn't slept well last night.
"Chengcheng, when Mange wakes up, tell her and Lian Xin not to go out unless it's necessary!"
"Yes, Director Su!"
Su Yang went downstairs. Anna and Emily had prepared breakfast.
Emily had learned her lesson and no longer referred to them as "Dragon Country men" or anything similar.
Anna put down the breakfast and untied her apron.
"Student Su Yang, our time is up. I'm going back to school."
"Anna, you can't leave yet!"
"Why?"
"Because there's a female assassin outside who can transform into anyone. She might target you."
Anna hesitated, but Emily was dismissive. "You must be trying to keep us here, so you've come up with a flimsy excuse to scare us, right?"
Su Yang, too lazy to argue, finished his breakfast quickly and left.
Anna said, "Kailin, why don't we stay?"
"Have you fallen for Su Yang?"
"No, no..."
"Then are you staying to be a maid, or do you have other intentions?"
Emily shook her head and walked away, dropping her apron.
"Kailin, wait for me..."
...
After leaving the villa, Su Yang arrived at the Cultural Relics Association building.
Duan Linglong lay lazily on her high seat, eyes closed, as if nothing in the world could surprise her.
The top-floor hall was eerily silent. Su Yang looked towards the door behind the screen.
The fragment of the Longevity Diagram was there, but he couldn't get in.
"What is it?"
Duan Linglong asked lazily without opening her eyes.
"You said that if I helped you find Duan Xiaosi, you would grant me one request!"
Su Yang strode forward and sat beside her, inhaling her faint fragrance.
Duan Linglong slowly opened her eyes, her expressionless face asking, "Hand over what you got from the Dragon Head to me, and I'll grant you not one, but ten requests!"
"What I got from the Dragon Head? What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb. You never come here without a reason. Don't you want to enter that door?"
Duan Linglong asked with a half-smile, her eyes full of amusement.
—Damn, this woman is too sensitive and too smart, hard to fool!
Su Yang rubbed his nose. "Do you know the secret of the Longevity Diagram?"
Seeing him admit it, Duan Linglong cut to the chase. "Eternal life!"
"Three fragments aren't enough!"
Su Yang still remembered that the Longevity Diagram contained a medicinal formula and a map, albeit incomplete.
Duan Linglong stretched lazily. "Sit here for a moment!"
With that, she walked around the screen and pressed her five fingers against the steel door.
The door flashed with blue light and slowly opened.
Duan Linglong returned with two sheepskin scrolls, spreading them out and piecing them together.
Su Yang didn't dawdle and added his fragment of the Longevity Diagram.
They examined it closely. It turned out to be a complete medicinal formula and a route.
"Jinling?"
Duan Linglong exclaimed, "Could Qin Shi Huang have hidden some secret in Jinling?"
"Jinling is so big, how can we find it?"
Su Yang rubbed his head. As expected, one fragment was indispensable.
Duan Linglong, with her vast knowledge, recognized the ancient seal script.
"Elixir of Longevity? Does this thing really exist?"
Su Yang nodded. In his past life, he remembered Qin Shi Huang being obsessed with alchemy in his later years.
To seek immortality, Qin Shi Huang had invited many alchemists to research elixirs.
Among them was an alchemist named Xu Fu.
However, he wasn't sure if this person existed in this parallel world.
Duan Linglong put away the three fragments of the Longevity Diagram. "I know a very capable person. We can give the medicinal formula to her to try."
"As you wish!"
Su Yang wasn't very interested in alchemy. His "Omnibenevolent System" had rewarded him with a total of 120 years of lifespan.
He wasn't worried at all; living to a hundred was easy.
Most importantly, practicing alchemy was too time-consuming and energy-draining.
Su Yang remembered their previous conversation. "Linglong, you said you would grant me ten requests."
"Did I say that?"
Duan Linglong blinked her eyes, feigning innocence.
"A man of his word doesn't go back on his promises!"
"I'm not a man of my word, I'm a little lady."
Duan Linglong put away the fragments of the Longevity Diagram and chuckled triumphantly. "Thank you for the Longevity Diagram. You can leave now."
"Damn it!"
Su Yang cursed. Just then, Zong Ze called.
"Brother Zong, what's wrong?"
"Brother Su, Liu Jiaqi came to bail out Liu Chong, saying it was your idea?"
Su Yang remembered he had promised Liu Jiaqi that he would release Liu Chong once Duan Xiaosi was found.
Liu Chong had only instigated trouble and hadn't caused any deaths.
"Brother Zong, I did promise her."
"Alright, Liu Jiaqi is a poor girl. It's a shame she followed the wrong person..."
Zong Ze sighed, hung up the phone, and released Liu Chong.
Su Yang glanced at the high seat. Duan Linglong had fallen asleep again.
"What a little lazy cat..."
...
Wanbao Zhai.
Cold-Blooded Rose, transformed into an ordinary woman, was leisurely browsing treasures.
Her host was Zhang Suqin, the chief appraiser of Wanbao Zhai.
"Miss, have you found anything you like?"
Cold-Blooded Rose pointed at a dagger. "What kind of weapon is this?"
"This is the Fish Gut Sword from the Jinling Longquan Mountain Villa, but it's not the genuine ancient one; it's a replica made by a master craftsman later!"
Adhering to the principle of honesty, Zhang Suqin explained the origin of the Fish Gut Sword.
Cold-Blooded Rose touched the Fish Gut Sword. "Tell me, can this dagger slit a throat in one strike?"
Cold-Blooded Rose looked at Zhang Suqin's throat with interest, making the latter nervous.
"Miss, you're joking. Who uses a dagger to slit throats these days?"
Cold-Blooded Rose ran her finger along the dagger's edge. "I heard you have a good relationship with Young Master Su. Is that true?"
Zhang Suqin took a few steps back, sensing a murderous aura from the woman before her.
"I'm his employee. Why are you asking this?"