Shengnan didn’t pay much attention and kept checking her appearance in the mirror. But after a few minutes, she still hadn’t seen Huang Quan return, and she grew annoyed.
“Kid, what kind of wild crap are you taking? Why so slow?”
He was delaying her chance to pick up girls—could he afford the consequences?
Just then, Huang Quan’s figure gradually emerged from the mist, looking at Shengnan with an annoyed expression.
Why would Lei Aoxue develop a personality like this?
“What were you preparing just now?” Shengnan couldn’t help asking.
“What else? Preparing for troubles that’ll come in the future, of course.” Huang Quan snorted coldly, then walked forward on his own.
Shengnan followed closely behind him. Even Leng Xue hadn’t made it out of this mist, let alone him.
However, after just a few steps, Huang Quan stopped again and said, “Wait here a moment. I’m going to bury a few landmines!”
Shengnan: “???”
Bury landmines?
What the hell?
Before Shengnan could react, Huang Quan disappeared into the mist again—though this time it took nearly half an hour.
“Where the hell did that kid go?”
By now Shengnan was about to lose her mind. She’d been standing there like an idiot for half an hour with nothing but mist around her.
Then Huang Quan’s figure quietly emerged from the fog. Shengnan immediately grabbed him by the collar and demanded, “Is there something wrong with you? Why would you bury landmines for no reason?”
Huang Quan rolled his eyes at her and said, “Bro, get this straight—you’re using my body right now, living in my house, but you’re not me. If someone comes to assassinate you, do you know how to use these formations, mechanisms, and traps?”
“Who would come to kill you for no reason?!” Shengnan was furious.
“Actually, this has something to do with you too. Remember yesterday when we ki—uh—kissed mouth to mouth?” Huang Quan slapped her hand away and said with a grave expression.
Shengnan was confused. “What about it? Why are you being all hesitant? Besides, you kissed Leng Xue that day. I felt disgusted, but I didn’t think much of it!”
“Wasn’t there a man who confessed to you at the time?”
“You’re worried he’ll come after you? What’s there to be afraid of? He doesn’t have much ability. If his family hadn’t fed him spiritual pills, he’d probably still be stuck at Level 1 Awakened!” Shengnan said carelessly.
“What do you know? His family has some resources, after all. If he can’t deal with me himself, don’t you think he’d hire someone?”
Huang Quan said irritably, “If I were living in the house myself, of course I wouldn’t be afraid. But from now on, you’ll be the one living here. If you actually die, I’m afraid I’ll be stuck in your body for the rest of my life!”
“What, you’re complaining? I don’t like it much either, but with this face of yours, even a casual glance can stir up desire in a man’s heart. What’s so bad about that?” Shengnan glared at him, then couldn’t help asking, “By the way, how many landmines did you just bury?”
“Not many. Just over a hundred, scattered throughout the mist…”
At this point, Huang Quan showed a hint of regret. “Ah, not enough materials. These landmines can only kill Level 2 Awakened. If a Level 3 Awakened shows up, they’d at most get injured.”
Over a hundred?!
Hearing that number, Shengnan nearly choked on her own saliva. What the hell—in half an hour, you buried over a hundred of them around here?
Phew!
Taking a deep breath, Shengnan tried to calm herself down, then said, “Alright, you’re about done preparing. Hurry up and get me out of here!”
“Let’s go!”
Huang Quan walked toward the mist with a solemn expression. But after just a few steps, he pulled out his phone, then put it back. “Shengnan, my phone!”
Shengnan tossed it to him casually and asked, “Are you contacting your little girlfriend?”
“No, a friend who procures supplies.”
“Boring!” Shengnan rolled her eyes.
Huang Quan directly dialed the number. A man’s voice came through the phone: “Spring sleep unknowingly dawns…”
Huang Quan replied: “…Mosquitoes bite everywhere!”
“Night comes with slapping sounds…”
Huang Quan: “…Who knows how many die.”
“What do you need?”
“Three hundred—no, five hundred timed bombs, ten abyss bombs, ghost frog poison for twenty people, hallucination incense…” Huang Quan listed over a dozen product names before stopping. “Alright, that’s it for now. Get to work!”
The person on the other end was silent for a moment, then asked, “Our shop just got a new batch of abyss tools and equipment. Would you like to take a look?”
“No need…” He didn’t think much of that stuff, and it was expensive anyway.
Shengnan was dumbfounded listening nearby. “You… what are you buying all this stuff for?”
Huang Quan explained, “Preparing. The man who confessed to you definitely won’t take my behavior yesterday lying down. He might even scheme against me. So I’m getting prepared in advance. If one day we tear off all pretense, I’ll already be ready. If he wants to hire people to deal with me, I’m not afraid either!”
Shengnan was stunned for a moment, but something felt off. “You’re starting to prepare now?”
“Should I wait until we tear off all pretense to prepare? That’d be too late.”
“Mm, that’s not right. I remember Ming Xuanyuan didn’t even see you that day. Aren’t you being too sensitive?”
Shengnan replied. She remembered that when the kiss happened, Huang Quan had covered his face and slipped away before anyone could react.
But Huang Quan disagreed. “What if he recognizes me from behind? Who can guarantee these things? Oh, we’re here!”
“Here?” Shengnan thought they’d made it out of the mist formation and looked around. Although the mist was thinner, they were still inside the formation.
The only difference was that tombstones stood throughout the mist, and the surroundings were thick with eerie energy.
Huang Quan walked past each tombstone, then stopped in front of one. He took out a talisman paper and a brush.
He dipped the brush in the water in front of the grave, then channeled his spiritual energy into the tip and quickly drew—a spiritual talisman took form.
“Is this your lightning talisman?”
Shengnan was slightly surprised. She’d seen plenty before—using talismans to summon lightning and blast abyss monsters.
These human-drawn talismans were as effective as one-time abyss tools.
“No, it’s a summoning talisman,” Huang Quan said as he handed the talisman to Shengnan.
“Why are you giving it to me?” Shengnan looked puzzled.
Huang Quan explained, “Remember what I said earlier? Ming Xuanyuan could attack you at any time. You’re in my body now, so of course I’m going to prepare some life-saving measures for you. There’s a flying zombie buried in this grave, comparable in strength to a Level 3 Awakened. If you run into danger at the villa, just activate the talisman, and the flying zombie will jump out and kill!”
Shengnan held the talisman and stared at him blankly. How obsessed with preparation was this guy, even preparing something like this?
