Somewhere in the suburbs.

This was a fairly distinctive small town. It was decorated in an ancient style, conserving an ancient architectural style. Some outsiders would specifically visit the town for sightseeing. This was considered a small scenic spot in Qing Ming City. Every year, the Qing Ming City would also set aside a fund for the maintenance of these buildings.

However…

Today…

There were sudden tremors on the ground.

A terrifying rift began to spread.

Click!

Click!

The ground collapsed.

Everyone fled hurriedly in panic.

There was a crack along the quartzite street that cut through the town. The town seemed to be divided into two sections by the rift.

Fortunately, the tremors lasted only a few seconds.

"What happened?"

"It might be an earthquake."

"d.a.m.n, didn't an Architect come to reinforce it recently?"

"G.o.d knows."

The crowd was somewhat alarmed.

They looked closely at the gap in the middle of the street. It spread in an irregular shape, looking very scary. But fortunately, it was only a few centimeters in width.

After a long time…

The town leader arrived and spoke to the a.s.sistant in anger, "Where is the person that I told you to find?"

According to last week's geological report, this place was due for maintenance.

"He didn't come."

The a.s.sistant was also at a loss. "I deliberately chose the top-notch Architect with the best reputation, the highest evaluations, and with barely a bad review. I did not expect that he would fail to show up for this appointment."

"Are you sure this is not an excuse?"

The leader glanced at him.

"How is that possible?"

The a.s.sistant had a bitter smile on his face. "I have records on my phone. Do you want to take a look?"

"Forget it. Get this done as soon as possible."

The leader waved his hands.

He looked glum at the sight of the rift.

Sigh…

Maintenance and repair costs were very different. He had to pester the higher-ups again tonight to ask for more maintenance funds…

It would not do to keep repairing the streets.

"Understood."

The a.s.sistant knew the implications as well.

Snort!

The Architect, Zhang Erliang…

It was said that he was a top-notch Architect.

It was said that he had no bad reviews!

It was ridiculous. He would give him a bad review when he went back!

After a long time…

The town resumed its activities.

However…

No one could tell that energy was spreading from the rift. It kept surging upward. There seemed to be no end to it.

…

At this very moment…

In the shop.

Lu Ming's heart sank at the continuous beeping sounds.

Something had happened!

Although it was common for Comrade Old Jiang to go missing, he had never been out of contact for several days and he would always answer Xiaobai's calls!

No matter how busy he was in the past, or if he was unable to answer the call right then, he would send a message or return the call when he was available later!

But now…

There was no news of him.

Was he busy?

No way!

He was at his busiest when he was being hunted down.

Under those circ.u.mstances, he would rush to answer Xiaobai's phone calls, for fear that she would hang up the phone if he was late by one second. Nothing was busier than being hunted down.

Unless…

Lu Ming had a bad premonition.

Although he would often ridicule Jiang Feng in the past, he did not really want anything to happen to him!

He was after all Xiaobai's father!

Besides, he had yet to reimburse the money for the four-star textbooks.

"Let's go! Let's go to your house to take a look."

Lu Ming looked solemn.

"Okay."

Xiaobai was worried as well.

Lu Ming closed the shop and went with Xiaobai to her house.

It was a very common house with three rooms and two halls. Everything in the house looked normal. Nothing was being damaged and he did not find any abnormalities. It was very quiet with no traces of intrusion.

Jiang Feng's bedroom…

Click!

It could not be opened.

It seemed that he had locked it before leaving.

"Xiaobai, do you have the key to this room?" Lu Ming asked.

"No."

Xiaobai shook her head.

"Alright."

Lu Ming walked to the study room.

He rummaged through the items that Jiang Feng left behind.

Among them were some school doc.u.ments as well as all kinds of correspondence. There was no clue at all. There was a thick stack of doc.u.ments labeled as learning materials.

Lu Ming cast a look and was reminded that Xiaobai said that Jiang Feng would have an odd smile on his face whenever he stared at the screen. He did not dare to look at it right away.

Learning materials…

In his impression…

He remembered that in his previous life, he would name his doc.u.ments 'j.a.panese conversational exercises'…

He paused for a moment.

While Xiaobai was not paying attention, he flipped it open to check. Oh, there were indeed learning materials. There were some school application files. Anyway, he did not understand what they were about.

"Do you have a safe at home?" Lu Ming asked.

"Yes."

Xiaobai opened the cabinet at the lower right corner of the desk.

An exquisite safe was hidden.

Lu Ming took a look. It required triple authentication, including fingerprint, iris, and energy. It was only possible to open the safe when all three tests were matched.

"Give it a try," Lu Ming suggested.

Old Jiang might leave some clues for his daughter.

"Okay."

Xiaobai went forward cautiously.

Shus.h.!.+

The fingerprint verification failed!

Shus.h.!.+

The iris verification failed.

Shus.h.!.+

The energy verification failed.

"It does not seem to work."

Lu Ming was disappointed.

It seemed that Old Jiang did not intend to leave anything for his daughter.

He was too stingy!

Perhaps she was not his biological daughter!

Did he really not intend to leave a will or properties for her?

How could he carry on with his investigation?

"Did your father mention anything?" Lu Ming asked.

"I don't know."

Xiaobai shook her head, at a loss.

Her father did not say anything about the safe to her.

"Hmm. I will take a look."

Lu Ming scratched his head and took out the Meltdown Card.

Energy…

He should be able to try it out.

Although he was very clear that if he was able to use the Meltdown Card for the safe, it might be locked up with no way of opening it. But now that there was no other way, he could only try this method. He could also check whether there was any bug for this kind of triple verification.

However…

He had just approached the safe when energy emerged. He had yet to use the Meltdown Card…

Shus.h.!.+

Energy verified.

Lu Ming looked dumbstruck. V-verified?

What did it mean?

He had yet to come to his senses. Although he was doubtful, he tried to verify his iris and fingerprint.

Dee—

Fingerprints verified.

Dee—

Iris verified.

Click!

The safe was opened.

Lu Ming was speechless.

Xiaobai was at a loss.

The series of events was unlike what he imagined.

Lu Ming was dumbstruck.

What did this mean?

Why would he be able to open Old Jiang's safe?! Although he was glad that there were clues, the meaning behind it was very terrifying!

Uh—

Xiaobai looked at her master cautiously. She did not dare to say anything.

Lu Ming's expression was gloomy.

He tried hard to recall Little Lu Ming's memory. He was certain that in his childhood days and infancy period, he had never seen Jiang Feng before!

Oh.

Luckily, this was not what he imagined.

"Forget it. Let's open the cabinet first."

Lu Ming rubbed his head.

Shus.h.!.+

He opened the cabinet.

To his surprise, there was nothing strange in the cabinet except for a beautiful maple leaf, sparkling with fluorescent lights, floating in the air.

"This thing… I think I've seen this before."

Xiaobai was thinking hard about it, as she stretched her hands out, wanting to take it.

At this very moment…

Click!

A voice came from behind.

Someone was here!

Lu Ming looked menacing. The Original Card condensed in his hands and he was about to release the Moonblade when he froze. That was because the figure that appeared was…

It was Jiang Feng!

At this moment…

Jiang Feng was wearing his pajamas. He rubbed his blurry eyes, looked dazedly at the situation in front of him.

Well…

The study room was turned upside-down.

His daughter and a pretty boy knelt one after another near the safe. He wondered what they were doing…

Wait a minute.

Why was the safe wide open?

Lu Ming?!

Jiang Feng widened his eyes in shock.

c.r.a.p!

Wasn't the pretty boy Lu Ming?

…

In the study room.

There was total silence.

The three of them stared at each other, the atmosphere was strange and mysterious.

"What are you guys doing?"

Jiang Feng looked gloomy.

"Well… If I say that… We were worried that something had happened to you…"

Lu Ming tried to complete his sentence cautiously.

"So are you here to look for the will?"

Jiang Feng looked livid.

Judging from how they rummaged the place, he did not seem like he was here to show concern for him.

"Uh—"

Lu Ming smiled wryly.

G.o.d knew that you were sleeping in the bedroom!

"Get lost!" Jiang Feng said unhappily.

He knew that his daughter had been fooled by Lu Ming, the pretty boy, and would side with outsiders. But he never expected that she would do everything that he said and brought him to her house to tear down their safe.

Must be freaking kidding me?!

"Dad, you are alright!"

Xiaobai was elated.

She knew that nothing would happen to her father!

Although she knew that her father was just a Card Creator, in her mind, her father was very powerful! Especially when she was in her childhood days…

"You should get lost as well!"

Jiang Feng rolled his eyes. "I only told you to learn from him. I did not tell you to marry him!"

"Heehee."

Xiaobai simply smiled.

"Uh— How should I explain it?"

After thinking hard, Lu Ming really could not explain his actions.

Forget it.

So be it.

He spread his hands and decided to be chill about it.

He was here as he was worried that Jiang Feng might be dead. Since Jiang Feng was alright, there was nothing for him to worry about. As for the rest…

He would leave it to fate.

Anyway, he had his sister to back him up. He was fearless.

Jiang Feng was surprised. He did not even bother to explain?

Did anyone know how it felt when one woke up from the sleep to see one's daughter and a pretty boy ransacking the safe?

Now he knew.

It was infuriating.

But looking at Lu Ming's reaction, he started to believe his words.

Well…

After all, he was Lu Yan's brother.

"Are you really worried about me?"

Jiang Feng glanced at Lu Ming.

"Yes."

Lu Ming was very sincere.

"Alright, at least you have a conscience."

Jiang Feng sneered. "If there's nothing else you can leave. I haven't slept for seven days. I have to make up for it. I have only slept for more than ten hours and I almost died with rage after what you guys did… Look at what you have done!"

"Oh…"

Lu Ming looked at the safe. "Why is the energy verification for me?"

"Because you are Xiaobai's master."

Jiang Feng glanced at him. "I would be worried if Xiaobai was alone. If anyone wanted the items inside the safe, they would have to hunt you down…"

Lu Ming was speechless.

d.a.m.n!

This guy was too evil!

However, since this concerned Xiaobai…

A—alright.

Lu Ming had no other choice.

He sighed, rubbing Xiaobai's head. "Look, I have taken on a huge responsibility because of you."

"Okay."

Xiaobai took the initiative to rub against Lu Ming's hands. Her master cared a lot for her.

Jiang Feng was speechless.

Goodness!

Shouldn't you be thankful to me?

Lu Ming glanced at the livid Jiang Feng and had an idea. "I have forgotten to tell you a good piece of news. There is a new life in Xiaobai's body…"

Bang!

A horrifying aura exploded instantly.

"Lu Ming!!!"

Jiang Feng widened his eyes.

d.a.m.n it!

How dare this guy set his designs on Xiaobai! She…

Bang!

There was a cold glitter in his eyes.

"That's right."

Xiaobai was reminded of it and she summoned her Original Card happily. "Dad, look…"

Buzz—

The Original Card was suspended in the air.

Lights flashed.

It was cultivating by itself.

Jiang Feng was speechless.

"Is this the new life that you are talking about?"

Jiang Feng looked sullen.

"That's right.

What do you think it is?"

Lu Ming smiled to himself. He had to blame himself for plotting against him!

Jiang Feng smiled dryly. "I thought you were referring to the Sea of Consciousness. It turns out to be the Original Card. Well… you are indeed my daughter."

"Of course."

Xiaobai was very happy.

Her father was alright and her master was not misunderstood. Everything was well.

Moments later.

Jiang Feng went back to sleep.

He had not slept for seven days. Since it would be very long until he woke up, Xiaobai left and returned to the shop with Lu Ming.

"Xiaobai. Be good. Look after the shop," Lu Ming instructed. "I will go to the market to look for new cards."

"Okay."

Xiaobai nodded obediently.

Lu Ming rubbed her little head before leaving.

However…

After leaving the street where the shop was, he was nowhere to be seen. He turned at a corner and took the same path previously back to Jiang Feng's house!

He looked up.

From his angle, he could tell that the gla.s.s window at Jiang Feng's bedroom was gone…

True enough.

Lu Ming narrowed his eyes. If his guess was correct, Jiang Feng…

Whoos.h.!.+

Lu Ming jumped in.

A strong smell of blood wafted towards him.