Chapter 880: Forgetting

"Why leave?"

Jian Changsheng was briefly confused, but seeing that Chen Ling and Sun Bumian both had solemn expressions, he suddenly seemed to realize something.

"Oh~ I get it. Wait, doesn't that mean..."

If the person outside was Bai Ye, he could have opened the door to reminisce with Chen Ling and the others, but he didn't do that, choosing instead to secretly stuff in a playing card.

This meant that he was currently in a state where he couldn't acknowledge Chen Ling and the others, and could only use this method to hint at them...

There must be someone else beside him!

Combined with the message left by the Saint of Thieves just now, Chen Ling and the others had vaguely guessed the situation outside... Beside Bai Ye, there were probably other Saints of Thieves.

"Let's go, it'll be troublesome if that Saint of Thieves finds us."

Chen Ling frowned and spoke.

He walked straight to Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian, pulled up Jiang Xiaohua who was lying on the ground, closed his eyes, and was about to use the imperial destiny to mobilize the power of the ancient treasury to move away...

One second,

Two seconds,

Three seconds...

After a long time, Chen Ling slowly opened his eyes, a trace of confusion flashing in them.

"That..." Jian Changsheng looked at the four people huddled together, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What are we doing?"

“……”

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and took a step back.

"I don't know, I just walked over subconsciously... Forget it, let's go quickly!"

He turned and opened the door of the Imperial Study, and with Jian Changsheng and the others, rushed toward the palace gate at full speed!

The palace was huge, with a strange silence in the emptiness. The four of them walked straight ahead along the stone path, and no one else could be seen around... The palace gate seemed to be getting closer, but for some reason, an inexplicable anxiety surged into Chen Ling's heart;

"Damn, if only there was a way to leave instantly... Running like this, when will we ever get out? What if we get caught?"

"Don't we have one?" Sun Bumian scratched his head in confusion.

"Where would we have a teleportation method? Can you do it?"

"...No."

"That's it then."

"Strange... then how did we get here?"

"We walked here, right?"

Jiang Xiaohua trailed at the very back, hearing the conversation of the three, and deep confusion appeared in his eyes...

"Are we finally going out?" Jiang Xiaohua asked cautiously, the question he cared about most.

"Not yet, let's find a place to avoid the limelight first."

"Then when are we going out?"

Hearing this, Chen Ling and the others looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

Now that "Hidden Dragon in the Abyss" was impassable, even if they wanted to leave, they couldn't. Moreover, the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury only opened once every few hundred years, a rare opportunity. They had finally managed to sneak in, and so far, they had gained nothing...

Whether it was Chen Ling, Jian Changsheng, or Sun Bumian, they were all a bit unwilling and still wanted to continue searching in the ancient treasury for a while.

But Jiang Xiaohua was different. He had no desires and just wanted to leave this place of right and wrong, but Chen Ling couldn't leave him...

Chen Ling could only turn his head, look into Jiang Xiaohua's eyes, and say seriously:

"Jiang Xiaohua, I know you're in a hurry... but don't worry, we will definitely take you out, okay?"

"...Really?" Jiang Xiaohua was skeptical.

"Of course it's true."

Chen Ling showed a gentle smile, making himself look more approachable. "We escaped from the first layer together, so we are considered companions now, aren't we?"

Hearing the word "companion," Jiang Xiaohua was slightly startled.

His palm subconsciously touched the bandage behind his waist, his gaze swept over Chen Ling and the others in turn, and after a long silence, he nodded.

Under that bandage, the outline of a playing card was looming;

Chen Ling didn't see this scene. After seeing Jiang Xiaohua nod, he knew he had finally stabilized him...

Jiang Xiaohua's body was heavy, not as fast as Chen Ling and the others. Chen Ling and the others could only try to slow down so as not to exceed Jiang Xiaohua's aura coverage range.

The four of them rushed out of the palace gate, passed through the streets of the ancient city, and when they crossed the boundary of this historical backtracking, pieces of drifting snowflakes drifted out from under the lead-gray clouds and stained the four of them.

In a place that seemed unreachable, a palace in the snow stood silently;

The four of them had run out of Li Shimin's dynasty and arrived at the background of an emperor from another unknown space, but their speed did not stop at all; instead, it got faster and faster...

No one noticed,

In the sky behind them, a figure wearing a bowler hat had the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"It's actually the legendary Queen of Hearts... Interesting."

……

Forgetting progress: 10%

……

Broken snow filled the sky.

Jiang Xiaohua trailed behind the three, watching Chen Ling gradually accelerate, but he couldn't keep up no matter what... His white hair, stained with sweat, danced in the snow, his face full of confusion and struggle.

Jiang Xiaohua wanted to call out to them to slow down, but he was too embarrassed, so he could only grit his teeth and try to run faster, faster...

His heavy, bandaged legs sank into the snow, leaving deep, dark marks, telling of Jiang Xiaohua's silence and stubbornness.

But Chen Ling and the others seemed to have completely forgotten him, pushing their speed to the limit, almost exceeding his aura coverage range...

Only then did he finally speak with pale lips:

"Lin Yan... Jian Wubing... you... you wait for me..."

The next moment,

The three figures stopped;

Vermilion opera robes, black leather, simple Tang suits... The three figures looked back in the snow, their gazes falling on Jiang Xiaohua at the same time, their brows furrowing involuntarily.

Woo woo woo—

In the sobbing cold wind, Jiang Xiaohua stumbled and finally caught up to them.

"You... you ran so fast... I can't protect you..."

Jiang Xiaohua propped his hands on his knees, embarrassed to look Chen Ling and the others in the eyes, just lowered his head silently to explain.

A few seconds later, Chen Ling's voice sounded calmly:

"Who... are you?"

Jiang Xiaohua stood frozen on the spot.

He looked up in astonishment, only to see Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian also looking at him with the same confusion, their brows full of vigilance.

"I...?" Jiang Xiaohua was puzzled, but after hesitating for a moment, he answered, "I'm Jiang Xiaohua..."

"Why are you following us?" Jian Changsheng said in a deep voice.

"I..."

Jiang Xiaohua didn't know how to answer.

"Have we met somewhere?" Sun Bumian pulled down a corner of his small round sunglasses, thoughtful. "Why do you look a bit familiar..."

"Met, we met in 'Hidden Dragon in the Abyss'." Jiang Xiaohua responded immediately.

"'Hidden Dragon in the Abyss'?"

Chen Ling and the others looked at each other in confusion.

Under Jiang Xiaohua's expectant gaze, Chen Ling's words left him in deep confusion:

"Is there such a place in the competition for the Heavenly Star Position?"