The bone-chilling cold spread like a tidal wave towards Li Jiujiu.

She dazedly picked up the two earrings from the ground, feeling as if her heart was covered in frost, her fingertips trembling slightly.

Seeing the beads at this moment was like a sudden shattering of a silver bottle, her mind instantly clear.

The many mysteries surrounding her heart immediately strung together into a complete bead thread.

Li Jiujiu’s thoughts were clearer and smoother than ever before.

The woman holding a ceramic jar in her dream, why did she show a pleading look to Li Jiujiu upon first arriving at Yundu Villa?

Chi Wenyan treated his wife with the utmost care, yet couldn’t win even a hint of a good face from her.

Clearly, last night she saw him still full of hatred, but today, when she removed the towel from his mouth, the lady showed a gentle and submissive look to her husband.

At that time, Li Jiujiu had her back to Chi Wenyan, unable to see his expression, and was utterly unguarded against him.

If it hadn’t been for the lady’s sudden compliance at that time, she definitely would have deeply probed into the bloody wound in her mouth.

The blood in her mouth, the stronger smell of blood in the room...

It wasn’t caused by her coughing up blood!

Li Jiujiu suddenly recalled the scene in her dream where the woman’s tongue was forcibly torn out!

That woman!

She was the lady!

Then who pulled her tongue and stopped her from speaking?!

Chi Wenyan!

As soon as these three words emerged in Li Jiujiu’s mind, a chill enveloped her; she felt her thoughts were simply mad!

How could Chi Wenyan, someone so gentlemanly in word and deed, who treated his wife so thoughtfully, be the demon who committed such cruel deeds against Hui Wuniang?!

Moreover, Chi Wenyan was merely a mortal, and she hadn’t sensed even a trace of cultivation or energy power on him.

How could he possess such bizarre and miraculous power?

Although these conjectures were like fantasy, all the strange events pointed to the gentleman Chi Wenyan.

Li Jiujiu recalled the words of warning given by the man who claimed to be Ji Xinnian the night before when he visited her room.

Chi Wenyan is not as simple as he appears.

Li Jiujiu’s face turned ashen, feeling everything in Yundu Villa seemed somewhat strange.

She collected her chaotic thoughts, stood up, and looked at the servant, asking, "Why did your young master burn all his wife’s jewelry?"

The servant replied with a stiff face, "The Master ordered me to burn all of Hui Wuniang’s belongings, saying they were dirty and unclean to keep."

The plain tone contained no emotion, repeating the previous words once more.

Li Jiujiu noticed that the servant seemed off, his eyes didn’t move while looking at someone, only his head moved.

Ordinary people didn’t have such strange habits.

Without warning, Li Jiujiu struck, her five fingers forming a claw aimed at the servant’s left shoulder.

The once docile servant suddenly raised his head, the skin below his collar glowing red, rapidly crawling up his face and into his eyes.

Like two dark stones ignited by some energy, exuding a fierce aura.

His entire demeanor changed, raising a fist to meet Li Jiujiu’s probing hand.

Li Jiujiu’s fingers ached, as if striking hard granite, her pupils constricted urgently, clearly seeing some glow flickering fiercely at the servant’s chest.

A thought suddenly arose in Li Jiujiu’s mind.

This person is not human, but a mechanical puppet!

In the Six Realms, the Puppet Mecha Technique with the highest offensive capability comes from Shifang City.

Mecha from Shifang City is extremely priceless.

It was impossible for a tea merchant like Yundu Villa to have the capability to purchase one.

Yet the mechanical puppet before her undoubtedly originated from Shifang City.

Li Jiujiu dared not rely on her cultivation to confront something insensitive to pain or death head-on; she quickly withdrew her fingers, leveraging her wrist, a sleeve arrow shot out from her sleeve.

Schhhh!!!

Like a red-hot sword piercing steel.

The sound was exceedingly piercing, and as Baili An’s ultimate prize, it was far from being ordinary.

Li Jiujiu aimed precisely, the sleeve arrow accurately penetrated the servant’s central crux core in the chest, burning tung oil burst out like fiery lava blood.

Once a mechanical puppet’s central crux core is damaged, it’s like a human’s heart being destroyed.

The servant’s limbs instantly slackened, the glowing pupils dimming to grey, his body swaying and falling heavily.

Li Jiujiu broke out in a cold sweat, thankful for the protective treasure left by Baili An, enabling her narrow escape.

Shifang City’s mechanical puppets, every sale or recovery is meticulously recorded.

This is to prevent malicious individuals from using Shifang City’s mecha technique for chaos and harm.

However, many Immortal Sect forces secretly covet Shifang City’s mechanical technique, as Li Jiujiu learned from Fang Geyu.

In recent years, secretly purchasing Shifang City’s mechanical puppets at high prices through improper means, Wandao Immortal Alliance has conducted various mechanical analyses and trials.

Currently, non-Shifang City mechanical puppets have infiltrated various forces.

But such non-Shifang City mecha, in terms of stability and safety compliance, have inherent risks, causing numerous deaths.

Therefore, Shifang City issued a decree, all talismanic artifact forging masters in the city.

When forging new mechanical puppets, must leave a special city insignia mark to prevent confusion by those with ulterior motives.