God of Pets-Chapter 717: The Unexpected Person

Chen Guan carried Ji Nanhong out of the Teleportation Array, just mounted his horse, ready to leave this place, when he saw a person dressed in an officer's uniform, riding a horse, standing in the road ahead, seemingly waiting for them.

"Young Miss, the Commander asked me to come back and tell you that if you're willing to return to the Ji Mansion, you will still be the Ji Family's Young Miss, and he will compensate you." The officer said to Ji Nanhong.

Ji Nanhong sat on the horse, leaning against Chen Guan's chest, and said nothing, her eyes turning to Chen Guan.

"Go back and tell Ji Beizhu, some debts cannot be repaid by him." Chen Guan said, steering his horse past the officer, ready to leave.

"Presumptuous, I am speaking with the Young Miss, what do you count as?" The officer said coldly, his tone contemptuous and merciless.

"Lieutenant Li, go back. He didn't come, which means the bond between father and daughter is already severed, each of us shall fare well." Ji Nanhong said.

"Young Miss..." Lieutenant Li was a bit anxious, wanting to say more.

"Lieutenant Li, you needn't say anything more. He didn't come, paid his duty to the country and loyalty as a minister. What I lost is what he wanted, I have fulfilled my filial duty as his child, henceforth the vast world, may we never meet again." Ji Nanhong continued.

Ji Nanhong looked at Lieutenant Li, who was still unwilling, wanting to say something and continued: "Since I do not bear the surname Ji, this name Nanhong he gave, shall be returned to him too; thenceforth the world shall hold no more Ji Nanhong."

"Young Miss, you..."

"Lieutenant Li, there is no more Young Miss, if you see me again, you may turn a blind eye, or call me Madam Chen." Ji Nanhong waved Chen Guan to leave.

Watching Chen Guan ride away with Ji Nanhong, Lieutenant Li did not block them or say anything further.

Ji Nanhong, even returned the name, displaying a complete lack of feeling or interest, resolute in severing all ties with Commander Ji; now whatever he says is meaningless.

"Young Miss, why do this? Outside the Ji family, you shall walk a thorny path." Lieutenant Li sighed towards the direction they were leaving.

Chen Guan with Ji Nanhong first found a place to settle; the current situation was exceptional.

Ji Nanhong was now in an unawakened state, it wasn't possible to take her to Purple Sun City. If she entered the Secret Realm, she could only enter the Blessed Land, though it would be a random teleportation.

In Ji Nanhong's current condition, she was not suitable to enter the Secret Realm.

Chen Guan needed to prepare for her. The plans the Ji Family had made for her could no longer be followed, so Chen Guan needed to make new plans.

Nor could he take her back to his own home, if a certain nobleman learned about Ji Nanhong's break with the Ji Family, he might come to eliminate her to prevent future troubles, and Chen Guan did not want to involve his family.

So he could only find a place in a nearby city to temporarily settle, clarifying some matters.

The world knows that although the Chief Judge has three wives, he does not have any biological children; the legend is that because the Chief Judge cannot have children, the Ten Great Families elected him as Chief Judge, and he has held the position for eight hundred years, preventing the implementation of the originally decided rotation system.

Chen Guan felt that these legends held a degree of truth, if the Chief Judge had descendants, it might form an eleventh family, challenging the status of the Ten Great Families.

There are only ten Great Cave Heavens, one emerging would mean another must fall.

If Chen Guan were in the same position, he wouldn't create a potential enemy for himself.

A childless, descendant-less Chief Judge is a good one for the Ten Great Families.

Yet now it turns out there is a son of the Chief Judge, according to Ji Nanhong's account, that son is not an adopted child but his biological son.

If not, how could the Chief Judge go to such great lengths, providing Ji Nanhong for Ji Beizhu's upbringing, he wouldn't make such a grand effort for a foster child.

"How do you know he is the Chief Judge's biological child? You said he was not present and had already placed a Secret Technique on you, so that upon your seventh awakening, all talent and abilities would transfer to him?" Chen Guan asked in detail.

"The technique used by the Chief Judge is called the Fate Exchange Technique, able to swap the destinies of two individuals. At my seventh awakening, the Fate Exchange Technique was activated automatically, and I sensed his presence; it was a strange feeling, clearly distant, even not within the same Secret Realm, yet due to my destiny ability transferred to him, I had a brief perception." Ji Nanhong coldly said.

"He should have also sensed my existence at that moment; originally it was to swap destinies, I lost my Talent Ability, supposed to receive his own and more, however, he somehow retained his fate, and provocatively released his thoughts, revealing everything to me; otherwise, I wouldn't have understood what happened. He seemed to want to use this blow, utterly crush my will."

"Do you know who he is?" Chen Guan asked again.

Ji Nanhong hesitated for a moment before looking into Chen Guan's eyes, nodding slightly: "You know him too."

"Who?" Chen Guan felt a bad premonition, this should be someone he never expected.

"An Yiqi." Ji Nanhong finally spoke the name.

"He's the Chief Judge's son? That truly is unexpected." Chen Guan sighed, it was indeed someone he hadn't anticipated at all.

Even with mental preparation, Chen Guan was still very shocked.

Had Ji Nanhong not said it herself, he really wouldn't have believed it; that someone like An Yiqi, could be a secretly born child of the Chief Judge.

"Is he still in the Red Blood Corps?" Chen Guan asked.

"Don't think he has long found an excuse to leave the Grotto Heaven. Even if he hadn't left, now having gained my Talent Ability, has awoken into the Great Cave Heaven, the Chief Judge must have made perfect arrangements, we won't have another chance to meet him." Ji Nanhong replied.

"No matter, let's first handle our own affairs. You need to start cultivating anew, but you can't follow the old path, this time, we'll take a different route." Chen Guan said.

"My destiny's been stripped away, my body's talent surely damaged, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve great accomplishments in the future." Ji Nanhong said.

"That's not a major issue; let me think carefully, once I've reconstructed a path to ascension for you, it will become a grand thoroughfare." Chen Guan said with a smile.

Seeing Chen Guan's self-confidence, Ji Nanhong felt more at ease, originally, when her destiny ability was stripped away, she felt as though the sky had fallen.

But now she no longer felt panic; with Chen Guan by her side, she feared nothing, even if she couldn't recover, living a simple, supportive life at home seemed not bad.

Chen Guan certainly wouldn't let Ji Nanhong give up like that, even if she wanted to retreat to a simpler life, she'd need to vent this frustration first.

Chen Guan must settle the score with the Chief Judge, Celestial Court Army, and An Yiqi for Ji Nanhong; if Ji Nanhong wishes to retrieve it personally, he will fully support her in fulfilling her wish.