Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved-Chapter 627 - 606: Second Update

Elder Can’s timing was impeccable; a second earlier or later, and he absolutely could not have pulled Yin He out.

"Young Master, this way—" Elder Can, who appeared to be panic-stricken, had actually set his sights on this path from the beginning. With this move, he took a risk, as no one had anticipated the monster’s sudden outbreak; his only hope was to buy more time.

However, the youth was very cooperative. Far from being annoyed by Elder Can’s sudden intervention, he moved even faster than Elder Can, dashing straight ahead. So it seemed as if Elder Can was the one following behind.

Elder Can naturally did not dare to slow down; slowing down could cost him his life, but he also did not dare to outpace the Young Master. If he moved too fast, the Young Master might suspect his intentions.

"Woooo—" The monster rose with the wind, its wrath sweeping everything as it chased after the youth, disregarding Elder Can completely.

Yin He leapt down directly from the hillside, with the forest below obstructing the way forward. There was only a narrow path ahead, and without a second thought, the youth dashed onto it.

And at the other end of the path, deliberately dimming several torches to avoid drawing attention, was Zheng Nianru’s team. Advancing and retreating, but the path was short. When the youth noticed Zheng Nianru’s team, they were less than ten meters apart, and both sides froze, the youth’s expression turning stern; the look he gave Elder Su, who was standing there dumbfounded, could have killed.

Elder Su put on a very convincing performance at that moment, displaying utter disbelief and wonder as if he had never expected the Young Master to be there.

How could Elder Su not make it convincing? He had to act more realistically than reality, or in the next moment, he could be "killed" by the Young Master’s gaze.

The next moment, Elder Su quickly came to his senses and immediately waved his hand.

"Quick, retreat—" Elder Su shouted loud, but his feet remained frozen as if shocked into stupidity.

Elder Su’s shouts were vigorous, and the disciples from Ghoul Ravine were in disarray, resulting in a chaotic scene where no one could escape.

Yin He’s eyes darkened, frustrated to death. If he had known the disciples of Ghoul Ravine were so unreliable, he wouldn’t have bothered with them.

Yin He had intended to leave, but now realizing it was not possible, he stood firm, turning to face the monster behind him.

Elder Can came rolling in a panic, noticing the situation and realizing they had succeeded.

"Young Master, Young Master—"

"Ah, Princess Royal, what brings you here?" Elder Can shouted loudly, the words coming out before he could think, "Quick, protect the Princess Royal, oh dear, have you lost your minds, hurry, run..."

Yin He frowned, annoyed by the noise, but he didn’t refuse. Although these two elders weren’t the brightest, they were loyal.

Elder Can exchanged a glance with Elder Su, and it seemed that they had finally gotten past this hurdle.

Ju Nanyi watched coldly, feeling something was off, especially about these two elders. Although he hadn’t figured it out yet, the most important thing at the moment was the entity behind the youth.

At that instant, Ju Nanyi thought of the cave, the thing he had released.

Behind the youth seemed to be a barrier that blocked the black monster from getting too close. But the monster was relentlessly battering against it, making the barrier look like it was on the brink of collapse, ready to shatter at any moment.

"Young Master, please take the Princess Royal and go. We’ll lay down our lives here to hold it back—" Elder Can said worriedly, his expression resolved for death.

"You take the people and go," Yin He immediately said, knowing full well that only he could deal with this creature.

Elder Can was startled, then relieved. But their goal wasn’t to simply survive, and the creature couldn’t be allowed to live; to incite the Young Master to kill, there needed to be a sufficiently compelling reason.

Elder Can immediately responded and walked toward Elder Su. With no better plan in sight, how could everything be made to look completely natural—at least to deceive the eyes of the Young Master?

"Lord Ju..." Ju Nanyi’s people also seemed to have noticed something terrifying behind the young man and couldn’t help but step forward.

Because up to this moment, Lord Ju hadn’t said a word or made a decisive decision, which was truly abnormal.

"Don’t rush—" Ju Nanyi raised his hand to stop his own people from speaking further, just coldly watching Elder Can approach. If his suspicions carried prejudices before, now he could be sure that there was definitely something abnormal about these two.

Although Ju Nanyi couldn’t guess what it was at this moment, he at least knew that these two were up to no good.

But who exactly were they targeting with their ill intentions?

"Commandery Princess, Princess Royal, let’s... let’s hurry up and go—" Elder Can had already reached Zheng Nianru but then turned to look back at the Young Master as if he couldn’t rest easy about his own Young Master, his face full of worry.

Zheng Nianru was somewhat puzzled by the situation in front of her. In the darkness, she didn’t have Ju Nanyi’s keen eyesight and had never seen the things from the Northern Border and Ghost Shadow.

"Madam Young Master, there’s no time, let’s hurry—" Elder Su urged, directly speaking up.

Zheng Nianru withdrew her thoughts, trusting instinctively that Yin He wouldn’t harm her, so she turned around and led her people away.

Elder Can immediately went to pull Elder Su. What nonsense are you shouting! Madam Young Master, aren’t you afraid Princess Royal will be angry?

Only then did Elder Su realize he had called out the wrong thing, acting out of urgency.

Zheng Nianru had just walked a few steps when Ju Nanyi abruptly pulled her back, his expression coldly gripping Elder Su. Did they take them for fools?!

Elder Su was taken aback. This...

"Lord Ju, there’s no time left, hurry up—" How could he forget there was this man, not easy to deal with.

Elder Can hesitated as well, seeing the situation unfold, realizing they wouldn’t need to stir up trouble themselves, Elder Can immediately stepped forward.

"Lord Ju, there’s no time left, if we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late..."

Ju Nanyi looked at Elder Can and Elder Su icily. There was definitely something wrong with these two.

Zheng Nianru had already stopped, she naturally trusted Ju Nanyi more.

"Lord Ju, hurry..." Elder Can shouted loudly, Young Master, did you hear that? It’s not that we aren’t letting you leave, it’s the princess’s people who are stopping us from leaving.

Just at that moment, a loud boom suddenly came from behind them, like thunder splitting the night sky.

The barrier in front of the young man shattered in response, and a massive force rushed toward everyone.

The complexion of the young man changed as if he couldn’t believe the situation, involuntarily stepping back, looking at the darkness in disbelief.

The people behind him, such as Elder Can and Elder Su, were caught off guard by the huge force and stumbled forward. Not to mention Zheng Nianru and the others, who had no defenses, they fell down like stalks of grain blown down by the wind.

Ju Nanyi instinctively rushed toward the already fallen Zheng Nianru.