132: Chapter 132 Zhang Chulan's Decision!

After hearing his muttering, Ryan Nephalem quickly shifted about a meter to the side, keeping a safe distance.

Tuaner, however, glanced at Zhang Chulan, didn't flare up, and even gave him a smile.

Mia also walked out of the hospital entrance, followed by an attending physician with a worried expression. Fearing that something else might happen to Mia, he kept giving her all sorts of instructions.

A sharply tailored black suit skirt (imitating the Coordination Office style) outlined Mia's elegant and 'rule-breaking' figure. The waist-cinching design of the jacket perfectly fit her slender waistline, and the shoulder tailoring perfectly highlighted her upright posture. Extending from beneath the matching pencil skirt were a pair of slender calves, wrapped in matte stockings, with five-centimeter black high heels on her feet.

On her head was a hairpin-style black veil chosen by Tuaner, half-covering her delicate face. Her waist-length hair cascaded down her back, and her porcelain-white skin appeared exceptionally translucent against the black clothing. Her slightly drooping peach-blossom eyes carried a natural pinkish eyeshadow, her lips were coated with a thin layer of dark red matte lipstick, and even her nails were only painted with clear protective polish—every part of her was perfectly appropriate for etiquette, yet every part radiated a fatal attraction.

Mia's attire perfectly complied with funeral etiquette, but for some reason, everyone couldn't help but take a few extra glances. Perhaps it was her overly perfect posture, perhaps the slightly raised line of her chin, or perhaps the vitality that inadvertently flowed from her gestures, which seemed at odds with the solemn occasion she was about to attend. She was like a black rose, following all the rules of a funeral bouquet, yet still evoking thoughts of blooming, thorns, and stings.

This was a succubus wandering the human world.

Zhang Chulan fell for it again. After seeing Mia, what the hell was Tuaner just now? A beauty? Beauties should have visual tiers, right? If looks were ranked, Tuaner might be a Diamond-tier master, but Mia was definitely in the Challenger tier, the kind that probably had no rivals.

"Let's go! If you keep looking, you'll melt me; your eyes are spitting fire." Mia tapped Zhang Chulan on the head and, together with Tuaner, climbed into the back seat of the car that Ryan Nephalem had driven over...

...In the suburban cemetery.

"It's been two days, and that kid is still hiding in the hospital, using the excuse that he needs to take care of Mia." Xu San was a bit annoyed.

"Mm, he said he'd contact us once he's made up his mind..." Xu Si picked up the thread of his conversation.

"Didn't you send someone to keep an eye on him? What if he runs away!" Xu San was indeed quite narrow-minded.

"Baobao! Don't worry! If he's unwilling to trust you, then we aren't pushovers, right?" Xu San continued to express his loyalty.

"Then what do we eat, bamboo shoots? Brother San? Or do you want to spar with me?" Ryan Nephalem's ruffian air erupted from far away.

"Yo, you're here? Everyone!" Xu Si greeted them with a smile.

Zhang Chulan lined up behind Mia to offer three incense sticks to Xu Xiang.

Mia didn't speak, looking at him gently, waiting for his decision. Ryan Nephalem was also looking at Zhang Chulan with a playful expression. He casually pulled out a large hammer from his bag, thicker and longer than the previous [grief]—[Incineration Furnace]. He just played with it in his hand.

"Sister Baoer, let's go back together... the villa is almost repaired (What the meow, repaired? That was a loan taken out from Xu San's marriage savings)." As soon as Zhang Chulan spoke, Xu San almost went berserk.

"Whether it's you, what Grandpa Xu said, or what my grandfather said, I need to verify it all..."

"But I believe everything Sister Mia says! She said you've been good to me, protecting me, day after day for over a decade. I remember your kindness, Sister Baoer."

"You also trust her, right? Sister Baoer!" Zhang Chulan looked into Feng Baobao's dazed, cute eyes, his face full of inquiry.

"Mm!" Feng Baobao nodded vigorously.

"I will stay by your side; after all, you, like me, promised her you would take care of me, just as I promised her I would take care of you."

"I also want to know the truth!" After Zhang Chulan finished speaking, Sister Baoer let out a long sigh of relief.

Xu San snorted, was kicked by Xu Si, and complained, "Worrying for nothing!"

On the return trip, Mia told Zhang Chulan to go to Sister Baoer's car. After she sternly told him that if he squeezed between her and Tuaner again, he might be slaughtered by Tuaner, Zhang Chulan changed his previous reluctance and obediently went to Sister Baoer's, causing Mia to cover her mouth and chuckle.

...In Xu San's car.

"Now there's no need to think about anything else; prepare for the Luotian Grand Ceremony with all your might!" Xu San was narrow-minded, but not lacking in intelligence.

"Actually, there's no need to worry too much about this, right? Since the Celestial Master asking me to participate in the selection for the Celestial Master's succession is such an unreliable thing, it means he values me, or rather, he values my grandfather, his junior brother..."

"Indeed, Chu Lan, you're right, but things aren't as simple as you think..."

"If Longhu Mountain just wanted to take you in as a disciple, would they need to put on such a big show as a Celestial Master succession?" Xu San continued.

"Actually, major events in the Outsider world like the Luotian Grand Ceremony aren't decided solely by the Celestial Master."

"That requires the approval of the Ten Elders meeting."

"Ten Elders?"

"The Ten Elders are the leaders of the major factions in the Outsider world; they can be said to be the top figures in the Outsider world. Nowadays, major events in the Outsider world are basically decided after the Ten Elders discuss them."

"After the decision is made, at most they just give the Company a polite heads-up; we rarely and find it very difficult to interfere."

"It used to be the Nine Elders; the Tianxia Association of Feng Zhenghao, the prospective father-in-law you gave up on, rose abruptly and it became the Ten Elders."

"As for why you were dragged into this, you should know yourself."

"Just for the [Qi Body Source Flow]. That is the cultivation technique Sister Baoer passed to me that day, right?"

"Mm, you little brat, your brain is sharp! But if your grandfather said it's [Old Farmer's Kung Fu], then it's [Old Farmer's Kung Fu]." Sister Baoer rewarded Zhang Chulan with a knuckle sandwich!

...In Ryan Nephalem's car.

"Thanks for your hard work! Are the [Blood Rose] all planted?" Mia's sweet, husky voice was like a gentle breeze brushing over Ryan Nephalem and Tuaner's hearts.

"Everything is done. The most active in planting flowers was your newly accepted disciple, and Liang Wuer, who has always regarded you as his 'white moonlight'. I think he admires you more; the term 'academic Adoration' suits him well." Ryan Nephalem was driving, starting to complain and gossip; he was no longer the rigorous Paladin he once was, having been corrupted by Tuaner.

"Don't even get me started. You guys followed my lead and gave things to Xiao Tang, making him so grateful he'd die for Mia. You probably don't know how important a high-end formula and a systematic scientific tutorial are to an Alchemist or an Artisan; well, I don't know either. But I think if Mia asked him to betray the Tang Clan now, he would seriously consider it." Tuaner's complaints were as sharp as always.

"Chu Lan made a good choice; taking a few heavenly lightning strikes can be considered correcting the main storyline that we messed up." Mia's gaze looked toward the leading Company business car, "The Luotian Grand Ceremony, let's wait and see..."