<h4>Chapter 1334: Chapter 1347</h4>


    Old Wang raised his broadsword and charged at Chu Ge. Chu Ge sidestepped to dodge, and taking advantage of the moment Old Wang hadn’t reacted yet, he lifted his leg and kneed Old Wang in the chest, knocking him to the ground.


    Old Wang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Lying on the ground, he looked at Chu Ge in fury and shame. He had already exhausted too much of his Inner Strength sparring with Zhao Li and now wasn’t a match for Chu Ge at all.


    Old Wang nced sideways at Fang Lang, who stood by, seemingly amused at the spectacle.


    "You damn fool, hurry up and help!"


    He realized his mistake; he shouldn’t have sought Zhao Li for personalpetition. Now his abilities were limited, and he’d given Chu Ge and the others ample time to recover their martial arts. Dragging this on would definitely be futile.


    Fang Lang was just about to mock Old Wang when Chu Ge swiftly stepped forward to stand before Old Wang. Bending down, he grabbed Old Wang’s cor and questioned, "What do you mean by what you said just now?"


    Old Wang tightly pursed his lips, ring at Chu Ge, "What do you mean? Our purpose is to stop you from entering the Man Yue n!"


    Chu Ge narrowed his eyes, "Why do you want to stop us from entering the Man Yue n? Is there some unspeakable secret inside?"


    "That’s none of your business. Hmph, I’ve ended up in your hands, it’s my bad luck. If you want to kill, then kill, as you please!"


    Old Wang turned his head away. He wasn’t a match for Chu Ge, and this time he was caught in Chu Ge’s hands, bad luck for him. At worst, in eighteen years, he would be a brave man again.


    But he was very worried—worried that Fang Lang also didn’t have the ability to stop Chu Ge and the others.


    However, Old Wang was like a helpless Bodhisattva crossing the river; he couldn’t even protect himself. He curled his lips into a cynical smile.


    "Just tell me why you want to stop us from entering the Man Yue n, and I will spare you!"


    Chu Ge said coldly, "Our purpose here is only to investigate the Time-Space Mirror. Recently, too many unusual things have happened. We suspect someone is trying to disturb the Time-Space Mirror to achieve a certain purpose, so we came to stop it."


    He revealed his purpose foring. He knew that if he didn’t disclose his purpose, they wouldn’t believe they meant no harm to the Man Yue n.


    Old Wang looked at Chu Ge suspiciously, "What did you say? What do you mean by this?"


    Chu Ge slowly released Old Wang and stood up calmly. "Our real purpose ining is actually to find out who has been disturbing the Time-Space Mirror."


    Old Wang climbed up from the ground, fixing his gaze tightly on Chu Ge, "So your real purpose ining is not to destroy the Time-Space Mirror?"


    Chu Ge looked at him, puzzled, "Why would we want to destroy the Time-Space Mirror? Besides, one cannot simply destroy the Time-Space Mirror. Such reckless action might easily cause spatial chaos; this we understand."


    Old Wang looked at Chu Ge suspiciously. He fixated on Chu Ge for a while, then suddenly raised his hand and shouted, "Stop!"


    The others paused, bewildered, standing on either side.


    "What’s going on?" Lord Hai asked in confusion.


    "It’s nothing; I think our brothers here have misunderstood us, which is why they acted this way."


    Chu Ge said gently, "Speak clearly about our intentions, so as to avoid conflict."


    "Even if we can’t unravel it, we have nothing to fear!" Lord Hai snorted coldly.


    Chu Ge raised his hand to signal him to say less. Lord Hai snorted quietly and walked to the side, remaining silent.


    Old Wang looked at Chu Ge suspiciously, "So you weren’t here to destroy the Time-Space Mirror at all."


    Chu Ge nodded lightly.


    Old Wang and Fang Lang exchanged a nce. Fang Lang stepped forward and said, "We received information saying you came for the Time-Space Mirror, aiming to disrupt the current spatial bnce."


    Chu Ge frowned, "The current spatial bnce has already been disrupted. Don’t you know?"


    "What do you mean?"


    "Chu Ge, the living environment around the Time-Space Mirror is unaffected, so they probably don’t know,"


    Jian Chunqiu spected, "The young miss of the Nangong Family of the Six Major Families of Kyoto, Nangong Man Sha, has already been swept into another space due to a rift and ck Hole forming in time. Meanwhile, others—notably those present here—have gained memories that don’t belong to them. Such disturbances are caused by temporal chaos, meaning someone has tampered with the Time-Space Mirror."


    He directly elucidated their intent, "This is why we’vee to the Man Yue n—for an investigation to discover who’s tampered with the Time-Space Mirror and for what purpose."


    Old Wang and Fang Lang exchanged nces, remaining silent, pondering something.


    They weren’t aware of the disturbance in the Time-Space Mirror; they only knew that the Great Master from M Nation had instructed to let Chu Ge and the others into the Man Yue n, iming they came for the Time-Space Mirror. They only knew that if the Time-Space Mirror were destroyed, it would pose an existential threat to their Man Yue n.


    "I don’t know if what you say is true or false. I need to verify it, but in the meantime, you cannot step into the Man Yue n."


    Old Wang stated.


    Chu Ge chuckled, making a hand gesture of ’as you please,’ "But I have a request; it’s really too cold here at night to sleep, could you bring us some quilts?"


    Old Wang’s lips twitched, "Hmph, we’re not friends yet! Enough nonsense!"


    "..."


    Old Wang and Fang Lang each left half of their men here to guard Chu Ge and the others. Chu Ge and the others hadn’t intended to escape, nor did they n tounch a crude attack back at them. If this could be resolved peacefully, that would be the best.


    So Chu Ge and the others returned to the rest station.


    This time, because they had all recovered their martial arts abilities, the cold weather didn’t have any impact on them.


    Chu Ge had spoken to old Wang this way merely to alleviate old Wang’s suspicions.


    Ming Chong stood obediently beside Chu Ge, his curious eyes blinking, "Are we not leaving?"


    He tugged at Chu Ge’s clothes, questioning inquisitively.


    Chu Ge lowered his head to look at Ming Chong, who had been hiding behind him during the fight and hadn’t gotten hurt.


    He raised his hand to gently stroke Ming Chong’s forehead and said, "Let’s not leave for now; do you want to leave, Ming Chong?"


    Ming Chong shook his head, "There are monsters around."


    Chu Ge was taken aback and then questioned incredulously, "What did you say? There are monsters around?"


    Ming Chong nodded, "I can sense them—there are several."


    As Ming Chong finished speaking, Chu Ge suddenly realized that the Barrier around them was starting to shake.


    The shaking of the Barrier caused the ground beneath their feet to quake along with it.


    "What’s going on? Why did it start shaking all of a sudden?"