Unconsciously, Lu Beicheng walked into the courtyard of the Ninth Prince’s Manor.

His thoughts were somewhat chaotic; perhaps even he himself didn’t know what he was thinking.

Suddenly, a chilling, icy sensation swept in from behind him.

His brow furrowed slightly, and before the other party could fire off a tranquilizer dart, he slapped the wheelchair.

The wheelchair immediately rose upright, and the tranquilizer dart struck the wheelchair’s leg with a snap before being deflected away.

The wheelchair spun in the courtyard, turning Lu Beicheng to face the ambushers.

Under the moonlight, his entire being radiated an indescribable, bone-chilling coldness.

In the darkness, five figures burst out from the grass, nearly as tall as a person, firing tranquilizer darts at Lu Beicheng.

Lu Beicheng waved his hand, and a piece of soft cloth sprang out from the wheelchair, blocking the darts in front of him.

But just as he’d managed to block the darts, someone suddenly rushed hastily into the Ninth Prince’s Manor from outside.

“Ninth Master, watch out!”

Tonight, Zhen Jiu’er’s heart had also been restless, and she couldn’t help returning to the place where the Ninth Imperial Uncle used to live, wanting to walk through it once more.

Seeing a fight in progress, she’d originally planned to hide and assess the situation first, but who would have known—the one under attack was Lu Beicheng.

Her heart clenched tight, as if she were watching the Ninth Imperial Uncle himself being attacked. Without time to think it through, she immediately charged in.

The tranquilizer darts couldn’t hit Lu Beicheng, and the five assassins were preparing to split into five directions to fire from different angles.

Before they could act, one of them was swept to the ground by a kick from Zhen Jiu’er.

Jiu’er rushed forward and delivered another kick. After the assassin fell, he rolled twice on the ground, a sharp pain shooting through his leg, leaving him unable to stand for a while.

Jiu’er felt a twinge of frustration—this body of Zhen Jiu’er’s had physical capabilities far inferior to her former self.

In the past, that kick alone could have snapped the man’s leg clean through!

After taking down one, Zhen Jiu’er immediately charged at the second, and soon had him down as well.

But her strength was truly limited, so she could only seize the man’s tranquilizer gun.

“Take down that girl first!” one of the assassins suddenly shouted.

The other two immediately aimed their tranquilizer guns at Zhen Jiu’er.

Several darts fired in rapid succession with a series of hisses.

Jiu’er rolled on the ground, dodging the first volley, but the second wave came immediately after.

“Watch out!” This time, it was Lu Beicheng who called out.

Just as Jiu’er got up, two tranquilizer darts came flying straight at her.

She sidestepped and dodged the first one, but the second was about to strike her shoulder.

Suddenly, a dark shadow lunged in front of her.

Zhen Jiu’er threw a punch on instinct—with a thud, the other person didn’t dodge at all, taking the punch square in the chest.

Jiu’er was knocked down along with him, rolling on the ground twice. Afterward, he pulled her up and rushed swiftly toward the back courtyard.

Ninth Master!

The one who had lunged to shield her was none other than Lu Beicheng!

And she had just punched him…

The manor’s back courtyard was vast, once filled with rockeries and flowing water, now all reduced to desolate little hills.

“To the back mountain!”

Jiu’er knew which direction the back mountain lay, and grabbing Lu Beicheng’s hand, she rushed swiftly toward it.

Several black-clad assassins pursued closely behind.

In terms of skill, the assassins might not have been particularly formidable, but they had tranquilizer guns in hand—the hardest thing to dodge!

Finally, the two of them burst out through the manor’s back gate, plunging straight into the dense forest of the back mountain.

The pursuing assassins, completely disoriented, finally reached the back gate only to find that Lu Beicheng and Zhen Jiu’er’s figures had long vanished.

But—what had just happened?

The Lu family’s Ninth Master… he had stood up?