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Chapter 287 Competing for the World

Xiaobai asked seriously, "Take me to the outside."

Murong Xue nodded and came back to the room with Xiaobai.

Xiaobai walked up and down the room and looked down at the floor reflectively.

Murong Xue watched Xiaobai nervously. "What now, Xiaobai? Do you know the reason?"

Xiaobai said with a grim face, "This world is confined. We'll all die a natural death here unless we can find the time tunnel."

Murong Xue asked, "How can we open the time tunnel?"

Feng Ziling looked at Xiaobai with a very grave face.

"It varies depending on the world. But there is one thing in common. The one who is able to open the time tunnel must be of the bloodline of dragons."

"What do you mean by the bloodline of dragons?"

Xiaobai explained, "The son of Heaven this world predestines, usually the person who rules over the world. Look for the strongest person in this world. He might be the one. Besides, you have to find the location where the time travel could work. The son of Heaven usually can feel it."

After Murong Xue heard what Xiaobai said, her face darkened. She had thought she came so close to finding her parents on the Shenlong Continent, but the accident happened. She wondered what she should do if she was unable to find the person to open the time tunnel.

Thinking of these, she was even more determined to reunite with her parents and Huangfu Yi.

Feng Ziling raised a question. "Here's one thing I wonder. We jumped off the cliff on the Fengyun Continent, but why did we end up coming to a different world?"

Xiaobai answered, "Maybe the time tunnel is under the cliff and devil's qi comes from the devildom. So you came to this world."

Just then, a soft footstep came up to the room.

Murong Xue grabbed Xiaobai and threw it into the Space.

A knock came at the door.

Feng Ziling walked over and opened the door.

"Why are you in the same room and the door is locked?" Jiu Yan showed up outside the door.

Sitting in the chair, Murong Xue answered calmly, "Nothing."

"Dinner is ready. Let's go." Jiu Yan did not continue questioning them.

Standing behind and looking down, Fu did not show any signs of his shock. He was stunned when he saw Mu Tian's purple hair, but his experience of serving Prince Yan as his butler for years allowed him to be good at hiding his thoughts.

Prince Yan had never invited his guests to have dinner in person, so Fu understood how much Prince Yan cared about the two.

Murong Xue touched her hair and frowned. "It's not a good idea that I go out like this, and I can't wear the hat when I eat. You go and have dinner, and I stay here. I'm not hungry." With the food in the Space, Murong Xue did not worry about hunger.

She was thinking about getting her hair dyed later as they were unable to leave this world for a short time.

Hearing this, Jiu Yan frowned. He entered the room and sat down. "Fu, set the table here. Let the others eat in the main dining room."

"But..." Fu hesitated.

Jiu Yan waved his hand and ordered, "Say no more and get things done."

"Yes." Fu bowed and left.

Murong Xue poured Jiu Yan a cup of tea and suggested, "You two can go and eat there. You don't need to worry about me."

Jiu Yan just answered, "You can ask Fu if you need anything during your stay here."

Feng Ziling sat down. He did not get along with Jiu Yan these days, but he knew Jiu Yan helped them a lot, for which he was very grateful. "Jiu Yan, why do you help us?"

Holding the teacup, Jiu Yan paused for a moment. "I'm helping myself..." He did not finish the sentence. He just wanted to let others accept him as he accepted Mu Tian. He did not want others to talk about his purple eyes all the time. Jiu Yan was as good as his brothers, but his father never took a look at him because of his eye color.

Murong Xue patted Feng Ziling's hand to stop him from saying more.

"Jiu Yan, what if I help you turn your eyes black? Do you want it?" Murong Xue did not think it was difficult to make contact lenses.

The teacup slipped from Jiu Yan's grasp. "What did you say?"

Murong Xue touched her hair and continued. "Technically, it's covering your eye color instead of turning your eyes black. Just like my hair. I'll make it black to avoid attention though I quite like the beautiful purple hair."

Jiu Yan questioned in disbelief, "How do you possibly do this?"

Murong Xue smiled. "Everything is possible. People like different eye colors in my era, such as purple, blue, and green. Our eyes are black, so we've invented contact lenses to change eye colors. Trust me. I'll make it in time."

After a while, Fu and several trustworthy subordinates came with the meal and set the table. The reason why Fu chose the subordinates was that they would not leak even if they saw Mu Tian's purple hair.

After Fu and the others left, Jiu Yan said, "Let's have dinner first. I would not expect what you said to come true, but I can provide with you anything you need." He became discouraged after trying to change his eye color all those years. He knew the bigger the expectation, the bigger the disappointment.

"No, thank you. I'll ask you if I need anything. By the way, can you tell us about this world? For a start, who is the strongest person?"

"The strongest person? Each country has its strongest man, but it's not clear which one is the strongest in the world. The three kingdoms rule the world together for many years and thus peace is seemingly maintained. There is no serious competition."

Hearing this, Murong Xue and Feng Ziling both frowned and looked pale. If this world had no ranking list of masters like the Fengyun Continent, it would be very difficult for them to find the strongest person when precious minutes hasted forever by.

Murong Xue asked, "What do you mean by seemingly?"

"Over these years, we are able to keep the peace because our previous monarchs have signed a peace treaty that will be good for a hundred years. Now the peace treaty is about to expire and all the kingdoms are anxious to make moves. Snow Country is no exception. And there are more and more uproars in the border regions."

Monarchs all desired to take over the world. Just like his father, Jiu Yan also wanted to ascend to the top of the world and enjoy the view.

"So you are competing for the world?" Murong Xue thought for a while and it occurred to her that the one who took over the world might be the person of the bloodline of dragons.

Feng Ziling and Murong Xue looked at each other and understood immediately that they were thinking the same.

"Ha-ha, all men have the same ambition." Jiu Yan did not hide his daring mind.

Murong Xue asked, "If I help you win the world, could you promise me something after we succeed?"

Jiu Yan took a sip of wine and looked at Mu Tian. "You? Come on."

Murong Xue's face went dark when Jiu Yan underestimated her strength. As someone who mastered the most advanced technology that did not exist in this world, she chose to convince him with facts instead of arguing with him. "You'll see. Consider it a thank-you gift."

Shaking his head, Jiu Yan smiled vaguely. The three finished the dinner while they were collecting their own thoughts.

Jiu Yan seemed to be very busy and he did not show up in the following days.

At the same time, Murong Xue stayed in the Space to invent contact lenses and hair dye. It was much easier to make hair dye as she had so many herbs, but the other one was different. She had tried many ways and spent much time making contact lenses.

Feng Ziling was guarding outside the door the entire time in case someone came in and found Mu Tian gone. Luckily, Jiu Yan's absence these days made it much easier.

After one week, Murong Xue came out of the room excitedly with a box in her hand.

"Ziling, I made it. It was hard, but I made it."

Feng Ziling did not care about what was in Mu Tian's hand as he saw Mu Tian's hair. "Your black hair is back?"

Murong Xue answered proudly, "No, I dyed it. What do you think? Very natural, huh?"

Feng Ziling raised a smile as he knew Mu Tian could stop avoiding people. "Yeah, it's beautiful."

"Let's go to see Jiu Yan." Murong Xue could not wait to tell Jiu Yan what she had accomplished.

Feng Ziling hurried off after Mu Tian. The fact that Mu Tian's hair was black again and he could stop avoiding people still seemed unreal to him.

"Jiu Yan, look..." Murong Xue hurried forward into Jiu Yan's study and saw someone else, so she stopped at once. "Sorry, I don't know you are busy. You guys go on and I'm leaving now, ha-ha."

Jiu Yan saw how Mu Tian looked at him and felt speechless. He gently pushed Sun Manli aside, the daughter of the prime minister second to the king. Before Mu Tian came in, Sun Manli twisted her ankle accidentally and he gave a hand to her. However, the way Mu Tian looked at them made him feel as if they had been doing something unspeakable.

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