Mortal Dawn and Dusk, My Eternal Life - Chapter 51

Night gradually descended, like the thickest ink, dyeing the entire Du Mansion in pitch black. Su Mingyue, like a nimble cat in the dark, quietly moved through the shadows of pavilions and towers. In the distance, Old Master Du’s frustrated curses still echoed, along with the chaotic footsteps and shouts of his household guards and servants. They were still searching everywhere like headless chickens for “Divine Doctor Su,” who had long since “shed her golden cicada shell.”

Su Mingyue listened to the commotion, a faint mocking smile playing on her lips. A bunch of fools.

Relying on a faint trace of aura she had detected from the black-robed man in Old Master Du’s bedroom earlier, and her keen perception of the surrounding environment’s energy flow, she quickly arrived at the long-abandoned, secluded courtyard where Gu Mingxuan was imprisoned. In the center of the courtyard, the dilapidated study appeared particularly sinister under the faint moonlight.

Su Mingyue didn’t rush in. She circled the study, discovering that although the place looked ordinary, simple alert formations were subtly set up around it. If an ordinary person were to trespass rashly, they would inevitably trigger the mechanism and attract the guards. However, in her eyes, such crude formations were riddled with loopholes and practically useless.

Su Mingyue’s figure flickered, and like a ghost, she easily bypassed the alert formations and arrived at the hidden door entrance of the study. She didn’t enter immediately. Instead, she extended two slender fingers, joined like a sword, and lightly brushed them over her eyes.

“Open!”

The moment her spiritual eyes opened, the scene before her instantly changed. The thick stone door was covered with dense blood-red runes. These runes, like living things, slowly flowed, emitting an aura of confinement and suppression, tightly sealing all movement and aura within the secret chamber. No wonder… no wonder outsiders didn’t notice anything unusual here. This Old Master Du is quite meticulous.

Su Mingyue’s gaze, piercing through the layers of runes and through the crack in the door, directly saw the scene inside the secret chamber. However, when she clearly saw what was happening inside the secret chamber, her clear eyes couldn’t help but reveal a hint of… strangeness and… astonishment.

The Gu general (captain), who should have been chained, severely injured, and unconscious, was at this moment… actually…

…doing sit-ups meticulously in the not-so-spacious open area of the secret chamber!

“One… two… three…”

He counted to himself as he exercised, his movements standard, his breathing steady, and beads of steaming sweat even dripped from his forehead. He looked… incredibly energetic! There was no hint of a prisoner’s disheveled state.

Su Mingyue watched, somewhat dazed. What on earth is this Gu Mingxuan doing? Shouldn’t he be trying to escape when locked in a place like this? Yet, he’s here… exercising?

Just as Su Mingyue felt puzzled, Gu Mingxuan in the secret chamber seemed tired from exercising. He stopped, sat down on the ground, and began to pant heavily. As he panted, he mumbled to himself:

“Damn it! What exactly does this old man Du want? He captures me, neither interrogates nor questions, just locks me up like this, not even giving me a sip of water! I’m dying of thirst!”

“And that woman surnamed Su! She’s quite pretty, like a fairy, but why is she so troublesome? If she hadn’t suddenly appeared that day, I would have caught that black-robed man already, and I wouldn’t have fallen into this old fox’s trap!”

“But then again, that woman is truly strange. Her skills are so good, and her medical skills are so divine… but her brain seems not to work very well; how could she be locked by that broken door in the police station? I told her to leave, but she wouldn’t! She’s truly a strange woman…”

Gu Mingxuan mumbled to himself, unaware that every word he spoke was clearly transmitted to Su Mingyue’s ears through her spiritual eye. Su Mingyue stood outside the secret chamber, her expression changing from initial astonishment to a hint of amusement, and then… to a hint of imperceptible… faint anger!

Oh, you, Gu Mingxuan! I came here with good intentions to save you, and you’re here slandering me behind my back?! Saying I’m troublesome? Saying my brain doesn’t work well?! And calling me strange?!

Su Mingyue’s silver teeth secretly bit down. The sympathy and anxiety she had originally felt for him, born of worry, instantly vanished! She had originally intended to immediately break the secret chamber’s restrictions and rescue him. But now… she had changed her mind!

“Hmph! Since you’re so full of energy, still doing sit-ups here, I suppose… you won’t die anytime soon.” Su Mingyue coldly snorted in her heart. “In that case, why not… let you suffer a little more! Who told you to bully me first, and even dare to lock me up in the police station!” Thinking this, Su Mingyue’s eyes flickered, and a thought of “watching a good show” emerged from her heart.

She quietly retreated, then her figure shifted, and like a monkey, she lightly climbed up a large tree with dense foliage beside the courtyard. She found a comfortable position, hidden within the thick leaves, then pulled out a pale yellow talisman paper from her embrace. She silently chanted an incantation and patted herself with it. The talisman paper instantly transformed into a faint glow, merging into her body. This was a “concealment talisman,” which could maximize the suppression of her aura. As long as one was not highly cultivated, even face-to-face, it would be difficult to detect her presence.

Having completed all this, Su Mingyue comfortably sat on the tree branch, watching the secret chamber where Gu Mingxuan was imprisoned with interest, preparing to… watch a good show.

Night deepened. Midnight arrived quietly. The entire Du Mansion fell into a dead silence.

Just then, footsteps, approaching from a distance, broke the tranquility of the courtyard. It was Old Master Du. He walked towards the abandoned study, accompanied by the black-robed man and a few subordinates, his face grim. Having searched everywhere outside for a long time, yet not even finding a ghost’s shadow of Su Mingyue, Old Master Du’s mood was at its worst. He now desperately needed to vent his anger! And the “perfect supplement” he had imprisoned in the secret chamber was undoubtedly the best target for his rage!

“Hmph! That little b***h ran away; she’s lucky!” Old Master Du reached the secret chamber door, saying coldly, “However, you won’t have an easy time either! This old man will first collect some interest from you tonight!” He decided to vent all his anger on this unfortunate General Gu!—