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Zila granted Alan the Charm Immunity Technique. Once Alan acquired this technique, nobody could use a Charm technique to captivate him.

However, Alan was internally furious that Huyan Lanruo used this technique to mesmerize him. He made up his mind to make this woman pay for this.

Meanwhile, he merely smiled in return as he spoke, "You need a Demon Spirit much stronger than Snow Sakura if you want to enchant me."

Huyan Lanruo's eyebrows twitched upon hearing those words. Alan completely had her attention, and she solemnly declared, "Shen Yue, I will one day make you a slave under my skirt! I will chase after you from now on. You will be mine in the future!"

'Make me a slave under her skirt?' Alan's pupils narrowed as he focused on Huyan Lanruo's declaration. His anger at this woman increased tremendously.

Huyan Lanruo had no idea that she was playing with fire. But Alan still kept his emotions concealed.

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The group finally reached the Ancient Orchid City Ruins a few days later.

Nie Li felt that the journey was just too long since he was riddled with worries. He was unsure of Ye Ziyun's relationship with Alan.

Nie Li merely observed Ye Ziyun, and judging by how she frequently glanced in Alan's direction, he was sure something intimate had occurred between them.

He knew that mentioning this topic would just annoy Ye Ziyun, and he would be driven away.

Nie Li hoped that this wasn't the case, and Ye Ziyun just had a small crush on Alan. If so, he could deal with it eventually.

Chen Linjian spoke, "We have reached the Ancient Orchid City Ruins. Now we have two routes to take. Here's the map!"

Spreading out the map, Chen Linjian pointed to the lines on the map.

Everyone began to surround the map and started to discuss which route to take.

Alan stayed quiet as he continued to analyze the map.

"The first route is towards the west gate. By walking along the walls, we can reach the main city quickly. However, what can we find on this route? We'll definitely want to enter the houses in the city so that we can get some spoils!" said one of Chen Linjian's underlings.

"I agree to his view!"

"Yeah, we should search around this house area!" Everyone parroted.

"It's a bad idea," Alan suddenly spoke out.

"What? Why does young master Shen say that?" Chen Linjian's underling who stated that plan asked with a frown.

"We are not the first ones to explore these ruins. All those before us most likely came to the same conclusion and have already looted everything there is in those houses. We should focus our attention elsewhere," Alan explained calmly.

His explanation was expected by nearly everyone.

Ye Ziyun's eyes were glued to Alan and were practically twinkling with excitement.

Nie Li noticed it and his expression turned sour. He asked Alan a bit coldly, "Then what should we do?"

Alan shrugged off coolly and spoke, "I don't know. Isn't that why Chen Linjian brought you along? Why don't you make yourself useful now?"

Nie Li angrily glared at Alan, but he quickly calmed down and stared in Chen Linjian's direction, "In a city, who is generally the wealthiest? The commoners? Of course not. 90% of the wealth is generally in the hands of the big families."

"All the wealthy families have their open ground. Their own courtyard. But I assume that it has been searched by the experts before us already. So what are the three locations left if we ignore the big families and the commoners."

"Let's continue looking at the map. A few hundred miles from the City Lord Mansion, there are three areas. Do you know what these three areas are?" Nie Li asked Chen Linjian.

"Within these three areas, one of them is the military ground, which is where the City Lord's soldiers trained. Another one is a heavily built stone fort. It is empty inside and made from black marble. Even a chisel couldn't damage it. As for the last one, I don't know what it is for. It's right beside the stone fort and is forested with trees and weeds." Chen Linjian answered. Before coming here, he had already memorized the Ancient Orchid City Ruins area.

Nie Li smiled as he spoke, "Not far from my guess."

Chen Linjian's eye lit up and said, "What you mean is that these three areas are very suspicious? Could it be that stone fort? But... It has already been searched!"

"That stone fort should be a disaster refuge. When a disaster arrives, they probably hid in the stone fort. Therefore, there should be some kind of secret room hiding the treasures. The piece of land near the stone fort is obviously a trap area, which was used to ward off demon beasts. If they come near to investigate, they wouldn't even know when they died. Furthermore, I find that the most suspicious area is this military ground!" Nie Li said, faintly smiling.

"The military ground is the most suspicious?" Chen Linjian whispered to himself.

Alan stared at Nie Li gravely as he heard that entire explanation. Nie Li's knowledge was truly very extensive.

Fortunately, Alan struck rather early and prevented Nie Li's relationship with Ye Ziyun from progressing.

"The most inconspicuous area would be the safest place! Moreover, this City Lord placed the military ground at the central axis of the city and, with this alone, proves that it isn't that simple. There should be something important hidden below the military ground!" Nie Li pointed to the map and said, "We'll search around this area!

Chen Linjian readily agreed, "Alright. It's decided then!"

As the entire discussion ended, Ye Ziyun had an impressed look on her face as she gazed at Nie Li.

Nie Li noticed Ye Ziyun's impressed look and puffed his chest with pride before staring at Alan with a victorious look on his face. He asked sarcastically, "I hope I didn't disappoint Young Master Shen too much."

Alan responded coldly, "No. You were barely up to the standards. Let's hope we find something in there."