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Chapter 3941 4.1541 Grief

Duan Yue stared at her. "Her body appears to be without poison?"

The woman nodded. "I suspect the poison administered was colorless, odorless, and perhaps... it might have entered the bloodstream."

"Did you do what I asked?"

Physician Tu nodded, reaching out and handing Duan Yue an item wrapped in a square cloth.

Duan Yue narrowed his brows, briefly glanced at it, and nodded.

A silent figure appeared behind Duan Yue.

"Send it to the Heavenly Pill Guild."

"Yes."

The black shadow vanished in an instant.

Duan Yue turned, his gaze fixed on the distant horizon, clear, cold, and devoid of any warmth.

Xiao Kezi stood respectfully, hands at his sides, not daring to utter a sound for a long while.

He only vaguely felt as if the Fourth Prince was enveloped in a thin mist, a coldness that seemed to pierce to the bone.

Gazing at the expanse of distant mountains, all beneath his feet.

Duan Yue stood for a very, very long time before moving forward a single step.

It was just a small step, yet it felt as if it had consumed all his strength...

His mother was gone. For the rest of his life, he would never have a mother again.

In the past, when she would always chatter in his ear, he didn't think much of it.

But people are strange; once something is lost and can never be had again, there is always profound regret.

He lifted his head. These past few days, he had wanted to fully immerse himself in his own world, neither listening, seeing, nor thinking about anything.

Now, he stood on the edge of the cliff, watching the floating clouds slowly drift across the sky.

He could almost see his mother's gentle, smiling face.

"My son, tell me, when will you fulfill your mother's wish and bring a wife home for your mother to see?"

"Son, your mother hasn't been eating or sleeping well these past few days. Every time I close my eyes, I dream of your grandma coming to find me. Your grandma told your mother, 'How can such a grown man not get married?' Your grandma, she chased and hit your mother with her cane all the way; it was terrible!"

"Son, you don't like this and you don't like that; no woman catches your eye. Do you have a girl you fancy?"

"If you like someone, you must bring that girl back for your mother to see, alright? Don't worry, your mother definitely won't hold you back. I even promise to help you out, think about it, son."

Mother, you've already met her, and you even liked her very much, always holding her close, fighting with your son every day to hold her.

If you saw her again, you'd surely like her even more...

A gentle breeze swept over the hillside, stirring his long, dark hair.

A slender, moon-white figure stood by the cliff for a long, long time, as if this stance could last to the ends of the earth, for all eternity.

—Duan Xiao Si (Little Four Duan) Divider—

When she opened her eyes today, Qiao Mu heard the long-unheard chirping of Little Tree.

"Master, Master, Qiaoqiu misses you so much!"

At first, Qiao Mu thought she was hallucinating. She blinked slightly, then suddenly cried out in delight, "Qiaoqiu! You guys?"

"Master, Master, come in quickly! This time, the Star Domain will give you a super big surprise!"

A super big surprise? A hint of joy immediately arose in Qiao Mu's heart.

Any surprise that Qiaoqiu considered noteworthy must be truly enormous.

Even standing outside, she could feel the divine power surging within the Star Domain, and her Dantian felt as if it were being infused with immense vitality.

Had a new auxiliary star been activated?

Qiao Mu's body swayed, and her vision was filled with continuous green mountains and vast foothills. After a refreshing breath, Grand Mistress Qiao Qiao quietly opened her eyes.

She looked at everything before her with pleasant surprise. "Qiaoqiu, is this the last of the Four Auxiliary Stars?"

This information immediately surfaced in Qiao Mu's mind.