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Chapter 4464: 5.0216 Gratitude

"Oh." An Wushuang nodded, sweeping her gaze across the crowd in confusion. "So it was them. How did they end up like this?"

Qiao Mu was also somewhat puzzled. Her hand movements didn't stop, and after each Heart Cleansing Charm drawn in the void entered the bodies of the people.

Not long after, the plump, middle-aged man, who was the first to receive a Heart Cleansing Charm, regained consciousness. He scrambled up from the ground, looked at Qiao Mu and the others blankly, then suddenly jumped up, "How are you all here?"

He touched the bloodstains on his chest, screaming in fright. "I, how... how am I bleeding so much?"

Feng Changqing and the others couldn't help but roll their eyes.

"Uncle, please stop shouting. All of you were controlled by Puppet Charms, and you were fighting us chaotically just now. Then you even started fighting among yourselves," Young Master Rong quickly spoke out. "Look at the knife in your hand. See? Isn't it stuck in that person's butt?"

The plump man looked back and indeed saw his weapon embedded in the backside of an unlucky fellow behind him. That unfortunate person was lying face down on the ground, clearly having breathed his last.

The plump man screamed in fright, quickly pulling his knife out of the person's body. He almost dropped the unstable knife, letting out a high-pitched, gender-indistinguishable scream. "How... how could this happen?"

"I already told you, you were controlled by a Puppet Charm," Young Master Ding rolled his eyes, speechless. "Miss Qiao saved you all with a Heart Cleansing Charm, so please stop screaming."

The plump man recovered, still shaken, and turned to look at Qiao Mu and Mo Lian, who were standing a few steps behind him.

The little Crown Princess was still drawing charms in the air, sending out one rune seal after another. Seeing the plump man looking at her with terror, she merely gave him a cool, indifferent glance.

After drawing the last Heart Cleansing Charm, Qiao Mu swayed slightly. Mo Lian quickly reached out and pulled her into his embrace.

"Qiao Qiao." Mo Lian frowned slightly, his handsome face filled with disapproval.

To put it bluntly, whether these people lived or died, what did it have to do with them? Seeing his Qiao exhaust her charm power to save these ungrateful people, he wasn't happy about it.

"It's nothing, just a bit of excessive charm power consumption," Qiao Mu patted his hand reassuringly, her voice cool as she lowered her brows. "It's not to save them. It's just that I don't want the Three Continents to become even more chaotic."

If all these people were to die in this secret realm.

Without a doubt, their respective aristocratic families, mercenary groups, and clans would stir up countless troubles, leading to mutual suspicion and infighting. The entire world would surely become even more unstable and restless.

Mo Lian's heart softened. He reached up and stroked her hair, saying in a deep voice, "Qiao Qiao, how can you recover quickly?"

"It's fine, my charm power recovers quite fast. I just need some rest." With that, she reached out, took a pill, and swallowed it.

"What are you doing?" An Wushuang reached out to block the plump man who was walking straight towards them. "Looking for trouble?"

"No, no, Miss, you've misunderstood," the plump man said awkwardly, stammering, "Miss Qiao... Miss Qiao saved us."

"What 'Miss Qiao'? That's my sister-in-law, call her the Crown Princess." But thinking about it, calling her 'Crown Princess' might not be appropriate for outside expeditions, so she added, "Call her Madam Mo."

As the Crown Prince's number one fanatic, Princess Wushuang felt it was necessary to uphold her Big Brother's sovereignty!

"Yes, yes," the plump man nodded repeatedly. "Madam Mo, thank you... thank you for saving us."