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Chapter 4679: 5.0431 Waiting for the Prey to Enter the Net

It was truly unexpected that he would turn out to be a prophet; Ming Ya Si was incredibly agitated now.

The place Tianyun was targeting in Mingzhou wasn't a small location like Yancheng in Cangzhou. Their chosen target was only five hundred li from the royal capital, Dayong City, and panic had already ignited within the royal city. If this matter couldn't be handled properly, it certainly wouldn't end well. His elderly father had sent urgent messages urging him to return, indicating that the situation had become quite serious.

Seeing the guy's gloomy expression, the little poker face, surprisingly, smiled at him.

Ming Ya Si's depressed mood, which had lingered for a long time, instantly vanished. He stared at Qiao Mu with a look of pleasant surprise. "Qiao Qiao, you smiled at me! This is the first time you've smiled at me."

You idiot, can't you tell this is a gloating smile?

"You're seeing things," Qiao Mu rolled her eyes, her face returning to its expressionless state, her emotions completely flat. "So, when are you planning to leave?"

"I need to leave now."

Qiao Mu "oh"-ed, and silently tossed him a few small medicine bottles. Seeing that the guy had been relatively clear-headed and cooperative lately, and willing to spend money, she reluctantly decided to help him out.

"Qiao Qiao," Ming Ya Si suddenly felt a sense of flattered surprise. This was the first time he had ever received a gift from Qiao Qiao.

If Qiao Qiao knew what he was thinking, she would surely scoff.

[Who gave you a gift? You're just praising yourself shamelessly!]

After Ming Ya Si followed Duan Yue and left one after the other, Her Ladyship Qiao Qiao began to ponder deeply.

She sought out Huang He and said, "I've set up ten phantom rune arrays outside the Snow Ridge Valley where you all are staying."

"A confinement array is set in the middle. If you want to come out and move around, just send me a message. Other than that, no matter what sounds you hear, ignore them and focus on your experiments."

Huang He, along with dozens of alchemists and apothecaries from Celestial Pill Hall, Mingzhou, and Cangzhou, were now deep within the Snow Ridge Valley conducting research. That area was very quiet and rarely visited, with no guards even set up, precisely to avoid attracting attention.

However, Qiao Mu spent an entire day and night setting up no less than a hundred rune arrays in that place. Among them were ten phantom rune arrays, and five triple-layered defensive arrays. Additionally, there were countless shielding,迷 (maze), and confinement arrays, cumulatively amounting to a terrifying number.

This guy seemed to be doing it for fun, surrounding the Snow Ridge Valley thickly with hundreds of rune arrays.

The alchemists and apothecaries conducting research inside the Snow Ridge Valley now could only send messages to Qiao Mu if they wished to come out. Qiao Mu, from Snow Island, which was over a dozen li away, would then grant them teleportation permission, allowing them to teleport out from that place...

However, the Snow Ridge Valley was fully stocked with food and supplies. Once the alchemists became engrossed in their research, they wouldn't think of anything else.

Huang He asked with curiosity, "Qiao Qiao, have you predicted that something is going to happen?"

Qiao Mu didn't hide it, nodding and saying, "Look, they've successively sent away Duan Yue and Ming Ya Si; it's obvious they're planning to make a move on us."

Huang He was startled, then her face filled with anxiety. "Since you know, why..."

A cold smile touched Qiao Mu's eyes. "Now I'm a bit curious."

"I wonder how many people Tianyun will dispatch for this Hall Master Mu."

Later that evening, over thirty thousand elites of the Heaven Slaying Battle Group simultaneously received a message: today's rest was canceled, all personnel were to be on alert, waiting for the prey to enter the net.