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On the front of the jade tablet, there was a clearly visible Mystic Bird's head. The Mystic Bird's eyes in particular seemed lifelike, as if they were alive.

Situ Jing kept his jade tablet, but looking at Qian Mian's understanding, he knew that Qian Mian knew of the origins of the jade tablet.

"All of you, quickly come and look!"

At this time, Gu Shiyi's delighted voice came out from not too far away.

The three of them stopped what they were doing and rushed towards Gu Shiyi.

In front of Gu Shiyi, a dark and serene one meter wide tunnel appeared in front of the four of them in an instant.

Looking at the black stain on Gu Shiyi's face and the black ash on her hands, it was obvious that she had used her hands to dig out the hidden tunnel in front of everyone.

With a pained expression, Situ Jing took out a white handkerchief from his sleeves and carefully wiped the black carbon dust off Gu Shiyi's face and hands.

Gu Shiyi saw that Situ Jing's white handkerchief had turned black after a while, and when she thought about her sorry state, her face immediately flushed red. Qian Mian and Mo Sheng had been watching the interaction between the two of them the whole time, and only until Situ Jing wiped his hands clean and turned his head away did he look away unnaturally.

"Let's go in!"

Gu Shiyi glanced at Situ Jing, and was about to lower his feet to the ground, but Situ Jing led the way, protecting Gu Shiyi behind him tightly. Qian Mian who was following closely behind was Mo Sheng, and Gu Shiyi was protected by the four of them.

As soon as he entered the tunnel, his vision began to blur, and the road ahead became even darker.

A gentle halo of light immediately brought this dark secret passageway. In Situ Jing's hand, he had already grasped a night pearl that was the size of a goose egg.

The Night Pearls instantly caused the four people's line of sight to become clear. However, when they saw it, the conjectures in their hearts once again changed.

Originally, they thought that Ning Qingqing and the rest had left through the tunnel. However, looking at the bloodstains on the wall, the marks made by the swords and sabers on the wall, the faint smell of blood in the air, and the obvious traces of a battle everywhere.

However, the underground was extremely clean, as if it had been deliberately cleaned up by someone.

After Gu Shiyi and Situ Jing looked at each other, they continued to walk inside. The tunnel was extremely dry, and in the entire tunnel, other than their footsteps, there were no other sounds.

After walking for about two hours, a forked path appeared in front of them. The two paths respectively led in the opposite direction.

The last four people walked in groups of two or three. Gu Shiyi and Situ Jing were naturally together with them, and they had already formed a tacit understanding with each other with just a glance.

Even so, Qian Mian and Mo Sheng felt that at this moment, their lives were still more important than anything else.

This tunnel was no longer a simple one.

"Jing, have you ever thought that the Ning Family's villa might not have been personally destroyed by Ning Qingqing?"

Gu Shiyi and Situ Jing walked along the side road for a long time before he brought up her initial question.

"Why do you say that?"

Situ Jing raised his eyebrow, his face was filled with surprise. What he did not expect was, Gu Shiyi had the same idea as him.

"It's just intuition, I had noticed Ning Qingqing in the information on Ning Family that was given to me by the Thousand Star Pavilion. It says that she never married, but it doesn't say that she is just an adopted daughter of the Ning Family, and even though we haven't known each other for long, I can feel that she is proud of his surname, Ning. Even this villa was built using the Ning Family of the past, and even if it was just a flower or a blade of grass, all of them reveal her attachment to the Ning Family of the past.

What Gu Shiyi did not say was that it was also because of this reason that she convinced herself to believe in Ning Qingqing's so-called truth.

"En, what you said makes sense, but 11, do not look at the surface. Have you ever thought about the real reason why Ning Qingqing did not marry?"

Situ Jing nodded at what Gu Shiyi had said. Because of what Gu Shiyi had said, he also brought up a rumor about Ning Family that he had heard in his previous life.

At that time, Ning Family had once wanted to rise up, but a scandal that had exploded out had completely vanished without a trace.

Gu Shiyi looked at Situ Jing in confusion. She kept having the feeling that Situ Jing was hinting at something, since he was guiding his so much, how could she be disappointed?

Ning Qingqing, orphan, adopted daughter, woman!

Suddenly, Gu Shiyi's eyes lit up, and looked at Situ Jing excitedly. How could she have forgotten the most important question?

Ning Qingqing, she is a woman, and the reason why I want a woman to never marry is not only because of some hidden ailment or flaw in my body, but also because of a man!

A woman's hidden ailment could usually be seen through her qi and blood, but in her daily interactions with Ning Qingqing, she did not feel any abnormalities in her body. Instead, she felt her body's condition to be extremely healthy like a woman of around twenty.

If it wasn't because of this, then it was because of a man, and that man should be his grandfather, Ning Xiuyue.

The more Gu Shiyi thought about it, the more she felt that this was the truth. Ning Family could be said to be the destruction of Ning Xiu Yue's generation, but Gu Shiyi had seen Ning Xiu Yue's script among the things that Ning Waner had left behind.

How could such a ambitious person be willing to let his Ning Family be destroyed in his hands? Gu Shiyi could even imagine how heartbroken Ning Xiuyue must have been in the past, seeing his Ning Family disappear in the night. How unwilling he must have been!

Therefore, Ning Qingqing, who deeply loved Ning Xiuyue, would never burn down Ning Family's villa no matter what, she had to do his best to restore Ning Family to its former peak.

Furthermore, Gu Shiyi had learned from what Ning Qingqing had told her before, that Ning Qingqing, who did not have the Ning Family and bloodline, was unable to activate the power that was hidden in the shadows.

Since she was unable to mobilize the Ning Family of the Dark Group, then if she wanted to regain her strength, just relying on her alone was far from enough.

A woman's greatest asset was not only her talent and intelligence, but Gu Shiyi knew that Ning Qingqing was a woman with both his looks and talents.

Other than standing at the peak of power, Gu Shiyi believed that as long as Ning Qingqing was willing, what kind of man did she want was impossible!