CHAPTER 710: CHAPTER 706: FEARING YAN JINXIAN’S WICKEDNESS

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Knowing the problematic nature of Yan Jinxian, how could Yan Qiusheng possibly allow his own mother to continue interacting with her?

Especially after learning about the tragic and sorrowful events that occurred in the family of Zhou Guorong, who married Yan Jinxian, Yan Qiusheng was extremely cautious of Yan Jinxian’s evil nature.

Hearing his own mother say that she actually wanted to side with Yan Jinxian, he immediately and calmly persuaded his angry mother to stop.

To keep his mother alert, he even emphasized in detail the incidents that happened to Zhou Guorong’s family, with only one goal in mind: to avoid the viperous Yan Jinxian.

Yan Qiusheng knew that now, being divorced and having a young daughter, the most important thing was to have a stable environment for his daughter to grow up in peace.

This condition relied entirely on the presence of his mother. With his mother around, he still held some position in the Yan Family, even his elder brother sighed deeply seeing the hardships he endured over the years.

Yet, none of these were mentioned again; he only told him to speak up freely if he ever faced any troubles, as after all, they were siblings.

Yan Qiusheng understood that his elder brother was still being polite to him, and the significant reason he could socialize once more with his elder brother was because of their father’s tacit approval.

His father continued to be prideful as always, and another thing was his annoyance at her stubborn and obstinate nature. In this regard, she truly took after her father.

She knew that she had been foolish in her youth, and foolish for ten whole years! No wonder her father was extremely disappointed with her, to the extent he no longer wished to see her.

Now having been nurtured in futility for ten years, what could Yan Qiusheng do besides household chores? At thirty years old, she felt very lost about the future, hesitating to move forward.

At this moment, all she hoped for was to be able to raise her daughter well and not let her tread the same dire path—

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Xie Jingchen had stood guard all night, only to leave disappointed.

Except for that hurried glance, witnessing her middle finger twitch slightly, there had been no other discoveries throughout the night—his little wife clearly couldn’t wake up.

Today, according to the original mission plan, he had to go to the county town of X, pretending to search for the item the other party wanted and bring it back.

The destination was still Tanning Temple.

This place, the Shantian Organization had returned empty-handed dozens of times, yet they still persisted in their search.

From this urgent behavior of theirs, Xie Jingchen roughly guessed that the ’special material’ in their possession was probably running low.

Thus, with no other options, the Shantian Organization could only hope for some gain in Tanning Temple.

Unfortunately, in this world, there exists something as fantastical as Tao Nu.

No matter what extreme measures the Shantian Organization employed, the Tao Nu, fattened by his little wife, had a strong core and did not fear the opponent’s challenge.

Xie Jingchen arranged such a mission not only to lure out the enemy but also to inquire from Tao Nu whether it had the capability to help his wife wake up.

The worrying words of Xie Jingzi were not unfounded; going by Yan Jinsu continuing to sleep, her body not consuming food and relying solely on nutrient injections, her fetus dying inside her was not merely a scare tactic.

To save his wife and child’s life, Xie Jingchen, though uncertain about successfully communicating with Tao Nu, could only treat his dead horse as a live horse, hoping the enhanced spiritual power he possessed could prove to be of some actual use.

Xie Jingchen kissed his wife’s forehead reluctantly, said a proper goodbye to Xiaojiu and Little Shier, and promised to return as soon as possible before leaving the Siheyuan.

The Jeep had just left the alley for about ten minutes when Xie Jingchen felt he was being followed. With no one else around except for Yan Jinchang, Xie Jingchen increased the speed of the car dramatically, like a swift wind passing by.

Gradually, the car behind could not keep up, and Xie Jingchen scoffed dismissively.

Arriving at the train station, Xie Jingchen boarded the train alone.

Yan Jinchang was entrusted by Xie Jingchen with a heavy responsibility to cooperate with Lei Hairong and others, and to staunchly protect the safety of the Siheyuan.

In X county town, the residential area where his parents lived had been placed under martial law by the Rong Department in advance.

On another note, Tanning Temple was also designated as a Rong military restricted area for safety considerations.

Four hours later, Xie Jingchen appeared in X county town. When he got off the train, all Rong military precautionary measures had already been prepared.

"Report." Upon seeing Mr. Xie Rongwei, the Rong Soldier immediately saluted, then respectfully handed over the car keys that Xie Jingchen had used to arrive.

After returning the salute, Xie Jingchen nodded and took the keys to drive away.

The drive from the train station to Tanning Temple took an hour.

On the way, there were not many vehicles on the road, and Xie Jingchen drove unobstructed, reaching the foot of Tanning Temple in just forty minutes.

Stepping into this area, Xie Jingchen immediately felt the joyful aura of Tao Nu.

Peach blossom petals floated in the wind, several of which landed on Xie Jingchen’s shoulders and flat top, softening his taut, rugged demeanor.

The security line had been set up ten miles from the foot of the mountain, and Xie Jingchen was driving a Military Car, continuing until he stopped just below the temple.

Although the security line was raised early, there were no Rong Soldiers or Rongwei to be seen around Tanning Temple.

While walking, Xie Jingchen used his spiritual power to explore the distribution of Rong military assets. Following the mountain trail, he first came to the very essence of Tao Nu—the Holy Peach Tree.

The already massive and unique Holy Peach Tree, having been nourished and enhanced with top energy for over a year, was now lush with peach branches and a crown expanding outward, blooming with peach blossoms like a grand pink and green umbrella.

Seeing the even greener and tender peach blossoms blooming on schedule, and petals freely falling in the wind, it was evident that Tao Nu’s recent life had been excellent.

With the support of the Spirit Core provided by Yan Jinsu, Tao Nu not only advanced quicker but its intelligence had also significantly increased. Upon Xie Jingchen’s arrival, he could sense through the spiritual power’s influence the overwhelming excitement caused by perceiving his arrival.

Xie Jingchen placed his large hand on the thick trunk of the peach blossom tree, setting up a domain barrier with his spiritual power.

[Tao Nu.] When the words were expressed through spiritual power, Xie Jingchen nervously tightened his grip on the peach blossom tree’s trunk:

[Can you hear me? Can you communicate with me through spiritual power?]

Xie Jingchen looked up at the pinkish-white peach blossom canopy, his expression very serious, and his spiritual power radiated careful anticipation.

Tao Nu’s emotions paused for a moment, as if it was initially puzzled.

The Holy Peach Tree itself even shook without wind, and more petals fell on Xie Jingchen, with the most mischievous one—a brighter red petal mischievously sticking to Xie Jingchen’s forehead.

Just as Xie Jingchen was anxiously about to brush away the fluttering peach blossoms, abruptly, he felt a faint clarity, and his big hand paused over the center of his forehead and remained motionless—