World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

Chapter 1804 - 68: Ziwei’s Kin? (Part 2)

His gaze fiercely swept over Lan Qi, who had flown back, scaring the latter into stopping immediately, swallowing back the words he was about to say.

Among the people of the Lan family, Zhang Xiaoman only had a liking for Lan Yue. After all, it was she who helped him imprint the Star Pattern. Although it wasn’t free, she did show him some care during that time, which is why Zhang Xiaoman kept tolerating these people.

However, he had already returned the Stellar Treasure Mirror, and he knew that once something is taken out from his space device, no matter how he explained, it would be unclear. Anyway, he didn’t want it, so he decided not to entangle with these people and leave directly.

"Kid, how did you get this item!?"

Just as Zhang Xiaoman was about to leave, a thought locked onto him, and a majestic voice came from above.

He looked up and saw the purple-clothed elder, who was supposed to leave, staring intently at him.

No, he was staring at the Mortal Bottle in his hand.

"What’s going on? Why is he staring at my bottle? Why would he say such a thing? Could it be..."

Zhang Xiaoman’s pupils contracted as he suddenly thought of a very unfavorable possibility.

"Could it be... this bottle was stolen by Ziwei from him!?"

Thinking of this, he felt a bit speechless.

How come out of the blue there’s another potential enemy, and unlike the others, this one is definitely an Extraordinary Level, clearly a fierce character!

The purple-clothed elder was the one who set up the Purple Charm Gate earlier, overseeing this ruins exploration with three other Extraordinary Level Honorables. Now that the three have left, only the purple-clothed elder remained. Initially, he was about to leave too but stayed upon seeing his little bottle.

Zhang Xiaoman regretted taking out the bottle so casually. Ziwei was really deceitful; he always wondered how she, a Middle Control Level, could have such a good bottle. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be stolen and indeed unreliable!

Now Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t leave, not because he couldn’t use the unlimited teleportation. No one present could hold him back. The reason he didn’t leave immediately was that the purple-clothed elder had snatched the Mortal Bottle from him.

"Senior, what’s your intention?"

Zhang Xiaoman looked up at the elder. He felt he should at least clear things up before leaving, otherwise he wouldn’t know how to explain to Ziwei later.

It was Ziwei’s entire fortune. If the Mortal Bottle was indeed stolen by Ziwei, then it’s understandable if it was reclaimed by its original owner.

But if he guessed wrong, it would be disastrous. If Ziwei found out he lost her treasured bottle, she would definitely go crazy upon his return.

"Hmph, kid, now I’m asking you! Why do you have this bottle? What did you do to its original owner!?"

In the sky, the purple-clothed elder’s long hair flew, his eyes fierce, waves of powerful aura pressing down, making Zhang Xiaoman feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, though his aura was strong, Zhang Xiaoman’s strength was not weak either, and this guy was far inferior to Tianlai. He wasn’t suppressed even in the Plague Temple earlier, let alone facing the purple-clothed elder now.

Thus, Zhang Xiaoman’s expression did not change much, remaining calm as if the pressure from the elder didn’t exist.

But resisting is one thing; engaging in unnecessary conflict is not what he wanted, especially in a situation that might be friendly rather than hostile.

He certainly noticed the elder’s last words. From his tone and urgency, he seemed worried.

Worried?

Zhang Xiaoman quickly observed the elder’s purple robe, striking purple hair, and slightly moving hair tips due to emotional fluctuations in anger, all too familiar.

"Could it be... this guy is actually from the same clan as Ziwei...?"

Zhang Xiaoman immediately guessed the situation. The elder’s urgency must be because he was worried the bottle was illegitimately obtained, acquired through murder and robbery from Ziwei.

The thought only took a moment. Feeling slightly relieved, Zhang Xiaoman spoke before the elder could ask again:

"Senior, this Mortal Bottle was loaned to me by a friend. She knows I’m coming to explore the ruins, so she agreed to lend me the bottle."

"Loaned to you?"

Upon hearing this, the purple-clothed elder frowned, slightly retracting his powerful aura but soon pressing down again, causing the surrounding people to kneel under the pressure.

"Nonsense! How could she lend it to you? Especially knowing you are going to such a dangerous place? You can’t fool this Honorable! Do you have evidence!?"

Seeing the elder’s sudden thunderous rage, Zhang Xiaoman was a bit helpless, but he did have evidence. The elder cared about whether the bottle was robbed from Ziwei, so proving friendship, not how the bottle was loaned, would suffice.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoman immediately opened his Star Network Terminal, pulling out a large amount of data, sending it to the elder.

These were videos shot on Rebirth Island, documenting Ziwei and Lin Sisi and their close friends’ life. Occasionally, Zhang Xiaoman appeared in the footage. Lin Sisi had sent him the videos, which he kept in his watch and, unexpectedly, proved useful now.

Being a former Guardian of the Dark Star Alliance, the elder couldn’t be without a personal terminal. Upon receiving Zhang Xiaoman’s evidence, he immediately opened the video to watch.

He watched very quickly, sweeping the entire hour-long video with his Divine Thought. However, after watching, the elder paused for quite a while without responding.

"Senior?"

Zhang Xiaoman called out, and only then did the elder, like awakening from a dream, return to his senses, though his expression still looked somewhat absent-minded.

"Your evidence... isn’t enough... Do you have any other evidence...?"

The elder suddenly asked, showing a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Zhang Xiaoman turned dark, good heavens, did he think Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t tell? It wasn’t about insufficient evidence; clearly, he wanted more videos!

"Senior, I have no other evidence, but she lives in my place now. You’ve seen the video; Ziwei is very happy, Senior, you need not worry."

"Very happy... good, that’s good... She lives with you... indeed... it shows, she truly smiles with happiness... I haven’t seen her smile so happily for a long time..."

Though the elder didn’t receive more videos, after hearing about Ziwei’s condition, he seemed relieved, transforming into a kindly neighborly grandfather, with his fury dissipating completely.