Chapter 52: Shen Lang Voluntarily Requests to Be Apprehended by the Zhou Family!

"Oh no, it is a Primordial Soul stage old monster!"

Feeling the oppressive might surging from the void, Nalan Yanran's expression changed drastically in an instant.

Upon seeing this, Shen Lang wore a look of utter disdain. "What are you panicking for? Everything is within my calculations!"

Hearing these words, Nalan Yanran's eyes suddenly lit up.

By now, she was completely won over by Shen Lang's methods and abilities.

Curiously, she asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Shen Lang smiled seductively. "It's very simple. Later, after you finish arguing with them, just hand me over!"

"Have you lost your mind?!"

"The Zhou family will kill you!"

Realizing that Nalan Yanran was genuinely worried about him, a warmth welled up in Shen Lang's heart.

However, the Divine Firmament was currently frantically hunting down the person who had killed Zhou Hao, and he dared not tell Nalan Yanran about his clone.

He could only feign confidence and said, "Rest assured, I wouldn't make a joke of my own life!"

"You can just safely hand me over!"

Looking at Shen Lang's confident expression, Nalan Yanran's eyes suddenly turned red.

She thought Shen Lang was deliberately trying to comfort her by speaking so lightly.

The real reason, she assumed, was that the Zhou family possessed a Deity Transformation stage powerhouse.

He knew that with their current strength, it was completely impossible to contend with the Zhou family.

Instead of fighting a desperate battle to the death, it was better to sacrifice himself to buy time and drag the entire Zhou family down into hell with him.

At this thought, waves of resentment, vexation, and deep regret began to spread relentlessly through the bottom of her heart.

She deeply regretted it now: why hadn't she cultivated diligently in ordinary times?

Why wasn't her cultivation at the Deity Transformation stage?

If she were at the Deity Transformation stage, how could mere mortals of the Zhou family dare to show up at her doorstep demanding Shen Lang?

With these thoughts, a fierce glint flashed in Nalan Yanran's eyes as she said, "I swear, if you die, I will slaughter everyone bearing the surname Zhou!"

Whoa~

Why did this woman suddenly develop such a murderous intent?

Still, hearing those words felt genuinely touching.

Thinking of this, Shen Lang reassured her once more, "Don't worry, I won't die!"

Hearing this, Nalan Yanran knew she could not persuade Shen Lang otherwise.

She gave him one deep, lingering look, then wore a gloomy expression as she soared up into the clouds, glaring with furious rage at the Fourth Elder of the Zhou family who had come to arrest Shen Lang.

"Zhou Hao died at the hands of a passerby. What right does your Zhou family have to demand that Shen Lang be buried with him?"

"In the eyes of your Zhou family, is there no longer any law or justice?"

Facing Nalan Yanran's questioning, the Fourth Elder remained utterly calm. "In this Returning Cloud City, my Zhou family is the law!"

"The family head told me to inform you that our Zhou family is even willing to offer fifty million spirit stones to assist you!"

"However, if Miss Nalan fails to appreciate what is good for her, I'm afraid you won't be walking out of Returning Cloud City alive!"

"You!"

Hearing the Fourth Elder's immensely arrogant words, Nalan Yanran became even more convinced that Shen Lang had accurately predicted the Zhou family's unreasonableness and had therefore chosen to put himself in danger!

Realizing that Shen Lang was plunging himself into the game to protect her, she gritted her back teeth and said, "Shen Lang is an imperial envoy personally appointed by His Majesty. If your Zhou family makes him be buried with Zhou Hao, have you considered the consequences?"

"Heh..." The Fourth Elder sneered dismissively. "Miss Nalan, at a time like this, let's dispense with the riddles."

"Everyone knows what the deal is with Shen Lang!"

"Now you just need to tell this old man: are you handing him over or not?"

Facing the Fourth Elder's aggressive posture, Nalan Yanran opened her mouth, but the words to hand him over simply refused to come out.

Because echoing in her mind right then were all the moments she had spent with Shen Lang in the past.

She felt that if she handed Shen Lang over, her heart would break.

It would be the kind of pain that made life feel worse than death!

Meanwhile, seeing that Nalan Yanran was taking forever to make a decision, Shen Lang arranged for his clone to step forward directly. Feigning tenderness, he said, "Miss Nalan, being able to meet you in this lifetime has already satisfied me completely."

"Now, let me make this final contribution to Miss Nalan's grand ambition!"

With that, Shen Lang abruptly raised his head to look at the Fourth Elder. "Is everything your Zhou family said true? If I go with you, will the Zhou family really give fifty million spirit stones to Miss Nalan?"

Seeing that Shen Lang was still such a hopeless romantic, the Fourth Elder sneered, "Naturally!"

"Very well, then I'll go with you!"

Seeing that Shen Lang had given up resisting, the Fourth Elder subconsciously waved his hand.

Immediately afterward, two disciples of the Zhou family stepped forward and bound Shen Lang tightly with ropes.

Seeing this scene, Nalan Yanran could no longer suppress her inner emotions.

She couldn't help shouting at the departing back of Shen Lang, "Shen Lang, you bastard, you better not lie to me again!!!"

"Otherwise, this lady will never let you off!!!!"

Hearing Nalan Yanran's heart-wrenching words, the main body—still standing safely inside the room—felt a violent tremor in his chest.

Holy crap.

Could it be that I overdid the act?

Did this woman actually fall in love with me?

No way.

My main body needs to sneak away.

Otherwise, if she finds out I deceived her, forget about playing the flute together; I won't even get to lay eyes on those long white legs anymore!

Thinking of this, Shen Lang's main body donned the cloak of Akatsuki and slipped out of the City Lord's Mansion!

Right now, he needed to hurry up and make a fortune, and then properly "thank" the Zhou family for their "hospitality"!

Meanwhile, in a certain courtyard within Returning Cloud City, He Renchao watched the scene of Shen Lang being dragged away by the Zhou family and collapsed straight to the ground.

It was over.

Totally doomed.

His grand enterprise of making a fortune had suffered a miscarriage before it even began.

Unreconciled, He Renchao immediately shifted his gaze to He Xiufei, who stood in the courtyard with a gloomy expression, and sighed, "Old man, what are you still staring at for? Our He family clearly doesn't have the destiny to become emperors."

"Who says we don't?" He Xiufei dropped a bombshell.

"Oh?" He Renchao looked at his father in absolute astonishment, completely bewildered. "Are you planning to go to the Zhou family to save Brother Lang?"

"He's a dead man walking, why save him?"

"Then what do you mean?"

He Renchao was truly baffled now.

He couldn't understand what kind of madness his old man had caught.

If they didn't save Shen Lang and failed to acquire the divine artifact, how were their He family supposed to complete the Emperor of Divine Firmament's trial and wait to become emperors?

Seeing that He Renchao failed to grasp his meaning, a playful and mocking sneer curved the corners of He Xiufei's mouth.

"Today, the Zhou family made a grand display of their prowess, little do they realize they have just planted a time bomb for themselves."

"Did you see the look in Nalan Yanran's eyes just now?"

"I saw it. Brother Lang's skill at flirting with women is still top-notch!" He Renchao said with an expression of deep admiration.

After all, anyone with half a brain could tell that Nalan Yanran had developed genuine feelings for Shen Lang.

Yet he still didn't understand what this had to do with He Xiufei.

"Heh..." He Xiufei clearly relished the feeling of everyone else being drunk while he alone remained sober.

Now seeing He Renchao playing along, he spoke with immense pride. "The Zhou family raised the tax amount to fifty million, which means the Wu family can simply no longer afford to compete."

"Yet Nalan Yanran is clearly harboring extreme dissatisfaction toward the Zhou family right now."

"If our He family chooses to cooperate with her at this moment, and is willing to offer over fifty million spirit stones to partner with her, do you think she will choose to work with us?"

Hearing He Xiufei's words, He Renchao's eyes lit up.

"Father, you are truly brilliant!"