Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 1074 - 1070

On the piece of paper, there were a few words: [The mansion’s layout is broken, be extra cautious!]

The man’s eyes flickered, and he handed the paper to the others, while he himself drew out a Magic Artifact.

He gripped it tightly, then slowly approached the doorway, looking very much on guard.

After seeing the words on the paper, the others were also deeply frightened.

They had been in this mansion for a while, yet they hadn’t noticed that someone else was inside.

In fact, that person had been watching them the whole time. This realization gave them all a spine-chilling sensation.

The only young girl in the team showed a hint of panic in her eyes.

She instinctively moved closer to her senior brother, as if it would grant her some sense of security.

If this person had malicious intentions from the start, they might not even know how they had died.

At that moment, they clearly understood that the danger posed by this person was even greater than the eerie wailing sounds.

"Senior... brother, I..."

Noticing the tremble in his junior sister’s voice, the leading man glanced back at her.

"It’s alright. If he meant us harm, he would have acted already, and wouldn’t have left us a note."

These words were meant to comfort both the team and himself.

At that moment, the entire team deeply realized that doing tasks outside was completely different from their usual drills.

Real missions involve encountering unpredictable elements at any time.

The mere thought of an unseen person lurking behind them made everyone’s faces turn grim.

"Senior brother, maybe we should retreat for now and come back to assess the situation in daylight!"

The eerie sounds at night were bad enough, but now there was also someone hiding in the dark.

The danger had invisibly multiplied, and they were, after all, still young.

The leader, who had previously thought they shouldn’t retreat because of minor troubles, now didn’t dare stay any longer.

If he stubbornly insisted on staying and anyone got hurt or killed, he couldn’t bear that responsibility.

"Alright, let’s retreat for now and return by day."

The team quickly packed their things and left without looking back.

They didn’t even bother to turn off the lights inside the Zhou Family Mansion.

It’s unclear if they simply forgot or were afraid the darkness might increase their danger.

In less than a minute, the team had completely retreated.

Yun Ran: ...

She originally just wanted to remind them that with the mansion’s layout broken and danger doubled, they shouldn’t make hasty decisions.

In the end, the group just ran away.

They didn’t even close the Zhou Family’s main gate and just dashed off.

"Master, I think you might have scared them~"

Yun Ran flicked the Little Paperman on its head.

"Is your master that scary? I was just kindly reminding them. Who knew they’d come up with some other hot-headed plan."

Yun Ran had considered many possibilities, thinking they might heed her warning and do nothing.

Waiting quietly for dawn before investigating further.

But she didn’t expect them to be so frightened that they retreated immediately.

Yun Ran shook her head and, imitating scholars, said, "The young people of today, truly not as good as before!"

Little Paperman: ???

If it wasn’t mistaken, those people were around the same age as its master, and maybe a few of them were even older than her.

It couldn’t comprehend how its master could stand in a senior’s position and critique them without blushing.

The Little Paperman couldn’t figure it out, so it decided to stop thinking.

"Master, what should we do now? Go back to the hotel?"

Yun Ran stepped out from behind the pillar, and the dim light in the room fell upon her brand-new black robe.

"I originally planned to do so, but now it’s not possible. Your master is not someone who quits halfway!"

Yun Ran re-entered the mansion, touching the soil that had been dug up and then refilled.

To others, the soil would look perfectly ordinary.

But Yun Ran detected a faint trace of sealing power in it.

"Hmm, they stumbled onto a clue by accident."

Saying this, Yun Ran instructed the Little Paperman to dig some soil from other parts of the alley.

"Got it, Master, I’m on it!"

After the Little Paperman left, Yun Ran was the only one left in the Zhou Family Mansion.

She closed the courtyard door—not because she feared scaring someone this late at night.

It was simply a habit of hers to close doors.

The sound without any gaps, like surround sound, came from all directions.

But these sounds almost had no effect on Yun Ran.

She rummaged through her bag for a while before taking out the sealed copper mirror and a Compass.

Once activated, the Compass’s needle trembled violently like it had a seizure.

"If my temple master’s Compass can’t even lock onto it, it seems the source of this sound is quite something!"

Yun Ran put the Compass away.

Then her gaze fell on the sealed copper mirror.

Yun Ran tapped the mirror surface: "Need your help with something. If you can, shine a bit; if not, then forget it~"

The copper mirror was sealed with talisman paper, but the seal only inhibited its power, not its ability to hear Yun Ran’s words.

Previously, the copper mirror might have believed Yun Ran when she said she’d let it go if it refused.

But now, it had suffered Yun Ran’s beatings and her occasional threats with its now foolish companion.

The copper mirror was sure that if it really refused to help Yun Ran, what awaited it would be more severe beatings.

Under the eaves, one must bow; this saying held for the copper mirror too.

Especially now, as the copper mirror saw Yun Ran, after putting away the Compass, once again holding the Divine Artifact Fragment that could harm it. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Showing both threat and persuasion clearly!

The copper mirror was aggrieved but had no choice and had to give in.

Finally, the dusty mirror surface displayed two large characters: [Alright~]

Yun Ran smiled with satisfaction: "You truly are a kind and understanding Divine Mirror~"

The copper mirror only regretted that it had fallen into the hands of a rogue, and it couldn’t even cry.

It could only channel its resentment...