"Already given to me..." The woman looked down at the book in her hands. She understood, she had already received it. It must have been her other self who had taken it.
Seeing Xiaoyao like this, the woman also knew that Xiaoyao must have discovered something, which was why he wanted to get as far away from her as possible. She didn't mind this, having seen too many such people.
However, in the next moment, she changed her mind, because something seemed to suddenly occur to her.
"Wait, stop right there!"
"Excuse me, is there something else you need?" Xiaoyao stopped, though he felt this was somewhat troublesome, he wasn't afraid of anything.
After Xiaoyao finished speaking, he discovered that the woman was already in front of him, staring at his face, just staring continuously. This made Xiaoyao feel somewhat unsettled.
Xiaoyao moved a bit, reminding the other party to pay attention to her behavior and not stare at him like this.
"Stand still and don't move!"
...
...
But the other party didn't understand Xiaoyao's meaning. Her hands grabbed Xiaoyao's shoulders, and a tremendous force made it impossible for Xiaoyao to move. This woman in front of him was definitely the strongest person in this imperial palace. Ning Zhiyuan was far inferior to her, and even against that previous peerless expert, she would have the power to fight.
But why hadn't she appeared then? Also, why was she here?
Xiaoyao couldn't figure it out. These questions seemed to have nothing to do with him anyway. He felt he didn't need to think too much about it. However, the current situation was that this woman was now grabbing onto him and wouldn't let go, this was very troublesome.
"Excuse me, what do you want?" Xiaoyao asked calmly.
"Similar, so very similar!" The woman looked at Xiaoyao for a long time before finally saying these words.
"Similar to what?" Xiaoyao asked in confusion, but clearly his question didn't get a timely response. The woman in front of him was just muttering about being similar to something.
"Hey, please don't do this. Even if I'm just a servant, you don't have the right to treat me like this," Xiaoyao was getting a bit angry. Being grabbed like this was bad enough, but being stared at like this - what was this supposed to be!
"Servant? Who made you become a servant," When the woman heard that Xiaoyao was a servant, her expression immediately became very unpleasant. Of course, Xiaoyao couldn't tell, because he couldn't see this face clearly, he only sensed the change in attitude.
Xiaoyao found this very strange. What did his being a servant have to do with her? Why was she so upset?
"This was my own decision. I like the profession of being a servant, at least I can support myself." Xiaoyao didn't think too much about it and directly answered this crazy woman's question.
"You're a member of our family. Supporting yourself is simple, why do such lowly work? Be good, listen to me. Don't do this anymore from now on. Come with me, I'll take care of you!" The crazy woman gently caressed Xiaoyao's face with her hand, looking completely doting.
Although her hand was also very warm, and even though it was a bit dirty, Xiaoyao actually didn't mind. However, this feeling made him feel somewhat horrified. He knew this crazy woman in front of him must be mistaking him for someone else, this feeling was very bad!
Xiaoyao knew that what he needed to do now was...
"Look, a shooting star!"
"What?"
The crazy woman was distracted by Xiaoyao's call and instinctively looked in the direction of Xiaoyao's gaze. When she turned her head, she felt her hands become empty, and she immediately realized something was wrong. She seemed to have been tricked.
But how had he escaped from her grasp? It suddenly felt like his body had become smaller, then he slipped out...
The crazy woman didn't think much about it. She was more concerned about Xiaoyao. Looking back, she saw that Xiaoyao had already disappeared outside Clear Moon Palace. That speed...
You have to know, the crazy woman had only turned her head for a moment before looking back - this was just an instant. Yet Xiaoyao could disappear from Clear Moon Palace in this instant. Although the distance from here to outside Clear Moon Palace wasn't far, it wasn't close either. To accomplish this in an instant was not something ordinary people could do.
This was not something someone at the basic skills level could accomplish!
The crazy woman didn't think about this at the time, because she didn't know Xiaoyao's situation. She was only judging by her own standards, thinking this was very easy to accomplish.
In the next instant, she also appeared outside Clear Moon Palace. After searching for Xiaoyao for a while, she discovered he was running toward a certain direction - the direction of the Imperial Library. He wanted to go back and report.
At this time, Xiaoyao wasn't hiding because he felt that since he had already run out, the crazy woman probably wouldn't chase after him. That place was the Cold Palace after all - people inside couldn't just come out casually.
Besides, he was just a small character - she wouldn't take him seriously!
The reason Xiaoyao was running wasn't because he was afraid the crazy woman would chase after him, but just because he felt the sooner he left this place the better. It was just a psychological effect.
When Xiaoyao discovered that this crazy woman had actually chased after him, his head started to hurt. This matter was getting troublesome. If he had known this would happen, he should have hidden first. There had been many opportunities before. Although he might still have been found, it would have been better than now, when he didn't even have a chance to hide.
Run, or not run?
Now he needed to make a choice. One option was to simply stay and see what this crazy woman had to say. The second was to escape first and worry about it later. But if he ran and didn't use some methods, he would quickly be caught by this crazy woman, because her strength was terrifyingly powerful - even Emperor Level might not be able to describe her existence.
Xiaoyao analyzed the situation. For the first option, if he was caught alone by this crazy woman, who knew how she would deal with him? Anything was possible, including killing him.
Therefore, Xiaoyao felt he shouldn't resign himself to fate, so he chose the second option. At least this was something he could choose!
So Xiaoyao immediately began to flee. His escape route wasn't a straight line - if it were straight, he'd be caught in minutes. His mind was constructing routes that could bring his abilities to their limit while limiting the opponent's capabilities.
Fortunately, Xiaoyao had seen the blueprints of this place. Although he hadn't been to every part of the imperial palace, he knew the general facilities and directions. Some special locations could also be utilized. Because of this advantage, Xiaoyao could flee through the imperial palace without being caught by the crazy woman.
The crazy woman initially thought she could quickly catch Xiaoyao, but later became increasingly amazed. She discovered that she actually couldn't catch a young man who didn't seem very strong. Several times when she was clearly about to catch him, he cleverly escaped using the terrain.
Seeing this situation, a smile appeared on the crazy woman's face. She seemed to find this matter becoming interesting. She was no longer in a hurry to catch Xiaoyao - she wanted to see just how far Xiaoyao could run under her pursuit.
However, even though her mindset had changed, she didn't relax her pursuit of Xiaoyao at all, continuing to chase with her maximum ability. Otherwise, what meaning would this game have? Well, for her, this was a game.
If Xiaoyao knew what this crazy woman was thinking, he would definitely want to bang his head against a wall. How did he provoke such a crazy woman? Why, why did this happen!
Now Xiaoyao somewhat hated the person who had given him this task. If he had the chance, he would definitely make things uncomfortable for him!
However, Xiaoyao didn't have time to think about this now, because the crazy woman behind him was chasing too closely. He not only had to run with all his might, but also calculate the optimal route during this time, and set up obstacles to stop the crazy woman. Missing any one of these would result in being immediately caught.
Fortunately, no one noticed Xiaoyao at this time, or they would definitely be greatly shocked. Was this something a human could do? Whether calculating routes or setting up obstacles were very difficult tasks, hard to accomplish even in normal times, let alone in such an urgent moment, yet he completed everything in such a short time.
Not to mention these things, Xiaoyao's running also seemed very particular, not wasting the slightest bit of excess energy. Simply put, there were no unnecessary movements. This wasn't something that could be accomplished just by being strong. Even peerless masters couldn't accomplish this - for example, the crazy woman behind him. If she could do it, she would have caught up long ago.
And these incredible behaviors were all performed by Xiaoyao simultaneously. It had to be said that Xiaoyao's adaptability and reaction ability were terrifyingly strong, reaching a level that ordinary people could never achieve - incomparable to anyone.
If this weren't the imperial palace with so many buildings, if this were a plain - that kind of endless plain - could Xiaoyao have persisted?
Xiaoyao's answer to this would be affirmative. There was an escape method that used spatial misdirection, requiring no obstacles. Of course, this method had some weaknesses, but if used well, he believed he could persist for a very, very long time.
"Big sister, please stop chasing me!"
"Don't call me big sister - I'm your elder!"
"Elder my ass - I don't even know you!"
"But I feel like I know you!"
"..."
During his escape, Xiaoyao had exchanged words with the crazy woman for a while. He was now even more certain that this crazy woman was indeed crazy. She must tell everyone she met that she was their elder!
If she were normal, she shouldn't say "feel like"!
Today he was really unlucky to encounter such a crazy woman. Now he should think of ways to handle this. Whose crazy woman was this anyway? They weren't watching her properly. How did the owner of this imperial palace do things? They couldn't even...
Wait, I have an idea!
(End of Chapter)