Chapter 2972 - 2973: Can’t Wait

Chapter 2972: Chapter 2973: Can’t Wait

"Grandpa, it’s not like that. The mechanical box inside has been there for many years, over fifty years." Little Dengdeng spoke like a little adult, but with his chubby, cherubic face, he was particularly amusing.

"Can you tell?" Gao Zhou asked.

Little Dengdeng looked proud, "Of course, I didn’t learn mechanical techniques for nothing."

Gao Zhou was about to speak when Bai Ruozhu stopped him, "Dad, you always love teasing him, but let’s let him focus on opening the mechanism first."

"Alright, alright, alright." Gao Zhou said helplessly.

The Eternal King was a bit displeased and whispered, "I thought they only disrespected me, but it seems they don’t respect your dad either. It’s really lawless."

Gao Zhou sighed, "I left the child for over ten years, letting him struggle outside on his own. I deserve it."

Hearing this, the Eternal King fell quiet, remembering those days.

Little Dengdeng focused intently, and despite his young age, he looked quite serious when he concentrated.

Soon, a puppet spider came over, and from its eyes, he took a needle. Although the needle was thin, unlike the acupuncture needles Bai Ruozhu used, which had a certain flexibility, it was very hard.

Little Dengdeng’s small hands nimbly tapped and knocked inside the jewelry box. Suddenly, he inserted the needle quickly, so fast that everyone feared he might break the needle and injure his hand.

With a click, a faint sound of the mechanism activating, a black, ancient-looking box slowly slid out.

"Is this it?" Gao Zhou was delighted, "Our Dengdeng is amazing; he succeeded with one attempt."

"There’s still a mechanism inside. This is just the simplest one; it should be in this box." Little Dengdeng examined the box back and forth, then looked up at Bai Ruozhu, "Mom, this thing is too complicated. It’s not easy to open; I need to study it a bit."

"Then take it back and examine it slowly. We aren’t in a hurry. Don’t tire yourself out, okay?" Bai Ruozhu patted her son’s head.

Little Dengdeng was competitive and was determined to open it, so Bai Ruozhu worried he wouldn’t eat or sleep well.

Finally, there was some progress. Bai Ruozhu reached out to take the box, intending to place it in her space first.

Ding, a silver needle shot over, hitting the box and making a slight sound.

"Watch out!" Jiang Yichun grabbed his son with one arm and shielded his wife with the other.

"So eager to reveal yourself, it seems you really care about this item a lot." Gao Zhou said, charging toward the window.

Ten black-clad intruders crashed through the window, and the Eternal King quickly joined the fray.

"You go help; I’ll take care of the child." Bai Ruozhu gave Jiang Yichun a subtle look.

The ten who came weren’t weak, but definitely not the high inner strength expert who killed Awang, the servant. The other side was still seeking the right opportunity.

Jiang Yichun understood, and while he joined the battle, his attention remained here. His fingers slightly twitched, causing water vapor to gather under Bai Ruozhu and Dengdeng’s feet.

Little Dengdeng, hugging the mechanical box he just got, nestled in his mother’s arms, "Mom, did you guess there’d be bad guys, so you didn’t let me bring Snowball?"

"No, there was a corpse over there. People say a cat jumping over a human corpse can stir it up; we don’t want any trouble blamed on us." Bai Ruozhu said.

"Cat stirring up a corpse!" Little Dengdeng said mysteriously, "I heard Grandma talk about it. Even Little Chenxi was scared to tears, haha."

Even in such a dangerous situation, mother and son laughed and talked, making the fiercely fighting Eternal King particularly annoyed.

At that moment, a shadow rushed into the memorial hall, attacking Bai Ruozhu with a fierce palm wind.

"Courting death!" Jiang Yichun flicked his fingers, producing a water band to wrap around the shadow’s feet.

The person struck fiercely, dispersing the water band, clearly a master with high inner strength.

The Eternal King rushed over, "I’ll be your opponent, fight me!"

The person originally aimed to ambush Bai Ruozhu and then grab the iron box from Dengdeng, but he didn’t expect Jiang Yichun to be prepared, followed by a madman attacking him relentlessly.

"Don’t let any of them escape, kill!" Bai Ruozhu said, covering her son’s eyes. But Little Dengdeng pulled his mother’s hand away, "Mom, don’t block me from watching the moves. Wow, amazing!"

Bai Ruozhu was helpless; well, her child wasn’t a flower in a greenhouse, so it was good for him to learn the dangers of the River Jiang early.

The Xue Family members came after hearing the commotion, were half scared to death seeing the state of the memorial hall. The Xue family had guards, but even the strongest of them couldn’t compare to these Jianghu experts. Rushing in meant death.

"Retreat!" The expert, seeing he couldn’t gain any advantage against the Eternal King and couldn’t get the mechanical box, immediately gave the order.

"You think you can leave? You’re dreaming!" Bai Ruozhu scattered drug powder, causing all the black-clad men to hurriedly cover their mouths and noses.

Bai Ruozhu laughed, "You think you can stop the poison I show you by not breathing?"

Jiang Yichun seized the opportunity, his sword flower flying, and two had their throats slashed, blood splattering everywhere.

Screams erupted, and it was unclear who from the Xue family screamed in fear, catching the black-clad men’s attention.

One of them leapt into the air, reaching for Master Xue.

"Master, watch out!" The loyal steward shielded Master Xue, but he had no martial arts skills, getting blasted away in a palm strike.

In an instant, Master Xue’s neck was seized. Any force applied, and Master Xue would suffocate and die.

"Stop, hand over the box, or I’ll kill him!" The person said while dragging Master Xue towards the memorial hall, regrouping with their men.

Master Xue’s face turned pale, cursing inwardly. If he knew which turtle’s son screamed, he’d definitely punish him with twenty lashes.

Bai Ruozhu hugged Little Dengdeng tighter, tossing the box casually up, seeming unconcerned.

Actually, she could put the box in her space, making it impossible to steal, but if it was stored away, how could they draw out the hidden snake?

"If you want to kill, then kill. We aren’t related to him, so why would it matter to us?" Bai Ruozhu said with a smile.

"You..." The Xue family steward got up intending to curse Bai Ruozhu, but with an open mouth, coughed up a large amount of blood, and fainted dead away.

The guards, realizing, quickly pleaded, "Master Bai, please save our master, just give them what they want."

"If I give it to them and they still don’t release him, then I’ve lost a lot, haven’t I?" Bai Ruozhu said lazily, exchanging a glance with Jiang Yichun.

"Exchange the man for the goods; we keep our word, unlike you who use poison." The person with the highest inner strength said, eyes fixed on the box in Bai Ruozhu’s hand, "Remove your poison."

Bai Ruozhu laughed, "Good eyesight, but both my hands are covered in poison, nothing I can do. Are you afraid of poison if you want the item? Then it’s better to obediently make a run for it."