"So, the key that Mr. Tang asked me to hand over, and then I was supposed to take it to Central Continent City." Lan An looked at Gu Zhiqi somewhat confusedly as she spoke.
Gu Zhiqi’s eyes deepened slightly upon hearing this.
Seeing Gu Zhiqi not speaking, Lan An paused for a few seconds before cautiously asking, "Master, what’s wrong?"
She hadn’t given it much thought earlier, but now, seeing Gu Zhiqi , Lan An finally sensed something was amiss.
It was already strange enough that the Master looked at her with unfamiliarity, but not even remembering Mr. Tang and the key?
Gu Zhiqi snapped back to reality, looked at Lan An, and lazily said, "Oh, I lost my memory not long ago and forgot everything from before."
Lan An was utterly bewildered.
How could she suddenly lose her memory?
Mu Huai was also somewhat stunned.
At the same time, a realization dawned on him; no wonder, she didn’t recognize him earlier, and no wonder she went to Twilight Returns Pharmacy without recognizing him and An An.
So it was memory loss after all, but... how did it happen?
"Master, how did you suddenly lose your memory? Did something happen?" Lan An asked, looking at Gu Zhiqi with a worried face.
Gu Zhiqi naturally didn’t know why she lost her memory, so she casually replied, "There was an accident."
After that casual brush-off, and before the two could speak again, she looked at Lan An and asked, "What’s the key for?"
"I don’t know exactly what it’s for. The key was given to me by Mr. Tang. He said you asked him to pass it on to me and told me to take it to Central Continent City and hand it over to the next town master of Central Continent City. But..." Lan An paused here, looking at Gu Zhiqi with a face full of guilt, "It’s my fault, I couldn’t keep the key safe. Before the new town master was even elected, the key was snatched away by people from Angel."
Gu Zhiqi, hearing Lan An’s words, softly murmured, "Angel?"
Why is it them again?
Mu Huai looked at Gu Zhiqi and continued with the story, "After getting the key, An An and I stayed in the black market. When the new town master election began, we went to Central Continent City together..."
At that time, even though the new town master hadn’t been elected yet, the candidates had already emerged.
Our original plan was to hand over the key as soon as the new town master took office, then return to Xia Country.
But the day before the final round of elections, somehow, the people from Angel found out that Lan An had the key and came straight to our hotel.
Lan An is an alchemist, her Ancient Martial Arts is only at the Second-order Peak, and although Mu Huai is an ancient martial artist, he’s only at the Fourth-order late stage.
Angel sent over a dozen people, seven or eight of whom were ancient martial artists at the peak of the fourth-order. Lan An and Mu Huai were no match for them at all.
They knew the key was with Lan An, so they threatened her with Mu Huai’s life, forcing her to hand over the key.
At first, Lan An was unwilling, but Angel’s people crippled Mu Huai’s Ancient Martial Arts in front of her and threatened to cut off his limbs.
In the end, Lan An handed over the key.
After getting the key, Angel’s people didn’t let the two go. Not only did they cripple Lan An’s alchemical talent, but they also fed them Doomsday Scattering, leaving only one antidote.
With only one antidote, it meant only one person could survive.
Feeling guilty for failing to complete the task Gu Zhiqi entrusted her with, Lan An only wished for death, so she fed the antidote to Mu Huai.
Mu Huai, with his Ancient Martial Arts crippled, was almost completely incapacitated, and could only watch helplessly as Lan An fed him the only antidote.