Chapter 5

\"I\'m afraid of pain, so no, I won\'t swap eyes with you. Besides, you\'re my fiancé, I can just come by and enjoy them when I want to.\" Julia admired him with great interest.

\"Yes, your eyes are very unique. It is not worthwhile to replace them with my cursed pupils,\" William replied.

Those enchanting eyes looked into her own eyes, and her heart skipped a beat. She had a feeling that he knew the secret with her eyes.

But that\'s impossible, how could her ability be discovered so easily?

\"Cursed eyes? Who said so? I think they\'re just jealous of you. Your fiancée thinks that they\'re beautiful so don\'t bother with what anyone else says,\" Julia said with a smile.

Her smile was contagious, which made William\'s mood a lot better. \"Well, you\'re not wrong.\"

Julia smiled and said, \"I forgot to introduce myself. I am Julia Chu, ninth daughter of the Chu family. I won the martial arts competition and I am now your fiancée. I hope you will take care of me in the future.

\"However, I will be honest, I came to participate because the reward was the life-saving pill that was given to you by the Holy Spirit, the Nine-Lives Resurrection Pill, but I don\'t want to cause you any trouble. I would like to discuss it with you properly, if I can\'t get it by any normal means.\"

The Nine-Lives Resurrection Pill was a blessing to the Red Spirit Kingdom, a treasure that money couldn\'t buy. The price of this treasure was worth the effort to discuss a deal with him.

\"Our engagement solves a few of my problems. If you have any more problems you can always come to me for help.\" William smiled slightly.

\"Ian, go get the box,\" William ordered.

\"Yes, my Lord!\"

Julia simply smiled. She had guessed correctly again, the emperor must have bugged him repeatedly to get married. He was completely compliant with her request.

With William\'s appearance, as soon as he walked out, every woman in the kingdom will be fascinated by him and ask for his hand in marriage.

Ian was very fast, and he immediately walked over with a jade box containing the Nine-Lives Resurrection Pill. \"Master!\"

Julia couldn\'t wait to take the life-saving medicine, and she flickered closer towards Ian. She was about to lay her hands on the box, but William immediately stopped her from doing so.

His hands were unbelievably cold, she was slightly startled. It was rumored that William was a weak and short-lived ghost, but it wasn\'t a rumor after all.

Ian was stunned. When did Julia approach him? He didn\'t see her move at all, she was too quick and nimble for his eyes.

If it weren\'t for William\'s quick response, the box would\'ve ended up in her hands.

\"Could it be that I can\'t hold it?\" Julia raised her eyebrows.

She wondered, what were her chances of breaking through the defenses of William\'s Mansion to steal the life-saving pill?

She felt disappointed when she realized that the chances were close to zero.

After all, this wasn\'t the modern world that she knew, it was a world of magic and spiritual cultivation. She simply knew too little.

William\'s mansion will inevitably have defenses that are based on spiritual cultivation and she couldn\'t do anything about that.

The girl\'s hand was very warm. William replied, \"The Nine-Lives Resurrection Pill is just an ordinary pill. I have more effective medicine, if you need it.\"

\"What are your conditions?\" Julia asked.

Regardless of how weak this man looked, he was the most dangerous person she has ever met in her two lives.

This was the reward for winning the competition and becoming William\'s fiancée. Why was she feeling greedy, as if she was taking too much?

\"I need you to do me a favor,\" William replied.

He took the dark purple box from Ian\'s hands. It had carving of a totem on it with vines decorating the edges.

It was a solid rectangular box. No keyhole, no hinges, nothing to pull and nothing to open with.

Julia felt confused for a few seconds, but she realized what William wanted and asked, \"Do you want me to open this box?\"

William smiled and said, \"Smart girl, yes, I do want you to open this box.\"

Hearing these words, Ian was completely stunned. The most talented spirit cultivators tried their absolute best to open this box. How could his master ask Lady Chu to open this box when she herself wasn\'t as experienced as the ones before her?

Julia sighed secretly. This man, his eyes were really deadly to look at, she couldn\'t help but agree to his conditions.

Julia took the box from his hand and examined it, she then smiled at William and said, \"No problem!\"

She was greatest thief of the twenty-third century, and there was no lock she couldn\'t open.

She sat casually among the flowers. She took out her hairpin, and her long hair flowed down to the ground. She looked like a little fairy among the flowers.

William\'s eyes stared deep into her, Julia was completely unaware that he was charmed by her appearance.

Julia concentrated on solving this box, but her methods didn\'t work.

She requested Ian, \"Can you find me a thinner needle. The hairpin is too thick.\"

\"Will do, Lady Julia.\"

Ian felt that his master was just toying with her, nobody in the kingdom could open this box. Nevertheless, he graciously brought a set of gold needles to Julia.

These golden needles were extremely valuable, only William could afford to bring it out for her to use.

\"This is some good stuff!\" Julia said as she saw the set of golden needles. She had a knack for praising treasures, especially valuable treasures.

She could now get to work. Her hands moved quickly, making afterimages as she moved and bent her fingers with precision. Ian was completely dumbfounded

A click could be heard from the box. Ian looked at her in disbelief. The box was finally opened.

But his master looked calm, as if he had completely expected all of this.

\"You have got to be kidding me, there are layers to this thing, really?\"

Julia felt around for anything to interact with in the second layer, she suddenly felt a tingling pain on her finger.

A sharp object had pierced her finger, and a drop of blood dripped down onto the box.

Julia was startled, her eyes were filled with a mysterious brilliance. She could see the intricate structures of the box.

She was very surprised, she didn\'t know that she could do something like this.

After seeing the internal structure, opening the box turned into a breeze.