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Ever since learning the news of Tang Yuehua's pregnancy, Luo Nan seemed like a completely changed man.
He rarely went out anymore, spending the vast majority of every day guarding by Tang Yuehua's side.
As for the daily affairs of Moon Pavilion, Luo Nan sternly forbade Tang Yuehua from intervening even a fraction further, handing everything over to the capable stewards below to manage.
"Yuehua, you are now our family's greatest contributor. Whatever noble etiquette, whatever Sect socialization, they can all step aside."
"Your only task right now is to eat well, sleep well, and keep a good mood."
As he spoke, Luo Nan carefully carried a bowl of steaming fetal-calming medicinal cuisine to Tang Yuehua's front.
Tang Yuehua leaned obliquely on a soft brocade couch, draped in a luxurious snow fox fur cloak.
Her naturally gentle and stunning face added a few points of maternal radiance and fullness because she was nurturing a new life.
Watching Luo Nan's tense and nervous appearance, she couldn't help covering her mouth with a light chuckle, her eyes filled with an unmelting tenderness.
"You, you're really making a fuss over nothing. I've only been pregnant for a little over a month, how could I be so delicate?"
"Besides, you make me drink these heavily nourishing medicinal dishes every day, I'm about to grow as round as a ball."
"Being a bit plump is good, being a bit plump is healthy!"
Without minding at all, Luo Nan scooped a spoonful of the medicinal cuisine, gently blew on it, and brought it to Tang Yuehua's lips.
"This is something I specifically instructed Granny Ye Ci to make."
"It has immense benefits for both you and the child in your belly, be a good girl, open your mouth."
During this period, Luo Nan had racked his brains and spared no effort for Tang Yuehua's health.
Granny Ye Ci had also personally stepped in, creating quite a few medicinal cuisine recipes for Tang Yuehua.
However, such peaceful and warm days did not last very long.
That afternoon, while Luo Nan was accompanying Tang Yuehua listening to tunes in the warm pavilion of Moon Pavilion's backyard, an extremely faint yet hurried sound of footsteps shattered this tranquility.
The person who came was a grey-clothed man with ordinary features; he was one of the highest-ranking figures in Heaven Dou City for the intelligence network Dark Network that Luo Nan had secretly established, with the codename Shadow.
"Master, there is emergency intelligence."
Luo Nan waved his hand, signaling the zither-playing maid to withdraw, then gently patted Tang Yuehua's back of the hand and stood up, saying, "Speak."
Shadow quickly reported, "Master, a carrier pigeon message was just sent back from the western part of the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Three days ago, an extremely rare and violent earthquake occurred in the western marginal area of the Star Dou Great Forest."
"The earthquake caused a huge mountain to directly collapse, exposing a bottomless underground rift valley."
"What's bizarre is that ever since the mountain collapsed, the depths of the rift valley have continuously spewed out a strange, misty aura of treasure day and night."
"Within a radius of several miles, an unusual fragrance assailed the nose, causing one's blood to surge upon smelling it."
"According to reports from our spies planted everywhere, this is definitely the sign of an unrivaled rare treasure emerging into the World!"
"Misty aura of treasure? Unusual fragrance assailing the nose?"
Luo Nan touched his chin.
"What other information is there?" Luo Nan asked.
"This phenomenon is simply too massive to conceal at all. Currently, many Spirit Master factions around the Star Dou Great Forest have already moved upon hearing the wind."
"The most important thing is... Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sect Master Ning Fengzhi, bringing Sword Douluo Chen Xin, also secretly left Heaven Dou City yesterday and headed straight for the western part of the Star Dou Great Forest!"
"Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin went too?" Luo Nan's brows slightly twitched, and the corners of his mouth curved into a playful, cold smile.
That old fox Ning Fengzhi never got up early without profit, and he always acted with extreme caution.
If it were just an ordinary treasure, at most he would send a few outer Sect Elders to try their luck; it was absolutely impossible for him to step out personally.
Let alone bringing along the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's only remaining heaven-supporting white jade pillar, Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
"It seems the value of this treasure is even greater than I imagined." Luo Nan calculated rapidly in his heart.
Ning Fengzhi's purpose for this trip was as clear as day.
Ever since Bone Douluo Gu Rong was heavily wounded by his thunderous means outside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace last time, that old bone had been in a half-dead, hanging-by-a-thread state.
Thinking of this, the mockery in Luo Nan's eyes grew even thicker.
To save Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi could be said to have widely scavenged top-grade medicinal herbs everywhere during this period.
Meanwhile, Heaven Dou Empire's Prince Xue Xing, outwardly under the banner of an ally, enthusiastically helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bustle all over the World to purchase medicinal herbs, but secretly had long reached an agreement with Luo Nan.
Prince Xue Xing passed off inferior goods as superior ones and crazily drove up prices. The massive amount of gold coins cheated from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect mostly fell into Luo Nan's pockets, becoming the funding for Moon Pavilion's development.
Ning Fengzhi was still kept completely in the dark until now, feeling deeply grateful to Prince Xue Xing.
"To be able to make Ning Fengzhi judge that it is enough to save Gu Rong's half-dead old life... This emerging thing is definitely a supreme treasure capable of bringing the dead back to life and reshaping one's Origin!"
Luo Nan's gaze gradually grew blazing hot.
Since such an unrivaled rare treasure had come to his knowledge, there was simply no reason to cede it to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
What's more, Tang Yuehua was currently pregnant. If he could acquire a Heaven And Earth Treasure of this level to consolidate her foundation and nourish her Origin...
That would bring immeasurable benefits to her and the child's future talents.
"It seems I must personally wade into these muddy waters."
Luo Nan turned around, walking towards Tang Yuehua, his gaze turning gentle once again:
"Yuehua, some situation has cropped up over at the Star Dou Great Forest, I need to go handle it personally."
Tang Yuehua did not stop him, only gently holding Luo Nan's hand, she instructed softly:
"Go ahead, proper business is important. Just... be extremely careful, the child and I will wait for you to return safely at home."
"Rest assured, the person capable of harming me in this World hasn't even been born yet." Luo Nan smiled proudly, pressing a kiss onto Tang Yuehua's forehead.
That very afternoon, Luo Nan summoned Old Poison Dugu Bo.
"Old Poison, I am leaving Heaven Dou City for a few days. Moon Pavilion's safety is entirely handed over to you."
"Master, rest assured! Even if this old man risks this old life of mine, I will absolutely not let anyone set foot into Moon Pavilion by even half a step!"
"Whoever dares to come looking for trouble, my Jade Phosphor Serpent poison will teach them how to behave!"
With Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, holding down the fort, coupled with the heavy Formations inside Moon Pavilion and the protection of Dark Network experts, Luo Nan finally set his mind at ease.
That night, like a black lightning bolt, Luo Nan silently left Heaven Dou City, speeding away in the direction of the western Star Dou Great Forest.
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Meanwhile, on the official road leading to the Star Dou Great Forest,
a carriage with a low-profile exterior but extremely luxurious interior was galloping at high speed.
Pulling the carriage were four Treading Snow Without Trace horses possessing Spirit Beast bloodlines, capable of traveling a thousand miles a day without breaking a sweat.
Inside the carriage compartment, the atmosphere appeared somewhat gloomy.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Sect Master Ning Fengzhi sat upright on one side, his face covered with deep exhaustion and sorrow.
Between his temples, a few wisps of white hair even faintly grew out, and the entire person seemed to have aged ten years in just a few short months.
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