After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 150 Night Party
In the hazy moonlight, in a quiet courtyard of Zhanlu Villa, a beautiful woman in palace dress was lazily leaning against the window.

He had a decent appearance, holding a book in his hand, and was reading intently in front of the candlelight on the table.

The moonlight filtering through the agarwood window lattices blends with the candlelight, forming a warm halo around it, making it appear very peaceful and tranquil at night.

"Madam, it's late, it's time to go to bed."

At this time, an old woman walked slowly to his side and reminded him in a low voice.

Hearing this, the beautiful woman frowned slightly, raised her head and looked at the old woman, and was about to speak.

But the next moment, the old woman's eyes suddenly rolled back and she fell straight to the ground in front of her.

The beautiful woman was startled and stood up quickly. She glanced around fiercely and shouted in a cold voice:

"who is it?"

"Don't be afraid, cousin. It's me."

A mellow male voice sounded in the room, followed by a breeze blowing in from outside the yard.

In the room filled with the scent of sandalwood, a middle-aged man wearing a moon-white robe and a silk scarf on his head appeared at some point.

The middle-aged man's clothes were gorgeous, but unfortunately his body was a little bloated and his head was quite fat, which made his clothes bulge out and look extremely unsightly.

This middle-aged man was naturally Hu Ruian. If Li Musheng saw his appearance at this moment, he would definitely be very surprised.

It was obvious that the other person left in a nightgown, but I don't know where he stole such sexy clothes from.

At this time, the beautiful woman Ruan Zhenhui almost screamed when she saw Hu Ruian.

For a moment, the cold aura released from his body receded like a tide, and he looked at Hu Ruian with obvious disbelief:
"Cousin, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Hu Ruian looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, his eyes full of tenderness. After a moment of silence, he said:
"I happened to be passing by Zhanlu Villa on business, so I wanted to take this opportunity to come and see you."

Having said this, he paused, as if he had a lot to say to the woman in front of him, but in the end he didn't know what to say. He just looked at her, hesitant to speak:

"How have you been... these past few years?"

Ruan Zhenhui gently pursed her red lips and met Hu Ruian's eyes, her eyes also filled with tenderness.

But soon, she turned her head away and didn't look at Hu Ruian. There seemed to be mist in her eyes, and her voice suddenly became extremely cold. She said:

"Thank you for your concern, Lord Hu. I'm sure Lord Hu has been very successful in his career in Dali these years. I'm afraid he already looks down on me, a woman from the underworld."

Hearing this, Hu Ruian opened his mouth, looked at Ruan Zhenhui's profile, and finally just sighed and said:
"Sure enough, cousin, you are still blaming me for what happened back then."

He was silent for a while, then suddenly opened his mouth and said:
"Actually, I broke the promise we made to each other and left you because I had no choice."

Hu Ruian looked at the beautiful woman's profile with deep affection and said in a deep voice:

"To be honest, I'm afraid tonight will be the last time I see you, my cousin. I'm afraid there won't be another chance in the future, so I want to say what I've buried in my heart for many years."

"This way, I won't have any regrets even if I die..."

After hearing Hu Ruian's heartfelt words, Ruan Zhenhui still turned her head away, stubbornly refusing to look at him.

However, she heard every word the other party said, and when she was about to listen to how Hu Ruian was going to explain, she found that the other party suddenly fell silent while speaking.

Ruan Zhenhui frowned immediately and turned around in confusion.

However, she saw Hu Ruian, who was wearing a moon-white robe, standing in the room and suddenly his body began to shake, with an extremely dazed look on his face.

"Cousin!" Ruan Zhenhui noticed something was wrong and quickly moved to the other party's side and reached out to hold his arm.

Hu Ruian was indeed a master of the heavens. Although he was second only to Li Musheng in the severity of the poisoning, he still retained a trace of clear consciousness at this time and said:

"Oh no, I'm poisoned..."

Before he could finish his words, his eyes rolled back and he fell silent.

When Ruan Zhenhui saw this scene, she was frightened and sadness instantly surged in her heart.

I just felt that the last meeting that Hu Ruian mentioned came so suddenly, and the other party had not even finished his words before his death.

However, she soon discovered that Hu Ruian did not seem to be dead, but had just lost consciousness due to poisoning.

Seeing this, Ruan Zhenhui suppressed his emotions and immediately stretched out his hand to condense his true energy to explore the situation inside Hu Ruian's body.

Then, she sniffed twice and smelled a strong aroma of alcohol on Hu Ruian.

"Spiritual Deer Wine? Drunken Immortal Death!"

Ruan Zhenhui immediately understood what kind of poison the other party had been poisoned by.

However, she frowned. The antidote to Zuixian's death was only in Shen Liancheng's hands, and she had no way to help him detoxify for the time being.

After thinking for a moment, she immediately helped Hu Ruian to lie down on the bed, then glanced at the old woman on the ground.

Ruan Zhenhui ignored it for the time being and hurriedly walked out, preparing to go to Shen Liancheng's room to find the antidote.

But at this moment, a young woman's voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard:

"Mother, have you slept well? I can't sleep. Can I talk to you?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Zhenhui quickly stopped and the expression on her face changed slightly.

The next moment, she moved, picked up the unconscious old woman and threw her directly under her bed, then lowered the curtains between the beds to block Hu Ruian's body.

After doing all this, Ruan Zhenhui finally calmed down a little and said to the outside of the room in a deliberately lazy tone:

"An Ran, I'm a little tired today. We can talk about it tomorrow. You've been busy with the martial arts competition and the marriage proposal recently, so you should get more rest."

At the same time, outside the bluestone courtyard wall shrouded in dusk, a slender figure stood among the swaying bamboo shadows.

The woman in green had a graceful figure and skin as white as mutton-fat jade. Her long raven-colored hair was loosely tied up with an ebony hairpin, with a few strands of hair scattered around her ears.

Her bright eyes reflected the dim moonlight as she looked towards the room in the yard in surprise, her brows slightly furrowed.

In Shen Anran's memory, her mother doted on her very much and never refused any of her requests. This seemed to be the first time tonight?
Shen Anran was silent for a moment, but still nodded towards the courtyard and said:

"Restoration, mother. I won't disturb you."

After saying that, she turned around and left through the gate.

Seeing this, Ruan Zhenhui in the room breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door slightly, and glanced outside the yard through the crack.

After confirming that Shen Anran had left, she flicked her fingers and extinguished the candle in the room.

Then, Ruan Zhenhui slipped out of the door, closed it, and hurriedly left the yard.

Not long after, Shen Anran's slender figure quietly walked out from behind a tree beside the road.

(End of this chapter)