148. Chapter 148: An Urgent Order of the Highest Priority

Nalan Dijiujiu withdrew his fingers that had been pinching the little fairy's nose, and spoke to Baili Tianchang in this manner.

"Why must we wait until tomorrow? I cannot wait even a single day longer."

In her heart, Baili Tianchang was indeed burning with impatience to begin her cultivation.

"Then will you grant this prince one more afternoon? Or, you may begin your cultivation, but promise not to enter secluded meditation just yet?"

Nalan Dijiu coaxed Baili Tianchang with a pleading tone.

"Very well. Seeing you look so pitiful, I shall agree to your request."

Baili Tianchang immediately understood in her heart that Nalan Dijiu must be planning to do something.

However, since Nalan Dijiu insisted on being mysterious, she decided to play along with him this once.

And so, she gave him her consent.

"This prince still has matters to attend to, so I must take my leave for now. Little fairy, remember this: today you shall remain within this courtyard and dwell in these surroundings. This prince knows this is a grievance to you. However, I will change this situation for you in the shortest time possible."

With tenderness like water, Nalan Dijiu gently pressed a kiss upon Baili Tianchang's cheek. Then, casting one last lingering, reluctant glance at her, he finally allowed himself to leave.

Raising her gaze, Baili Tianchang watched Nalan Dijiu's graceful figure depart. She reached out and touched the lingering warmth of the kiss still resting on her cheek.

For reasons unknown, a current of warmth welled up within her heart before she even realized it.

A tiny ripple quietly stirred across the depths of her soul.

Complying with Nalan Dijiu's instructions, Baili Tianchang merely began basic foundational cultivation and did not yet dare to enter formal secluded meditation.

The Great Phoenix had stated that for every movement in the "Myriad Aspects Divine Art," there were only five opportunities to learn it. Naturally, she would not recklessly waste a single chance.

Therefore, she devoted herself to the most fundamental preparation for cultivation.

This would also allow her hard-won opportunity for cultivation to achieve an even greater effect.

Baili Tianchang had no way of knowing that while she was engrossed in these preparations, Baili Gang and Baili Guishan—who had previously departed the General's Estate—were being urgently summoned back by a decree.

The two men had left the estate only two hours ago, yet within half an hour after Nalan Dijiu's departure, they received the decree and had no choice but to rush back in a state of absolute emergency.

Neither father nor son had any idea what momentous event could have possibly occurred within the General's Estate.

Yet that decree had been personally delivered into their hands by the men of the Ninth Prince.

The command of the Ninth Prince was absolute and brook no negligence.

Even if they had been in the middle of matters of monumental importance, they would have had to drop them instantly and rush back to the General's Estate in the shortest possible time.

The hurried return of Baili Gang and Baili Guishan threw everyone within the estate into profound astonishment.

Seeing the flustered and panicked appearance of the father and son as they returned, the household servants assumed some great disaster had struck.

Baili Jin and Baili Gui felt an even greater secret trepidation. Could their father and elder brother have rushed back so abruptly because they had discovered their misdeeds?

"My lord, why have you suddenly rushed back in such a panic?"

Naturally aware of what her daughters had done, Qian Yueshuang carefully inquired of Baili Gang.

"You do not know, Madam, but the Ninth Prince sent men to notify me, commanding my immediate return to the estate. Word has it that the Ninth Prince will arrive at the estate this very afternoon."

"The Ninth Prince is coming to our estate in person?"