Chu Qianli took out something from the Universe Chain.

A lock.

Chu Wang was puzzled: "What do you want to lock?"

He couldn’t react because it was just an ordinary lock. Was it worth her taking it out with such importance?

Feng Yexuan was momentarily stunned, then his brow immediately furrowed.

"Heaven and Earth Lock?"

Unbelievable! The Heaven and Earth Lock they’ve been seeking for so long was unexpectedly in Chu Qianli’s hands!

His heart suddenly sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Put it away!"

"Are you afraid that after Hua Rong knows, she’ll force you to snatch the Heaven and Earth Lock from me?"

His "put it away" instantly melted the tension Chu Qianli had been holding, like sunlight shining onto a glacier.

At least while Hua Rong doesn’t know, he’s willing to hypocritically cater to her feelings. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

That’s rare enough.

It’s clear that Feng Yexuan’s feelings toward Hua Rong, aside from filial affection for his mother, included a sense of guilt.

Chu Qianli couldn’t figure out why Feng Yexuan felt guilty.

What kind of guilt would make this proud and arrogant Prince bow his noble head before his own mother?

But at least now, he’s willing to stand by her side.

Who said she wasn’t tempted? She was just always holding back.

"Is this the Heaven and Earth Lock?" Chu Wang picked up the lock, examining it left and right, still utterly perplexed.

He couldn’t believe it at all.

"This is a deadlock! It can’t be opened."

There was a very small hole, but this tiny hole was definitely not a keyhole.

There was no key in the world small enough to fit such a hole, not much larger than a needle’s eye. What key could fit into it?

Chu Qianli couldn’t explain this issue either.

She herself could not understand it.

"Little Lili, are you sure this is the Heaven and Earth Lock? Who gave it to you?"

She was just a child, yet the legend of the Heaven and Earth Lock was ancient.

If she weren’t Chu Qianli, if it were Feng Yexuan who had mentioned the Heaven and Earth Lock just now, Chu Wang might actually refuse to believe that this inexplicable deadlock before him was the legendary Heaven and Earth Lock.

Shouldn’t the Heaven and Earth Lock be something wondrous, completely unexpected in shape?

Really just a lock?

What about the Treasure Map?

"A very powerful Senior gave it to me," Chu Qianli said.

Chu Wang wanted to ask who it was, but then thought, since she didn’t want to mention the Senior’s name, she’d rather not say.

If she didn’t want to say, Chu Wang wouldn’t ask.

"But what about the Treasure Map? This lock can’t be opened at all!"

Chu Wang researched for quite a while, even went to inspect the emperor’s tribute, the Seeking Mirror, but still found no trace of clues.

However, he didn’t expect that the so-called "magnifying glass" Chu Qianli took out could see more clearly than the best tribute, the Seeking Mirror, in their palace.

But after looking several rounds with the magnifying glass, there still wasn’t a single clue.

"Perhaps the so-called Treasure Map of the Heaven and Earth Lock simply doesn’t exist."

Feng Yexuan’s words sounded as if he preferred the Treasure Map to not exist.

Chu Qianli almost wanted to laugh, realizing that when Prince Yexuan was troubled, he could pout like a child.

Like he’s arguing with fate.

"Impossible."

These words were spoken by Chu Wang, and he said them with conviction: "The Treasure Map must exist!"