"Can all of our blood open it, or only Xiao Xuanzi's?" Chu Wang was excited, eager to try.
"You want to try too?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Qianli snatched the Heaven and Earth Lock from his hand and closed it with a soft click.
With a snap, the Heaven and Earth Lock was re-locked.
Chu Wang's eyes bulged in shock.
"You... you... you... you..."
He stammered "you" several times, but could not utter another word.
Chu Qianli was unfazed. She took out a tissue, wiped away the bloodstains on the Heaven and Earth Lock, and handed it back to Chu Wang.
"Fourth Uncle, try it with your blood."
"Are you... kidding me?"
"No." Chu Qianli's reply was very serious, without a hint of jest.
Chu Wang felt like crying but had no tears! This Heaven and Earth Lock had finally been opened, what if it could never be opened again?
Feng Yexuan also felt that Chu Qianli's actions were a bit willful.
However, she was his woman, so he would indulge her willfulness.
Taking the Heaven and Earth Lock from Chu Qianli's hand, he shoved it into Chu Wang's. Feng Yexuan said coldly, "Why aren't you trying to open it?"
"Xiao Xuanzi..." Chu Wang's earlier excitement had turned into sheer terror.
These two were truly... too frivolous! If it couldn't be opened, wouldn't they regret it for life?
"What's the harm in trying?" Chu Qianli was very calm. After glancing at Feng Yexuan, she looked at Chu Wang, "Let's see if it's really only Prince Xuan's blood that can open it."
"But what if... only the first time works?" Chu Wang took the Heaven and Earth Lock with both hands, his feelings indescribably complex.
The keyhole was still very, very narrow; blood might not even be able to flow in.
He wondered how Xiao Xuanzi's blood had managed to seep in.
That's right, it was like it had seeped in, not like it had flowed in at all.
Blood... wouldn't be able to flow in, right?
Chu Wang took a deep breath, finally made up his mind, and bit his finger.
He dripped the blood from his fingertip onto the needle-thin keyhole of the Heaven and Earth Lock.
But, as he had predicted, the hole was too small, and the blood couldn't flow in at all, sliding down along the edge of the Heaven and Earth Lock.
Chu Qianli wiped away the bloodstain.
Chu Wang tried twice more, but it was the same result.
He looked at Chu Qianli, "Xiao Li'er..."
He felt like dying.
If Xiao Xuanzi's blood couldn't open the Heaven and Earth Lock later, he would really smash his head against a wall and commit suicide.
He carefully handed the Heaven and Earth Lock back to the two of them.
Feng Yexuan was about to take it, but Chu Qianli took it first, "I'll try."
"What's there to try?" Feng Yexuan looked dismissive.
Of course, his gaze couldn't help but linger on her slender, beautiful fingers.
Chu Wang had bitten his finger, and there was still a wound there. Why was she biting hers?
Did she think her finger was too good-looking?
"No, I want to try... Alright, I have a way to get my blood without getting a wound."
He had been staring at her finger. Was he worried about her, not wanting her to bite her finger like Fourth Uncle?
What was such a small injury?
However, now was not the time to argue; she just wanted to verify it quickly.
Feng Yexuan looked disgusted, "Who cares if you have a wound!"
Chu Qianli glared at him.
Feng Yexuan couldn't help but add, "Of course... if you can avoid getting a wound and not feel pain, then it's worth trying."