Jia Lan returned home several days after disappearing, looking utterly different from before.
The once luxurious and neat clothes had become torn and tattered, stained with traces of dirty blood, some marks even dark and blackened. His brown hair was slightly disheveled, and that elegant, aloof face was marked with bruises and blood, as if he had been viciously beaten outside.
Usually uninterested in gossip, Lu Xiao couldn't help but glance a few more times at the young man by the door.
This little Mermaid Prince always liked to offend people with his words. Could it be that someone finally couldn't bear it and gave him a harsh beating?
Soon, his sharp, greyish-blue eagle eyes narrowed, noticing something unusual.
In just three days, the young prince's power had skyrocketed, reaching the Sixth Rank Peak!
