He kept talking about other matters, and everyone thought he hadn’t heard about the formation’s central point. Little did they know he had found it without giving away anything.
With a flick of his fingertips, he firmly grasped the turtle shell in his palm: "Having the Goddess’s gifted artifact makes all the difference; the Heavenly Gang Compass works much better than before."
"Wow."
Duan Wenliang exclaid with envy.
Ji Li handed him the turtle shell: "Envious?"
Duan Wenliang nodded repeatedly: "Envious!"
Ji Li swiftly took the turtle shell back into his pouch: "I won’t give it to you even if you’re envious!"
Duan Wenliang, who had been teased: "..."
Ji Li held the Compass and walked out of the chamber: "It’s in the southeast."
Chen Long rushed into the night, leading the way.
"Wait for here."
Lu Yuan instructed ng Qianqian.
ng Qianqian pondered seriously: "I’ll go with you guys. I always feel that I have so connection with that Loulan Witch... though I can’t quite explain it."
For a mont, she didn’t know how to describe it.
Lu Yuan understood.
Just like when Tan’er fell victim to the witchcraft, she could imdiately find a way to counter it, proving that she could handle the Loulan Witch.
And possibly the only one capable of doing so.
Lu Yuan glanced at her belly, admonishingly saying: "You’d better be sensible. If you cause trouble, I’ll spank you!"
The little one yet to be born, already threatened by its father: "..."
The two pursued the direction Chen Long and Ji Li had left.
Duan Wenliang turned back toward Duan Mingyue: "Fourth Brother, what should we do?"
"Go call Old Five."
Duan Mingyue said.
Duan Wenliang asked: "Fourth Brother, you really want to wade into the ss of the Governor Mansion? Back then, we agreed only to trade and not to ddle."
Duan Mingyue sighed: "I overlooked this matter."
Duan Wenliang grumbled: "We were set up, it’s not deliberate, do we have to take responsibility? Fourth Brother, you weren’t like this before. You have many sworn brothers yet are so concerned about Lu Yuan’s affairs. What’s so special about him? Is he like Fifth Brother, risking his life for you?"
Better not ntion these things, it only intensifies his grievances.
Duan Mingyue helplessly rubbed his brow: "How can you even be jealous of him?"
Duan Wenliang huffed: "Because I’m your real brother, he’s not!"
"Big Brother."
Xun Wu stepped inside.
His Hidden Guard quietly slipped into the night to call for him.
Duan Mingyue tugged Xun Wu’s sleeve: "Old Five, you ca just in ti. Persuade Fourth Brother, he’s gone mad, actually wanting to help Lu Yuan deal with the Loulan people."
Xun Wu said: "Big Brother isn’t helping Lu Yuan."
Duan Wenliang asked suspiciously: "Then who is he helping? Surely not Little Yin Hu?"
"Old Five."
Duan Mingyue interrupted Xun Wu before he could speak.
Xun Wu paused and said to Duan Mingyue: "Wenliang is right, Big Brother, you’ve been impulsive this ti; this isn’t the ss we’re ant to wade into."
Duan Wenliang straightened his back: "Listen, listen! Listen!"
Duan Mingyue lowered his gaze, a trace of undetectable lancholy flashing in his eyes: "I owe her, and I can’t repay."
Duan Mingyue was puzzled: "Fourth Brother, who do you owe?"
"Old Five, co over, Wenliang, you wait outside."
"Why? You always send away."
Duan Wenliang unwillingly left.
Soon after, Xun Wu ca out of the house.
Duan Wenliang blocked him at the corner: "What did my Fourth Brother say to you?"
"He asked to help break the formation’s central point."
"Just that?"
"Yes."
"A matter of a single sentence, why send away for that? It’s not like I don’t know he plans to do this."
Duan Wenliang suspiciously scrutinized Xun Wu, "Be honest, do you and my Fourth Brother have sothing to hide from ?"
Xun Wu candidly replied: "There’s much to hide from you. Are you sure you want to hear it all? It might take three days and nights."
Duan Wenliang: "..."
Xun Wu brushed past him.
Duan Wenliang: "At least tell , who does my Fourth Brother owe?"
Xun Wu’s figure disappeared into the moonlight.
Duan Wenliang said irritably: "A bunch of oddballs, all gone mad!"
The night was bright with sparse stars.
Ji Li adjusted the Compass, stopping in front of a cowshed.
The four of them stared at the old cow eating grass, standing still.
Chen Long asked: "Are you sure... this is the central point of the formation?"
Ji Li raised the Compass, showing it to the moonlight: "Just now, it pointed precisely at this location, but suddenly it’s not moving."
Chen Long closed his eyes: "Can you be reliable or not?"
Ji Li said: "It’s moving again! To the west!"
Chen Long didn’t rush to move but suddenly turned around, flicking his fingers to deflect a hidden weapon.
Ji Li said, intrigued: "An ambush? Seems like we’re close to the central point."
Lu Yuan protected ng Qianqian behind him, keeping a wary eye on the front.
Chen Long and Ji Li stepped sideways in unison.
The three ford a triangular stance, encircling ng Qianqian.
ng Qianqian rubbed her brow: "Move aside."
Ji Li snapped open his folding fan: "This is not the ti to show off. Three grown n, no need for a pregnant woman to step up."
ng Qianqian sighed: "I said, move aside."
"Little Yin Hu, no need to thank —ugh—"
Before Ji Li could finish his sentence, ng Qianqian kicked him hard in the rear, sending him flying without rcy.
Imdiately, ng Qianqian decisively shot out three silver needles.
Chen Long and Lu Yuan instinctively tilted their heads, the silver needles flashing past their ears.
From three different directions ca suppressed groans.
Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "You haven’t lost your touch after all."
Ji Li, nursing his sore rear, said in embarrassed anger: "Can you please give a warning before kicking next ti?"
ng Qianqian: "I told you to move aside."
Chen Long silently stepped aside.
ng Qianqian: ..."No, brother, I wasn’t going to kick you."
After this brief disturbance, they faced no further ambushes near the cowshed.
"Could they have anticipated us coming to destroy the formation’s central point?"
Chen Long asked.
Lu Yuan smirked: "You’ve finally had a smart mont."
Chen Long placed a hand on the Sword Box: "Before killing them, I don’t mind killing you first."
Lu Yuan: "Brother-in-law, you’re divine and wise, truly the reincarnation of a True God General."
Ji Li walked forward a few steps, then abruptly stopped.
Chen Long asked: "What’s wrong?"
Ji Li said strangely: "It’s not right, just now the Compass needle pointed here, I wouldn’t mistake it, but now it’s swaying left and right."
Chen Long said coldly: "Broken again? Are you capable or not?"
Ji Li said: "It doesn’t seem broken, more like... more like..."
"More like two central points."
ng Qianqian said and drew Lu Yuan’s sword, holding the hilt in reverse, and slashed horizontally.
A fierce Sword Qi overturned the cowshed.
Behind that cow, a small piece of witch soil splashed out, only half the size of the witch soil Emperor Liang spoke of.
But it was enough to prove this was also a formation.
"Using the formation as bait, luring us into the trap, seems they intend to sacrifice us all. Unfortunately, Ayimulan’s hope is bound to be dashed."
ng Qianqian struck the witch soil with her sword, "Tonight, whoever gets sacrificed isn’t certain yet."
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