Dark clouds gathered like a heavy block of iron, pressing down on the entire city.
Everyone felt a palpable sense of pressure, their chests tight, as if they could barely breathe.
ng Qianqian’s arrow shot forth like a flying Star Hamr, piercing through the dark night sky with lightning speed, shattering the window paper of the side room and hitting the towering, unmoving silhouette.
Thud!
The silhouette fell heavily, giving off a resounding thud.
ng Lang’s eyes widened: "Did it work?"
Yucheng Building was equally astonished.
Shan Cheng, that magician surpassing the master, was truly shot by the Yin Hu Guard?
Thinking of the wizard’s skill, he instinctively lowered his head, touched his chest, and checked for any transferred injuries.
Glad to find himself unhard.
He quickly glanced at ng Lang and Lu Yuan, both of whom were safe and sound.
Only then did he relax.
ng Qianqian... seed to truly have a way to deal with the wizard.
Though he didn’t know how she did it, the secrets and wonders surrounding her were no less than those of Ayimulan.
In the past, he would never have compared a little girl with the Loulan Queen.
Is she really just a little rchant girl?
Who was her master?
Countless doubts flashed through his mind, even Yucheng Building himself was unaware that his curiosity about ng Qianqian had already exceeded the boundaries of a re transaction.
After ng Qianqian shot that arrow, Yucheng Building seed to have pondered a lot, yet in truth, a re blink of an eye had passed.
When he looked at ng Qianqian again, she had already used Qinggong to leap towards the room.
Lu Yuan pushed open the door ahead of her.
Clang!
The door banged loudly.
Moonlight spilled like water across the ground.
What t their eyes was a scene of bewildering disarray.
Lu Yuan raised his hand toward ng Qianqian, signaling her to wait.
He stepped forward, crouched down, and examined the corpse, saying to ng Qianqian: "Scarecrow."
ng Lang and Yucheng Building followed closely behind, reaching the doorway, and heard the shocking words.
Both simultaneously displayed expressions of surprise, asking in unison: "Scarecrow?"
ng Qianqian entered the room, looking at the vividly detailed scarecrow cloaked in a wizard’s black robe, a trace of cold light flashed in her eyes.
Impossible.
She distinctly felt the wizard’s presence.
She was certain it was Shan Cheng.
Even if she’s never t him.
But she had a gut feeling.
Perhaps it originated from the power of the witch’s blood within her.
"It’s an escape tactic."
Lu Yuan said, "He was here in this room, but escaped."
Yucheng Building asked, "How do you know?"
Lu Yuan didn’t even need to explain, as ng Lang gushed irritably: "He’s the head of the Jinyi Guard, you know what they do, right?"
Of course, Yucheng Building understood.
Lu Yuan’s judgnt had never missed.
Any clues were visible to his eyes.
Looking at it this way, this man’s strength was terrifying in every aspect.
Lu Yuan said, "However, you did injure him."
He pointed to an almost invisible spot of blood on the wizard’s robe.
ng Lang’s eyes almost popped out: "No way, a spot smaller than a grain of rice, you could see that?"
His brother-in-law, is he so kind of a watchdog?!
Naturally, he didn’t dare say it out loud.
Since Chen Long, he also learned to keep his mouth shut in front of Lu Yuan.
ng Qianqian looked at the Si Snake and Chen Long on the backs of Yucheng Building and ng Lang, both of their breathing indeed slowly becoming smooth.
It seed Lu Yuan’s deduction was correct, she did injure Shan Cheng.
It’s just a pity she didn’t kill him.
Let him escape!
"Mmm... mmm..."
A low moan sounded from the next room.
Yucheng Building’s eyes trembled, hurriedly carrying Si Snake to the next room, following the moans to a cabinet, and opened the door to see: "Ayan!"
Inside the wardrobe, a fair young girl was tied up, her mouth gagged, cowardly curled in a corner.
ng Lang approached, looked closely and asked: "Your sister?"
"Yes!"
Yucheng Building put down Si Snake, embraced his sister, and untied her restraints.
"Brother!"
Yu Ruyan clung to him, sobbing.
Yucheng Building held her closely, comforting: "It’s okay now, it’s okay, brother has co to rescue you..."
"Brother..."
Yu Ruyan was frightened, crying without pause.
Once she cried enough, Yucheng Building led her to ng Qianqian, asking ng Qianqian to check her pulse for injuries or poison.
"Minor scratches, frightened but not serious."
ng Qianqian said.
Yu Ruyan wasn’t Ayimulan’s target, so Ayimulan had no reason to torture her.
Hearing ng Qianqian’s words, Yucheng Building’s heart, suspended all night, finally settled.
He solemnly said: "Yin Hu Guard, I’ve noted this favor and will repay it if I have the chance!"
ng Qianqian nodded, asking Yu Ruyan: "Do you rember what happened after you were taken?"
Yu Ruyan looked at Yucheng Building, apprehensive.
Yucheng Building gently said: "The Yin Hu Guard is a friend of brother’s, you can trust her, tell her everything you know."
Yu Ruyan then recounted everything that happened.
She was captured by Ayimulan’s n and imdiately blindfolded and taken into a horse-drawn carriage.
She didn’t know where she was taken, only knowing that she’d left Loulan.
After wandering for several days, she disembarked at this inn.
"They also captured two n, one carrying a large Sword Box, the other with blue eyes."
"Them?"
ng Qianqian pointed at the two seated in the Taishi Chair, unable to move, sealed by silver needles—Chen Long and Si Snake.
Yu Ruyan then realized there were two living people sitting in the room.
She jumped in fright and let out a soft cry.
Then she carefully scrutinized the two, nodding weakly, "It’s them."
ng Qianqian asked further, "Were there any other people brought here before or after them?"
Yu Ruyan shook her head, "At the ti, I barely caught the opportunity to escape, thinking solely about getting away quickly, not daring to inquire thoroughly. Alas, in the end, I failed, soone discovered , and locked into the cabinet..."
ntioning this, she rembered sothing and her brows twitched, "Ah! I rember now, it seems... seems there was soone next door!"
ng Qianqian frowned, "Who?"
Yu Ruyan recalled, "I... I was locked in the cabinet, my eyes covered, couldn’t see anything... but I heard him speaking behind the wall... saying... forging iron flowers..."
"Forging iron flowers..."
ng Qianqian’s slender hand clenched.
It’s father!
The news from Yucheng Building was correct, father indeed arrived here.
Only he encountered Shan Cheng, and was captured by him...
Shan Cheng had orchestrated such a grand sche, enticing them, using witchcraft to control brother and Si Snake; the target was not her and Lu Yuan.
But father.
Shan Cheng intentionally spread news through Yucheng Building, luring brother and Si Snake into a trap, using his control over them to deal with father, thus capturing him.
Unexpectedly, the plan was disrupted, things didn’t develop as he expected.
But why restrain Lu Yuan for half an hour...
It’s not shedding gold like a cicada.
It’s a diversion!
Father is in danger!
"I’m going to rescue him!"
Lu Yuan also guessed this layer, grabbing ng Qianqian’s hand, "Wait for here."
ng Qianqian said solemnly, "No, you need to adjust your breath for half an hour. Right now the hour isn’t complete, you can’t forcefully exercise your power. ng Lang, watch him!"
ng Lang pointed at himself, "?"
Lu Yuan, "He watches."
"Then kill him."
"Not you two, I, I..."
ng Lang akimbo, "Is my life not a life?"
ng Qianqian: "I can’t lose any more important people."
Lu Yuan looked deeply into her eyes, touching the heat and surge beneath her calm, his heart stirred, "Alright."
ng Qianqian slung the large bow on her back, perford Qinggong, and disappeared into the night.
Yucheng Building was just about to step forward.
Amidst the night, ng Qianqian’s barely-there voice ca, "No one should follow."
Yucheng Building sighed.
The three n, you look at , I look at you, big eyes staring at little eyes.
ng Lang: "Adjust your breath, as she instructed."
Lu Yuan coldly snorted and ditated on the spot.
He wasn’t a dawdling person.
Since he agreed, he aid to recover quickly, to aid her sooner.
ng Qianqian whistled.
Hunting Eagle flapped its wings to circulate, grabbing Shan Cheng’s clothes, morizing his scent, enhancing its vision and other senses to the utmost, majestically rushing into the night.
It led the way ahead.
ng Qianqian tightly followed.
The sandstorm in West City howled head-on, scraping her tender face.
She felt a slight soreness.
She didn’t pause, accelerating even more.
Father.
Father truly ca to see her.
She must find father.
She can’t let father fall into the hands of the Loulan people again.
She has so much she wants to tell father.
She...
Her mind was filled with indescribable emotions, even her eyes were moist.
"Caw!"
Hunting Eagle’s feathers stood up, flying over to stop ng Qianqian.
ng Qianqian’s footsteps abruptly halted.
She stopped at the edge of a cliff.
Hunting Eagle perched on the cliff, one wing akimbo, cursed terribly!
What’s this?
Courting death?
Leave the jerky before dying!
ng Qianqian gazed at the endless abyss, panting heavily.
At her feet was a trail of chaotic footprints.
Soone was here.
Soone slipped and fell.
She picked up the rusty wind chi at the cliff’s edge, looking at the bloody handprint.
"He wanted to grab... but didn’t catch..."
"He fell down..."
She knelt on the ground, touching the bloody handprint, holding tightly to the rusty wind chi, tears of pain burst out.
"I’m late..."
"I missed by a step..."
Her thin body quivered in the pitch-black night.
Hunting Eagle drooped its head, walked to her, gently rubbed her hand.
ng Qianqian couldn’t stop crying.
"Why...why couldn’t I be faster..."
Hunting Eagle: Foolish woman, you’ve already reached your limit...
ng Qianqian gripped the wind chi, its edges nearly piercing her palm.
Yet the physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in her heart.
Scorching tears fell down, burning her hand like molten iron.
At this mont, suddenly a familiar yet trembling male voice ca from behind:
"Little Nine..."
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