Oh? You actually know ?
This voice sounds sowhat familiar, who could it be...?
Xu Shu couldn’t think of it all at once. He originally thought that the person locked up in here should be the "Red Rose" captured by Jin Baoshan.
How could this Red Rose be soone I know?
That’s strange, I’m from the countryside, and I don’t have any city friends...
Filled with doubt, Xu Shu fumbled around on the Gatekeeper for a while.
He leisurely snatched the Promotion Drive from the other person’s wrist, absorbing the golden light into his underwear as a trophy.
Then, he found an unusually shaped key.
It was quite vintage, shaped like a thin candle, with rod-like veins protruding like blood vessels, and the top featured a realistic tal snake head, baring its fangs—highly artistic.
"Tsk, Snake Spirit Villa, even the keys are made so indecently, truly a crooked path."
Xu Shu inwardly quipped and found the tight lock clasp, then inserted the whole thing, pushing it all the way in.
With a slight turn, he could feel so chanism being activated. The heavy stone door of the secret chamber slowly moved to both sides. Inside, it was not big, just a few dozen square ters, empty, with only a woman lying there.
She was about twenty years old, with great body proportions, slender and smooth legs, and an eye-catching temperant. At this mont, she lay there, barely alive, weak and fragile, evoking genuine pity.
However, the striking, wild, and free golden hair completely ruined this sense of frailty, making it hard for Xu Shu to feel an "I pity her" sentint.
Xu Shu grabbed the woman’s chin, lifted her face, scrutinized for a mont, and realized he didn’t know her.
However, under the ’Spiritual Perception,’ he keenly noticed sothing on her face, so he rubbed it with his thumb, revealing a delicate, paper-thin human skin mask, exposing her true appearance.
With one look, it really was soone familiar.
Her na was Hong Yan; Xu Shu had once shared a life-and-death camaraderie with her.
The first ti he tead up with strange friends to venture outside the city, this woman was the "Rascal" in the team. Later, they were all betrayed by the nun Lan Xin, who summoned a swarm of little spiders to hunt them. In the ensuing chase, everyone fled for their lives... the mories of dying attacked Xu Shu.
"Why are you here? Are you the Third Chief of Jin Baoshan, Red Rose? What’s with this human skin mask?"
As Xu Shu untied the ropes on her body, he spoke with a bit of surprise.
Hong Yan’s face was quite haggard, but much of her forr fierceness remained. She slowly said, "You’re from the D8B3 District, and you even know about Jin Baoshan? Pretty knowledgeable, hehe, it’s a long story..."
Xu Shu reminded her, "Then make a long story short."
Hong Yan was taken aback, glanced at him, and said in a frail tone, "I had a grudge against Jin Baoshan, they forced good people into prostitution. An old friend of mine was killed by them. So, I killed Red Rose, disguised myself as her, and infiltrated Jin Baoshan, planning to take them out. But I was betrayed, ambushed by soone from this Snake Spirit Villa...
"The person who attacked was very skilled. I fell into his Illusion Technique without realizing it and was captured here."
"I see." Xu Shu nodded, thinking to himself that the strongest person in the entire Snake Spirit Villa was Yan Xiong, so Hong Yan wasn’t unjustly defeated.
At the sa ti, learning that she originally intended to seek revenge against Jin Baoshan added a bit of admiration for Hong Yan in Xu Shu’s heart.
"Alright, enough idle talk. You seem injured; didn’t you bring any dicine? I have so, pay back later."
Saying this, Xu Shu took out half a bottle of unused Cat Saliva from his pocket and handed it to Hong Yan.
However, Hong Yan, upon seeing it, gave a bitter smile, shook her head, and sighed, "Thank you for your kindness, but the poison in is unique and incurable."
Her expression was defiant, but her complexion was increasingly pallid, lips turning purple.
Only then did Xu Shu notice, with his eyes accustod to the dimness, the mysterious, tentacle-like auras wriggling under her pure white skin, appearing both bizarre and ghastly.
"You seem like you can still hold on, why not give it a shot? Maybe there’s a chance. To be honest, this Holy Water isn’t just any holy water—it’s of high quality." Xu Shu hesitated before speaking.
But Hong Yan waved her hand, saying, "No need to say more; I have at best a few minutes left. No one understands my body’s condition better than I do!
"Life and death are decreed by fate, wealth and honor rest with the heavens. Trapped in this plight, I intended to end myself to avoid disgrace. eting an old friend before dying, that’s not too bad."
This woman’s temperant was quite unyielding. Nearing death, she faced it with utmost resignation, unlike so who would plead pitifully.
It was evident that in such a vast world, true heroes and valiant people are countless, with the differences between people sotis being greater than between humans and dogs.
Seeing this, Xu Shu didn’t know what to say.
Shouldn’t you at least try saving yourself, sister? Guess what I have inside ! Would you believe it’s a Third Rank healer?
He was just about to speak, but Hong Yan tilted her head back against the pillar, sighed deeply, and said, "Hehe, the fortune teller said since ancient tis, many with the na Hong Yan have been fated for a short life. I didn’t believe it, but now facing death, I realize everything is predestined! I’m finished, Xu Shu. If possible, could you help deliver a few words?"
Xu Shu hesitated for a mont, thought about it, and said very politely, "Go ahead."
Hong Yan closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and coughing, said, "I have a sister, extraordinarily gifted. I lived in her shadow since childhood. In the entire family, everyone only acknowledged her, Hong Jun’s, prowess on the Human List, never caring about my efforts as Hong Yan.
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