Chapter 42 (1/2)

Chapter Forty Two Entering The Stronghold

Engraved in the middle of the jade pieces was a moon. When the moonlight shone onto the jade pieces, an aperture gradually condensed where the moon engravement once was. The moonlight passed through the stone and cast onto the wall acting as a barrier. Gradually, the wall melted away and a white European style door appeared.

Behind them, Que watched the scene in front of him and his eyes showed shock. The twenty snow guards behind him all found it hard to disguise their astonishment. But they quickly collected their expressions and their blank faces returned, after all, they had undergone extremely cruel training in order to become snow guards. Therefore, their ability to bear surprises was much better than others. They cautiously stared at the door and mentally prepared themselves for anything they could possibly face once they enter through that door.

As the door slowly opened, all of the snow guards stopped breathing as their bodies practiced martial law. What was strange was that there was nobody behind the door. Perhaps it was because nobody had anticipated that they would attack at night, nor did they figure that they would be able to bypass Blue Snow Stronghold’s barrier, so they neglected to have someone defending currently.

In fact, these guesses had some merit. Blue Snow Stronghold’s door can only be opened during the day and the stronghold’s people all believed that their home’s secret barrier caused it to be hard to enter. But in actuality, they thought too highly of themselves. Even though Mu Yalun instructed everyone to practice martial law, Blue Snow Stronghold’s people were too arrogant. They only assigned one guard to defend the door and at this late hour, that guard most likely had grown lazy and left. Or perhaps there were other reasons within this situation.

Sure enough, a white clothed person suddenly appeared in front of the door. The snow guards immediately prepared to shoot him dead but they were stopped in their tracks by Xue Yunge with a wave of his hand. The white clothed person walked a few steps toward them and respectfully bent down and quietly greeted, “Guo meets Masters!”

“How is it?”

Skipping past the formalities, Xue Yunge asked the only question that his heart desperately wished to know.

“Young Miss is in the prisons, please follow subordinate down there Masters.” When he said this, Nuo didn’t move to lead them down, instead he cast a glance at all the snow guards and said, “The snow guards aren’t allowed to come.”

“Heng! Who do you think you are Nuo? Why should we listen to you?” One of the snow guards immediately asked back. Nothing but a minor shadow actually dared to act like this and order him to do something.

“Today, this subordinate switched places with the patrol that was supposed to be on duty, just to be able to meet Masters. Blue Snow Stronghold is currently practicing martial law and it’s very strict. This subordinate suggests for the snow guards to conceal themselves first. If there’s too much people, we may accidentally alert the enemy before we’re ready.” Nuo said these words, acting neither servile nor overbearing. When he calmly finished speaking, he stood in place, not showing any indication that he would lead them down to the prisons. It was clear that they must leave the snow guards outside.

Xue Yunge and Xue Zhuyue turned to look at each other. Pretty and flirtatious purple eyes met watery and a tossing billows green eyes. A strange look streaked across both of their eyes. Immediately after, Xue Yunge turned around to instruct the snow guards, “You guys stay outside first and wait for orders. Without our orders, you aren’t allowed to enter the stronghold.”

Que knowingly nodded his head, “This subordinate will do as instructed.”

“This matter has been settled. Nuo, can you bring us in now?” Xue Zhuyue coldly opened his mouth to ask Nuo. Towards this Nuo, his heart would never accept him. This type of person’s intentions weren’t pure, he couldn’t be someone from Xiu Luo villa. There was something in here that would soon be exposed. Watery and billowy eyes darkened, they were serene and without conjectures.

Nuo’s ordinary features didn’t have any expression as he nodded. Rising up, he finally began to lead them, “Asking Masters to follow this subordinate.”