Chapter 325 – Blowing Hot and Cold (2/2)

Arriving near the formation, he left without encountering any obstructions at all.

Without the life-threatening pressure, Han Qiongzhi was unable to contain her injuries anymore. She immediately spurted with blood and fainted.

Li Qingshan was afraid of wasting any time too. He summoned a cloud first, taking them to a safe location that was high enough and distant enough before shoving another recovery pill into Han Qiongzhi’s mouth. He used a technique to heal her injuries.

A while later, Han Qiongzhi woke up slowly, and Li Qingshan stopped worrying. He glanced down and began to frown again.

The battle did not erupt immediately like he had been expecting. Altar Lord Black Lotus said something, and the school leaders all became stunned.

What was going on?

The bamboo forest covered the ground with swaying and mottled shadows. The winter near Clear River city was very cold too, but it was not bone-chilling like Ancient Wind city. Qian Rongzhi was currently lamenting as she tread through the snow alone.

A delicate courtyard appeared before her. It was just as empty and quiet as before.

There was only Liu Chuanfeng writing away diligently in there. Novels had already become his only source of pride, so he could not allow his own disciple to steal the show from him.

However, he was focusing so hard that he failed to even sense Qian Rongzhi’s arrival.

Qian Rongzhi smiled. This person had not been informed and taken along to kill the Altar Lord. However, this was expected.

That day, after accepting Qiu Ruiliu’s invitation, she immediately reported it to Wang Pushi.

Sure enough, Wang Pushi told her to play along first and serve the role of a Nighthawk on the surface so that she could investigate the internal ongoings of the White Lotus cult and find the whereabouts of even larger targets. Then he reported it to the Ruyi commandery so that they could organise another attempt to kill them all.

Instead, he purposefully fed her some information so that she could earn the trust of the upper echelon of the cult. With greater risk came greater reward, so she obviously received quite a lot of rewards from both sides. However, due to her mediocre talent, she was unable to break through so easily.

Thump, thump. Qian Rongzhi knocked against the bamboo strut on the veranda. “Is Li Qingshan here?”

“You’re?” Only now did Liu Chuanfeng raise his head. He felt injustice. His dear disciple was no better than him, so why was he so lucky with women?

Qian Rongzhi stated her school and spoke a few words of courtesy before fishing out a jar of alcohol from her hundred treasures pouch. “Seems like I’ve forgotten. He hasn’t completed his trial mission yet, so I guess fate just doesn’t want him to drink this. I’ll give this jar of alcohol to you instead, sir!”

Liu Chuanfeng was immediately overjoyed. About time I got lucky with women. He faked a cough. “That doesn’t seem like a good idea. Why don’t you wait here for Qingshan to return?” He did not even wait for Qian Rongzhi to make any insistences when he added, “If that’s the case, I might as well oblige.”

A while later, there was a clank, and Liu Chuanfeng knocked over the jug of alcohol, falling onto the ground.

“Just like the rumors. He’s useless.” Qian Rongzhi had coated the alcohol in true qi, so she spat it all out again. Afterwards, she picked up his waist tablet and made her way towards the central formation of Cloudwisp island.

Being a spy was a dangerous profession no matter what day or age it was. They would be surrounded by the enemy at all times, with only death awaiting them once they were discovered, let alone a double-crossing spy who constantly blew hot and cold.

However, she had it somewhat safe. For the entire time, she had not attracted any suspicion from the White Lotus cult.