30 Capture (1/2)

Bai Ling-er and Bai Shi walked towards the scouts that were on the way towards them in search of the thieves. It was time for the second part of the plan to begin.

It was time for them to be captured.

No mater what they did, it was a fact they they were they only ones who knew the location of the cave other that Bai Qing's group. Not only that, they were also in the vicinity. It was impossible to avoid suspicion. Then they may as well cast themselves into the heart of the enemy.

Of course they were not handing themselves over to Bai Qing on their own. They were simply going to act naturally, and see if they are caught. If they weren't caught, then that's that.

As they walked a short distance, they felt a few auras coming towards them, following the fake trails that they had set up. The duo had walked close to the trails, but was still a short distance from it. As the group chasing the trails came by, they also noticed the duo. One of them kept on following the trails, while the other turned towards them.

The couple waited with a frown on their faces as a sixth stage qi condensation realm cultivator appeared before them. He was one of the members of Bai Qing's group.

”You two, did you see anyone pass by here?” He asked.

”Why does it matter to you?” Bai Ling-er replied curtly.

”I am asking as a representative of prince Qing. Answer immediately.” He said forcefully.

Bai Ling-er's face contracted in anger for a moment before it was released. ”We felt someone run by nearby a while ago. I have no idea who it was.”

The cultivator from prince Qing's group frowned before saying ”Follow me back to meet princeQing.”

”Like hell we will. We were just standing here. Why should we follow you?” Bai Ling-er retorted.

The person from prince Qing's knew who the couple was. He had seen portraits of them from the time the group was looking to silence them. There was no way he was going to let them go.

As the three of the stood there staring at each other, they felt another presence approach. A moment later, Bai Lin, the seventh stage qi cultivation cultivator who had followed Bai Qing inside the cave came out.

Bai Lin stared at the two of them, and then attacked them in an instant without waiting. Both Bai Shi, and Bai Lin-er responded quickly, and send him flying back with a combined attack.

”What the hell was that?” Bai Lin-er asked. Bai Shi had stepped up into a fighting stance silently and his qi circulated quickly.

”You bastards, you dared to steal what we were after. Do you think that we would let you go?” He roared back.

”What do mean steal! Dont accuse people as you please.” She said.

The other person from Bai Qing's group immediately got between. ”Wait. Its not guaranteed that they are responsible for this. It is true that they are suspicious, but we have known about them for a while. Also the trail doesn't end here. We should take them back with us to our camp and interrogate them there.”

Bai Lin frowned. ”Take them back to the rendezvous. I'll keep on following the trails.” He disappeared after saying this.

The person from Bai Qing's camp turned to them and said, ”So do you want to come with us, or do you want to make this complicated.”

The couple frowned and then swallowing their anger, asked him to lead them to their camp. As they walked, Bai Ling-er asked ”What happened. Did someone steal the supreme weed fruits?”

The person refused to answer. But as they walked, he thought that he saw a hint of smile at the corner of their mouths, which annoyed him.

They had to be very careful when they walked. None of the members from Bai Qings camp wanted them to be noticed when they came in as they did not wan to publicize what had happened. The couple had no choice but to go along with the plan either.

They soon reached the camp. Bai Qing's camp was set up in a large clearing, which they had made by themselves.

After the trio reached the camp, they waited for a while. One by one the other people who came to collect the fruits returned with a dejected face. Bai Ling-er was worried when she saw the scout enter, but it seemed as if he had not recognized them.

Soon Bai Hao returned to the camp. When he saw the couple, he nearly jumped out of his skin. ”You did this.” He shouted.

”Shut up you bastard.” Bai Ling-er responded. ”We had nothing to do with this. Don't accuse others for no reason you back stabbing bastard.”

Just as Bai Hao was about to attack them, the rest of the member s of the group calmed him down, saying that the entire thing would be resolved once Bai Qing returned.

They waited for a while. When anyone tried to speak, the person who had escorted the duo stopped them, saying that it was better to wait for Bai Qing to arrive before anything was said. Of course it did not stop whispers, and murmurs. The entire camp soon knew of what had happened, as well as the situation with the couple.

After hearing some whispers, and getting a better idea of what happened,the duo simply waited silently. Once some time had passed, Bai Qing walked in. From his mood, it was obvious that things had not gone well. The duo was happy when they sensed it, as it meant that the stranger had not been captured.

”What happened.” their captor asked.

Bai Qing glanced at him for a moment, before turning to Bai Shi and Bai Ling-er. ”Are they involved.” He asked.

”I don't know. I told them to come as they were in the vicinity.”