Chapter 549: Critical juncture, he’s going to jump off a cliff (2/2)

Han Yunxi was about to struggle when Long Feiye took out his whip and cut a path open for them. Then he jumped into another secret passage. Han Yunxi was first stunned, then delighted. How could she have forgotten that there were four secret passages here? If she remembered rightly, the second passage should have poison butterflies. The Chu siblings and Duanmu Baiye had suffered here, but she had Lil Thing to help so they’d be perfectly safe.

Although the flaming arrows were still coming their way, it was much easier to avoid them in the tunnel. All they had to do was keep running forward. The tunnel was very deep, so unless the archers ran in after them, it was unlikely they’d run into any more arrows. Once again, Han Yunxi looked up and smiled. “Your Highness, if those really were men from the Chu Clan, they won’t dare follow us in here!”

Flaming arrows were still whistling past them as she spoke. Once again, Long Feiye pressed Han Yunxi’s head back against his chest, unhappy. “Be more careful!”

He didn’t let her go until they were well within the tunnel and out of reach from any arrows. “Stay here quietly,” he said before moving to leave. Those archers might have thought he was escaping, but when had he even ran away from a foe? He simply didn’t want to get Han Yunxi involved when he went to slaughter them all.

In the chaos, Han Yunxi managed to grab Long Feiye’s hand. She was about to speak when he shot back, “Wait here for your lordship to pick you up!” Then he left in a rush, leaving Han Yunxi at a loss between crying and laughing. She didn’t say a word.

Soon enough, Long Feiye returned. Behind him followed a massive swarm of black poison butterflies. Seeing the odd expression on his face, Han Yunxi couldn’t help but snicker. “I wanted to remind you back then, but who told you to be in such a rush?”

Long Feiye didn’t reply, so Han Yunxi simply took the sleeping Lil Thing out of her medical pouch and tossed it at the poison butterflies. Before Lil Thing had hit the ground, the butterflies were already scattering in fear. They vanished in an instant. Even asleep, Lil Thing was the best trailblazer in the poison grounds!

With the butterflies gone, Long Feiye made to leave again, but stopped to turn and call out, “Han Yunxi.”

In truth, Han Yunxi was anxious as well. The sooner Long Feiye could get rid of those archers, the sooner they could put out the flames and rescue Gu Qishao. She replied back earnestly, “I’ll be good and wait for you to pick me up! You be careful!”

But Long Feiye only replied, “Your lordship wants to kill until I’m satisfied, so you’ll probably need to wait a bit longer.”

Then he turned tail and vanished into the darkness. He hadn’t been there when the Chu Clan archers surrounded Han Yunxi and tried to kill her in Tianning’s capital city. If he didn’t slaughter to his heart’s content today, how would he ever work off his grievances? Many times, he kept quiet about his thoughts, so she never had any idea. Even now, Han Yunxi only felt doubtful. She quickly dismissed those thoughts, however, and went to pick up Lil Thing as she sat and waited.

But it wasn’t long before she sensed a highly toxic poison approaching in her direction!

What’s going on?

Han Yunxi had barely gotten to her feet when a masked old woman in black robes appeared before her. The hypertoxic poison her detox system had sensed came from the very body of this woman! Of course, the detox system wouldn’t go off for every ordinary poison a person might carry on them, but once the toxin exceeded certain thresholds to become a potential threat, it would give its owner a reminder.

Just who was this old woman? Was she from the Chu Clan as well? It seemed like she didn’t fear the poison butterflies, either. Han Yunxi slipped Lil Thing into her sleeve as she asked guardedly, “Who are you?”

“I’ve been asked by someone to take your life,” the old woman intoned gravely.

Han Yunxi immediately activated her Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain bracelet, launching multiple poison needles at the woman. Unfortunately, she dodged them all and dispelled the poison powders left in their wake.

Crap, she’s a seasoned expert in the poison arts!

Han Yunxi turned tail and fled.

But was she fleeing deeper into the tunnel, or heading back out?