Chapter 693: Long Feiye, I’ll protect you (2/2)
Even if Han Yunxi did use poison, she had to wait until the killers showed themselves before she had any chance, right? Where did she get the skills to infect the entire assassin team in such a short time?
“The rest of the sisters….they’re all still in the woods, struck with stomach pains. It’s impossible for any of them to move,” the assassin reported.
“Could it be that Han Yunxi poisoned the mist?” the old woman muttered to herself. If we don’t get rid of that woman, she’ll give us endless trouble in the future. These poison skills are almost on par with Bai Yanqing’s.
“Slut who deserves to die!” the younger woman cursed. “Lady Leng Yue, what do we do now?!”
That’s right. The black robed woman was none other than the city lord of the City of Daughters and Bai Yanqing’s subordinate, Lady Leng Yue. She had seen her share of things in the world, so she didn’t panic over these developments.
“What’s the rush? The path is called a maze because it’s easy to lose one’s way. It’s not just the issue of some simple white mist.”
“You mean to say…” the younger trailed off, not understanding. Lady Leng Yue was the one who chose this location in the first place.
“Qimen Dunjia is still in effect in the maze pathway. Even without traps, it’s hard for them to find their way out!” Lady Leng Yue laughed. “They should have entered the formation by now.”
After all, she had swore loyalty to Bai Yanqing in the past precisely because the man had saved her from this identical pathway after she’d been trapped for ten days and ten nights. Wracked with cold and hunger, she’d been on the verge of death when he rescued her. She owed Bai Yanqing her life, but served him wholeheartedly after discovering he was the leader of the Hundred Poisons Sect. He had assisted her greatly to obtain the title of city lord for the City of Daughters as well. Bai Yanqing didn’t understand the ancient divination arts in effect on the path, but he still had a clever way of breaking through its maze.
After that incident, Lady Leng Yue invited a specialized Daoist to unravel the mystery of the path so she could claim Lost Void Lake for herself. This was why she could plant assassins within the formations at will.
“Qimen Dunjia?” the younger woman murmured before setting her cares at rest.
“Don’t worry. Let them play around a bit. It won’t be too late for your ladyship to move against them then.” Despite her age, Lady Leng Yue had a more frivolous personality than some of her juniors.
“Fine. Then you can kill Han Yunxi personally when the time comes! And then bring the Duke of Qin to me,” the younger woman smiled.
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By now, Han Yunxi had already sensed something amiss within the pathway. She tugged at Long Feiye to stop and said, “Long Feiye, hold on. We walked past this spot already.”
Long Feiye was puzzled. “The path is straight. There’s only one way, bordered on both sides by trees.”
They could get lost if they broke beyond the trees, but they’d been too clearheaded to wander off the path so far.
“There has to be a problem here,” Han Yunxi muttered. “Just then, there was a poison victim 20 paces to the right of us who was 30 percent poisoned. Next to her were two more victims that were 40 and 50 percent poisoned. On our left, about 15 paces away, were two victims. One was 60 percent and the other was 80 percent poisoned. Anyone who’s been 30 percent poisoned would have already lost the ability to move.”
Han Yunxi’s explanation enlightened Long Feiye. She was using the location of the poison victims to verify their own spot on the path. In other words, they’d doubled back to where they started again.
“The Qimen Dunjia!” Long Feiye muttered to himself.
“So such a thing exists!” Han Yunxi had suspected, but didn’t dare to believe. She didn’t know anything about divination or formations. What now?
“Long Feiye, do you understand it?”
“Someone would. Where’s the closest assassin to our location?” Long Feiye murmured.
Han Yunxi immediately understood. Since the assassins could hide themselves within the pathways, they must know how to work around the formations. Very soon, Han Yunxi used her detox system to track down the closest victim. They headed towards the spot, but had hardly taken ten steps before the target changed locations.
Han Yunxi immediately stopped walking. “The person disappeared! Impossible, that victim was already 80 percent poisoned. They wouldn’t even have the energy to crawl.”
“They didn’t move, but we went the wrong way. Directions are constantly changing within the Qimen Dunjia.”
Thanks to the constant shift in directions within the mist, it was impossible to tell where they were going. Han Yunxi mused over this before she muttered, “You meant to say that as long as we find the right directions, we’ll be able to get out of here?”
“Everything within this formation will shift along with our movements. How can we verify something like that?” Long Feiye’s eyes flickered with a hint of doubt. He had studied this spot before coming here, but didn’t realized the path itself was part of a hidden matrix. However, that also meant that someone was controlling the matrix from behind the scenes.
Han Yunxi smoothed out Long Feiye’s forehead after seeing his gaze turn grave. “Don’t think so much. I said already that I’d protect you on this pathway. Just relax and follow me.”
“You have a solution?” Long Feiye was surprised. Han Yunxi was always giving him no end of surprises. But judging from her previous actions, she didn’t understand the Qimen Dunjia at all.
Just what did this woman have up her sleeve?