Chapter 895: Blacktower, who and whom reunites? (1/2)

What to do?!

Bai Yuqiao never thought that all of her finely planned ideas would disregard the unstable element of Su Xiaoyu. She was even planning to stay here a couple of days--one to lure over her master, second to finish her plots. Who expected her master to be showing up any time now?

“Why are you panicking?” Ning Cheng lectured sternly.

“Aren’t you nervous? You have absolutely no time to prepare anything.” In the end, Bai Yuqiao still feared her own master. She was so anxious she couldn’t even think straight. Her heart even entertained the idea of poisoning Ning Cheng and stealing all his money instead before running away with Su Xiaoyu to find her senior brother.

Yet before she could make a move, Ning Cheng said coldly, “Do everything according to the plan. I’ve long made preparations.” He narrowed his eyes and warned, “Bai Yuqiao, you better calm down and cooperate with me. If anything amiss happens, you won’t survive the thousands of archers surrounding Blacktower even if I die!”

Bai Yuqiao gave a start before growing still. She thanked the stars that she hadn’t been impulsive. What a Ning Cheng. So he’s long set his traps!

No wonder he took such a huge risk despite knowing nothing about poisons to work with her. Bai Yuqiao couldn’t help but mock herself. In the end, she’d underestimated the Di Clan Head. How was she supposed to escape with Su Xiaoyu when he had so many archers waiting in ambush?

“Take me to see Su Xiaoyu,” Ning Cheng interrupted. Naturally, it was for the sake of the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion.

Bai Yuqiao couldn’t help but remind him, “I’ve interrogated her multiple times before, but that girl’s lips are sealed shut. I suggest you don’t waste time there. If my master shows up now, it’ll all be for nothing.”

Ning Cheng hesitated before deciding not to go in after all. Instead he said, “Make your move.”

Without a word, Bai Yuqiao turned to leave. In less time than it took to brew a cup of tea, she had poisoned to death all of Blacktower’s guards, which were then replaced by Ning Cheng’s men. The originals were all brought here personally by Bai Yuqiao herself. Bai Yanqing neither knew them nor cared.

“You’ve dealt with everything cleanly?” Ning Cheng asked.

“Don’t worry, I didn’t leave a single soul,” Bai Yuqiao said before she smiled. “Ning Clan Head, arrows don’t have eyes. You have to keep to your word and leave me an escape route after all this.”

She wanted Ning Cheng to promise. While she sneak attacked Bai Yanqing from the shadows, Ning Cheng could summon his archers to surround Blacktower and kill Bai Yanqing unawares.

“Don’t worry,” Ning Cheng said frostily. He saw Su Xiaoyu hanging like a dead person off her cross in the distance. After some hesitation, he made up his mind and turned to leave the rooms. At this, Bai Yuqiao approached Su Xiaoyu and found the best hiding place in the room. She wasn’t stupid enough to really sneak attack her master. Instead, she was going to take advantage of all the chaos to take the girl and flee.

When she approached Su Xiaoyu, Bai Yuqiao tugged at the corner of her robes, but the girl was unresponsive. She was waiting for Han Yunxi and Long Feiye to rescue her, so despite being surprised by Bai Yuqiao’s sudden appearance, she pretended to be unconscious all the same. By ignoring the older girl, Bai Yuqiao was convinced that she was still out cold. She had already mapped out an escape route and gotten the key to Su Xiaoyu’s restraints. Now she hid herself away. In the silence, her heart pounded loudly. She gripped the key in her hand as she willed herself to stay calm. As long as I can survive this, I’ll stay with senior brother for the rest of my life. I’ll tell him outright that I’ve liked him for years!

Bai Yuqiao entertained the fanciful thoughts of a girl in love as she gradually relaxed. She waited silently as if for a wonderful dream and beautiful future to arrive. However, Ning Cheng had never planned to let her go. By now, he had left Blacktower behind to meet with the archers lying long in ambush around the place. Currently, he was standing next to a red coat cannon and patting it playfully with his hands as if it was a pet. But red coat cannons weren’t gentle creatures. Once the fuse was lit, it’d destroy everything in its path.

Once he found out Jun Yixie had 90,000 battle horses in his hands, his first act was to redistribute his red coat cannons. The ones at the Three-Way Battlefield were left there to defend against Jun Yixie, but he never expected to use them on Bai Yanqing now. As long as the man entered Blacktower to interrogate Su Xiaoyu and got sneak-attacked by Bai Yuqiao, he’d set the cannons against them first. Only then would he follow up with the Pear Blossom Raindrop Tear needles, then the attacks from the archers. Have four separate contingencies had to be enough to apprehend Bai Yanqing. He didn’t want the man alive anymore, because he could trick Jun Yixie just as well with a corpse!

Although Su Xiaoyu knew the whereabouts of the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, which made it a pity to kill her, he would only make Bai Yuqiao suspicious if he’d brought her away with him beforehand. Moreover, he’d lose Bai Yuqiao’s alliance in the process. The surrounding woods were silent as everyone waited quietly. Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were waiting as well, but she felt a bit uneasy. They hadn’t arrived last night when the shadow guards came to report that there was a huge team of archers lying in ambush around Blacktower. Han Yunxi’s first thought was of Ning Cheng, because he had used the same tactic against Bai Yanqing in the Tianning imperial grounds. Moreover, she had just witnessed the man walk into Blacktower after Bai Yuqiao, which alarmed her greatly.