Chapter 1120: Entry, operation (1/2)
As soon as Long Feiye finished, Gu Beiyue added, “It should be right by the cliff. Your Highness, I’ll accompany you tonight to scope it out.”
The excited Gu Qishao finally recalled how he, Han Yunxi, and Long Feiye had escaped to a cliff to flee the huge fire that had broken out underground. They’d narrowly avoiding tumbling down into the ravine. That had been the first time in his life that someone had refused to giveup on him, and the memory was enough to calm his nerves. Saving someone wasn’t just all hotblooded action, but cool and rational planning, too.
“Find all of the exits and block them up!” Gu Qishao said coldly. When he was clearheaded, he was no fool. His idea mirrored Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue’s exactly. Even sending all their men to surround Clearbreeze Peak was no guarantee when the mountain was so big. But if they could find all exits out of the underground palace and delegate troops to them, it’d save them half the trouble.
That night, Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue personally enered that dark patch of forest in the Poison Sect’s ravine and flew to the cliffs of Clearbreeze Peak. Only men of their skill could sustain themselves at such heights without handholds off the walls. They not only had to guard against being found out, but also search for hidden entrances on the cliff face. It took them an entire night to search through the thousand kilometer stretch of mountain from head to toe. In the end, they only found one exit from the cliff face.
Instead of returning to Medical City, Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue summoned Gu Qishao and Tang Li to them.
“Tang Li, you and Gu Beiyue will take one tunnel and enter this way. Gu Qishao and I will go in through the tree entrance atop the peak. Remember, we’ll start moving at daybreak!” Long Feiye instructed coldly.
Although Tang LI’s martial arts were only average compared to the others, he had plenty of hidden weapons in his arsenal. Moreover, he definitely had to come along to save Ning Jing personally! With him in Gu Beiyue’s hands, Long Feiye didn’t have to worry. Gu Beiyue’s evading skills were incomparable. Although he couldn’t take on Bai Yanqing solo, neither could the other harm or poison him without difficuty.
Long Feiye was no good with poisons, but he could face off against Bai Yanqing with the undying Gu Qishao by his side. If they ran into the man, Gu Qishao would be in charge of delaying him while he rescued the hostages. Moreover, by dividing up like this, they could act more cautiously. Both entrances might be guarded, so an alert in one would signal the inhabitants to flee out the other. Bai Yanqing could take care of enemies, but even he couldn’t split himself in two. As long as one of their groups ran into him, the other would be free to launch the rescue operation or even try a sneak attack.
Long Feiye then instructed Chu Xifeng to transfer all troops at the base to the mountain to these two entrances once daybreak came. Meanwhile, the forces stationed outside Medical City would remain lying in ambush. As he climbed the peak with Gu Qishao to look for the hidden tree entrance, dawn slowly approached. There were two more hours before daylight hit, but it seemed like an eternity to the four men. For Long Feiye, what awaited him was Han Yunxi’s confident, calm smile and the little fellow in her womb; for Gu Beiyue, what awaited him was the censure he bore on his shoulders and the protectiveness hidden in his heart; for Gu Qishao, it was a simple utterance of “Poison lass;” for Tang Li, it was the love confession he owed Ning Jing from a long, long time ago, perhaps the most honest words to pass between them since their marriage.
What was Han Yunxi doing in the meantime?
She had long woken up. Although Fourth Young Miss Ren said it was fine for her to get off the bed, she still leaned on the side of caution and spent her days lying in bed. During her three months in that small black room, she had no desire to cultivate her poison storage space nor the ability to sense Lil Thing’s existence nearby. Yet after sending out news of her imprisonment, her heart felt much more at ease. She didn’t have much to do these days, so she’d focused on cultivating while lying down. As soon as her heart calmed, she sensed Lil Thing and even felt its irritable emotions. Actually, there wasn’t much room for her cultivation to improve under these circumstances. She only did her best to practice a bit more so the breakthrough would draw closer.
Just what was the key needed for her to level up?
Fourth Young Miss Ren had started out nervous and afraid, but soon adjusted to life here after a few days. Currently she was sleeping by her side. Ning Jing had been locked up in a separate room. Thankfully, Su Xiaoyu had tricked Bai Yanqing into giving them adequate food, drink, and medicine in the past to give her body a break. Otherwise, who knew if she would have died back in the woods surrounding Tiger’s Prison?
Later on, Bai Yanqing found out that Su Xiaoyu knew nothing of the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion’s whereabouts and nearly killed the two. Even with a blade against their necks, Su Xiaoyu was certain the man would spare their lives. Ning Jing hadn’t understood that then, but now it was clear that Bai Yanqing was already planning to kidnap Han Yunxi back then and left them alive as collateral to make her obedient. Although they kept their lives, she was still very weak and couldn’t even stand for long periods of time without feeling dizzy and sore in the legs. Now she leaned against a corner, licking the empty sockets where her front teeth used to be while feeling extremely dispirited.
She had almost forgotten her days before marriage, when she would travel around in men’s clothes as daring and vigorous as she liked. Still, she didn’t regret meeting Tang Li or birthing his daughter. More than him, she missed their child. She barely held the baby for a few times after her birth. A baby was different everyday, but months had already passed. What was her daughter like now? Would she still recognize her own mother? Or other people? Would she be able to recall her mother’s embrace or how she had fed her? Would she remember she had a mother at all?