Chapter 304: Rearguard

Since Han Li had said so, although the old man was still full of doubts, he had no choice but to return.

Not long after, the second brother returned with an iron-blue face; he indeed hadn't caught the Fifth Sister. But fortunately, Han Li had already spoken beforehand, so these few didn't need to worry about the senior's anger.

At the same time, in a very remote alley in Yuejing City, a slender figure was stumbling toward the South District. Under the faint moonlight, looking closely, it was the young woman "Fifth Sister," who had a panicked expression.

She kept looking back as she ran, her expression full of fear, as if she were afraid someone would suddenly appear.

Although the woman's magic power had been mostly restricted by Han Li, her spiritual sense as a cultivator remained. After discovering that no one had appeared behind her, she finally felt a bit relieved in her heart.

This was thanks to an invisibility talisman the youth had stuffed into her hand when he let her go, which allowed her to escape to this place.

Not long after she escaped, the woman discovered the figure of the tall, thin man sweeping through the sky. Fortunately, she was quick-witted and used the talisman, barely managing to deal with it.

Only then did she dare to run wildly in the alley so boldly.

Where she was going was a secret stronghold of the Black Fiend Sect in the South District. She thought that reporting Han Li's location and detailed information to the people above should be enough to earn a significant merit, right! In this way, she would be one step closer to her dream of Foundation Establishment.

Years ago, she and several other peripheral disciples of the Black Fiend Sect who performed well, after witnessing the god-like means of the mysterious Sect Master who could help Qi Condensation cultivators reach Foundation Establishment, immediately surrendered to the Black Fiend Sect. They did so in hopes that one day, when they had rendered enough service, they would be granted the favor of entering the Foundation Establishment stage.

According to her knowledge, most of the peripheral disciples who willingly served the Black Fiend Sect had this goal, so she never thought her choice was wrong!

After all, with her aptitude, her cultivation reaching this point was basically the end of the road. If she wanted to go one step further or even reach Foundation Establishment, there was no other choice.

As for her sworn brothers and sisters, although she felt some regret, since she had embarked on this path, she could only sever all ties. If they were captured, whether they were blood-sacrificed or controlled again, it would depend on the intentions of those above. She didn't intend to plead for them anymore; from now on, she would live only for herself.

As the woman thought fiercely in her heart, while dreaming her dream of Foundation Establishment, her footsteps seemed to become much lighter.

From afar, she saw the street corner of the South District. She was overjoyed and just wanted to speed up a few steps, but suddenly felt a wet sensation under her nose. She curiously reached out to wipe it, took a look, and her body shook, her face full of horror and fear.

Her five white fingers were covered in sticky, black-red liquid.

"This is?"

Fifth Sister was panicked and hurriedly used her sleeve to wipe the black blood under her nose, but at this moment, the nosebleed surged out like a broken dam, and in the blink of an eye, black blood also began to flow from her eyes and ears.

The young woman felt weak all over, her legs went soft, and she fell straight to the ground.

At this time, she felt extremely cold all over, with not a trace of warmth in her heart. She wanted to call for help loudly, but her throat was dry and hoarse, and she couldn't make a sound at all.

Subsequently, her spiritual sense gradually blurred. Not long after, she fell into eternal darkness.

And early the next morning, passersby would be slightly surprised to find a pool of black blood for no reason, forcing them to walk around it, which led to quite a bit of gossip.

At the moment the young woman died, Han Li was in his room, checking all his magic tools and talismans, making preparations for departure.

After packing up, Han Li looked at the crescent moon outside the window, a look of loneliness appearing on his face, and he suddenly muttered to himself in a low voice:

"About time, the poison should have activated."

After saying this, Han Li sighed lightly, left the room, and headed toward the Qinyin Courtyard.

Han Li's suspicion of that Fifth Sister had actually been discovered when he was detoxifying the Meng Mountain Five Friends. The poison in her body was much lighter than the other three, and even if it activated, it wouldn't be fatal.

On the contrary, the Blood Curse on her body took Han Li a lot of effort to remove, which showed that the time she had been under the Blood Curse shouldn't have been short, otherwise it wouldn't have left such a deep mark in her spiritual sense.

Holding a vigilant heart, when Han Li lifted the Blood Curse for the woman, he deliberately placed a small restriction as a rearguard.

The function of this restriction was very simple: it gathered the remaining medicinal power of the two bottles of antidote she had taken into a certain place in her body, and at a time Han Li needed, it would suddenly change into an extremely potent poison. Because the name of these two bottles of pills was "Inconstant Pill," which could be used as a holy medicine for detoxification or transformed into poison through specific methods, it was one of the spoils of war Han Li had kept.

And tonight, Han Li secretly called the Meng Mountain Five Friends over, let them witness the fact that this woman was an insider, and then took action to capture her, while casually pointing a few fingers at her body.

These few fingers, besides restricting most of the magic power in her body, also triggered the latent restriction. As long as Han Li didn't lift it again after a short while, the woman would die silently like the scene above, leaving no trace behind.

Whether Han Li wanted to kill this woman or not, hindered by the feelings of the Meng Mountain Five Friends, was also ambiguous. But he absolutely could not let this woman leak the relationship between the Qin Mansion and them; this was Han Li's bottom line.

Triggering the restriction at that time was just a cautious defensive measure on Han Li's part; he hadn't expected it to truly come in handy.

That was why Han Li was so calm when facing the black-faced old man's report, not panicking in the slightest.

Actually, if this woman had honestly stayed in the Qin Mansion as a captive, Han Li would have suppressed the activation of the restriction for her.

But now she had escaped, and whether it was the Meng Mountain Five Friends who had let her go voluntarily or not, she had disappeared from this world and wouldn't leak any information to the Black Fiend Sect. Moreover, he had sold the Meng Mountain Five Friends such a huge favor, which should be of great benefit to winning over these few, right!

When he arrived at the Qinyin Courtyard, although the black-faced old man and the others were in low spirits, they had made all preparations and were waiting for Han Li's arrival.

"Let's go!" As soon as he entered the room, Han Li said cleanly and neatly.

The Xin Prince's Mansion in the night was like a huge monster, intimidating all the petty thieves who wanted to target this place.

But tonight, Han Li and the others used invisibility spells and sneaked in quietly.

At this time, the Xin Prince's Mansion, because of the inexplicable disappearance of Old Godly Man Wu, had been in an uproar all day. But in the middle of the night like this, except for some guards and sentries, everyone else had long since fallen asleep and was now sleeping soundly.

After entering the mansion, Han Li immediately found a guard on duty, used the Soul Control Technique to make him spit out the location of the Chief Steward and the little prince, and then knocked him out with a palm.

Then, he said to the other four:

"Between these two, the little prince's cultivation is the lowest, so let's start with him, and then deal with the Chief Steward last."

The Meng Mountain Four Friends had already been greatly surprised that the Black Fiend Sect people were actually people from the Xin Prince's Mansion. Hearing Han Li's words, they naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement. To these cultivators, although this little prince was a royal relative, his identity as a core disciple of the Black Fiend Sect was what they feared more.

Then, the few approached the little prince's residence, a three-story small building, silently.

There were still several guards from the Prince's Mansion nearby. To avoid them coming over to interfere if a fight broke out, the Meng Mountain Four Friends didn't wait for Han Li to take action and went forward to knock them down one by one.

Han Li watched their skilled movements and nodded secretly, feeling that some of his subordinates seemed quite good!

Because he learned from the guard that the little prince lived on the third floor, Han Li didn't let them go upstairs but ordered them to ambush in the surroundings separately.

In case this little prince was too slippery and escaped from Han Li's hands, they could just intercept him and buy time for Han Li.

Of course, to avoid alarming the Chief Steward who lived on the other side of the mansion, Han Li didn't hesitate to cast a super-large sound-insulation barrier, covering an area of several dozen feet around the small building.

Only then did Han Li fly lightly to the third floor and flash into the building.

When the Meng Mountain Four Friends watched the third floor of the small building with trepidation, not blinking their eyes, a figure flashed out from inside.

The few were startled, but upon discovering it was still Han Li, their hearts relaxed, but they also felt very strange.

Had this Senior Han succeeded so quickly? But why didn't they see the little prince?

Han Li flew down from the building with a gloomy face. Seeing the four gather around, he frowned and said:

"There's no one upstairs, only a puppet changed by illusion. It seems he must have gone out for something."

Han Li's words left the others staring at each other, not knowing what to do.

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