Chapter 231: The Danger of Ren Li (Seeking Subscriptions)

The moonlight was bright and clear.

Huizhun carefully closed the old box and put it away.

Seeing the other person pull away from their own thoughts, Du En then continued, "Come to think of it, you didn't seem too surprised by my appearance and arrival?"

Although he had indeed lent a hand at a critical moment, and his intentions were quite simple and clear, this Huizhun, while seemingly retaining the nature of a surveillance soldier, also revealed a hint of oddity, accepting the fact of his appearance very easily.

"That is correct."

Huizhun seemed to feel a bit surprised, but no strange expression flickered across that expressionless face; only their gaze jumped quite noticeably.

He realized he seemed to have misunderstood something, so he continued, "Actually, while executing this mission, I discovered that someone seemed to be searching for my whereabouts."

Having said this, he paused a moment, weighing the current situation, and feeling there was no problem, he continued his words.

"It was at the very beginning of the mission; at that time, I only thought it was because the person behind the scenes had noticed my abandonment of my external identity and active deployment, but after observing, it seemed not quite right. After careful consideration, out of caution, I simply chose to avoid them and continue the mission."

"So, that is why you thought I was one of them just now?"

Du En asked, lost in thought.

"Yes."

"No, you misunderstood, though, perhaps you didn't misunderstand."

"Hm?"

Huizhun appeared somewhat puzzled, not rushing to express an opinion, just listening silently.

As for Du En, he had a rough idea in his mind.

Ren Li.

This ninth disciple of the Great Cultivator of Yunyi had not forgotten the matter from back then; he was still very concerned and had managed to run over here to Chiwu.

Du En now understood the difficulty of such a thing very well.

Even for a Great Cultivator, at the very least, one needed a transfer order from the Pivot City to move their position; otherwise, they would be severely punished or even demoted to the convict camp.

Therefore, even as a disciple of a Great Cultivator, Ren Li could not just go wherever he wanted!

"In fact, besides me, there was another person who received the same deathbed entrustment; he is from Yunyi City, and it is possible he ran over here to find you."

Du En explained simply, then added, "Just now, while tracking the flow of the corpses, I heard the person behind the scenes vaguely reveal that this person was also involved in this matter, so, do you have any clues about this?"

"So that's how it is..."

Huizhun fell into thought, then, finding something possibly relevant from their memory, said, "When my actions here reached a critical point, I once sensed some movement from far away in the north, but I didn't have time to investigate; it might be related to that side."

He pointed out a general direction to Du En.

"Good, I understand. Then, let us part for now."

Du En did not delay in the slightest, following the direction to go and search.

Because he thought of those people at the city gate.

If those were indeed people from Yunyi City and they were hostile toward him, then targeting his essence was actually targeting Ren Li.

With them putting on that kind of display, Ren Li should not be in the city; in other words, his situation might be very dire, and it was necessary to go and investigate first.

And so, the two parted ways in a hurry.

Meanwhile.

Under the same night sky and moonlight, Ren Li was panting, scrambling and diving into a narrow mountain cave, hurriedly hiding behind the vegetation.

At this moment, he looked exceptionally disheveled, his clothes in tatters, covered in wounds, his breath rising and falling erratically, faintly carrying a sense of being scattered and broken, almost on the verge of collapse!

"Damn it! That guy actually dared, really dared—is he not afraid of Master's thunderous wrath?!"

He couldn't stop cursing in his heart, but his movements were cautious; he barely squeezed out a sliver of magic power to cast a Vegetation Concealment Art, hiding himself in this mountain wilderness to isolate and eliminate his own aura.

About a breath later, a whistling sound swept through the air, and a second-tier top-grade magic blade, looking furious, landed directly in the wilderness adjacent to his hiding spot, turning the landing point upside down; pieces of soil and trees were instantly cut into squares, dancing and scattering as they bloomed.

"Damn it, he ran away again!"

Yunying landed from the air with a gloomy face, standing on the hilt of the magic blade with one foot, his aura appearing restless, his divine sense sweeping the surroundings again and again, sifting inch by inch, yet he could not find Ren Li's location.

This made him even more enraged, so his magic power burned like flames, and he further urged a Fireball Art to bomb everywhere, igniting this originally lush and water-rich wilderness.

Speaking of the operation here, as early as when Du En set off and arrived at Chiwu City, they had already arrived a step earlier, attempting to wait for the rabbit by the tree and catch him by surprise.

As it turned out, they waited here for eight days and didn't wait for the rabbit at all.

Because Du En was busy collecting and identifying Red-Leaf Parasol Trees deep in the mountains at the time, and the two sides missed each other.

Not knowing this, they very naturally assumed that Du En might have sensed their movements but didn't understand them, so he hid to observe the situation.

Thus, deciding to go all the way, Yunying thought of attacking what the enemy must save, turning around to target Ren Li first.

Anyway, whether killing one or two, if exposed, the result would be the same, so since killing one is killing, killing two is also killing—might as well wipe them all out at once!

So Ren Li was unlucky.

However, the development of the situation still exceeded Yunying's expectations, appearing full of twists and turns.

First, while tailing Ren Li and locking onto the timing, they accidentally sensed the abnormality brewing in Chiwu City and almost bumped into the hairy zombie controlled by the person behind the scenes.

Then, while tailing in the city, they vaguely discovered someone spying, though not much; judging by the situation, it might have been an Assistant Commissioner of the Surveillance Guard. This matter appeared increasingly mysterious, forcing them to be even more careful.

Finally, when they felt that time would not wait and they could not be trapped here in endless entanglement, needing a quick victory, the process of hunting down Ren Li was full of unexpected events.

Simply put, this kid was incredibly good at running!

First, he drilled everywhere in the Chiwu Mountain Range, heading straight for places where zombies might appear, making Yunying's side restricted and unable to exert full force.

Then, he simply fled the Chiwu Mountain Range and violated the rules by stepping into the mortal realm, which Yunying didn't react to at first; it took a full day for him to realize it and hurry to follow.

And finally, tonight, he caught that kid three times, but three times, he managed to run away every single time!

"Although I initially thought about casting a long line to catch a big fish, this bait is too active and too disobedient; it's truly annoying!"

Thinking this, Yunying was as irritable as fire, his stifled anger growing more intense.

(End of chapter)