Chapter 715

Inside the Shanzhuang, it was not only these thirty people on guard; on the contrary, to find Ning Chen and Seeing Hu Di, they had expended considerable effort, drawing personnel in waves, so that their people were almost everywhere within the Shanzhuang.

If Ning Chen dared to confront the people at the gate, then the others inside the Shanzhuang would surely receive news very quickly; at that time, they would swarm over, and there would be at least several hundred Ning Chens. Under the circumstances of needing to take the hostage away, it was truly uncertain whether he could contend with them. If he used the Time Stop skill again at this moment, it would not be impossible, but after using this skill, Ning Chen's Tili Society would be greatly consumed, meaning that after using the skill, he would be unable to use any other skills.

It was still uncertain whether there would be pursuers behind, but at this moment, Ning Chen could only choose to go all out. He put Seeing Hu Di, who was on his back, down, then checked his breath, confirming that this person currently faced no life-threatening danger, but Yishiban Society would not wake up, so he silently recited in his mind.

"Use skill."

They were now infinitely close to the Shanzhuang gate, but the Time Stop skill had only a one-minute duration, meaning they had to run out of the Shanzhuang from their current position within one minute. This was a very difficult matter; after Ning Chen finished using the skill, his physical consumption was enormous, let alone carrying a person on his back; if his physical strength ran out halfway, then neither of the two would be able to walk.

But there was no time for regret now; he had already used the skill. At the very beginning of the skill, Ning Chen grabbed Seeing Hu Di on his back, placing him on his back in a posture suitable for running fast, and ran towards the gate with all his might. There was only one minute, not much; Ning Chen had to succeed in running out within this minute. This was a considerable challenge for him; besides testing speed, it also tested endurance. But Ning Chen truly possessed this ability; he calculated the time in his heart, and his whole body was like a human countdown timer.

It was also fortunate that their distance from the Shanzhuang gate was indeed not very close; at this time, increasing the speed a bit would allow them to get out. Carrying a person on his back did affect Ning Chen's movement after all, especially since he had just finished using the skill, but fortunately, Ning Chen had a clear understanding of his own abilities; he would not do things that forced himself, so before using the skill, he had already weighed his own strength. He ensured that at this time he would not be cut down halfway due to exhausting his physical strength, so during the run, Ning Chen's posture was actually quite relaxed.

With twenty seconds remaining, he finally walked to the Shanzhuang gate carrying the person on his back.

Seeing Hu Di was on his back, still unconscious. Under the Time Stop skill, all living beings and time except Ning Chen would return to a state of stillness; Ning Chen did not need to worry about him waking up during the skill's use, but the most worrying thing was whether he could escape the Shanzhuang before the skill ended.

The Shanzhuangde Sect door was specially made, very heavy; Ning Chen pushed it open, expending considerable strength and also spending considerable time. His originally planned departure from the Shanzhuang gate was set to end fifteen seconds before the skill ended, but now it seemed there was still some deviation from the original plan.

But the difference was not much. Currently calculated, if he wanted to leave the Shanzhuang, he still needed five seconds, meaning he could leave ten seconds before the skill ended.

Ten seconds was very short for Ning Chen, but ten seconds was also enough for him to do quite a few things.

Ning Chen's hand was placed on the door; after his hand touched the door, he immediately made a pushing-outward motion. Ning Chen had considerable strength, and such a heavy door was easily pushed open by him.

Ning Chen took a few steps to the outside of the door, then turned back. One hand still had to attend to the person on his back, so he needed to use one hand to support Seeing Hu Di. This time, he used both hands and feet to close the Shanzhuang gate.

After the door closed, a loud bang rang out. Ning Chen heard this sound and frowned; then, with one hand, he adjusted Seeing Hu Di on his back, thought for a moment, changed his posture, letting Seeing Hu Di's stomach press against his shoulder, and carried him in a carrying posture.

It was also fortunate that Seeing Hu Di was thin enough; Ning Chen carrying him did not require too much strength. After walking out of the Shanzhuang gate, Ning Chen flashed aside to hide behind a tree on the mountain, put the person down, and sighed with relief.

"Skill released."

At this time, the skill was already used up; delaying further would only make Ning Chen's physical strength consume faster, so after confirming he was safe, he decisively released the skill, leaned his back against the tree trunk, and brushed the dust off his body.

He looked at Seeing Hu Di on the ground and frowned; this person's complexion was too pale, making Ning Chen feel somewhat uneasy.

But fortunately, this person's breath was still normal; checking his body temperature, heartbeat, and so on, everything was also still normal. Ning Chen let go of Seeing Hu Di's hand, pressed his back against the tree trunk, poked his head out a little, and went to observe the situation inside the Shanzhuang.

At this time, they should have long since resumed movement, but they should not know that Ning Chen had taken Seeing Hu Di and run out; this was actually good, as it could buy time.

Ning Chen's car was parked quite far from the foot of the mountain; at that time, he had intentionally parked the car far away to prevent the people inside the Shanzhuang from detecting his presence.

At that time, he had not thought about a way out; no one was coming to support him, meaning Ning Chen had to go down the mountain alone and take Seeing Hu Di to the car.

Ning Chen looked at the road down the mountain and felt that taking Seeing Hu Di would take about half an hour.

He sighed, then hoisted Seeing Hu Di onto his shoulder again, planning to leave after returning Seeing Hu Di to the police station, since this place was not suitable for him to stay long.

Ning Chen's meddling this time undoubtedly offended another new organization; if he continued to stay here, who knew how much trouble would arise later.

Twenty minutes later.

Ning Chen placed Seeing Hu Di in the passenger seat. The people inside the Shanzhuang seemed completely unaware of their escape and did not send anyone to chase them.

Only after Ning Chen inserted the key into the car and sat down, looking at Seeing Hu Di who was still unconscious in the back seat, did Ning Chen feel a sense of relief after getting out.

He pressed the accelerator, the car immediately started, and the distance from the Shanzhuang grew farther and farther.

After Ning Chen released the skill, the people inside the Shanzhuang all felt as if a lifetime had passed; the person guarding the Shanzhuang gate rubbed his brow and turned to look at the tightly closed gate.

Fortunately, it was closed.

There were more than thirty people here; even a fly could not fly in, so they did not think Ning Chen had the ability to take Seeing Hu Di and escape, so they stood in place, guarding their posts, and did not go out to patrol.

Li Yu and others searched in the garden for nearly an afternoon but found nothing. Ning Chen and Seeing Hu Di, the two of them, seemed to have vanished into thin air from the world, leaving not a single trace.

Not finding them in the garden was one thing, but the key was that Li Yu sent people to search the entire manor, yet still found nothing; not only the garden, but even inside the manor, there was no news of Ning Chen at all.

Li Yu was extremely unwilling; since he accepted this organization, he had hardly tasted the feeling of failure, and Ning Chen appearing again and again truly gave Li Yu this feeling.

Li Yu's face was gloomy; he stood under the streetlamp set up in the garden, the light sprinkling on his hair, making his whole person appear even colder.

Li Yu's hand slowly leaned on the streetlamp; after a while, he spat out a few words: "Withdraw all personnel."

Li Yu's words were like an imperial decree; those subordinates were already annoyed from searching for people, only afraid that Li Yu would punish them, so they did not dare to show their true feelings.

Now seeing that Li Yu was willing to let people go, even fewer people wanted to stay inside. After all, they had almost turned the entire Shanzhuang upside down; even if someone was hiding inside, it would be impossible not to discover them.

The only possibility was that Ning Chen had already taken Seeing Hu Di and escaped.

Li Yu had not failed to think of this possibility, but he had already surrounded the Shanzhuang layer upon layer, meaning it was fundamentally impossible for anyone to enter or leave the Shanzhuang.

So this was equivalent to a paradox; if they wanted to find Ning Chen, perhaps they could only go out of the Shanzhuang to look for people, but under the premise of confirming no one entered or left the Shanzhuang, how could looking for people possibly happen outside?

Obviously, Li Yu thought the same way; Li Yu's face became even gloomier, but in the end, he still dispersed those people.

He walked back into the Shanzhuang alone. At that time, he thought the inside of the Shanzhuang was safe enough, so he did not place any tracking equipment on Seeing Hu Di; who knew that Ning Chen would have such boldness, daring to break into someone else's territory to kidnap people.

If Ning Chen were not Li Yu and others' match, then Li Yu would certainly appreciate Ning Chen himself; unfortunately, Ning Chen insisted on opposing them, so he could only be an enemy, not a friend.

Li Yu took a deep breath, found his mobile phone, pressed a few numbers on the dial pad with his fingers, and finally pressed the call button.

The other side seemed like no one was there; after Li Yu dialed the phone, he could only hear a mechanical voice coming from the phone, but could not hear any human voice.

At this moment, he could not find anyone, and his mood was already somewhat bad; now the phone call could not be connected, let alone other more troubling matters; Li Yu pressed his brow heavily.

He did not give up here, but dialed a few more calls. Fortunately, the third call was answered.

Li Yu did not wait for the other side to speak; he immediately blurted out: "Not answering the phone?"

The other side was silent for a moment, then a laugh soon came out, the tone carrying a bit of a careless feeling: "Wasn't I just busy?"

Li Yu's tone cooled down: "I don't care what you are busy with now; please stop everything you are doing; Seeing Hu Di is missing."

This was no different from a heavy bomb, at least making the person on the other end of the phone lose their voice for a moment.

Li Yu frowned: "Answer me."

The other side was silent for about a minute; during that time, the sound of turning pages could be heard from the other side, and only then did he reply: "Come on, don't joke with me; these few matters in my hand must be handled personally; if the superiors blame me, I can't bear it either."

But Li Yu did not want to listen to what he was saying; at this moment, he was unusually anxious, so his speech speed became much faster: "I am not joking. No matter who you are working for, Seeing Hu Di is missing, taken away by a person named Ning Chen. I hope you immediately investigate the whereabouts of those two people and do not let Ning Chen escape."

Hearing this sentence, the other side seemed to finally believe what Li Yu said; he asked lightly over the phone: "You actually encountered Ning Chen? That really is a persistent ghost."

"What," Li Yu said, "have you seen him?"

"That's not the case. If I had truly seen him, I wouldn't be able to call you now," the person on the other end said. "In our circle, Ning Chen's name is already very famous. There's no shortage of people wanting to cooperate with Ning Chen to dismantle other organizations, but Ning Chen is like a ghost, appearing and disappearing without a trace. Even if we wanted to find him, we can't find any clues."

Li Yu's hand unconsciously rested on the table, a hint of speculation in his expression: "Has he returned to the country now? I just need you to roughly check his current location for me."

Normally, Li Yu wouldn't proactively contact the organization on the other end of the phone unless he had something to do. That organization specialized in gathering various kinds of information. Although there were few capable fighters within it, everyone's minds were sharp, and they could usually obtain intelligence that other organizations couldn't get.

Li Yu wouldn't contact them at all when he had nothing to do; after all, for Li Yu, the two organizations simply kept to their own lanes. But when he needed to find someone, looking around, it seemed only this organization could be of use.

The person on the other end naturally knew who Li Yu was. After hearing Li Yu's words, they thought for a moment, felt the request wasn't too difficult, and agreed.

Li Yu said, "Alright, then I'll wait for your news... Give me the news as soon as possible. I'm not sure if Ning Chen actually took Seeing Hu Di to Huaguo."

The person on the other end responded with a string of "yeses" before letting Li Yu hang up the phone.

Li Yu and Seeing Hu Di could be considered brothers who had gone through life and death together. If the other one died so inexplicably, Li Yu felt it would be hard for him to be at peace.

But he couldn't interfere too much in this matter. Although Li Yu owned an organization, compared to Ning Chen, his actions had too many inconveniences.

After all, Li Yu's enemies weren't just Ning Chen; there were others eyeing this organization hungrily.

After getting into the car, Ning Chen tied a strap around Seeing Hu Di in the back seat. He thought Seeing Hu Di should be waking up by now, so this time he wouldn't knock the person unconscious again.

Seeing Hu Di woke up at about the time Ning Chen had expected. After opening his eyes, his gaze fell on the half of Ning Chen's shoulder that was exposed. His look was fierce, and he remained silent.

But even though he didn't speak, Ning Chen still keenly felt the gaze thrown from behind, like a nail firmly driven into him, impossible to ignore.

So Ning Chen turned his head. With this turn, he locked eyes with Seeing Hu Di and naturally saw the killing intent in the other's eyes with ease.

Ning Chen paused for a moment, then smiled: "Do you think you can still kill me like this now? Reel in the emotions in your eyes, otherwise I won't mind giving you a taste of bitterness."

634 decided to leave.

Seeing Hu Di opened Zhang Zui, half his face hidden in shadow, deliberately concealing the expression revealed on his face. After a long while, he spoke in an extremely hoarse voice: "How did you do it?"

Ning Chen didn't speak, only glanced at Seeing Hu Di through the rearview mirror.

Seeing Hu Di locked eyes with Ning Chen in the mirror; fear had already appeared in the depths of his eyes. Seeing that Ning Chen didn't answer him, he asked again: "Did Li Yu not find me?"

This time, Ning Chen finally spoke: "The people in your Shanzhuang are truly useless. I was just wandering around the garden with you, and they still couldn't find me."

Ning Chen didn't mind giving some false information; after all, Seeing Hu Di was an enemy to him, and dismantling the enemy's internal organization was just something done on the side.

But Seeing Hu Di was a shrewd person; he always maintained a half-skeptical attitude. In the end, silence fell over the car again.

Seeing Hu Di could feel that the back of his neck still hurt; he must have been knocked unconscious by Ning Chen before. Thinking of this, a hint of anger inevitably appeared on his face, and his mind felt a bit foggy at this moment.

Ning Chen increased the car's speed, speeding along a deserted highway. Seeing Hu Di swayed left and right with the car's bumps. As if finally unable to endure it, Seeing Hu Di asked before vomiting: "Where exactly do you want to take me?"

Ning Chen gripped the steering wheel and said steadily: "The police station, of course."

Seeing Hu Di was somewhat surprised and let out a scoffing laugh: "Aren't you afraid they'll come to rescue me again?"

"What does that have to do with me?" Ning Chen said. "I've already brought the person to the police station. If they let you escape again, I won't need to continue lending a hand. It's just mud that can't be plastered on a wall. However, this time, they won't find your tracks so easily."

Seeing Hu Di snorted coldly: "That's not necessarily true."

Ning Chen glanced at him in the rearview mirror again, seeming to find it somewhat amusing, and said: "You're so confident. You'll probably only find repentance before you die. Those police arresting you aren't entirely for the purpose of killing you; you still have some intelligence you haven't confessed. Before that, they probably won't do much to you."