Chapter 684: Wuxia: Even Archrivals Can Become Lovers 18

It's useful, thanks to this sachet; otherwise it would have been discovered earlier.

Jin Chen thanked Sang Ning; as usual, the two of them, on good terms, punched him in thanks, 'Thanks!'

Sang Ning rubbed his shoulder, smiling with sweet dimples, 'It's good if I can help! I was still worried I wouldn't be able to help, otherwise my master would surely say I lack experience.'

'Sang brother, rest assured; after leaving Yunshu Town, I will definitely go with you to Medicine King Valley and personally explain the situation to the valley master.'

'Then that's good!'

Sang Ning was overjoyed, happily patted the cloth bag, and took out several jade porcelain bottles, handing them to Jin Chen.

'These are the finest gold trauma medicine and detox pills; Jin brother, please accept them!'

Jin Chen didn't refuse either; Medicine King Valley truly has only good things.

The two's relationship seemed to have improved considerably; Mu Huaizhi glanced over, seeing Jin Chen laughing openly with Sang Ning, his eyes flickering slightly, feeling a faint, unnoticed gloom in his heart.

He had Uncle Bo's family go rest, and the three closed the door to talk in detail.

Sang Ning asked first, 'What happened tonight?'

Mu Huaizhi briefly said what had happened on his side; when he mentioned the empty swaddling cloth, his tone paused slightly.

Because he wasn't sure whether Jin Chen's secret as a real or fake child could be revealed to Sang Ning.

Who would have thought Jin Chen poured a cup of wine and sipped it slowly, speaking frankly, 'It's fine; Sang brother knows my abilities.'

Sang Ning rested his chin on his hand and nodded, 'Yes, I made two sachets; one of them I placed on Nuo Nuo inside the manor, to prevent those black-clothed people from smelling his scent and discovering him.'

'…….'

Mu Huaizhi's face darkened further, his voice cold as he continued, 'In the end, that person threw away the swaddling cloth and set the passage ablaze.'

'However, I suspect that although he stood at the dead end, there might be another exit behind the stone wall.'

'Otherwise, going to such trouble to build this passage just to lure them in to kill them would be overly elaborate.'

Jin Chen deeply agreed.

'And your side?' Mu Huaizhi asked, curious about what had really happened on Jin Chen's side.

'I... it's like this.'

Jin Chen sat up a little straighter and spoke lazily.

Time rewound to half an hour earlier.

Jin Chen was tracking those black-clothed men when he suddenly noticed that the person being followed ahead had decreased by one.

It was precisely the person holding the puppet infant.

He and the system puppet both sensed it; immediately he didn't have time to explain the situation to Mu Huaizhi behind him, so he hurriedly chased after.

This time he didn't make his tracking obvious, but instead hid faintly in the dark.

Finally, the black-clothed man, holding the puppet, wandered around the town and stopped in the temple behind the dry well.

He didn't notice anyone else following, so he directly locked the child in the temple's rear courtyard woodshed and had his accomplices go fetch the coffins.

The puppet, under Jin Chen's control, began to wail with a loud voice; seeing this, the black-clothed man hurriedly and skillfully pulled a porcelain bottle from his bosom and gave the water inside to the puppet.

Jin Chen hid in the dark, his fingers twitching slightly, the corners of his mouth curling wickedly.

Since you love pretending to be ghosts, let's scare you as well.

The next second, the puppet infant actually spoke, its voice ancient and decayed.

'Who dares disturb this venerable one's rest!'

Pa-da—

The black-clothed man's porcelain bottle rolled from his hand; startled and at a loss, he stared at the infant's suddenly cloudy eyes and lowly shouted, 'Who are you!'

'I have lived for several hundred years, yet in training I temporarily reverted to an infant's body, only to be disturbed by you, a yellow-haired brat!'

The infant, in the black-clothed man's eyes that looked like seeing a ghost, extended a finger to form a seal; tremendous internal power erupted, actually piercing the wooden rack behind him.

This scene was truly eerie; the black-clothed man's mouth twitched, feeling it was no different from seeing a ghost.

'You... which sect, which school, which hero are you?'

'Hmph! I am the High Monk Bu Cun Zai of the Illusory Void Peak Misty Pavilion, having secluded myself for a hundred years of cultivation! If you are ignorant and unlearned, it's no wonder you haven't heard of me!'

A string of lofty titles knocked the black-clothed man to the ground in five-body prostration; he secretly thought that if this person's cultivation were perfected, he might be the aid of those several big shots above.

He hurriedly said, 'I didn't know the venerable monk had arrived here; my apologies, I will now go fetch my master!'

Having said that, he straightly bowed to the puppet infant and hurried off to report.

Jin Chen laughed till he trembled; seeing the person being transferred away, he hurried out and opened the other coffins.

Sure enough, inside were infants and young children who hadn't yet been processed, fallen into a deep sleep coma, fortunately without danger to their lives.

Just in this room alone there were as many as seven.

He gathered all the children, stored them in his space, noted the room's location in the temple, and left by the way he came.

Jin Chen didn't know whose families the children belonged to, so he simply ran to the inspectorate office and woke the inspector who was still snoring loudly.

'I've brought back seven children; you take care of them for one night, then tomorrow morning find their families.'

'Ah?!'

The inspector, hearing this, tumbled out of the room crawling; seeing the seven children alive with eyes wide open, he nearly burst into tears from joy!

It's wonderful that these children are unharmed!

Jin Chen was about to say more when he heard '0731' squeak-squeak wah-wah.

【Host!! Main God is in danger! At the bottom of the well in that temple!】

Jin Chen's eyes changed instantly; he leapt out the window and vanished from the spot.

'Eh? Great Hero Jin?!'

The inspector had just turned around when the person disappeared; he muttered that the speed was astonishing, and hurriedly had the constables and servants come to comfort the children.

Jin Chen slightly altered these matters, saying the control of the infant puppet was just his own voice, and he didn't mention at all how he had brought all seven children away together.

After hearing that, Sang Ning held his stomach and laughed uncontrollably, "Jin brother, you're simply a talent! Illusory doesn't exist! Hahahaha!"

Mu Huaizhi's lips curved up, his phoenix eyes also full of smiles, "You're consistently full of schemes."

In just one night he saved seven children; this person is truly formidable.

Jin Chen accepted all the praise, pinched Mu Huaizhi's cheek, "Mu Huaizhi, you can't praise me a bit."

His ear tips visibly reddened; Mu Huaizhi brushed his hand away, frowned coldly, "It has nothing to do with me, but if you keep touching me, I'll surely cripple you."

After saying that, he saw Jin Chen's smile fade, immediately his expression froze slightly, somewhat regrettably he lowered his eyes and stayed silent.

Clearly intending to praise someone, but what came out was such words.

Mu Huaizhi knows he's not good with words, but sometimes he especially regrets that trouble comes from his mouth.

So many times he simply doesn't speak.

Sang Ning sensed something was off between the two, scratched his head, said he was going to sleep, and hurried out the door.

Strange, the atmosphere is too strange.

The door closed tightly, Jin Chen slowly finished the remaining wine in his cup, cleared his throat, "Alright, go rest."

He stood up first, his face tense, as if he were angry.

Mu Huaizhi felt heavy-hearted, clenched the cup until it turned to powder.

A pleasant chat, yet he messed it up again.

Who would have thought that just as Jin Chen took off his outer robe, seeing him silent, he walked over again and leaned in to look.

"No way, Mu Huaizhi, are you angry?"