Chapter 354

Zheng Yi's expression changed, her fingers tightened, and she couldn't help but lift her sword and protect it in front of her.

"Zheng Anqi Sheng!?"

This was an answer she had never expected... at least it shouldn't be now, it shouldn't be in this Nanjing city.

Traveling with Li Miao for this period, at first Li Miao was guarded against her, and the clues and inferences he obtained were not all shared with her. But since the Xue Bangzhu incident, Li Miao began to gradually get close to her.

And since the Kongming Sect incident, she told Li Miao everything about her mother's affairs. After Li Miao finished listening, he also shared all clues and inferences with her—including the hints left by Ji Tianrui.

She thought, perhaps the enemy standing at the end of this road would be that "Zheng Anqi Sheng," but that should be after fighting to Yingzhou with Li Miao, at least after finding out the roots of Yingzhou.

She really didn't have the slightest expectation that the roots of Yingzhou, the secret of her mother, the role of the mysterious mirror, and the truth of the Penglai extermination, all of which were still hidden under the water—

Zheng Anqi Sheng, had already appeared before her.

Zheng Yi already had the intention to retreat.

At this moment, she heard the man opposite laugh lightly.

"No, not Zheng Anqi Sheng."

"Just Zheng Anqi."

Zheng Yi's footsteps, which were quietly moving backward, paused.

"What do you mean?"

"Literal meaning."

The man calling himself Zheng Anqi spread his hands and laughed teasingly.

"Tsk."

Zheng Yi gritted her teeth.

This person... how does he look so much like Li Miao?

Both are the same speaking with a smile, the same arrogance. If it were on one's own side, this attitude would naturally be refreshing. If it were on the opposite side, it would be maddening.

But the reason she stopped was naturally not the other party's attitude.

"Not Zheng Anqi Sheng, but Zheng Anqi... what does it mean? Zheng Anqi is the original name of Zheng Anqi Sheng, what is the difference between the two? And... it's a bit odd that he would appear in this Nanjing."

With a thought, Zheng Yi slowly pointed her sword at the other party.

Killing intent and true energy condensed on the sword tip.

Zheng Anqi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Zheng Yi with a smile, full of flaws, as if he were really facing a guest.

The air froze at this instant.

And then exploded with a bang!

Across a distance of several zhang, Zheng Yi stabbed with her sword!

The fight with Wang Ziyi didn't damage her meridians, the Sumeru Realm had already replenished the consumed true energy, and now Zheng Yi's true energy was ten out of ten—and she bet all ten out of ten true energy on the gambling table!

The sharp whistle of tearing the air exploded, as if the process had been eliminated; Zheng Yi's sword tip appeared in front of Zheng Anqi in the next instant!

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"This way!"

Wang Hai rushed out of the crowd, shouted without looking back, and jumped off the roof. Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan followed closely, leaping into the courtyard of a civilian house.

The guards chasing them followed, and just as they were in mid-air, hundreds of cold lights shot out from the ground in front of them!

Blood splashed, and the dark blue cow-hair needles pierced through their bodies, nailing them to the wall with a swish.

Several guards staggered after landing, their faces pale, reaching out to touch the places on their bodies that had been pierced, but felt no pain or itch, as if nothing had happened.

But in the next instant, a strange change occurred!

Eyes bloodshot, bodies hunched, hands and feet twitching... the scene that happened on Mount Tai, where disciples were transformed into insect soldiers, reappeared here! These few guards turned around and pounced on their comrades behind them, biting and tearing!

Taking advantage of this moment of chaos, Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan followed Wang Hai and rushed into the house.

Wang Hai flashed to the wall, hammered it, and only heard the sound of mechanism gears turning; a hole appeared on the ground, and the three leaped in, the hole sealing behind them.

Along the secret passage under the hole, the three detoured for several dozen zhang, and emerged from one of the exits.

Wang Hai took the two and leaped into a neighbor's house, took out two sets of clothes from the woodshed for Gao and Gu to change into, and opened a hole again to drill in.

Repeating this several times, the three tossed for half an hour, and even Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan were dizzy and didn't know east, west, north, or south, before Wang Hai took the two to the side of the Qinhuai River.

Looking at the two, Wang Hai leaped down.

Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan looked at each other, and had no choice but to follow, leaping into the water.

Swimming underwater for about twenty or thirty zhang, Wang Hai touched the riverbank, reached out to grope on a stone, exerted force and twisted, and pried a stone off, revealing the hole behind it.

The three drilled into it, swam several zhang along the passage only one arm wide, and saw firelight faintly appearing above the water ahead. Wang Hai swam to the surface first, exposed his head, and let out a long breath.

Xiaosi ran over and reached out to pull Wang Hai up.

"Brother Hai, was it smooth?"

Wang Hai borrowed force to turn over and land, true energy steamed, and a burst of steam suddenly rose from his body, drying his clothes in just a moment, and only then did he smile and say to Xiaosi.

"It was okay, those guards weren't difficult to deal with, and that peak expert was entangled by the insects, so he shouldn't be able to catch up for a while; we are still safe tonight."

"It's thanks to this Nanjing city, the capital of the founding, the birthplace of the Embroidered Uniform Guard; if it were any other place, I'm afraid we really wouldn't be able to find so many secret rooms and dark passages."

While the two were talking, Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan also climbed up, their eyes wide open, looking around curiously.

This place was actually an extremely spacious secret room, several zhang square, with beds, tables, and chairs in the secret room, and even a stove. There were several secret doors on the stone wall, and there were obviously other rooms and passages.

No wonder that even though the Embroidered Uniform Guard yamen had fallen and the four garrison eunuchs were searching the whole city, Wang Hai and Xiaosi could still hide in Nanjing city for such a long time.

Wang Hai and Xiaosi whispered for a while, then turned to bow to Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan.

"Brother Gao, Brother Gu."

Only then did Gao Anyu and Gu Feixuan react, first bowing to thank them, and then asking.

"Are you two Battalion Commander Wang and Battalion Commander Li?"

"Exactly."

Wang Hai nodded.

With You Zi'ang passing the letter in the middle, Gao Anyu, Wang Hai, and Xiaosi all knew each other's identities; although Gu Feixuan was added later, he had also been explained by Gao Anyu, and there was no need for further introduction at this time.

The four got to know each other, and Wang Hai's expression turned solemn.

"This is not the time for pleasantries, I have a question—Senior Zheng Yi, has she already gone to the Embroidered Uniform Guard yamen?"

Gao Anyu nodded.

Wang Hai let out a long sigh.

"In that case... I'm afraid it's ominous."

Gao Anyu's expression changed, and he asked urgently.

"Brother Wang, why do you say that? With Senior Zheng's martial arts, it's hard to find an opponent in the Jianghu... what kind of plan does this Immortal Master Zheng have that makes Brother Wang so sure that Senior Zheng will fall into his hands?"

Wang Hai sighed long.

"A Heaven-Man of the Two-Path Realm is indeed shocking in the Jianghu, but except for the Commander, I'm afraid that at this time, these Heaven-Men of the One-Path or Two-Path Realm in the Jianghu cannot hurt that Immortal Master Zheng in the slightest."

(End of chapter)