Seeing the copper mirror tremble and hum, Wei Yutian’s eyes narrowed. He imdiately turned around and grabbed the unconscious Xiao Yu, knocked out by a palm blade, his figure flickering as he dashed out the door.
Wei Yutian was carrying Xiao Yu. Just as he reached the main hall entrance, Zhu Xiaoqi, dressed in her nightclothes, erged from the opposite wing.
At a glance, she saw Xiao Yu being abducted by a man in black, rushing outside.
In a panic, Zhu Xiaoqi scread and imdiately used Cloud Serpent Step.
At this point, Wei Yutian had already leaped onto the courtyard wall. He hadn’t expected a maid from the Xiao family to possess lightweight skill. Just as Zhu Xiaoqi tapped the threshold with her toes, leaving behind residual shadows, she had already jumped into the air...
Wei Yutian hadn’t anticipated such a series of twists and turns this ti, but regardless of how many changes occurred, the beauty was now in hand, and any ordeal was worth it. What he needed to do now was to retreat quickly.
Standing atop the courtyard wall, Wei Yutian flicked his right hand, shooting two flying blades towards the airborne Zhu Xiaoqi.
Almost simultaneously as the flying blades were released, Wei Yutian’s figure flickered, already carrying Xiao Yu down from the wall and into so shadowy place outside the courtyard.
In midair, Zhu Xiaoqi found herself almost unable to evade the swiftly moving flying blades. The two blades hit her solidly, one piercing her calf, the other her shoulder.
Her figure skewed, and she plumted down...
With his robe draped over him, Xiao Zongting limped out from his wing room. By then, Wei Yutian had already vanished from the courtyard, leaving him only to witness Zhu Xiaoqi falling from the sky.
"Xiaoqi, what happened?" Xiao Zongting exclaid.
With tears in her eyes, Zhu Xiaoqi bowed and cried out, "Master, Miss Xiao has been abducted!"
"Yu’er?!" Xiao Zongting was thunderstruck. The trembling sound of the copper mirror just now had clearly originated from Xiao Yu’s chamber. Standing in the courtyard, Xiao Zongting shouted, "Shang Hongye! Shang Hongye! There are bandits!"
Shang Hongye was the captain of the patrol guards in the central courtyard.
Xiao Zongting yelled at the top of his lungs, his sorrowful voice echoing in the night sky!
It imdiately alard the guards patrolling in the Martial Arts Arena.
Shang Hongye, the Second Level of Inner Breath Realm, promptly rushed towards Xiao Zongting’s courtyard in large strides. He didn’t use the main gate but directly leaped over the wall into the backyard where Xiao Zongting’s shouts echoed.
Shang Hongye, ard with a saber, jumped in, looking at Xiao Zongting, and asked, "Elder Xiao, what’s happened?"
"Shang Hongye! Xiao Yu has been abducted. Quick! Stop them! Don’t let them escape!"
"Xiao Yu?" Shang Hongye’s heart skipped a beat, and he imdiately jumped onto the rooftop, scanning around. But aside from a patrol team heading there, no human silhouette was visible in the pitch-dark night.
Moreover, Xiao Yu was at the Third Level of Inner Breath Realm, and was still abducted. Even if he did spot soone, could he truly stop them?
Duan Rong had just gone to bed when he vaguely heard commotion outside. His mind moved, and Divine Sense imdiately expanded outward!
Divine Sense covered the vicinity of the Martial Arts Arena, right at the hundred-ter edge. Shang Hongye suddenly turned his head toward Xiao Zongting’s courtyard, exclaiming, "It’s Elder Xiao calling!"
Imdiately, Shang Hongye led the patrol team in a rush towards Xiao Zongting’s courtyard.
"It’s Elder Xiao!" For so reason, Duan Rong felt an uneasy premonition. He threw off the quilt and suddenly jumped out of bed, his figure flickering as he exited the courtyard gate. He moved swiftly, passing through courtyards, tapping the wall-side willow tree with his toes, and directly leaped over the courtyard wall.
Swift as a phantom, Duan Rong entered Xiao Zongting’s backyard. Shang Hongye stood on the roof of the main hall, with Zhu Xiaoqi and Xiao Zongting standing in the yard.
It had only been re seconds since Xiao Zongting’s initial call.
Duan Rong’s eyes showed concern as he asked, "Elder Xiao, Xiaoqi, what happened?"
"Young Duan, Xiao Yu has been abducted."
"Foolish boy, save Miss Xiao Yu." Zhu Xiaoqi’s voice choked with sobs.
Duan Rong’s eyelid twitched, and Divine Sense suddenly expanded, finding no abnormalities within a hundred ters.
Duan Rong leaped and stood on the rooftop, quickly scanning and headed in a direction where the tree shadows were thickest and lights dimst.
With Divine Sense projected outward, Duan Rong sprinted through the shadows, but even upon reaching the street outside the Escort Agency, seeing only an empty street, he noticed nothing amiss.
Duan Rong’s heart pained. "Xiao Yu?"
Suddenly, Duan Rong’s eyes brightened, rembering the flying blade seemingly embedded in Zhu Xiaoqi’s shoulder earlier.
Duan Rong imdiately returned.
Xiao Zongting, witnessing his return, urgently asked, "How did it go? Did you see anyone?"
Duan Rong shook his head and was about to walk towards Zhu Xiaoqi.
But suddenly, Xiao Zongting’s face turned pale, unable to catch his breath, and he fainted to the ground.
"Master..." Zhu Xiaoqi cried out. She had been standing, leaning against the stone table. Now as she moved, she suddenly felt dizzy, her vision darkened, and she too collapsed abruptly.
By this ti, Shang Hongye had already left, and Duan Rong had chased after, so he couldn’t keep watching from the rooftop.
Duan Rong looked at Xiao Zongting and Zhu Xiaoqi, who nearly fell simultaneously, feeling a headache.
He first crouched before Xiao Zongting, checked his pulse, finding it was an attack by anxiety, a sputum surged up, stifling him. Duan Rong flipped his hand and opened a porcelain bottle, feeding Xiao Zongting a dicine pill.
After confirming Xiao Zongting was rely unconscious and not seriously hard, Duan Rong moved towards Zhu Xiaoqi and swept his gaze, noticing flying sabers embedded in her shoulder and leg.
"This girl, only fretting over others..."
Seeing Zhu Xiaoqi’s flushed face, Duan Rong realized she had a fever. This indicated sothing Duan Rong understood well.
He pulled out the flying blade from Zhu Xiaoqi’s shoulder, and imdiately several drops of black blood dripped from the blade.
"Indeed, poisoned!"
Duan Rong then tore open Zhu Xiaoqi’s shoulder garnt, revealing an infant fist-sized black patch of skin. At its center, the wound was oozing black blood...
Duan Rong imdiately drew out the Cow Tail Saber, standing there, his wrist flicked, slicing away the black skin at Zhu Xiaoqi’s shoulder. She groaned faintly in pain.
Then, Duan Rong sliced away the black skin on Zhu Xiaoqi’s calf too, and after simply bandaging her wound, he carried her to the bed.
Duan Rong covered Zhu Xiaoqi with a quilt, then opened the porcelain bottle and fed her a dicinal pill. His hand brushed Zhu Xiaoqi’s lychee-like soft lips, her eyes half-opened to look at him before she fainted again.
Duan Rong quickly walked out of the room, picked up a flying blade dropped in the yard, thinking, "Read the Artifact Spirit."
Artifact: Autumn Fish Flying Saber
Artifact Spirit Tier: Tier Two
Devouring Requirents: Host’s Spiritual Power Level 2
Devouring Effect: Thousand Leaves Three Transformations Minor Success
Duan Rong looked at the data before him and imdiately thought, "Devour."
This Thousand Leaves Three Transformations was evidently a technique of hidden weapons.
After the devour, Duan Rong discarded the flying blade in his hand, glanced at Xiao Zongting lying on the ground, and directly flipped out of the courtyard.
Before he had checked Xiao Zongting’s pulse, he found Xiao Zongting wasn’t seriously hard, his inner blood heated, lying there for a while wouldn’t do him any harm.
As soon as Duan Rong vaulted over the wall, Shang Hongye ca rushing from that side, looking at Duan Rong, asking, "You just chased out, did you find any trails?"
Duan Rong shook his head, his eyes flickering.
Shang Hongye said, "The shopkeeper and Chief Leader aren’t here, it’s the end of the year and the guards have duties to patrol, they can’t leave without permission. How about I report it to the governnt office?"
Duan Rong looked at Shang Hongye, asked, "Chief Leader Master Luan isn’t here?"
"Ah, Master Luan and Sun Huang have gone to Lin County on an escort task." Shang Hongye replied.
Upon hearing this, Duan Rong’s eyes flashed. Suddenly, he moved like a wildcat, darting into the shadow at the corner of the wall, vanishing without trace...
Shang Hongye was slightly surprised seeing Duan Rong’s rapid speed. Duan Rong’s cold reaction to his proposal clearly indicated he had other thoughts, but none of this concerned him.
Shang Hongye still exited the Escort Agency heading to report to the governnt office, since when the shopkeeper returns, he’ll definitely inquire about it, as the captain of the central courtyard’s guards, he must have an explanation, right?
Shang Hongye was completely different from Duan Rong.
Duan Rong genuinely wanted to rescue Xiao Yu, while Shang Hongye was rely playing along.
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